Dining Guide

The Best Restaurants in the Chinatown–International District Right Now

From dim sum to hot pot; Japantown to Little Saigon; and Filipino pastries to late-night noodles.

04/24/2026 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

Cart Blanche

Seattle’s Best Independent Grocery Stores

If they don’t have it, you don’t need it.

09/18/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Monkin’ Around

This Snohomish Monastery Is the Closest Thing Seattle Has to a Burmese Restaurant

It’s not a restaurant and it’s not in Seattle, but there is Burmese food.

06/17/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Ox + Panda = Frog

Money Frog Brings Grown-Up Energy to the Former Vios Space

Owners behind Taurus Ox and Hangry Panda will serve up cocktails, casual vibes, and chicken-fried frog legs with a side of ranch.

04/01/2022 By Ann Karneus

Noodle Envy

The Piquant Charms of Flavor Lao Bowl

Those charms include one of the city's best noodle soups.

09/20/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Dreaming of Noodles

Portland’s Gado Gado Pops Up at the Whale Wins This Weekend

Offering "sambal-rocking fever dreams" and grilled sardines, Portland's Gado Gado will be taking over the menu at the Whale Wins this Sunday.

02/14/2019 By Philip Kiefer

Hit List

These Are Seattle's 12 Best New Restaurants

Whether it’s the perfect kale salad at the neighborhood butcher, or a roe-topped hot dog served inside an art installation, these are the meals that sent us into the night with an extra bounce in our step and a determination to come back again.

10/23/2018 By Rosin Saez and Allecia Vermillion Illustrations by Jordan Kay

Fun With Listicles

Where to Eat in Chinatown–International District

Here, 11 of our favorites, from hot pots to honey toast.

06/08/2017 By Seattle Met Staff

Review

There Is Nothing Subtle About Dumplings of Fury

And the lines outside this new dumpling shop is a sign of things to come for West Seattle.

10/18/2016 By Darren Davis

Critic's Notebook

What Is Northwest Cuisine, Anyway?

The answer at last.

02/01/2016 By Kathryn Robinson

Best Restaurants

The Best New Asian Restaurants in Seattle

The 20 dishes that define the region's Asian dining boom.

01/29/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Eastern Exposure

The Influence of Asian Cuisines on Seattle Chefs Can't Be Overstated

The singularities of Asian cuisine—the umami, the funk, the fermentation—have become the vernacular of Seattle dining.

01/29/2016 By Kathryn Robinson

Asian Dining

The Search for Zheng

A few key dishes serve as one Chinese-born food writer's benchmark of a good restaurant.

01/29/2016 By Hsiao-Ching Chou

East Meets Northwest

Seattle’s Biggest Names in Asian Food

Six chefs discuss challenges, expectations, and why the word authentic can be misleading.

01/29/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

The Restaurant Issue

Restaurant Trend of the Year: The Asian Remix

The only trend more rampant right now than restaurants opening on Capitol Hill? Menus taking informed liberties with Asian traditions.

10/26/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Action Items

Restaurant Shifts and Shakeups

Asian food and microbrews in lower Queen Anne, several notable shutters, and new spring menus take root.

04/20/2012 By Brandon L. Bye

Polls

Vietnamese: the Ethnic Cuisine Seattle Does Best

We churn out fine Japanese, too.

11/11/2011 By Christopher Werner

Post

Best Restaurants for Ringing in the Lunar New Year

We’ve lined up 40-odd restaurants; the celebration runs two weeks. Now go!

02/03/2011 By Christopher Werner

Post

Best Asian Restaurants: The True Taste of Asia

Northwest by Far East: the Insider’s Guide to Asian Food in Seattle

01/25/2011 By Dave Lowry