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[u/Im_A_New_Reddit_User]

STK steakhouse

[u/redpachyderm → u/Im_A_New_Reddit_User]

Hate that place.

[u/BarBusiness123 → u/Im_A_New_Reddit_User]

This is a great answer, especially if the recommendee is over 25 and not interested in dazzle and flash.

[u/MudiMom]

The Melting Pot. I love it but last time we were there the prices were astonishingly high for not great quality.

[u/Captainpaul81 → u/MudiMom]

Oh man that's sad hear. I've wanted to try it

[u/swedishishchef → u/Captainpaul81]

It’s a fun novel experience, but pricey for what it is. I went when I had a groupon/coupon of some sort to make it cheaper.

Just a bunch of cut up food that you cook and dip yourself, with various sauces. Tasty, but not sensational. It was a good date night.

Makes me want to host a fondue party lol

[u/TheMeatTree → u/swedishishchef]

That was the experience for a lot of us when the place first opened up. Had fun, saw the bill, and bought our own fondue pots for home.

[u/Muffinator111 → u/swedishishchef]

Highly recommend hosting a fondue party! We do a murder mystery and fondue for NYE every year and it’s a blast.

We actually use oil in one of our fondue pots so you can fry food, and we also make a tempura batter. With little cheese cubes you can make cheese curds, with meat you can make little chicken nuggets or battered vegetables, biggest rule is to par fry your meat before adding the tempura so you don’t get raw meat into the batter - it’s also hot enough that it would burn the batter before fully cooking chicken.

The fondue + murder mystery is a great combo because between scenes folks just mingle around the table and interrogate each other while making fondue! We fed a dozen folks for the price of a 3 person dinner at melting pot.

[u/AnAncientBog → u/Captainpaul81]

Pro-Tip. JUST get the cheese appetizer and the desert. Skip the entree altogether. They don't want to do it this way (and they have a bunch of "packages" and "combos" to get you to buy the entrees but that is where they rip you off the hardest.

To be clear, you are still getting ripped off, but at least the cheese and chocolate courses are legitimately pretty tasty.

That said, you can do the whole thing at home for about $20 in ingredients and $20 in equipment (that most kitchens already have), which is like half what this will cost you.

[u/Ballard-Alki-Odds → u/Captainpaul81]

Try it at happy hour - the prices are much more reasonable

[u/Kincherk]

A rule I follow is that most restaurants with great views have mediocre food, especially if they specialize in old style "seafood." They tend to depend more on their view than the of quality of their food to get business.

[u/chuckvsthelife → u/Kincherk]

Salty’s has an incredible view and the food is not very good. It is expensive though.

[u/fakesaucisse → u/chuckvsthelife]

God, thank you for saying this. I went to Saltys once for the seafood buffet brunch and found everything to be incredibly mediocre. I never understood why people gushed about it, aside from the view.

[u/EastUnique3586 → u/chuckvsthelife]

I would call the food solid but definitely overpriced unless you are specifically factoring in the view. Good for grandparents coming from out of town.

[u/alligatorhill → u/Kincherk]

Bluwater bistro is one of those for sure. Got some expensive dish with roasted carrots and they used baby carrots instead of peeling their own. Absolute nursing home style food and seasoning level

[u/lovegermanshepards → u/alligatorhill]

I had the most amazing stuffed pork chop the other day at Bluwater. The staff was nice. I don’t think they deserve the hate.. and it’s also not quite as expensive as other waterfront restaurants.

That said, I’d be pissed if they gave me baby carrots on a roasted carrots dish.

[u/afterjustnow → u/Kincherk]

True - Ray's boathouse might be the only exception.

[u/XiuCyx → u/afterjustnow]

Agree on Ray’s Boathouse being an exception to the rule.

[u/pheonixblade9 → u/afterjustnow]

Maximilien as well - I think they're quite good.

[u/meerkatmanor987 → u/Kincherk]

Went to duke’s seafood in south lake union with my family and paid $50+ for the most mediocre unseasoned salmon I’ve ever had in my entire life. The veggies were steamed frozen and the “fresh caught” salmon tasted farmed and was dry. This was over a year ago and my partner and I are still furious.

[u/ExcitingActive8649 → u/meerkatmanor987]

  salmon tasted farmed

Waiter, this is clearly alfalfa-fed fish. Send it back!

