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The Boat
Vietnamese
The boat-shaped building in Little Saigon runs the whole menu on a single dish: a garlic-crusted half chicken, fried crisp and lacquered in fish sauce, served with rice or a noodle soup sidecar and a chrysanthemum greens salad that quietly steals the table. The drinks list is broader than you'd expect, with Vietnamese iced coffee, pandan iced tea, and cocktails. Save room for the pandan waffles, or come just for those.
The awards strongest first
- Seattle Met Seattle’s Best New Restaurants
- The Infatuation #17 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Seattle
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Quynh Pham and Yenvy Pham
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Yenvy and Quynh Pham
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Quynh-Vy and Yenvy Pham
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Seattle
- Seattle Met Seattle’s Best Lunch Spots
- Seattle Met 2026 · The Best Restaurants in the Chinatown–International District Right Now
One number, weighted & current 84
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Pandan iced tea
“Order it by day with a ca phe sua da or pandan iced tea, or in the evening with an adept Viet cocktail.”
Seattle Met, 2023 -
Banh kep
“Either way, the best meals here end with a plate of banh kep, or pandan waffles with a spoonful of coconut fluff.”
Seattle Met, 2023
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