Lena's Wood-Fired Pizza & Tap - Italian Cuisine

Reviews

• PL

  Purple Lady

  3 days ago
  5.0
  I’ve been looking for a good Italian restaurant in this area for a long time, and I have to say my search is over. Lena’s pasta dishes are amazing. Their cocktails are also good and reasonably priced for the D.C. area. However, having a sweet tooth, I have to say their desserts aren’t the best. I think they might be sitting in the fridge too long and start developing that “fridge taste.” As a tiramisu and crème brûlée fan, I’d say the desserts definitely need some improvement. Other than that, get ready for a great time at Lena’s.
• JM

  Jonathan Marks

  4 days ago
  4.0
  Good pie! Good draft beer selection. Friendly staff, but they were understaffed for hostess and the bar. The bartender was AWESOME! But she was so over tasked that she was trying to make two drinks at once as the see drink orders continued to pile up. Over it was great for an afternoon lunch enjoying a tasty beer and a good wood fired pie. Would stop in again for another pie!
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  Ariel Detvay

  6 days ago
  5.0
  I had family visiting from out of state and we decided to have dinner here on a whim and we were all so happy we did!! 3 of us got Cuban food and 3 of us went with the pizza... everyone was happy!!! And sampling each other's food as well. I loved how the restaurant looked. It was also very clean. The service was great! My family is home now but my husband and I will definitely be back!
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  Luis Flores

  Feb 15, 2026
  1.0
  Paid almost $20 for the worst excuse of a personal margherita pizza. I could look past the fact that they put fresh tomatoes on top, which doesn't traditionally go on a Margarita pizza, but the crust was also burnt and bitter and the tomato sauce was completely flavorless. The nerve this place has to charge as much as they do for such a simple pizza and not even execute it well is astonishing. Suffice to say I will not be returning.
• SH

  Stephon Heyer

  Feb 15, 2026
  1.0
  So I went yesterday, 2.14.26, for my Valentine's Day dinner with my special someone. I had booked this reservation three months in advance, so I had plenty of options of restaurants to choose from. I wanted to give this restaurant a shot. We came in and sat down immediately. We didn't see the waitress for at least 15 minutes for water or to ask if we would like appetizers. We ordered appetizers, which were the jumbo prawns and spinach artichoke dip. The shrimp was good, but the dip was underwhelming, to say the least. After dropping off the appetizers, our waitress didn't show up again for 20 minutes or more to check in on us. When she did come back, we expressed our displeasure that she hadn't checked in on us because we needed additional items like napkins and refills. She then took our entrée order without writing any of the order down. THIS ABOVE ALL IS UPSETTING TO ME PERSONALLY. After taking the order, she proceeds to go to a table and begins a long-winded chit-chat with the table for 15 to 20 minutes. My date and I assumed that she must have known the couple because she would talk to them on and off for long periods throughout the night. Our food came out, and both of our cream sauce pasta dishes lacked flavor. She also forgot the pizza we ordered because, again, SHE DIDN'T WRITE OUR ORDER DOWN! I wanted table salt and pepper too, but once again, the waitress was nowhere to be found after our meal was delivered to the table. We didn't even tell her that she forgot the pizza order because I don't think she would have remembered that we ordered it in the first place. At this point, even if we had asked again for the additional entrée, I had seen enough of both the service and the food that we were ready to leave. I honestly don't leave many reviews because, honestly, why bother? This one had to be done because it was my first Valentine's Day with the woman I'm dating. I made up for the rest of the day with what I had planned, but this was our first stop of the evening, and I felt like Lena's ruined our dining experience that night on a special occasion. I will not be coming back. If anyone does decide to go to Lena's, be prepared for long service times and Panera/Noodles and Co-style culinary experience which in my opinion isn't worth the price.

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