Highlights
Spice Xing
100-B Gibbs St., Rockville
301-610-0303,
www.spicexing.com
Open
Open for lunch daily 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Open for dinner Sunday through Thursday, 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Happy hour: 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily.
Prices
Lunch buffet: $7.95
Brunch buffet (Saturday and Sunday): $9.95
Lunch and dinner entrees: $10.95 to $14.95.
Reservations
Recommended on weekends.
Wine List
Reds and whites, most under $40, mainly from California, Argentina-Chile and Australia-New Zealand. List also includes a chenin blanc from India ($32), also available by the glass ($8). Large selection of wines by the glass (27 kinds).
Signature cocktail menu includes a mango margarita, guava bellini and eight kinds of martinis.
Favorite Dishes
Pao kheema, baby dosa, malbari chicken.
Favorite Desserts
Gulab jamun with cardamom ice cream.
Good Place to Go For
Dinner with a history buff.
Parking
Public lots and street parking. Rockville Metro.
Angeethi
7904 Woodmont Ave., Bethesda.
240-395-1014,
www.angeethiva.com
Open
Open for lunch Monday through Friday, 11:30 to 2:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon to 3 p.m. Open for dinner Monday through Thursday, 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Prices
Lunch buffet: $10.99
Brunch buffet (Saturday and Sunday): $13. 99
Lunch and dinner entrees: $9 to $23.
Reservations
Recommended for groups of four or more.
Wine List
Three house reds and three house whites, available by the glass, half carafe and full carafe. Short but serviceable list of bottles, all $30 or less.
Favorite Dishes
On the buffet (note: dishes on buffet may change): Chooley bhathura, butter chicken, chicken jalfrezi.
On the menu: Daal maharani balti, matar paneer, palak paneer, tandoori lamb chops.
Favorite Desserts
Don’t bother.
Good Place to Go For
A belt-busting buffet.
Parking
Street and public lots. Bethesda Metro.
