The restaurant on the 16^th floor of the Lotte Hotel will serve a five-course, $150 dinner that begins the evening with parsnip soup or tuna crudo, then continues to a plethora of choices from sole ballotine to a quail torte. Live jazz fills the view-heavy dining room, and an optional wine pairing features classy champagne. 

Joule's five courses ($125) begin with a flurry of small bites, then move on to kimchi lox and pomegranate atop a savory pancake, truffle sunchoke mandoo, cod with hedgehog mushrooms, and a showstopping baked Alaska and hazelnut pavlova serve as dessert options. Yes, you’ll want both. The elevated yet casual Korean-Asian fusion spot offers a vegetarian menu and cocktail pairings as well. 

The classic seafood spot offers a uniquely Seattle take on New Year's Eve parties with a $100 buffet dinner populated with ocean fare. The meal turns to a party thanks to live music and dancing, plus a view of the Space Needle fireworks. Midnight brings a champagne toast in the cedar interior. 

Five courses of mostly local ingredients—some from Copperleaf's own on-site chef's garden—hit high notes like a Dungeness crab and grilled octopus banh xeo and roasted pheasant ravioli, all served beside a roaring fire. Reservations go at $135 per person. 

Chef Luke Kolpin’s five-course, $195 tasting menu will be served in one of the region’s loveliest dining rooms. If you really want to splash out, wine pairings join the meal for $80 per person.

Chef Jeffrey Hunter has whipped up two year-ending experiences: a $175 three-course first seating and a $190 four-course second seating that each go big. The menu includes foie gras terrine, foraged mushroom lasagna, a lamb rack smothered in blueberry jus, and raspberry red velvet cake. It’s all served before a midnight toast, with live music. Wine pairings are available.

Nathan Lockwood’s $295 menu embraces the seasons, high-end technique, Northwest-Italian traditions, and most dietary restrictions, provided you give them advance notice. Reserve a table, or spots at the chef’s counter.

A five-course, $150 dinner at Nathan Lockwood’s more casual spot combines Northwest ingredients with Italian holiday traditions to craft black truffle roasted tenderloin and a lobster and scallop risotto. A separate ’70s-themed, disco-ball-heavy rager follows a midnight toast, and rumor has it Lockwood will make an appearance as Bob Ross. Reserve both here.

Sibling chefs Trinh and Thai Nguyen go all in, Vietnamese-style, on a $135, five-course menu to ring in the new year with the likes of a crab turmeric pavé and bun la. For those just popping by, the lounge hawks fried chicken, frites, and sparkling wine to toast to the holiday between social engagements. 

Fremont’s neighborly French bistro gives you multiple options (egg toast with caviar, seared scallop polenta, lamb chop) for its four-course $125 dinner. Reserve in the dining room or on the heated patio.

In a sea of multicourse dinners, Frelard Turkish spot Hamdi stands out with its whole lamb feast. The meal begins with a mezze spread—last year’s included local mussels cooked over an open fire and a carrot dip with smoked yogurt. But the main course and star is, obviously, the roasted lamb. The whole feast, dessert included, runs $170 per person, and reservations run afternoon through evening.

Fremont’s cozy, upscale pizzeria serves up a four-course holiday menu to send off the year in wood-fired style. Pizza and dessert courses are a given; the whole meal goes for $65. 

Swanky Sushi by Scratch pairs salt and sparkles for an upscale New Year’s Eve straight out of a Roaring Twenties fever dream. The $345 tasting menu boasts seasonal ingredients, two champagne pours, and multiple caviar courses.