Alexandria Olde Town

[dochoch]

My wife and I will be staying at the Hilton Olde Town in Alexandria next month, and we will have a car. What's good to eat in low-medium price range for B-L-D? We like seafood, Vietnamese, Chinese, Indian, deli. Where should we go?

[MetroHound]

I will second Bombay Curry Company and Emmons for exellent fare at very good prices.

[anchor]

Vermillion on King St. has great lunch specials and interesting drinks. American. For good indian, hop in your car and head to the Del Ray neigborhood in Alexandria and visit Bombay Curry Company. For Vietnamese, Minh's in Arlington is good food in a nice setting (service can be erratic but the food is worth it) or drive to Eden Center in Seven Corners and take your pick of several great places. Song que is a vietnamese "deli" there with take-out Bahn mi and other assorted goodies. Have fun!

[yfunk3]

I also have to mention my favorite restaurant in Old Town: The Majestic on King Street. I've never had a bad...anything there. Used to just eat dinner there, but had lunch there recently with someone and it was just as good. BLT was great, not just bacon between bread. Their burger my sister got was great, too. Even their potato chips were made in-house. And their new sodas were delicious (available both at the bar and tables) and interesting/fun (they make the syrups in-house). Service is impeccable, as always.

If you do go for dinner, their coconut cake for dessert is wonderful as well.

[monkeyrotica]

The cocktails at Majestic are a great way to start a meal or wait on a table. Same recipes as you'd find at Eve or PX.

[ktmoomau]

There is an Indian restaurant in Shirlington that I eat at now and then that is pretty good called Aroma.

[woodleyparkhound]

If fish and chips is something you enjoy, do not miss Eamonns. It's excellent, and very reasonably priced for King St.

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Eamonns
728 King St, Alexandria, VA 22314

[hamster]

Yes, Eammons is AWESOME.
Lickety Split lunch at Eve is also amazing. Those are my top two in Old Town.

[biscuit]

Agree on all counts.

[ClevelandDave]

There is no "e" in Old Town... and there are lots of previous posts on this board that are worth looking at before starting a new thread...

[monavano]

So what? The OP has been specific as to types of food, and might need more specifics regarding how much money he should budget for food.
We're here to help, so let us know your budget, dochoch.

[monavano]

A La Lucia for Italian
Raw Silk for Indian
The Light Horse, Daniel O'Connell's, Chadwicks for sandwiches
The Tasting Room for flatbread pizzas
No Vietnamese to speak of
+1 on the Lickety Split lunch at Eve, or the Royal Pick at Majestic. Just realize you're eating at the bar/lounge area.
The bar/lounge at Vermillion is also a good deal for happy hour and dinner

[yfunk3]

I wouldn't go anywhere NEAR Raw Silk if you want Indian food of any kind. Last time I was there in late September, they were using canned bread dough (you could taste the sugar/corn syrup and tell from the texture) for their naan and spaghetti sauce for the base of their tikka masala. The samosas tasted nothing like curry and were just an explosion of fennel seeds. They were once good, when they first opened, but I think they either changed management or severely cut costs by using cheaper foods (i.e. spaghetti sauce instead of real tomatoes).

It was a truly horrible meal experience, which is rare for me since I can always find the silver lining in a restaurant experience of any type. But Raw Silk was just severely overpriced crap on a plate, and that's as objective as I can make it...

[monavano]

Thanks for the report! I think so many restaurants on King St. just don't even try, because they don't need to rely soley on locals. There are plenty of tourists roaming King St. that can fill seats.
Speaking of which, I was hesitant to recommend The Fish Market, even after the renovations. Has anyone tried it recently (for the OP, it's a tourist trap, basically).

[lawhound]

Hard Times Cafe on King Street (in Old Town) for wicked cheap chili and cold beer.

[ktmoomau]

What is a low to medium price range? DC tends to be an expensive city.

I really like The Pita House for Lebanese, Overwood for dinner, Restaurant Eve's Lickety Split lunch at the bar for a great lunch at a bargain price at $13, (I think the Majestic has this too), which you really should try to do, it is incredible food at a fraction of the price.

The Burger Joint has good burgers, Eammons has good fish and chips, I like Zokafor's for a quick lunch. Also Mai Thai is decent for Thai and has a nice view.

Hank's Oyster Bar has great seafood. For Chinese you might drive out to Tempt, they have some good specials too so make sure you ask. For Vietnamese you could go to Present or Four Sisters, or you could go out to the Eden Center which has a lot of Vietnamese restaurants.

Not sure about the Indian or Deli, but I am sure someone else would know.

[biscuit]

Second on Hank's and Pita House