The Ashby Inn and Restaurant

Long regarded as one of the very best restaurants in Northern Virginia, the inn offers a menu that is thoughtful, expressive, and in spring and summer, inspired by its own gardens. The inn's guest rooms vary in size and decor. Each is furnished with 19th-century pieces, including four-poster beds, hand-painted wardrobes, quilts, oriental rugs and blanket chests. Four rooms have wood burning fireplaces. Outside the inn you will find Adirondack chairs, long manicured lawns lined with beautiful perennial flower beds and the inn's vegetable and cutting gardens.

The heart of The Ashby Inn is its kitchen. Many refer to the inn as a "restaurant with rooms." Chef Angel Mickelinc offers a daily menu that is guided more by tradition than trend. Her sophisticated menus reflect deep textures and robust taste. The kitchen stays close to the seasons, waiting for the first asparagus, shad roe, local morels, soft shell crabs and raspberries. The inn's jumbo-lump crab cakes are considered the region's best. Fall and winter bring a range of game dishes: roasted quail, rabbit and oyster gumbo, braised duck with turnips, and medallions of venison. Salmon gravlaks, sausages, terrines, breads, pastas and desserts are prepared on premise. The Ashby Inn's four dining rooms range from cozy banquettes with stunning artwork to the original kitchen with its full-service bar and fireplace. All are comfortable and stylish. The tented patio looks out on wonderful gardens with a broad hillside and the Blue Ridge beyond.

Rated in the "Excellence" category by Zagat Survey 2008, the guide states..."take a wonderful ride to the country and spend an evening in Paris under the stars or enjoy an elegant Sunday brunch at this Traditional American Inn located in the picturesque hunt country Virginia."

The inn made its reputation on romance with its wonderful food, pretty guest rooms and stunning setting. It's a short reach to replace romance with collegiality. From Congressional offices to law firms to Fortune 100 corporations, meeting planners are moving beyond downtown hotels and suburban conference centers to small places far removed from familiar cityscapes and the invisible intrusions of technology.

We offer a place where a tight-knit group can gather around a fire or spread out on a summer patio. An informal place to better concentrate on the business at hand. And, at the end of the day, the Inn's guestrooms are available for a restful evening. Only an hour from downtown Washington and 40 minutes from the Dulles International Airport, the inn makes an easy getaway.

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