Rasika

Bali Adawal

This is great restaurant serving Indian cuisine. Their prices are very reasonable considering their location (downtown DC) and popularity (you typically need a reservation for weekends). Their portions are generous and the service very efficient and affable. Great place, highly recommend!

Rick Lupert

I've been pining to go to Rasika since I saw the Sweet Potato Samosas on a TV program a few years back and finally had the opportunity to go before visiting family in DC Thanksgiving week. We headed there directly from the airport, a reservation in hand and excited! It was everything we'd hoped for in terms of service, food quality and atmosphere. The place was packed around 6pm on a Wednesday...we were a little early for our reservation but they seated us right away. Our server was knowledgeable, friendly, and took very good care of us. The three of us (my wife and a teenager) all get the Vegetarian Tasting Menu which was a significant amount of food for the three of us. Everything was really good and beautifully presented. We especially liked the assortment of naan and the Dal sampler. (Especially especially the Dal Makhani.) Everyone got their own servings of each kind of Dal so we weren't all dipping into the same serving containers which was nice. The Sweet Potato Samosas were worth the trip to D.C. on their own. The dessert platter that came out as part of the tasting menu was out of control good and really gorgeous. There's so much more to try, especially for us vegetarians...we would definitely (DEFINITELY) come back and order more of what we had and some of the other (many) vegetarian options available. We were well fed and taken care of here.

Ryan Coakley

Tried the chefs tasting menu for the first time! I split the vegetarian and non-vegetarian option with my dining mate. The food was mostly good! I would suggest dropping the silver flakes in the dishes, it’s tacky and just looks like aluminum foil. The service wasn’t that great, our waiter didn’t do a great job describing the wines from the pairing and some of the food. We also had to wait around between dishes a lot and water was slow to be refilled

Stacy D'Cunha

A modern take on Indian cuisine executed well. The palak chat was addictive and the sweet potato samosas were delicious. The food was flawless and the service was fantastic. A special shout out to our server James who made our dining experience memorable.