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1. The Salt Line - Bethesda

4.5

Awesome(618)

$$$$Price: Expensive

• Seafood • Bethesda

Booked 64 times today

The Salt Line, the popular DC homage to New England’s iconic fish and oyster houses, brings a third location to Bethesda Row. New England meets the Chesapeake at this beauty of a restaurant with lots of comfy booth seating and an inviting u shaped bar and lounge area. Menu features all the classics and raw bar guests have come to love from the original The Salt Line plus some delicious new surprises from award winning The Salt Line Chef Kyle Bailey and Bethesda Executive Chef Eric McKamey.

2. Silver

4.5

Awesome(2231)

$$$$Price: Moderate

• Contemporary American • Bethesda

Booked 46 times today

SILVER is an New American Brasserie with a distinctive new shine. Led by award-winning Chef, Ype Von Hengst, SILVER’s menu features contemporary American cuisine and healthier choices, influenced by the great brasseries from around the world. We specialize in offering a broad menu of contemporary favorites, seasonal specials, and healthier options, featuring ingredients from local farms and purveyors. Our bar menu features hand-crafted pre-prohibition style cocktails, local brews and American wines carefully curated to showcase the traditions of American wine makers. Open early until late, serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and late night brunch. SILVER offers the choices for how you live and a healthy dose of what you crave.

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3. Spanish Diner - Bethesda

4.2

Awesome(3893)

$$$$Price: Moderate

• Spanish • Bethesda

An Iberian take on the classic American all-day restaurant, Spanish Diner features larger portions of Spanish favorites from the mind of award-winning chef José Andrés. Dishes like gambas al ajillo, croquetas de pollo, gazpacho, and patatas bravas are all on the menu, along with a focus on regional specialties like fabada asturiana and cocido madrileño. Egg dishes are a specialty with classics like the iconic tortilla española, huevos estrellados, and huevos revueltos. The menu at Spanish Diner is quintessentially Spanish, but you’ll be hard-pressed to find these dishes at any restaurant in Spain as these are the recipes that are found at home, shared around the kitchen table with family and friends, generation after generation.

4. matchbox Bethesda

4.4

Awesome(201)

$$$$Price: Moderate

• Pizzeria • Bethesda

Booked 10 times today

We’re known for wood-fired pizzas, mini burgers, fresh salads and chef-inspired entrées, like pan-seared sea bass and oven-roasted filet mignon. It’s American bistro fare, crafted from high quality ingredients with a chef at the helm in every kitchen.Matchbox draws in passersby with oversized windows lining the sidewalk and a front-row view of the blazing pizza oven. Once indoors, the vibe remains warm and residential, as though guests are being welcomed into the Matchbox home. The design achieves this effect through elements like draperies to soften some of the more industrial edges and add texture, open shelving and wine displays, light gray wood wainscotting, and hardwood flooring throughout to lend natural warmth. Hand-painted murals from local artists add further context to the neighborhood, and bring in a touch of personality as well.Outdoor seating on patios along both Woodmont Avenue and Elm Street offer plentiful people-watching in warmer months.

5. Delhi Spice

4.6

Exceptional(47)

$$$$Price: Moderate

• Indian • Bethesda

Booked 6 times today

India has always been known as a land of spices and Asia’s largest spice market is in Delhi!! Join us as we take you through an aromatic journey of both local and exotic spices blended with the labor of love and effort put into each of our dishes, we try to bring diverse flavors of Delhi to you through the spices used to create our signature dishes.

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6. Chercher Ethiopian Cuisine

4.7

Exceptional(122)

$$$$Price: Moderate

• Ethiopian • Bethesda

Booked 5 times today

Chercher Ethiopian Cuisine is one of the best Ethiopian restaurants in the heart of Washington DC offering a fun-filled, casual dining experience! Cherecher strives to always serve you fresh and affordable Ethiopian cuisine. This is what our customers say about us.

