Amazing food, amazing ambience. I had a lovely birthday dinner

Food is pretty good and the bread is amazing. Some dishes can be hit or miss so we try to remember to stick to our favorites. Cocktails and mixed drinks are not good. Order wine or beer instead. Great outdoor seating area that keeps us coming back despite our memories of bad drinks.

As always, Zaytinya proved to be the perfect choice for lunch indoors. Rosie was a knowledgeable, kind, server and provided excellent service. The food was delicious, very flavourful, as were the cocktails. Well, the cocktails were sensational.

Food beautifully prepared. Hot pita bread. Excellent wine by the glass. Service always attentive and friendly.

Fantastic place with delicious food and atmosphere. The staff were friendly and attentive.

Excellent service and good food. Had a wonderful night with friebds

We mentioned onion and garlic allergies to the waiter. He reassured it will be taken care of and all the food came with garlic and onion. Not going back unfortunately.

I haven't been back to Zaytinya in a while, after eating there, I don't know why. The dishes were fabulous! The flavors were perfectly balanced, the ingredients were fresh. It was great! Outside dining was so nice, it was quiet.

Food was good. Service was attentive. Atmosphere was great. Five stars.

It was a very safe outdoor experience. Food was delicious, service was professional and comfortable. We were not rushed and were able to feel normal fir a wonderful afternoon.

Unique Mediterranean restaurant that serves small plates/mezzes. The crispy brussel sprouts paired with the tangy garlicky sauce was one of our favourites. The pita bread was light and airy and their falafels are definitely very authentic.

Everything is excellent. I felt extremely safe and comfortable. It was one of the guest’s first time dining out in 9 months and she felt at ease the entire time. We were there celebrating a birthday and even though our server was busy, she was very attentive and made great suggestions. I highly recommend and will be returning soon.

Great place. Great food. Great experience.
Great plact!

I went to this restaurant with my husband for the first time and we truly enjoyed the food and the customer service.

Poor Quality

Great restaurant

My husband and I were here for a date night being from out of town, we wanted to have this style food as it’s hard to find in Reading, PA.

It’s gorgeous inside and out. My husband and I tried a bunch of stuff in stages as we weren’t in a rush.

Our first server was horrible. We saw him twice within an hour and a half of being there and finally with no water, no wine and no bread to eat our appetizer that was sitting there I spoke to management.

The manager was amazing and super accommodating. He immediately got us a new server. Filled our water and supplied the wine. He gave us an amazing experienced server who was super personable.

The food was amazing. The pita, the dips, the Brussels spouts, lamb, octopus and even the fries were superb.

We each had dessert and coffee. I had the most beautiful cappuccino and my husband had the Turkish coffee.

His dessert was better then mine. I had the cheesecake. It wasnt what I expected as it was very light and fluffy and Not cake
Like but good.

My husband had an amazing Greek yogurt parfait. I’d highly recommend it.

Overall. After our sever was changed the experience was amazing and I would definitely return.

Excellent food and service

Did not disappoint and excellent as always! Outdoor seating is well spaced and heaters add some warmth to the table.

Great food and excellent service. It's always a great date.

This was our first trip back to Zaytinya since lockdown. Not only are the food and service and value as impeccable as before, but I think the safety measures there are exemplary. They have a vastly expanded outdoor seating with lots of heaters, but we made our reservation late and ate inside. Given the soaring three-story ceiling, we felt extremely comfortable, especially given the spacing and placement of plexiglass dividers throughout the restaurant. They clearly are taking the pandemic very seriously, and we'll be back soon!

Went with the outdoor dining option - heaters were keeping us cozy and the food/service was great!

While they have a COVID period menu, the choices were quite nice except we missed our usual chocolate dessert they had during normal time.

Excellent service, high quality food. Everything is perfect.

The food was to die for and the service was amazing!

The food is excellent and the service very good. Everything that could be contactless was contactless.

First of all, food and service is phenomenal. If you have a thing for Mediterranean food, then this place should be on top of your list. Simply amazing experience !!!

Zaytinya is one of our favorite DC restaurants. The outdoor seating they've come up with during COVID works well and is spaced nicely. Menu is more limited and some of my favorites were missing, but overall, it was strong--skip the pide though (its just pizza). Our waitress was totally unhelpful and kind of rude, in fact. Perhaps they're short-staffed, but it took forever to get a menu, the silverware we needed, or cream and sugar for our coffee, and she was really nasty about us not having the right app on our phone to use the QR code. They might need more waiters--she seemed overwhelmed.

Zaytinya has always been our ‘special dinner place’ Food is just perfect, service excellent! this time it was Hector but many times different people have been great serving and advising on menu items.

Excellent dinner and wine. Outside seating is very pleasant. Great service.

This is a favorite restaurant in the city and we have visited several times. The service, food and cocktails are all exceptional. We love the kebob platter, all the dips and the apricot yogurt dessert. They have a large outdoor area with space heaters.

Zaytinya was a great dining experience. Sat outside, enjoyed a great meal with fantastic service.

Fabulous food. Excellent waitstaff. Six of us had the tasting menu - Which allowed us to have a great variety of interesting dishes. Would recommend getting it.

Diners beware!!! The bread is so good and plentiful don’t have too much of it because you’ll surely want to Have space enjoy the rest of the meal :)

It was our first time going out to dinner during COVID and we felt very comfortable and safe!

Zaytinya is my go-to for a nice meal in DC and it did not disappoint when I recently had a visitor. We ate outside on a perfect DC afternoon. We were comfortably socially-distanced from other tables, the server was pleasant and personable without being creepy, and the food, as always, was great.

The cuisine was excellent, but the service was well below what one would expect from this establishment. It made for a disappointing overall dining experience.

We thoroughly enjoyed our meal. The meatballs were awesome! We would definitely return.

The food was disappointing. Adana kebab was greasy. Chicken kebab was rubbery. The tzaziki was uninspiring. Overall we didn't enjoy the meal, and while the waitress was very nice the service overall was rushed. When you order a (cold) dish they bring it in five or 10 minutes if not less, so it's not much of a dining experience. The dessert selection was uninspiring --we didn't order any. No baklava, no kanafe, the kind of things one would expect in this type of restaurant. Too cheap to hire a pastry chef?

Wonderful in every way!

Really enjoyed the food! We had the cheese platter, fattoush, brussel sprouts, and the kebob platter. We enjoyed everything and had a great table outside on their front patio with plenty of open space between us and others.