The Rogue 24 dinner was really interesting and fun. The atmosphere was so warm and inviting. Having the kitchen prep area in the center of the room really made the whole night an interactive experience rather than at most restaurants where you just sit at your table and wait for the food to arrive. Watching the chefs and staff plate and arrange each course was truly engaging. We were a little apprehensive before our arrival with fears that some of the food would be too unusual for our limited pallets, but everything was delicious. It's hard to believe we ate every single bite! Not having to order from a complicated menu was very liberating. We were able to just sit back and enjoy every new plate as it arrived without worrying about whether we'd like it or not. We kept an open mind and tried it all (and really enjoyed it all too!).
We wanted the full experience so my wife and I went with another foodie couple and did the 24 course menu with the higher-end "Rogue" pairing.
The service was fantastic and we had a great experience with the food and chatting with the staff. My wife is gluten free and they did an awesome job making the few small tweaks needed to the menu for her. :)
I will say that the food is good -- some courses were truly excellent. Our party kept a kind of running score, +1, -1 or 0 for each course (with -1 not being, "bad" you understand as this is a yardstick in degrees of awesome). Final score was around 10 and I'd have liked that to be a bit higher for the price.
I will also say that most of the wine pairings were very good, two or three were great and the two small cocktails were simply incredible -- and very memorable.
The staff at Rogue24 really made our evening a lot of fun! Great time.
This was my second experience. I went once before with a friend and this visit was to celebrate my cousin's birthday with my mom. I'd requested seating next to the magic, made for more difficult conversation- we were three across, but was a FANTASTIC experience to interact with everyone and watch the courses coming together. Unlike the Inn at Little Washington which seems a gorgeous carbon copy at each visit, this meal was a very different experience from the first, but remains sublime. I've read other reviews complaining that some courses were too salty, but I found if I mixed the dish a bit, everything balanced beautifully. Mom and Michele had the pairing, since I was driving, I only sampled. Interestingly, since I was tasting with some of mom's unfinished glasses, I liked the previous drink with a later dish. Our dinner Saturday evening WAS truly excellent.
922 N St NW - Washington DC
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