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Seattle Restaurants Ideal for Celebrating a Special Occasion

Meals worth splurging on in the Seattle area

by Jade Yamazaki Stewart Updated
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Seattle is packed with fine dining restaurants, and more seem to spring up every week. So deciding where to go to celebrate an anniversary, a promotion, a birthday, or just to go treat yourself after a difficult few years, can be difficult, especially when many of the Northwest fine-dining restaurants in Seattle seem to offer variations of the same menu: a big steak, a halibut dish, some oysters, a seasonal vegetable dish, and maybe some salmon crudo. The following list offers restaurants from a selection of cuisines that provide a celebratory atmosphere while also offering something unique to the scene, whether it’s exquisitely sourced local fish, a sharply designed granite-floored dining room, or a Filipino tasting menu that doubles as a cultural history lesson.

As usual, this list is not ranked; it’s organized geographically. Know of a spot that should be on our radar? Send us a tip by emailing seattle@eater.com.

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Cafe Juanita

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At Kirkland’s Northern Italian fine-dining mainstay, chef Holly Smith and her team have crafted several excellent tasting menus (including pescatarian and vegan options), as well as an exhaustive wine list. The warm, tastefully decorated dining room is more approachable than a lot of high-end restaurants.

9702 NE 120th Pl, Kirkland, WA 98034
(425) 823-1505
(425) 823-1505

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Joule

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2022 James Beard Award finalists chefs Rachel Yang and partner Seif Chirchi offer simple but refined dishes at their Korean-influenced Fremont restaurant, including a smoked mackerel kedgeree and a succulent kalbi short rib over grilled kimchi. Expect inventive dishes too, like smoked tofu with mushrooms or the dash grits, rich with umami and perfect topped with some bright house-made kimchi (to be ordered separately). With an inviting, open space and easy-going service, Joule offers a special night out sans pretension. Sit at the bar and watch chefs plating dishes, and sip on one of Joule’s creative cocktails, like the lapsang souchong tequila drink with lime and Thai chili agave. 

3506 Stone Way N, Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 632-5685
(206) 632-5685

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Sushi Kappo Tamura

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Renowned chef Taichi Kitamura (a 2018 James Beard Award semifinalist) provides a wide variety of fantastic meal options at his Eastlake destination restaurant. It has a full sushi menu, as well as a nigiri omakase, which includes 12 pieces of seasonal selections and brunch on the weekends. Sushi Kappo Tamura sources its seafood from Pacific Northwest producers like Taylor Shellfish and Skagit River Ranch and has a rooftop garden that provides produce for some of its dishes. Of all the sushi chefs in Seattle, Kitamura may know the most about local fish, providing a sushi experience that couldn’t be replicated in any other part of the country.

2968 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle, WA 98102
(206) 547-0937
(206) 547-0937

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Canlis

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Executive chef Aisha Ibrahim helms this 71-year-old Queen Anne icon, owned by the Canlis family. Ibrahim energizes the historic establishment with a super-seasonal approach inspired by Japanese kaiseki cooking. A recent four course menu offered options like duck with bitter chicory, celeriac, and blood orange; striploin with Walla Walla onions and wild rice; and grilled sablefish with abalone, dashi, and daikon.

2576 Aurora Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109
(206) 283-3313
(206) 283-3313

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Eden Hill Restaurant

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This upscale Queen Anne favorite (with a more casual sibling restaurant nearby) has resumed onsite dining with tasting menu options as well as shared plates. Dishes include a delectable cider-braised rabbit, scallops with caviar, and the restaurant’s famed foie gras cake batter for dessert, while a newly constructed patio is a welcome addition in the warmer months.

2209 Queen Anne Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109
(206) 708-6836
(206) 708-6836

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Seabird

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Brendan McGill’s newest restaurant converted the former Hitchcock restaurant space on Bainbridge Island into an inventive seafood and vegetable restaurant called Seabird. Grant Rico, the executive chef, is bringing some Japanese techniques (like using local kelp-based broths) to bring out the best flavors in local seafood. The space features a granite-covered raw bar where oysters are shucked and crab legs are displayed. Menu highlights include “seacuterie” boards loaded with cured local fish, like boquerones made with Columbia river smelt, and large dishes to share like a whole roasted rockfish. For lovers of seafood, this is easily a contender for the best restaurant in the area for enjoying the Puget Sound’s bounty.

133 Winslow Way E, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
(206) 201-3789
(206) 201-3789

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Surrell

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Chef Aaron Tekulve’s Madison Valley restaurant in a renovated Victorian home celebrates Washington with elegance and care. The 10-course tasting menus, made with the best seasonal Washington ingredients, start with a bouquet of flowers grown by Tekulve’s mother in the summertime, and some of the herbs come from beds growing next to a leafy covered patio. Surrell is also the world’s only restaurant with a Washington-wine-only wine list, and Tekulve prides himself on turning die-hard Francophiles into Washington wine lovers with an impressive bottle list built through close relationships with local winemakers and collectors.

2319 E Madison St, Seattle, WA 98112

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Wa'z

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In 2018, chef Hiro Tawara opened this fantastic Japanese restaurant devoted to the art of kaiseki, a traditional multi-course meal featuring meticulously plated dishes with an emphasis on seasonality. Some notable recent items have included deep fried smelt in sweet vinegar sauce, lingcod with eggplant and plum, and wagyu rice bowls.

411 Cedar St, Seattle, WA 98121
(206) 441-7119
(206) 441-7119

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The Dolar Shop Seattle

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In China, hours-long hot pot parties (with lots of beer and baijiu) often mark the celebration of special events like birthdays. Though the Seattle area has many great hot pot spots, the Bellevue location of this Chinese chain is a good spot to splurge on high-end ingredients like A5 Miyazaki wagyu beef from Japan, geoduck, or live prawns.

11020 NE 6th St #90, Bellevue, WA 98004
(425) 390-8888
(425) 390-8888

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COMMUNION Restaurant & Bar

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Chef Kristi Brown — who runs the successful catering operation That Brown Girl Cooks — calls the food at her nationally praised Central District restaurant “Seattle soul.” Brown’s memories of shopping at Chinatown-International District markets results in banh mi-po’ boy hybrids and a dish made with Washington clams, mussels, and Laotian sausage in a coconut milk “roux.” But Brown’s cooking shines most in her more traditional Southern dishes, like the pork neck bone stew, with smoky meat simmered in umami-packed broth with lima beans. After Communion made a couple of national best restaurant lists in 2021 (and nabbed an Eater Award), it’s been hard to get a seat at the dining room in the renovated historic Liberty Bank Building (the renovation, completed in 2019, is meant to support Black property ownership in Seattle’s historically Black neighborhood). Make reservations weeks ahead, or show up right when the restaurant opens on a weekday to nab a spot.

2350 E Union St, Seattle, WA 98122
(206) 391-8140
(206) 391-8140

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Lark Restaurant

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Lark’s chef, John Sundstrom, is an elder statesman of Seattle’s fine dining scene, and many of his former employees (including Off Alley’s Evan Leichtling) have gone on to open their restaurants. Lark was closed for a full two years during the pandemic, but returned this year with a renewed focus on the PNW fine-dining style, with a new $120 four-course tasting menu each month with dishes like seared A5 wagyu striploin and Peking-style guinea hen with sesame cabbage slaw and scallion pancakes. Diners at the bar can order a la carte.

952 E Seneca St, Seattle, WA 98122
(206) 323-5275
(206) 323-5275

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Takai by Kashiba

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Takai By Kashiba is a new Bellevue sushi restaurant led by chef Jun Takai, a star apprentice of Seattle sushi godfather Shiro Kashiba. The Kashiba family says its focus is now helping others continue the sushi legacy that Shiro Kashiba started in Seattle. Takai offers a 22-course omakase ($150 at a table, $180 at the sushi counter), with 17 sushi courses and five kaiseki-style dishes from the kitchen. Harman Thabel, the former director of hospitality for the two-Michelin-starred Narisawa restaurant in Tokyo, supplies a daily-changing wine and sake pairing, a tea pairing for those who don’t want to drink alcohol, and trains the dining room staff in omotenashi — a style of Japanese service where everyone works together to represent the chef and restaurant, putting aside their individuality in service a greater goal.

180 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA 98004
(425) 502-7259
(425) 502-7259

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Sushi Kashiba

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Diners have long flocked to the upscale Pike Place restaurant to watch master sushi chef Shiro Kashiba at work, with seats at the bar among the most coveted. Its meticulous attention to detail remains a big draw, as does chef Kashiba, who is credited for bringing edomae-style sushi to Seattle and has opened some of the city’s most-respected sushi restaurants, including the self-titled Shiro’s Sushi Restaurant in Belltown. First-timers should choose the omakase option and embrace each seasonal offering. Now 80 years old, Kashiba is focusing on his legacy and helping the next generation of Seattle sushi chefs continue the tradition with their own restaurants.

86 Pine St Suite #1, Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 441-8844
(206) 441-8844

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The George

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The George is the new full-service restaurant at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, part of a $25 million renovation of the historic hotel’s bar and restaurant areas. The menu, by chef Thomas Cullen, formerly an executive chef for Ethan Stowell Restaurants, is ambitious (he says he wants it to be the “top restaurant” in Seattle). Cullen is serving huge seafood boils, dry-aged Carman Ranch steaks, sashimi, grilled octopus, among other dishes for dinner, using almost entirely ingredients from local farms, ranches, and fisheries. And the restaurant space, with its vaulted ceilings and granite tile floors, is stunning. The prices are generally high here, but the experience feels undeniably celebratory.

411 University St, Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 621-7889
(206) 621-7889

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NIRMAL'S

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Pioneer Square’s Indian food destination restaurant serves soups, biryani, and curries from a variety of regions and happily caters to pescatarians and vegetarians with items like paneer-stuffed bell pepper with spicy tomato sauce. The high-ceilings and brick walls offer a quintessential Seattle atmosphere, and luxurious dishes like a $60 Dungeness crab curry make the restaurant probably the best Indian option for a celebration. The service, often provided by gregarious owner Oliver Bangera, is attentive and friendly.

106 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 683-9701
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Musang

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Since opening in early 2020, Beacon Hill’s innovative Filipinx restaurant from star chef Melissa Miranda has developed a dynamic menu with items such as succulent short rib kare kare, smoked oysters, and mussels cooked with moringa. This year, Miranda was nominated for a James Beard Award for her cooking. The homey space makes diners feel like they’re eating in a beloved family member’s living room, though the food is worthy of any celebration . Miranda also launched a community kitchen, which serves free meals every Monday and Tuesday, and a program to teach children Filipinx recipes. 

2524 Beacon Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144
(206) 708-6871
(206) 708-6871

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Il Nido

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Though he has since moved on from the restaurant, acclaimed chef Mike Easton turned this historic Alki Homestead into a classic Seattle dining experience, with meaty entrees and his famed handcrafted pastas that rotate regularly. He also aimed to make the restaurant more accessible with a new “aperitivo hour” that doesn’t require reservations, as well as a patio. But the main dinner service continues to be a special treat.

2717 61st Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98116
(206) 466-6265
(206) 466-6265

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The Corson Building

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Located in an Italianate cottage from the early part of the 20th century, this restaurant-catering operation has won over diners for years. It’s seasonal, multi-course dinners include items such as corn soup with spot prawns, roasted lingcod, and grilled guinea hen with porcini, dandelions, hazelnuts, and cherries. Open for onsite dining, including patio seating.

5609 Corson Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108
(206) 762-3330
(206) 762-3330

Archipelago

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In 2021, Hillman City’s nationally acclaimed Filipino American fine dining restaurant restarted its intimate tasting menu dinners, known for their ingenuity, storytelling, and passion. Husband-and-wife team Aaron Verzosa and Amber Manuguid create inventive dishes that weave in their personal journeys growing up in the area and those of Filipino immigrants to the Pacific Northwest, creating a compelling history lesson through each 9-to-12-course sitting. The 12-seat restaurant is normally booked out months ahead, but there’s a waiting list on the website.

5607 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118

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TOMO

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White Center restaurant Tomo was highly anticipated when it opened in fall 2021 with a menu of micro-seasonal Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a creative five-course dinner. The space is intimate with a wall of vertical ash slats, and the dishes change regularly, but a sample menu on the website includes pork collar with squash, fermented radish chawanmushi, and sweet potato with miso caramel. The restaurant was a 2022 James Beard Award semifinalist for its outstanding wine program, which features of plenty of great low-intervention options.

9811 16th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98106

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Cafe Juanita

9702 NE 120th Pl, Kirkland, WA 98034

At Kirkland’s Northern Italian fine-dining mainstay, chef Holly Smith and her team have crafted several excellent tasting menus (including pescatarian and vegan options), as well as an exhaustive wine list. The warm, tastefully decorated dining room is more approachable than a lot of high-end restaurants.

9702 NE 120th Pl, Kirkland, WA 98034
(425) 823-1505
(425) 823-1505

Joule

3506 Stone Way N, Seattle, WA 98103

2022 James Beard Award finalists chefs Rachel Yang and partner Seif Chirchi offer simple but refined dishes at their Korean-influenced Fremont restaurant, including a smoked mackerel kedgeree and a succulent kalbi short rib over grilled kimchi. Expect inventive dishes too, like smoked tofu with mushrooms or the dash grits, rich with umami and perfect topped with some bright house-made kimchi (to be ordered separately). With an inviting, open space and easy-going service, Joule offers a special night out sans pretension. Sit at the bar and watch chefs plating dishes, and sip on one of Joule’s creative cocktails, like the lapsang souchong tequila drink with lime and Thai chili agave. 

3506 Stone Way N, Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 632-5685
(206) 632-5685

Sushi Kappo Tamura

2968 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle, WA 98102

Renowned chef Taichi Kitamura (a 2018 James Beard Award semifinalist) provides a wide variety of fantastic meal options at his Eastlake destination restaurant. It has a full sushi menu, as well as a nigiri omakase, which includes 12 pieces of seasonal selections and brunch on the weekends. Sushi Kappo Tamura sources its seafood from Pacific Northwest producers like Taylor Shellfish and Skagit River Ranch and has a rooftop garden that provides produce for some of its dishes. Of all the sushi chefs in Seattle, Kitamura may know the most about local fish, providing a sushi experience that couldn’t be replicated in any other part of the country.

2968 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle, WA 98102
(206) 547-0937
(206) 547-0937

Canlis

2576 Aurora Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109

Executive chef Aisha Ibrahim helms this 71-year-old Queen Anne icon, owned by the Canlis family. Ibrahim energizes the historic establishment with a super-seasonal approach inspired by Japanese kaiseki cooking. A recent four course menu offered options like duck with bitter chicory, celeriac, and blood orange; striploin with Walla Walla onions and wild rice; and grilled sablefish with abalone, dashi, and daikon.

2576 Aurora Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109
(206) 283-3313
(206) 283-3313

Eden Hill Restaurant

2209 Queen Anne Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109

This upscale Queen Anne favorite (with a more casual sibling restaurant nearby) has resumed onsite dining with tasting menu options as well as shared plates. Dishes include a delectable cider-braised rabbit, scallops with caviar, and the restaurant’s famed foie gras cake batter for dessert, while a newly constructed patio is a welcome addition in the warmer months.

2209 Queen Anne Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109
(206) 708-6836
(206) 708-6836

Seabird

133 Winslow Way E, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110

Brendan McGill’s newest restaurant converted the former Hitchcock restaurant space on Bainbridge Island into an inventive seafood and vegetable restaurant called Seabird. Grant Rico, the executive chef, is bringing some Japanese techniques (like using local kelp-based broths) to bring out the best flavors in local seafood. The space features a granite-covered raw bar where oysters are shucked and crab legs are displayed. Menu highlights include “seacuterie” boards loaded with cured local fish, like boquerones made with Columbia river smelt, and large dishes to share like a whole roasted rockfish. For lovers of seafood, this is easily a contender for the best restaurant in the area for enjoying the Puget Sound’s bounty.

133 Winslow Way E, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
(206) 201-3789
(206) 201-3789

Surrell

2319 E Madison St, Seattle, WA 98112

Chef Aaron Tekulve’s Madison Valley restaurant in a renovated Victorian home celebrates Washington with elegance and care. The 10-course tasting menus, made with the best seasonal Washington ingredients, start with a bouquet of flowers grown by Tekulve’s mother in the summertime, and some of the herbs come from beds growing next to a leafy covered patio. Surrell is also the world’s only restaurant with a Washington-wine-only wine list, and Tekulve prides himself on turning die-hard Francophiles into Washington wine lovers with an impressive bottle list built through close relationships with local winemakers and collectors.

