Silver Strings

My wife & I decided to stop at Silver Strings on date night after a show we attended in the area, we arrived around 12:15am. Surprisingly it was very vibrant inside. There was a gentleman playing the piano covering 90’s R&B & Pop records with a corresponding projection screen of the original music video of the song he was playing, I thought that was pretty nice. The setting was very warm & relaxing giving a private lounge vibe. Candles were lit on every table and across the bar. Upon being seated our servant was swift with getting us menus water & drinks. I was very happy to know the kitchen was open for business. We ordered light because it was after midnight & we had a few drinks to say the least. Our meal came at a pretty reasonable time considering that people were doing takeout orders and dining in. Our food was hot & delicious. What I like most is the atmosphere, the people different walks of life all enjoying the same thing, music, food, drinks & smiles. In closing I was very happy with my visit at Silver Strings, I stopped in on a humble and found me a new spot. I will be back

Solid 3 stars is the conclusion. There are elements that deserve 5 stars (ambiance, decor, vibe) and some that deserve 1. Nothing is truly atrocious but what a weird place this is. We stopped by (this time and last) to grab a bite and drink before a show at the Fillmore (like most other patrons there at that time). This time as the time of our previous visit the place is perplexingly empty (for 7 pm on a Friday). Service is fine but distinctly odd. Friendly and not slow per se but also "slightly off". We had burgers last time (decent) and ordered the bartender recommended wings and broccoli balls appetizers this time. The chicken wings (quantity 7?!) were dry, overfried, came heavily sauced and were garnished with ONE baby carrot sliced into 4ths, half a pale celery stick (sliced into 4ths) and a tired orange/strawberry slice combo reminiscent of last weekend's brunch plus a 1/3rd filled dressing/sauce receptacle (ranch?). Broccoli balls took a bit longer but were surprisingly fresh and chock full of real broccoli, not too heavy and expertly fried. This visit as the last time we were not given napkins or silverware and pilfered utensils from set (empty) tables of which there were plenty. This place seems so cool. The artwork, bar, lovely spirits selection and just overall chill vibe should make this place an easy default stop before nearby show. It just kinda isn't.

If you’re looking for live music, great drinks, and a cool, laid-back crowd, Silver Strings is the place! I went on 2 weeks ago on a Friday night and was blown away by the talent and energy in the room. The live band was amazing!!! The bartenders know how to pour a proper cocktail, and the wings were on point. It has that perfect mix of upscale and relaxed plus you can dress up or keep it casual. It’s a hidden gem in the city that deserves way more attention.

We chose Silver Strings for date night, and it truly exceeded all expectations. The ambiance was smooth and sophisticated; cozy lighting, great music, and just the right volume for conversation. We ordered the seafood pasta and the scallop piccata, and both dishes were bursting with flavor and beautifully prepared. What really made the evening memorable was the service. Our server was attentive, friendly, and perfectly timed with everything; never intrusive. Thank you to the entire team for making our night so enjoyable. We’ll definitely be back!

We celebrated my friend’s 24th birthday at Silver Strings Bar in Silver Spring, and it was absolutely amazing! The vibe was perfect, great music, a stylish atmosphere, and just the right energy for a birthday night out. The staff was super friendly and accommodating, and the drinks were on point. They made sure we were taken care of the entire night. There was plenty of space to dance, chill, and just enjoy the night with good people. If you’re looking for a cool spot to throw a birthday party or just have a fun night out, I highly recommend Silver Strings. We’ll definitely be back!

The bartender was very friendly. The cook did a spectacular job. I loved the homemade aioli that went great with the burger and fries. The chocolate mousse cake was rich and yummy. I came on July 31st. I’m definitely coming here very soon. My favorite burger so far btw….that’s coming from a former Five Guys employee. I had an amazing night! Thank you so much Silver Strings!

