Serving patrons an American cuisine where patrons tend to favor fish and steaks, this is a place. Expect the average entrée to cost $20 to $30, and guests are quite appropriate when dressed casual.

Very upscale and creative dishes. Great seafood dishes. Creme Brulee is the best!

Frappaccino in summer. Latte the rest of the year. No. Latte all the time. Frappaccino's are bad. Coffee ice cream and an espresso would be better. The banana nut loaf is decent, while the zucchini nut loaf is the same great sea sponge texture, but minus the good banana flavor. The chocolate espresso brownie makes an excellent door stop, while the biscotti can be placed around the house to keep cockroaches away. The quality actually varies from one location to another, despite the whole chain concept. This is because the average tour of duty for a Starbuck's employee is about 3 days. The only thing you can count on is lots of babies in strollers, jogging yuppies and of course, jogging yuppies with babies in strollers. Somehow, I still end up buying a lot of lattes from Starbucks.

It’s got decent Italian food. But I believe the prices are too high for what it is, which is essentially Olive Garden food. The wine list is actually a good sampling of Italian regions, but again, the prices are too much. I must say, however, that the atmosphere is very pleasant, and the service is very good. If I lived nearby, I might go there for lunch, just to enjoy the atmosphere (outdoor seating area) and service.

Similar cool/fun atmosphere to Baba Yega's. It's definitely got a great inside and an old school ambience, I'm thinking Sesame Street. But I wouldn't order anything random and “expect good news” like the goat cheese thing they have. Bah humbug. I would just go there for the pizza, and a lot of people do just that. I don't disapprove, but as with all Pizza in Houston, you could make it better at home, even if you don’t have a real flaming furnace. Their spaghetti with meatball(s) is something that's best not talked about. In fact, they really should just sack up and only sell pizza. The pizzaria that only sells pizza. Now that would be something special. They also have a charming way of continually referring to their wheel chair ramp as a veranda, which for those interested, can also be spelled verandah. Thus, the restaurant could be said to be verandaed or verandahed. And you can, of course, get your seasonal lemonade served you in those giant plastic chalices, or as I call it, cups.

Did not eat here because we had better things to do than stand around for 45 minutes waiting for a table, like drive around for 45 minutes arguing about where we should go eat instead. But I can say the bellini's are horrible. The bellini's are horrible. And DO NOT order the one with the swirl of synthetic raspberry, which would be rejected by any reputable snow cone vendor.

Good Lebanese food. Owner is a former olympic wrestler, and your meal is free if you can beat him in a three round match. Even if you lose, he will still bring you some Lebanese coffee to enjoy.

Great little place. Most of the items are $5 to $10 and come with a Greek salad, fries or potatos. The Gyro sandwhich $5 is really good, the meat with a rich, spicy flavor and the pita bread appropriate. The mousaka is fine for $7, but the spanikopita for $3 is a pastry/spinach/cheese steal. I could eat 3 of them. The guy behind the counter is really fantastic.

New building, same average quality. Lots of ardent followers for this restaurant, but I question their character, the lot of them. Actually, I've had two respectable friends say that Nit Noi is good, so I will have to go again now. Okay, I went again. It's 30% cheaper and about 30% lower quality than Thai Pepper, so it’s up to you which way you want to go. Higher quality means the curry has more flavor, the service is more personal (Nit Noi is a feeding trough), and the dishes have fewer large, non-edible or otherwise useless items such as giant pieces of tomato and lemon rinds.

The last time I went there was because some friends demanded I meet them there. Fortunately, I only had margaritas as several of them got a bad case of food poisoning the next day. Pappas food isn't terrible, but it's just a large portion of ordinary quality. What's the difference between a restaurant chain owner and a blood sucking leech? The leech doesn't charge you for it

Awesome. Old School, low-key place on North Main (off I-45 just N. of I-10). This place is apparently an institution in the area. I can't believe I only just now found out about it. It's really good. Same price as La Mexicana, but the food is better. For example, the spinach enchiladas atually have spinach in them and not some sort of greenish substance that tastes like spinach. No, it really is spinach. Who would have thought? The service is excellent and attentive. The place is great. I only wish it was two blocks from my house

A small selection of Caribbean, Creole, Southern items can be found at this nice little place. The food is reasonably priced, the portions are good (special deals for family size) and the service is friendly. The po-boy with pork and gravy ($5) is okay, and the jerk chicken ($6.5) is good. You can call 24 hrs ahead and get a whole sweet potato pie ($24), carrot cake ($35) or bread pudding ($35).

The $20 seafood dishes at Sierra Grill are a little better than the $15 seafood dishes at some other places. The service was attentive and friendly, and there's a semi-outdoor section which might be useful. The wine list has many wines, but you're not here for fine red wine at 3 times the real price. You're here for the fish and a glass of crisp white wine. The table bread is actually scones. The salmon crab cake $9 was worth it. The gorgonzola salad $7 is something you can do at home. The pecan trout $19 is quite good with large amounts of wild rice and other stuff on the side, while the campfire salmon $20 is recipe that swam too far upstream. The Iced Tea for $2 was epic with over 20 pieces of ice and just the right color. Also, I just heard an ad for Sierra Grill on T.V., which is bad. We'll have to watch that.