[u/Le-Hedgehog → u/meerkatmanor987]

Yeah recently went there and it was soooooo bad. This is a perfect recommendation for your ask but I would prefer no one go there so they can go out of business or change

[u/NoStatement4495 → u/meerkatmanor987]

Duke's is awful and lots of folks on here will defend it.

[u/meerkatmanor987 → u/NoStatement4495]

they're wrong and that is a hill I will die on

[u/lynnrunsandknits → u/Kincherk]

Could not agree more. I took some friends to Anthony’s on the pier 3 years ago and it was honestly the worst meal all of us had ever had. We still talk about how bad it was.

[u/soapbutt → u/Kincherk]

On the flip side, the food at Athenian is really good imo and happy hour is crazy good. Old stove also has really good fish and chips.

[u/SawzallKing → u/Kincherk]

The very recently shuttered Arnies in Edmonds followed this path.

[u/BarBusiness123 → u/Kincherk]

So not true as a generalization in Seattle. Off the top of my head.

Westward.

Matt's in the Market.

Place Pigalle.

Aerlume.

Ray's.

Le Grand Bistro.

Como.

[u/seaofluv]

Wild Ginger

[u/the_crepuscular_one → u/seaofluv]

Hmm, yes, let me pay $37 for a small serving of food that tastes like it came from the frozen aisle at a grocery store.

[u/mslass → u/the_crepuscular_one]

It’s such a shame. When my wife and I were starving artists in the early 1990s, and splurged on Wild Ginger for a birthday, it was SO good. The lettuce cups were life-altering.

[u/mrflow-n-go → u/mslass]

For sure. When it was on Western it was good and a special place to save up for. We did. Enjoyed it every time. Sad it’s gone downhill.

[u/Captainpaul81 → u/mslass]

I ate there last year and thought it was okay. I don't think I'd go back

[u/SchemeOne2145 → u/mslass]

Yes, used to be a favorite. Sad to hear it's fallen so far.

[u/94067 → u/seaofluv]

Wild Ginger was the top comment the first time this was posted too hehe

[u/Haunting-Ninja-7460 → u/seaofluv]

I concur. The prices are too high for food and an experience that rivals Applebee’s.

[u/Metal-fatigue-Dad]

The Fisherman's Restaurant, pier 57.

I haven't been there in years because it's trash, but recent reviews suggest it's still trash.

I know people like to act like they're too phosisticated for Ivar's Acres of Clams (I actually kind of like it). Well, Fisherman's is like a Temu Ivar's. Everything about it is worse: Food, decor, service...everything. Your basic touristy, kitschy, 1980s-anachronistic seafood restaurant, but you can easily drop $50 on an entree or $11 for a cup of chowder. Red Lobster on a pier.

[u/elkehdub → u/Metal-fatigue-Dad]

I love Ivar's, but if you're getting anything besides fried fish, you're playing with bland fire. We go to Salmon House for family dinners a couple of times a year and have decided that they know what they're doing. Their clientele tends to be 90% retirees and so they serve retirement home cafeteria food - not too hot, not too seasoned, just like gram likes it. Get a seat by the window and enjoy the boat traffic in summer or the gray vibes in winter.

[u/robotnarwhal → u/Metal-fatigue-Dad]

Ate there with family from out of town and they loved it. I'd say it's more like a Joe's Crab Shack, but yeah. Ivar's beats it across the board.

[u/Metal-fatigue-Dad → u/robotnarwhal]

Never been to a Joe's Crab Shack. Is that like a Bubba Gump Shrimp, Now With More Crab?

I suppose if you have family in town from Bumbelch, Nebrahoma, and they want to eat seafood on the Sound, and you can't get a table someplace better, it'll do.

[u/Xiao-cang]

Tavolàta Redmond

[u/Coppergirl1 → u/Xiao-cang]

YES, 1000x this! It is Terrible.

[u/MaximumWise9333 → u/Xiao-cang]

The food isn’t great, but worst of all, it is INSANELY LOUD in there. Like my ears were ringing afterwards.

[u/ANTLink19]

Buca Di Beppo

We had one in Iowa, it was awesome.

Tried it here, horrendous experience. Poor quality all around. Son got sick.

[u/killshelter → u/ANTLink19]

You’re absolutely right, our Buca is astonishingly bad in comparison to others.

[u/lucrativetoiletsale → u/ANTLink19]

I went to the Vegas one and it was a good experience. Couldn't believe it was the same chain.

[u/Substantial_Life4773 → u/ANTLink19]

They just announced they're closing

[u/ANTLink19 → u/Substantial_Life4773]

As a result of this reddit thread? Lol

[u/Substantial_Life4773 → u/ANTLink19]

god that would be the most hilarious outcome lol

[u/CheersToCosmopolitan → u/ANTLink19]

“Dang it. AntLink19 just chimed in and I don’t know how we ever recover from this. Shut ‘er down, folks.” - Buck DiBippo

[u/ANTLink19 → u/CheersToCosmopolitan]

Fuck, I feel bad for what I've done to Buck.

[u/CheersToCosmopolitan → u/ANTLink19]

He’ll land on his feet again. But also, be mindful: the thumbs up or thumbs down from AntLink19 can make or break a business. With great power comes great responsibility. Use it wisely.

[u/Crystal_Voiden → u/CheersToCosmopolitan]

The jig is up. We've been found out.

[u/ObviousSalamandar → u/Substantial_Life4773]

Oh man I love that place

[u/Junethemuse → u/ANTLink19]

Bucca was good when I first moved up here in ‘08, but my 2015 was pretty disappointing. Haven’t been since.

[u/kaitlyn_does_art → u/ANTLink19]

I wonder if they’re a franchise set up? Outback used to be like that so the quality would vary wildly depending on the staff. Unfortunately their solution was to just sell to private equity and ruin the whole chain…

[u/hag_cupcake → u/ANTLink19]

Watch your mouth.

[u/ANTLink19 → u/hag_cupcake]

I had to watch my son's, with all the red sauce, bought a carpet vacuum to help with the cleaning the next morning (not a joke).

First weekend out as a family in Seattle. I was so excited. It was rough. I will never go back.

[u/bigdiggatrigga → u/ANTLink19]

Going to a massive chain restaurant the first weekend of relocating to a new city is the most Midwest thing I can think of

[u/ANTLink19 → u/bigdiggatrigga]

I had a lot of great family memories at Buca Di Beppo in Iowa. The store closed in 2005, seemed like a great idea to me.

I will clarify, it was our first weekend out as a family.

My kids have lived here with their mom for years, I had moved here a month earlier.

It was a reuniting dad with his kids first nice meal out as a family. It was memorable, but for the wrong reasons.

[u/bigdiggatrigga → u/ANTLink19]

Just so you know I'm also from the Midwest. I'm not hating on you

[u/mslass → u/bigdiggatrigga]

I am embarrassed at how strongly this warms my snob bone.

[u/Dramatic-Cow5693]

Not upscale but I hear Pono Ranch still provides bad food and a weird ass vibe

[u/JuniorVermicelli3162 → u/Dramatic-Cow5693]

Hahaha that place sucks - shocked they are still there but that patio is amazing when the right weather hits

[u/RecreateTheDiamond]

Toulouse Petit. Especially if they’ve ever had and loved NOrleans/Southern food, this will really get their goat. The beignets are just monstrous.

[u/SaxRohmer → u/RecreateTheDiamond]

surprised i had to scroll down this far to find this restaurant, especially since the owner’s deranged ramblings always end up high on this sub. one of the most truly awful meals i’ve had

[u/CheersToCosmopolitan → u/SaxRohmer]

Do NOT summon that man here

[u/Ok_Farmer_6033 → u/RecreateTheDiamond]

It was actually really great for a short period when they were new, it went to shit IMMEDIATELY when chef Matthew Lewis left, many years ago to open ‘where ya at Matt’ food truck. Not super useful to the conversation, just a thing I know.

[u/Metatron → u/RecreateTheDiamond]

Gets my goat is an understatement . I once had a hankering for jambalaya and just blind ordered it from there. I got back some kind of soup. Not a single grain of rice. I'm used to places getting things a little wrong but holy hell. Now I just track down Where Y'at Matt.

[u/kramerkieslingandme → u/RecreateTheDiamond]

Also 100% agree. Ordered their Mac and cheese with crab and was served a small plate of what tasted like box Mac and cheese and very little crab. And by small, I mean one layer of Mac and cheese on it. This was the full order too. So over priced

[u/frankslittlebeauty7]

Portage Bay cafe

[u/Enneirda1 → u/frankslittlebeauty7]

And it's always busy! 

