Central Michel Richard

Glowing reviews lead us to Central where the bar area was full of boisterous patrons rooting for their baseball team - but just a few feet away was the elegant dining area, the portent of a culinary adventure where DC American cuisine meets French preparations… The fried chicken is every bit as delicious as many reviews state - a sous vide process where the chicken melts in your mouth and crust delicately crisps never feeling, well, fried…! Each dish pictured was perfect and the dessert, a Napoleon that was more like a most perfect Millefeuille, was dream in any language. French Chef, Serbian floor manager, engaging wait staff - the entire team made for us a memorable evening and promised return…!

After visiting DC’s Christian market, we were tired and hungry. We really enjoyed our dinner and the customer service. The venue was was and clean. We were seated right away and someone immediately came to our table and gave us water and then a few minutes later our waiter stopped by the table. Our reservation was at 6:45pm and they were definitely busy. However, we were served our food in a timely manner. Our food was delicious and the drinks were made perfect-at least for my liking. I will definitely will come back here again and I do recommend this place. Parking is also available in the same block d as the restaurant.

As a party of three, we started with the cheese puffs and these were excellent - very rich though. To start I had the lyonnaise salad and this was incredible- we have been to Lyon and this was just as delicious as there signature dish. We also had a lobster bisque special which was the best ever tasted and we have eaten a lot of them around the world. For main we all had chicken dishes and they were excellent, although the chicken schnitzel is huge-bigger than our head . Desserts were excellent too, pictures to follow :