Seatown Market Diner

We have been to Seatown every time we visit Seattle since our son moved there 3 years ago. This was our first disappointing experience. The menu has changed and is more limited, the food was average, they no longer have chopsticks to use with items such as the Ahi Poke, and it was just no better than fair.

The food was not outstanding with respect to its price

A great location for friends visiting Seattle. Service and food was fantastic.

6 of us eat totally pedestrian food that was very expensive. That's it for Tom Douglas.

Went on a Thursday evening before a show. Quiet and nice. Good service. Good bread. Great butternut squash soup. Disliked the ribs. Crab caesar ok. Great salty dogs. Pricey for what it is but expected for Seattle.

As always it’s a great place to go for dinner and conversation.

Food was ok, but service was terrible. Barely saw our waitress. She seemed to always go out of our way instead of coming by us. Saw her multiple times just talking to other tables instead of doing her job. Tom Douglas, you have lost a customer and I will never go to any of your other establishments.

Our server was attentive, knowledgeable, and made sure we enjoyed our time there.

Great staff, local food and flavor!

The staff, management and wait staff went out of their way to make us feel welcome. When we had to wait for our table, the manager brought us chips and a yummy salmon dip. The only low point was slow service.

My clam chowder was luke warm, and the chicken pot pie, while OK, had way too many onions and not nearly enough chicken. When I mentioned the chowder issue at the end of the meal, the server insisted on removing the charge and said someone else had complained, too, so he wasn't surprised. I expected more from a Tom Douglas restaurant. Overall, quite disappointing, although the outdoor seating was nice.

We had the salmon burger and the Caesar salad with crab. The salmon burger was very dry and rather tasteless. The Caesar salad was better, but it was disappointing because all the romaine was stacked as large whole leaves. The dressing was good but the salad was difficult to deal with. Also the crab was basically shredded with only a few very small claw pieces mixed in.

Fish mongers stew was all clams. Bread stale and hard as a rock. Really disappointed.

Delicious food -well presented.
Excellent service. Our "go to" place for out of town guests.

Great food!

Good food. Outdoor seating experience was diminished by the marijuana smoke wafting from the people that perpetually hang out at the Victor Steinbreuk Park.

The tip is 20% based in the “great service”, do not expect it

Great food, great location, great staff!

We have become accustomed to the wonderful dining experience of Etta's next door, so you can imagine how disconcerting it was to have a not so good food experience with Seatown's signature dish -- the salmon burger. Not sure what I was expecting but what was delivered was mushy and seemed undercooked. Not particularly tasty either.

My spouse did better, ordering the Crab BLT, which she enjoyed very much. But at $21, it should be.

Wine prices are a tad high, even though this is Seattle. My Soave was good, but not worth $12.

Al fresco dining here is a people watching experience.

We'd been looking forward to trying this place since Anthony Bourdain's feature on Layover. It was a total dissappointment. Overrated and overpriced, with music too loud and staff cramping us up at the bar.

Service was satisfactory but knowing we had to pay a 20% tip, it was unremarkable and possibly undeserved, staff making no particular effort. They did though give attention to a table with a cute baby, I guess it was an ex- staff member. When returning 20 mins later for wifi to find a taxi, the same server, Anja, asked "can I help you" as if she'd never seen me before.

Food was OK but expensive. $8 a pint of beer, and $14 for a glass of Chrdonnay! I had particular problems the next day with my crab cocktail. This place is a tourist trap, that's all.

Very disappointing. We showed up for our 7 pm reservation for 5, but no table had been reserved for us. The host offered to push together a square and round tab together, which would have been awkward and uncomfortable. We ended up sitting outside, two mismatched tables cobbled together, but it worked out fine.

Food was good, not great.

The menu was limited as was the wine list. My soup/salad combo was mediocre - the salad was too sweet and the chowder wasn't anything that I would recommend. My husband's halibut was outstanding. Maybe our expectations were that the menu and restaurant would be fancier with a commensurate menu. Instead the place was casual (which is fine, could just be an expectation thing) and the menu wasn't in line with that format. It seems the menu should be either all casual with great pub food type format with average pricing or more significant with higher end prices.

