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Hank's Oyster Bar Editors' Pick

1624 Q Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009 | 202-462-4265 | Web site »
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Neighborhood:

Dupont Circle

Metro:

Dupont Circle (Red Line)

Cuisines:

Seafood

Tags:

oysters, seafood, brunch, crab cakes

hours:

Brunch: Sat-Sun 11 am-3 pm; Dinner: Sun-Tue 5:30 pm-10 pm, Wed-Thu 5:30 pm-11 pm, Fri-Sat 5:30 pm-11 pm

Atmosphere:

Outdoor Seating

Price:

$$

Quick Take

Though the atmosphere is casual, this fish is first-rate.

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Editorial Review

Critic Rating:

The Food section rated this restaurant's crab cake for a July 2009 story about the area's best.

These are the crab cakes that give the dish a bad name. Hank's panko-crusted cake was filler studded with small bits of crab rather than the other way around. The restaurant says it's part jumbo lump, but the meat tasted no better than backfin: bland and watery. If you must order them, go for brunch, when the cakes serve as a decent base for eggs Benedict. (Note: We tasted the dish at the Washington location; Alexandria says it has a different recipe.)

Two 5-ounce jumbo-lump/lump crab cakes, $26

(July 29, 2009)

 
 
 
 
 

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Expensive and noisy

Posted by rothmani | Aug 28, 2009 | Mark as Inappropriate

The restaurant was so noisy that I could not talk to the person seated across from me. The lobster roll was $23, over-priced and over-rated.

my favourite seafood restaurant

Posted by dcodco | May 17, 2009 | Mark as Inappropriate

Fresh fish perfectly prepared -no overcooked fish here - and well worth a detour...

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