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Landini Brothers
Landini Brothers serves traditional Tuscan Italian at 115 King St in Alexandria, with an extensive wine list, conversational noise, and private dining.
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Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Alexandria from the En Primeur Club guide.
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In Old Town, Landini Brothers holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence, with an extensive wine list beside traditional Tuscan cooking on an a la carte menu. Nasime, in Old Town, serves a seven-course seasonal Japanese kappo tasting menu in an intimate room. The chef-owner serves the meal, with a wine list and a sake program.
Vermilion, in Old Town, cooks Modern American food from the Mid-Atlantic, with seasonal farm-to-table ingredients, a tasting menu, a la carte plates, and an extensive wine list. Il Porto, in Old Town, has served Northern Italian cooking since 1973, with handmade pasta and an extensive wine list. Rosemarino D'Italia, in Del Ray, cooks Northern and Southern Italian food, including handmade pastas and family recipes, with an extensive wine list. Citywide, our guide counts two Wine Spectator Awards of Excellence and three exceptional wine programs.
Restaurants with extensive wine lists
These restaurants keep extensive wine lists and wine lists. Landini Brothers, in Old Town, also holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence.
Landini Brothers
Landini Brothers, in Old Town, serves traditional Tuscan Italian on an a la carte menu and has been open since 1979. The list is extensive. The restaurant holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for 2026. Locals, tourists, and dignitaries use the historic Old Town room.
Josephine
Josephine, in Old Town, occupies a former firehouse as a French brasserie. The restaurant has an atrium courtyard and an extensive raw bar. Service covers a la carte plates and small plates. The wine program has an extensive wine list and craft cocktails.
Il Porto
Il Porto, in Old Town, has served Northern Italian cooking since 1973, and handmade pasta is on the a la carte menu. The wine program has an extensive wine list. Its private party room looks over historic Old Town.
Vaso's Mediterranean Bistro
Vaso's Mediterranean Bistro, in Old Town Alexandria, serves Mediterranean cooking that draws on Greek and Italian traditions. Chef Vaso Voliotis oversees the kitchen. The menu is a la carte. The wine program has an extensive wine list and craft cocktails.
Dining rooms in Old Town
These restaurants all sit in Old Town, the neighborhood with 27 venues in our guide. The kitchens cover a Japanese kappo tasting menu, a Mid-Atlantic tasting menu, Modern American cooking with Mesoamerican influences, and a New American room open since 1932; The Study's wine program is sommelier-led.
Nasime
Nasime, in Old Town, serves a seasonal Japanese kappo tasting menu and a set menu in an intimate room. The chef-owner serves the meal. The wine program has a sake program and a beer program. Washingtonian placed it at No. 12 on the 100 Very Best Restaurants list for 2026.
Vermilion
Vermilion, in Old Town, cooks Modern American food rooted in the Mid-Atlantic, using seasonal farm-to-table ingredients. Chef Anthony Chittum runs the kitchen. Service includes a la carte plates and a tasting menu. The wine program has an extensive wine list and craft cocktails.
The Study
The Study, in Old Town, serves Modern American cuisine with Mesoamerican influences, built from regionally sourced ingredients by chef Tomas Chavarria. The menu covers a la carte dishes and small plates. A sommelier-led wine program runs with craft cocktails. The dining room sits in a boutique hotel and offers live piano.
The Majestic
The Majestic, in Old Town, has been open since 1932 and serves New American food with Mediterranean nuance. Chef Santiago Lopez leads the kitchen. The menu is a la carte. A wine list includes an extensive wine list, and craft cocktails are served with it.
Wine and dining in Del Ray
Del Ray holds 14 venues in our guide. Picks here include a cheese-focused wine bar, an Italian restaurant with an extensive wine list, a seasonal American restaurant, and a bakery-bistro with a wine list.
Cheesetique
Cheesetique, in Del Ray, is a neighborhood wine bar where fine cheeses and charcuterie lead a cheese-centric menu. The wines on the list are food-friendly. Classic cocktails are poured along with the wine.
