Best Family Style Restaurants in Columbia Heights / Brightwood

Definitely will be back to Dleña.My wife & I celebrated our 8 years anniversary here & had an amazing dinner.

I would have rated the noise level as excellent, but there was a wedding going on upstairs that was extremely loud, and it kind of ruined the ambiance of the quiet jazz lounge feel later in the evening. With that said, the lounge, atmosphere, music, food, service, and coziness were all perfect! We especially appreciated our server Lauren, who was so friendly and attentive. She even reserved us a table, even though they usually do not reserve tables, because we asked for a cozy corner in the lounge to celebrate our wedding and first Thanksgiving weekend as a married couple. She also brought us a celebratory dessert drink, which was delicious. We can't wait to go back, and will definitely take friends and visitors to DC. The manager, Alyshea, was amazing also!

Truly delicious food in lovely setting. Enjoyed a leisurely lunch. The tables are a bit too close to one another, so when they fill up, you can find yourself bumping into (or getting bumped by) fellow diners. You might expect this at a popular (for good reason) restaurant, but at times it disrupts an otherwise lovely experience. This also leads to servers being a bit over taxed by having to tend to too many customers at once, and we had to ask multiple times for drink refills or missing cutlery. To be fair, this was not the fault of the server, just the nature of the situation. Highly recommend Rumi’s Kitchen, though sharing these experiences in case it helps others know what to expect during peaks hours when the restaurant is full.

We had the prix fixe Thanksgiving dinner. The seafood spread was plentiful and fresh, they were putting fresh seafood out about every 5 minutes. All 3 courses were perfectly cooked apart from the octopus which my friend found to be a little on the salty side, she loved the pasta and sauce that came with it. I had the prime filet and it lived up to the definition “melt in your mouth tender”. The service was perfect, Daniel Penda who attended to us was friendly, attentive, and always had a smile on. Everyone else was very friendly and we had several people check on us at appropriate times to see that we were having a lovely dinner. I definitely would recommend for a special occasion or fancy dinner. The ambiance at The Pembroke is perfect for that.

Delicious food. Great service. Only complaint was the seating. Even though there were many open tables we were seated right next to another table that was very close. We had to move our tables over a bit to give some place next to the couple next to us. Felt very cramped