La Grotta DC
La Grotta DC
Fried mozzarella served with homemade tomato sauce on the side.
Fried, Buffalo, BBQ, lemon pepper.
Fried, Buffalo, BBQ served with a side of ranch or Buffalo sauce.
Italian bread with a butter garlic spread and special herbs. Served with homemade tomato sauce.
Italian bread with a butter garlic spread and special herbs with mozzarella cheese baked to perfection. Served with homemade tomato sauce.
Served with homemade tomato sauce.
Served with homemade tomato sauce and slices of fresh lemon.
Tomatoes, basil, balsamic glaze, fresh mozeralla, and roasted garlic. Served on crispy Italian bread.
3 delicious pieces of homemade meatballs served with our homemade tomato sauce sprinkled with Parmesan cheese.
Mozzarella Fritta, fried ravioli, chicken tenders.
Served with cocktail sauce.
Served with chips. Spinach artichoke, salsa, crostini goat cheese dipped ricotta, butter garlic.
Loaded with vegetables, beans, and pasta in a homemade tomato broth.
Loaded with vegetables, beans, meat, and pasta in a homemade tomato broth.
Loaded with vegetables and lentils.
Homemade chicken noodle soup.
Creamy tomato soup topped with croutons.
House mix salad.
Fresh romaine, shaved Parmesan cheese, garlic herb croutons, tossed in creamy Caesar dressing.
Mixed greens, tomatoes, red onion, Kalamata olives, green cucumbers, olives, peppers, and dolmades, topped with feta cheese.
House mix salad with turkey, beef salami, boiled egg, provolone, and fresh mozzarella.
Romaine lettuce, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, walnuts, dried cranberry, provolone, and fresh mozzarella cheese.
Mixed greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, blue cheese.
Fresh tomato, fresh mozzarella, roasted pepper, basil, drizzled with balsamic glaze.
Crispy chicken topped with homemade tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese baked to perfection.
Homemade meatballs topped with homemade tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese baked to perfection.
Fried eggplant topped with homemade tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese baked to perfection.
Choice of grilled or crispy chicken. Served with lettuce, tomato, onions, and mayonnaise.
Served with peppers, mushrooms, and onions.
Served with peppers, mushrooms, and onions.
Lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo, and pickle.
Lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo, and pickle.
Toasted bread with a garlic spread, topped with fresh tomatoes, basil, and fresh mozzarella, and drizzled with balsamic glaze.
Sub with turkey, lettuce, tomato, onion, mayonnaise, and your choice of provolone or American cheese.
Sub with turkey, beef salami, beef bacon, lettuce, tomato, onion, and mayonnaise with your choice of provolone or American cheese.
Grilled chicken, fresh mozzarella, arugula, roasted peppers with a homemade pesto spread.
Tomato, fresh mozzarella and a pesto spread.
Grilled eggplant, tomato, provolone cheese with a balsamic glaze.
Sliced turkey cold cute, fresh cranberry, fresh spinach, and fresh mozzarella cheese.
Crispy or grilled chicken. Lettuce, tomato, red onion.
Crispy or grilled chicken. Romaine lettuce, Parmesan cheese, croutons with Caesar dressing.
Romaine lettuce, tomato, onions with Buffalo sauce. Choice of side of blue cheese or ranch.
Crispy or grilled chicken. Lettuce, tomato, onion, black olives, feta with Italian dressing.
Pasta topped homemade beef meatballs, and homemade tomato sauce with shaved Parmesan cheese.
Pasta, homemade beef meat sauce, homemade tomato sauce with shaved Parmesan cheese.
Pasta topped with our special marina sauce.
Crispy chicken, homemade tomato sauce, topped mozzarella cheese with your choice of spaghetti or penne.
Crispy fried eggplant, homemade tomato sauce, topped with mozzarella cheese with your choice of spaghetti or penne.
Homemade meatballs and tomato sauce, topped with mozzarella cheese with your choice of spaghetti or penne.
Penne tossed mixed with ricotta cheese and herbs, topped with homemade tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese.
Layers of lasagna, ricotta, meat, homemade tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese.
Stuffed with ricotta cheese and herbs, topped with homemade tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese.
Stuffed with ricotta cheese and herbs, topped with homemade tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese.
Cheese ravioli topped with homemade tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese.
Calamari, shrimp, clams, and mussels tossed in our homemade sauce. Served over spaghetti or penne.
Red or white clam sauce. Served over your choice of spaghetti or penne.
Fried shrimp, homemade tomato sauce, topped mozzarella cheese with your choice of spaghetti or penne.
Sauteed shrimp in a spicy homemade tomato sauce. Served over fettuccine.
Sauteed shrimp tossed in our homemade marinara sauce. Served over your choice of spaghetti or penne.
Sauteed calamari tossed in our homemade marinara sauce. Served over your choice of spaghetti or penne.
Marinated in herbs and spices. Served with a lemon pasta on the side.
Penne with rich vodka sauce.
Fettucine topped with our creamy Alfredo sauce.
Fettucine with broccoli, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, roasted peppers in an olive oil, garlic, and savory pesto sauce.
Penna topped with creamy pesto sauce and shaved Parmesan.
Penne topped with sliced chicken, onions, mushrooms, peppers, and tomato sauce with a sprinkle of shaved Parmesan cheese.
Sauteed with butter, capers, lemon, basil, and white wine.
Spaghetti simmered in a delicious Marsala glaze topped with sauteed chicken with mushrooms.
Egg battered chicken breast with onions, lemon and white wine sauce.
Thin slices of eggplant with ricotta cheese, topped with homemade tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese. Served with your choice of spaghetti or penne.