Rosemarino D'Italia
Rosemarino D'Italia, in Del Ray, cooks Northern and Southern Italian food, including handmade pastas and family recipes. The original chef brought the neighborhood restaurant back. The menu is a la carte. A wine list includes an extensive wine list and craft cocktails.
Evening Star Cafe
Evening Star Cafe, in Del Ray, has cooked contemporary American food since 1997. Seasonal dishes draw on produce from its rooftop garden and from local farmers. The menu is a la carte, and craft cocktails are served with the food.
Junction Bakery & Bistro
Junction Bakery & Bistro, in Del Ray, is a bar that pairs freshly baked breads and pastries with inventive American comfort food dishes. Classic cocktails are served with the breads, the pastries, and the comfort food.
Planning FAQ
Where do extensive wine lists show up in Alexandria?
Extensive wine lists in Old Town include Landini Brothers, Josephine, Il Porto, The Majestic, and Vermilion. Landini Brothers, in Old Town, serves traditional Tuscan cooking with that list. Josephine, in Old Town, is a French brasserie with an extensive list. Il Porto, in Old Town, serves Northern Italian food with an extensive list. The Majestic, in Old Town, serves New American food with an extensive list. Vermilion, in Old Town, serves Modern American food from the Mid-Atlantic with that list.
How many Michelin-starred restaurants are in Alexandria?
Alexandria has zero Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide. Royal, in The Berg, holds a Michelin Plate for 2025. Royal is a Latin American restaurant in The Berg, and it serves that cuisine as small plates and a la carte dishes.
Where are tasting menus in Alexandria?
Nasime, in Old Town, and Vermilion, in Old Town, both offer a tasting menu. Nasime, in Old Town, serves a seven-course seasonal Japanese kappo menu, with the chef-owner serving it, plus a set menu and a sake program. Vermilion, in Old Town, offers its tasting menu with a la carte Modern American cooking from the Mid-Atlantic, seasonal farm-to-table ingredients, and an extensive wine list.
Which places hold Wine Spectator awards?
Our guide counts two Wine Spectator Awards of Excellence in Alexandria. Landini Brothers, in Old Town, holds an Award of Excellence for 2026. The restaurant serves traditional Tuscan Italian on an a la carte menu, with an extensive wine list, in a historic Old Town room open since 1979.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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Where to eat in Alexandria
Selected entries from the current guide for Alexandria.
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Nasime
Nasime gives Alexandria a nationally noticed dining-room signal rather than another Old Town address with pleasant historic scenery. Its No. 12 placement on Washingtonian’s 100 Best Restaurants 2026 list puts it inside the region’s serious restaurant conversation, where ingredient judgment and disciplined sourcing matter more than decorative luxury.
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Royal
A Michelin Plate-recognised all-day spot in Old Town Alexandria, Royal keeps Latin American cooking accessible without sacrificing technique. The arepa at breakfast has earned legitimate local following, while the intimate upstairs dining room handles dinner with masa gnocchi and pork empanadas that punch above the price point.
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219 Restaurant
A King Street address that anchors 219 Restaurant firmly in Alexandria's historic dining corridor, where French Creole cooking has long found an audience among locals and visitors crossing the Potomac from Washington. The restaurant sits on one of Old Town's most-walked blocks, positioning it within a neighbourhood scene that ranges from casual waterfront options to more considered table-service dining.
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Ada's on the River
Ada's on the River serves wood-fired American steakhouse and seafood on the waterfront, with craft cocktails, an extensive wine list, and a leisurely, conversational pace.
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Aditi Indian Dining
Aditi Indian Dining serves Indian Curry House staples in Alexandria for lunch and dinner, with a casual dress code and conversational pacing for an unhurried meal.
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Alexandria Bier Garden
On King Street, Alexandria's most trafficked dining corridor, Alexandria Bier Garden occupies a spot where the beer-garden format does something specific: it structures the evening around the drink first, the food second. The result is a casual, outdoor-leaning destination that fits the neighbourhood's appetite for sociable, lower-formality dining without fully abandoning the table.