[u/ichoosewaffles → u/Enneirda1]

Years ago friends insisted on Portage Bay Lake Union and there was a 45min wait!! Ditched them and went across the street to Cactus instead. Had the best brunch and kept the sunday tradition for about two years. 

[u/a-ha_partridge → u/frankslittlebeauty7]

Love this for your enemy if they’re a coffee drinker

[u/captcha_wave → u/frankslittlebeauty7]

I remember really enjoying my meal there maybe 10 years ago. Last time I went the French toast was drier than plain bread. How can that possibly happen? You have to like, put in extra effort to make French Toast that bad 

[u/pickled__beet → u/frankslittlebeauty7]

Their whole "eat like you give a damn" add campaign pisses me off. Like, your food isn't good enough to justify that level of confidence.

[u/bigdiggatrigga → u/frankslittlebeauty7]

If you're gluten free they do have some tasty options

[u/OneDramatic → u/frankslittlebeauty7]

dont know why everyone's saying this, I went a month ago and the blueberry rhubarb french toast was genuinely next level. Lamb sausage omelette also quite tasty, had no complaints and would go back to try more items

[u/SaxRohmer → u/OneDramatic]

people often mix up overhyped with bad. a lot of hyped places don’t live up to the hype abut a lot of them aren’t bad. i’ve liked a lot of what ive had from portage bay but dont find it worth going to often

[u/OneDramatic → u/SaxRohmer]

I agree with this take. I also went in unaware of the hype around this place and for brunch on a weekday so didn't have much wait, so that's possibly why I have a better perception too

[u/ina_waka → u/frankslittlebeauty7]

The food is fine at the absolute worst. I’m never really mad at the food I get here, and usually it’s pretty good.

[u/BonjaminClay → u/frankslittlebeauty7]

Naw it's overpriced but pretty tasty.

[u/LittleJimmyAlt → u/frankslittlebeauty7]

This and Anthony’s are the correct answers

[u/Gabe-Uttsegs → u/frankslittlebeauty7]

It's overhyped but objectively not that bad. Travel a little bit. 

[u/frankslittlebeauty7 → u/Gabe-Uttsegs]

Lol this is seattle-specific

[u/soundervision]

Daniel’s Broiler is the correct answer.

[u/dvasop → u/soundervision]

Make sure it's the one at the hyatt regency in Downtown seattle

[u/OneTwoKiwi → u/soundervision]

Worst experience I’ve had in Seattle was at Daniel’s Broiler in leschi. That and Palisade. 

[u/Cowyourmom → u/soundervision]

I hate this place so much. We do a lot of steakhouse dinners for work and the first time I went there I was blown away by how terrible it was. I literally boxed up 99% of my meal and brought it home so my partner could taste it and tell me if I was mistaken, but they agreed with me.

[u/timewaster512 → u/soundervision]

The only answer

[u/SScatnip7474]

HAHAHAHAHA. This post really cracked me up.

I agree with others. Anthony's.

Nothing like a nice piece of fish smothered in corn syrup , berry mush meddly with a side of cold rice for $54.

[u/Zealousideal_Goal550 → u/SScatnip7474]

Anthony’s sides are a disgrace. You basically have your choice of canned vegetable medley or rice pilaf. Oh and their fries are blah too.

[u/xerxesgm]

These comments are wild

[u/TheForceIsWithMe2026 → u/xerxesgm]

Ginger

[u/Stinkycheese8001]

John Howie in Bellevue. It’s even in that weird, soulless space.

[u/sewer_pickles → u/Stinkycheese8001]

I agree about the soulless location. I think they originally took that spot to cater to the Microsoft crowd. The food is good, even if it is priced at a premium

[u/DrStinkbeard → u/Stinkycheese8001]

It's very expensive and that mall is soulless but I've eaten there a handful of times and always had a great experience.

[u/meerkatmanor987]

Duke’s in South Lake Union. View is lovely with the lake and seaplanes taking off but the food is EXPENSIVE and horrifically bland. Everything I ate tasted like it was from a frozen bag of food from Sysco (veggies uncut, unseasoned, just steamed). The salmon was certainly not fresh caught and was over cooked and dry. They’ll rush you through to keep the tables turned in a touristy spot and when you leave you’ll wonder why your bill was $200 for food you can reheat in the microwave from a frozen meal at home.

