"That inconspicuous little wood-burning oven is this restaurant's locus, its nerve center, its reason for being. The bread it produces and the dishes that derive from the bread are what really set this place apart." Washingtonian Post Magazine
"Jammed from day one, this splashy Euro import brings Levantine cuisine… to a high style, open-to the street format in the heart of Bethesda, while its casual dining, the word is it's overseen with attitude to the ninth degree." Zagat Survey 1999
"Best new restaurant in Maryland." Washingtonian Magazine
"The first American outpost of a European chain, this Bethesda hot sport is a spare, classy Mediterranean restaurant beautified by oversize mirrors, an open kitchenand well-dressed customers who spill onto the sidewalk." Washington. Sidewalk.com
