Via Umbria Reviews

Casual restaurant and a shop with Italian food, wines, pottery and kitchen supplies.
I ordered pasta with pesto sauce and it was simple and delicious. Portions are just right and quality of food was great. Service was very nice!

The food was excellent, but the one thing I m still thinking about a few days later is the coffee. I ordered iced cold brew and it was literally the best coffee I ve ever had.

Delicious, home-style food
Simple, low key, osteria style environment

Coffee shop area in the back of the store is trying to pass as a restaurant sitting at night. The front store sells everything, from food to shoes, to T-shirts, probably to survive the sky-high rent in GT. Should be convenient for lunch.

Great Italian market and restaurant. I am going next week for dinner

Went for the cooking class, and it was fabulous. Great atmosphere, fun and easy recipe, wonderful staff.

Seems like a cool place at first, but the service was mixed at best and the food was terrible.

Quaint place in Georgetown with great Italian food and wine. Deli too

Friendly staff, well curated selections and very tasty meals. Parking is a challenge, but worth the effort.

I wish this place had a clear concept and following some basic hygiene rules. It seems like they want to sell as much in result a confused, overpriced store.
Walking into the space and see a bunch of stuff ( way overpriced which is comical ) with no logic placed all over, you feel intimidated. I will make no comments for the fact that you have to walk through a gross meat display area in order a coffee or food. ( who designed that? )
One star from me. Please kindly inform your staff that when they handle food they should wash their hand first. Also, they required to wear and change gloves. I m surprised none have reported you yet.

The Chef's Table Dinners are truly an authentic Italian experience, with great food and wines. I am originally from Italy and this is an hidden gem in Georgetown. They offer the dinner upstairs couple of days a week with reservation. The menu changes throughout the month giving a great selection of menus and wines. I love to pick the dinners that reminds me some of my Italian memories or the wine's dinners, but all of them are great. The last one I had was the truffle dinner with chef Simone Proietti Pesci, a very talented chef originally from the Umbria region in Italy. Homemade pasta with black truffles that just arrived from Italy that day, bruschetta, meat and dessert also with truffles... I was in heaven! I will go back again next week for a wine dinner, can't wait. Grazie Simone!

Great option for coffee or a meal. Fantastic Italian market with butcher shop and wine.

Great cheese counter. A hidden gem for coffee meetings!

Server lost our ticket or forgot to put it in. We waited 25 minutes before we called our server over and asked for our first courses. We then waited an additional 45 minutes before having to ask our server for our entrees. We asked that our complaints be taken to the manager and we were told there wasn't one.

Cute neighborhood shop and cafe. You can get a quick lunch in the back, fresh deli meats and cheeses, all Italian specialties, imported candies, cookies, pasta , oil, vinegar, and more. Some fresh produce. Lots of Italian ceramics and beautiful serving pieces. Friendly staff.

I was so unpleasant with my visit here. The food was extremely overpriced. The donuts I purchase was ROCK hard. It was a million fruit flies near the muffins & donut case. I seen a few cockroaches near the entrance once leaving out. A friend of mines shared her experience and mentioned she saw a couple mices running around like they were playing hide and seek in some sort. THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE I WISH SHE WOULD HAVE VISIT BEFORE I DID !!!!! Someone needs to call the health department ASAP !!!!!!!! Plus I believe they are racist having the African American workers working in the back, the Whites working up front & the Hispanics as the cooks. This place needs to be shut down !!!!!!

Very nice store with Deli and tables. Bright airy cheerful place to have a glass of wine or coffee. Great attention to details for Italian sourced products including fine pottery. Will be a regular when I am in the area.

I was reminded to write this when I walked past the other day. Some time ago I ordered some food to take away and some bottles of water. We then realised we didn't need all that water and asked for a credit for one bottle (after we had paid). The unsmiling, unwelcoming guy with the attitude said he had credited us the something like $3 for the water. I asked for a till receipt. He said he couldn't provide one and why did we need it? "I told you I've done it". Guess what? No credit. Astonishingly poor service. Never been back.