5 pieces.
Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Ginger Ale.
Our cheese pizza topped generously with chicken cutlet, tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese.
Our cheese pizza topped generously with chicken cutlet, tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese.
Grilled chicken topped with mozzarella cheese, BBQ sauce and ranch dressing.
Grilled chicken topped with mozzarella cheese, BBQ sauce and ranch dressing.
Fresh basil, plum tomatoes, fresh garlic and fresh mozzarella cheese.
Fresh basil, plum tomatoes, fresh garlic and fresh mozzarella cheese.
Pepper,Mushroom, Onion, pepperoni, sausage, meatballs.
Pepper,Mushroom, Onion, pepperoni, meatballs.
Ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese .
Ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese .
Mushrooms, onions, red & green peppers, broccoli, fresh tomatoes, black olives and eggplant.
Mushrooms, onions, red & green peppers, broccoli, fresh tomatoes, black olives and eggplant.
Eggplant, ricotta cheese, marinara sauce
Eggplant, ricotta cheese, marinara sauce
Chicken Parmigiana
Penne alla Vodka
Lasagna
interior
food, dessert
crepes
Dining area
Chicken Parmigiana
4 delicious taste in one pizza
Vegetarian Pizza (L)
salad, salads, food
Outside sitting
Chicken Pesto Panini
Fisherman Platter
Jalapeño Cheese Pizza ( M)
Chciken alla Vodka
sushi and sashimi, interior
interior
The Tiramisu Cake!
Gyro meat pizza
crepes
Mara M.
Dec 2, 2024
We really enjoyed our meal here! No frills spot with unique decor and very solid food. The penne alla vodka was soooo good and the lasagna was pretty tasty too! Reasonable pricing and quick service too. Highly recommend stopping here to eat!
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Marisol D.
May 25, 2024
This place was amazingly good. The server got a little tripped up (I think she's new) on putting things in to order, but that's okay, no biggie. Our drin were tasty and the food hot and delicious. I haven't seen these place when visiting down here before, so it was a nice little treat. I loved the meatballs. They were huge and had a nice subtle flavor paired with the penned pasta($4 extra ),my friends had the baked manicotti, she said it was like her mom made so injured that's a plus. My husband's shrimp parmigiana was really good he said about 5 -6 jumbo shrimp. The prices were great, the portions were good. I would love to come back when I visit down here again
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Paul P.
Jun 19, 2024
Very solid. Tried takeout this afternoon for lunch. Split a chicken Caesar wrap and meatball sub with fries. Phenomenal fries. I added old bay based on personal preference. Great blend of soggy / crunchy fries. Chicken Caesar wrap was very good. Might need just a little more chicken, but very solid for lunch. Meatball sub was solid. Moving forward I would probably ask they don't toast it because the sub roll was pretty hard and flaky but still good. Would love it if they added some Italian subs etc. for the lunch hour. Overall excited about having them in the neighborhood and look forward to trying the dinner items.
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Aubrey W.
May 14, 2024
La Grotta is a restaurant serving standard Italian-American fare in the heart of Adams Morgan. They have a spacious outdoor area which we took advantage of. The food was well priced for the area and the portion sizes. I got the Eggplant Rollatini, which was very similar to Eggplant Parmesan. The eggplant was tender and well cooked, and the sauce was delicious. However, I wish the pasta and the eggplant were all served in one dish; the two separate dishes made it a bit difficult to combine. Additionally, our waitress got several of our orders wrong even though she verbally confirmed with us. However, we still greatly enjoyed the meal and thought everything was very tasty! I would definitely recommend La Grotta for inexpensive, hearty, and delicious Italian food!
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Anne G.
Apr 3, 2024
Simply amazing! Their salads are delicious and packed full of flavor. They may have the best house marinara we've ever tasted. My 6-year old said they had the best meatballs he's ever tried. They also have delicious cheesecake for dessert. We will definitely be dining here again.
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Erin G.
Sep 23, 2024
I really wish I had something positive to say about this restaurant since it's a family-owned small business, but I really don't. I ordered online, two subs and a pizza at 6:15 on a Sunday night. The email said it would be ready around 6:50. I get to an empty restaurant at 6:47 and she says 10 more minutes, ok, no problem. 15 minutes pass and one of the employees comes out and tells me that he burned the pizza and needs to make a new one, which takes 10 more minutes. They gave me the second pizza for free and let me keep the first one (which was somehow burnt and underdone at the same time). I was excited about my sub but - and I hate to make this accusation - there was a bug in my food. Like I opened the container and a bug flew out of it. I really wanted to like it but this place is, um, not worth your time and money.
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Justin P.
Jun 24, 2024
At first we were a little worried when we walked in. We were the only people in there. We ate dinner around 8 on a Saturday night and thought it was weird no one was in there. We wanted Italian and found this place and decided to eat there from a review of the menu. The prices seemed fair and pictures of the food looked good. The food was really good. The cook even gave us garlic cheese bread on the house. He just brought it out and said I know you didn't order it, but it's on us. I thought that was really awesome. The food came out in a timely manor and was hot. So if you decide to go here, don't be scared if you are the only ones because the food was great.
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Zion C.
Dec 27, 2024
Came here randomly and really enjoyed my meal! I ordered the chicken parm and my friend had the chicken Alfredo. They absolutely loved their chicken Alfredo and said it may have been the best they've ever had!! I also loved the chicken parm and took it home and devoured after the club We were served by Charlie who was super sweet and we recieved great service! He even let me leave my leftovers there until they closed I'm so looking forward to going tback and trying the chicken Alfredo next time :)
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