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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Washingtonian. Updated August 2026.
PLANTA Washington DC · Dupont Circle
Washingtonian 2025 readers' #1 vegetarian. The Dupont and Bethesda plant-based restaurants, plus sibling Planta Queen.
Oyster Oyster · Shaw
Washingtonian 2025 readers' #2 vegetarian. Shaw's Michelin Green Star mid-Atlantic tasting menu, entirely plant-based and bivalve.
VEGZ · Adams Morgan
Washingtonian 2025 readers' #3 vegetarian. The Adams Morgan plant-based kitchen rounding out DC's vegan top three.
Elizabeth's · Golden Triangle
DC's original vegan fine-dining restaurant, an elegant townhouse tasting-menu spot near the White House. The menu leans inventive rather than austere, with dishes like a giant royal-trumpet-mushroom raviolo finished with a flurry of truffles, aimed at diners who want a special-occasion room without meat or dairy.
DC Vegan · Dupont Circle
An Italian-American vegan restaurant built on convincing plant-based versions of classics: crackly fried calamari made from king-trumpet mushroom rings, and cacio e pepe finished with a creamy cashew sauce instead of dairy. A whimsical subterranean spot aimed at proving vegan Italian does not have to feel like a compromise.