About Dukes Seafood
Located in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood, Duke's Chowderhouse Restaurant offers incredible seafood, award-wining chowders, daily happy hours, private dining, catering and a lovely outdoor seating area. Some of the best seafood and restaurant spots in Seattle
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Location & hours
- Mon Mon 11:00 am - 11:30 pm
- Tue Tue 11:00 am - 11:30 pm
- Wed Wed 11:00 am - 11:30 pm
- Thu Thu 11:00 am - 11:30 pm
- Fri Fri 11:00 am - 11:30 pm
- Sat Sat 11:00 am - 11:30 pm
- Sun Sun 11:00 am - 11:30 pm
Reviews
Definetly not coming back
Very slow service. Overpriced food. I had Lobster Pernod chowder and it was rather starchy instead of creamy. I guess they are trying to cut their costs. Also I ordered steamer clams and they were so bitter, I do not know why. I asked to take them back and ordered crab ...cakes. The crab cakes were good but way overpriced. The dish came with a small cup of a tartar sauce. The sauce looked like it was sitting outside for a long time and got darker outside and a little bit lighter inside. I think they might took it from somebody else's plate because it was not consumed by the previous customer. To make a long story short, I am not coming back. I love seafood but this place was very disappointing.I have read so many bad reviews about this restaurant after we went there. I wish I looked at them before our trip there. I also hope the management of this place will read all the reviews and fix their service and improve quality of food.
Not the best Seattle has to offer!
The clam chowder was like paste.( I had a great chowder at Pikes Market ).Duke"s was loaded with corn starch to make it too thick. Bleeech! I had the blackened salmon, that wasover cooked and dry. My waiter was nice, but rushed us through the meal. It would be ok for a... restraunt at a Holiday Inn, but if it's supposed to be a decent (with these prices) seafood place, it fell way short.
Outstanding service and exceptionally great food
For a memorably good time and exceptional food, ask for "Dillon" at the Green Lake location to be your waiter. As a former chef at Duke's he can recommend the best of the menu and leave you grinning at his comments and friendliness.\t\nOur party of 8 shared bites with ...each other because we each thought our dish had to be the best on the menu. Our top recommendations: the Lobster Pernod Chowder, and the Halibut Macadamia. I can't wait to return and try the Pan Seared Wild Salmon (Dillon's top pick).
Tourist Trap -- but the chowder aint bad
I avoided Duke's for as long as I could -- but then I thought -- maybe those tourists have found a good thing! Sadly, they have not. The chowder sampler is a good choice -- but the steak was so tough and chewy -- it was like gnawing on a piece of gum. The scallops were ...a fright: they came out breaded, deep fried and smashed flat -- even though the menu never mentioned the fried element.
Sub par food
It's not that good. Great atmosphere, but the food wasn't good, or even par. I had a seafood pasta that was rather bland, and only had three clams - two of which were open. My friend had fish-n'-chips which were over cooked and dry. The meal would been OK if we wer...en't paying premium prices. For a seafood house this doesn't boad well. But it's a fun place with a great location, maybe try happy hour, and don't waste your money on the entrees.
Excellent food, server = tyrant
Duke's has great food at awesome prices, and the chowder is out of this world. We typically go to the Greenlake location, but visited the Lake Union restaurant once. It will be the last time. The server we had was domineering, disrespectful and interrupted our obviously... romantic moments and conversations many times. When she couldn't get our attention, she raised her voice in order to talk over us. She was not terribly competent, and poorly represented Duke's. (On another note, the service at other locations has always been fairly good)