I found flies, fruit flies, and mosquitoes in my drink the bartender made me a smoked drink which was absolutely amazing…. Untill I got to the bottom of it and saw all these disgusting things. I showed the bartender and he apologized. I had him make me another one with different ingredients this time to make sure I didn’t get any flies that were in the bottles and sure enough I got halfway through this drink and saw the same amount of insects floating around in my drink. I asked to speak to the manager but the bartender said there was no manager at this place but I could speak to the owner (chef) directly. Long story short, the owner “Zed” ended up speaking very nasty to me and ended up asking me to leave. I will never forget my experience at this place. The only person who made it bearable which was the super friendly bartender that told me the truth about the place

Nice restaurant! The broccoli bites are delicious 😋 great service too My daughter will be performing here soon check out her IG @maybabykay

Cute spot with good music and affordable drinks. I came to Silver Strings for post-dinner drinks, and it was reasonably priced ($10-13) for staple cocktails. I ordered the French 75, and no complaints. We were the only people there on a Wednesday night, and the service was great. I deducted a point because the bathroom was a little sketchy though and the lights were blinking. Plus, we could hear the music classes banging from next door. I was getting bit up by mosquitos; bring bug spray.

This is such a great place! We sat at the bar when it was empty and got two cocktails we loved as well as Chicken Noodle Soup, Rockin' Broccoli Balls, Shakshuka Oud, and Smoked Salmon Sarod that were all delicious. The service was good but a bit understaffed which is understandable. The ambiance is nice and would love to go when music is playing in the future and would love to bring some friends and family but the tables only hold up to six from what they told us.

A rough meal to get down. Couldn't finish. Not sure how they smoke/sauce/cook their meat but found the standard hamburger to be inedible. Fries were thin and hard sticks. Pretty poor beer selection given it's a bar. Service was pretty slow gi. A couple of tvs with the most unappealing, random tv shows on that showed mostly commercials. I'm sure they have their regulars. I just couldn't appreciate them although they look great from the outside in.

Great spot for reasonably priced food and good live music. Food is standard bar food but good, especially for the $. Very low key vibe and nice for an evening of drinks and music and something to eat.

The food was absolutely exquisite along with the ambience, and Sunny was positively amazing-- unparalleled service. And the chef came out which was wonderful! thank you for an enjoyable evening.

Ew, gross. Never again. My husband and I stopped by looking for a drink and potential snack. We asked for the wine/beer menu but they didn't have one. Eh? The bar tender also had no clue what he was talking about. The final straw was that we soon realized the place was swarming with gnats. No place for food or drinks imo.

Great food, entertaining live music, accommodating management, the very first place I improvised on the piano in front of strangers

The food is quite yummy. I love the Buffalo chicken sandwich. The only problem I have is that they never open on time!! They are supposed to be open at 4 and on several occasions at as late as 4:45pm they still weren't open.

My new favorite local hangout! I absolutely love the decor and ambience here...it's very jazzy! Had it bookmarked for awhile and recently stumbled upon it. They're located near to the Fillmore! They've been open just under a year (September 2019). In the last two weeks I've been here twice for happy hour. Francis is an amazing bartender! He knows his drinks and is fun to chat with. Right now (due to Covid), their hours are limited but they are open. Stop by and check them out! You won't be disappointed.

We had a solid experience here. We came by for drinks on Saturday night. It was surprisingly empty but we loved the company and music. The place is pretty classy and has a cozy appeal to it. The bar area has really comfy stools... and Gary was the best! My margarita was really tasty but pricey. Overall drinks were good, but they were definitely "DC" priced. I'd like to come back on a night to experience some live jazz and try some food.

The ambience is just beautiful. The way it's decorated inside is peaceful and they have jazz music playing too. They have live music on Fridays and Saturdays. For being a new business they're actually pretty good. We came in during happy hour time. They have $7 rail drinks/beer/wine, $5 wings (5wings), and an $8 burger with fries. We ordered the sweet chili wings and a drink. They brought us warm delicious cornbread. It was so soft and just tasted amazing. As entrees we ordered the burger and fries and my boyfriend ordered the crab cake entree and exchanged the fries for Mac and cheese. All of it was delicious. I'm not a huge fan of shoe string fries but that's what they serve. The crab cakes were medium size and my boyfriend said it was good. Definitely want to come back during the live entertainment and when they have their brunch.

