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    Maketto

    4.2 (1.4k reviews)
    Open 9:00 am - 10:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Hojicha bun and key lime pie tart
    Lauren F.

    I want to gate keep because it's already so popular but the bake sale here is fabulous. I will be dreaming of the key lime pie tart! Exciting flavors, a rotating selection every week, great quality - what's not to love? Line up early and he prepared to wait, but it's definitely worth the time! Very glad I finally made it across town to try this. Service is friendly and there's plenty of space to sit once you're inside!

    Cookies
    Mark O.

    Maketto is becoming one of my favorite restaurants in DC. I recently went here for a date night with my wife and I was extremely pleased with my experience. On top of the amazing service, the food is absolutely amazing. The brisket definitely stole the show. I love everything about this place. Perfect blend of being hip and fine dining.

    Crispy Chicken Wings
    Renee T.

    Everything we ate here was so yummy! We first had the strange flavor eggplant, which didn't taste very strange - it tasted really good. It was like a tofu, baba ghanoush, but way better. And then, the sourdough scallion pancakes arrived at our table, and my taste buds have never been in higher places. Period. For those folks who like a more pepper - based barbecue experience, I highly recommend the brisket large plate. Also very good were the crispy fried chicken wings, however, maybe a medium plate would have been better used on something more unique to the restaurant. All in all 9/10. And then we ended with the banana tiramisu, which is literally exactly how you would imagine it being and it was so epic. Highly recommend that. Service was really fast and the ambience is really nice.

    Kaya E.

    LOVED the dinner I had at Maketto the other night. I'd heard about this place for years and only now did I finally stop in while grabbing drinks at another spot on H street. First things first did you know that Maketto has been around for 11 years! That's amazing, especially for a small business. And I fully understand why, because this place is a gem. Maketto is a Cambodian, Taiwanese blend restaurant that is surprisingly open from 9 am- 10 pm most days. I love the vibes, the exposed brick, the food, drinks, and the bartender was super friendly. So my friend was telling me that the restaurant used to be half retail store and half restaurant. I'm sure I would've wanted to come in here just to browse all the time because they're definitely trendy and in tune with the culture. Now to my experience. I tried their fried chicken wings and the lo mein. Both are medium plates and large portions. Between my friend and I we were stuffed at the end of dinner and still took some food to-go. All of their dishes come family style and they are not skimping you with the portions. The food was all fresh and soooo flavorful! Kudos to chef Erik, who also owns/created Providencia up the street. I'm so excited to come back to try more because everything sounds delicious. One little word of advice is to check if the restaurant has a private event booked before heading over. I recently tried to go for an early dinner on a Saturday and there was a wedding getting ready to happen. BRAVOOO Maketto, I will be supporting frequently :)

    Pastries
    John H.

    Maketto is an Asian fusion (Cambodian & Taiwanese) place that has a Bib Gourmand recommendation from Michelin. Lunch starts at noon but you can order from their wonderful selection of coffee and tea drinks beforehand. Food and service was great. As we got there early, we ordered coffee and some pastries before lunch. As this was our first time there, we asked our waitress for recommendations and she did not disappoint. Maketto offers small, medium and large plates. Loved the Maketto Fried Chicken and Drunken Shrimp Fried Rice. Will have to come back to try their other dishes.

    Banana matcha tiramisu
    Khanh-Chau M.

    I liked all of the savoury dishes but most surprised by the noodles - so tasty with the added flavour alongside the noodles themselves. The brisket also was unique with the buttery tasty. I saw this place was known for their fried chicken, but it wasn't anything amazing to me; worth skipping. I didn't really like the matcha banana tiramisu, not sure about the banana flavour and texture. I did like the mochi beignets!

    Tyquain M.

    I finally made my way to Maketto and I completely understand the hype. The concept alone is super unique-- Cambodian and Taiwanese flavors brought together in a way that feels both intentional and exciting. The menu keeps you curious and the space itself has that effortlessly cool, laid-back vibe that makes you want to stay awhile. I ordered the Ginger Chicken Soup Dumplings, Duck Noodle Soup, and Drunken Shrimp Fried Rice. The flavors were rich, well-balanced, and felt thoughtfully executed across the board. You can tell there's real attention to detail in each dish. It's the kind of place that's perfect for a casual night out, a solo food date, or even bringing friends to try a few things and share. Safe to say, I'll definitely be back to explore more of the menu.

    Rice Roll with Shrimp. Get 2!
    Mark A.

    Two of my favorite cuisines, coming together in one DC institution by the name of Maketto. With food that is inspired by Taiwan and Cambodia, the dishes vary in taste and flavor that makes me quite happy. In my first visit to Maketto, I came for their dim sum lunch on the weekend, and even though I had high expectations coming in, it met my every desire. We started with the pork steamed bao, and man it didn't disappoint. With a hoisin sauce spread on the plate and plenty of hoisin sauce flavoring the pork, this homemade beauty was my favorite of the lot. Having eaten so many bao buns in my past, this one stood out among many I've eaten across Asia. We also ordered the Xaio Long Bao, the Cambodian Noodle Soup, and the Rice Roll with Shrimp. The star of these was the Rice Roll w/shrimp. The shrimp was excellent, the Rice Roll itself was perfect and the toppings and sauce made me want to order more. The Cambodian Noodle Soup was great as well. True to form, we had it with the chicken and it was a perfect encapsulation of the Cambodian soups that I so loved when visiting. Service was good, but most importantly the food came out piping hot. A must with this style of cuisine. The only exception was the Xaio Long Bao, but that could have been due to the sauce cooling the dumplings. As for ambiance, it is a unique model as it is a coffee shop before 11, and then a restaurant and coffee shop after 11. We came around 11:30 and it was in between selling out of all their pop-up pastries and ramping up the kitchen. I will be back, many times indeed.

