The Best Caribbean Food in Seattle
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The best Caribbean food in Seattle, according to the experts: The Infatuation, The New York Times, and Seattle Met have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Un Bien comes out on top.
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Bongos Cafe and Lenox hold the next two places. The Infatuation shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Seattle Met next.
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Rank 1. Un Bien
Caribbean
The Caribbean Roast sandwich at this casual counter shop has a dramatic backstory involving a lawsuit over the marinade recipe, which is exactly the kind of lore that follows a legendary pork shoulder around. The roll is from Macrina Bakery, the aioli is garlicky, the onions are caramelized into something slippery and sweet, and the slow-roasted pork does most of the talking. Seattle is not a sandwich town, but Un Bien keeps making the case that it could be.
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #5 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Seattle
- The New York Times The New York Times: The 25 Best Restaurants in Seattle Right Now
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 17 Best Restaurants In Ballard
- The Infatuation #5 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Seattle
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Seattle Right Now
- The Infatuation The 17 Best Restaurants In Ballard
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Rank 2. Bongos Cafe
Caribbean
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 21 Most Fun Dinner Spots In Seattle
- Seattle Met Seattle Met: Seattle’s 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 3. Un Bien
Caribbean
The Caribbean Roast at this casual sandwich counter has a whole legal backstory involving a disputed marinade recipe, which is either reassuring or alarming depending on your feelings about intellectual property. The sandwich itself is pork shoulder slow-roasted into slippery, citrus-kissed hunks, piled onto a Macrina roll with garlic aioli, pickled jalapeños, caramelized onions, and cilantro. Seattle's most fought-over lunch.
The awards
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Seattle Right Now
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Seattle
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Rank 4. Lenox
Caribbean
The lechon arrives as a pinwheel of pork with skin so shatteringly crisp it sounds like a problem. Lenox is a Caribbean restaurant in Belltown doing Nuyorican cooking with palm-print wallpaper, rattan fixtures, and a rum-heavy cocktail list that leans hard into the beach-bar premise. The spice mixes are made in-house, the piña coladas get poured generously, and Bon Appétit named it one of America's Best New Restaurants in 2025.
The awards
- Bon Appétit Bon Appétit: America's Best New Restaurants
- Seattle Met Seattle Met: Seattle’s Best New Restaurants
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 21 Most Fun Dinner Spots In Seattle
- Bon Appétit America's Best New Restaurants
- Seattle Met Seattle’s Best New Restaurants
- The Infatuation The 21 Most Fun Dinner Spots In Seattle