Service was excellent. Sat outside so ambience and noise was fine. Fruit was mushy.

I bought into the story about why they charge the 20% obligatory service charge and was all for it. In the end it just meant that since they didn’t have to work for it and was guaranteed. The service was subpar

We came for Sunday Brunch. I had the Crab Benedict and it was delicious! Highly recommend.

We were celebrating father's day a day late as my parents work on weekends. I had high expectations from this place, but it did not live up to my expectations. The three start rating is for the service, which was good. The problem I have is with the food. It took way to long for our main courses (2 seafood stews and the crab blt) to come after our appetizers. The stew was ok, but for $22-$23 I expect at least a few good sized prawns/shrimp and not what appeared to be one prawn cut into pieces. Also, only had a few scraps of fish in the stew. To me there was no difference between the appetizer we ordered (claims and mussels - $17) vs the stew and the stew cost more. The second issue was with the the crab blt. There was barely any crab and what was there was over-smothered in mayo/aioli. Tasted more like an aioli blt with a hint of crab. Overall I expected much more from a Tom Douglas restaurant. Disappointed and will not be going back - for the food. Maybe drinks.

Delicious!

Came for the crab and egg sandwich by recommendation from a tour guide, but was more impressed by the good value of the brunch mimosas!

The crab blt was great but everything else was kinda average. Chowder ok, but definitely not good enough to justify a $12 price tag. Smoked salmon dip had a red pepper kick but didn’t taste of salmon, definitely didn’t taste smoked. Nice server. Wouldn’t return.

Service was a bit slow but what can you expect from something across the street from Pike Place? Food was delicious. I did a Bourdain and got the fried egg sandwich with crab.

Another Tom Douglas winner. This is a terrific simple restaurant, the opposite of Palace Kitchen or Dahlia Lounge, but the food is just as outstanding. It's like an Ivar's for grown-ups. (I don't know if Tom Douglas knew Ivar Haglund while he was alive, but I think they'd have been great compatriots.) I can't wait to go back.

I've been to Seatown before, and will go again. And I'll continue to get the same thing.

For lunch, I had a cup of chowder, a famous salmon burger, and a lemon bar. It's good chowder. It's just not great chowder. I wanted to try it, but honestly, Pike Place Chowder is much better. The salmon burger is ALWAYS amazing. The pickled green tomato makes the sandwich go from amazing to drool-worthy. Twice, I've ordered an over medium egg on top. The first time it was overcooked. This time it was over easy. So I'm thinking that the chef doesn't know how to cook an egg. So besides that, it was perfect. The burger used to be served with potato chips, but they have upgraded it to tator tots. That was a good decision. They serve it with homemade ketchup that's a little weird. But the tots are great and seasoned well. The lemon bar was good if you only ate half of the shortbread. Otherwise, it blocked the tart lemon flavor and made the bar bland.

So... yum. I'll be back with out-of-town friends and locals alike.

it took +30 minutes to get our second course, and our waiter was nowhere to be found. If I could have left no tip, I would have done that.

Disappointed on the food. Service was excellent and server sold the dishes really good - a little to good compair to how it tasted. Expensive for what it was - tourist trap

Awesome corner view and the seafood was surprisingly well done and flavorful

The food didn’t match the restaurant. This is a low key fun looking bar at the end of Pike Place Market with blue jeans and t-shirt vibe. However the food was over the top weird. Fusion gone wrong. Stop playing with the food! Tiny portions. Five yes Five item menu. No fish n chips, steamer clams, zero NW style food.

We enjoyed Seatown’s relaxed ambiance and the option for small bites instead of a full meal. The food was delicious (crab cakes, oysters and crab salad). There was a delay, but we were brought a snack to hold us over. Will return for sure.

Great food, staff, and drinks! Can't wait to go back!

Service is always great at Tom Douglas restaurants. The booths are a great place for a business meeting without sacrificing culinary excellence. The garlic toast with ceasar salads is fabulous as are the ribs.

Seafood stew, unbelievable. Can't wait to go back!