Maydan Menu & Prices 2026: Tawle, A La Carte & Fire-Cooked Dishes

The Tawle (Arabic for 'table') is Maydan's signature family-style tasting menu, priced at $95 per person as of 2025. It includes freshly baked tone bread from the hearth, a rotating selection of spreads, mezze, seasonal vegetables, salads, kebabs, condiments, a hearth-cooked center plate, and dessert. The Tawle is the recommended way to experience the full range of the kitchen. A 20% service fee is automatically added to all checks. Parties of seven or more are typically required to do the Tawle.

Yes. A la carte ordering is available for parties of four or fewer. The full a la carte menu includes all categories: From the Fields (starters, $12-$19), Spreads ($12), From the Fire (vegetables and cheese, $13-$25), Kebabs ($18-$27), For the Table centerpieces ($40-$110+), and Condiments ($4 each). Larger parties are typically required to choose the Tawle experience. Check with the restaurant when making your reservation.

Maydan's most celebrated dish is the lamb shoulder — a whole Syrian seven-spice lamb shoulder slow-roasted over the wood-burning hearth, served with sumac onions and fresh herbs. It consistently appears on DC 'best dishes' lists and in Michelin Guide coverage. It can be added to the Tawle as a supplement (approximately +$20/person) or ordered as a centerpiece a la carte (market price, typically $110+). The whole roasted cauliflower is the most praised vegetarian dish.

Yes. Maydan has held a Michelin one-star rating since 2019 and has maintained it continuously since 2020. The restaurant was also a James Beard Award semifinalist for Best New Restaurant (2018) and Outstanding Wine Program (2022). Owner Rose Previte was named Restaurateur of the Year by the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington in 2023. Maydan appears in the Washingtonian's 100 Very Best Restaurants list.

Reservations at Maydan are notoriously competitive. They are released 21 days in advance at 10 AM on Resy and typically fill within minutes. For walk-ins, arrive early for bar seating, which is available without a reservation. Some tables are also released a few hours before opening — check Resy same-day for last-minute availability. The restaurant is at 1346 Florida Ave NW in Washington, DC's Cardozo neighborhood, entered through a brick alley.

Maydan draws from across the Middle East, North Africa, and the Caucasus — primarily Lebanon, Morocco, Turkey, Georgia, and Iraq. Owner Rose Previte conceived the menu after traveling through Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, Georgia, and Lebanon. The unifying technique is an open wood-burning hearth at the center of the kitchen, which infuses almost every dish with a distinctive smokiness. Cuisines represented on the menu include Lebanese, Georgian, Moroccan, Iraqi (masgouf), and Yemeni (zhough).

Yes, notably so for a fire-focused restaurant. The menu includes a dedicated From the Fire vegetable section ($13-$25) with grilled oyster mushrooms, whole roasted cauliflower, halloumi, charred carrots, sweet potato, and zucchini. The spreads section (hummus, muhammara, beet borani, walnut casik, havuc) is all vegetarian. The Whole Cauliflower ($40) is a vegetarian centerpiece that rivals the meat dishes. Vegan options include muhammara, several fire-cooked vegetables, and most condiments.

Yes. Maydan automatically adds a 20% service fee to all checks, which is distributed as wages and benefits to non-management staff — not a tip. This is disclosed on the menu and at reservation. Factor this into your total: on a $95/person Tawle for two, expect a base cost of approximately $190 + 20% service fee ($38) + DC sales tax (~10%) before any drinks. Cocktails are $16-$18; wine by the glass $16-$22.

Yes. A Los Angeles location opened in 2024 at 4301 W Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90016. The LA location also features the Tawle experience and an open hearth kitchen in the same style. Rose Previte is also developing Maydan Market in Los Angeles, a larger complex combining live-fire dining, Michelin-pedigree cooking, and retail concepts. The original and flagship location remains Washington, DC, which holds the Michelin star.