Westward is a local restaurant with a bit of an upscale taste, with smaller plate sizes packed with taste. It's easy to get to although parking here can be a pain, especially since they only have 3 spots and then you have to park on the street. The menu is quite expensive with smaller portion sizes, but each plate is delicious in its own way. With plenty of things on the menu, whether it's appetizers, small or large plates, it's worth getting a few things and sharing. Their drinks are made well and can be interesting sometimes as they are always making new ones. The dill dip, fresh bread, root vegetables and potatoes are a must when you come here for smaller appetizers. The ribs were amazing and the sauce was just spicy enough so they delivered. They have a lot of seating both indoor and outdoor, but I'd highly recommend making a reservation ahead of time to make sure you can get a seat since they're usually quite busy. With a sweet view of downtown, plenty of heaters outside and great service, this place makes for a great date night or celebratory meal. During the off season, they become a pop up where other people come with a limited menu. During this time, it's walk ins only.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tom
On the Westward website,& Open Table website - no mention that their regular dining section was closed for the Winter. But we were allowed to make a 8:30 pm reservation! Someone dropped the ball. However, Westward instead has a very good limited menu via called 'Shut Up Bob' for their Winter opening hours using the same facilities as their Spring / Summer dining. It offers only 2 main entries - Blackened Salmon & Blackened Chicken that included sides of lime rich, baked beans with feta cheese topping, green salsa & tortillas. Great view, & great food. And great service. But not enough outdoor sitting. So we chose the indoor table which was acceptable because of the ambiance. And, yes, there is a 22% service charge. But since the tax & service charge are folded in the total bill that Chase Sapphire Reserve covers under their member benefits, it was all good.
Grayson
Good service. Very overpriced for the food quality and portion sizes. I would not recommend going to this restaurant over any of the other restaurants nearby it. I’ll say too, as many others have said in their reviews here, I don’t appreciate a **mandatory** 22% service fee. At this point you’re basically advertising your food prices as 22% lower on the menu then they actually are…just add 22% to the sticker price and give 22% to your staff of the total - or are you worried that will scare off your clientele because your prices ($6 for one oyster plus charging for things like ketchup?!) are already well above market price?
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Terrance Wang
too seattle culture for me, cold chairs
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 2
Abhas
Limited menu wasn't published beforehand. Only seafood tower was available . That's too restrictive.
Mitsumasa
The food menu was not as clear. Even though the event page did mention to read the event detail. The description was not clear. The service was ok. The staff mentioned that since it is new years they were under staff.
Kunal
Worst xperience ever. The staff needs to be trained, they have no clue how to host. Kept us waiting for long, we had to ask the waitress to take our order, and took forever for them to get us just the drinks. They didn't have any courtesy to at least ask us for water. Rude and untrained waitress and the lady manager. Worst experience ever. Don't go to this place.
Logan
Food is good, but very expensive. Service is very slow, and they do not care about it; a 22% tip is mandatory You cannot see fireworks at all (it is blocked by the other house 100%), even though they claim (or infer) you can celebrate New Year's Eve by seeing fireworks
Jeremy Park
This is for the pop up shop they run during the winter. The chicken was super flavorful and juicy. It's also got to be some of the cheapest cocktails in the city. It's been a long time since I've seen a decent marq for $12 dollars
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Qurratulain Anny
Great food, great location, good service. The menu is very limited, may a little more variety would help..
Writing this as I'm waiting for food to come out, as it's been over an hour... consider if you have better things to do with your time before coming here. Note: they've also added a 22% service charge to all orders. That may be acceptable if food actually came out in a timely manner, which it has not in my case
Minchul Park
The food and service are great 👍 will visit again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brittney Rivers
The first time I went in February 2025, we had a pretty great experience (albeit expensive)! Four of us went for happy hour to celebrate a birthday. We got to pick the specific type of oysters we wanted and we had about a dozen each plus a couple of drinks each. The total bill was over $300, which seemed high for a happy hour, but we didn’t think twice about it since it was for a birthday.
