My boyfriend and I had a great time--especially since we were part of the small group of Black…read morepeople there, which made the experience feel unique. The drinks were affordable and strong, which was a definite plus. However, my main issue with The Lodge is the seating situation near the stage. If you're sitting in front, be prepared for people to stand directly in front of you during the drag show. I would've preferred if the drag queens, owner, or even security had stepped in to ask them to move. It was frustrating to have 6-foot-tall, 300-pound women completely block our view--especially after paying $18 per ticket. Also, watch out for this one wild white lady in a black shirt and floral shorts who acts invisible and blocks multiple people. If you ask her politely to move, she'll argue with you and even try to escalate things by telling you to "step outside" like she's about that life. Overall, for our first drag show, we had fun--but if you're going to enjoy the performance, be ready to be annoyed because no one there is enforcing basic courtesy or crowd control. Yes this is coming from the gorgeous black queen with the pink/purple hair

Whenever I'm back in my hometown, Hagerstown, I am inclined to hit up the area's longstanding gay…read morebar which has a lot more going on than meets the eye! Looking for great house music, cheap drinks, and a small town vibe that still has a piece of metropolitan life? Go to the Lodge. The drag queens are fab and super sweet and all about the jello shots lol. My wife and I went and had a great time though it was sleepier than we remembered it. Fair warning it is located in an area that's very dark at night so be on high alert. If coming from Hagerstown it will be on your left, if Frederick your right.

It's been some time since I've visited Society! This is still a DMV staple! I recently came for…read morehappy hour. It was a Monday so it wasn't super packed but I'm sure other days it's not like that. Chris and Jazz provided great service at the bar on the first floor. I enjoyed the lemon drop martini and the caribbean rolls! I really hadn't been in this area in awhile because navigating the road closures and detours due to the purple line construction was hectic. Outside of that it was nice to come cab to familiar territory!

Brunching is a part of my life. Everywhere I go regardless of the State or Country - I will be…read morelooking for a brunch spot. The Society Restaurant and Lounge was listed as a brunch buffet but they no longer have a buffet, which was great for me. When you walk in the ambiance was a nice relaxing vibe. We had an awesome waiter (Christopher). The food was excellent - top notch. We ordered the society shrimp, caribbean rolls, fried chicken, mac & cheese, rice & peas and lamb chops. I felt overwhelmed with all of this great food but I enjoyed every bit of it. We sampled the mimosas and it was just average so we ordered a carafe of rum punch. The rum punch was a hit. A perfect blend of juices and rum. After brunch we went upstairs to their rooftop brunch party with a live DJ. We danced and danced and had more drinks. It was an awesome brunch and brunch party. The only downside is the restroom is on the first floor. So you have to walk down to go back up but it's worth it. This is definitely a place you need to check out for yourself. Next time I am in Maryland I will be back.

This place was okay, I will openly admit I miss Chadwick's. That place held a lot of good memories…read morefor me. My friend and I came to try it out. We got nachos and I got the shrimp wrap and she got the fish and chips. Food was fine, nothing mind blowing. It wasn't busy at all and there was only one person working. Fun that they have games. Not sure if I'll be back, but that's not the restaurant's faults, that's friendship heights. It's just kind of dead up there.

Walked in midday on a cold Wednesday. Place was completely dead. Ordered a Smashburger and tots to…read morego. A pretty solid burger IMO. Some of the other menu items seem a little overpriced tho. Gives off Cheers bar vibes as in it's a cozy place to warm up over a libation from the cold. I know this place has had a lot of turnover in recent years. Aura looks promising tho.

THIS PLACE IS TOTAL TRASH! DO NOT GO! My friend Mario G was performing here on a Friday. We get…read morethere around 9pm to set up. First off, they did not have an adequate sound board so they only had one channel. Which means that they operated the whole show on one microphone. (Not only being super unprofessional) this was a problem because Mario G was supposed to be featuring another artist. When it is Mario G time to go and perform (which was at 1am) they didn't properly cue him and started playing his backing track before he was ready. Then, finally they allow him on stage and he starts rapping and 20 seconds into it a woman jumps on stage and physically PULLS him to the side. She STOPS the show and tells him he's not on "her list of performers". The crowd BOOS!!! They did not allow him to play his set. After we spent FOUR hours waiting there, hour drive to get there, $20 ticket to get in, over priced drinks, half shots, and shitty service and music production. This place is not a real music venue, IT'S MORE LIKE A BACKYARD CONCERT YOUR DRUNK CREEPY UNCLE PUT ON. But I guess a strip mall club will always be a strip mall club: dastardly pitiful at its best. (0 stars if I could)

It is a good place for dancing since it's dance floor is pretty large. However, you have to know…read morewhat nights you go since the music changes from day to day.

An intimate and cozy venue with some of the best chicken wings I've had in a long time. I think the…read moreflavor was peach heat. The drinks were worth the money even though they did not have much of what we wanted (they seemed to be out of everything). There is bar seating as well as a few tables next to the bar. The back area is more spacious with high tables and booths and a bunch of TVs. This is a cute spot of date night. The bar tender was also our server and I think she may have also been the chef. We dined on a random Wednesday night after Happy Hour but the prices were still really reasonable.

