Best Restaurants that are Worth The Drive in Charles Village

Delicious salad w baby tomatoes, ricotta, pine nuts, and red leaf lettuce and excellent wild mushroom risotto. Yummy dessert - little fried doughballs, very light and tasty. Attentive and friendly service, with good suggestions when asked. Came for late ish lunch on Sunday and ate in pleasant dining room with stone walls and wooden benches. We usually have dined on the patio, which is also pleasant when it’s not too cold. A favorite place for us.

We especially enjoyed the seafood risotto and pork osso buco. The Prince Edward Island mussels and fresh focaccia were also very tasty. Service was excellent. 

Baltimore is an experience within itself, and Phillips at the Inner Harbor was a great dining experience. The food was delicious and the waitress was Superb, Fatima was very articulate, she smiled and she knew the answers to all of our questions. She was excellent and made our dining at Phillips a great time.

If you are a steak lover, this is the best place to go! Head Chef Dre is hands down the best at cooking your steaks, exactly how you like them every time! Doesn't matter rare, medium and even well done, his steaks are always cooked to perfection, tender and juicy! All their food is excellent..huge bake potatoes and I highly recommend their Brussel sprouts! Outstanding service! You will not be disappointed!

The Holiday Tea Service at Magdalena is by far the best I've had outside of London proper. The tea selection consists of 5 lovingly curated teas, which I do prefer to being overwhelmed by a list of 100 teas I've never heard of. The small selection also allows Emma to go into depth about the quirks of each of the teas and I really appreciated getting smell samples of the tea beforehand as well as being walked through the process of preparing each tea we chose. The sandwich/scone/and pastries were all absolutely delicious. The portions at Magdalena were the largest I've seen at any high tea service in the US yet, but it was still a large snack rather than the type of fourth meal you'd get in in the UK. The entire staff was lovely, but being guided through the process by Emma, Madgalena's tea and coffee maven, who is full of enthusiasm for tea, coffee (and honestly all things delicious) elevates the experience form just another afternoon snack to a loving and fun homage to tea.