The restaurant at the Thompson Hotel will dish up a $100 five-course meal sandwiching butter-poached halibut and huckleberry gastrique–covered duck breast options between a poached pear appetizer and chocolate pot de crème dessert. The day prior, a charcuterie-forward Galentine's Day dinner kicks off the weekend. 

Sister restaurant to beloved Bainbridge Ba Sa, the Capitol Hill Vietnamese spot plates up a three-course dinner going for $95. Highlights include a lobster pho consommé with Osetra caviar, rose and cheese pavlova, and turmeric-tinged sea bass from chefs Trinh and Thai Nguyen.

Seafood stars in a Valentine’s Day menu on Pier 56, specifically special menu additions like sake-poached oysters. The holiday offerings are available February 13–15, and those planning ahead can pull out all the stops by preordering champagne and roses to adorn the table. 

The restaurant at Cedarbrook Lodge taps into the season with a $140 four-course menu. Beef tenderloin with foie gras and black truffle jus and an Italian chocolate and orange baked Alaska share the limelight; optional wine pairings turn each course into the perfect couple.

On February 14, the Piedmontese restaurant commits to the tasting menu, transforming into a haven of bubbles, seafood, and Italian sweets. Six-course dinner tickets—including tajarin with duck ragù and a phyllo orange torta with vanilla white chocolate mousse—go for $150. 

Fremont’s neighborly bistro will serve four courses of French tradition and Northwest ingredients for $125 from February 13 through 15. The locally focused menu features Washington Wagyu beef and a Northwest bisque swimming with Dungeness crab, and the kitchen has vegetarian and pescatarian menus at the ready. 

From Ballard's Staple and Fancy to Red Cow in Madrona, the ESR family serves haute prix fixe meals for the holiday. The roster runs deep and the holiday runs long: Special menus will be on offer February 12–15.

Turkish kitchen Hamdi spices up the usual (which, to be fair, is already pretty impressive) with Butter Shtick pastries and Copinet Champagne straight from France. Combine those with seasonal mezze, hand minced lamb kebabs, and charred eggplant and you just might win Valentine's Day.

Romance in any form—the kitschy, the lifelong, the platonic—is the order of the day for dual $135 five-course tasting menus at the Italian joint. Optional wine and cocktail pairings add to the evening's amore. 

With quite possibly the best sunset views in the area, Ray's Boathouse capitalizes on the romantic lighting with three days of a $90 three-course menu to celebrate the holiday. Entrée options aren't limited to the water's bounty: Landlubbers can dig into filet mignon or wild mushroom risotto.