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Hi. Two girlfriends getting away from the families. Looking for two really great - not expensive - restaurants for Wednesday and THursday night dinners. Staying at the Rennaisance on 999th street.
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Restaurants in D.C. Staying at the Renaissance
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You are right near Gallery Place/Chinatown/Penn Quarter with lots of great restaurants.
Zatinya http://www.zaytinya.com/
Jaleo http://www.jaleo.com/
Oyamel http://www.oyamel.com/
Poste http://www.postebrasserie.com/
Zatinya is great - can be a little expensive but worth it! Small plates, made for sharing (Tapas) - Mediterranian, Turkish, etc..
Also - Rosa Mexicana is great!
I liked this place a lot for Spanish tapas they have quite the deal for happy hour if you don't mind eating between 3 pm and 7pm.
http://www.alabardero.com/washington/Taberna%20Happy%20Hour.pdf
http://www.alabardero.com/washington/localizacion.html
Matchbox on H St NW has really good food and is very reasonably priced. http://www.matchboxdc.com/ I like MikeT's suggestions of Jaleo & Oyamel.
We really enjoyed Acadiana and it's very close to the hotel,
http://www.acadianarestaurant.com/index2.html
Every one of the above recs are great (my top choices would be Jaleo followed by Zaytinya) - your neighborhood is chock full of great restaurants.
A few other fine places in your hotel are:
http://www.beckdc.com/
http://www.cafeatlantico.com/
http://www.rasikarestaurant.com/
http://centralmichelrichard.com/
http://www.cocosala.com/
http://www.zoladc.com/
U might want to look at the menus and price range of the restaurants suggested. I would say that while most are very good to great, many of them would not be classified as your request for "not expensive."