W Hotel Seattle
The swank W invites you to "lounge in the Living Room, our main floor with a jaw-dropping, three-story fireplace covered in nearly 1,000 stainless steel tiles …
1112 Fourth Ave
Downtown Seattle
206-264-6000
Downtown Seattle
206-264-6000
Where Ya At Matt
Where Ya At gets its name from the New Orleans greeting “Where yat?”—owner/cook (and New Orleans native) Matt Lewis spells it out because he thinks it looks be…
Various locations
Pioneer Square
Pioneer Square
Kau Kau
Offering cheap Chinese food at its finest, Kau Kau’s atmosphere is the perfect balance of interesting/odd decor and unpretentious functionality. The counter up…
656 S King St
Chinatown-International District
206-682-4006
Chinatown-International District
206-682-4006
Ezell's Famous Chicken
What might be the best fried chicken in the country, sold over-the-counter (and on wheels). Oprah has it FedExed directly to her mouth. Also: dinner rolls so g…
501 23rd Ave
Central District
206-324-4141
Central District
206-324-4141
Communion
Chef Kristi Brown of That Brown Girl Cooks and her son and business partner Damon Bomar opened their much-anticipated "Seattle soul food" restaurant Communion …
2350 E Union St
Central District
206-257-4227
Central District
206-257-4227
Meskel
Meskel stands out among the sea of Ethiopian restaurants with an atmosphere unlike any other—or rather, three atmospheres. In the main restaurant, on the upper…
2605 E Cherry St
Central District
206-860-1724
Central District
206-860-1724
Fat’s Chicken & Waffles
Marcus Lalario (Li’l Woody’s, 95 Slide) has taken over the Central District space that was home to Catfish Corner for nearly 30 years, given it a structural up…
2726 E Cherry St
Central District
(206) 602-6863
Central District
(206) 602-6863
Oak
This Beacon Hill place that can contain children and also has a cocktail lounge for grown-ups. The Oak's beer comes from local breweries; its menu focuses on o…
3019 Beacon Ave S
Beacon Hill
206-353-7070
Beacon Hill
206-353-7070
Marination Ma Kai
Marination’s brick-and-mortar location at the Alki water-taxi dock (“ma kai” means “near the sea” in Hawaiian) has all the island-fusion favorites familiar to …
1660 Harbor Ave SW
North Admiral
206-328-8226
North Admiral
206-328-8226
Bananas Grill
The bad news is the Link’s Columbia City Station needs more restaurants. The good news is that the two located next to it don’t suck. One of these, Bananas Gri…
4556 Martin Luther King Jr Way S
Rainier Vista
206-420-4839
Rainier Vista
206-420-4839
Ezell's Famous Chicken
What might be the best fried chicken in the country, sold over-the-counter (and on wheels). Oprah has it FedExed directly to her mouth. Also: dinner rolls so g…
4436 Rainier Ave S
Rainier Valley
206-686-3772
Rainier Valley
206-686-3772
Slim's Last Chance Chili Shack and Watering Hole
Slim’s has a great country-time roadhouse vibe; in summertime, bands play on the bed of an old Ford F-600 in the big backyard while happy people lounge at picn…
5606 First Ave S
Georgetown
206-762-7900
Georgetown
206-762-7900
Ma'ono
In Hawaiian, “ono” means “delicious,” and “ma” is a prefix that means going toward, facing, or making. Ma’ono in West Seattle is the reincarnation of the marve…
4437 California Ave SW
Junction
206-935-1075
Junction
206-935-1075
Safari Njema Restaurant
Chef Jane Kagira runs Safari Njema, serving food from across the continent in Kenya. Kagira works magic with the Indian-influenced spices woven into Kenya’s cu…
5041 Rainier Ave S
Rainier Valley
206-723-3058
Rainier Valley
206-723-3058
Kauai Family Restaurant
The most authentic Hawaiian food in town—loco moco, Spam musubi, poi, saimin, plate lunches/dinners, macaroni salad—is found in a strip mall in Georgetown, and…
6324 Sixth Ave S
Georgetown
206-762-3469
Georgetown
206-762-3469
Ramen Ramen
This new ramen pop-up from Sam Choy’s Poke to the Max cofounder Max Heigh is operated out of a food truck in the parking lot of the Hawaiian restaurant's Raini…
5300 Rainier Ave S
Hillman City
Hillman City
Ballard Brothers Seafood and Burgers
Pretty much everybody knows about Ballard Brothers Seafood and Burgers. The restaurant, which began as a festival booth in 1987 and took over the old Ballard S…
5305 15th Ave NW
Ballard
206-784-4440
Ballard
206-784-4440
Emma's BBQ
Hillman City gets a new BBQ joint, Emma's BBQ. It has all the good-but-not-good-for-you things you expect from a BBQ place—in giant portions.
5303 Rainier Ave S
Rainier Valley
206-413-1523
Rainier Valley
206-413-1523
Bitterroot BBQ
Bitterroot, in the old Acme Rubber Stamp Shop on the corner by Hattie’s Hat, uses an in-house smoker and picturesque stacks of applewood to very good effect, e…
5239 Ballard Ave NW
Ballard
206-588-1577
Ballard
206-588-1577
JuneBaby
Named one of the best new restaurants in America by Eater, winner of a James Beard award for Best New Restaurant in the country, and recipient of a glowing thr…
2122 NE 65th St
Northeast Seattle
206-257-4470
Northeast Seattle
206-257-4470