The food in NOVA is average and expensive

Over the past year, I've probably tried about 30 restaurants anywhere from Ashburn to Reston to Tysons to Arlington to Chantilly. There's literally like 1, maybe 2 restaurants that I would consider "amazing". Every meal I leave thinking "That was not bad, probably wouldn't come here again though".

Most places I try are rated 4.7+ stars on google, or I'll get a rec from a friend. Yet none of them come close to the food I had in southern California or NYC.

And the worst part is that the restaurants here literally costs more than in those areas. Like you're telling me a 4/10 bowl of pho in Herndon is the same price as michelin-recognized restaurants I went to in Manhattan? Don't even get me started on the Mexican food here.

So with that being said, does anyone have any 10/10 restaurant recommendations in this area?