The Top 100 Restaurants Near Vindicktive Bar and Wings
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Rank 1. Lenox
Caribbean
- Bon Appétit 2025 · America's Best New Restaurants
- Seattle Met 2024 · Seattle’s Best New Restaurants
- The Infatuation The 21 Most Fun Dinner Spots In Seattle
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Rank 2. Vindicktive Bar and Wings
Bar Food
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Rank 3. Le Pichet
French
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Seattle Right Now
- Seattle Met Seattle’s Best Lunch Spots
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- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Outstanding Restaurateur · Quynh-Vy and Yenvy Pham
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Outstanding Restaurateur · Yenvy and Quynh Pham
- Bon Appétit 2022 · America's Best New Restaurants
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Rank 5. Oriental Mart
Filipino
- The Infatuation #19 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Seattle
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Seattle
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Rank 6. Cafe Suliman
Middle Eastern
- Eater Best Counter
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Emerging Chef · Ahmed Suliman
- Seattle Met Seattle’s Best Lunch Spots
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Rank 7. Paju
Korean
- The New York Times 2021 · The Restaurant List
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Seattle Right Now
- Seattle Met Seattle’s 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 8. Fogón Cocina Mexicana
Mexican
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Rank 9. The Pink Door
Italian
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Rank 11. Pasta Casalinga
Italian
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Rank 12. Lark
New American
Lark is a fine dining room in Capitol Hill that's been around long enough to feel like a fixture, and the James Beard Award for Outstanding Hospitality tells you the staff genuinely means it. The four-course tasting menu is unusually forgiving, with real choices at each round so it never feels like you're just eating the chef's diary. The crowd skews date-night and special-occasion, dressed like they meant it.
- Seattle Met Seattle’s 50 Best Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Hospitality
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Seattle
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Rank 13. Vivienne's Bistro
Chinese
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Rank 14. Canlis
Northwest
Canlis is the kind of fine dining institution that's been around forever, perched on a cliff above Queen Anne Hill with views that make the prix fixe feel almost justified. The room fills with anniversaries, milestone birthdays, and people who clearly ironed their shirts for this. Northwest ingredients anchor the menu, the wine program has a James Beard win behind it, and the Canlis salad gets its own tableside moment.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Food & Wine 2023 · Best New Chefs · Aisha Ibrahim
- Wine Enthusiast The Wine Restaurant Hall of Fame
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Rank 15. Altura
Italian
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Rank 16. Maneki
Japanese
- The Infatuation The 21 Most Fun Dinner Spots In Seattle
- Seattle Met Seattle’s 50 Best Restaurants
- Seattle Met 2026 · The Best Restaurants in the Chinatown–International District Right Now
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Rank 17. Matt's in the Market
Seafood, Northwest
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- Wine Enthusiast 2023 · Forward 50 Restaurants
- The Stranger 2024 · The Lamb Mabo Pizza · The 10 Best Things I Ate in Seattle
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Rank 20. Spinasse
Northern Italian
- The Infatuation #2 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Seattle
- Seattle Met Seattle’s 50 Best Restaurants
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Seattle
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Rank 21. Communion Restaurant & Bar
Southern
- USA Today 2024 · Restaurants of the Year
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific · Kristi Brown
- The New York Times 2021 · The Restaurant List
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Rank 22. Skalka
Georgian
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Rank 24. Maripili Tapas Bar
Spanish
- Seattle Met Seattle’s 50 Best Restaurants
- Seattle Met 2024 · Flan de Erizo · The Best Things I Ate This Year
- Seattle Met 2023 · Croissant Sobrasada Roll · The Best Things I Ate This Year
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Rank 25. Phở Bắc
Vietnamese
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Outstanding Restaurateur · Quynh-Vy and Yenvy Pham
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Outstanding Restaurateur · Yenvy and Quynh Pham
- Seattle Met Seattle’s 50 Best Restaurants
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- Seattle Met 2024 · Seattle’s Best New Restaurants
- Seattle Met Seattle’s 50 Best Restaurants
- Seattle Met 2025 · Tôm Cocktail · The Best Things I Ate This Year
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Rank 27. Tamari Bar
Japanese Cocktail Bar
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Rank 28. The Boat
Vietnamese
- Seattle Met 2023 · Seattle’s Best New Restaurants
- The Infatuation #17 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Seattle
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Yenvy and Quynh Pham
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Rank 29. Kilig
Filipino
Kilig is a bright, fast-casual Filipino spot in the International District where the room is splashed with color and the food hits harder than the price tag suggests. Chef Melissa Miranda built her name at Musang, and this looser, bolder follow-up shows her having more fun. The bulalo, a beefy shank soup, is the anchor, but the wings, lumpia, and punchy noodles earn their keep too. The New York Times agrees it belongs on your list.
