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Petits Plats

2653 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington DC, DC 20008-1522
202-518-0018
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Ranked #82 of 1,337 restaurants in Washington DC
4.0 of 5 stars 68 Reviews
Price range: S$26 - S$45
Cuisines: French
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Good for: Child-friendly, Romantic, Business, Special Occasion Dining, Entertaining clients
Dining options: Breakfast/Brunch, Lunch Spot, Dinner, Reservations, Dessert
Dining style: Casual Dining
Neighbourhood: Upper Northwest
Cross street: Calvert St. and Woodley Rd.
Transit: across from red line metro stop (Woodley Park-Zoo-Adams Morgan)
Description: Petits Plats is a very pretty French bistro located in a town house directly across from the Woodley Park metro stop, the Marriott Wardman and Omni Shoreham Hotels. Step inside and you will find affordable delicious food in a very romantic atmosphere. On cold days, dining next to one of the 4 wood burning fireplaces is a nice touch. Summer time, enjoy the great view sitting outside in our private patio: watching the passersby on busy Connecticut avenue is a major amusement!
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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53 reviews 53 reviews
Reviews in 25 cities Reviews in 25 cities
12 helpful votes 12 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 May 2012

Very nice staff, menu has nice selection of ....some type of french related items.. Mainly basics food.. Located in an old small converted house.. Price med to high.. I personally would not go back..

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Nashville, Tennessee
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10 reviews 10 reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
9 helpful votes 9 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 May 2012 via mobile
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Sat on the balcony overlooking conneticut. Had the beef bouganaise creamy pasta arugula salad and their fabulous bread and butter. All way above par. Service was perfect blend of not too much not too little. Will visit again.

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New Jersey
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15 reviews 15 reviews
Reviews in 12 cities Reviews in 12 cities
14 helpful votes 14 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 April 2012

Food was good and the special dinner was a good value. A glass of wine barely came 1/5 up the wine glass...maybe a 4 ounce pour. When it came to the table I pointed this out and just got a smile from an uninformed waitress and not even an apology or offer for a fair amount. It seemed as if... More

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Mountain View, CA
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23 reviews 23 reviews
Reviews in 13 cities Reviews in 13 cities
10 helpful votes 10 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 April 2012

Small, welcoming, comfortable, gorgeous table linens and very good French food. So good I went back the very next night while in town for a conference. The desserts were great, I had a lovely salad of arugula with goat cheese and grapefruit, duck breast with amazing potatoes. A specialty is moules frites - my mussels could have been hotter; the... More

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Bronx, New York
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8 reviews 8 reviews
Reviews in 7 cities Reviews in 7 cities
11 helpful votes 11 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 April 2012

The food was good-not exceptional but certainly worth the cost. The service was non-existant From no greeterat the front door, to wait staff that at times looked at me as if i was from Mars, For example: asking to have a salad served without nuts, getting it first served with nuts and then brought back again (still with nuts" to... More

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Washington DC, District of Columbia
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9 reviews 9 reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 April 2012

After running the Cherry Blossom 10 miler, we had planned to have a celebratory brunch at Open City in Woodley Park. Of course, being a beautiful Sunday morning - the wait was over an hour long. Luckily, I had parked right in front of Petit Plats and overheard a passerby comment that the food was good. So we inquired if... More

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Wilmington, NC
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22 reviews 22 reviews
Reviews in 15 cities Reviews in 15 cities
8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 31 March 2012

Walk up the steps into a brownstone for the restaurant. Street seating is available and I believe in the good weather a garden. We went for a lunch. My meal was delicious but my wife thought the lamb sandwich was a bit on the bland side. The service was good and the staff pleasant.

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Monteal, Quebec
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16 reviews 16 reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 March 2012

Service was great as was quality of food. We ordered seafood salads, the best pizza I have ever had; and I've travelled to Italy, and again the servers were catering to us as if we were long time clients.

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4 reviews 4 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 March 2012

We really enjoyed our meal, but we really wished the service had been better. Perhaps they were short handed. I would definitely give them a second chance. There were several small issues but one fairly signifcant one. The waiter set the wine bottle down the junction of two uneven table tops and it began to topple, spilling about half a... More

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Baltimore, Maryland
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7 reviews 7 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 March 2012

We were seated and then ignored. After 10 minutes we got up to leave and no one even asked us why.

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