Lotus Asian Kitchen & Lounge
Across from Vito’s—where the First Hill Bar & Grill finally retired after 34 glorious, divey years—Lotus is brought to us by Ridgley Kuang, owner of Green Leaf…
901 Madison St
First Hill
206-623-6333
First Hill
206-623-6333
Stateside
One of the best restaurants in Seattle, Stateside is consistently great, wearing its Vietnamese-French mash-up on its sleeve. The crispy duck fresh rolls are d…
300 E Pike St
Capitol Hill
206-557-7273
Capitol Hill
206-557-7273
La Lot Restaurant & Bar
La Lot is named after the betel leaf used in the generally delicious, cigar-shaped beef la lot and elsewhere in Vietnamese cooking. While the restaurant is on …
925 Stewart St #102
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-682-8812
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-682-8812
Pho Le's
Just off Broadway on Pike, where Maharaja used to be, Pho Le's is pretty cheap and quite good. Their roasted chicken pho costs a little more, but it's worth it.
720 E Pike St
Seattle
206-322-1818
Seattle
206-322-1818
Long Provincial Vietnamese Restaurant
From the owners of the enormously popular Tamarind Tree, Long is another, fancier Vietnamese spot. “Long” is pronounced laong—it’s Vietnamese for dragon. The J…
1901 2nd Ave
Pike Place Market
(206) 443-6266
Pike Place Market
(206) 443-6266
RAZZíS PIZZERíA
Great GF pizza is hard to find, but there are a few places I definitely frequent. The first is obvious: Razzi’s Pizzeria, its locations in Downtown and Greenwo…
1314 Howell St
Belltown
(206) 588-2425
Belltown
(206) 588-2425
Plum Bistro
Plum Bistro is a pleasantly upscale, 100 percent vegan restaurant. Even for a lifelong vegetarian, a visit to Plum can feel like a taste-test in a laboratory o…
1429 12th Ave
Capitol Hill
206-838-5333
Capitol Hill
206-838-5333
Captain Blacks
Right next door to the Stumbling Monk, Captain Blacks is a bar with two decks, a slight nautical theme, and fried chicken and waffles (yes!). The oyster po' bo…
129 Belmont Ave E
Seattle
206-327-9549
Seattle
206-327-9549
Branchwater
Branchwater, formerly called Commonwealth, features a menu of craft cocktails with a southern focus, plus an outdoor space--fire pit included.
2219 Fourth Ave
Belltown
Belltown
World Pizza
Fifteen years after they shut their Belltown shop down, brothers Adam Cone and Aaron Crosleycone (he got married and got a new combo-name) reopened World Pizza…
672 S King St
Chinatown-International District
206-682-4161
Chinatown-International District
206-682-4161
Healeo
Vegetarians and vegans love this sleek cafe's lunch offerings (soup, gluten-free pizza, tahini-tofu bowls, and so forth), juices, and smoothies. They also have…
1520 15th Ave
Seattle
206-453-5066
Seattle
206-453-5066
Tamarind Tree
Despite its large size, International District’s Tamarind Tree has a cozy, romantic atmosphere. It’s good for date nights, friend nights, and birthday parties.…
1036 S Jackson St, Suite A
Yesler Terrace
206-860-1404
Yesler Terrace
206-860-1404
Crawfish King
Crawfish, clams, mussels, crab legs, lobster, Dungeness, prawns--you'll find it all here and more, plus an assortment of macarons which pair oddly well with se…
725 S Lane St
Chinatown-International District
206-623-3622
Chinatown-International District
206-623-3622
Hue Ky Mi Gia
Hue Ky Mi Gia’s fried butter chicken wings have been talked up so much that it’s hard not be skeptical of such praise—the restaurant now has three booths in Ce…
1207 S Jackson St, Suite 101
Chinatown-International District
206-568-1268
Chinatown-International District
206-568-1268
Huong Binh Restaurant
A much-loved diner-style place in the ID, Huong Binh unceremoniously serves very good traditional Vietnamese combos—rice noodles with shrimp skewers or half a …
1207 S Jackson St
Chinatown-International District
206-720-4907
Chinatown-International District
206-720-4907
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…
527 Broadway E
Seattle
206-568-7218
Seattle
206-568-7218
Bun & Oc
Bun & Oc is a Vietnamese restaurant serving all of the comforting classics, plus dishes you may not have yet tried--like snail soup. In fact, the restaurant is…
1306 S King St
Chinatown-International District
206-860-1556
Chinatown-International District
206-860-1556
Northwest Tofu
Besides making tofu and soy milk in-house, Northwest Tofu serves very good dim sum—cooked to order instead of off a cart—in their small dining room every day. …
1913 S Jackson St
Central District
206-328-8320
Central District
206-328-8320