Used to love the place and as born and raised souther Italian I reccomended it to many friends despite the overpriced cost of many products....however recently the store has been selling spoiled cheese, dry and not adequately preserved cured meat and paying less attention on freshness of products and adequate refrigeration and preservation of some fresh products
A great disappointment, historical stores like Vace and Italian Store remain more reliable

Their focaccia bread was just like the type you'd find in Italy, a welcome contrast to the American style that dominates here. Plus they had some tasty, albeit over priced sandwiches.

Delicious Food - Warm and Caring Service - Our small graduation party could not have gone better. I relied on Via Umbria's expertise and experience and was not disappointed. Share your ideas and expectations and leave the details to the pro's. Strongly recommend for any special occasion! Ciao!

Thank you for bringing Italy to D.C. I had never been there but stumbled upon this amazing food shop/cafe/restaurant/wine shop/Italian kitchen essentials shop by pure luck. I was invited to join the owner Suzy and her friend Susan for lunch and it was an absolute delight to hear how this concept came to be. Heading there again next time I am in town! Thank you for making my lunch perfect wrapping up a little "me time" :) I can't wait to see you ladies again and having another meal at your establishment of many dimensions!

Soooooooo much going on in one store it s sad, honestly too much to look at/ too much going on !
It s really a hoarders paradise!
The food is over priced and there s rats everywhere!
The event staff is very unorganized

This place does not sacrifice quality for price, so it can get expensive but its delicious. We purchased deli meats and coffees for breakfast and it was all very good. The gentleman behind the coffee bar was running the whole show back there as best he could. He maybe needs a helper to make things faster.

Excellent cooking class. Wine selection and Italian grocery. Full butcher.

Great baguettes! Usually I come here to pick up bread and they have the best bread in Georgetown. They also carry a smoked goat cheese that is amazing. Friendly, but call ahead for the bread, they often run out.

Takes you on a trip to Italy without getting on a plane. Italian food prepared with meticulous care. In my visit there last weekend, I saw a cook make orecchiette pasta from semolina, by hand, one by one. That's Roman level dedication to the craft.

My friend hosted a group lunch to celebrate her 60th birtbday. The upstairs private dinning room was perfect. The chef made a four course meal that was enjoyed by all. Wonderful outside patio where we had proseco and wine before we sat down to eat. A wonderful spot upstairs to hold a special group lunch or dinner!

This is a great spot in Georgetown. I had a lovely fresh breakfast with great coffee and the service was so friendly and warm!! Beautiful ambiance, delicious food, parking a bit tricky but still possible. Wonderful area to walk afterwards. Highly recommended.

Viva Italia! What a treasure trove of Italian imported cheeses, olives, cured meats and wines. There is a casual cafe in the back showcasing handcrafted Murano glass and china. A variety of games brings a smile to the young at heart. The home made pasta will take you on a culinary escape to Tuscany. Highly recommend the salad called Sweet n Spicy Greens .

THREE STARS ONLY DUE TO TWO ISSUES.
ONE.Really trying to understand why all the whites are in the front, and blacks serving in the back,and Spanish cooks,seems abit "SEGREGATED CUSTOMER SERVICE KIND OF GET OUT KIND OF FEEL",.I ONLY BOUGHT A BLUEBERRY MUFFIN AND A SALAD,WATCHING THEM PREP WAS ALSO A PLUS, !!!!
JUST I SEE RACE PLAYS A BIG PART OF SKILLS IN THIS PLACE.
TWO. THE SECOND ISSUE THE CRUMBS...THERE WERE CRUMBS EVERYWHERE,IN MY SEAT AND UNDER MY TABLE.. PLEASE TELL THE EMPLOYEES TO SWEEP,THAT WILL probably HELP THE NETS I NOTICED BUZZING AROUND MY FOOD AND MUFFIN!

Great variety of real Italian food, ingredients, and wines! A part of Italy in Georgetown.

Came for a brunch and was blown away. What an awesome space, with fantastic food! Great Italian provisions for sale downstairs too.