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Asian Bistro
On King Street's restaurant-dense corridor, Asian Bistro occupies a reliable middle tier in Alexandria's pan-Asian dining scene, the kind of address where Old Town regulars return without much deliberation. The format suits a neighbourhood that increasingly expects range and accessibility in the same room, sitting comfortably alongside Aditi Indian Dining and other King Street staples.
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Blackwall Hitch
Blackwall Hitch occupies a waterfront position on Cameron Street in Old Town Alexandria, placing it squarely within the neighbourhood's casual-to-mid-tier dining corridor that runs along the Potomac. For visitors working through the Old Town scene, it represents the accessible, come-as-you-are end of the local spectrum, a useful counterpoint to the more formal options clustered nearby.
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Blue & White Carry Out
Blue & White Carry Out occupies a modest address on Wythe Street in Alexandria's Old Town, operating in the carry-out format that has long anchored neighbourhood eating across Northern Virginia. Details on cuisine, hours, and booking remain limited in public records, making it a candidate for direct contact before visiting. See our full Alexandria guide for broader context on the city's dining options.
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Bombay Canteen
Bombay Canteen at 2010 Eisenhower Ave brings Indian street food to Alexandria's evolving dining corridor, where the kitchen centers on the kind of high-heat cooking traditions rooted in tandoor clay-oven technique. The format sits closer to casual than formal, with a menu built around flame-driven dishes that anchor Indian street cooking from chaat counters to kebab grills. A useful stop for those exploring Alexandria's broader South Asian dining options.
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Cedar Knoll
Cedar Knoll sits along Fort Hunt Road in the quieter southern reaches of Alexandria, Virginia, a stretch where the Potomac riverbank defines the mood more than any downtown dining rush. The address alone signals something residential and considered rather than destination-driven, placing it in a different register from the city's busier corridors. Details on cuisine, pricing, and current programming are best confirmed directly before visiting.
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Clyde's at Mark Center
Clyde's at Mark Center serves American steakhouse and seafood at 1700 N Beauregard St, with crab cakes, oysters, and steak frites plus local sourcing.
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Continues Arcade
Continues Arcade fits Alexandria’s all-day American dining lane, where breakfast service, weeknight dinner, and weekend evening energy matter as much as a single chef-driven signature. The draw is less about trophy chasing than flexibility: a neighborhood-format American restaurant in a city where historic streets, commuters, and visitors create demand across the day.
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Del Ray Café
Del Ray Café is a casual French café at 205 E. Howell Avenue in Alexandria’s Del Ray neighborhood, serving breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner every day from local, natural, and organic products, with rotisserie chickens to-go, a screened porch, and parking in back.
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Evening Star Cafe
On Alexandria's Del Ray strip, Evening Star Cafe occupies a position that rewards the neighbourhood diner over the destination hunter. The kitchen works a register where local mid-Atlantic ingredients meet considered technique, placing it squarely in the category of serious neighbourhood restaurants that punch above their casual appearance. Seek it out before the rest of the city catches on.
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Fish Market
Fish Market at 105 King Street occupies a well-travelled corner of Old Town Alexandria's waterfront dining corridor, where seafood has anchored the neighbourhood's restaurant identity for generations. The address places it within easy reach of the Potomac-facing blocks that draw both locals and visitors looking for direct fish-forward cooking in a setting that carries the character of the district.
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Founding Farmers Alexandria
Founding Farmers Alexandria brings the brand's farm-to-table American format to a residential stretch of Alexandria, Virginia, at 461 Swann Ave. The casual, all-day format suits family gatherings and neighbourhood celebrations without demanding formality. It operates within a mid-price bracket that keeps the occasion accessible without sacrificing the group-dining credentials the Founding Farmers network has built across the DC region.
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Gadsby's Tavern
One of Old Town Alexandria's most historically grounded dining rooms, Gadsby's Tavern occupies an eighteenth-century building at 138 N Royal St that hosted figures from the early American republic. The experience sits at the intersection of colonial heritage and contemporary hospitality, making it a reference point for understanding how Alexandria's dining scene treats its own past.
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Good Fortune
Good Fortune occupies a considered position on Prince Street in Old Town Alexandria, where the dining scene has grown more selective about provenance and practice. Against a neighborhood better known for colonial-era dining rooms and waterfront bars, it represents a quieter, more deliberate kind of hospitality. Visitors drawn to restaurants with ethical sourcing frameworks and a sense of place will find the address worth seeking out.
