Le Diplomate

Amazing socially distanced huts. Food as always was amazing and service was 100%

Le Dip is our go to in DC. We had the King Crab app, Duck, Burger, Profiterole... ALL were amazing as usual!

Delicious food, excellent staff.

Phenomenal outdoor dining experience with quiet private (and heated) booths that offer a great deal of partitioning between you and your fellow diners. This will be my new “go-to” COVID dining destination! Their moules frites were the best mussle dish I’ve had in my life. Packed with fresh herbs, garlic, and butter. I highly recommend Le Diplomate to anyone in search of a sense of a traditional feeling restaurant experience during these challenging times.

The outdoor cubicles are covid-19 protected and well heated. Great solution for a great meal

We ate here for my birthday dinner and it was a great experience. They only had outdoor seating available but the little huts have heating in them and we were very warm. The beef bourguignon was delicious as were the profiteroles for dessert. We tried a few cool cocktails and overall it was a wonderful meal. Would highly recommend!

It was cold outside, but very well done and lovely seating.

Fabulous food. Excellent service from our French waiter. Always a great meal.

We went on Inauguration Day, which is also my birthday. We sat in one of the heated booths outside which was very cozy on a cold evening. LeDip is my favorite restaurant in Washington and we often go there for special occasions. The waiter was very attentive.

The appetizers and dessert were excellent, we had the beet salad and ravioli, and the crepe brûlée for dessert. The entrees were a bit disappointing- the lobster risotto and the mules frites were good but not as good as other dishes we have had in the past.

We will definitely go there again and recommend the restaurant to our friends.

Amazing experience! Amazing food! Amazing atmosphere. We sat outside in their temporary street tables and it was beyond nice. The outside tables are heated and have dividing walls for the ultimate COVID safe dining experience. Would recommend it to anyone.

Went to celebrate and it did not disappoint!

I really hope Le Diplomate receives this review. My best friend and I had such a good time. I loved the private areas they built and our server Geda was amazing. He gave great recommendations, he was funny and he took great care of us. My meal was incredible and Geda even brought us a little treat. I really enjoyed everything.

Birthday celebration

Our food was great, per usual.
Additionally, our server Matthew was one of the best servers we’ve had in quite some time.

This was for my beloved’s birthday. I had the scallops and he the had beef bourguignon. It was an elegant and perfect place for celebrating. Excellent service.

I was so happy to return to Le Diplomate after a year away.

The outdoor seating was beautiful and comfortable.

Awesome anniversary at one of our favorites!

Amazing as always!

Amazing Covid outdoor experience! All was spectacular! The heaters, the service, the food, and the way they created lots of comfortable and safe outdoor space!! Relaxing and much appreciated getaway for these times!!

Staff was friendly and accommodating

love the heated booths and service.......................

We were put on the outside corner (outside the hostess stand) which is more exposed to the “outdoors”, where we knew would be a little more chilly but assumed the heater would protect us. We quickly realized the heater dod not work. After sitting there shivering and asking both the hostesses as well as our waiter to help assist with the heat (several times), the problem was never resolved and we had to cut the brunch early and go home to warm up. Beyond that food was delicious per usual.

Loved the outdoor dining options that have been installed

Outdoor setup was cozy and our server was great!

The outdoor seating was transformative given current restrictions for restaurant dining. Very comfortable, well-lit, and conditioned. We felt very safe, and comfortable. And the food was fabulous!!!

The outdoor cubicles were perfect. The central blown in heat was perfect to heat the space and no noise of the usual patio heaters.

Adele was fantastic!

Excellent food, excellent staff, excellent outdoor dining experience considering it's January in DC. Clearly the organization has the capital to invest in a comfortable outdoor dining space & I applaud their decision to spend that capital. Well worth it for those dining.

We ate outside on a very mild January day. Sunshine and table-side warmers made it very comfortable. One of the best steak frites we have had in a long time and cooked exactly as we wanted. shared a side dish of haricots verts also tasty with butter and garlic. Fabulous server who brought us our requested copious quantities of house-made cranberry walnut bread
Covid 19 prevented us from a vacation in France this year and this was the next best thing

Great food. Excellent care for social distancing.

Le Dip is doing a wonderful job accommodating guests during a very difficult time. A different, but still excellent, experience.

I appreciate the need for restaurants to exhibit vigilance during this current climate of heightened coronavirus awareness, but approach is everything. Seeing a "NO MASK, NO SERVICE" sign when first approaching the hostess stand doesn't lend to feeling warmly welcomed by the restaurant. Being told repeatedly (three times) upon being seated that we are allotted only 1.5 hours to dine also corrupts the mood. At Parc, Le Diplomate's sister restaurant, paper menus and cloth napkins were provided when dining (outdoors as well). At Le Dip, it's paper napkins rolled around silverware and a lucite block with a URL code for scanning/accessing the menu. I have been a loyal patron of Le Diplomate since they opened and appreciate very much the economic toll the lockdowns have taken on restaurants; however, small adjustments could make the overall dining experience much more enjoyable and thus encourage repeat patronage from existing diners.

Dependable excellence.

Like the place - good food and service. They do not, however, seem to think it worthwhile to track frequent customers. Reception, seating, etc. seem to be on auto- pilot. Never any recognition, let alone attempt to address presences. Makes interaction rather generic and impersonal, especially compared to other DC restaurants.

Love the new heated pods outside! Will definitely be returning!

Perfect day in DC to sit outside and have a bowl of onion soup. The soup was delicious, service excellent - hope to do the same thing again soon.

We had a great dining experience despite “outdoor seating” in winter. The dining cubes were quite comfortable and surprisingly warm. Food was excellent and our waiter, David was a joy.

Uncomfortable metal chairs.
Food was delicious.
Service was average this time.

was disappointed to not be sat in one of the built in covered private tables that have been advertised but luckily we sat in a section with a wonderful server who compensated for the lack luster table that kept moving every time something was placed on the table. Other than that and the heat lamp that kept going out (our server was great and got someone to fix it after the second outage), service was amazing and the food, delicious. Can’t wait to come back and hopefully be able to sit inside next time!