It’s back! The Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington is bringing together hundreds of local restaurants in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia for its annual Winter Restaurant Week from Monday, Jan. 16 through Sunday, Jan. 22.

Washingtonians can enjoy prix-fixe multiple-course brunches and lunches for $25 per person, and prix-fixe dinners at two price points: $40 and $55 per diner for in-person dining, with a few restaurants offering their specials to-go. Some menus offer popular dishes lifted off of the restaurant’s regular menu, while others offer new dishes exclusively for this week—and some spots have even extended the menu for several more days.

Tackling the site to figure out which menus are worth the commute and the price tag can be a hassle, but we’ve got you covered. Here’s our top picks for Winter Restaurant Week.

If you want to try out a buzzy or new(ish) restaurant

• Ellington Park Bistro inside the St. Gregory Hotel near Dupont Circle opened its tribute to the cafes of Paris in November. Try out the classic French menu with the swanky bistro’s $40 three- or $55 four-course dinner offerings. Start off with crab deviled eggs, French onion soup, or escargot if you want to splurge, before moving to steak frites or chicken cordon bleu and capping the night with creme brûlée.

• Moon Rabbit at the Wharf is always a smart move if you’re looking for a splashy meal. The popular restaurant offers tried-and-true menu items and new dishes for both lunch and dinner this week. At lunch, choose between two options for each of the three courses, including pandan milk buns, Sichuan chili garlic noodles, and an ube mochi blondie. The $55 dinner rotates in scallion roti, braised pork belly, and banana toffee cake.

• Nina May in Shaw offers its unique Chef’s Choice set menu for its Restaurant Week $40 dinner. The family style restaurant offers seasonal ingredients sourced from local farms in five courses like polenta fritters, crispy catfish, cacio e pepe, and roasted chicken.

• Rania opened as a new concept in Penn Quarter by the team behind Punjab Grill last spring, and it’s now rolling out three-course menus for Restaurant Week. Try Indian dishes like sweet potato chaat and mushroom dosa (with a $25 bottomless mimosa addition) at brunch, pumpkin curry or paneer at lunch, and chana masala or Parsi chicken at dinner for $55.

If you’re looking for the most bang for your buck

• Bar Chinois in Mount Vernon Triangle is offering jam-packed three-course brunch and dinner menus this week. Try French onion beef gyoza, Cantonese egg on rice, Duck confit Benedict, and other clever concoctions at brunch with an optional $20 bottomless drink add-on. Or opt for the $40 dinner including the same gyoza, pork belly bao, chili Garlic fish, and matcha creme brulee.

• China Chilcano in Penn Quarter offers four-courses in its $40 per person dinner, or save money with a date or group with their to-go menu at $70 for two and $140 for four. Courses at the Jose Andres’ restaurant include yucca fries, Peruvian chicken stew, char siu, and Suspiro limeña, a custard with meringue. Plus, don’t forget the drink specials with $10 glasses of wine and $13 cocktails.

• Mariscos 1133, a seafood-focused restaurant from those behind Mezcalero and El Sol near Mount Vernon Square, has become a brunch hotspot. Choose three courses from their entire brunch menu, including the birria omelet and seafood huevos rancheros, or the lunch menu with fish, shrimp, or oyster tacos. The $40 dinner menu is similarly extensive with meat, seafood, and veggie options topped off with flan and churros.

If you’re looking for a unique experience

• Daikaya Izakaya in Chinatown takes their Restaurant Week menu to a new level with an adorable theme: the prominent poodle Francis in the Japanese YouTube cooking show, Cooking with Dog. Running for two weeks, the five-course tribute includes recipes from the show like Sugaki (oysters with ponzu sauce), spicy Tebasaki chicken wings, pork liver stir fry, and a sweet red bean paste and butter sandwich. If you’re looking to go the pasta route, stop by their sister restaurant Tonari next door for another five-course menu featuring Unagi pizza and matcha affogato, among other Japanese-Italian dishes.

• City Experiences Dinner Cruise takes off from the Wharf and embarks on a one-of-a-kind Restaurant Week experience. The three-course meal price includes admission on a nearly three-hour dinner cruise down the Potomac to view the monuments lit up at night. Enjoy unlimited coffee and tea alongside courses like an apple salad, mambo roast chicken, and basque cheesecake.

If you want to treat yourself to a lunch or brunch break

• Boundary Stone in Bloomingdale is a classic neighborhood joint offering up both brunch and $40 dinner this week. Enjoy smoked salmon deviled eggs, pot pie, a cinnamon roll with cream cheese frosting, or french toast and fried chicken from chef David Bacot.

• Dolce Vita on 14th Street has a three-course brunch deal that includes a pastry basket, various eggs benedict, and rice pudding. At night, the dinner menu offers three courses of Mediterranean classics like baba ganoush and moussaka for either $40 or $55.

• The long-standing Mexican-Salvadoran restaurant El Tamarindo serves up a cheap, plentiful lunch friendly to all dietary restrictions. Sip on a tamarindo spritzer and choose from elote, beef and veggie empanadas, pupusas, or chicken and veggie sopes. End the meal with churros or coconut mango mousse.

Highlights in Maryland and Virginia

• Opened this year, J. Hollinger Waterman’s Chophouse in Silver Spring has extensive lunch and dinner menus for Restaurant Week. Courses for lunch include chophouse comfort classics like shrimp cocktail, crab cake, fried chicken, a burger, and chocolate bread pudding. The $40 three-course dinner menu expands to include steak frites, pumpkin pasta, and cocktail and wine specials from $12.
• Hen Quarter and The Rub in Old Town Alexandria serve up Southern comfort fare for three-course dinners. Try deviled eggs, a loaded wedge, and the famous fried chicken at Hen Quarter upstairs for $40 per person, or if you want more bang for your buck, get the $40 for two deal at The Rub on the first floor, including fried chicken sandwiches, hushpuppies, fries, and nutella puddings.
• Passionfish in Reston has an extensive menu to choose from for all three meals: brunch, lunch, and dinner. Brunch and lunch menus share ceviche, shrimp and grits, and desserts like a key lime tart, and the $55 dinner menu expands to include entrees on their regular menu.

• Pennyroyal Station in Mount Rainier takes the cake on the biggest menu: their Restaurant Week special allows customers to choose an appetizer, entree, and dessert from the full menu, with the exception of their platters. Choose from comfort food like fried green tomatoes, Parker House buns, mac ‘n cheese, pot pie, gumbo, and more.

• Vermilion, the finally-reopened fine dining spot in Old Town, has a four-course, $55 dinner menu offered this week. Choose from fried plantains, Brussels sprouts, braised short rib, risotto, and pear strudel.

Winter Restaurant Week runs through Jan. 22 at restaurants around D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia.