This Lynnwood spot is one of the more popular places for bulgogi (marinated meat typically grilled with onions and peppers). One of its specialties is ttukbaegi bulgogi, which comes with sliced rice cake, vegetables, and glass noodles cooked in beef rib broth. It’s currently open for takeout and limited dine-in.

Here’s another Lynnwood standout boasting a broad menu, with a few items of special interest. The chung gook jang chigae is a fermented soybean and soybean paste soup that has a strong, funky flavor. Gamjatang is a spicy pork-bone stew with vegetables, and the ganjang-gejang (raw crabs in soy sauce) is a fermented treat. Open for takeout orders.

The casual Korean chain offers the area's best value for soon doo boo chigae (soft tofu stew). There are other items on the menu, but the soft tofu soup is the main draw, the fiery bowls filled with a choice of beef, pork, seafood, intestines, dumplings, vegetables, and more. Open for takeout through call-in orders and limited dine-in services.

This Korean pub in Edmonds had been known for karaoke in pre-pandemic times, but what really sings here is the Korean fried chicken (KFC), which one can get “naked” or seasoned in choices of Asian garlic, sweet & spicy, extra spicy, and honey butter garlic. Diners should also try the tteokbokki rice cakes and the corn cheese. It’s open for takeout, delivery, and limited dine-in.

This restaurant at the northern edge of Seattle is particularly popular for its grill-your-own Korean barbecue. Diners can choose from platters of kalbi (boneless, or even better, with the bone), skirt, brisket, tongue, and baby octopus with pork belly. The marinated versions on the barbecue menu are still available for takeout; there’s also limited dine-in.

Ballard’s Korean-influenced coffee shop serves wonderful brews and Instagram-worthy French toast, which has the perfect combination of crunchiness and sweetness thanks to a cereal-coated crust (options include Fruity Pebbles or Frosted Flakes). Those with a strong appetite may want to tackle the barbecue plate, with roasted pork, samjang, and various kimchi, or the Korean poutine.

Chi Mac feels like a good fit for the Ave in the U District, offering a college bar vibe, crushable chicken wings, and Korean beer and soju. The restaurants batters and sauces its chicken with a refreshingly light touch, whether diners choose dry, parmesan-sprinkled snow wings or delicately glazed, crispy soy garlic wings. It’s open for takeout and limited dine-in service, and there’s a newer Bellevue outpost as well.

For over a decade, this U District mainstay has been a popular spot to indulge in soondubu jjigae, a spicy tofu stew. Even if the usual college crowd has thinned out due to the pandemic, it’s still worth the trip for both the soup and other excellent dishes, such as kimchi fried rice and beef short ribs. Available for takeout, delivery (through Postmates), and limited dine-in service.

This cozy Lower Queen Anne restaurant serves up contemporary takes on classic dishes like yukhoe (beef tartare) and haemul pajeon (seafood pancake). But the Paju fried rice is the real showstopper with a smoked quail egg yolk centered on the squid ink-blackened, kimchi and bacon-enhanced rice. Open for takeout, delivery (through DoorDash), and limited dine-in service.

The new Capitol Hill Korean barbecue spot has launched a takeout and delivery service in conjunction with Pike Place sibling restaurant Chan. Items include chicken wings, and bulgogi sliders, as well as a chef’s choice of four cuts of assorted meats, either grilled or raw, with japchae, banchan, ssam, and pa muchim. It’s also open for limited dine-in service.

Satisfying options at this International District destination include pork bone- and potato-filled gamjatang, soondubu, kalbi-tang, duk mandu-guk (with rice cakes and dumplings), bulgogi stew, and “army stew,” featuring a military-inspired mix of Spam, sausage, baked beans, and kimchi. Open for takeout and delivery orders through Postmates, GrubHub, and Uber Eats.