La Perla Restaurant Of Washington

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Oct 22, 2006 by Bill from Chicago
Overall Rating: 3
Food:[7] • Service:[1] • Atmosphere:[1]

• Linguine and clams (white sauce) good.
• From owner on down, no one offered any apology for a truly disappointing experience.

“The concierge at the Fairmont Hotel recommended and made our reservation for Saturday night so we were expecting a wonderful evening. Our experience, along with the other reservation holders inside the front door at La Perla was beyond disappointing. They obviously had overbooked reservations and the owner, maitre de and one other gentleman working the main floor were out of control. Not only were they one hour behind reservation times the maitre de kept running outside to handle problems with valet parking. Once seated, we stared another 20 minutes at what looked like two wonderful baskets of bread and butter. The problem was we didn't have any plates, or silverware, or napkins, or water or a cocktail and most importantly no mention of "we're sorry we're a bit overwhelmed tonight". Nothing. My entree arrived as the other members of my family had finished eating due to preparing linguine and clams in white sauce (waiter¿s suggestion) as a red sauce. Again, no apology. Neither bottle of wine comped, no dessert comped, no coffee comped, anything. Suggestion: leave La Perla off your list. DC has too many other wonderful Italian opportunities. The ego here seems to have gotten too big. Not having future patrons to serve might afford the owner at La Perla more time to enjoy his dated collection of celeb photos inside the front door. We thought they got real old with as much time as we were forced to stare at them.”

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Jul 19, 2006 by Richard F Douglas Jr. Esq from Chicago/New York
Overall Rating: 9
Food:[9] • Service:[10] • Atmosphere:[9]

• The mozzarella splashed with extra Virgin Olive oil appetizer. Ummm.
• Nothing to complain about except occasionally having to search a while for parking.

“La Perla' is the Restaurant I never fail to visit on my trips to DC. The Commodore'/owner never fails to impress me and my party with the freshest of veggies, cheeses, meats and sauces.( He's even gone so far as to prepare a new dish for me and my party on the spot) I always get a sincere friendly greeting at the door as I enter and after being seated the staff is always right there to attend to my every need throughout the dining experience. 'La Perla' also has a fine Wine list, to boot! overall It's a place that I will go out of my way to visit when I'm in town.”

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