Ned's Club Washington, DC
Social club · Downtown ·
Private club with inventive dishes, prime beef, and stunning views
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734 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20005 Get directions
Private club with inventive dishes, prime beef, and stunning views
734 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20005 Get directions
"An elite Soho House sibling that debuted in January directly across from the White House, featuring four distinctive dining establishments serving sushi, wagyu steaks, pricey Champagne, and caviar under hospitality pros who formerly worked at the Bazaar and Silver Lyan. Membership tiers include $5,000 upfront and $5,000 per year for standard members, while a “founding global members” tier carries a $125,000 initiation fee and $25,000 in monthly dues. About 30 percent of its current members are under 40 and the gender split is about 50/50, “which is rare for private clubs,” a club representative told Eater." - Tierney Plumb
"Accessible only to the club's “founding global members” — a by-invitation tier with a whopping $100,000 initiation fee and $15,000 in monthly dues (in comparison, normal members pay $5,000 upfront and $5,000 per year) — the ultra-exclusive dining room currently counts 100 members and has a waitlist, per a rep. The menu touts prime beef from Texas’s famed Four Sixes — “a fourth-generation ranch raising purebred Angus Black Baldys” — the only other U.S. restaurant serving it being the Four Sixes Steakhouse pop-up inside the Wynn Las Vegas; cuts appear as filet, (bone-in) ribeye, A5 wagyu, and New York strip, plus a braised short rib entrée topped with black truffles. Surf-and-turf offerings and starters include lobster bisque, shrimp cocktail, and caviar-topped oysters; mains also list roasted half chicken with duck-fat potatoes, Virginia trout, and whole lobster dusted with Old Bay. The room directly overlooks the U.S. Treasury and the Washington Monument, and “there is no other restaurant in D.C. that has that close of a view to the White House,” per a rep. The design embraces a midcentury, Kennedy-era aesthetic with Tiffany-esque stained glass windows, a golden canopy of circular pendant lights, and a private martini bar; members can “call dibs on their own 'regular' table in the room and enjoy 'high-end' customized perks based on their known preferences every time they dine.” Comparisons have been drawn to downtown’s BLT Prime, where the then-45th president reportedly had his own booth and waiters followed “a ridiculous instruction manual” on how he likes his Diet Coke poured in seven steps." - Tierney Plumb
"A direct competitor in the city’s private-membership space slated to open on January 31 across from the White House, this pricey newcomer carries Soho House status and has been described as having a dream hospitality team in place, making its timing notable given the other property’s potential pivot toward private membership." - Tierney Plumb
"An anticipated private club opening across from the White House will be led on the culinary side by executive chef David Testa and on cocktails by renowned mixologist Vlad Novikov; the club will house three simultaneous restaurants spotlighting Italian (Gallery), American (Founders Dining Room), and pan-Asian (Kaia) cuisines. Birthed in 2017 by Soho House founders as "a space for the discerning" in London and since expanded to NYC and Doha (2022), the D.C. edition will be a members-only location occupying the top three floors of an Art Deco–era building and reviving a sense of exclusive club life. Membership is costly: D.C. members pay a one-time $5,000 initiation fee and $5,000 annually thereafter. Opening early winter." - Tierney Plumb
"Presented as the American-focused dining room in the club’s three-restaurant lineup, scheduled to open concurrently with the club and operate daily from breakfast to late, aimed at serving the members-only crowd and accompanying events and programming." - Tierney Plumb
