More information on Zaytinya
How popular is Zaytinya? Well, the restaurant serves, on average, 750 people per night during the week and 1,000 per night on weekends. It's big and it's busy and it always has been. Conde Nast Traveler magazine's May 2003 issue named Zaytinya as one of the top 75 new restaurants in the world, a scant 7 months after the taverna opened in Oct 2002. Executive Chef José Andrés is behind it all.The place takes reservations only at lunch and for pretheater dinners, 5 to 6:30pm. Zaytinya was hopping on the Sunday night we were there, but fortunately we didn't have a wait. Once seated, we received a basket of hot and billowy thin shells of pita bread, along with a saucer of olive oil swirled with pomegranate syrup. Our waiter guided us through the menu, explaining that the wine list was almost entirely Greek, that Zaytinya is Turkish for "olive oil," and pointing out which mezze dishes he would recommend. Although the dinner menu lists several entrees, what you want to do here is order lots of little dishes. We savored the zucchini-cheese cakes, which came with a caper and yogurt sauce; the carrot-apricot-pine nut fritters, served with pistachio sauce; sardines; a marinated salmon; fattoush, or salad of tomatoes and cucumbers mixed with pomegranate reduction, sumac, and olive oil, with crispy pita bread croutons; and shrimp with tomatoes, onions, ouzo, and kefalograviera cheese. For dessert, we ordered a Turkish coffee chocolate cake, and the more exotic Medjool dates roasted in Vinsanto (a kind of dessert wine), rolled in crushed orange shortbread, with olive oil ice cream. The dates were our favorite. Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.
Price
Mezze items $3.75-$9.75; main courses at lunch $7.25-$8.95, at dinner $18-$23,MCredit Cards Accepted
AE, DC, DISC, MC, VReservations
Reservations at lunch and pretheater dinner 5-6:30pm
Directions
Metro: Gallery Place/Chinatown (9th St. exit)
Area
At G St
Parking
Valet
Hours
Sun-Mon 11:30am-10pm; Tues-Thurs 11:30am-11:30pm; Fri-Sat 11:30am-midnight
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