Best Restaurants that are Worth The Drive in Laurelhurst

Quality of food was great, but it was very expensive (honestly, overpriced). The order was incorrect in every course: they brought two of one appetizer, and missed the salad altogether; the forgot to add chicken to the pasta; and I asked about the flavor of the cannoli (because I specifically did not want chocolate). He told me it was pistachio; he delivered chocolate. I asked and he said it was pistachio. I showed him the cannolo and said I tasted it—it’s definitely chocolate. He said pistachio must’ve been yesterday—chocolate was today. But to experience the restaurant you need to wade through a sea of people actively engaged in intravenous drug use. I don’t know that I’ll be back any time soon.

Staff was fun, friendly, and made it a great experience. Price does seem to exceed the overall value.

Get the smashed potaters.

Best brunch in Seattle! The bacon jam in some of the dishes is incredible, but you can’t go wrong with anything on the menu. I recommend Skillet to anyone!

We had the tasting menu with wine pairings. The food was delicious. Service was a little clumsy, and the main listed on the tasting menu was listed as halibut but steak came instead (with a Chardonnay in our glass)? Seemed that if the kitchen needed to sub they would have communicated with service staff and adjusted the wine...no explanation given and server didn't seem to notice (but did check to confirm steak was what kitchen intended). And then our check was wrong. Beyond the little service hiccups, we had a great meal.