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1. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   Philadelphia

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   overall5food5service5ambience4

   Staff was welcoming and pleasant despite being extremely busy. Food was exceptional and I will recommend to friends and return. Our server Teddy was sweet and pleasant. Great place that feels like a local treasure.

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   lynn

   Richmond

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 4 days ago

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   The food was amazing!

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   Julie

   Richmond

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   The food was fabulous! The service was fantastic!

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   KBFIII

   Richmond

   28 reviews

   vip
   2.0

   28 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   overall2food2service2ambience3

   What happened to this place? Food was atrocious and service substandard

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   AlbertT

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 5 days ago

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   We had a family event with 15 guests. The service and the food were outstanding and the meal will be talked about for years. My only regret is that most of the participants are unlikely to return to C’ville to eat there again.

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   joank

   Washington DC

   7 reviews

   4.0

   7 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   overall4food4service5ambience4

   the service was really great. As for food, we had an appetizer, salads, 3 entrees, and a dessert, all of which were above the norm in the area restaurants. Also, our wine was very good. No complaints on anything.

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   ArJay

   Richmond

   51 reviews

   3.0

   51 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

   overall3food3service5ambience4

   Food was ok, not great. Service was really good. Probably wouldn’t go back.

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   FrancisA

   Richmond

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined on May 8, 2022

   overall4food5service5ambience5

   Great place to have a nice dinner! I highly recommend it for a special occasion

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   KimB

   Detroit

   4 reviews

   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on May 8, 2022

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   Arrived before opening and there was already a line! Everyone was seated quickly and despite a full house we could converse comfortably. The bread, spinach-artichoke dip and pork chop are to die for. (The dip was enough for three.) My husband raved about the salmon and my sometimes-picky-eater son enjoyed the portabella parmesan.

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10. M

    Maggie

    Charleston

    13 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    13 reviews

    Dined on May 8, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    As usual, the food was delicious and the service great.

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11. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 7, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience3

    Great food, great service, kinda surprisng decor but overall great experience!!

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12. JP

    JamesP

    Washington DC

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 7, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience4

    Duners is great, as always. Our one reservation is the prices, especially for selected items such as the soft shell crabs. I realize that prices of crabs, fish, and other items have increased with supply chain issues, etc., and those may have altered profit margins. But even a slight adjustment of the cost of these dishes downward would be helpful. Otherwise, everything else is near-perfect!

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13. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 7, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Perfect place, perfect food

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    Cville

    Richmond

    40 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    40 reviews

    Dined on May 6, 2022

    overall3food4service5ambience3

    PLEASE, we loved Duner's as it was. With new ownership we detect changes that don't bode well for 28 year veterans/devotées/neighbors. Person checking us in didn't even look us in the eye much less welcome us. Perhaps because he's the new sommelier and doesn't like playing dual roles? Understandable. Get a good host then. The appetizer list, previously tantalizing and always creative, listed 3 items, one of which was no longer available at 7pm. Prices have increased while selection decreased. It makes sense that new owners would want to make their mark, but in buying the restaurant they were also purchasing the goodwill and following of the place. If it ain't broke don't fix it. It's expected and exciting to ponder new menu items but where were they? Only thing new was increased prices and fewer selections. It's not as though the sale happened overnight. Duner's has been known for really good food, a bit or predictability but always with variations on a theme, a wide selection, excellent appetizers and a good side vegetable. There's a huge local following and if you want to keep it, you're going to have to do better.

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15. JB

    JohnB

    San Francisco

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 6, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience4

    We had not eaten here for many years, and it remains as good as we remembered. The service was excellent, friendly, professional and well paced. Our entrees were outstanding.

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    Bossmare

    Greensboro

    13 reviews

    4.0

    13 reviews

    Dined on May 5, 2022

    overall4food4service4ambience3

    Halibut was delicious, perfectly cooked. Short ribs were also very good but accompanying rice was not flavorful. Asked for extra hoisin sauce which helped the rice a lot. Coconut cake was outstanding. Seating in the booths are hard wood with straight backs. Not comfortable for a leisurely meal. Tables with individual chairs looked like a better choice. Service was prompt even though our server had her hands full with a lot of tables on a busy weeknight.

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    Glenmorian

    Richmond

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on May 5, 2022

    overall5food3service5ambience4

    The draw for me? A full martini glass at a reasonable price. Wait staff are excellent.

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18. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    Washington DC

    4 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on May 5, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience4

    This is one of the best restaurants in Charlottesville - it never misses!

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    KeyWestLover

    Washington DC

    53 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    53 reviews

    Dined on May 5, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    I'm a regular at Duner's and have been for many years, but there is a new chef and I think an update is in order. The service, ambience, and friendliness of all the people who work there have not changed at all--still just awesome. Everyone feels special. The new chef, based on last night's dinner, is excellent. The food was spectacular!

