Chow Emergency--Fairfax Area

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I need a restaurant with good food that I can take a client to. I am a former native of this area, so this ordinarily wouldn't be an issue, except that I need to find a place near Rt. 50 and West Ox road (not a culinary mecca 5 years ago when I moved) so I need help.
 
Price is not a consideration, I just need to have good food and good service. All 4 people going are adventurous enough eaters so that as long as we're not served live fish sushi, we should be ok (the live fish would be okay with 3 of us).
 
Help please.

Answer

Some thoughts:
 
In the Fairfax Towne Center there's Chutzpah -- a deli that apparantly serves some of the most authentic deli-style food around (12214 Fairfax Towne Center, Fairfax, VA 22033, 703-385-8883). Also in that shopping center is Moby Dick House of Kebab -- a local kebab chain place that is ALWAYS packed. Plan to get there earlier than the lunch crowd (12154 Fairfax Towne Center, Fairfax, VA 22030, 703-352-6226).
 
Further up Route 50 (going towards Fairfax City) on the right side there's a shopping center with Circuit City, Burlington Coat Factory, Mikasa, etc. Some small ethnic eateries have recently opened up, including a Persian Grill, an Asian restaurant called Seoul, Bravo's (a chain, but still there). Behind that shopping center is the Kmart with a small piano-bar restaurant called the Lamplighter -- a little more upscale (4068 Jermantown Rd. Fairfax, VA 22030, 703-273-9300).
 
Even more across from the Kmart shopping center are several Pho Restaurants -- Viet House next to the 7-11 in Jermantown Square and Pho 79 near the Chili's. Both Pho places serve noodle dishes as well as the soup. I believe there's an Indian restaurant in that Chili's shopping center, as well. 
 
Good luck!

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Bellissimo on Main Street in Old Town Fairfax would be my choice. Very good upscale italian with excellent service. They have gotten favorable reviews from both the Post and Washingtonian.

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This is an interesting little (Thai) restaurant in the Fair Lakes shopping center.

Link: http://www.fairlakes.com/Restaurants/StarThai.html

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