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Washington, D.C. Map: Michel Richard CitronelleMichel Richard Citronelle Frommer's Exceptional

Cuisine Innovative French
Hours Daily 6-10pm
Address 3000 M St. NW
Location In the Latham Hotel, Georgetown
Reservations Reservations required
Dress Code Jacket required, tie optional for men at dinner
Phone 202/625-2150
Web site www.citronelledc.com
Prices Fixed-price 3-course dinner $95; fixed-price tasting menu $155. Bar/lounge main courses $12-$38
Credit Cards AE, DC, MC, V
Season Open for dinner only

Frommer's Review

If Citronelle's ebullient chef/owner Michel Richard is in the kitchen (and you know when he is, since the dining room views the open kitchen), diners in the know decline the menu and ask simply for whatever it is he wants to make. Whether you go that route, or choose from the fixed-price or tasting menus, you're in for a (very expensive) treat. Emerging from the bustling kitchen are appetizers like the fricassee of escargots, an eggshell filled with caviar, sweetbreads, porcinis, and crunchy pistachios, and entrees like the crispy lentil-coated salmon or squab leg confit with macaroni gratin and black truffles. Each presentation is a work of art, with swirls of colorful sauce surrounding the main event. If you're passionate about food, you may want to consider dining at the chef's table, which is in the kitchen, so you can watch Richard at work. This will cost you: $285 per person, with a minimum of six people, is the stated price, but that's to give you a ballpark idea; call for more exact information. One less expensive option is available at Citronelle: You can dine in the restaurant's bar and lounge.

Citronelle's decor is also breathtaking and includes a wall that changes colors, a state-of-the-art wine cellar (a glass-enclosed room that encircles the dining room, displaying its 8,000 bottles and a collection of 18th- and 19th-century corkscrews), and a Provençal color scheme of mellow yellow and raspberry red.

Michel Richard's richly layered chocolate "bar" with sauce noisette (hazelnut sauce) is recommended for dessert, if available. Citronelle's extensive wine list offers about 20 premium by-the-glass selections, but with all those bottles staring out at you from the wine cellar, you may want to spring for one. Also consider dining at Richard's new French/American bistro, Central, for a less expensive, less elaborate, but every bit as delicious meal.

Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.


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