This review is for my meal delivered via door Dash. I thus cannot comment on the service or…read moreambiance. Intrigued by Black Diamond from every time we walked past it to get to the Metro (we like cutting through the bus plaza), I decided to order something the other night (my better half was out of town). After a slow confirmation on their end and waiting an hour for the delivery because the driver went all over the greater Silver Spring area first, my food arrived. I got the carribean patty and the char grilled tilapia. 1) for $8, even in this economy, there should've been more filling in the patty, despite it being well season. 2) over $30 for a whole ass fish you then have to spend most of your meal picking around the "bones"of with minimal seasoning on the veg, no real "char grilled" flavor past the skin and an overly spicy sauce -- I have a decent enough spice tolerance, but I think even my wife's mouth would've been on fire from the sauce; the was flavor, but it was predominately spicy -- with enough jollof rice for 2 people? Not my cup of tea. Probably not ordering again, unless its one of the meat dishes.

We had our son's 13th birthday and they had a blast. The food was better than expected. The service…read morewas really good. The only thing lacking was the machine because it didn't have many Korean songs and hard to search for them. We rented a medium room and it was plenty large for 5 boys.

Food could be a little better, fun place. The bar area turns into a club itself which is kinda fun.read more

In the midst of the chaotic construction along Bonifant is this restaurant / lounge. The door was…read moreopen and I could hear the music spilling outside. I met a friend to catch up and we sat in one of the couch booths... quite cozy! If you partake (I don't) they have hookah available. The lights are strobing and they have the afrobeats going nonstop. There's a booth for a DJ, and I'm sure it's a time when they're around. I was hungry, and I was told to try their suya, which they didn't have at the time. I then wanted to try their sambusas which they also didn't have -- but I settled on chicken tenders and jollof rice and THAT was delicious. I'm sure it's different when it's crowded, but it was a chill time in there, and there's apparently a back area too that you can kind of see from the front. I'd go back, but I just need to make sure they have the suya!

Even with all the construction, the vibes and customer service is GOOD! Cheap hookah ($30-40) and…read moregood drinks. Nice chill vibe & clean!

We stopped in to coopers mill for dessert on a weekday. Located within Marriott, it was easy to…read morefind and they had lots of seats open at the bar. I had wanted to check this place out since I recently moved walking distance to Coopers mill. I'm glad we walked because parking is regulated and for hotel guests only. There is limited street parking on pooks hill. The bartender was lovely and we immediately were given menus, when we told him we were there for dessert he recommended the fried cookie dough which was delicious. Comes with taharka vanilla ice cream which I loved since I used to live in Baltimore! The presentation of the fried dough balls was very pretty as well. The other bartender Zobe was a pleasure to speak to. He recommended good drinks and even whipped up a chocolate martini at my boyfriend's request. This place is a little pricey with a very casual atmosphere, but I enjoyed my visit and we will be back!

I didn't realize when I booked a reservation that this was inside a hotel but at least there was…read moreample parking for Bethesda - that is the definite up side!!! As for the food, it was decent - the service was good and the ambience was okay. If you're looking for a breakfast buffet, this may be a better choice than a la carte. Just don't order the crab Benedict, it was a quite small portion and gave me a belly ache afterwards.

Hubs and I came here for our weekly date night last night, as it's an easy walk from our new home…read moreand it's always a treat to visit a bar without needing a designated driver. We arrived around 6pm for dinner & drinks and there was only one other patron when we arrived, but since the place is open til 2 am I suspect it starts hopping later on. There were a few tables of guests by the time we left. They have a bunch of pool tables so will need to come to play pool sometime. Last night we just ate and drank. We started with a couple of strawberry margaritas, they were quite nice. Good level of sweet for me (I like em sweet!) and I was a little tipsy but not drunk after one. We ordered the garnachas and the arroz con mariscos to share for our meal. Everything was good but my favorite was the garnachas; stewed beef on a thick corn tortilla with a sprinkling of queso blanco, salsa and some cabbage garnish to put on top. Very flavorful, not at all spicy, and a nice alternative to nachos. The beef was similar to what you'd get in a birria taco but without the consomme on the side. The arroz con mariscos was also very good and was a huge portion; despite us sharing it we had over half of it left so will be enjoying it again tonight. The rice itself has good flavor and the seafood was cooked properly, not overcooked. There were some mussels, a lot of shrimp, some squid I think, honestly I can't remember exactly... I blame the margarita. I would have liked to have a drink menu as I think there was a little bit of language barrier with our server. We kind of understood each other, but not fully and I don't think she understood when I asked if there was a cocktail menu which is why I just asked directly about margaritas, to which I was informed there were lemon and strawberry. They do have a full bar and can probably make a huge variety of drinks, if you speak Spanish you might have more luck. There were a lot of other items on the menu that sounded good, so we'll likely be back. Honestly my only quibble is there was an automatic 15% service charge, it wasn't clear if that is a gratuity or one of those new extra service fees that some restaurants add. I didn't see any mention on the menu (which I didn't have in hand by the time the bill came to confirm one way or the other) and honestly I didn't have a lot of confidence in being able to ask the server whether that charge is for gratuity or not with our language incompatibility, so we added extra gratuity just to make sure since we normally tip 20% anyway. I don't want to stiff the staff, but I would also like to be informed up front if there is a service charge or automatic gratuity. I'm dinging a star just for that bit of ambiguity.

Ok I have been on the lookout for the best garnachas in the dmv but man did these disappoint. These…read morewere the tiniest garnachas I've ever seen. The tortilla base is the soggiest base you could have. There was way more onion than meat. Clearly if you're a true Guatemalan you're able to see that these are a rip off.