50 Best Restaurants

50 Best Restaurants 2018

With more than 20 countries and regions represented on this year’s list, Northern Virginia’s food scene spans the globe. Here’s where to find your next great meal.

By Stefanie Gans + Rina Rapuano

Photography by Rey Lopez + Jonathan Timmes

See our 2022 Best Restaurants list here.

 

1) The Restaurant at Patowmack Farm

2) Nasime

3) Maple Ave Restaurant

4) Trummer’s on Main

5) Clarity

6) Mokomandy

7) Asian Origin

8) 2941

9) Esaan

10) La Fromagerie

Best by County

 

Best Restaurants in Alexandria

Evening Star + Front Porch

Hank’s Oyster Bar

Makeda Ethiopian Restaurant

Royal Nepal

Vermilion

SER

Best Restaurants in Arlington

Ambar

Green Pig Bistro

Nam-Viet

Peter Chang

Ray’s The Steaks

SER

Assaggi

Best Restaurants in Fairfax

Afghan Bistro

Amoo’s Restaurant

Assaggi Osteria + Assaggi Pizzeria

B Side

Ciao Osteria

Eerkin’s Uyghur Cuisine

Elephant Jumps

Enatye Ethiopian Restaurant

L’Auberge Chez Francois + Jacques’ Brasserie

Liberty Barbecue

Marib Restaurant

Marumen

Nostos

Our Mom Eugenia

Padaek

Rice Paper

Tachibana

Takumi

Girasole

Best Restaurants in Fauquier

Field & Main

Girasole

Best Restaurants in Fredericksburg

Foode

Peter Chang

Best Restaurants in Loudoun

1947 Indian Restaurant

Market Table Bistro

Sense of Thai St.

Tuscarora Mill

rangoli

Best Restaurants in Prince William

Bistro L’Hermitage

Layla’s Lebanese Restaurant

Malakhi Lounge & Jamaican Restaurant

Rangoli

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