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Meet is the best Korean BBQ restaurant within Seattle city limits—go with a big group and have a party.

The Cake Coop is tiny walk-up bakery in the front yard of a Ballard house. And the cake is good.

Modoo Restaurant serves excellent homestyle Korean dishes in a Lynnwood strip mall.

Have your next group dinner at Joule, a Korean steakhouse in Wallingford.

Haidialo Hot Pot in Bellevue has terrific tom yum broth, a huge sauce bar, and high-quality meats. But the free goodies and tableside noodle dance are pretty great too.

The Dolar Shop is a fancy hot pot restaurant in Bellevue that you should keep in your back pocket for a celebration involving tasty simmered meats.

Jellyfish in Georgetown serves easy-drinking beer in a space good for gaming.

For a classic steakhouse experience Downtown, Metropolitan Grill is the best choice.

Maneki in the International District is one of the oldest restaurants in Seattle. Come here to eat sushi and other Japanese plates in a tatami room.

For a big night out that involves great Peruvian food, La Mar in Bellevue is the way.

Wa’z serves tasty, artful kaiseki worth a Seattle Center trip.

Good Shape is a phenomenal pizza pop-up that runs the kichen at Jupiter Bar in Belltown—and serves the best cheese pie in town.

For your next special night out, book this 14-seat kappo experience in Belltown.

Despite Rimini's goofy Old Italy theme, their pasta is serious. This restaurant is the best thing to happen to Downtown Kirkland.

Sushi Kashiba is a Seattle institution that serves some of the best sushi in the city.

Getting older is one of life's guarantees. You might as well celebrate it at one of these excellent restaurants.

Communion is an outstanding restaurant in the Central District featuring soul food staples influenced by Ethiopian, Vietnamese, and PNW cuisine.

Want pizza but also a night out? Get it at Delancey in Ballard.

Bar Del Corso, a classic Beacon Hill Italian spot, should be your first choice for Neapolitan pizza in the city.

Musang is a stellar craftsman-turned-Filipino restaurant on Beacon Hill, and it's where you can eat one of the most outstanding meals in the city.

You will find some of the tastiest North Indian food our area has to offer at Kanishka Cuisine Of India in Redmond.

Bar Bacetto is an outstanding pasta restaurant that makes the (very) small town of Waitsburg a destination.

Hattaway's On Alder is a Southern restaurant in Walla Walla that's perfect for a special occasion vacation meal.

Stoup Brewing's Capitol Hill location is massive, and works for nearly every occasion that requires beer and lingering for an indeterminate amount of time.

Spinasse on Capitol Hill is the best fork-up-your-money Italian restaurant in Seattle.