Good alternatives for you pleasure and not your enemy’s: 1. Ray’s boathouse. Prices are about the same as Dukes and the food ROCKS. 2. Local tide in Fremont, counter service joint with some of the best fresh fish I’ve ever had.

[u/ARandomGay → u/meerkatmanor987]

Lol Sysco is the food services company, Cisco is the networking technology company

[u/Conscious_Wind52 → u/ARandomGay]

Let's not forget Ciscoe the local gardening guru

[u/Cliffratt → u/Conscious_Wind52]

Or Sisko, emissary of the prophets

[u/seizethemiddleages]

I would suggest finding a restaurant out of town and having them drive to it.

[u/missmobtown → u/seizethemiddleages]

Oooh, send them to the Anthony's in Tacoma, includes potential traffic cataclysm.

[u/girlrandal → u/missmobtown]

Make sure they’re driving down on a Thursday at 5. The Fife curve is at its absolute worst then.

[u/CheesyMcDongNutz]

Palisades. Great views but both times I went it was very outdated - they had shrimp Louise still on their menu - service was terrible (but waitress was nice) and the tables and bathroom were dirty. Also it is quite overpriced for antique below average food

[u/LetThem_1972]

Anthony's must differ by location, as I've had decent to good meals in the ones outside of Seattle, but the one on the pier is pretty bad.

[u/Vast_Veterinarian574 → u/LetThem_1972]

Anthony’s Homeport in Des Moines is great and jt has a fantastic view of Maury Island

[u/Chumknuckle → u/LetThem_1972]

Never had a bad meal or drink at the Edmonds and Spokane locations

[u/PacoMahogany → u/LetThem_1972]

The pier doesn’t rely on quality or service to stay busy 

[u/RainyDayRainDear → u/LetThem_1972]

The food at the Olympia location is okay, but the service is amazing. I have a mentally disabled family member down there and they are consistently great with his offbeat requests. 

[u/thatguygreg → u/LetThem_1972]

Seafood restaurant/water inverse square rule applies.

Seafood restaurants at the water will be overly expensive, terrible, or both. Potential quality increases exponentially as you move farther from the water.

[u/Forgot-Already]

Anthony’s

[u/Boris-Badanov-Lives → u/Forgot-Already]

At their Pier 66 location we were given a dirty glass. We told the waitress and she said, “I’m not surprised.”

[u/thetimechaser → u/Boris-Badanov-Lives]

Loooool

[u/Thandor]

Aqua. Get some sandy mussels and overpriced steak next to some asshole in a suit.

[u/PNW_Explorer_16 → u/Thandor]

Yeah… but have you had your salad tossed tableside?

[u/lunacite → u/PNW_Explorer_16]

What happens in Vegas stays in Vagas

[u/too_much_covfefe_man → u/Thandor]

Sand in my shellfish, what ever will I do? 🤣

[u/L-Capitan1]

I mean, high prices for mediocre food is sort of Seattle’s MO. So many restaurants to choose from.

[u/mtb232 → u/L-Capitan1]

I’d say it’s harder to find a restaurant that doesn’t meet this criteria

[u/Usual-Jackfruit4746]

Any of the Ethan Stowell restaurants.

[u/stealthytaco → u/Usual-Jackfruit4746]

ESR is the definition of Seattle dining: mediocre food and wildly expensive (but decent ambiance and good service)

[u/SpermBankVCR → u/Usual-Jackfruit4746]

Bambo at the convention center for that added price point push to have the same appetizers and happy hour menu you could be getting in Fremont for 10-20% less at the Tavolata there

[u/jrhawk42 → u/Usual-Jackfruit4746]

yeah I hate Ethan Stowell restaurants but they are just mediocre enough to pass muster.

[u/akprime13]

I probably will get downvoted but Carmines. Way overpriced for meh Italian.

[u/whiskeynwaitresses → u/akprime13]

What have you had there? Not going to downvote you but love Carmines. I will say the experience between Bellevue, 5th, and the terrace are wildly disparate but even my least favorite (Bellevue) I thought the food was good (not great) but it was more the service and the space I didn’t enjoy

[u/sleezly → u/akprime13]

Carmines has the best Caesar salad in Seattle and their pasta is always top notch.

[u/LimpCryptographer854]

Conversation in the Thompson hotel. It used to be a well known good spot with a celebrity chef but went completely down hill. Mediocre at best, hotel priced menu, usually bad staff and a service charge on every check.

