Washington DC · Shaw · New American
Like most of the hardest tables in Washington DC, The Dabney releases reservations in a fixed window — and the window sells through fast. After that, the book is effectively closed: the only seats that come back are cancellations, and they return to the booking calendar with no announcement, at any hour, and are gone in minutes. Refreshing the page by hand is how most people miss them.
| Address | 122 Blagden Alley NW, Washington, DC 20001 |
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| Neighborhood | Shaw |
| Cuisine | New American Restaurant; American Restaurant; Bar |
| Price level | $$$ |
| Rating | 4.9 from 222 reviews |
| Reservations | OpenTable |
| Phone | +1 202-240-2660 |
| Official site | The Dabney |
Tables at The Dabney are released on OpenTable and cancellations vanish in minutes. Join the watch — we're rolling out city by city. Washington DC is on our restaurant rollout list: members on the watch are first in line as scanning switches on, and the moment coverage is live here, a cancelled table that matches your party size and dates triggers a text with a direct link to book it. You always book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price — we never book, hold, or resell tables.
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Facts come from the public directory listing for The Dabney.
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