The sparseness of Komi’s website is as revealing about the award-hoarding restaurant as the overflow of what one reviewer calls the “Komi-worship” by its many fans. The press reports about the Obamas’ date there in 2010 is also suggestive of this small restaurant’s high-altitude reputation.

Dinner reservations are taken by telephone one month in advance of the date desired.   No menu is available—only the note that “Komi serves a progressive, multi-course dinner for $135 per person, with an optional $70 wine pairing.” Renowned young chef-owner, Johnny Monis, specializes in Greek and Mediterranean food adventure artistry. A typical evening includes a slow series of delicately presented morsels. Many of these bite-sized courses include raw fish and seafood that diners are sometimes urged to pop into the mouth for a single flavor and texture swoon. Diners generally have a choice of entrée, often between roasted pig or goat; and dessert comes in plural, with the hope that Monis’ Greek doughnut is among the mix.

Komi
1509 Seventeenth Street
(Dupont Circle area, between P and Q Streets)
Dupont Circle Metro Station
Washington, DC  20036
(202) 332-9200
www.komirestaurant.com