Top 7 Gluten-Free Bars to Unwind in Rockville

Angela Cline

DS Hull

A smaller menu for gluten-free options, but their chef can accommodate most brunch meals to work with you. We both ordered the shrimp and grits. This is not a traditional Southern dish but more of a creole-style meal. It is very liquidy, with unusual spicing, plenty of shrimp, a fair portion of chorizo, and a handful of veggies to make you mentally feel better about your choice. Skip on the Irish Coffee, it is ok but not worth the price. Other dishes at the table that looked good were the omelets and steak and eggs platter. Ordering the medium rare steak came out medium well, again with an odd flavor but a good portion of potatoes. The Sunday Brunch show was too loud for our group to enjoy our time together, and we were seated in the main room, not the entertainment room.

Paul Laure

Just had a great happy hour meal at Kabuto! Our server, Melissa, was very friendly and personable. The happy hour menu (drinks AND food) was surprisingly extensive and surprisingly affordable! Our bill for the four rolls of sushi in our photo plus four cocktails ONLY came out to a little over $60, and, atop that, Melissa threw in a piece of tempura cheesecake on the house! The sushi was very tasty, and it came out surprisingly quickly. We ordered Mai Tais and Mojitos. All were good! The ambiance is nice. It also looks like they either partially or fully validate your parking if you decide to drive here and pay, but there are Metrorail and Metrobus stops either a 7-minute or 1-minute walk, respectively. If you have dietary restrictions they do mark on the menu which items may or may not contain gluten and which items are vegetarian-friendly. After spending over $40 at Roti in DC for barely filling Chipotle-like lunches today and over $200 in Baltimore's Inner Harbor yesterday on less food/beverages this was the highlight of the food so far on our vacation! We are staying kitty-cornered to Kabuto at the Cambria Suites and will be back tomorrow for dinner again! It is nice to find a place in the DC/Baltimore area that doesn't price-gouge!

Carolynn Salyers

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