2319 E Madison St, Seattle, WA 98112

Wa'z

411 Cedar St, Seattle, WA 98121

In 2018, chef Hiro Tawara opened this fantastic Japanese restaurant devoted to the art of kaiseki, a traditional multi-course meal featuring meticulously plated dishes with an emphasis on seasonality. Some notable recent items have included deep fried smelt in sweet vinegar sauce, lingcod with eggplant and plum, and wagyu rice bowls.

411 Cedar St, Seattle, WA 98121
(206) 441-7119
(206) 441-7119

The Dolar Shop Seattle

11020 NE 6th St #90, Bellevue, WA 98004

In China, hours-long hot pot parties (with lots of beer and baijiu) often mark the celebration of special events like birthdays. Though the Seattle area has many great hot pot spots, the Bellevue location of this Chinese chain is a good spot to splurge on high-end ingredients like A5 Miyazaki wagyu beef from Japan, geoduck, or live prawns.

11020 NE 6th St #90, Bellevue, WA 98004
(425) 390-8888
(425) 390-8888

COMMUNION Restaurant & Bar

2350 E Union St, Seattle, WA 98122

Chef Kristi Brown — who runs the successful catering operation That Brown Girl Cooks — calls the food at her nationally praised Central District restaurant “Seattle soul.” Brown’s memories of shopping at Chinatown-International District markets results in banh mi-po’ boy hybrids and a dish made with Washington clams, mussels, and Laotian sausage in a coconut milk “roux.” But Brown’s cooking shines most in her more traditional Southern dishes, like the pork neck bone stew, with smoky meat simmered in umami-packed broth with lima beans. After Communion made a couple of national best restaurant lists in 2021 (and nabbed an Eater Award), it’s been hard to get a seat at the dining room in the renovated historic Liberty Bank Building (the renovation, completed in 2019, is meant to support Black property ownership in Seattle’s historically Black neighborhood). Make reservations weeks ahead, or show up right when the restaurant opens on a weekday to nab a spot.

2350 E Union St, Seattle, WA 98122
(206) 391-8140
(206) 391-8140

Lark Restaurant

952 E Seneca St, Seattle, WA 98122

Lark’s chef, John Sundstrom, is an elder statesman of Seattle’s fine dining scene, and many of his former employees (including Off Alley’s Evan Leichtling) have gone on to open their restaurants. Lark was closed for a full two years during the pandemic, but returned this year with a renewed focus on the PNW fine-dining style, with a new $120 four-course tasting menu each month with dishes like seared A5 wagyu striploin and Peking-style guinea hen with sesame cabbage slaw and scallion pancakes. Diners at the bar can order a la carte.

952 E Seneca St, Seattle, WA 98122
(206) 323-5275
(206) 323-5275

Takai by Kashiba

180 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA 98004

Takai By Kashiba is a new Bellevue sushi restaurant led by chef Jun Takai, a star apprentice of Seattle sushi godfather Shiro Kashiba. The Kashiba family says its focus is now helping others continue the sushi legacy that Shiro Kashiba started in Seattle. Takai offers a 22-course omakase ($150 at a table, $180 at the sushi counter), with 17 sushi courses and five kaiseki-style dishes from the kitchen. Harman Thabel, the former director of hospitality for the two-Michelin-starred Narisawa restaurant in Tokyo, supplies a daily-changing wine and sake pairing, a tea pairing for those who don’t want to drink alcohol, and trains the dining room staff in omotenashi — a style of Japanese service where everyone works together to represent the chef and restaurant, putting aside their individuality in service a greater goal.

180 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA 98004
(425) 502-7259
(425) 502-7259

Sushi Kashiba

86 Pine St Suite #1, Seattle, WA 98101

Diners have long flocked to the upscale Pike Place restaurant to watch master sushi chef Shiro Kashiba at work, with seats at the bar among the most coveted. Its meticulous attention to detail remains a big draw, as does chef Kashiba, who is credited for bringing edomae-style sushi to Seattle and has opened some of the city’s most-respected sushi restaurants, including the self-titled Shiro’s Sushi Restaurant in Belltown. First-timers should choose the omakase option and embrace each seasonal offering. Now 80 years old, Kashiba is focusing on his legacy and helping the next generation of Seattle sushi chefs continue the tradition with their own restaurants.

