Restaurant Deals in Washington, D.C.

Enjoy lunch at the bar at this Pennsylvania Avenue restaurant between 11:30am and 3pm, Monday through Friday, and get a glass of wine and an entree for $15; choose from upscale lunch staples such as salads, burgers and spaghetti. At dinner, try a two-course meal with two wine pairings for just $35--available nightly.

Citysearch fan Robin K. loves the $20 Sunday Suppers at this Crystal City Italian restaurant. The special runs from 3pm to 9pm and includes a three-course meal served family-style. "The food is amazing for that price," she says. Check out the Sunday mid-day lunch special too: Order two cocktails and choose from a selection of entrees for just $2.

Celebrity chef Art Smith cooked for Oprah before opening this Capitol Hill restaurant and appearing on "Top Chef Masters." Try some of his Southern specialties--such as pork rinds and fried green tomatoes--paired with a drink for just $10 during the restaurant's happy hour from 4pm to 7pm, Monday through Thursday.

"Hands down Restaurant Eve's Lunch Deal is the best in town," says Citysearch Dictator Adam A. The "Lickity Split" menu is good at the bar and lounge from 11:30am to 4pm, Monday through Friday. For $13.50, diners get a choice of any two items on the menu, which includes everything from risotto to birthday cake.

During happy hour, which is from 4pm to 7pm every day, this sleek Chinatown restaurant offers some of its most popular dim sum dishes--including the pineapple-topped chicken puff and the sweet and savory char sui bun--for just $3 a piece. Paired with one of its exotic martinis for just $5, it's one of the best restaurant deals in D.C. Go early--the deals are limited to the bar area only.

"Early dinner and drinks for about $10? Done and done," says Citysearch fan Gillet G. During happy hour at this K Street seafood spot--which runs from 3:30pm to 7pm and 10pm to 11pm Monday through Thursday, and 3:30pm to 7pm on Friday--enjoy appetizers for as low as $1.95 in the bar area with a $3.50 minimum drink purchase.

Score a featured pasta dish, a glass of wine and sorbet for just $15 at this downtown Italian restaurant when you sit at the bar during lunch, Monday through Friday, from 11:30am to 2pm. That's quite a deal from chef Nicholas Stefanelli, one of D.C.'s rising culinary stars.

During happy hour from 4pm to 7pm, Monday through Friday, enjoy $4 and $5 food and drink specials in the bar of this Bethesda restaurant. Tuesdays feature live blues, and go for the live Latin jazz on Wednesdays.

Try happy hour Monday through Friday from 4pm to 7pm and also Sunday through Thursday from 11pm to close. Among other specials, you'll find $3.50 rail drinks, $2 Bud and Bud Light and $5 calamari.

This downtown steakhouse doesn't have to break the bank; get prime cheeseburgers, filet mignon sandwiches, mini crab cakes and smoked salmon pizza for $6 or less in the bar area Monday through Friday from 4:30pm to 6:30pm and 9pm to close.

This stately spot near the White House is a D.C. institution; join the suit-clad gents and power diners without having to expense a meal--all raw bar items are half off between 3pm and 6pm and 11pm and 1am Monday through Thursday.

This happening nightspot has a great restaurant scene, too--enjoy it on the cheap Tuesday through Friday from 5pm to 8pm, when you can find $4 menu items, $3-$5 beer and wine and $5 specialty cocktails.

Try this Penn Quarter's Asian-fusion fare on the cheap with one of its $10 to-go bag lunches, choose sushi or an entree salad or sandwich with chips or a dessert. Additionally, year-round prix fixe menus ($19 for lunch, $29 for dinner) allow you to have a restaurant week experience on any day.

Sample the Latin-Asian fusion cuisine from celebrity chef Richard Sandoval during happy hour at this Penn Quarter spot. Between 5pm and 7:30pm, Monday through Saturday, enjoy $5 cocktails and small plates (such as crunchy calamari and Thai chicken empanadas) at the bar and lounge.

Citysearch Dictator Laurie A. loves the 23 lunch specials for less than $5 here. "If you're in a two mile radius of Chinatown, they deliver for free with no minimum. Great cheap food, delivered to your desk. "

Citysearch fan Jennifer T. gets her sushi fix on the cheap at this popular H Street spot, which offers half-price sushi from 10:30pm to 12:30pm on Monday nights during "Sushi Heaven."

This U Street watering hole is already a favorite for beers on the cheap, but consider checking out the pub grub, too: burgers are half-price on Monday, Wednesday feature 25 cent wings and you can find half-price turkey burgers on Thursday.

This U Street restaurant features more than 40 authentic Thai noodle dishes, and you can enjoy some of the most popular items--including pad thai, drunken noodles and wide noodle salad--during lunch from 11:30am to 2pm for just $9 instead of the regular $12 entree price.

Find great food and drink deals at this U Street Mexican spot Monday through Saturday from 3:30pm to 7pm. Get chicken quesadillas, wings, nachos and taquitos for less than $6, and wash it down with a $4.99 frozen margarita.