Simple and timeless, Redwood's feel is sophisticated, yet unpretentious, allowing attention to be focused on good food, wine, and friends. The restaurant is breezy, open, fresh, bustling, while providing pockets of intimacy.

"Redwood's enormous front windows, cracked open in good weather, capture a lounge that looks like a cocktail party you want in on and a dining room that has California written all over it.   As it turns out, the inspiration for the interior came from the legendary American photographer Ansel Adams, says Griz Dwight, the architect of this and other popular area restaurants. "Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space." Adams wrote. Dwight, who says the space is meant to "set you up for a walk" in the woods, brings the photographer's words to life with green lights in the bar, fabric "vines" that double as soundproofing above the tasting bar and lots of warm browns and oranges in the dining room, which incorporates recycled redwood from old olive oil barrels. A deer head and a fireplace set off a private space in the rear." "Looks count in this business, and this restaurant would score high if all I were examining were the design and decor." Tom Sietsema Wahsington Post Magazine November 2008

"The formula will stay true to the group's successful restaurants, showing "superlative seasonal cuisine", simple, timeless design, and exceptional service in a true neighborhood restaurant.... Redwood's architect is Griz Dwight of GrizForm Design, who is racking up an impressive portfolio around town..." Metrocurean - August 2006

"The Redwood motif extends throughout the space, designed by GrizForm, the architects behind the similarly rustic-chic Sonoma. At Redwood, reclaimed wood is accented with natural stone, slate, and raw steel. The private dining room with 30 seats has a working fireplace and its own patio." Washingtonian - July 2008