Parthenon Restaurant & Chevy Chase Lounge

This is very good Greek food, and I come here quite often with my family.  The stuffed grape leaves are too die for, and the spanakopita is amazing.  One time I was there right after they had finished making their rice pudding, and they brought some - warm - to our table.  It was the BEST thing I have ever eaten in my life.

The only reason I am not giving Parthenon 5 stars is because the service is sometimes lacking.  It's always fine, but sometimes it takes a while to get a drink refill or the check.  Overall, however, this is delicious.  Even if you're too full for desert (likely, given their serving sizes), ask for a piece of baklava to go.  You won't be sorry!

We used to go here a lot but the last few times we went there it was obvious that their food quality is deteriorating.
My stomach is very sensitive to old fries; guess what, last 3 times I had fries I couldn't walk from pain. Got also stomachache from spanakopita and the last time when we concluded our "never again" was when they served me re-heated gyros, the cuts had grill lines on them! You can get better gyro from the food truck in downtown. I'm very sad about this because I like Greek food and Parthenon was the first place where we went for lunch after we moved in the neighborhood 6 yrs ago.

I hope they took a good look at me because they will never see me again...

First of all, the door to the place was fully opened all night and it was freezing. Second of all the service was arrogant (which drives me crazy...what did I do?), we took a second too long to order apparently on a Tuesday night... but ok. After working to pacify the offended waiter, we get the food VERY fast...maybe a little too fast. There's not much made fresh here. The calamari was delicious (at $14.50 for an appetizer it better be) and the seafood linguini was ok. The moussaka is Costco bought as is the Greek yogurt. All in all, nothing to write home about and horrendous service. But waht gets me is the prices. $86 for 2 for dinner without drinks?! That is NOT cheap and totally NOT justified... I don't get it. Sans moi.