Jônt in Washington D.C. **

I can not say enough good things about this resturant. The chef has taken the time to work out every detail of your 3 hour experience sitting at the chefs table. The best I can describe it is that it’s a mixture of a play and a magic show. Higher level managers would enter the kitchen at regular intervals adding new energy to the resturant. Music plays loudly the entire meal but it does not prevent you from talking. The courses or expressions as the chefs team likes to call them start off amazing and you think how can it get better. Well it does get better. Every course better than the last. The two expressions that stand out of the 31 I experienced was the duck and the desert. After serving us top grade wagu beef, they unconventionally served duck after it. All I can say is it felt like the chef had turned up the flavor of the dish to 11. It was the most amazing dish I have ever had. I don’t think you can get it anywhere else. The other noteworthy dish was the 3rd dessert out of 4 they gave as part of their menu. I don’t know exactly what it was but it was a pastry with amazing cream. I don’t think it has a name, but I call it awesome because that’s how it is. The staff is extremely knowledgeable and friendly. It was enjoyable to hear about their work and experiences. I really have never had an experience like it. It is one of a kind. I guess I have to share the one negative experience I had that night. When we went into the other room for dessert there was a bartender who was not friendly like the rest of the staff. They only worked in the dessert area and not in the kitchen so it wasn’t a big deal but they purposefully ignore me when I spoke to them and was staring at me weirdly. But as I said, out of 20 staff this is the only person to behave that way so I’m sure something was going on from them. I would definitely come back to Jont again. Maybe when the menu changes to summer or fall.