"We celebrated Valentine's Day by having lunch here today (the day before Valentine's Day). Food: we got there around 12:45 and it was nice that we were able to order a couple of dishes from the brunch menu and couple from the lunch menu. I love middle eastern food and specifically within that, Moroccan food is my favorite. I love Branzino so for special occasions, I always search for a place on Yelp that serves good branzino. We had trekked all the way from Herndon, VA (50 min drive one way) to try their branzino and were extremely disappointed that they didn't have any. Eggplant Benedict: delicious! if you love eggplants and eggs, you will love this dish. I had ordered this because they didn't have branzino. I think this dish was ready before the others because it was room temperature. Skirt steak and eggs: my husband ordered this and enjoyed it very much. I think this dish was ready before the others because it was room temperature. Chicken tagine: the chicken was tender and delicious. The sauce had a sweetness to it which made it not great but it was still good to have with bread. Chef's tagine which was salmon: the salmon was cooked to perfection (I cannot stand over cooked seafood) and it was my 4 year old's favorite. The sauce was under seasoned and heavy on the tanginess from tomatoes but it had really good veggies zucchini, bell peppers, carrots, peas, olives and potatoes. Milk Pastilla: in comparison to the rave reviews on this, it was just ok... it would have tasted better if the cream was on both the layers of filo and not just the top layer. Price and Portion Size: for DC, I thought the price and portion size was pretty good. We've been to a few restaurants that are charging covid fee so we were happy not to see that. See the rest of my review on service and parking on Yelp or Google. We are foodies and love to try a new restaurant every week and we can definitely see ourselves returning to try the branzino and chicken skewers."