Service was excellent, food is fabulous and I would definetly return. Great beer selection, not only in bottles, but great selection on draft. Capabilities also include banquet and party rooms with great service. Highly recommended.

The food is excellent, but the pad thai taste similar to another restaurant? But anyways from reading the first review i had to see for myself if it was true and I will tell you first hand that it is b.s. So if you are in new haven and want to eat some awesome authentic thai food give it a shot.

Get back to basics with a heap of Maryland blue crabs. They’re cayenne-crusted and served with drawn butter, mallets, and a massive empty bowl for the shells. The scene both outside and in is lively, sometimes even raucous. Reserve jumbos when they’re available—wait till you get there and chances are you’ll have to settle for large or medium. Be sure to ask about the all-you-can-eat Crab Feast—including crabs, corn, and cole slaw for $25—available most nights. Doing battle with your dinner not your thing? Crabcakes are first-rate, made with loads of lump crab and just a bit of binder. Peel-and-eat shrimp work as a good starter or a fine main event. Sides aren’t the point here, though the slaw makes a fine foil for all the rest. Service can be crusty, but that’s part of the charm, too.

Forget trendy. Buon Giorno, a gracious dining room with black-jacketed waiters, pale lemon-yellow walls, and gold-framed paintings, owes its longevity—it’s been a fixture for 28 years—to authentic cooking that evokes the flavors of Italy. Standout starters include a perfect salad of shaved fennel and roasted peppers; the hearty pasta e fagioli soup; and exquisite house-made pastas, available in whole or half orders. Trenette all’antica, a Ligurian specialty, is a pile of ribbon pasta, slightly thicker than tagliatelle, with pesto and green beans. Luxurious and rich crescents, a.k.a. agnolotti, stuffed with spinach, ricotta, and herbs, get a wash of thick cream and Parmesan. And handkerchieflike pasta squares are wonderful with dabs of pesto or a sauce of wild mushrooms and tomato. <br> Veal dishes are lovingly done—the best is flour-dusted, sautéed, and slicked with a glaze of lemon and mushrooms. Other showstoppers are fin fish, such as trout with parsley and lemon and red snapper with herbs, olives, and capers. For dessert, try the tiramisu in a stemmed glass, or tartuffo, which though not made here is a dense, creamy ball of chocolate-hazelnut ice cream in a cloak of cocoa powder. Before leaving, have a word with co-owner Daniela Nicotra, daughter of Arcide and Angela Ginepro—he’s from Genoa, she’s from Sicily—who opened the place in the ’70s and are still involved in the day-to-day cooking.

I’m a sucker for retro chic, so the ice-cold wedge of pale iceberg with bleu-cheese dressing caught my eye. It turned out to be the ideal foil for the Cowboy Ribeye that hung over my plate 20 minutes later. This USDA Prime bone-in version of the classic cut is everything you want in the steak—big, meaty, and flavorful. Hand-cut shoestring fries on the side and broccoli au gratin completed the picture. Had I been in a sharing mood, the porterhouse for two would have looked good. I might have paired it with roasted-garlic mashed potatoes and asparagus with hollandaise. <br> Service is very civilized at this clubby restaurant of small dining rooms done with dark wood. Cocktails are stiff and desserts sweet. Caramelized banana-cream pie fits in with the theme, but the cheesecake is pretty good, too. Either is a good excuse to down a cup of robust French Press Nicaraguan Estate Grown coffee.

You could almost miss this sliver of a sushi restaurant. Fans of the already snug Japanese eatery would love to keep it that way. Service is leisurely—only one waitress has been on duty when I’ve been there—but sushi is expertly done, as are cooked items on the menu. Besides sushi and sashimi standards like fatty tuna, yellowtail, salmon, and uni, there are intensely flavored novelties like cod roe and sea eel. Embellishments keep things interesting: rolls of crunchy aged soybeans, squid with plum, and fabulous fatty tuna with chili or scallions. Other high points on the menu are a briny seaweed salad, brittle and greaseless tempura, and delicate dumplings of seafood (shu mai) and meat (gyoza). Scallop teriyaki and beef tataki are winning dishes you’ll wish were on more local menus.

Here’s proof that the humble family-run ethnic restaurant can thrive in urbanized Bethesda. Yes, the decor has been upgraded with framed prints of Thai dancers, new rugs, and festive twinkle lights, but the feel is homey rather than trendy. Bangkok Garden’s kitchen turns out food that rings authentic and packs heat. <br> Two great starters are Kanom Jeeb, steamed crabmeat-and-pork dumplings, and Yam Pla Grob, a spicy sweet-sour salad of shredded papaya and crunchy fried whiting. Both appear without translation on some of the restaurant’s menus, so ask if you don’t spot them. Go homey with a bowl of steamed salted mustard greens with pork—or go for fireworks shrimp with string beans in a brothy curry. More luxurious is Angel Shrimp, jumbo shrimp in velvety coconut-curry sauce. Pad Thai also gets high marks: No tomatoey heap here, just a tangle of fish-sauce-scented noodles with bits of egg, scallions, and shrimp.