Recommended Restaurants near University District & Northeast Seattle

Agua Verde Cafe

Begin by paddling away from the Agua Verde Paddle Club with someone you like. Proceed in tandem to marvel at the water, at the Montlake Bridge as seen from ben…

1303 NE Boat St
Northeast Seattle
206-545-8570
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Voula's Offshore Cafe

If your dad asks you where he and his friends should go for breakfast at an ungodly early hour, this old-school diner in the no-man’s-land near the University …
658 NE Northlake Way
Northeast Seattle
206-634-0183
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College Inn Pub

Subterranean both literally and in spirit, the College Inn is one of Seattle’s best dive bars, resplendent with grubby, pubby appeal. Beers for every kind of p…
4006 University Way NE
Northeast Seattle
206-634-2307
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Portage Bay Cafe

A tasty place to go for an all-American, local/organic/sustainable-focused breakfast or brunch, including cage-free eggs from Olympia, hams and sausages made i…
4130 Roosevelt Way NE
Northeast Seattle
206-547-8230
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Guanaco's Tacos Pupuseria

Don’t be distracted by the tacos in the name. You are eating here for the thick stuffed corn cakes from El Salvador called pupusas. Like the bruising older bro…
4106 Brooklyn Ave NE
Northeast Seattle
206-547-2369
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Big Time Brewery & Alehouse

The quintessential college bar, the Big Time has big wooden tables and offers affordable, hearty food for lean students and rich, dark beers for everyone. The …
4133 University Way NE
Northeast Seattle
206-545-4509
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Shultzy's Sausage

Shultzy’s used to be a tiny, crowded storefront where you had to fight your way up to the grill, manned by friendly and sausage-mad college guys. Now it’s a ni…
4114 University Way NE
Northeast Seattle
206-548-9461
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Aladdin's Gyro-cery and Deli

Aladdin Gyrocery’s falafel and gyro sandwiches are perfect student food: cheap, fast, filling, portable. That the gyros happen to be delicious is an adde…

4143 University Way NE
Northeast Seattle
206-632-5253
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Korean Tofu House

The University District is packed with cheap Korean jjigae restaurants, but the best is this generic-sounding basement restaurant a few steps off the Ave." He …

4142 Brooklyn Ave NE
Northeast Seattle
206-632-3119
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Samurai Noodle

Samurai has shoyu and dipping-ramen dishes, but the tonkotsu is the thing—rich, unimpeachably tasty pork ramen with thick, perfectly cooked slices of pork. You…
4138 University Way NE
Northeast Seattle
206-547-1774
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Pho Than Brothers

Diner-style Than Brothers is devoted to pho and pho alone, and they have it down to a science—it’s cheap, hot, and reportedly good at each and every one of the…
4207 University Way NE
Northeast Seattle
206-633-1735
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Chili's South Indian Restaurant

Chili’s stands out—and not just because it serves South Indian cuisine, which you usually have to drive east to Bellevue to find. Its dosas—large, thin, crepe-…
4220 University Way NE
Northeast Seattle
206-633 1458
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Cedars of Lebanon

This quaint restaurant, along with two other small Middle Eastern businesses on its U-District street, form Seattle’s Little Lebanon. And it is very little. An…
1319 NE 43rd St
Northeast Seattle
206-632-7708
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Off the Rez Cafe

Veteran Seattle food truck Off the Rez, which specializes in Native-inspired dishes and is known for its famous fry bread and Indian tacos stuffed with filling…
4300 15th Ave NE Seattle
Northeast Seattle
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Beetle Cafe

This University District hole in the wall serves up comforting Indonesian fare like noodles and rice dishes from a counter.
4334 University Way
Northeast Seattle
206-547-0977
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Mee Sum Pastry

Pick up warm and fluffy pineapple and custard buns alongside your favorite type of bubble tea. (Pro tip: Get custard, not tapioca balls.)
4343 University Way NE
Northeast Seattle
632-7298
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Sureshot Cafe

Dominic Holden says, "The coffee here is pretty much the best, and their punk rock thing reminds me of the Black Cat, Puss-Puss, the Globe, and other much-miss…
4505 University Ave NE
Northeast Seattle
206-632-3100
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Mountaineering Club

This Northwest-themed rooftop bar at the University District's Graduate Hotel (formerly Hotel Deca) offers a view of Mount Rainier and the Space…

4507 Brooklyn Ave NE
Northeast Seattle
206-634-2000
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U:Don

Chef/owner Tak Kurachi specializes in house-made Sanuki-style udon noodles made with organic wheat flour imported from Japan; you go along a laboratory-style c…
4515 University Way NE
Northeast Seattle
(206) 453-3788
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4549 University Way NE
Northeast Seattle
206-632-4700
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