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Seattle Restaurants Zagat Guide
'America's best dining guide' is how Reader's Digest described Zagat, and the new 2008 edition of the Zagat Guide to Seattle Restaurants reviews 759 of the best restaurants in Seattle. No fewer than 3,165 of the city's frequent diners contribute reviews and rate the top eating places across various categories, including Top Food, Single Scenes, Raw Bars, Hotel Dining, Best for Brunch, Late Dining and Winning Wine Lists.The Zagat Seattle Restaurants Guide is a slim volume at only 174 pages, with an average of 5-6 reviews packed on a page. If you're not familiar with the Zagat style, then there are no long and loving descriptions of signature dishes. Instead each review is built up using extracts from several diners' comments. It's as if half a dozen friends all told you what they liked most abut each place, all talking at the same time. The reviews are honest, though, and because they come from different people visiting on different occasions, you feel they're more accurate than one or two visits from a restaurant critic who's usually a face about town. 'Not the great destination it used to be' is one verdict on the Bush Garden in the International District, while the Maple Leaf Grill in Maple Leaf is chided for slow service. Over-priced menus are also pointed out.
Pike Place Market, Seattle Not that Seattle restaurants are too expensive, the average price of a meal here being $27.68, very reasonable for a city compared to the national average of $33.15. You won't pay $27.68 at Seattle's Top Food choice, which is The Herbfarm in Woodinville, where the average cost of a meal according to Zagat is $163. But it's a 'once-in-a-lifetime dining experience,' they say, which is 'sublime' and 'exquisite'. The Herbfarm also scores top marks for Service, and the sound of its fixed-price 9-course Pacific NW menu with paired wines (check their website) which changes every night means the Herbfarm goes right to the top of our got-to-try-it restaurant list next time we're in Seattle. The Herbfarm also scores number one in the Winning Wine Lists category, and in the Pacific Northwest regional cuisine list too. Some of the other top choices this year include: Raw Bars: Seastar in Bellevue Singles Scene: Restaurant Zoë in Belltown Best Brunch: Sitka and Spruce in Eastlake Best Hotel Dining: The Inn at Langley Best Newcomer: Bakery Nouveau in West Seattle If you like your food and you're visiting or live in Seattle then at $12.95 (£8.99 or Can$15.95) the Zagat Seattle Restaurants Guide 2008 is a must-buy. Visit the Zagat website for more information on this and other Zagat guides.
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