This is THE BEST RESTAURANT in all of Ballard. Value-wise, taste-wise - doesn’t matter. It’s so good
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Gretchen Michels
So here it goes. The good: The food was fresh and so wonderful, the service was slow to seat but ultimately very good and our server was very pleasant The bad: It's apparent that I have not been out to breakfast in a while but I had a veggie scramble with hash browns and my co-diner had 2 eggs, hash browns, bacon and toast. He ordered an extra egg and asked for extra hash browns (which was extremely small) and ended up to be a surprising $10 upcharge. I asked for sour cream and salsa resulting to be about a heaping tablespoon of each that they charged me $1.50 each for. Believe me, I understand how expensive everything is these days which is why affordability-wise I rarely ever go out to eat. But I was shocked at a final price of $60 for breakfast ( That I really thought would be about $45) and then of course I tipped 20% on top of that. I was fine with the breakfast prices but for me, the up charges were far too high.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
daphny
best place to eat a breakfast full of fiber after a colonoscopy appointment
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cheyenne M
This is my go-to diner in Ballard. It's cozy, the food is always good, and the service is always welcoming with small town vibes where everyone knows everyone. It's not always a quick bite, but it's always comforting and tasty!
My go to lunches are the teriyaki chicken sandwich and BLT. Most people get breakfast food here and can't go wrong with any of it!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tennille Gruman
Their chicken and waffles are the best in the city! Great food, excellent service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
K B
Like others have shared, food is ok but service is very mid and slow. Waited forever to get seated despite them not being very busy. Just getting coffee seemed to take forever. The sole server was also the host as well as the phone order taker. Seems like they could use some additional staff. I've honestly had better service at a Denny's. The redeeming quality is the decor and old school diner vibe. If you're in a hurry this isn't the place for you. Food is average at best. Potatoes are not seasoned at all, shrimp and crab benny contained canned shrimp with multiple shrimp clearly not deviened. Kinda gross. Can't see a reason to return here. Cute concept, poor execution.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 2
Jonathan Amann
Queen Anne omelette with a side of hollandaise and a spicy bloody mary...good breakfast and drink (the skewer spread was A+), only knocked down a star because the first coffee the cream curdled in the cup so I had to wait a bit for a replacement, would eat here again next time I'm in Seattle though!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hiram Hill
Great breakfast place. The food and the bloody Mary's are excellent 👌.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Peter Gross
Good grub. This place feels like an old school working man's diner. Everything is well worn but clean. I really enjoyed the scramble I had there.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ollie Trueman
Took ages to get a table and for someone to take our order, despite being mostly empty when we arrived. The hash browns were fantastic, definitely the redeeming feature, but the rest of the food was mediocre at best. My toast and my side never even came. Pretty sure they overcharged me too, but can't confirm as I wasn't given a check, just had a card reader shoved in front of me. It's a pretty cute looking place but I'd definitely recommend going anywhere else nearby instead.
Cozy little breakfast place; the portions were pretty huge and also delicious. Service was fine, the waitress just took our orders and dropped off our drinks, while someone else brought our plates and billed us.
Overall I'd definitely recommend it, just be ready to not want to walk anywhere afterwards, especially since the market is so close by.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Ian Faddis
Amazing food! Great service from Miguel. I eat here every other day.
Wally Hasslinger
This is a special place for my friend and me. Through good times and bad, there has been Salmon Bay and there has been Miguel.
Miguel is the server but more than that, Miguel is the smile that makes the visit worth it. Makes it absolutely repeatable. Where you come home when there hasn’t been home for so many years.
As the water shines on the bay, Salmon Bay shines because of Miguel.
I hope to see more of Miguel, I hope we share another breakfast….i hope.
John Tingley
Miguel at Salmon Bay is one of the best servers in the city! Kind, attentive, a king at multi-tasking and quick to boot! He could have 10 tables and you think you are his only customer. We see you Miguel, keep killing it!
This is THE BEST RESTAURANT in all of Ballard. Value-wise, taste-wise - doesn’t matter. It’s so good
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
So here it goes. The good: The food was fresh and so wonderful, the service was slow to seat but ultimately very good and our server was very pleasant
The bad: It's apparent that I have not been out to breakfast in a while but I had a veggie scramble with hash browns and my co-diner had 2 eggs, hash browns, bacon and toast. He ordered an extra egg and asked for extra hash browns (which was extremely small) and ended up to be a surprising $10 upcharge. I asked for sour cream and salsa resulting to be about a heaping tablespoon of each that they charged me $1.50 each for. Believe me, I understand how expensive everything is these days which is why affordability-wise I rarely ever go out to eat. But I was shocked at a final price of $60 for breakfast ( That I really thought would be about $45) and then of course I tipped 20% on top of that. I was fine with the breakfast prices but for me, the up charges were far too high.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
best place to eat a breakfast full of fiber after a colonoscopy appointment
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
This is my go-to diner in Ballard. It's cozy, the food is always good, and the service is always welcoming with small town vibes where everyone knows everyone. It's not always a quick bite, but it's always comforting and tasty!
My go to lunches are the teriyaki chicken sandwich and BLT. Most people get breakfast food here and can't go wrong with any of it!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Their chicken and waffles are the best in the city! Great food, excellent service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Like others have shared, food is ok but service is very mid and slow. Waited forever to get seated despite them not being very busy. Just getting coffee seemed to take forever. The sole server was also the host as well as the phone order taker. Seems like they could use some additional staff. I've honestly had better service at a Denny's. The redeeming quality is the decor and old school diner vibe. If you're in a hurry this isn't the place for you. Food is average at best. Potatoes are not seasoned at all, shrimp and crab benny contained canned shrimp with multiple shrimp clearly not deviened. Kinda gross. Can't see a reason to return here. Cute concept, poor execution.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 2
Queen Anne omelette with a side of hollandaise and a spicy bloody mary...good breakfast and drink (the skewer spread was A+), only knocked down a star because the first coffee the cream curdled in the cup so I had to wait a bit for a replacement, would eat here again next time I'm in Seattle though!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great breakfast place. The food and the bloody Mary's are excellent 👌.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good grub. This place feels like an old school working man's diner. Everything is well worn but clean. I really enjoyed the scramble I had there.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Took ages to get a table and for someone to take our order, despite being mostly empty when we arrived. The hash browns were fantastic, definitely the redeeming feature, but the rest of the food was mediocre at best. My toast and my side never even came. Pretty sure they overcharged me too, but can't confirm as I wasn't given a check, just had a card reader shoved in front of me.
It's a pretty cute looking place but I'd definitely recommend going anywhere else nearby instead.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 2
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crab melt makes me melt
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cozy little breakfast place; the portions were pretty huge and also delicious. Service was fine, the waitress just took our orders and dropped off our drinks, while someone else brought our plates and billed us.
Overall I'd definitely recommend it, just be ready to not want to walk anywhere afterwards, especially since the market is so close by.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Amazing food! Great service from Miguel. I eat here every other day.
This is a special place for my friend and me. Through good times and bad, there has been Salmon Bay and there has been Miguel.
Miguel is the server but more than that, Miguel is the smile that makes the visit worth it. Makes it absolutely repeatable. Where you come home when there hasn’t been home for so many years.
As the water shines on the bay, Salmon Bay shines because of Miguel.
I hope to see more of Miguel, I hope we share another breakfast….i hope.
Miguel at Salmon Bay is one of the best servers in the city! Kind, attentive, a king at multi-tasking and quick to boot! He could have 10 tables and you think you are his only customer. We see you Miguel, keep killing it!
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