Annandale, VA Road Trips

The main reasons to visit Annandale are its Asian dining options, almost all of which are located either on Little River Turnpike, or just a few blocks off of it near its intersection with Annandale Road and Columbia Pike.

Some of the best Korean food in the Washington area is to be found in Annandale, and some of the latest. Several restaurants are open around the clock, ready to feed your Korean BBQ fix. Chinese is the other reason people make the long trek, with A&J being particularly popular even with D.C. residents for dim sum. A&J Restaurant, 4316 Markham St, ☏ +1 703 813-8181. M-F 11:30AM-9PM, Sa Su 10AM-9PM. You have to travel far and long to find good dim sum in the D.C. area, but you've found it once you get to this Chinese restaurant. It's small, a little dingy, but it has precisely the right dim sum to cure a good bout of expat homesickness, or simply to delight the tastebuds of a serious foodie. $4-10/meal. Honey Pig, 7220 Columbia Pike, ☏ +1 703 256-5229. 24 hours daily except Monday 2AM–10AM. Is there better Korean BBQ in the Western Hemisphere? That's debatable, but what is not is that this places knows how to prepare meat. Sirloin beef, sauce duck, pork belly of several varieties—the list goes on. Meat is the showstopper here, but if that's not your thing, you'll find excellent vegetarian entrées (although be forewarned that most are fiery!) It's not a relaxing place late at night, though, with blaring Korean hip hop, and plenty of young Korean men filling the big room with tobacco smoke. $10-30. Oegadgib (pronounced way-gahd-jeep), 7331 Little River Trpk, ☏ +1 703 941-3400. M-Sa 10:30AM-2AM, Su 11AM-midnight. It's hard to go wrong here, if you can find the place.

The Cue Club, 7014 Columbia Pike, ☏ +1 703-941-7665. A lively mix of billiards and darts hall, neighborhood sports bar, karaoke house, and Korean restaurant. A place to get a good beer cheap to go with your nachos— or your bulgogi sub.

There are no hotels within Annandale proper. If you are staying in the area, stay just north by Beltway Exit 50 (US-50, Arlington Blvd), where you'll find Marriott, Residence Inn, and Homestead Studio Suites.

From either I-495 (the Beltway) or I-395, take the Little River Tpk (VA 236) exit. Buses 29C,E,G,H,X operate service to Little River Tpk from the Pentagon Metro station. The journey takes 30 minutes. For more information on riding the Metrobus, see Washington DC#Get_In