Seattle Restaurant Week is back! The city’s largest dining promotion returns this fall with over 200 participating restaurants, bars, and pop-ups, all offering special curated menus, some at $20 up to $65. For a full listing of participating restaurants, menus, and reservation information, head to srweek.org. You can look up restaurants on our interactive map and search by dining values like vegan or gluten-free options, Enviro Star-certified, or Give a Meal participants.

This SRW, we’re encouraging diners to Eat at the Peak, savoring ingredients at the height of harvest from local farmers and food producers. The bounty of harvest makes its way to your plate via distributors like Puget Sound Food Hub, Charlie’s Produce, Key City Fish, and Farmstand Local Foods.

New this fall, we’re partnering with Seattle Restored to offer a first-ever free digital passport. Use this passport as a guide to pair your dining experiences with a visit to a nearby storefront activation by a local artist or maker, all while racking up points for prizes!

Grab your friends, make your reservations, and savor local ingredients, the inspired chefs who work their magic on every plate, and the artists and creators who make our neighborhoods come alive.

Read on for some outstanding suggestions for this fall’s SRW.

Toulouse Petit  

Exceptional dishes inspired by the French Quarter, as well as its intimate candle-lit Queen Anne location, have rightfully established Toulouse Petit as one of the city’s most popular restaurants.

Toulouse Petit has an expansive menu of Creole classics like spicy jambalaya, housemade andouille, shrimp over creamy grits, po’ boys, and sweet buttermilk beignets, as well as an equally ambitious wine and cocktail selection.

Starting at $20 for their SRW lunch special, Toulouse Petit offers selections like French Onion Soup Lyonnaise with cave aged gruyere, French Quarter style po’ boys (options of buttermilk fried chicken breast, spicy fried shrimp, and more), dessert add-ons like pear and walnut bread pudding, or a flourless chocolate torte.

The dinner menu goes up to $65 and has starters like oysters, Muscovy duck, and Kurobuta pork; main options like Big Easy Jambalaya; pan-seared scallops with braised bacon; shrimp and andouille over creamy grits; or Wagyu sirloin with crawfish. Queen Anne. Lunch is $20 and $35. Dinner is $50 and $65.

Lakehouse Bellevue

A Northwest farmhouse concept restaurant, The Lakehouse Bellevue is one of the best in fine dining. Led by owner and James Beard Award-winning Chef Jason Wilson, The Lakehouse specializes in dishes made with local, seasonal bounty and a high level of detail and imagination from Executive Chef Kevin Benner.

In addition to exceptional cuisine, The Lakehouse Bellevue launched a Wellness Program for its employees. Created at the height of the pandemic by co-owner Deborah Friend Wilson with mental health professionals, the wellness program offers mental health support for all staff, including a peer support program, communications and leadership coaching, substance abuse education, and more.

For SRW, The Lakehouse is offering a three-course lunch menu for $35 and dinner for $50. Some dinner items include starters like Bo Saam, with pork, oyster, apple, and kimchi; or butternut squash soup; entree choices of wagyu flat iron with honey-glazed yam and charred onions; kale gnocchi with wild mushrooms; and tempeh with sichuan peppercorns. For dessert, there’s Candy Corn, a sweet corn sorbet with butterscotch pudding and oatmeal crumbs, or a chocolate and peanut butter Candy Bar. Bellevue. Lunch is $35. Dinner is $50.

Reckless Noodle House 

In their own words, Reckless Noodle House is “an odd little surf shack where the cocktails flow freely, and the flavor-packed plates take inspiration from Vietnam, Cambodia, China and Thailand”—we couldn’t have said it better!

This spot right between the International District and Leschi neighborhoods has a following for inventive dishes by Chef Kenny Lee that are big on flavor (and spice!) excellent guest service, and regular events like karaoke, drag bingo, and DJ nights.

For SRW, Reckless Noodle has a $35 three-course dinner special with choices like spicy wontons; lobster rangoon bao; Ma La braised beef cheek noodle; Hokkien Wok Noodle (with tomato sambal); and vegetarian options as well. Central District. Dinner is $35.

