Le Mirch - Washington

Visited this gem on May 23rd of this year and it was nothing short of amazing! Not pictured but we started with an order of the lamb and vegetable samosas. They were cooked perfectly and very delicious. Now because it's been so long, forgive me for not remembering the name of one of the entree dishes shown in the picture but my partner ordered that and I ordered the Chicken Tikka Masala. I believe his might've been a little spicy but still yummy. The masala was great as well!! Creamy and great. Both meals came with basmati rice and I ordered an extra side; saag chana (chickpeas and spinach). The saag chana might've been a personal favorite above everything else. Other than that, it was a pleasant experience. They also have a full bar if you're wondering. Make sure to check them out!

Grwat experience. Can 't wait to return. Great service from Kabita and Rumana. They made it a 5 star visit. Rasika sets the standard for Indian for me in DC. For this first time visit, I had the Les Epinards appetizer and the Chicken Tikka Masala for entree. Of course I also had garlic naan. The appetizer here was the traditional crispy spinach chaat. It was good, crispy, tomatoes explosive with flavor. It wasn 't quite as good as Rasikas but I really enjoyed it. The Chicken Tikka Masala here was superb. It had some amazing, delicious flavors. This is easily my top three favorite Chicken Tikka Masala in DC if not top two. It is also very different, in a great way, than Rasika. So, impossible to really compare and say one is better than the other. They are unique. Loved the naan. Overall superior meal. It is worth repeating that the service made the visit. It was fantastic. I never wanted for anything. They were caring and attentive but not overwhelming. Considering I was the only outside table, that was no easy endeavor to not forget about me. Thanks again to Kabita and Rumana. You MUST try them out for Indian. This is easily a top 5 if not top 3 in DC. Enjoy and let me know. I 'd love to hear.

Indians need not submit feedback While I don 't consider myself a foodie, I am a DC native and ethnic Indian who has, with quite a lot of pride, marveled at how her city has reached culinary height after culinary height over the past few years. It is for this reason that I eagerly attempt to support local restaurants during the COVID 19 pandemic by patronizing new or trending ones typically through food delivery or pick up orders. Le Mirch was our featured restaurant for the week. As a fan of Indian cuisine (I like to think this isn 't necessarily a function of my ethnicity), I was thrilled to try them out. DC is, after all, home to some stellar Indian restaurants Bombay Club, Rasika, Punjab Grill, Pappe, NaanWise and Commonwealth India (admittedly the latter is in MD) are some of my all time favorite restaurants, capable of catering to a range of tastes and spice/heat tolerances. I was thus sorely disappointed with what was delivered by Le Mirch to my home address. Leaving aside the food presentation, which I make allowances for given that food items necessarily gets jostled around in transit despite the best attempts of our hard working DC delivery partners, the food itself was bland, tasteless and swimming in oil. The attached photo of the Masala Crab dish is but one of several examples of the subpar meals we were delivered. What the photo fails to adequately convey was the subtle rancidity of the protein, and the strange viscosity of the dish. Indeed, all of the starters the epinard and aubergine tower went straight to the trash. All in all, it broke my heart to have to bin some $140 worth of food the quality of the food not being close to commensurate with the price tag. That being said, these things can happen in those instances, I take it upon myself to convey my feedback to the restaurant 's management on the assumption that, well, they take some pride in their work. Imagine my surprise then, when I spoke to the restaurant owner to convey my negative feedback with the hope that he would make things right. Rather than engage on the substance of my feedback, the owner decided to focus on my ethnicity. I am, in his view in a category of people who complain and want their money back, I can only complain about 1 item but not about 5 items, and I must be used to eating my homemade Indian food. While the first two remarks don 't necessarily implicate my race, I took the last as a clear stereotypical jibe at my race and gender which I found offensive. Thus, if you 're looking for a great takeaway experience without the attendant racial abuse by Le Mirch 's owner, try the restaurants I mentioned at the top Pappe and NaanWise in particular deliver a stellar takeout experience at reasonable prices. Should you try to patronize Le Mirch after reading this review, be forewarned: Indians need not submit feedback.

This Indian restaurant was phenomenal. We ordered the chicken biryani and tandoori chicken. Everything was absolutely delicious. The staff was so sweet, we have no complaints! I highly recommend!

Food was great! My friend and I order chicken tikka masala and lamb shank (I'm usually not a big fan of lamb but this one was good). We enjoyed our food very much! One of the servers wasn't that friendly, I guess he was having a bad day? He gave us water when we first arrived not a great impression if you aren't friendly. However, our food was served by other waiter/waitress, that was better. Quiet environment and this place has a long list of different kinds of wine. Street parking is until 10 pm (3hour paid parking). I would go back to try different foods!