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Aria Trattoria
2.2 stars (1 ratings)

(202) 312-1250

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, Nw, Washington, DC 20004

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Restaurant Description

Overlooking the Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Aria is an Italian trattoria-style restaurant offering open air café dining or indoor seating in an elegantly appointed Italianate setting. This casual, neighborhood trattoria features a breakfast menu, a lunch menu that includes a buffet of savory antipasti, and both lunch and dinner selections of homemade pastas, panini sandwiches and hearth oven-baked pizzas. Aria dishes up quality, traditional Italian fare at affordable prices.
June 13, 2006 @ 6:50 PM
1  out of 5 stars
a diner from NW Washington, DC
Dined at Aria in June of 2006 with three other friends.
Kitchen: Sloppy. Three of four orders had to be sent back to kichen for various reasons: a chicken/artichoke salad with no chicken; another chicken/artichoke salad w/ no artichokes; an overcooked steak. Next, two of the three new meals had to go back for similar reasons. Everything took a long time.
Food: the chicken was dry, a medium-rare steak was overcooked-- twice. The steak salad was pretty good.
Service: our server was unfriendly, and at times, inefficient. The waiter serving the next table was very nice.
Management: Young, seemingly inexperienced, defensive and unresponsive. Charged us for uneaten, overcooked steak.
Drinks: house wine was pretty good, and reasonably priced.

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Avg Rating: 2  out of 5 stars

Number of Reviews: 1

June 13, 2006 @ 6:50 PM
1  out of 5 stars
a diner from NW Washington, DC
Dined at Aria in June of 2006 with three other friends.
Kitchen: Sloppy. Three of four orders had to be sent back to kichen for various reasons: a chicken/artichoke salad with no chicken; another chicken/artichoke salad w/ no artichokes; an overcooked steak. Next, two of the three new meals had to go back for similar reasons. Everything took a long time.
Food: the chicken was dry, a medium-rare steak was overcooked-- twice. The steak salad was pretty good.
Service: our server was unfriendly, and at times, inefficient. The waiter serving the next table was very nice.
Management: Young, seemingly inexperienced, defensive and unresponsive. Charged us for uneaten, overcooked steak.
Drinks: house wine was pretty good, and reasonably priced.
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June 13, 2006 @ 6:50 PM
1  out of 5 stars
a diner from NW Washington, DC
Dined at Aria in June of 2006 with three other friends.
Kitchen: Sloppy. Three of four orders had to be sent back to kichen for various reasons: a chicken/artichoke salad with no chicken; another chicken/artichoke salad w/ no artichokes; an overcooked steak. Next, two of the three new meals had to go back for similar reasons. Everything took a long time.
Food: the chicken was dry, a medium-rare steak was overcooked-- twice. The steak salad was pretty good.
Service: our server was unfriendly, and at times, inefficient. The waiter serving the next table was very nice.
Management: Young, seemingly inexperienced, defensive and unresponsive. Charged us for uneaten, overcooked steak.
Drinks: house wine was pretty good, and reasonably priced.

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