Best Italian Restaurants in McLean

The food was amazing and the service was great. The booth was outdated and uncomfortable but everything else’s was fine.

Heading to a concert at the Kennedy Center (it's a very easy approach to Foggy Bottom), we tried Claudio's Table out for the first time. We ate early and got to watch the restaurant fill up with a broad range of families and couples from the neighborhood and elsewhere, bringing a real nice ambience. The food was fabulous: fried artichoke with a green salad started things off beautifully, like being in Rome. The linguini with lobster tail, on a light red lobster infused sauce (a special) is among the best dishes in Washington (et Voila's Norwegian sole is another). Our other dish was the linguini with clams. My wife and I shifted our platters back and forth, with help from staff when they saw us treeing to balance the dishes. Wine was lovely and the lemon cake dessert was a brilliant combination of layers. The portions were also perfect (not too big, nor too little) and we stayed awake through our concert.

Great experience as always. Caesar provided fantastic and attentive service. The food was reliably delicious. The only slight drawback is the noise level which I would describe as overly lively. Patrons and staff were all trying to talk over the music. Perhaps a notch down on music to just make it lively. Thanks, North Italia.

Excellent service, and food was pretty good as it always is here. In fact, their fresh bread on the table is even more hot and delicious than I remember. Pasta is always good here, and the seasonal butternut squash ravioli was absolutely delicious. The veal Marsala special was quite good, too. Though we were too full for dessert, maggiano’s tiramisu is always excellent and this time the slice of chocolate cake looked absolutely like a guilty pleasure but we were trying to watch our intake of sweets.

Great food. Nice friendly service . Wonderful clams and linguini red and white sauce. Great paglia fino. Always great nova go to Italian. Mangia it’s great ! Can’t wait for gazpacho with crab season after. Memorial Day!