Daawat Indian Grill and Bar
I’m a deep lover of Indian food, but I live in a city that only has a few decent Indian restaurants. And the closest of these to my place of work on Capitol Hi…
820 Pike St
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-467-7272
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-467-7272
Jeepney
The team behind the lovely speakeasy Knee High Stocking Company has a colorful walk-up window serving the same great menu of Filipino-inspired comfort food, in…
1356 E Olive Way
Seattle
206-979-7049
Seattle
206-979-7049
Oriental Mart
Other Filipino restaurants have sadly come and gone, but Oriental Mart in Pike Place Market remains. Good thing, because this 30-plus-year establishment offers…
1506 Pike Place Market
Pike Place Market
206-622-8488
Pike Place Market
206-622-8488
Nirmal’s
There’s a dearth of good Indian food in Seattle; after eight years in New York, I was spoiled. But Nirmal’s in Pioneer Square is nearly as good as what you fin…
106 Occidental Ave S
Pioneer Square
206-388-2196
Pioneer Square
206-388-2196
Yeti Bar at Annapurna Cafe
Two years ago, the understated (and fabulous) Annapurna Cafe added a boozier street-level counterpart to its subterranean curry den. Situated next to the Capit…
1833 Broadway
Seattle
206-320-7770
Seattle
206-320-7770
Hood Famous Cafe and Bar
The beloved Ballard bakeshop, famous for its Filipino-inspired specialties such as ube cheesecake, has expanded to the International District with a new locati…
500 Fifth Ave S
Chinatown-International District
206-485-7049
Chinatown-International District
206-485-7049
Musang
If you've stood in line at one of her pop-ups, seen the growing number of accolades she's earned, or watched her walk chef Marcus Samuelsson through the Seattl…
2524 Beacon Ave S
North Beacon Hill
206-708-6871
North Beacon Hill
206-708-6871
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
Northeast Seattle
206-633 1458
Fou Lee Market
This grocery is, for me, the heart of Beacon Hill. It’s compact, always busy, cheap, and has a terrific deli that offers a variety of popular Filipino dishes a…
2050 S Columbian Way
Greater Duwamish
206-764-9607
Greater Duwamish
206-764-9607
Cedars Restaurant on Brooklyn
If you’re looking for great Indian food in Seattle, some say this is the best. Others, predictably, disagree.
4759 Brooklyn Ave NE
Northeast Seattle
206-527-4000
Northeast Seattle
206-527-4000
Archipelago
This high-end Filipino restaurant from chef Aaron Verzosa (formerly of Modernist Cuisine and Harvest Vine) and his wife Amber Manuguid focuses on a Pacifi…
5607 Rainier Ave South
Rainier Valley
206-760-7839
Rainier Valley
206-760-7839
Naan -N- Curry
This downtown Renton dining room is filled with families and groups of friends, many presumably bickering good-naturedly over which of owner Majid “Mike” Janua…
709 S 3rd St
Renton
Renton
LASA Sandwiches & Pearls
They make six different sandos at Lasa, along with a variety of bubbly and non-bubbly beverages, plus halo-halo, a colorful shaved-ice version of a sundae pile…
18009 Hwy 99 C
Lynnwood
425-361-1263
Lynnwood
425-361-1263