    Cambodian noodle salad with pork shoulder
    Ben F.

    This was more like a 4.2 than a 4. Maketto is a Cambodian/Taiwanese fusion restaurant with a (well-deserved) Bib Gourmand recommendation from Michelin. We stopped in for lunch on a weekend and found the interior bright, clean, and welcoming. There was a table set up in the front to facilitate an ongoing bake sale, and I knew this was going to be a good meal just from looking at the pastries. We ordered what felt like half the menu, and before long at all dishes started rolling out, starting with a pair of pork bao buns. The filling on these was shredded meat with green onions and some other flavors, served with an (essential) swoosh of hoisin on the plate. Next was (poorly named, but delicious) spicy cauliflower that I would probably just call dan dan cauliflower or something. The sauce had a lot of roasted sesame flavor but I didn't find it particularly spicy. Rounding out starters, we had the sourdough scallion pancake. I wanted something slightly different from the pancake; it's very fried, maybe deep-fried, and I felt like that made it heavier and greasier than I wanted it to be, and a little lacking in flavor agents once you ate the first few bites of each piece that had been in the center. We also ordered a medium plate, the Cambodian noodle salad with pork shoulder, and a large plate, the fried chicken. The noodle salad was wonderful; light, bouncy rice noodles swimming in an acidic sauce with beautifully lacquered, melt in your mouth roast pork. The fried chicken is an absolutely massive portion piled on top what I assume is the same bread used for the sandwich on the menu and smothered in five spice and caramel. There's also what I think might be pickled mustard greens or something similar piled on top and I cannot undersell those pickled greens, which provided a welcome lift to the dish. I did find the breading to be slightly thicker than I would prefer, which also gave it a tendency to flake and crumble off of the chicken, but the flavor was excellent. Service was stellar, and I would not hesitate to return or recommend Maketto as a stop.

    Anna N.

    Decided to try this place out as it seemed like a unique option in the area. I think the short rib scallion pancake entree is the most worth due to the amount of food you get. It has large fluffy scallion pancakes to wrap with, tender short rib meat, and a thick creamy sauce under with pickled veggies. The noodles and fried chicken weren't anything special to me. I really liked the mochi beignets for their fluffy texture and definitely loved the lemon sauce and fresh strawberries it came with! I wasn't the biggest fan of the matcha banana tiramisu. Our server was nice and the inside is bright.

    Wok fried noodles
    Devon K.

    Went to Maketto for a large group dinner and I was easily able to book a reservation online. We were seated as our party came in which is always appreciated. We ordered about half the menu and everything was insanely good. The Peking duck bao buns had a variety of toppings that elevated the dish, the Maketto fried chicken was out of this world, and the much beignets were insanely good and fresh. This is definitely the type of place you want to go with a group to and share a bunch of plates. Service was attentive with waters consistently refilled. I would love to try out their brunch in the future!

    Rice roll with doughnut- doughnut not fresh
    Evie S.

    The service was good here and they are responsive to messages. I appreciate both. Unfortunately after trying one dim sum dish I didn't want to try more. I came for the dim sum brunch on Saturday and tried the Rice Roll with Chinese doughnut and sweet soy. This is a dish that when done right provides an interesting juxtaposition between a very crunchy freshly fried doughnut and a soft rice roll. The doughnut I received here was not fried fresh to order (or even close to that), was not crispy, not hot and was hard to even chew. I happened to have the same dish at China Boy that same day. It was almost half the price, fried to order and absolutely amazing. The amazing freshly fried mouth watering one at China boy was $5. Here at Maketto it was $9 +20% service charge (At least the service was good though.) It's possible they have other dishes here that are good but being served a doughnut that's not fresh in a Chinese doughnut rice roll was enough for me to try here. My general rating system: 1 star: I would stay away 2 stars: Has some good things about it but I generally don't recommend. 3 stars: Pretty good. I wouldn't go out of my way to go back but a decent place 4 stars: Great place. I would go back. 5 stars: I highly recommend stopping whatever you are doing and making plans to try it out! An Evie favorite!

    Shrimp fried rice
    Cameron B.

    This place has been a jewel in the Hst NE neighborhood for years. It threads the needle of representing Pan Asian food w/o loosing authenticity in every dish!! They do Dim Sum well, then knock Laos style Lab out of the park. Their pork is always perfectly roasted and soft and their fried noodles punch with flavor. The cocktails are thoughtful in their craft, infusing ideas from the Orient and still crush the classics. The space always feels hip but inviting and the service is chill, cool, and friendly. This place is a jewel. No polish needed. No notes!

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