The service was terrible. We were overcharged and can not get anyone to correct this. The phone is disconnected, so contacting them can only be done through social media. I got a response on fb about two weeks after messaging them saying that they would look into our issue with our bill, but then that was it. No further contact.

Oh boy. Where to start? Allow me to begin by saying my wife and I were strolling around DTSS lamenting the lack of a nice, chill cocktail bar in the area when we happened down Colesville Road and spotted Silver Strings, recalling it had opened just a few weeks ago and we'd been meaning to check it out. From the outside? Impressive! Some cute outdoor seating and a large, beautiful, wooden front door. We peaked inside the window. Quite the lovely looking interior as well! "Is this the cocktail bar we'd been wishing for?" we hoped aloud. Only one way to find out: we gave the door a pull. Stuck. Or locked? We looked inside the window again. Quite a few folks at the bar and seated at tables. Bar staff and servers. A soft opening? We tried the door again. Definitely locked. Another couple remarked "We couldn't open it either" as they walked off, having given up. I, on the other hand, was determined, and I decided to give them a call to see what was going on. The owner answered and came to greet us at the door. Indeed, it somehow seems it had been locked. Strange, but no matter. We were inside now, and the place was even more impressive looking inside than it seemed from the outside looking in. Wonderful attention to detail. Jazz music played at a nice volume, attractive wood work and paintings on the walls, and a long, well built bar along the left side of the space with comfortable looking leather stools. If I were rating this place on appearance and ambiance alone, I'd give it five stars. However, that's when things took a turn for the much, much worse... We took two seats at the bar. Two barmen were working. More accurately: two barmen were moving about behind the bar. I admired the older gentlemen's suspenders. Nice barman aesthetic! Apparently giving off this aesthetic was the totality of his job description because, other than this, in our approximately 30 minutes at the bar, all we saw him do was break off a cork in a bottle of red wine and turn down a spoon from his colleague, electing instead to reach into a jar of martini olives with his fingers for my Gibson. But let's back up. Our bartender was a friendly, slow moving, rather befuddled fellow. He welcomed us and gave us a bar menu which consisted of your standard cocktails: martini, old fashioned, Manhattan, and the like. I surveyed the liquor behind the bar and noticed a few integral items (Campari for instance) missing. "Okay," I quickly readjusted my expectations, "this isn't really a cocktail bar; more of a jazz/supper club, maybe." We ordered our drinks: an old fashioned for my wife and the aforementioned Gibson for me. The bartender very methodically yet clearly uncertainly went about making our drinks. While we nervously watched him use peychaud bitters instead of angostora in the old fashioned, we took in some of the other scenery: The poorly ventilated kitchen poured smoke out into the bar/dining area while a waiter stood idly by, his frantically attention m-seeking table failing to grab his attention. Several other employees stood around idly as well. It became apparent very quickly that no one working here knew what they were supposed to be doing. That's on management. Back to the old fashioned. The bottle of Bulleit didn't contain a full pour. "Would you mind if I blend it?" Uhhhh. "Sure, that's fine." At this point we realized this was not going well and frankly just wanted him to finish making our drinks so we could leave. Suffice it to say, the resulting drink wasn't an old fashioned. It was... something else altogether, and not good at all. My Gibson with the fingered onions? Fine. Whatever. The menu didn't have prices and I was hoping the saving grace would be that these amateurishly crafted concoctions would at least be reasonably priced. Negative. $14 for the "old fashioned" and $16 (!) for the Gibson. Wtf. Also of note: this place is touting itself as a music venue. It was a Saturday night and there was no live music. We really, really, really wanted this place to be good. It's not. It's really bad, actually. And that's tragic because the owner clearly spent a lot of money and put a lot of thought into decorating and designing the space. Ownership, presuming you read this: hire a professional bar/restaurant manager and staff. Please. I've never been to such a promising establishment so desperately in need of help as this one. I hope I can revise my review in the near future to something positive. In the meantime, there's A LOT that needs to be fixed at Silver Strings.