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    CathyW

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 1, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Always go to Duners for special occasions and our guests and family always want to go back after their first time. Fantastic restaurant all around. Enough said

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21. KM

    KatM

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 1, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    The food was phenomenal and Sasha, our server, was awesome. We compared the quality of our dinner to the amazing meals we had in France. We will be back

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    KristiM

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 1, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Friendly staff and excellent food. The restaurant was very busy, but the servers were attentive and made sure we were comfortable. We thoroughly enjoyed the potato leek soup, seared beef tenderloin, and grilled flank steak. Cooked perfectly.

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    SarahS

    San Diego

    16 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    16 reviews

    Dined on April 30, 2022

    overall4food3service4ambience3

    Our dinner and service were fine, but I’m not sure we’ll go back. We had noted we were celebrating a birthday and no one said anything. After we left we found out one of our moms called ahead and purchased a gift certificate (birthday) that was supposed to be at the table but no one ever gave it to us.

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    joelL

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 30, 2022

    overall4food5service5ambience3

    Excellent food and service but very loud in the main dining area.

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    Daddycat

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 29, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Great food and service! Quite busy, but under control. I will definitely be going back.

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    Liz5090

    New York Area

    3 reviews

    1.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on April 29, 2022

    overall1food1service2ambience2

    The food was lousy, same for the wine. Go someplace else.

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    PatriciaB

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 24, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Food & service was excellent. Unfortunately this night the tented area was crowded, but tables all well spaced, & the overhead music was too loud so conversation was a little difficult. Previously, tented area was not crowded & no noise issue. Overall food & service wonderful & would still recommend the adjacent tented area for a less crowded/noise experience. Definitely recommend Duners

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    panoman

    Richmond

    7 reviews

    5.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on April 24, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Outstanding food and service. Loved the outdoor tent: bright and cheerful. Our waitress was the best: she informed us of a few menu items that were in short supply right away and reserved desired items for us (party of six.) I had the fried oysters appetizer, one person had the shrimp, another the mussels, two the cream of mushroom soup, and one a salad. All of these were superb, and the serving of mussels was particularly enormous. Likewise, everyone loved their entrees, which included veal scaloppini, crab cakes, shrimp and whole fish. Impressive, wide selection of seafood dishes. We'll be back soon.

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    MichaelM

    Washington DC

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on April 24, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience4

    Love dinners food was great service was excellent if I had one complaint it is the same noise level hard to carry on a conversation on the flipside the reinvention of the wine list was absolutely fantastic

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    MichelleF

    New England

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 23, 2022

    overall2food1service4ambience3

    There were 4 of us for dinner and not one meal was very good. The crab cakes were fried (not described that way), the pork chop had no taste, the set for the tuna had a weird taste and the short rib was more like beef stroganoff. The server was very good and so was the wine, but the food was not.

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    Janon

    Cleveland

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on April 23, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    We had a wonderful dinner and evening at Duners’s. We were s party of 6 , ages 35 to 80, celebrating an 80th birthday. The ambiance was welcoming and warm, the staff snd our server were so efficient and accommodating, the food was delicious, and after dinner they set candles in the cake we had brought and then whisked it away to return with it sliced, on individual plates and garnished with fresh berries and eel whipped cream. Did I mention the food was excellent? We each had something different - Tenderloin to vegan pasta - all excellent. The whole evening was perfect,,

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    MarthaS

    Birmingham

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 23, 2022

    overall4food2service5ambience3

    I would not recommend Duners INSIDE -- way too noisy.

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33. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 22, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    One of our favorite places in Charlottesville. Menu always changes which is great. Good creative and awesome.

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    ToolsBikes

    Richmond

    12 reviews

    5.0

    12 reviews

    Dined on April 22, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience4

    Everything was excellent. Sauces made each dish delicious. Main room is crowded and noisy but we were fortunate to be in the much quieter side room. It is bright, cheerful and less crowded.

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    Wahoo

    Columbus

    12 reviews

    5.0

    12 reviews

    Dined on April 17, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience3

    Excellent professional table service. Fastest bar service ever for our drinks. And the food is exceptional. Kudos to the chef. You will not be disappointed in Duner's.

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36. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    Richmond

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 17, 2022

    overall3food3service3ambience3

    Easter dinner and first time as well. We felt the appetizer (oysters) lacked seasoning and the shrimp was over done in the pasta dish and the brussel sprouts underdone. The booth was uncomfortable. We’d beeen wanting to go for quite some time but for the prices, not worth it.

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    StephanieW

    Washington DC

    4 reviews

    4.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on April 17, 2022

    overall4food4service5ambience3

    We enjoyed a lovely Easter Dinner with family and enjoyed the service and food.

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    SteveN

    New England

    36 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    36 reviews

    Dined on April 16, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience4

    A pleasant surprise. We were in from out of town visiting for the Easter holiday and gave this a try. Menu had great range and the food was well prepared. The somm was super helpful as well. Somewhat off the beaten path, but close to downtown and definitely worth a visit if you're in the area.

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    PhilipC

    Denver

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on April 15, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience4

    We love Duners and brought friends who had never been there. The experience was fantastic - great food and great service.

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    OpenTable Diner

    Charlotte

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on April 14, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Used to live in Cville and it has been several years since we’ve back-food was just as good-Sasha-our server made the evening very enjoyable-a great experience all around

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