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Il Porto
Il Porto occupies a well-worn address on King Street, Alexandria's most restaurant-dense corridor, where Italian-American tradition and Old Town's waterfront character have long kept pace with each other. The room draws a committed local following that returns for the rhythm of the meal as much as the food itself. For visitors arriving from Washington, D.C., it offers a useful contrast to the capital's more self-conscious dining scene.
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Joe Theismann's Restaurant
Joe Theismann's Restaurant occupies a prominent address at 1800A Diagonal Road in Alexandria, Virginia, placing it squarely in the city's restaurant corridor near the King Street Metro corridor. Named for the former Washington quarterback, the venue sits in a dining category that blends American sports-bar heritage with sit-down restaurant ambitions, a format with its own distinct logic in the DC suburbs.
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Josephine
On South St. Asaph Street in Old Town Alexandria, Josephine occupies a neighborhood where French-inflected American dining has long held ground against the capital's gravitational pull. The address places it within walking distance of the waterfront and the dense restaurant corridor that defines Old Town's evening character, positioning it alongside venues that range from casual carry-out to white-tablecloth tradition.
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Where to stay in Alexandria
Selected entries from the current guide for Alexandria.
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Archer Hotel Old Town Alexandria
Archer Hotel Old Town Alexandria sits at 1600 King Street in the heart of Old Town, earning a place in the Michelin Selected Hotels 2025 list. The property occupies a mid-sized boutique tier that positions it against a small set of design-conscious independents in one of the Washington D.C. area's most architecturally coherent historic neighbourhoods. It is a considered base for travellers who want proximity to the Potomac waterfront without the scale of a convention-block hotel.
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Hotel Heron
Hotel Heron belongs in the Alexandria conversation through place rather than spectacle: a city where historic brick, waterfront scale, and Washington-adjacent travel patterns shape the hotel experience. With, the sensible read is contextual: judge it against Old Town’s design-led, low-rise hospitality rhythm rather than resort-scale luxury.
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Where to go for a drink in Alexandria
Selected entries from the current guide for Alexandria.
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Bar 86
Bar 86 gives Alexandria’s drinking scene a cocktail-focused address rather than another dining-room bar. With no published awards, chef billing, or listed menu specifics to lean on, the useful read is category-based: treat it as a drinks-first stop in a city where Old Town tourism, neighborhood restaurants, and late-evening social drinking often overlap.
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Captain Gregory's
Captain Gregory's occupies a corner of Old Town Alexandria's bar scene where the cocktail programme does the talking. Located at 804 N Henry St, the bar sits within walking distance of King Street's main corridor, positioning it as a neighbourhood option for serious drinks rather than tourist traffic. For visitors building an Alexandria evening around craft cocktails, it belongs on the itinerary.
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Chadwicks
Chadwicks occupies a waterfront position on The Strand in Old Town Alexandria, drawing a neighborhood crowd that values consistency over novelty. The menu reads as a study in American casual dining with a bar program that earns its own attention. For visitors moving through the DC corridor, it functions as a reliable anchor on Alexandria's dining circuit.
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Cheesetique
On Del Ray's main commercial strip, Cheesetique has built a following around an unusually deep cheese program for the Washington suburbs. The shop and wine bar format puts artisan producers from across the United States and Europe on the same counter, pairing them with a list that rewards exploration. For Alexandria residents and visitors, it functions as a reliable neighborhood anchor for quality provisions.
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Epicure on King
On Old Town Alexandria's central strip, Epicure on King sits at the intersection of neighbourhood bar and serious drinks destination. King Street draws a mixed crowd of locals, federal workers, and weekend visitors, and Epicure occupies a role familiar to regulars: the place you return to rather than discover. A reliable address on one of Virginia's most walked thoroughfares.
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Feru Bar and Restaurant
Feru Bar and Restaurant occupies a unit on S Van Dorn Street in Alexandria, Virginia, operating at a remove from the Old Town corridor that dominates most dining guides. The bar-restaurant format places it in a segment of the city's scene that rewards locals over visitors, with a combined drinks and dining offer that suits the residential southwest quadrant of the city.
