Above and beyond. Masseria understands not just great food, but stellar hospitality. From my first interaction booking a reservation onward, the staff was warm, friendly, and thoughtful. The food, as expected, was excellent. But the wine! If you love dissecting how a great wine can change the flavor of a dish, Masseria is for you--the pairings took the food to a whole other level. All in all one of DC's most exciting dining experiences. Unpretentious, delicious, and thoroughly enjoyable. This is what good food and good fun should be about.

Drug like experience. Best meal I've ever had. The chefs table was one of the best dining experiences. Cannot recommend this place enough. Food was phenomenal and the service was as well.

Great night at Masseria. Neat to sit at the chef's counter and just be brought food. Loved watching the chef's work. Would definitely go back.

Excellent food as one would expect from a Michelin 1-star restaurant. The kitchen is truly superb. The presentation of the food on the plate was outstanding. And then there was the service and ambiance. An hour after we arrived, a large table of 7 men in suits arrived and was seated directly behind us. They were loud and arrived in a cloud of cigar smoke, which settled around them (and us) for the rest of our meal. That's when our meal service slowed W-A-Y down. We could no longer hear ourselves talking because the men were all shouting across the table at each other. We finished our meal and asked for the bill immediately. The "Loud" table was getting dessert, even though they had arrived an hour after us. I like a relaxing meal, but 2 1/2 hours for 4 courses is too slow. Not sure if I will return.

Truly delicious tasting menu here at the chef's counter. While everything we had was great, we saw all the other a la carte menu items going to the patrons in the regular dining room that I would live to go back and try. I feel like we missed out a bit on not trying the lasagna or soft shell crab, so we will have to go back.