First time here and I love this place.. Come early it gets packed. Food is top notch. We came for happy hour 5pm-6pm. We ordered from the Happy Hour Menu: $2 oysters Crispy fish filet sliders (1 order is 2 sliders) Palace Chalice drinks Red wine sangria & pk spritz Off the Happy Hour Menu we ordered the steamed clams with foccacia. Everything was so yummy. The drinks on point. Great happy hour prices and value! We ended the Happy Hour with an old fashion and affogados. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Casey Rozier
Oh my goodness, this review is long overdue! I have to give a huge shoutout to Robert — he is truly the bees knees. It’s so refreshing to experience customer service that feels genuine and heartfelt. Everyone at Palace Kitchen is wonderful, but Robert consistently goes above and beyond. He’s always kind, attentive, and incredibly helpful. He’s a big reason I’ll keep coming back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Richard
Always the best service and outstanding food and drinks. The staff rocks and spoils me rotten❤️❤️
Clifton
The restaurant is the Seattle institution and has been an operation for 30 years. We shared the goat cheese Lavender fondue as a starter. My wife had the black cod and miso, and I had mulled Wine braised pork cheeks. We really enjoyed the Orange Wine Riesling from the Columbia Valley made by Desert Wind Winery in Prosser, WA—bone dry with a nice Tanic structure. For dessert, we shared the Basque cake with cranberries, and we substituted pistachio ice cream for the vanilla ice cream that it usually is served with. It was a home run dessert.
Steve
Nice vibe. Darker, lively atmosphere. Caesar salad and French Onion Soup were good. The server was wonderful.
Rey O
The food and drinks were very good and service was attentive and friendly. It's very loud when busy, so if you're looking for something quiet this probably isn't it (although this didn't bother us).
I took one star off because our son, who is 22, was refused alcohol service due to having a vertical (but completely valid) driver's license. Our server said this was restaurant policy. It seems weird to set a policy not to accept valid and legal id.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jeffery Fowler
I celebrated my birthday here last night, and again my experience was so enjoyable due to the amazing staff that work there.Thank you to the amazing Jo, Mindy and the entire crew that make this place so consistently good and one of my favorite destinations for any reason!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
JIM
Excellent as usual. Good food, good service, always professional. My personal favorite is Trout.
Todd
Great service, excellent cocktails, inventive food and a classic burger with hot crispy fries. A longtime Seattle institution for good reason. Here's to another 29 years!
Elizabeth
We enjoyed the food. Three of us shared two appetizers, mini fondue and blistered shishito peppers, both were very good. The entrees two Black Cods and one Pork cheeks were also good as was the coconut cream pie dessert. Service was excellent. We would definitely be back.
What was not to love? I walked in here on a rainy Friday night hoping for a table for two to celebrate a friend's birthday and they set me up with a reservation right away after getting shut down by two other nearby restaurants. Neither of us had been before but I was convinced it would be a fit after just a few minutes in the door. Picked up my friend from work and headed back about an hour after setting up the reservation and was sat immediately even though we were early. Our server was along within minutes of being sat and we ordered drinks, me a Martini and my friend off the menu and our server gave us some time with the menu for apps and entrees. An appropriate amount of time later the drinks arrived and we put in an order of the blistered shishito peppers for an app. The drinks were perfect and the peppers came out fairly quickly. My friend committed to the French onion soup and I was unsure but despite the server offering us more time I was drawn to the pork chop. The peppers were the perfect app, so tasty so many flavors and the sauce on the side let us vary each bite to our personal preferences. The entrees were served (with another Martini because why not) and our socks were blown fully off. The soup was some of the richest most indulgent French onion I've ever tasted and my pork chop was served to perfection, thoroughly cooked but juicy and tender served on a bed of grits. I meant to take a picture of the presentation but was too enraptured to stop eating even for a second. Because it was a celebration I convinced my friend to go in for desert and we each got a glass of port, one of each on the menu, and a serving of the apple Gelato (? I might be wrong, it wasn't ice cream) and I had affogato, a personal favorite of mine. The ports were excellent but the affogato blew me away, a perfect ending to a wonderful night. At the end our server presented us with the check and graciously waived our deserts as if to say she had clocked in on it being a special occasion despite that I hadn't had the chance to tell her. Thank you so much to the kitchen and staff of Palace Kitchen for a truly memorable night, I will absolutely be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
David
Every single dish was prepared perfectly. Very high skill cooking with robust flavor profiles. Collard greens were superb. Perfect lobster mushrooms. Juicy, flaky trout, tender hanger steak. I have eaten at many high end tasting menu restaurants such as Providence and Spagos in LA, Wmerils in New Orleans, Charlie Trotters in Chicago back in the day, and Mori Moto's in Philadelphia, and this Seattle gem blew me away as it was so unexpected.
DeeAnna
Such a cozy restaurant, perfect for a cold Fall evening. Excellent location for theatre and movies post dinner. Seattle Restaurant Week menu was surprisingly affordable and so were happy hour drinks! Nice little birthday touches were included. Excellent service. We'll be back!
Chuck
We always enjoy Palace Kitchen. We have been there frequently enough to feel it is a special place. Whenever we make reservations we are assigned the same table. We really appreciate this. It makes it extra special. We have never had a bad experience. Hope to return soon!
