Dining Guides by Cuisine

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Supa Fry

Seattle’s Best French Fries

Ketchup on the city’s hottest potatoes.

03/03/2026 By Naomi Tomky

Seattle Dining Guide

The Best Sushi Restaurants in Seattle

From the most delicate slices of sashimi to the fattest rolls in town.

01/29/2026 By Naomi Tomky and Seattle Met Staff

Recommendations

The Best Thai Restaurants in Seattle Right Now

In a city with Thai restaurants aplenty, these favorites sidestep Americanized sweetness for a bolder harmony of flavors.

11/12/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Hot To Go

Seattle’s Thai Cuisine Is on Fire at Larb, Roy, and Gao Lhao

With flaming hot pots and sizzling street food, three new restaurants redraw the map of Seattle’s Thai food scene.

11/10/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Short Stop

Olympia Has One of America's Only Assyrian Restaurants

Nineveh brings an ancient culture to the capital city.

10/16/2025 By Allison Williams

Big Dumpers

Expand Your Dumpling Universe

There’s a whole world out there beyond xiao long bao.

10/07/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Spice Route

Tacoma’s Grann Serves a Smoking Mix of Barbecue and Indian Food

The ambitious fusion of Indian cuisine and soul food makes a compelling, if imperfect, case for dinner down south.

09/08/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Seattle Dining Guide

The Best Seafood in Seattle

Where to find the oysters, the crab rolls, and the sustainably sourced delicacies that define our waterbound town.

07/21/2025 By Naomi Tomky, Allecia Vermillion, and Seattle Met Staff

Seattle Freeze

The Big Giant List of Seattle’s Best Ice Cream Shops

A quadruple-scoop, triple-swirl helping with all the extras of the city’s best soft serve spots, scoop stops, and sundae haunts.

06/20/2025 By Naomi Tomky and Allecia Vermillion

Seattle Dining Guide

Seattle’s Great Tacos and Mexican Restaurants

An ode to birria, mole, fresh tortillas—and the agave spirits that love them.

04/30/2025 By Naomi Tomky, Allecia Vermillion, and Seattle Met Staff

Civic Staples

The Best Vietnamese Restaurants in Seattle

Warming noodle soups, cool cocktail hangouts, and many a great deli in between.

03/05/2025 By Naomi Tomky, Allecia Vermillion, and Seattle Met Staff

From Biscuits to Bagels

A Baker’s Dozen of Exceptional Breakfast Sandwiches

It’s hard to improve on simplicity. Unless it involves a hash brown patty.

01/30/2025 By Naomi Tomky and Allecia Vermillion

Seattle Dining Guide

Seattle Bagels: A Field Guide

Because a good everything bagel is everything.

01/24/2025 By Naomi Tomky and Allecia Vermillion

Hole Foods

Behold, the Best Doughnuts in Seattle

Sprinkled, glazed, and occasionally topped with bacon: These are the city’s most impressive practitioners of fried dough.

01/15/2025 By Naomi Tomky and Allecia Vermillion Photography by Amber Fouts

Seattle Dining Guide

Seattle's Best Chinese Restaurants

Our favorite spots for noodles, dumplings, dim sum, and hot pot, featuring food from Shanghai to Xinjiang.

12/09/2024 By Hsiao-Ching Chou and Naomi Tomky With Allecia Vermillion

Dinner Is Fire

A Meaty Guide to Seattle's Best Korean BBQ

Grab those tongs and get grilling.

11/20/2024 By Naomi Tomky and Allecia Vermillion Photography by David Jaewon Oh

Seattle Dining Guide

Seattle’s Best Vegan and Plant-Based Restaurants

Whatever term you use, these spots embrace flavor and avoid animal products entirely.

09/25/2024 By Naomi Tomky and Allecia Vermillion

Seattle Dining Guide

Best Seattle Pizza by Neighborhood

Delicate pies. Sturdy slices. Everything in between.

09/18/2024 By Naomi Tomky, Allecia Vermillion, and Seattle Met Staff Photography by Amber Fouts

Swirl Crush

The Best Soft Serve in Seattle

A childhood classic, all grown-up and sprinkled around the city.

07/15/2024 By Allecia Vermillion

Manual of Chicago Style

The Best Deep-Dish Pizza in Town

A crisped-cheese, square-sliced guide to the deep end of Seattle’s pizza scene.

01/31/2024 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Amber Fouts