86 Pine St Suite #1, Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 441-8844
(206) 441-8844

The George

411 University St, Seattle, WA 98101

The George is the new full-service restaurant at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, part of a $25 million renovation of the historic hotel’s bar and restaurant areas. The menu, by chef Thomas Cullen, formerly an executive chef for Ethan Stowell Restaurants, is ambitious (he says he wants it to be the “top restaurant” in Seattle). Cullen is serving huge seafood boils, dry-aged Carman Ranch steaks, sashimi, grilled octopus, among other dishes for dinner, using almost entirely ingredients from local farms, ranches, and fisheries. And the restaurant space, with its vaulted ceilings and granite tile floors, is stunning. The prices are generally high here, but the experience feels undeniably celebratory.

411 University St, Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 621-7889
(206) 621-7889

NIRMAL'S

106 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104

Pioneer Square’s Indian food destination restaurant serves soups, biryani, and curries from a variety of regions and happily caters to pescatarians and vegetarians with items like paneer-stuffed bell pepper with spicy tomato sauce. The high-ceilings and brick walls offer a quintessential Seattle atmosphere, and luxurious dishes like a $60 Dungeness crab curry make the restaurant probably the best Indian option for a celebration. The service, often provided by gregarious owner Oliver Bangera, is attentive and friendly.

106 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 683-9701
(206) 683-9701

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Musang

2524 Beacon Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144

Since opening in early 2020, Beacon Hill’s innovative Filipinx restaurant from star chef Melissa Miranda has developed a dynamic menu with items such as succulent short rib kare kare, smoked oysters, and mussels cooked with moringa. This year, Miranda was nominated for a James Beard Award for her cooking. The homey space makes diners feel like they’re eating in a beloved family member’s living room, though the food is worthy of any celebration . Miranda also launched a community kitchen, which serves free meals every Monday and Tuesday, and a program to teach children Filipinx recipes. 

2524 Beacon Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144
(206) 708-6871
(206) 708-6871

Il Nido

2717 61st Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98116

Though he has since moved on from the restaurant, acclaimed chef Mike Easton turned this historic Alki Homestead into a classic Seattle dining experience, with meaty entrees and his famed handcrafted pastas that rotate regularly. He also aimed to make the restaurant more accessible with a new “aperitivo hour” that doesn’t require reservations, as well as a patio. But the main dinner service continues to be a special treat.

2717 61st Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98116
(206) 466-6265
(206) 466-6265

The Corson Building

5609 Corson Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108

Located in an Italianate cottage from the early part of the 20th century, this restaurant-catering operation has won over diners for years. It’s seasonal, multi-course dinners include items such as corn soup with spot prawns, roasted lingcod, and grilled guinea hen with porcini, dandelions, hazelnuts, and cherries. Open for onsite dining, including patio seating.

5609 Corson Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108
(206) 762-3330
(206) 762-3330

Archipelago

5607 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118

In 2021, Hillman City’s nationally acclaimed Filipino American fine dining restaurant restarted its intimate tasting menu dinners, known for their ingenuity, storytelling, and passion. Husband-and-wife team Aaron Verzosa and Amber Manuguid create inventive dishes that weave in their personal journeys growing up in the area and those of Filipino immigrants to the Pacific Northwest, creating a compelling history lesson through each 9-to-12-course sitting. The 12-seat restaurant is normally booked out months ahead, but there’s a waiting list on the website.

5607 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118

TOMO

9811 16th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98106

White Center restaurant Tomo was highly anticipated when it opened in fall 2021 with a menu of micro-seasonal Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a creative five-course dinner. The space is intimate with a wall of vertical ash slats, and the dishes change regularly, but a sample menu on the website includes pork collar with squash, fermented radish chawanmushi, and sweet potato with miso caramel. The restaurant was a 2022 James Beard Award semifinalist for its outstanding wine program, which features of plenty of great low-intervention options.

9811 16th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98106

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