Modena

Every dish was perfect and the service impeccable. Having dinner by myself was wonderful, they all made me feel at home!

Modena manages to make evening dining on the pavement outside the restaurant surprisingly pleasant in spite of the busy junction at 12th and H. The food is wonderful as usual though I wish they had more vegetarian choices.

Everything we had was exceptionally delicious, and service was excellent.

Great for and cocktails. Service was generally good as well as well as entertaining but could slow as it got busy. I look forward to returning. Client CEO really enjoyed dinner

Excellent food and wonderful service. The homemade pastas were simply divine.

The food at Modena is really extremely good I’m vegetarian and my wife is not and even I enjoyed the chilled Gazpacho soup (available for lunch only) and the summer corn ravioli. We visited on two successive days and we are very choosy about restaurants!

Service on both days by two separate waiters was also really very good.

We are visiting and we’re looking for a meal close to our hotel. The food was so incredible and I am so glad it was close! We had corn ravioli, spaghetti with eggplant, and gnocchi. The flavors and execution were fabulous! Good cocktails, great wine list and exceptional service. Hope we can go back before we leave.

From start to finish, Modena was an incredible experience. We were cheerfully greeted at the door and shown to a delightful corner table that was almost like being in Italy. Our server guided us through the menu. The tomato salad was just as delightful as she promised, while the artichokes’ sauce was savory while artichokes remained crisp. She told us her “pasta story.” What amazing lengths the chef goes through to make all of his different pastas! That corn ravioli will live in my memory forever. My dining companion had the Brodetto which had a lovely assortment of seafood, had this lobster broth that I would have gladly slurped all day. We shared the house made tiramisu and fig tart for dessert. While very different from each other, they were both delicious without being heavy. We had a couple of cocktails to start that were refreshing followed by wines that Petra suggested that accompanied the meals perfectly. The entire staff was attentive without being obtrusive throughout our dining experience. I will be returning very soon to try more of Chef’s creations and to feel spoiled by everyone that works there!

The appetizers and pastas were excellent !

great for a quiet outdoor lunch. Very good food and attentive service.

The bartender was great. His development is inspiring.

Happy hour all evening is a great deal. Traffic noise outside, but we were happy to be there.

Just enjoyed another amazing meal at Modena! Everything was perfect from our agnolotti and gnocchi starters to our desserts at the end. The chocolate mousse was the bomb while the fig tart -- featuring some of the best fresh figs that I've ever eaten -- was sublime. Along the way, my mom loved her perfectly cooked veal milanesa and my pork dish was top notch thanks to its interacting symphony of flavors. The food at Modena really tastes as good as it looks! Add to that flawless service in a lovely setting and you have what my Italian mom describes as "culinary perfection."

Exceptional in all respects. Every dish from appetizer to dessert was delicious- not one miss. Fried baby artichokes and tomato salad starters - pork collar and gnocchi mains - ended with the fig tart. Pulling it all together was Petra our waitress who was a delight. I would rank Modena in the top 5 restaurants in DC.

The food was beautifully plated, refined, and absolutely delicious. A real treat. We will be bak.

We did the four course tour of Italy and everything was perfect down to the balsamic and olive oil

Very overpriced for amount and quality of food. Wouldn't recommend.

The food and service were perfection, and the cocktails were also delicious. the best dish in my opinion was the Modena’s Brodetto.

The only problem was that we had outdoor seating and we were getting attacked by mosquitos, but the restaurant really couldnt do anything about that.

Highly quality food, great sense of favors and special dining experience.

My fiancé and I went here to celebrate a special occasion. I have celiac disease and must be gluten free. The service was great and the server was very knowledgeable about gluten free items. They also have gluten free pasta and focaccia bread! I have not had focaccia in over 8 years, and it was delicious. The food was wonderful and the restaurant has a very impressive cocktail list, with mocktails as well. I would definitely recommend coming here for a romantic date, birthday, or special occasion.

Great meal and great service.

Modena is fantastic. Each dish is well-conceived and executed; each is a crowd-pleaser. The service was excellent and spot-on. I would highly recommend adding Modena to your rotation list; the seasonal menu and the classics are pitch-perfect every time.

Each coarse was better than before. Appetizer was good, first plate was even better second plate amazing and the desert best ever. Wine list for any taste. Great meal

Absolutely fantastic experience! From the attentive service to the beautifully prepared food, it was 5 stars!

Once again, Modena hit a home run! The dishes here are among the best creative Italian cuisine that DC has to offer. I've been to Modena several times now, and have yet to be disappointed!

One of the best Italian restaurants in DC!!

We went for our anniversary dinner and it was great. Our server Chris was so friendly and attentive even though he was very busy. The portions were small but the food was unbelievable so it was worth it. For our anniversary they treated us to a toast of Prosecco and a dessert with a note from the chef. We can’t wait to return.

We had the $55 restaurant week menu. The heirloom tomato and octopus appetizers were great. The hangar steak was outstanding as were several other courses. The risotto, the cod and the panna cotta not so good. Tiramisu was good. Service was great. Ambience good. Not sure we’ll be bad. Expected much better food.

Great consistency with the food. This was my third time there this summer, and it was great all three times. The drinks are consistently good. Same with the appetizers (love the balsamic tomato salad), and the pasta was out of this world. The fish was good. Beautiful presentation, not quite as good as the other courses, but very good. For dessert we had the sheep’s milk yogurt, which was wonderful as well. Altogether lovely and we will come again!

Phenomenal Second Week Offering of DC Restaurant Week. Amazing Wine Pairings. Brilliant Cocktails. Friendly & Knowledgeable Staff.

I order the pasta with ragu.

This is a great restaurant. I went for restaurant week and enjoyed it so much that I came back again a week later. The food is beautifully presented, excellent portion
size, and excellent balance of flavors. The waitress Petra was great. She was helpful in helping decide what to get off the menu, friendly and prompt. I highly recommend this restaurant.

It's an authentic Italian experience! Quality food, wine, bread and all. The only thing I did not appreciate is how the service was made, I was still drinking my cocktail and my first course arrive, I had to ask him to slow down since he had already order my main course. If I had follow his beat I would have been in and out in 45 minutes. Other wise I recommend!

Delicious food! Great service—upscale attentive, gravy and inform. Delectable pasta dishes. Superb octopus and heirloom tomato salad. Lovely cod dish. And good desserts. Thank you.

Delicious! Service was outstanding!

The decor is clean and modern, great selection of drinks and the food was outstanding. Our waitress was knowledgeable of the menu as well as the different wines that Modena offered. We throughly enjoyed our meal and the staff was friendly. Modena goes on the list if restaurants I would dine at again and recommend to anyone and everyone.

So so so good

Food was lovely, there wasn't any course that we didn't love. Highly recommend the gnochi and the salmon raviolo!

We visited for lunch during Restaurant Week, and it was a delightful introduction to both excellent cuisine and staff. We were pleased (amazed) to be offered a range of meat, fish and vegetarian options for each course, even in the 22$ Restaurant Week menu. The wait staff was charming and just attentive enough. We will definitely return often.

It was restaurant week. Good choices. Five of us tried just about everything offered and not a bad dish among them. Our waiter Victor was great. One diner had some dietary restrictions and both the kitchen and Victor were wonderful about seeing everything was perfect for her. I would recommend Modena highly.