Best Casual Restaurants in Ballard

Great place can’t wait to come back. Must visit both spots

After a few bad valentines day experiences, we decided to break tradition of at home meals and give this spot a try. Given it's valentines day, we expected a bit of chaos and wait times, so we didn't go in with high expectations. Despite the wait for a table, they took good care of us with plenty of champagne and went out of their way to make up for any issues that night - so a big shoutout to the manager for all he did! The food was a special preset menu and was delicious! Can't wait to go back and try their usual menu, the burger looks outstanding.

Ambiance was very lively but romantic, the service was fantastic and our server was great. Drinks were delicious and the food was amazing, we tried the whipped feta, the chicken and the lamb kabob, and we loved it all. The dessert we tried was the pistachio Dubai tart, it was very rich and complex, and scrumptious. Would come here again, me and my girlfriend went here for Valentine’s Day, and it was a great spot for that, very classy

The fish was very fresh. The flavors are great especially the miso cod. Wish we had ordered more. However, the waygu nigri was way too chewy and difficult to swallow. Considering how expensive the meal was, I was expecting better quality all around.

I had family here from California, and we arranged to meet at this restaurant, which I had been to once previously. I remembered that it was good, and also that it was near Seattle Center, and I had a hunch these two would want to poke around over there once our meal was done, so it was a perfect location. The service was warm and friendly, but never intrusive, and the food was divine. I ordered the "sweet stuff" French toast with caramel and strawberries; nobody else makes it like this, and it was mouthwatering! I also ordered (to go) some "soft scramble" eggs with asparagus and Dungeness crab. It's so hard to get real, fresh crab anymore, what with the overfishing, but my eggs had actual leg segments of crab in them, a perfect ratio of filling to egg. The eggs came with their amazing potatoes, and my husband and I had that dish, along with a small amount of leftovers from my French Toast, for dinner that night. This may be my favorite Seattle restaurant right now! The cherry on the sundae, so to speak, was that when we were finished, we sat and chatted and nobody seemed anxious to kick us out of our booth. Oh hell yes.