Whether you love it or love to hate it, Restaurant Week is here again. Done right, Restaurant Week is an opportunity to try a new place or two and hopefully save a little cash while you’re at it. Choose poorly, however, and you could end up overpaying for seriously mediocre food. Here at DCist, we hope to shed some light on good bets for this and future Restaurant Weeks.

Bibiana is not the most expensive restaurant participating in Restaurant Week, but the key to a successful meal is more than just trying to wring every dime out of the promotion. The first promising sign was their Restaurant Week dinner menu, which offers a lot of variety (seven appetizers, eight entrees, and four desserts) and includes dishes that are served regularly in the restaurant. In short, it is pretty close to eating off the full menu, except you’re paying a little less (about the equivalent of getting dessert free).