Chan Seattle

Traditional Korean cuisine meets modern Western influences at Chan Seattle, located in the Paramount Hotel downtown. Here, Chef Heong Soon Park draws from the dishes of his South Korean background and presents them to a modern western audience, showcasing the inventiveness and imagination of Korean cuisine.

Pair a visit to Chan Seattle with an experience from the Seattle Restaurant Week x Seattle Restored passport, like shopping at the nearby Self-Made Couture, a black- and family-owned luxury clothing store.

For SRW, Chan Seattle offers a three-course dinner menu for $50. Starter options include steak tartare, soy-cured King salmon with smoked creme fraiche and Asian pear, fire-roasted cauliflower, or roasted bone marrow. Some entree selections include fried pork kalbi, braised black cod, vegetarian petit sotbap (rice) with maitake mushrooms, and their kalbi-marinated hanger steak. There’s also desserts like matcha green tea tiramisu, caramel custard with truffle salt, and chocolate molten cake. Downtown. Dinner is $50. 

Charcoal

At Charcoal, it’s all about the grill and all the locally sourced goodness that owner and chef Jake Wilson can fire up. The grill we’re talking about is the custom-made Argentinian grill that uses charcoal and local fruitwood to give steaks, calamari, veggies, pork, and more their distinctive flavors and heavenly aromas.

Wilson was raised in Edmonds and spent a stint as a chef in Manhattan before returning home to start his own restaurant. With a team of industry veterans, Wilson launched Charcoal in 2021. In a way, it’s a poetic extension of the Graphite Arts Center that it shares a building with.

For SRW, Charcoal has a dinner menu for $65 that showcases its diverse influences. There’s appetizers like oysters rockefeller or pork belly with scallion rice cakes and apple miso caramel; mains like duck confit with succotash and andouille or grilled King salmon; and desserts like coffee creme brulee or pumpkin tres leches.

Charcoal also participates in the Give a Meal program, offering diners the option to make a donation that goes directly to Good Food Kitchens, an initiative that funds chefs and restaurants who make free meals for our communities. Edmonds. Dinner is $65. 

Radiator Whiskey

Radiator Whiskey is the site of a rollicking good time. Tucked away on the second floor of the Corner Market Building at Pike Place Market, it’s a spot for after-hours market folks, in-the-know tourists, and maybe even folks who just happened to stumble upon this not-so-hidden gem. The ambiance is whiskey barrels and books (ask for the By the Book cocktail for a literal flask in book cutout). It’s where you can get exceptional whiskey, cocktails, local brews, big ol’ hunks of meat, and Southern-style comfort dishes like mac and cheese, brisket, shrimp and grits, fried chicken, and bread pudding.

For SRW, Radiator Whiskey is offering a $50 three-course menu—mac and cheese with cornbread or burnt ends (smoked pork belly with Carolina BBQ sauce and slaw) for starters; shrimp and cheesy grits or braised brisket for the main course; and fried bread pudding for dessert. There’s also excellent drink specials like whiskey flights and specialty cocktails. Pike Place Market. Dinner is $50.

Cotto Belltown

Cotto Belltown might be one of the neighborhood's newest restaurants, but the experienced team already carries a solid reputation. Executive Chef Kevin Thomas previously worked at Spinasse, Manolin, and Art of the Table, and Sous Chef Natalie Ogden also hails from Spinasse as well as Revel. Under the guidance of first- and second-generation Italians, Cotto Belltown presents a modern take on traditional Italian cuisine.

Featuring homemade sheeted and extruded pastas, Cotto Belltown sources from organic local farms for seasonal ingredients for pastas, pizzas, and gelato.

For SRW, check out antipastos like chicory chop salad, burrata, house-ground brisket, and pork meatballs; housemade pastas like gemelli, mafaldine, and fusilli; and gelatos or sorbet for dessert. Belltown. Dinner is $35.