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Omni Shoreham Hotel in D.C


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Living in NYC, I don't know what everyone else's parameters are for walking, but less than 1 mile away (according to mapquest) and right on Connecticut are 2 very good, and quite different, restaurants.

The first is Dino (click), a fine Italian restaurant with an excellent wine list and reasonable prices to match. If you call and speak to the proprietor, he's likely to put together a special meal just for your group.

Second is Nam-Viet (click), excellent Vietnamese food in a much more casual setting.

They are also only 1 metro stop away.

And even closer, walking east over the park, is Cashion's Eat Place (click), still ranking high 15 years after opening.

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Dino and Nam-Viet are a *long* walk uphill. (There are other very worthwhile restaurants in Cleveland Park as well, most notably Palena.) Cashion's, in Adams-Morgan, also is too long a walk, imho.

The Woodley Park area, where the Omni Shoreham is located, has the excellent New Heights, literally down the street from the hotel. I'd go there.

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One of the great ironies of Woodley Park (where the Omni is located) is that the presence of two immense hotels seems to have doomed the neighborhood to the type of restaurant that unadveturous tourists and business travelers prefer. You would do well to ignore most of what you see on Connecticut Avenue as you approach -- it will only disappoint you.

New Heights is indeed the obvious go-to. Regarding the others, it depends on what your definition of "long" is. I like all those mentioned, and while I wouldn't business entertain at Nam-Viet, I would eat their curried squid. My last meal at Palena was breathtakingly good; Dino is less formal but good, hearty eating.

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