We spent $240 on dinner at Dōgon, one of the buzziest restaurants in DC. The best part was the $63 chicken and rice.

• I ate at Kwame Onwuachi’s new restaurant, Dōgon, in Washington, DC.
• We ordered coco bread, piri piri salad, chicken and rice, oxtails, and rum cake.
• Our tasty dinner was $244, and I’m already looking forward to my next meal there.

Kwame Onwuachi was only 25 when he appeared on “Top Chef: California” in 2015.

Just four years later, he was named Rising Star Chef of the Year by the James Beard Foundation, Chef of the Year by Esquire, and one of the best new chefs by Food and Wine — all thanks to his restaurant, Kith/Kin, in Washington, DC.

Although I didn’t get to visit Kith/Kin before it closed in 2020, I was excited to be able to dine at the chef’s latest DC venture: Dōgon.

The Afro-Caribbean restaurant’s buzzy opening has been covered by the likes of Vogue, Forbes, and Eater — but, as a restaurant critic, I was curious to check it out myself.

Here’s what it’s like to dine at Dōgon.