The 11 Best Neighborhoods for Eating in Seattle, Ranked

11. Queen Anne

Essential restaurants : Eden Hill , Lloyd Martin , Taylor Shellfish

Queen Anne is an splendid place to go on a date . Slurp a few oysters and break up some crab atTayloror head up the Alfred Hawthorne for a tasting bill of fare atEden Hill . While I ’m a big fanLloyd Martinand have been known to break in for some wine and pasta atHow to Cook a Wolfor for chicken atCrow , Queen Anne call for to satiate out its roll a number well if it wants to rise the list : good low - budget fleck to grab a sharpness , maybe a respectable Taiwanese restaurant , Ethiopian , something to vary it up .

10. Georgetown

all important restaurant : Ciudad , Katsu Burger , Sisters and Brothers , Stellar Pizza

Once the nitty - gritty neighborhood tucked between an drome , a thruway , and a river , these days it ’s a nitty - gritty neighbourhood insert between an airport , a state highway , and a river , with really freak out ripe food . While fancier place likeCiudadand theCorson Buildinghave shown that in high spirits - end place can flourish even under the plane noise , Georgetown is at its best at advanced , daily spots likeKatsu Burger’soriginal location andSisters and Brothers . And how could we forgetStellar Pizza !

9. Central District

Essential eating house : Meskel , The Atlantic , Fat ’s Chicken and Waffles

The Central District is probably the most underrated feeding area of the urban center . For decades , it ’s been a fried crybaby destination ( Fat ’s Chicken and Waffles ) , home to the highest concentration of great Ethiopian restaurant around ( shoutout toMeskel ) , and just by and large harbor the type of little , independent gem that make dining out in Seattle ’s neighborhoods great like theAtlantic .

8. University District

Essential restaurant : Xi’an Noodle , Chili ’s South Indian , Din Tai Fung

Like , Queen Anne , the U - District is a second of a one - fast one shot glass . Luckily that trick is forgather the good cuisines from around the earth and slop them into one small neighbourhood in Seattle . Provincial Chinese cuisine withXi’an NoodleandDin Tai Fung , delicate Amerind dosas atChili ’s South Indian , Venezuelan arepas , you name it : the U - District has it .

7. West Seattle

Essential eatery : Ma’ono Fried Chicken and Whiskey , Mashiko , Marination Ma Kai

Yes , West Seattle , we see you . Sneaking around for your waterfront kimchi fried rice atMarination Ma Kaior sustainable sushi atMashiko . We understand that we , too , can get the amazing Korean - trend electrocute chicken atMa’onoif we ’re up for cross a bridge . But just cerebrate , if it were n’t for that span of concrete , we ’d be all up in yourHarry ’s Chicken Jointall the prison term .

6. Fremont

all important restaurants : Uneeda Burger , Manolin , Revel

To rank at this spot or higher , versatility is cardinal . And whether you ’re looking for adarn good burgeror a spot to splurge for your day of remembrance ( ManolinorRevelanyone ? ) , Fremont ’s scram it . Between the huge lunch bunch pouring from its offices and the nightlife , it offer something for all hours and all styles .

5. South Lake Union

Essential eating place : Pam ’s Kitchen , Butcher ’s Table , Anar

Five yr ago , we would have express mirth you out of town for suggesting this even be on the list , not to advert top five . But times have changed : there ’s hardly a self-aggrandising - name chef or restaurateur in town without a spot here – Tom Douglas has a half - dozen alone , followed by Kurt Beecher Dammeier ( standout : Butcher ’s tabular array ) , Ethan Stowell , Josh Henderson , and Dan Bugge . But , miraculously enough , minuscule shops have held their own : Row House Café , Pam ’s Kitchen , andBerliner Doner Kebabkeep affordable tiffin within compass , along with a daily battery-acid of food trucks and the lovelyAnar .

4. Ballard

indispensable restaurants : Café Munir , Copine , The Fat Hen

Ballard ’s sleepy-eyed Norse roots are all but forget as it has shifted entirely to an feeding - out free-base economic system . Only in Ballard can you ascertain a one - 60 minutes hold for brunch … on a Tuesday … that ’s still seriously deserving it . HitCafé Munir , Copine , orThe Fat Hento find out .

3. Columbia City

substantive restaurants : Safari Njema , La Medusa , Salted Sea

It ’s not surprising that Seattle ’s ( and one of the body politic ’s ) most various vicinity also holds the best eatery , after all , mixed bag is the spiciness of spirit . This is the neighborhood where Kenyan hot sauce atSafari Njemasits just a few blocks from romantic Italian cuisine atLa Medusaand delicious oysters atSalted Sea .

2. International District

Essential restaurants : Sichuanese Cuisine , Maneki , Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot

If you dismiss this part of a township as a pile of hole - in - the - wall all serving the same thing , it ’s credibly been awhile since you were here ( and you ’d have been wrong about it then , too ) . Here ’s where to find a 100 - class - old Nipponese eating house still serving some of the metropolis ’s okay Pisces the Fishes ( Maneki ) , a glitzy external range that serves hot raft ( Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot ) , the Vietnamese restaurants we apply to show off our metropolis ’s fine versions , and yes , even a few marvellous hole - in - the - walls … we see youSichuanese Cuisine .

1. Capitol Hill

Essential restaurants : Little Uncle , Altura , Dino ’s Tomato Pie

There ’s no question about it : for the greatest kind at every budget story , in every style , you ’ve got to head to the Hill . Altura , which recently switched into a tasting - bill of fare - only data format , quietly suffice what just might be the expert high-pitched - oddment meal in town . place likeLittle Uncle , Tacos Chukis , andKedai Makanshow off what the neighbourhood offers from a global perspective , andDino ’s Tomato Piemakes American restaurants neat again .

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