ala

Absolutely fantastic experience! When you come request Alp! He is the BEST server in every way. He was prompt, delightful and recommended the tastiest items. The atmosphere is gorgeous. Every detail in taken into account from food to table setting. Ala is elegant restaurant with incredible service. 100% recommend for brunch, romantic dinner and professional lunch.

Delicious middle eastern food with a modern twist. We had brunch sat outdoors and it was very good. They've done a nice job of the outdoor seating. Service was a little slow, but the servers were friendly and helpful.

Coming to the Dupont station looking for a more excellent restaurant, we spotted Ala immediately, which has the Michelin guide. And it is worth it to enjoy its Mediterranean food from the Turkish founders and chief. Try it next time yourself!

5 of us were visiting DC and looking for a casual place for 5 grown-ups with good food and drinks. Ala had a nice outdoor space, drinks were great, the service was amazing, and the food would make us return to DC again. Kim's attentive + knowledge of the menu was top.

We did their chef tasting menu, and it was worth it. You got 10 dishes and 4 drinks. We asked extra plates for 8 out of those 10 dishes because they were so good.

If I live in the area, I would regularly go there to get a couple of cocktails, their apps (should try their hummus, baba ghanoush, roasted beets) and their grilled octopus.

I’ve been here for brunch when it was Ankara and I definitely prefer that brunch than what ala offers currently. It offered bottomless food Meze style with true bottomless drinks - mimosas, bloody Mary’s, beers, wines, cocktails etc. It was truly at its best!

Now they’ve changed the menu and call it bottomless drinks now because you can pick either mimosas or bloody Mary’s only and then select from a 3 course choice. The food is still really good but priced up to hell.

Be careful when doing anything bottomless because, for whatever reason, their system is somehow unable to undo a bottomless order once they put it in their computer system. I don’t buy that for even a moment. Just a way to cheat people out of their money. Our waiter was also not friendly at all and when we got the bill, we asked if they tacked on a service charge (because sadly that’s something restaurants do in DC now and we didn’t want to pay more than what we owed) and he got so flippant about it. And he still charged our friend for her bottomless drinks when she had ONE coffee and had to leave due to a medical reason.

The stars are purely for the food, but the service ain’t and menu set up ain’t it.

Cute place to brunch with friends. The food was good but I’m my opinion, I could recommend a different spot. They do have a mimosa station where you can pick from two different flavors. Al though my food experience was ok. I have to give this place credit for their customer sever. The staff was very attentive and polite.

I came to visit this area and I was extremely thrilled to visit ala and try their food. I was not blown away at all. The food was average and over priced for the taste. It was missing the wow factor. The drinks were below average. We unfortunately didn’t like two of the drinks that we tried. When it came to service, that was amazing. The staff was extremely attentive.

I finally made it here. It was well worth the wait. Quaint ambiance. Great seating especially for groups or even a date night. The service is very attentive and the food is really, really good. A perfect place for a date night. For the meat folks, get the short ribs and the lamb. You won't be disappointed. The cauliflower was recommended and looked good, but we did not order. I'll definitely be back to Ala to try more things as the menu changes.