Best Restaurants For Lunch In Fairfax City: Patch Readers

FAIRFAX CITY, VA — Patch recently published a survey asking its readers to share their recommendations for the best places in Fairfax City to take a visitor to for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Twenty-eight Fairfax City foodies shared their favorite restaurants and recommendations for what to order. The response to our survey was so great that we've decided to split the results into several stories.

We've already published readers' favorite places to go for breakfast and now we're going to look at what lunch spots they recommend.

Survey respondents mentioned 10 different restaurants to go for lunch in Fairfax City, praising them for their service, the scope of their menus and their signature dishes.

Here's what foodies from Fairfax City gave as their reasons for recommending their favorite place to eat lunch.

Auld Shebeen ...

• "Great Burgers for lunch and it’s a great Irish Pub." — Antonio DeMarco
• "Awesome Irish fare!" — Paula Doll Bandini
• "This is my favorite bar/restaurant. The atmosphere is the biggest reason why - friendly owners and attentive staff make this feel like your at a friends house! My recommendations would be the Potato Leek soup and the Short Rib Sliders - so yummy!" — Joanne DeMarco

Chick-Fil-A ...

• "#1 classic chicken sandwich, waffle fries, and diet lemonade; too darn yummy. Why else would they always be crowded?" — Kim

Courtside Thai ...

• Moderately priced, great selection, including vegetarian. Any beef dish--the beef is well seasoned and tender." — Mike

Earp’s Ordinary ...

• "Smashburger for lunch." — Katie

Hamrock's ...

• "Seafood & Chicken salad in Avocado." — Talbot Cunningham

Green Pig Bistro ...

• "I've been several times, ordered a different dish each time, and they were all fabulous. I don't think I could pick just one to recommend." — Anna

Havabite ...

• "Havabite must have meat calzone with extra cheese." — Elizabeth
• "Haveabite is the best Greek food around. I love the combo plate and the gyros." — Anna DeMarco
• "Havabite is a friendly, tasty local place. I can't resist their Greek salad with gyro meat!" — Sandi Slappey Brown

Mama Lucia's ...

• "If you love Pizza I love Mamma Lucia's, Or I'd go to Havabite Greek restaurant I had their turkey reuben, it was yummy and their Avgolemeno soup." — Linda Schwartz

Ned's New England Deck ...

• "Everything on the menu is great including the roast beef sandwich, the New England Clam Chowder and Lobster Bisque. My go to favorite is the whole belly clam platter and my husband always gets the lobster roll." — Catherine Read

• "They have individual slices and whole pies that are great. Would recommend the old bay wings and a lion granny square." — Maggie

PJ Skidoos ...

• "They have fresh daily homemade soups that are to die for! Also, great lunch specials daily." — Sabrin Bells

Sisters Thai ...

• "Like eating in your living room! This cute eatery has yummy Thai dishes like spring rolls, dumplings, satay, bikini shrimp...and that's just a few of the appetizers! Pad Thai, drunken noodles, curries...lots of choices in this cute spot. Best for girlfriend lunch!" — Deborah

Taco Bama —

• "Very unique tacos. Some traditional and some more Americanized. Pork tacos." — Leslye

The following is the full list of Fairfax City restaurants survey respondents recommended as great places to have lunch.

• Arties, 3260 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, VA 22030
• Auld Shebeen, 3971 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, VA 22030
• Earp's Ordinary, 10420 Main St., Fairfax, VA 22030
• Chick-Fil-A, 9509 Fairfax Blvd., Fairfax, VA 22031
• Courtside Thai , 3981 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, VA 22030
• First Watch, 9600 Main St., Suite S, Fairfax, VA 22031
• Fujisan Japanese Grill & Sushi Bar, 10698 Fairfax Blvd, Fairfax, VA 22030
• Havabite Eatery, 10416 Main St., Fairfax, VA 22030
• Mama Chang, 3251 Blenheim Blvd., Suite 101, Fairfax, VA 22030
• Mama Lucia, Fair City Mall, 9650 Main St. #40, Fairfax, VA 22031
• Ned's New England Deck, 10655 Fairfax Blvd., Fairfax, VA 22030
• Old Dominion Pizza Company, 3950 University Drive #102, Fairfax, VA 22030
• PJ Skidoos, 9908 Fairfax Blvd., Fairfax, VA 22030
• Sisters Thai, 4004 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030