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Where To Eat When You’re Visiting Seattle
These restaurants will help you get acquainted with the city.
Affordable Places To Impress An Out-Of-Towner
The best restaurants where you can impress out-of-towners without spending too much money.
Where To Eat & Drink With Out-Of-Towners
Seattleites get a lot of visitors. Here are the best places to impress them.
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Ray's Boathouse
There are a lot of seafood restaurants on the water in Seattle. Ray's in Ballard is the best one.
Where To Eat When You’re Visiting Seattle
These restaurants will help you get acquainted with the city.
Here Today Brewing
Here Today is a not-too-crowded Belltown brewery that serves hot dogs and burgers alongside their housemade beer—but you should swing by on the weekend for tasty migas breakfast tacos.
Kilig
Prioritize this Filipino spot for noodles, soup, and tangy chicken wings the next time you're in the International District.
Caffè Vita @ KEXP
If you need a spot near the Space Needle to get some work done or grab caffeine before showing out-of-towners around, check out Caffè Vita @ KEXP in Queen Anne.
Macaluso's Italian Restaurant
Macaluso's is an Italian dinner stop in Tacoma, perfect after a day spent hanging out in nearby Point Defiance Park.
Hellenika Cultured Creamery
The best dessert at Pike Place can be found at Hellenika Cultured Creamery, where they churn frozen Greek yogurt right in front of you.
Founders Club
Founders Club is a Downtown speakeasy hidden in the lobby of the Olympic Fairmont Hotel—It's only worth it if you have a lot of disposable income to spend on mediocre drinks.
Canon
Canon is the most-hyped cocktail bar in Seattle, and for good reason. For high-quality drinks in Capitol Hill, come here.
Smash That Burger Co.
For the best smashburgers in Seattle, look for Smash That Burger Co., a truck parked at Rooftop Brewing in Queen Anne on the weekends.
Anchorhead Coffee
Skip that line across the street for a certain coffee chain's "first" location and head to Anchorhead instead for a great cup of cold brew.
Monorail Espresso
It's not just a window on the side of a Downtown building—Monorail Espresso happens to serve some of the best coffee in Seattle.
Beast & Cleaver
For one of the best meat-based dinners you can experience in Seattle, make a reservation for Beast & Cleaver's wine bar nights in Ballard.
North Star Diner & Shanghai Room
North Star Diner & Shanghai Room in Greenwood is the coolest diner in the city.
Proper Fish
Proper Fish is a Bainbridge Island seafood spot that specializes in British-style fish and chips.
Affordable Places To Impress An Out-Of-Towner
The best restaurants where you can impress out-of-towners without spending too much money.
Ray’s Cafe
When the sun comes out, the patio at Ray's Cafe in Ballard is where you want to be, eating tasty seafood and spending a considerable amount of money for it.
Elliott’s Oyster House
There’s no doubt that Elliot’s Oyster House is touristy, but the waterfront patio and abundance of oysters means it’s still a decent place to hang downtown.
Kamonegi
Kamonegi is an excellent Japanese restaurant in Fremont that serves homemade soba and tempura.
Oriental Mart
Oriental Mart is a Filipino institution at Pike Place Market that serves phenomenal longanisa and adobo, among other things.