The same group went again last week during the pop-up for Shut Up Bobby’s, and the experience was night and day. We had absolutely terrible service. We ordered on our phones (the only option at the time), and then waited a very long time. We couldn’t pick the type of oysters and when they were delivered we received next to no explanation about them. We also weren’t given mignonette?! The food from the pop-up was good (the only saving grace), but we were there for the oysters and were incredibly disappointed. They were also out of a ton of items. For this price, having such a lack luster experience is unacceptable. We will not be back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 2
Mike Clifford
Great Baja Chicken! Cocktail was nice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Utku Guleviz
Very cool place! I love their quality food and tasty cocktails! They have a stunning city view and polite staff too 💯
Westward is a local restaurant with a bit of an upscale taste, with smaller plate sizes packed with taste. It's easy to get to although parking here can be a pain, especially since they only have 3 spots and then you have to park on the street. The menu is quite expensive with smaller portion sizes, but each plate is delicious in its own way. With plenty of things on the menu, whether it's appetizers, small or large plates, it's worth getting a few things and sharing. Their drinks are made well and can be interesting sometimes as they are always making new ones. The dill dip, fresh bread, root vegetables and potatoes are a must when you come here for smaller appetizers. The ribs were amazing and the sauce was just spicy enough so they delivered. They have a lot of seating both indoor and outdoor, but I'd highly recommend making a reservation ahead of time to make sure you can get a seat since they're usually quite busy. With a sweet view of downtown, plenty of heaters outside and great service, this place makes for a great date night or celebratory meal.
During the off season, they become a pop up where other people come with a limited menu. During this time, it's walk ins only.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
On the Westward website,& Open Table website - no mention that their regular dining section was closed for the Winter. But we were allowed to make a 8:30 pm reservation! Someone dropped the ball. However, Westward instead has a very good limited menu via called 'Shut Up Bob' for their Winter opening hours using the same facilities as their Spring / Summer dining. It offers only 2 main entries - Blackened Salmon & Blackened Chicken that included sides of lime rich, baked beans with feta cheese topping, green salsa & tortillas. Great view, & great food. And great service. But not enough outdoor sitting. So we chose the indoor table which was acceptable because of the ambiance. And, yes, there is a 22% service charge. But since the tax & service charge are folded in the total bill that Chase Sapphire Reserve covers under their member benefits, it was all good.
Good service. Very overpriced for the food quality and portion sizes. I would not recommend going to this restaurant over any of the other restaurants nearby it. I’ll say too, as many others have said in their reviews here, I don’t appreciate a **mandatory** 22% service fee. At this point you’re basically advertising your food prices as 22% lower on the menu then they actually are…just add 22% to the sticker price and give 22% to your staff of the total - or are you worried that will scare off your clientele because your prices ($6 for one oyster plus charging for things like ketchup?!) are already well above market price?
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
too seattle culture for me, cold chairs
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 2
Limited menu wasn't published beforehand. Only seafood tower was available . That's too restrictive.
The food menu was not as clear. Even though the event page did mention to read the event detail. The description was not clear. The service was ok. The staff mentioned that since it is new years they were under staff.
Worst xperience ever. The staff needs to be trained, they have no clue how to host. Kept us waiting for long, we had to ask the waitress to take our order, and took forever for them to get us just the drinks. They didn't have any courtesy to at least ask us for water. Rude and untrained waitress and the lady manager. Worst experience ever. Don't go to this place.
Food is good, but very expensive. Service is very slow, and they do not care about it; a 22% tip is mandatory You cannot see fireworks at all (it is blocked by the other house 100%), even though they claim (or infer) you can celebrate New Year's Eve by seeing fireworks
This is for the pop up shop they run during the winter. The chicken was super flavorful and juicy. It's also got to be some of the cheapest cocktails in the city. It's been a long time since I've seen a decent marq for $12 dollars
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Great food, great location, good service. The menu is very limited, may a little more variety would help..
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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Writing this as I'm waiting for food to come out, as it's been over an hour... consider if you have better things to do with your time before coming here. Note: they've also added a 22% service charge to all orders. That may be acceptable if food actually came out in a timely manner, which it has not in my case
The food and service are great 👍 will visit again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The first time I went in February 2025, we had a pretty great experience (albeit expensive)! Four of us went for happy hour to celebrate a birthday. We got to pick the specific type of oysters we wanted and we had about a dozen each plus a couple of drinks each. The total bill was over $300, which seemed high for a happy hour, but we didn’t think twice about it since it was for a birthday.
The same group went again last week during the pop-up for Shut Up Bobby’s, and the experience was night and day. We had absolutely terrible service. We ordered on our phones (the only option at the time), and then waited a very long time. We couldn’t pick the type of oysters and when they were delivered we received next to no explanation about them. We also weren’t given mignonette?! The food from the pop-up was good (the only saving grace), but we were there for the oysters and were incredibly disappointed. They were also out of a ton of items. For this price, having such a lack luster experience is unacceptable. We will not be back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 2
Great Baja Chicken! Cocktail was nice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very cool place! I love their quality food and tasty cocktails! They have a stunning city view and polite staff too 💯
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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