50 Best Restaurants 2019

2019 marked an extraordinary year of dining in Northern Virginia. The region was gifted a new steakhouse by a beloved brand and we found more reasons to drive into the woods for dinner. We have a trailblazer building a Lao food legacy and a newbie restaurant owner reshaping Korean barbecue. These components and more helped to shape our annual 50 Best Restaurants list. See below for our reviews of 2019’s 50 Best Restaurants in Northern Virginia.

By Stefanie Gans & Rina Rapuano // Photography by Rey Lopez & Jonathan Timmes

See our 2022 Best Restaurants list here.

Click here to download a directory of the 50 Best Restaurants 2019 list.

• 2941
• Afghan Bistro
• Agni
• The Ashby Inn & Restaurant
• Asian Origin
• Assaggi Osteria + Assaggi Pizzeria
• Ciao Osteria
• Clarity
• Eerkin’s Uyghur Cuisine
• Elephant Jumps
• Enatye
• Esaan
• Evening Star Cafe + Front Porch
• Foode
• Four Seasons
• Inca Social
• La Fromagerie
• L’Auberge Chez Francois/Jacques’ Brasserie
• Layla’s Lebanese Restaurant
• Liberty Barbecue
• Makeda
• Malaysian Kopitiam
• Maple Ave Restaurant
• Market Table Bistro
• Marumen
• Meokja Meokja
• Nam-Viet
• Nostos
• Padaek
• Randy’s
• Rangoli
• Rice Paper
• Royal Nepal
• Saba
• Sense of Thai St.
• Takumi
• Thai Square
• Thompson Italian
• Tuscarora Mill
• The Wine Kitchen