- Seattle Met 2024 · Seattle’s Best New Restaurants
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Seattle Right Now
- The Infatuation The 21 Most Fun Dinner Spots In Seattle
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Rank 30. Red Bowls
Korean
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- Wine Enthusiast 2023 · Forward 50 Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific · Aaron Tekulve
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Seattle
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Rank 32. Bottega Gabriele
Italian
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Rank 33. Familyfriend
Guamanian
A casual Beacon Hill spot doing Guamanian food in a way Seattle hadn't really seen before, and it's a James Beard Best New Restaurant winner, so someone noticed. The smashburger went viral and briefly filled the room with TikTokers, but the regulars have reclaimed their pistachio booths and the shady back patio. The empanadas and corn soup are the real reason to linger.
- Esquire 2024 · Lola Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- The New York Times 2024 · The Restaurant List
- The Infatuation #10 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Seattle
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Rank 34. Musang
Filipino
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific · Melissa Miranda
- The Infatuation #3 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Seattle
- Seattle Met Seattle’s 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 35. Pelicana Chicken
Korean
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Rank 36. Cornelly
Italian
- The Infatuation #21 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Seattle
- The Infatuation The 21 Most Fun Dinner Spots In Seattle
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Rank 37. Atoma
Pacific Northwestern
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Best New Restaurant
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific · Johnny Courtney
- Eater Best New Restaurant
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Rank 38. Damn the Weather
Northwest, Cocktail Bar
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Rank 39. Taurus Ox
Laotian
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Seattle Right Now
- Seattle Met Seattle’s 50 Best Restaurants
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Seattle
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Rank 40. Kamonegi
Japanese
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Nominee · Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific · Mutsuko Soma
- Eater 2018 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- Bon Appétit 2018 · America's Best New Restaurants
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Rank 42. Homer
Wood-Fired Mediterranean
A James Beard-winning chef runs this wood-fired Mediterranean spot in Beacon Hill, and the room feels like your coolest neighbor's dinner party, if your neighbor had a wood oven and a soft-serve window out back. The pitas come out of that oven almost too hot to hold, still puffed and blistered, and everything you spread on them earns its place. The lamb ribs alone are worth the trip.
- Seattle Met Seattle’s 50 Best Restaurants
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Seattle
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific · Logan Cox
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- The New York Times 2025 · Lamb Neck Korma Pie · The Best Restaurant Dishes We Ate Across the U.S.
- Eater Best New Restaurant · The 2025 Eater Seattle Award Winners
- The Infatuation 2025 · #10 · Seattle’s Best New Restaurants
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Rank 45. Pancita
Mexican
Janet Becerra grinds and nixtamalizes her own heirloom corn daily, which tells you everything about how seriously she takes this place. Pancita is a lively, mid-range Mexican restaurant where European fine-dining training meets deep traditional technique, and the room fills with people who showed up on purpose. She earned a James Beard Award, and one bite of those tortillas explains why. Skip nothing on the menu.
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Emerging Chef · Janet Becerra
- Seattle Met 2023 · Seattle’s Best New Restaurants
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Seattle Right Now
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- Seattle Met 2025 · Seattle’s Best New Restaurants
- Eater Best All-Day Cafe · The 2025 Eater Seattle Award Winners
- The Infatuation 2025 · #2 · Seattle’s Best New Restaurants
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Rank 47. Jeffry's
American
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- The Infatuation 2025 · #11 · The Top-Rated New Restaurants
- Seattle Met 2025 · Seattle’s Best New Restaurants
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Seattle Right Now
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Rank 49. Archipelago
Progressive Filipino
Twelve seats, ten courses, and a tasting menu that treats Filipino food as a lens for Pacific Northwest history in ways that somehow feel personal rather than academic. Archipelago is one of those rare spots where the storytelling and the cooking are equally good, which has earned it a James Beard Award. Getting a reservation is notoriously hard, but the crowd that manages it tends to sit very still and pay close attention, which tells you everything.
