Matisse Cafe Restaurant Menu
202-244-5222
Elegant, stylish décor makes a perfect setting for the classic French-Swiss cuisine.
Openings: Dinner Tues.-Sun., Brunch Sun.
Features
- Parking lot
- Dress code: Casual dressy
- Full bar
- Great Wine List
- Private room(s)
- Reservations suggested
- Romantic setting
Matisse Cafe Restaurant Restaurant Review:
Like a French stage setting, Matisse makes a surreal statement with its spacious dining rooms, curvilinear graphics and flowing designs. Even the flowers mimic the curlicues and sweeping lines of the interior. It's a three-level restaurant, but the basement is really the open kitchen, all functional and shiny. This makes a suitable backdrop for the foods prepared by chef-owner Fritz Siegfried, who is Swiss by birth, training and temperament. Look for such fine details as reduced veal stock that requires no unnecessary thickeners, twice-fried pommes frites, and an intense crème brûlée with berries. The menu changes seasonally, and may include filet mignon or rack of lamb with gratin dauphinois and French beans.
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