🦞 Best Seafood in Seattle
41 seafood spots in Seattle, scored and ranked for 2026.
🍽️ Open Interactive GuideTop 10 Seafood Spots
1
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Seattle's most storied fine-dining room, operating since 1950 on Queen Anne hill with views over Lake Union. Canlis has outlasted every trend in the city's restaurant scene by running a formal program...
94
2
Ray's Boathouse
A Shilshole Bay seafood institution looking onto Puget Sound and the Olympics. Sustainable Northwest fish, local produce, and a Northwest wine list with real depth. The waterfront benchmark for Seattl...
92
3
Taylor Shellfish Oyster Bar
The Melrose Market oyster bar from the same Taylor family that has farmed Puget Sound for five generations — oysters shucked at the counter while the live tanks bubble next to you, geoduck sashimi sli...
92
4
Westward
A Lake Union waterfront restaurant where the heated patio, fire pits, and kayak dock are doing as much work as the kitchen — oysters and wood-fired fish through the week, s'mores by the fire pit after...
91
5
Local Tide
Fremont seafood spot known for innovative Pacific Northwest dishes. Highlights range from pork fat-laced shrimp toast to a mayo-y Dungeness crab roll. Casual counter service with creative daily specia...
91
6
Manolin
Caribbean-influenced seafood with a raw bar, wood-grilled fish, and rum-forward cocktails. The dining room is tight and loud, packed most nights. Consistently on Seattle best-of lists. No reservations...
91
7
Shaker + Spear
A whole-animal steakhouse on Capitol Hill, which means the menu is driven by what the butchering yields rather than what a guest might expect. Bateau works through entire animals, so the cuts rotate a...
90
8
Taylor Shellfish Farms
The Taylor family has been growing shellfish in Puget Sound since 1890, and the Melrose Ave outpost is the closest you can sit to the source without putting on waders — oysters on the half shell, Kuma...
90
9
Seastar Restaurant & Raw Bar
Chef John Howie's seafood restaurant in Bellevue's Bravern complex. The raw bar is the anchor — oysters, crudo, sashimi — flanked by a broader menu of Pacific Northwest fish and shellfish. Happy hour ...
90
10
Bar Melusine
Renee Erickson's coastal French seafood room on Capitol Hill, drawing from Normandy and Brittany traditions. The space is part of the Sea Creatures family and channels northern France's shellfish-and-...
90
All 41 Seafood Spots in Seattle
Pike Place Chowder
89
Maximilien
89
Mio Oh Mio
89
Ray's Cafe
89
Matt's in the Market
89
Elliott's Oyster House
89
Salty's on Alki Beach
88
RockCreek Seafood & Spirits
88
Happy Crab
87
Lowell's Restaurant
87
Etta's Seafood
87
Palisade
87
Six Seven
87
Le Coin
87
Bar Harbor
86
AQUA by El Gaucho
86
Barnacle
86
Ivar's Acres of Clams
85
Shuckers Oyster Bar
85
Blueacre Seafood
85
The White Swan Public House
84
Harry's Beach House
84
Catfish Corner
84
Blueacre Seafood Downtown Hotel
84
The Athenian Seafood Restaurant & Bar
83
The Fisherman's Restaurant & Bar
83
Anthony's Pier 66
83
Bait Shop Seafood
83
Chinook's at Salmon Bay
82
The Crab Pot
82
Mama's Crawfish & Seafood House
80
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