Le Diplomate - French restaurant in Washington - 1601 14th St NW, USA

This was my first visit to Le Dip. I enjoyed the Christmas decor and friendly staff from the start. It was loud inside and sometimes hard to have a conversation. I started with a lemon drop and it was very tasty. The bread basket and butter were also very good. As for the food, it was very good, high quality-house made items. My favorite things were the onion soup, escargot, and ravioli. My least favorite was the mushroom tart. It was too mush “tart” and not enough toppings in my opinion. Other than that it was a good time.

Beautiful venue. The food was excellent, but the service definitely didn't meet expectations for the price point. We arrived a few minutes early for an 8:00 weeknight reservation and weren't seated until 8:15. The entire place was jam packed, so we were getting jostled by people coming and going; there was no hope of getting anywhere near the bar for a drink while waiting. After being seated service was slow but acceptable. We ate plenty of seafood, and I would definitely recommend the escargot. Noise level was very high, to the point it was hard to make casual conversation. It's worth going once to check the place out, but I won't be coming back. There is just as good of food in DC for $200+ per person with light-years better service.

What’s the rave about?? Visited for Christmas Eve dinner. The interior is nice but dated. The food was good but basic-felt like I was at a chain restaurant-nothing stood out as “WOW” but the food was good. The service-some of the worst. I am not sure what I tipped for? Zero service-Zero friendliness. Waiter took my order- no conversation, No recommendations-I felt like I was at a diner placing an order. A runner dropped off the food. The waiter brought my check. That was my entire interaction. They were not that busy-and even if they were, they should still have focused on food quality and service standards. For these reasons I would say the restaurant is sub-par.

This is a must eat place if you love French cuisine and you’re visiting Washington DC like us. The food, the atmosphere took us right back to Paris :) Every dish was so good. The truffle spaghetti was my daughter’s most favorite dish in the city. The beef tartare, onion soup were great appetizers and then the branzino and the ravioli and warm shrimp salad were amazing as well. Highly Recommend!

Came here for the first time for my birthday with a friend and we had the absolute best time. The food was fantastic, the bread basket was the best in the city and the cocktails were some of the best we have had in the city. Our server was Lola and they had the most amazing recommendations as well as just being the absolute best and most attentive server. We will be back to try and list of dishes that Lola gave us very soon!

Took my family here to celebrate my wife’s promotion. The food is good, the atmosphere is great. Our server Christopher is awesome. Very professional and attentive. Knows the menu well. Gave good advice on the menu. I made a reservation and came in right when they opened. They offer us a table outdoors in direct sunlight. my wife requested another spot as it will be hot, they tried to move us to the other side outdoors where the area was still being swept while there were plenty of available seating inside. The front desk never asked us for any seating preference. Just didn’t understand why they thought it was a good idea to sit us under the sun. only reason for the 4 star.

Visited Le Diplomate on a weekend trip and had the most amazing experience! We intended on just stopping in for a quick dessert but were so pleased with the whole experience. Our server (whose name I can’t remember!) was so personable, and funny while also being professional and attentive. We were served immediately with bread (which was delicious) and water for the table. I ordered an espresso martini which was delicious! Tasted like liquid dark chocolate! We decided to order some appetizers and went with the ricotta ravioli and the macaroni, which were both unbelievable. For dessert we ordered the profiteroles which were amazing but the star of the show was the passionfruit tart. I generally don’t like fruit tarts all that much but this was legitimately magical. It was so good we ordered a second and probably would’ve ordered more if we weren’t so full. Besides the food, the ambiance was so lovely. Feels like an authentic french restaurant. Lively atmosphere, busy and bustling in the best way! It was a little bit out of our typical restaurant budget but we all agreed that it was more than worth it and I absolutely would come back. It was the best part of our whole trip.

Fabulous. We got super lucky and got seated out in one of their outdoor booths. Super private, quiet and romantic! I was excited bc my only real complaint with this restaurant is how crowded and loud it is inside. We also had a 2pm reservation but we got there at noon to see if they could seat us early and they sat us right away! It all worked out perfectly. As always, the salmon eggs Benedict, potatoes, turkey sausage,, crossiant all delicious. We got their avocado toast and I would say that was probably our least favorite. Make that at home!! I would definitely go back.