7. PLANTA, Bethesda

4.4

Awesome(141)

$$$$Price: Expensive

• Vegan • Bethesda

Booked 8 times today

Under Chef David Lee, PLANTA is dining as it should be- an un-guilty pleasure. Created in 2016, PLANTA is a celebration of delicious and innovative plant-based cuisine served in a beautifully designed space, without pretension and with an overflow of good vibes. PLANTA Bethesda offers signatures like Ahi Watermelon Nigiri and Bang Bang Broccoli while expanding on the plant-powered menu, offering even more in the way of Sushi, Pizza, sustainably-crafted cocktails, and more. PLANTA reimagines and reinvents plant-based dining, providing flavorful (and fun) proof the the power of plants can change the world.For Parties larger the 8, please contact hellobethesda@plantahq.comGETTING HERE: The closest private garage is just next to restaurant and can be entered from ELM Street. We are also a 5 minute walk from Bethesda Metro (Red Line)

8. Tikka Masala

4.5

Awesome(46)

$$$$Price: Moderate

• Indian • Bethesda

Booked 1 time today

Welcome to Tikka Masala, an Indian Cuisine Restaurant located in Bethesda. Maryland. Dishes are prepared by our Indian chefs in a hygienic manner with fresh ingredients. A place where a comfortable, relaxing environment provided to our customers.

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9. Medium Rare - Bethesda

4.6

Exceptional(1463)

$$$$Price: Moderate

• Steakhouse • Bethesda

Booked 58 times today

A Diner's Choice Award winner for the last 12 years! Legendary Medium Rare offers a unique, $28.95prix fixe dinning experience of artisan bread; a mixed green salad; prime, dry-aged steak; and hand-cut fries (Vegetarian option always available) in a relaxed, fun, environment. Please allow us 15 minutes to seat you after your full party has arrived and after checkin at our host stand. As we do only one thing, we do our best to make the food and experience exceptional and also a good value. We also serve brunch on Saturday and Sunday's with a great prix fixe including French Toast, Steak and Eggs, Eggs Benedict and bottomless Bloody Marys, Mimosas and Screwdrivers. WALK INS and CALL AHEAD seating are always welcomed.

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10. Black's Bar & Kitchen

4.6

Exceptional(3410)

$$$$Price: Moderate

• Seafood • Bethesda

Booked 49 times today

WELCOME BACK!Black’s Bar & Kitchen is excited to announce we are back open to the public for dine-in service! While we encourage you to use our online portal for convenient curbside carryout pickup, we have staged our patio, dining room and café tables to provide our Guests with a socially accepted distance to dine. Food, Wine, & Cocktails to the heart of the ever-evolving Downtown Bethesda, Black’s remains the community Hot Spot for killer happy hour bar bites. Black’s has been on the forefront of supporting local farming & sustainable growing practices, serving only the highest quality produce, meats, & seafood for well over a decade.Love Oysters? We do. Our Premium raw bar is unparalleled with rotating varieties of bivalves from all coasts of the Americas and a stellar wine list to match. Whether you’re popping champagne for a special occasion, watching the game enjoying a cold craft beer and Duck Nachos in the bar, Black’s Bar & Kitchen is the destination for any occasion.

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Melissa
Washington, D.C. Area •10 reviews
5.0
Dined 1 day ago
Had lunch with two friends. Two of us ordered the half-sized avocado cobb salad, the other a chimchuree bowl. Great food, good service. The restaurant was busy but because we sat in a corner booth, the noise level seemed fine.
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SilverPrice: Moderate• Contemporary American• Bethesda
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4.5
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PavlovitaVIP
Los Angeles •4 reviews
5.0
Dined 3 days ago
Super sad that this place us closing. Came this week and learned this was the last week! I want to say thank you for their wonderful staff and food. They will be missed
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Spanish Diner - BethesdaPrice: Moderate• Spanish• Bethesda
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4.2
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JaneVIP
New York City •68 reviews
5.0
Dined on Jan 27, 2025
Charming, solid food, variety of dishes tried. Holding back 1 star as have better, but not locally.highly recommend.
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Delhi SpicePrice: Moderate• Indian• Bethesda
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4.6
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Joe
Washington, D.C. Area •15 reviews
4.0
Dined on Jan 25, 2025
My wife's scallops were over cooked and my platter was almost all fried food. I didn't realize that based on the menu description. Just told what was included but not how it was prepared.
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The Salt Line - BethesdaPrice: Expensive• Seafood• Bethesda
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4.5
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John
Washington, D.C. Area •10 reviews
5.0
Dined on Jan 25, 2025
The staff here is really nice, highly recommend this place
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matchbox BethesdaPrice: Moderate• Pizzeria• Bethesda
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4.4

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1. The Salt Line - Bethesda

2. Silver

3. Spanish Diner - Bethesda

4. matchbox Bethesda

5. Delhi Spice

6. Chercher Ethiopian Cuisine

7. PLANTA, Bethesda

8. Tikka Masala

9. Medium Rare - Bethesda

10. Black's Bar & Kitchen

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