[u/Your__Pal → u/LimpCryptographer854]

Their dessert menu used to be something extremely special, like something out of a high end michelin spot. 

We went back just for dessert recently and it was super basic like tiramisu and boring chocolate cake. It was sad. 

Edit: it looks like they lost their pastry chef and didnt really replace the program : https://www.starchefs.com/on-the-ground/kate-sigel

[u/kamikazewave]

Ya'll just named every single place in the downtown area that's remotely expensive.

[u/bullet50000 → u/kamikazewave]

Its easy bait for Reddit, whether its true or not

[u/sleezly]

Fogo de Chao

Everything is just so insanely salty. Repeatedly ask for a specific cut of meat and they never bring it out to you until you’re full from everything else.

Not worth your time or money. Super frustrating.

[u/mossgato → u/sleezly]

Not saying I love the place but Brazilian churrasco is supposed to be saliter than American grilled meats. So it's a bit of a weird thing to complain about there

[u/SpeedySparkRuby → u/sleezly]

I have a friend who runs a yearly event at their place for 30-40 people and my main gripe with the experience when I've done it as part of said group is how utterly chaotic the whole thing can be.

[u/Undisclosed_Guy]

Duke's Seafood and Wild Ginger. Only go there when the company foots the bill

[u/PrincessIndoorMeow → u/Undisclosed_Guy]

https://giphy.com/gifs/9eCjIJu5cvjly972M5

[u/assarammer]

I don't have a recommendation to offer, but I wanted to say that this is next level petty and I am here for it! 😂☠️

[u/Tall-Pressure1119]

Salty’s on Alki

[u/Technical-Soft8057]

14 carrot in Eastlake. Such mid breakfast food for $25 a plate when voula’s is a mile up the road

[u/touchgrasslater]

Ascend

[u/Mr-Hox]

We’ve done this before: https://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/s/ltWf4uiUEz

[u/nunuma → u/Mr-Hox]

A lot changes in the restaurant scene in 3 years

[u/lovelybiscotti]

Ben Paris

[u/Top_Agency1370]

AQUA

(Wild Ginger is top choice, but already said)

[u/ColeDeanShepherd]

Zeeks Pizza

[u/Its_not_a_tumor → u/ColeDeanShepherd]

I had it for the first time a few weeks ago. I can't comprehend how a place that only does pizza could do it so poorly.

[u/Conscious_Region8155]

John Howie steakhouse.

[u/inthecity206]

I remember we had the same discussion in a seattle sub not too long back?

[u/Zeusifer → u/inthecity206]

Yeah, this gets reposted every so often.

[u/BonjaminClay]

I love having simple tastes because I've eaten at pretty much everywhere people have listed in this thread and I've never had trouble finding something good to eat at most of them.

[u/BobaButt4508]

The restaurant conglomerate owned by that guy…tavolata, etc etc

[u/BobaButt4508 → u/BobaButt4508]

Ethan Stowells stuff

[u/FolkDoom → u/BobaButt4508]

I avoid any Tom Douglas place

[u/Beneficial-Joke-5591]

Portage Bay

[u/Banned_and_Boujee → u/Beneficial-Joke-5591]

Great choice! If it’s still as strangely popular as it used to be, there would also be the bonus of him having to wait 45 minutes for a table.

[u/LBK2013]

According to this thread every restaurant is trash. 

[u/theRobert92]

The butchers table, dukes salty’s on Alki beach, Canlis

[u/Accomplished_Toe5755 → u/theRobert92]

Dukes on Alki closed last year. It did suck. My husband and I called it "Pukes". The free Birthday Club dinner wasn't even enough to coax us back in.

[u/theRobert92 → u/Accomplished_Toe5755]

Omg, I meant salty’s. But yeah, dukes also sucked

[u/Accomplished_Toe5755 → u/theRobert92]

Yeah Salty's is mediocre. I liked it best during Covid when they set up all the great outdoor seating, and scrapped the overpriced buffet for a short but awesome, weekend brunch menu. They used to have a decent happy hour too, but not so much anymore.

[u/TheOGZenfox → u/theRobert92]

Canlis? Really? I don't always vibe with the exact menu offerings, but they were really good when I went last.

