The Best Places to Eat and Stay in McLean
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The best places to eat and stay in McLean, according to the experts: Northern Virgina Magazine has weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Agora comes out on top.
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Rank 1. Agora
Mediterranean
Mosaic lanterns cut through the Tysons corporate blur the moment you walk in, and the room stays loud and kinetic from there. Agora is a lively Mediterranean restaurant where mezze plates arrive fast and tables turn on a two-hour clock, which somehow adds to the fun rather than the stress. The Ottoman rice, fragrant with currants and crowned with fried shallots, tends to be the dish people talk about on the way to the car.
The awards
- Northern Virgina Magazine Northern Virgina Magazine: The 50 Best Restaurants in Northern Virginia
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Rank 1. Wren
Japanese
The lobby address inside The Watermark Hotel is a deliberate misdirect, because Wren is a Japanese-leaning restaurant that takes itself seriously. Sleek interiors and a lively bar ease you in, and then the kitchen starts sending out hamachi carpaccio with jalapeño-citrus soy and pork belly bao with all the right tucked-in extras. The room reads hotel-casual but the plates argue otherwise.
The awards
- Northern Virgina Magazine Northern Virgina Magazine: The 50 Best Restaurants in Northern Virginia