Cafe Renaissance
| Address: | 163 Glyndon St SE, Vienna, VA 22180, USA |
| Phone: | +1 703-938-3311 |
| Site: | caferenaissance.com |
| Rating: | 4.3 |
| Working: | 11:30AM–2:30PM 11:30AM–2:30PM 11:30AM–2:30PM 11:30AM–2:30PM 11:30AM–2:30PM 5:30–10PM 5:30–9PM |
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Alice Wang
Café Renaissance is a wonderfully elegant, romantic restaurant in Vienna. Unassuming from the exterior, the interior is charming and warm. The walls are adorned with Impressionist-style paintings and reminiscent of traditional Parisian décor, especially with Degas dancers painted on one wall. Each table is decorated with roses and everything looks very romantic and refined. I ordered the lobster bisque as an appetizer and sea scallops in a cilantro sauce for my entrée. Food was delicious. Great flavors all around the table. We also ordered a bottle of wine, which our server helped to cork and wrap after our meal to take home with us. Service is super attentive and professional here. Our server was very knowledgeable and friendly. Since it was my birthday, he and the other servers came over with a large plate of dessert samplers and sang happy birthday to me. Beautiful décor, fantastic food, excellent service. What more could you ask for?
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Debbie Wolfe
Cafe Renaissance is simply a wonderful restaurant. First of all, the look of the restaurant is so quaint and tastefully decorated. They just changed the white columns to gold and boy did it make everything look so vibrant. There are always white table cloths with fresh flower arrangements on each and every table making everything look crisp and clean. The service is always impeccable and honestly they just cant do enough for you. They are very accomodating when it comes to changing up a menu item and their portions are very generous. There half portions are huge. With regards to after dinner drinks and desserts, the owner is always coming by offering a free drink or sample of dessert. The staff treat you like family even if you are there for the first time. All I can say is, that its a great bang for your buck. Enjoy!
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Katy Kasmai
The decor is a distasteful, worn and dirty attempt at old world Europe. The so called fine French cuisine is neither fine nor French. The staff is curt and confused. The mothers day brunch was not really a brunch, and when asking the head waiter a simple question such as "are drinks included with the brunch" the response was "is this your first time at a restaurant? The only free drink here is Vienna tap water". The afternoon continued with the staff making constant awkward comments, and at one point just as one waiter offered us juice the other waiter cut in to say "dont get it its too sugary". The average age of patronage: 85. These positive reviews can not possibly be for real, but we were fooled and our mothers day ruined.
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A Private User
The food is very good. The service very friendly and the atmosphere pleasant. My problem you ask? Each time we ate there the owner would offer us complimentary after dinner drinks. The last time I caught him taking it off of another table (served to someone else) and giving it to me as if it were fresh from the bottle. And in the same glass. Now maybe this doesnt seem criminal to some? I just cant help wondering if the french string beans or the salad is recycled too? Drop a steak on the floor. Trash or my plate? I suspect the latter. The ill timed violin playing not my cup of tea. Find it annoying. Again, food is very good and why they get 4 stars. Just not going here and risking someone elses germs on my plate.
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Kaya Hamilton
Everything was great until the bill came... We had a big ticket and about 8 different paying methods.. When we asked our server to put them on separate tickets , he he said he couldnt-it was a handwritten ticket.. so instead of him figuring out the cost for each person, we had to spend the next 45 minutes figuring it out, only to find out he put the wrong total on the ticket.. So then he spent the next HOUR AND A HALF trying to fix everything!!! Right before we left he basically said that he deserved a 90$ (which was 20%) dollar tip, and from from a table full of youth...
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Hans Z
being Persian I am very picky in finding great tasting food. few months ago, me and my wife had dinner at the café renaissance on a Wednesday night, food was great , the owner and the chef also made sure our food was prepared the way we wanted. I was also very pleasantly surprised when I got the bill, usually the check for fine dinning restaurants are a lot more than what we got. I would definitely recommend café renaissance to anyone who loves great tasting passionately prepared food with a great atmosphere.
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A Private User
There there are few places where everything is perfect. Cafe Renaissance is perfect.The decor,ambiance,service and desire to please is amazing.It is intimate,has beautiful flowers and there is nothing requested that is not done with courtesy and friendliness.I moved from Vienna,but return to Renaissance as often as possible and guests are invariably impressed. I have worked in Europe and the attention to detail equals fine restaurants there.It is absolutely elegant, charming and friendly. Margaret Watson
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Fritz Reese
Our mussels and lobster were over done, but the rest of our food was great. The beef Wellington is no Gordon Ramsay but it is kind of an Eastern spin on the dish, which was very tasty and intriguing. The server was very nice and we had a great time talking to him. On the downside the chef came out to talk to us and was awkwardly hitting on my brothers girlfriend thirty years younger than him. The server acted like he does that all the time. All in all a great place, just dont take a pretty girl here.
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Chris Vallianos
The food is superb, they do a very flavorful terrine with perfect texture. Traditional French style cuisine in an unlikely location. The maitre de, makes a perfect martini, and I was pleased with the price even of top shelf vodka. The wine selection is extensive with pairing suggestions. The waitstaff know when to approach the table, how to ask proper questions and engage clientele and not to be too pushy. I would recommend this place for special occasions and/or clients. Keep up the good work Saeed.
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Chapman Dugger
This is our favorite restaurant in Vienna. My wife and I have been dining with Saeed the owner for over 16 years. Great food, lovely ambience and a true feeling that you are special! We went last night to celebrate my wifes birthday. His daughter plays violin music occasionally. You will enjoy specialty desserts and wine pairings.I always return for the personal service and sincere appreciation that is given for a dining night.! Dugger Vienna, Va.
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C. Elm
To my experience, this is the worse restaurant I have ever been. My friend and I went there for lunch and had important things to talk about. The owner and the waiter would come on and on, interrupt us with their bad accent, trying to be funny! The interior decorating and the food were both dreadful . I cant remember ever having been in any restaurant as bad as this one. A McDonald has more ambience than Cafe Renaissance. Never again!!
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A Private User
For nearly 20 years, Cafe Renaissance has been our favorite restaurant for special occasions, casual lunches, entertaining clients, and quiet evenings with friends. The food is remarkable, the service if friendly and hospitable. The owners committment to excellence is evideint in every aspect of the wonderful, personal sized restaurant. Thinking about dining there makes me smile. Thinking about our dining expereince makes me smile.
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Nancy Fatemi
This is a wonderfully warm, Old Europe restaurant with lovely ambiance and attentive staff. The food is excellent! The knowledgeable staff readily offers recommendations as to wine selection and specials, all excellent. Whether you have a special occasion or not, this is the place to go for a memorable time and top value.