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Junction Bakery & Bistro
Junction Bakery & Bistro operates on Mount Vernon Avenue in Alexandria's Del Ray neighbourhood, a stretch that has quietly accumulated some of the city's most consistent all-day dining. The format combines bakery and bistro under one roof, positioning it within a broader local trend of hybrid morning-to-evening operations that blur the line between cafe culture and sit-down dining.
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Lena's Wood-Fired Pizza & Tap - Italian Cuisine
Wood-fired pizza in Alexandria's Del Ray neighborhood draws a loyal crowd to Lena's on East Braddock Road, where the tap list and Italian-leaning menu hold equal weight. The format is casual and consistent, the kind of place regulars orbit around rather than stumble upon. For a full read on how it fits Alexandria's broader dining scene, the editorial context below is worth a look.
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Matt & Tony's All Day Kitchen + Bar
Matt & Tony's All Day Kitchen + Bar occupies a corner of Alexandria's Del Ray neighbourhood at 1501 Mt Vernon Ave, where the format, all-day dining with a full bar, suits a block that runs errands at noon and cocktails by six. The kitchen-bar combination places it in a growing category of neighbourhood anchors that resist the lunch-or-dinner binary, making it a practical and social constant in one of Northern Virginia's most residential dining corridors.
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Mount Purrnon Cat Café + Wine Bar
A cat café and wine bar occupying a historic rowhouse on South Alfred Street in Old Town Alexandria, Mount Purrnon blends the low-key warmth of a neighbourhood gathering spot with the novelty of resident cats and a drinks program. It sits a short walk from the King Street corridor, making it a distinct detour from the standard Old Town dining circuit.
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Port City Brewing Company
Port City Brewing Company operates out of a production facility on Wheeler Avenue in Alexandria, Virginia, placing it within a mid-Atlantic craft brewing scene that has grown considerably more competitive over the past decade. The taproom format here follows the brewery-as-destination model, where the beer program is the draw and the space is built around it. It sits a short distance from Old Town's bar corridor, which includes spots like Chadwicks and Captain Gregory's.
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Royal Nepal Restaurant
Royal Nepal Restaurant on Mt Vernon Avenue brings Himalayan cooking to one of Alexandria's most neighbourhood-grounded dining corridors. The kitchen draws on the spice logic and fermented depth that define Nepali and broader South Asian mountain cuisine, placing it in a distinct tier from the area's more familiar South Asian options. For those willing to look beyond the obvious, this address rewards attention.
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Taqueria Picoso
A neighborhood taqueria on North Beauregard Street that draws Alexandria residents looking for an accessible, casual occasion around Mexican food. The format suits relaxed weeknight dinners and low-key celebrations equally well, sitting comfortably within the city's mid-tier dining corridor rather than the Old Town fine-dining axis.
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The Commodore Old Town
Chicago tavern-style pizza in Alexandria's Old Town bar circuit, The Commodore draws a neighborhood crowd with a format that prioritizes the bar as much as the kitchen. Thin-crust pies cut in squares, pasta, and direct bar food sit alongside a drinks program that keeps the room occupied well past dinner. It occupies a different register than the white-tablecloth dining rooms along King Street.
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The Peoples Drug
A pharmacy-turned-bar on North Alfred Street, The Peoples Drug occupies one of Alexandria's more characterful Old Town spaces and draws a crowd that takes its spirits seriously. The back bar is the main event here, with a curation philosophy that places it closer to a specialist bottle shop with stools than a conventional cocktail lounge. For anyone with a genuine interest in what's in the glass, this is where to start in Alexandria.
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Valletta Port - Authentic Italian cuisine
On North St. Asaph Street in Alexandria's Old Town, Valletta Port brings Italian cooking into a neighbourhood better known for Colonial-era taverns and waterfront gastropubs. The kitchen draws on the traditions of Italy's port cities, positioning itself as a more focused alternative to the broader Mediterranean offerings along King Street. Bookings and current hours are best confirmed directly with the restaurant.
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