I enjoyed my Silver Strings experience. It is really cute and well decorated, creating an intimate environment. The pianist was a delight, playing all evening long. I had the chicken fried chicken on a bed of mac and cheese...it was so yummy! The only downside so far is a properly trained serve staff, but that will get better in time. All new restaurants seem to have that challenge at first. I really love that we have a nice date night spot in Silver Spring now.

Went here after a concert. Let's just say terrible food and terrible service. There were only 9 people in the establishment counting the 2 bartenders, me and my friend. The service was horrible. It took forever for our food to come out. The food was worse than a subpar diner. The service with the waitstaff was slow as well. Spend your money elsewhere! One of the pros: the ambiance and decor of the restaurant is very cute and charming.

Great beautiful venue with great tunes , clean bathrooms and relaxed atmosphere. Expensive drinks and slow service. Friendly clientele. Has piano but not sure if it's used. Needs some entertainment or a reason to go back. Tvs can only show gunsmoke or old western movies. Parking in front or nearby parking garages. 2 doors down from The Fillmore.

This place is absolutely horrible from Service to the food ! One thing I hate is absolutely bad service , my burger bun was " came out refrigerator" cold and when complained they still brought out the extremely cold burger . I did not eat it because I refuse to get food poisoning from standard food . There is no flavor in this food , I should have stayed home and made me a better well cooked burger .

I love this place. It is not often that you find a wonderful restaurant spot that has character and ambiance. This makes me feel like I'm back in the 1920s in a classy restaurant with great food and even greater people. The owner really took the time to make this a dining experience and I just appreciate that in restaurants. I will forever be a customer!

They are always so nice when we come there after work . Great food great atmosphere and I always have leftovers . & if You like old movies there is always 1 on in the background behind bar lol

Great Mac and Cheese! Burger was cooked perfect. Broccoli bits really good and great beer!

OMG here for NYE Lovely atmosphere and band but the service!!! Good grief make the change. Update the wait staff and the kitchen so that you keep the clientele. Slow and inattentive. Two good people at 3,4, 5 bad. Great potential but not if you don't swiftly make changes to serve the customer. We paid a premium for NYE and it took an hour just to get lentil soup and one drink. #SMH please silver strings listen to your customers and adjust the staff, and you will be here to stay.

My husband and I decided to go out for dinner. I picked out this place, Silver Strings, because it was really ne/w and claimed be accessible. I am a person with a disability (that's so awkward but I don't want to offend, uh, myself). Well it's a great .place wide open and easy to get in and out of. We chose to sit at the bar, hoping the bartender would agree to turn on the television so we could watch the Democratic debates. Gary, like the song, Gary Indiana, he explained, so we settled in to a dinner hour of entertaining politics and great food. I really recommend Silver Strings.

My wife and I went here and ate dinner at the bar. We really enjoyed it. The bartenders were really nice and the food was good. I hear they're going to start having bands on the weekends.

Greta ambiance, servers, cleanliness, food portions and meals are good! Bathroom is super cute and clean.

Staples found in our food. Then was blamed that we put them there after confronting the owner?! We were being polite and calm about it but said we can't eat that. He got incredibly defensive threatened to call the police on us if we didn't pay. We were astounded. When my buddy showed it to him, the owner picked it up out of his plate and tried to dispose of it nonchalantly like he was hiding it. Never seen anything like it. Please someone tell Gordon to come tell this clown to step his game up or shut down! He's obviously in the business for the money not the food. Everything was obviously pre frozen and tasted pretty awful and soggy, not to mention it was wayyyy over priced. Looked like a classic place you might see on the TV show Kitchen Nightmares with Gordon Ramsey where they show the worst restaurants! Was completely empty in there and now I know why! He tries to make it look upscale when they're doing everything as cheap as possible. I'll always remember this as the worst restaurant in to metro area by a LONG SHOT. DO NOT EAT HERE!!!!!!!!!! OR RISK STAPLES IN YOUR MEAL!!!!!

