The Best Filipino Food in Seattle
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The best Filipino food in Seattle, according to the experts: The Infatuation, the James Beard Awards, and Seattle Met have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Archipelago comes out on top.
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Musang and Kilig hold the next two places. Seattle Met and The Infatuation show up on more of this list than any other guide.
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Rank 1. Archipelago
Filipino
Twelve seats, one seating, and roughly ten courses tracing the Philippines' complicated history with the Pacific Northwest. This intimate tasting room in South Seattle builds menus around heirloom grains, fermented local produce, and house-rolled miki noodles while serving up genuine cultural context alongside every plate. A James Beard nominee for Outstanding Chef, the chef here makes the backstory feel inseparable from the food, which is a harder trick than it sounds.
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: Infatuation’s Highest-Rated Restaurants In America
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Hospitality
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2023 · Nominee · Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific · Aaron Verzosa
- 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 2. Musang
Filipino
Filipino food done with a chef's instincts, Musang is a sit-down restaurant on Beacon Hill where the menu rotates by season and earns a James Beard nomination for a reason. Melissa Miranda's cooking stays rooted in Filipino flavors while letting dishes go wherever they want, so a side of greens in adobo can quietly outshine everything else on the table. Come with people you like sharing with.
The awards
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2024 · Nominee · Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific · Melissa Miranda
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #3 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Seattle
- Seattle Met Seattle Met: Seattle’s 50 Best Restaurants
- 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 3. Kilig
Filipino
A postcard mural splashes the back wall of this fast-casual Filipino spot in the International District, setting the tone for a menu that's equally unsubtle about what it loves. Bulalo, the clear beef shank soup, is the centerpiece, and Melissa Miranda's kitchen pulls it off with enough technique to make a simple bowl feel considered. The pancit, the lumpia, the sinigang wings, all travel well in the same direction. The New York Times has named it among Seattle's 25 best.
The awards
- Seattle Met Seattle Met: Seattle’s Best New Restaurants
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 21 Most Fun Dinner Spots In Seattle
- The New York Times The New York Times: The 25 Best Restaurants in Seattle Right Now
- Seattle Met Seattle’s Best New Restaurants
- The Infatuation The 21 Most Fun Dinner Spots In Seattle
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Seattle Right Now
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Rank 4. Oriental Mart
Filipino
A lunch counter tucked inside a Filipino grocery across from Pike Place Market, Oriental Mart runs on handwritten signs and a stainless steel aesthetic that hasn't changed in decades. The adobo and sinigang feel like exactly the kind of food that connects strangers, which is probably why the wifi password is "TALK TO EACH OTHER." Skip the fish throwers; eat here.
The awards
- The Infatuation #19 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Seattle
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Seattle
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Rank 4. The Chicken Supply
Filipino
The awards
- Eater 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 6. CheBogz
Filipino
Pork belly sisig arrives still sizzling on a cast-iron plate, which tells you most of what you need to know about the room. This Filipino restaurant near the Beacon Hill light rail grew out of a food truck the family started after redevelopment shuttered their first spot, and the new stationary digs feel more like a return than a debut. The menu runs to lumpia, bistec, and adobo, with flavors on the gentler, pull-you-in end of the spectrum.
The awards
- Seattle Met Seattle Met: Seattle’s Best New Restaurants