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Our waiter Nathaniel made our experience phenomenal! He was attentive, respectful and very knowledgeable!! We appreciated his how he listened to us and went above and beyond for us. Loved him!

Amazing brunch! The scrambled eggs were fantastic and the Garabaldi-ish is the best mocktail I’ve had hands down

The Service, the food, and the ambience were outstanding. This is one of our favorite places to dine in Washington DC. 

Outstanding food and service! We had the featured appetizer. We were on the A al carte side, and look forward to doing the tasting menu soon. They were out of the wine we ordered, but gave us tastes of an alternative then brought a third (Alberino) that was an even better pairing than where we started. We had the Nirvana 37 appetizer followed by the NARIYAL CHILI PRAWNS and the KERALA FISH CURRY. Both were excellent and beautifully presented. I look forward to my next visit.

First, and most importantly, the food was wonderful. Just about every one of the eight dishes was well-conceived, beautifully constructed, and often presented with some dramatic surprise. I enjoy watching our dishes being plated before our eyes, and am always impressed by the extreme attention to detail that goes into that effort at this level. Service was everything to be expected in a Michelin-star restaurant. The interactions with Chef Carlos were an important part of the evening, with information about the inspirations for some of the dishes letting us appreciate the art more fully, and the descriptions with the wine service were very good. dLeña is highly recommended by all four of us. Really, the only significant negative about the whole experience was the ambient noise level. The restaurant is very noisy, and for me it was loud enough to distract from all the other wonderful things going on. If not for the noise, I'm sure all the rating factors would have been full fives.