Black Bottle

I now make this one of my must visit locations multiple times per month. The food was surprisingly good - best tzatziki I HAVE EVER HAD. The staff is very friendly and in a wonderful modest kind of way - with many places out there trying to be "Uber cool: it is great ...to experience a place that is but does not act like it. This is a gem ! Go you will not be disappointed Read More

This is one of the typically over-rated new age eating spots in Seattle. The first thing that hits you when you walk in are the staff - I was literally pushed out of the way by one while waiting for a host to actually appear. They obviously value themselves and their ow...n personal convenience more than they value a customer's experience.\t\n\t\nAfter being seated, the same ""take it or leave it"" quality of service continues. Wait staff are largely inattentive while the kitchen is possibly one of the slowest on record. There is also no attempt to coordinate anything that comes out of the kitchen and in our case one person at the table sat for 20 minutes while dishes for others kept coming out.\t\n\t\nThen there is the menu. The food is certainly not poisonous. At the same time it is highly unattractive and consists of overly spiced basic elements combined without a flare for what types of taste contrasts would really be interesting. Many dishes are not even close to being enjoyable.\t\n\t\nThe only time you should visit this restaurant is if you are in the mood for poor, verging on bad, service and at the same time want to threaten your digestive system while proving to your brain how bad torture by taste can really be. \t\n\t\nHopefully certain parts of the Federal Government will not discover the charms of this place - if they ever do, it will bring new meaning to the term ""extreme rendition"" as they ""Black Bottle"" people for information\t\n Read More

I recommend the flat breads and of course their well known blasted brocolli...... and the wine pricing is a rarity in an industry where a 400% mark up is common. The place is noisy and crowded most nights so it is not romantic but great people watching and you can't beat that prosciutto and bechemal flatbread...

We went there just for the wine and left after a glass. The decor was very cool. It's a place I could spend an afternoon drinking wine in. However, the server could have cared less about us. No one cared what kind of wine I liked, asked if I'd like to try anything..., asked if it was good. She merely brought us the glasses and took our money. We decided to move down the street to another of Seattle's many wine bars. Read More

The food is good but this place is usually packed and impossible to hold a conversation in w/o yelling. Also, the outside seating is horrible. There's nothing between you and the street - not even a divider.

Promptly seated, wine showed up after a slight delay. Bouquet was straight oranges. Not oranges you want to see from your Douro or your Cotes Du Rhone. This was orangina or freshly peeled oranges. Its helps as a bartender, sommelier or just person that pours wine if ...you don't do your twists for martini's or slice oranges within range of the glassware that you serve wine from. All in all quite dissatisfied by the experience. If you tout yourself on wine service figure the little simple things out. Read More