The Alley

4509 California Ave SW, Seattle
(206) 937-1110

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Traveliami

Nice spot with a welcoming atmosphere! The staff were super friendly, knowledgable and helpful.

I liked the quiet and comfortable vibe - perfect for a good conversation. This was my first visit, and it definitely left a good impression.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Jake Heinrich

Amazing for date night.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mark Vega

Great place for a first time experience or if you are visiting. Looses it's magic with the low quality service and basic drinks after the second visit.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 1

Michael Nguyen

Went here with my boyfriend nick, it was great 🥺💅🤭😛 #yearofthemonkey

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 4

Jake

Good calamari! Bartender was very helpful and experienced.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

randy richardson

Really fun place Go there and have some food in the front and have some drinks in the back when you're done

Robert Marquis

Great experience and excellent live music.

Preetha Annamalai

This place gets some foot traffic because of recent insta reels. It is a speakeasy, so the best thing going for it is really the entrance - a small non-descript door to a room with a wall of lockers where you open a specific one to find the handle of the main door to the space - and enter.

Once you enter- it is a small but nicely done space. I have been here twice, about six months apart. Cocktails are average- the balance of lemon juice to alcohol was totally off in the Bees Knees - very lemon forward. The mezcal old fashioned was good with balance. The fourth cocktail was forgettable and not balanced- a rye , ginger ale combo.

Most of the drinks you could make just as well at home. Service was non existent and we ended up going to the counter to order. Food- we got the pork belly bites and truffle fries, both were good and as expected. Nothing stood out at this place.

With other really nice craft cocktail bars with more inventive , well made drinks and excellent service like otter bar or the nook nearby- i would give this place a miss. Folks come here to make their insta reels on the entrance but it’s been done so many times, it’s no secret and the rest of the experience is not worth the effort.

Lee Byrd

Always a great experience!

Hyebin Lee

Cool atmosphere!

Ruby “Luna” Solorzano Morales

Music nerd friendly.

JamesHouse

We've always had great service here and the bartenders make the drinks just right. Music on Sunday evenings is always fun too. Glad they have live music offerings in the early evening times for us early to bed types.

Kim Andes

What a delightful place! Fun to find your way in for the first time & discover this gem. Lovely drinks & atmosphere, great music & bartender was awesome.

Ana Hernandez

I went on a Saturday around 8 p.m. for drinks, and the atmosphere was great. The staff was attentive, checked if we liked our cocktails, and filled our water glasses regularly. The drinks were delicious and reasonably priced for Seattle. We ordered six drinks total (2 per person) and the bill came out to about $33 per person plus tip. My group did not order food.

Randy Huynh

I don’t think there’s food there, but I might be wrong. Was the coolest speakeasy experience in terms of finding the place. Was definitely very packed and very popular, so anticipate a wait. Drinks were great and the atmosphere was great. Wasn’t too loud to talk.

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