La Casina

Our secret Kate was very knowledgeable and clearly trained to speak about what we question you have about the menu. There is WiFi for free. This place is next to the Ukrainian restaurant and they share a common bathroom in the back. It is hard to find with out a large sign. At night and when it is cold the umbrella tables can be seen outside. The decor and vibe reminds me of pizza spot one would find in a hype neighborhood in NYC. They play sultry jazzy blues with vocals. We were here during the Christmas season so there was a mix of Christmas jazz songs. I hate jazz but this music is very much like a lullaby for your ears. Perfect atmosphere. They have poinsettias and a Christmas tree to make Christmas lively. The owners and chefs are so sweet and when I thanked them for such a wonderful meal they were really touched. This pizza crust is like a cloud of bubbles in your mouth! The sauce was so flavorful as well. The bruschetta is like ciabatta to me. We got the one with sausage and rosemary. Very rustic and deliciousI love how everything is served on a rectangular cutting board! I learned that because this is Roman style pizza that it is in this shape commonly. The flour is imported from Rome called pinsa. It is big deal to be vetted as a place who can make pizza with this flour because it is also a certain technique. As we read online someone from the pinsa comes to teach the technique and vetting the chef that they can make the pizza with the signature bubbles. Cannot wait to find more places that make pizza with pinsa flour

Had a wonderful dinner here with friends recently! We all shared two orders of the mixed bruschetta, which were so delicious, and several of us enjoyed the wine offerings. I got the vegan pinsa and absolutely loved it. It was so fresh and tasty, and brought back some great memories of study abroad in Rome. The rigid seating times are a bit odd (5:30 is too early and 7:30 is kinda late) but with the small size of the restaurant I can understand why they do it. If there's space available at the bar you can sit and enjoy a drink there if you arrive early.I loved this place and would definitely go again next time I'm in the neighborhood!

We had another delicious meal here yesterday. We started with the burrata appetizer, we had it with prosciutto & it was delicious. For our pizza, we shared a Margherita with DOP. Delicious. As we were sitting at our table, we noticed a waiter delivering the fried artichoke appetizer to a table. It looked great. So we'd like to try it next time.

Overall, 3.5/5, but will bump it to a 4/5 because of our server who was really fantastic with making sure we had enough water and was very thorough with her recommendations!Four of us stopped by for dinner (pretty spontaneously with no reservations) for carb loading purposes. The only option this past Saturday evening was outdoor seating on a high top. With the cool weather (and no bugs, thank God), it was not bad, especially for someone who doesn't usually enjoy eating outdoors. Our server gave us her recs and informed us the dough is made to be digested easily. Among the four of us, we shared an appetizer and three "pinsas":SUPPLÌ ROMANIEach order comes with two sizable risotto balls that was filled with risotto, mozzarella, and other spices. Very saucy and creamy. It was deep fried very nicely. Our group enjoyed these and would recommend.LA PORCHETTAThis was our only white sauce (well, no red sauce) pinsa and it is topped with pork belly, truffle olive oil, pecorino romano, and rosemary. This was our table's least favorite. The pinsa was dry and the ingredients didn't quite work well together. A couple of my friends thought the truffle was way too strong. We wouldn't recommend this pinsa, unfortunately.MARGHERITA D.O.P.+3 for prosciuttoThis pinsa was very saucy (maybe a bit too much because the pinsa was pretty droopy) and adding the prosciutto was a good decision. I enjoyed the fresh mozzarella and the Grana Padano shavings for extra cheesiness. This was good, and we'd recommend if you like a slightly upscale Margherita.L'AMATRICEThis was definitely our group's favorite pinsa. I think they use the same red sauce as the Margherita, but there's less of it here which I preferred. The pork cheek was flavorful and they topped it generously with the pecorino romano which was kind of the highlight for me. I enjoyed the chili-infused olive oil on the pinsa. This one was solid and I'd definitely recommend.Overall, good pricing and I paid less than $24 after tax and tip. This was a successful carb loading dinner since we didn't feel bloated, nor did we food coma'ed afterwards.

This is the best pizza in the Washington area by far! Every one was delicious, but our surprise favorite was the Carbonara.

Three years after my initial review, I returned to La Casina for lunch with my wife and seven-year-old daughter. Speaking to the owner (a husband-wife team from Rome), I more fully understand their story and concept. I left impressed.First of all, La Casina is one of two pinsa-certified restaurants in the U.S.A. (The other is in San Francisco.) They make their pizza using the traditional Roman style where the dough is crispy on the outside and light and fluffy on the inside al baked inside a wood-fired oven. They also source all of their ingredients directly from Italy, including their produce. The result is tasty, authentic food from Rome.To start, we had the artichoke, which was perfectly fried. The margarita pizza was a favorite of our daughter's, who said the cheese was her "new favorite." For the main course, we had their salami pizza with hot honey, cheese, red onions, and a few other ingredients. We also had their prosciutto white pizza. Everything was full of flavor and the dough is truly amazing. So tasty, light, but crispy. We're fans!To end the lunch, we had a small espresso, which came with brown sugar cubes that made the espresso pop.We'll be back! (They invited us to return and comped our meal, but did not ask us to update this review. I did that on my own.)

Like many of the people at the restaurant tonight we read about this in the Washington Post today. Tucked away in the eastern market. I have passed this restaurant many times, it is unassuming and delicious.We made 730 reservations, arrived at smidge early and glad we did. When we arrived, there was nobody in the restaurant as I think we are between seedings. They promptly seated us, but service was a bit slow tonight. We did not feel hurried, enjoy the bottle of wine, and two of their specialty flatbread. Loved it!

I recently went here for a weeknight dinner with two friends and had an OK experience. While we were seated immediately, our service was subpar for the rest of the meal. Despite the restaurant not being crowded, our server took close to 10 minutes to come take our order. All our food took a while to come, which is especially shocking for a pizza restaurant where even custom-made pizzas can be made quickly. It also took a while to get our server to pay our check.The food was good, although somewhat pricey and you need a whole pizza per person to feel full. My friends and I split the artichokes for an appetizer and shared the Cacio e Pepe, the White House, and a pizza topped with beef slices and arugula. The artichokes were outstanding-well-fried and flavored. However, I wish we had gotten more artichokes with our order. All the pizzas had fantastic crusts. The Cacio e Pepe was my favorite, with a delicious blend of cheese in proportion with the crust. The White House is more like a calzone, stuffed with cheese. While the blend was good, the cheese was extremely salty. The pizza topped with beef was fine, but needed more meat, more flavor, and less arugula.I would order La Casina pizza again, but only as a snack for delivery.

Thrilled to find pinsa in the US. May I say "delish," or maybe "mamma Mia..." the suppli were a big treat (if you don't know what those are and you can eat fried food, just order them and find out), and the pinsa was fantastic. I will be dreaming of the thinly sliced potato and drizzled truffle oil joined with fragrant rosemary and flavorful grated cheese, oil soaking into the crispy-yet-chewy, dreamy crust that only pinsa offers... mm. Well done!

Amazing and unique pizza!! Ingredients are so fresh and the crust is so fluffy. Really recommend the veggie pizza!! Our waitress was really helpful and sweet too! It's a quaint little place, so expect to be snug at your table. We can't wait to go back. The biggest con is when we got there for our reservation, multiple parties had to wait outside for our tables to be ready despite all having reservations.