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Washington

Everywhere we track in Washington — restaurants ranked by the ones where we've seen the Amex Resy credit badge ourselves, then Michelin standing, then how people rate them.

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8 hotel and rooftop bars

The Watergate Hotel

4.3 out of 5(3,224 reviews)Hotel

Iconic riverfront hotel with contemporary rooms & suites, plus a rooftop bar, fine dining & a spa.

Reserve ↗the Watergate Building

Rosewood Washington, D.C.

4.5 out of 5(258 reviews)Hotel

Elegant hotel offering a spa & fine dining, plus a rooftop lounge & infinity pool with city views.

Visit site ↗1050 31st St NW

Hive Bar

4.3 out of 5(558 reviews)Bar · $$

Chic watering hole at the Hive Hotel serving local beer & spirits on the ground level & top floor.

Visit site ↗2224 F St NW

St. Regis Bar

4.6 out of 5(156 reviews)Bar · $$

Fancy bar at the St. Regis hotel serving cocktails, wine & light bites in a warm, ornate atmosphere.

Visit site ↗923 16th St NW

Moonraker

4.2 out of 5(470 reviews)Cocktail Bar

Smoke & Mirrors

4.0 out of 5(901 reviews)Lounge bar · $$$
Visit site ↗867 New Jersey Ave SE

The Rooftop at the Graham

4.1 out of 5(383 reviews)Bar · $$

Rooftop lounge in luxury boutique hotel offering panoramic views & specialty cocktails.

Visit site ↗1075 Thomas Jefferson St NW

12 Stories

3.9 out of 5(893 reviews)Bar

Light-filled tavern with floor-to-ceiling windows, cocktails & a terrace with river & city vistas.

Visit site ↗800 Maine Office Building

Getting there on points

Published award prices from Washington, from our own pricing run.

Flights

CUNBusiness · American AAdvantage
30,000 mi
SJDBusiness · American AAdvantage
30,000 mi
KEFBusiness · Aeroplan
60,000 mi
LHRBusiness · Aeroplan
60,000 mi

Hotels

Hyatt Regency Kyoto
15,000/night
Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile
15,000/night
Park Hyatt Dubai
20,000/night

How this list is built. Restaurants and bars come from Google Places for Washington, refreshed Oct 14, and are split between the two tabs by the venue type Google reports. Booking platform is detected from each restaurant's own website. Michelin and Sapphire Reserve marks are matched by name and place. Where Google has no description we say what we hold about the venue instead.

What the marks mean. Since August 1 a restaurant only triggers the Amex Resy credit if its Resy page shows the “Qualifies for Resy Credit” badge — we open those pages and look, last on Sep 15, and a blank badge means we haven't checked yet, not that the credit fails. A sighting inside thirty days reads “Resy credit”; an older one carries the date we saw it, because what we can honestly say is what we saw and when. A Sapphire Reserve table is on Chase's Exclusive Tables list, where the $150 half-yearly dining credit applies — enrol the card at OpenTable first · list Sep 9. Michelin means starred, Bib Gourmand or Selected in the 2026 US guide, collected Sep 9. James Beard and the bar lists are the current year's awards, with a win shown differently from a nomination.

Card credits change without notice. Confirm on Resy or with your issuer before you count on one.

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