Diners' Choice: Best Value restaurants in Baltimore / Maryland

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Updated September 05, 2024

Looking for the best value restaurants in Baltimore / Maryland? You’re in the right place. Each month, OpenTable analyzes nearly 2 million global diner reviews from the past four months. We sort the results by location and category to help you discover new favorite restaurants. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

Water for Chocolate

4.8

4.8 (301)

$30 and under

American

Upper Fells Point

About the restaurant

Water for Chocolate provides an intimate and savory experience with a nod to personal space and service.
Chef Sean Guy and his team prepares creative dishes using seasonal ingredients with the best of intentions.
The result is a fresh, eclectic take on comfort food that elevates the familiar to wow!!
Pairings with "holistic cocktails" such as the house brewed ginger beer and a selected wine portfolio allows for guests to create real dining memories.

Top review

foodie12

Dined on Aug 28, 2024

This was an incredible date night the Ambiance Food Service everything was spectacular and excellent

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Experience

dinner prix fixe (four course)

SoBo Cafe

4.9

4.9 (1078)

$30 and under

American

Federal Hill

About the restaurant

Located in the quaint neighborhood of Federal Hill, Baltimore. SoBo Cafe continues the tradition of American comfort food with global influences and expands it with vegetarian, vegan, gluten free and keto/paleo options. We serve craft cocktails, local draft beer & carefully selected wines. A perennial favorite among neighbors and visitors, we go out of our way to make everyone feel at home. We are gluten-free, vegetarian & vegan friendly.

We are a short walk from Camden Yards/Oriole Park & M&T/Ravens Stadium. We are very close to the Convention Center, Downtown & the Inner Harbor.

Top review

Stephanievip

Dined 7 days ago

Everything was fantastic, the cocktails, the food, our server. We all agreed the green beans were fantastic and how often does one say that?! Sobo is such a hidden gem.

Dutch Courage

4.9

4.9 (520)

$31 to $50

Bar / Lounge / Bottle Service

Charles Village

About the restaurant

Dutch Courage is a gin-centric cocktail bar located in the historic Baltimore neighborhood of Old Goucher. Whether you are looking for an adventuresome cocktail or need a cold beer, our staff has you covered. With 150 bottles of Gin, Genever, Old Tom and Barreled Gin, along with a full spirit selections, there is always something new to explore and help you discover your courage.
The Dutch Courage kitchen team lead by Chef Alec Jacobsen has a variety of food for you to enjoy while sipping beverages. From delightful boards of cheese, charcuterie and tinned seafood to small and large plates, the food at Dutch Courage is always a culinary adventure.

Top review

Joseph Lvip

Dined on Aug 2, 2024

New chef turning out great dishes. Drinks and service excellent as always.

Hersh's

4.9

4.9 (1219)

$31 to $50

Italian

Federal Hill

About the restaurant

Hersh's celebrates the foods of Italy and the craft of the American bartender. Our menu of fresh, ingredient-driven dishes includes rustic Italian small plates and award-winning housemade pasta, as well as Neapolitan pizza featuring housemade mozzarella and sausage. Our booze program focuses on vintage cocktails, craft brews and spirits and a tightly-edited wine list offering varietals you won't see every day. Come hungry, come thirsty and come often!

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Briana

Dined 6 days ago

They’ve done it again! Not a complaint in sight!! A phenomenal meal with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Absolutely impeccable flavor pairings and depth introduced from the wood-fire. The scallops and summer squash were two dishes we thoroughly enjoyed. Licked the plates clean! What a special way to spend a birthday :)

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Popular dish

Pepperoni-oni

LIBERATORE’S Ristorante & Catering - Eldersburg

4.8

4.8 (732)

$30 and under

Italian

Eldersburg

About the restaurant

Not too formal, not too casual and always delicious, always attentive! For the summer, Tuesdays we are available for deli/market items as well as banquet/catering calls and meetings. Dinner service is available everyday and we open Wednesdays-Saturdays at 11:30. Please call us with any questions! 4107814114 We look forward to welcoming you and sharing our Italian cuisine & many traditional offerings as well. Extensive Wine list, Happy Hour specials, Kids Menu,- Warm & friendly staff. You’ll enjoy it!!