Kaden
Fondue 10/10. Rotating menu. Previous menu I thought was better but the new one had great options as well. One of my favorite restaurants in the area.
First time here and I love this place.. Come early it gets packed. Food is top notch. We came for happy hour 5pm-6pm. We ordered from the Happy Hour Menu:
$2 oysters
Crispy fish filet sliders (1 order is 2 sliders)
Palace Chalice drinks
Red wine sangria & pk spritz
Off the Happy Hour Menu we ordered the steamed clams with foccacia.
Everything was so yummy. The drinks on point. Great happy hour prices and value! We ended the Happy Hour with an old fashion and affogados.
Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Oh my goodness, this review is long overdue! I have to give a huge shoutout to Robert — he is truly the bees knees. It’s so refreshing to experience customer service that feels genuine and heartfelt. Everyone at Palace Kitchen is wonderful, but Robert consistently goes above and beyond. He’s always kind, attentive, and incredibly helpful. He’s a big reason I’ll keep coming back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Always the best service and outstanding food and drinks. The staff rocks and spoils me rotten❤️❤️
The restaurant is the Seattle institution and has been an operation for 30 years. We shared the goat cheese Lavender fondue as a starter. My wife had the black cod and miso, and I had mulled Wine braised pork cheeks. We really enjoyed the Orange Wine Riesling from the Columbia Valley made by Desert Wind Winery in Prosser, WA—bone dry with a nice Tanic structure. For dessert, we shared the Basque cake with cranberries, and we substituted pistachio ice cream for the vanilla ice cream that it usually is served with. It was a home run dessert.
Nice vibe. Darker, lively atmosphere. Caesar salad and French Onion Soup were good. The server was wonderful.
The food and drinks were very good and service was attentive and friendly. It's very loud when busy, so if you're looking for something quiet this probably isn't it (although this didn't bother us).
I took one star off because our son, who is 22, was refused alcohol service due to having a vertical (but completely valid) driver's license. Our server said this was restaurant policy. It seems weird to set a policy not to accept valid and legal id.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I celebrated my birthday here last night, and again my experience was so enjoyable due to the amazing staff that work there.Thank you to the amazing Jo, Mindy and the entire crew that make this place so consistently good and one of my favorite destinations for any reason!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent as usual. Good food, good service, always professional. My personal favorite is Trout.
Great service, excellent cocktails, inventive food and a classic burger with hot crispy fries. A longtime Seattle institution for good reason. Here's to another 29 years!
We enjoyed the food. Three of us shared two appetizers, mini fondue and blistered shishito peppers, both were very good. The entrees two Black Cods and one Pork cheeks were also good as was the coconut cream pie dessert. Service was excellent. We would definitely be back.
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What was not to love? I walked in here on a rainy Friday night hoping for a table for two to celebrate a friend's birthday and they set me up with a reservation right away after getting shut down by two other nearby restaurants. Neither of us had been before but I was convinced it would be a fit after just a few minutes in the door.
Picked up my friend from work and headed back about an hour after setting up the reservation and was sat immediately even though we were early. Our server was along within minutes of being sat and we ordered drinks, me a Martini and my friend off the menu and our server gave us some time with the menu for apps and entrees. An appropriate amount of time later the drinks arrived and we put in an order of the blistered shishito peppers for an app.
The drinks were perfect and the peppers came out fairly quickly. My friend committed to the French onion soup and I was unsure but despite the server offering us more time I was drawn to the pork chop. The peppers were the perfect app, so tasty so many flavors and the sauce on the side let us vary each bite to our personal preferences.
The entrees were served (with another Martini because why not) and our socks were blown fully off. The soup was some of the richest most indulgent French onion I've ever tasted and my pork chop was served to perfection, thoroughly cooked but juicy and tender served on a bed of grits. I meant to take a picture of the presentation but was too enraptured to stop eating even for a second.
Because it was a celebration I convinced my friend to go in for desert and we each got a glass of port, one of each on the menu, and a serving of the apple Gelato (? I might be wrong, it wasn't ice cream) and I had affogato, a personal favorite of mine. The ports were excellent but the affogato blew me away, a perfect ending to a wonderful night.
At the end our server presented us with the check and graciously waived our deserts as if to say she had clocked in on it being a special occasion despite that I hadn't had the chance to tell her. Thank you so much to the kitchen and staff of Palace Kitchen for a truly memorable night, I will absolutely be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Every single dish was prepared perfectly. Very high skill cooking with robust flavor profiles. Collard greens were superb. Perfect lobster mushrooms. Juicy, flaky trout, tender hanger steak. I have eaten at many high end tasting menu restaurants such as Providence and Spagos in LA, Wmerils in New Orleans, Charlie Trotters in Chicago back in the day, and Mori Moto's in Philadelphia, and this Seattle gem blew me away as it was so unexpected.
Such a cozy restaurant, perfect for a cold Fall evening. Excellent location for theatre and movies post dinner. Seattle Restaurant Week menu was surprisingly affordable and so were happy hour drinks! Nice little birthday touches were included. Excellent service. We'll be back!
We always enjoy Palace Kitchen. We have been there frequently enough to feel it is a special place. Whenever we make reservations we are assigned the same table. We really appreciate this. It makes it extra special. We have never had a bad experience. Hope to return soon!
Fondue 10/10. Rotating menu. Previous menu I thought was better but the new one had great options as well. One of my favorite restaurants in the area.
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