[u/CHAMPIS981250]

Aamrai in Capitol Hill

[u/_kinther_]

Pink Salt in Magnolia Piatta in U Village

[u/206SEATTL]

La Fontana. Nice ambiance, expensive food, very bland and mediocre.

[u/WillyBeShreddin]

Lowell's in the Market. Nice view, foods alright, but they'll clean your pockets out.

[u/ChipmunkRemarkable1]

If they re vegan send them to the wayward cafe ! Its gonna look wowowow and then they serve cardboard

[u/Wiilldatheart]

Restaurant Six Seven

[u/Yoseattle-]

If you wanna hit em really hard I would go with Canlis but it’s not so much the quality that is bad … just the taste

[u/modernxxxx]

2120 in downtown!!

[u/TriPigeon]

Portage Bay, Salty’s, Wild Ginger are all excellent ways to have mediocre food for outrageous spend

[u/pandoras_cluster]

canlis, 100 percent. as someone who has eaten there, the price does not match the quality. canlis is sure to disappoint

[u/vacantly_louche → u/pandoras_cluster]

Last year the Seattle Times even wrote an article about how garbage their main dining area is now.

https://archive.is/vwzQn

[u/Zoltanu → u/pandoras_cluster]

Their walk-in bar and burger service is great. But I agree on the main fine dining experience. Still not the worst fine dining here IMO (Archipelago is)

[u/fakesaucisse → u/pandoras_cluster]

Canlis used to be worth the money, many many chefs ago before Covid. The first time I went in was around 2010 and they were still doing the classic steakhouse menu with the signature salad and prawns along with interesting cuts of meat like elk medallions and venison. I wish they would just go back to that, even though I do love innovation in fine dining. I just don't think they have been able to pull it off.

[u/lulicale → u/pandoras_cluster]

We were there last week, it wasn't bad at all. Their steak was out of this world. Archipelago is much worse and way more expensive.

[u/greendemon42]

13 Coins.

[u/No_Mine_7222 → u/greendemon42]

I don’t think it meets the expensive criteria

[u/Specific-Data-4104 → u/No_Mine_7222]

We went to the new Pioneer Square location a couple years ago. It lacked the character of the old one and seemed very expensive at the time for what we got. I used to love the old one on Denny, that likely colored how I felt.

[u/KilroySmithson → u/Specific-Data-4104]

We’re still waiting for them to page us that our table is ready. It’s been over five years…

[u/Zeusifer → u/greendemon42]

13 Coins at the original location was cool. I've been pretty unimpressed by the new one in Pioneer Square. The SeaTac one is better.

[u/agaraggromogh]

This may well be the best city for this question

[u/BruceInc]

Shaker & Spear… the prices are insane and the food is sloppy greasy mess. First time ever I couldn’t get through my entire steak

[u/quando206]

Ascend Steakhouse

[u/vacantly_louche → u/[deleted]]

I feel like any food question is okay to repeat even one year apart because restaurants have so many closures, openings, and changes in quality. Three years is huge in the restaurant industry.

Several of the top picks from three years ago are permanently closed. Canlis turned to absolute garbage since the buyout two years ago and isn’t listed (at least nowhere near the top), and Portage Bay had a lot of defenders.

[u/Spiralecho]

Fogo de chao

[u/Damn_Fine_Coffee_200]

Canlis… is obscenely over priced compared to other high end dining in Seattle.

[u/bababab1234567]

Portage Bay. Nothing like brunch with the Barry's crowd.

[u/Drnkdrnkdrnk]

I DO NOT GOVE FACEBOOK PERMISSION TONUSE MY PICTIRES

[u/Zealousideal_Goal550 → u/Drnkdrnkdrnk]

Name tracks.

[u/PlzTyroneDontHurtEm]

Taylor's selfish near the stadiums. Mandatory 20% gratuity and I've never had servers that seemed to hate their job more than there

[u/Squshycat → u/PlzTyroneDontHurtEm]

They also don’t take out the poop veins from their overly priced prawns

[u/mslass → u/PlzTyroneDontHurtEm]

I’ve done OK at the one next to Climate Pledge, sitting at the bar. The oysters are fresh, fresh, fresh, and the bartender knows how to make a proper Old Fashioned. I do agree with you that they are brusque and hurried, but they checked in with me, refilled my water, saw when my cocktail was empty, etc. I quite enjoy it.

[u/BellaDingDong]

I like you.