Every restaurant on The Times' Washington, D.C. list, and when its tables open.
The New York Times picked the 26 best restaurants in and around Washington, D.C., right now, from Shaw to Rockville. Most are booked solid. A few barely take reservations at all. So here is every one of them, with each table's availability refreshed daily.
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Source: The New York Times, updated September 29, 2026.
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The full list
- 2Fifty Barbecue, Riverdale Park
- Albi, Washington
- Amparo Fondita, Dupont Circle
- Baan Siam, Mount Vernon Square
- Bostan, Arlington
- Casa Teresa, Downtown D.C.
- The Dabney, Shaw
- Dogon by Kwame Onwuachi, Southwest Waterfront
- Ethiopic, H Street Corridor
- Kuya Ja's Lechon Belly, Kensington
- Lapis, Adams Morgan
- La' Shukran, Union Market
- Maketto, H Street Corridor
- Mama Chang, Fairfax
- Mita, Shaw
- Moon Rabbit, Penn Quarter
- Oyster Oyster, Shaw
- Pascual, Capitol Hill
- Perry's, Adams Morgan
- Pupuseria Mama Emilia, Rockville
- Rasika, Penn Quarter and West End
- Rye Bunny, Washington
- St. James, U Street
- The Duck & the Peach, Capitol Hill
- Thip Khao, Columbia Heights
- Z&Z Manoushe Bakery, Rockville