*Christmas Eve, New Years Eve, Valentine's Day, Easter, & Mother's Day will have a special menu & there will be no Happy Hour on these days.

Top review

Bruce

Dined on Aug 24, 2024

Very pleasant experience -- amble size portions of very well prepared entrees and appetizers. Waitress did a good job meeting our needs with just a few minor hiccups. Always feel welcome here and will definitely be back.

Sammy’s Trattoria - Mt. Vernon

4.8

4.8 (1943)

$30 and under

Italian

Mt. Vernon

About the restaurant

Sammy's Trattoria serves real, authentic Italian cuisine in a comfortable yet elegant setting. Try our "Family Style" dining where we prepare some of our specialties combined with some requests from you and serve you 4+ courses of fun, traditional Italian dining. (great for parties of 4+). Our homemade pastas, soups, stocks, and meatballs are old family recipes made daily. We pride ourselves in using only the freshest, best quality ingredients combined with traditional and thorough preparation.

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Chris

Dined 6 days ago

We really enjoyed the atmosphere, service, and our meals. Highly recommend.

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Popular dish

Pastas

Bud's at Silver Run

4.6

4.6 (959)

$31 to $50

American

Westminster

About the restaurant

Bud's at Silver Run is a casual elegant restaurant located just north of Westminster, MD and south of Gettysburg, PA. Opened in May of 2008 "Bud's at Silver Run" invites you to enjoy great dining in a casual, friendly atmosphere. Local resident Blinn Salisbury III and partner Ken Lurie are pleased to become part of the community and to revive this great location. We have searched for the right restaurant and are happy that we have found it in Silver Run. Ken brings more than thirty years of varied restaurant experience with him to Bud's. From learning under Karl Beckley at the Greenlake Grill in Seattle to Food & Beverage Director of the Virgin Grand in the Virgin Islands, Ken is excited to return to Maryland. Our goal is to enhance and enrich your dining by offering a quality restaurant experience. We hope to meet and exceed your expectations in each of your visits. Whether you live in the area or if you are just passing through we look forward to making Bud's your place!

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Ron

Dined on Aug 13, 2024

Fantastic food and attentive wait staff. What a gem of a restaurant to find in south central PA. Will go back many more times. Outstanding.

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4.7

4.7 (744)

$30 and under

Italian

Little Italy

About the restaurant

It was the desire to share our Sicilian heritage and Sicilian cuisine that prompted the family to buy an older neighborhood diner and create a new, warm, comfortable family ristoranté in Little Italy, “Café Gia Ristoranté.” We have strived very hard to recreate a Sicilian bistro, a place where one feels like they are in Sicily while dining. Buon appetito!

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Melissavip

Dined on Aug 25, 2024

Always great food; always great service! We’ll be back!

The Retriever Bar & The Decoy Bottle Shop

4.8

4.8 (31)

$30 and under

American

Chestertown

About the restaurant

The Retriever is a bar with great dining and the most extensive spirits selection around. Please note that even though we serve food we are classified as a bar and all guests must be 21 years old.

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maggievip

Dined on Aug 24, 2024

Great place for dinner. Cocktails and food are amazing. Service spot on. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Tersiguel's French Country Restaurant

4.9

4.9 (2289)

$50 and over

French

Ellicott City

About the restaurant

**Our menu currently features a six course Chef's menu only.**

Our six course Chef's menu at Tersiguel's is a combination of authentic French-style cooking and rustic country fare reminiscent of cuisine found in Tersiguel's original home of Brittany, France. Tersiguel's cuisine is reflective of the seasons, with a garden that produces lettuces, herbs, vegetables, fruits and edible flowers. Tersiguel's is quintessential French Country "from the farm to your plate" cooking. Chef Tersiguel describes his food as "French soul food". The Tersiguel family has operated one of the regions best restaurants for over 45 years and continues this tradition with annual ratings of "Best French Restaurant" from the Zagat and Baltimore Magazine.

Top review

Robert

Dined 5 days ago

We went to Tersiguel's to celebrate our anniversary, and it was wonderful. The food, service, and ambience was all terrific. And we loved the 6 course menu, great fine dining. Highly recommend.

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