Super cozy and cute, very friendly and quick service! Highly recommend! Quick tip- super cute table for 6 tucked in the back

Visited for the first time on a Saturday night. Nice ambience and live music. There was a jazz pianist who sang. Limited wine selection, pricey drinks and food. Cheese platter was $21. The platter coats as much as the seafood dinner. Platter had a nice, varied array of cheeses, crackers, fruit, chutneys. Clams with pasta was watery and bland tasting. We're on the fence whether we will return once this new business becomes more established. We'd like to see if there are improvements with food, wine & pricing.

Love this place. All the employees are angels and their drinks are fabulous-- come for the vibes so unique

The owner said I don't care, go on Yelp and give me a bad review so here it is! This place takes horrible customer service to another negative level. I decided to take my Mom here after my first visit was really nice. I ABSOLUTELY regret it. The only good thing about it was the piano guy. We walked in around 11pm after he just ended his session. We asked him to play one song and he played four. Such a nice guy! Afterwards, I mentioned to the bartender that the last time I came they were playing Motown and wondered why the music was so different. I was told that they do not play Motown after 10pm. I was really surprised to hear that and thought it was really strange. In my opinion he's missing out on more business. It's really sad because the place has so much potential. I was so excited to bring my Mom, now I wish we would have gone to the Society Lounge or somewhere else for a quick drink. I wish this place the best but I won't be back.

If you have infinite patience about getting food and drink, this is a nice place to listen to music. Went on Saturday night, place was full (about 75 people), and free music was good. But they had no server or hostess and just one bartender, who had to do everything--drinks, food, bring food to table, etc. Getting a beer was 20 minutes of standing at the bar. No idea what the wait would have been for food.

Had a birthday party at this new restaurant shortly after it opened. Great food, friendly service, fun and different atmosphere for Silver Spring. The other commenter criticizing the bartender doesn't match my experience at all. The bartender was friendly, had decades of experience and accommodated several of my specific requests. If you're looking for a laid back new place to eat and drink in Silver Spring, definitely try it!

Silver Strings surprised me with an amazing array of fall vegetables served with fried flounder. The meal tasted home cooked and was filling my meal had yellow corn, squash tomato and white tomato served with fried flounder. My fried oyster appetizer was huge and was better than those I have had in Rhode Island and Baltimore. I recommend Silver Strings for dinner when your in Silver Springs.

Had dinner last night at Silver Strings. I ordered crab cakes. The price was $32 which was fine. I had their crab cakes before and it expected it would be worth the price. After tasting the crab cakes this time I was very disappointed. They had changed the amount of crab in the cakes. These were mostly breading filler and much less crab. I hardly tasted the crab. It was a big disappointment. Had the crab cakes been mostly crab meat my rating would have been 4-5 stars. The veggie medley and tossed green were tasty. My husband liked his penne pasta with seafood and we shared the iceberg wedge salad. The service was 5 star. One person was efficiently juggling tending the bar and serving the few people in the restaurant on a Saturday night. I keep wanting to find a reason to really like this restaurant. The decor is nice and it has a roomy, relaxed atmosphere. The pricey food and drinks are okay if only the quality was consistently high quality.

Decor was nice, and music was on point. Everything else was just average. Ordered an Old fashioned and my wife ordered a Manhattan. Both were completely filled with ice and were not made very well. Kitchen can be seen from dining area and the kitchen lights are very bright. Drinks were moderately priced ($12) but there was an additional $1 up charge for the rye/bourbon that were listed as the main ingredients on the menu. We were going to order food but decided against after seeing the manner in which the kitchen staff acted.

Silver Strings is a great place to for upscale dining in an elegant and comfortable setting with live music ...has a nice jazzy feel. It was a great find. We had several rounds of cocktails (cosmo and Moscow mule) both were well mixed. The hamburger arrived cooked to the desired temperature and prepared as indicated on the menu. Very good flavor combinations. The broccoli balls are fantastic. They have spinach, garlic, and 3 cheeses... fantastic. I would recommend this even if you are short on time and just want to grab a quick appetizer and a drink before a show. Crab cakes have more crab than cake. Worth the money. Next door to the Fillmore , it was a nice evening from top to bottom with friendly and attentive staff.