- The Infatuation Infatuation’s Highest-Rated Restaurants In America
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Hospitality
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific · Aaron Verzosa
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Rank 51. Dough Zone
Chinese
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Rank 52. Onibaba
Japanese
- Seattle Met Seattle’s Best Lunch Spots
- Seattle Met 2026 · The Best Restaurants in the Chinatown–International District Right Now
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Rank 53. Ba Bar
Vietnamese
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Rank 54. Bellwether BBQ
Korean
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Rank 55. A+ HK Restaurant
Chinese
- Seattle Met Seattle’s Best Lunch Spots
- Seattle Met 2026 · The Best Restaurants in the Chinatown–International District Right Now
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Rank 57. Off Alley
European-Influenced
Twelve seats in a brick corridor, a chalkboard that changes daily, and a James Beard Award on the shelf. Off Alley is the kind of tiny, European-leaning dinner spot where the staff describes every plate like they genuinely can't believe you're about to eat it. The chef leans into organs, odd little fish, and the weirder corners of the PNW pantry, and somehow it all lands. Wear something nice but not stuffy.
- The New York Times 2022 · The Restaurant List
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Seattle Right Now
- Seattle Met Seattle’s 50 Best Restaurants
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- Seattle Met 2024 · Pak Mor Yuan · The Best Things I Ate This Year
- Seattle Met 2023 · Khao Soi Chiang Mai · The Best Things I Ate This Year
- Seattle Met Seattle’s Best Lunch Spots
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- Seattle Met 2025 · Breakfast for Dinner (for Lunch?) Pie · The Best Things I Ate This Year
- Seattle Met 2024 · Breakfast for Dinner Pizza · The Best Things I Ate This Year
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Rank 61. Bongos Cafe
Caribbean
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Rank 62. L'Oursin
French
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. West
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. West
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. West
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Rank 63. Chengdu Memory 蓉城老火锅
Chinese
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Rank 64. Byrek & Baguette
Balkan
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- Eater Best Focaccia Sandwich · The 2025 Eater Seattle Award Winners
- The Infatuation 2025 · #6 · Seattle’s Best New Restaurants
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Rank 67. Lupe’s Situ Tacos
Deep-Fried Mexican
- Esquire 2025 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- Seattle Met 2024 · Seattle’s Best New Restaurants
- The Infatuation #18` · The 25 Best Restaurants In Seattle
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Rank 68. Fuji Bakery
Japanese, Bakery/Pastry Shop
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Rank 69. Fort St. George
Japanese
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Rank 70. Gao Lhao
Thai Noodles
- The Infatuation The 21 Most Fun Dinner Spots In Seattle
- Seattle Met 2026 · Seattle's Best Shaved Ice and Slushies
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- The Infatuation #13 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Seattle
- Seattle Met Seattle’s 50 Best Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Emerging Chef · Kevin Smith
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Rank 73. Un Bien
Caribbean
- The Infatuation #5 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Seattle
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Seattle Right Now
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Rank 74. Ciudad
Mediterranean
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Rank 75. King Noodle
Chinese
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Rank 76. The Chicken Supply
Filipino
- Eater 2022 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- Seattle Met Seattle’s 50 Best Restaurants
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Seattle
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Rank 77. Mike's Noodle House
Chinese
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Rank 78. Hong Kong Bistro
Chinese
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Rank 79. Kau Kau BBQ Restaurant
Chinese, Barbecue
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Rank 81. Boiling Point
Chinese
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- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Seattle Right Now
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Seattle
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Rank 83. Tai Tung
Chinese
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Rank 85. Jade Garden
Chinese
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Rank 86. Jin Huang
Chinese
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Rank 88. Szechuan Noodle Bowl
Chinese
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Rank 91. Phnom Penh Noodle House
Cambodian
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Rank 93. Sichuanese Cuisine
Chinese
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Rank 95. Dreamland Bar & Diner
American Cocktail Bar
- The Infatuation The 21 Most Fun Dinner Spots In Seattle
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Rank 96. Cafe Flora
Vegetarian, Vegan, American/New American
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Rank 97. Chu Minh Tofu and Vegan Deli
Vietnamese, Vegan
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Rank 99. iconiq
Japanese, French
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