I stopped by here last night with some friends. I had a fantastic chicken-fried-chicken with gravy. I wanted to order another to-go. I would recommend this place to anyone. We will definitely be coming back very soon!

It's a no for me. They can't make a decent old fashions They overcooked my medium rare burger to well well well done burger where you can taste the charcoal. I told the manager what the problem was and he said, "y'all to the bartender." oh okay!? Guess what - he asked "do you want this instead?" The open face chicken entree. I just agreed bc they were slow anyways. The meal was so dry and I regretted it so much - I didn't finish it. The bill?! Uhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! I just left telling myself I'm not coming back.

I finally was served my entree- a Luke warm horrible meal trying to be chicken piccata)

I have been to Silver Strings three times in as many months and I have never seen the same wait-staff twice. All times were Friday or Saturday nights, so that tells you something. As it were, I ate there only the last time, as on my second visit, friends were raving about the quality of the food. Alas, I was not so moved on my recent visit there. The waitress took our drink order, after I perused the board listing available wines. She told me they did not have the Rose`, but then rattled off the list of wines, only to announce Rose` on her list. When I said, Oh, that's it, she didn't say anything more. [??] Then I ordered the French Onion soup and the crab cake platter, which was described as being made from lump crab meat, and it came with fries or buttered vegetables. I asked if I could get plain steamed veggies instead, and she said Yes. My dining partner ordered the burger - medium. My soup came first and it was delicious. There were 2 small floating pieces of bread covered with wonderfully melted cheese and the stock was not too salty, as many soups tend to be. Then my crab cake arrived, but it was made with stringy shredded-like crab meat and not the lump crab meat as advertised. In addition, the veggies came with oil (or butter) and seasoning on the. When I pointed this out, she suggested I get them to remake them, but I told her I didn't want to waste food, so I ate those. When she returned to check on us, I told her the crab cake was way too salty and after 2 bites I could not eat it. She took away both plates, although I wanted to finish the vegetables. Sigh. She asked if I wanted to order something else, but I said maybe a salad, later, as I was kind of full from the soup. Too bad she didn't return for 2 hours! At that time, she had our check. I never got to order anything else and even though the restaurant was getting more busy, she should have been by to check in. I had to go to the bar to get water refills, or ask friends at other tables. Findings: Service has A LOT to be desired. Food was too salty and not prepared correctly, as requested. I'd advise anyone to ONLY get the burger, even though it was medium well, but tasty. We love this venue for the music, but not the food. I'd eat elsewhere and go by for drinks and music, only. Considering they are an upscale restaurant and charge high prices for their food and drinks, they really need to step up their game and get better waiters and do better on their [limited] menu.

A new place in downtown SS with lots of potential. If they can book decent acts at a reasonable cost, I'll be a regular. Had drinks the other night and really liked the ambiance. Will definitely try it again.

The food is lousy. But at least the portions are tiny. And super expensive ($90 for two, including two drinks each). And the service is slow. Even the decor at this new restaurant is inchoherent and off-putting. There is nothing redeeming about Silver Strings.

Came for NYE. If I could give zero stars I would. In a word - horrible! Service and food - horrible. Very, very short-staffed. Two waiters for the entire restaurant at the 9 pm seating. One of the waiters walked out around 10:30 pm. The "chicken piccata" was inedible. Never got the dessert. Had to get all drinks on our own. Never had a waiter come by to ask if we wanted drinks. Only one bartender - who worked his butt off. But they needed at least two bartenders.

I just finished a show on tour, and the entire staff was dying to eat. We couldn't find something remotely close, but this place was opened! As we were walking in, they explained the kitchen was closed, so we turned away. As we started heading outside, they chased us out and told us to come back for burgers and soup! Francis opened arms and hugged each and every single one of us, making us feel so loved. Stella offered us drink recommendations as we waited for our food, and Ray came by with his many jokes! We totally felt like family here, and definitely recommend this place for everyone!

Wonderful tomato bisque soup, and the clams appetizer was incredibly delicious! And the service was friendly and attentive. We really enjoyed this new cocktail bar / restaurant / music venue, located just across from the AFI Silver Theater. A welcome addition to our downtown!