Charlotte Restaurant & Lounge in Seattle

Great ambience and amazing views of the city and sound. The food is 4/5, service is 5/5, all their staff are friendly and professional. Good match for special occasion dinners or casual chic breakfast. Make sure to make a reservation as it may get crowded on the weekends.

We had just enough time for a drink and a small bite, midday. The lounge is an open floor design and a lot of windows on the top floor. The view was beautiful. The food was high quality and delicious (I got the Wagyu Beef Sliders while my wife got a white fish pate, both came with hand cut chips. The drinks were inspired. Bella got the Smokey Devil which was a Mule made with smoked tequila and mezcal. I went with a Seattle Cider. All in all this was a lovely happy hour. It was well attended but not crowded, and the bartender was a pleasure.

My wife and I recently moved here from NYC and have been exploring the dining scene on weekends. Even with a high bar thanks to all the Michelin restaurants in NYC, we have pleasantly found a good number of amazing restaurants so far - Altura, iconiq, Violet, and Canlis (from a previous visit before the pandemic) to name a few. Since we only choose highly rated restaurants, we have generally had great dining experiences, with some occasionally below our expectations, but never have we had such a weird, confusing, and irritating experience as tonight. It started really well - as we were walking into our table in this posh restaurant located on the top floor of a fancy hotel, we were even discussing if we should change our reservation to here to host our friends in town next month. And then everything went downhill. Fifteen minutes passed and no one came to our table - not even just filling the water. Then, we had to start politely asking for attention, for five minutes to no vail as they somehow managed to avoid establishing eye contact with us. After that, we realized it was a bit crazy, so my wife stood up and went to a server to get things rolling. The server apologized and we ordered octopus, asparagus, black cod, chicken, and a cocktail. The waiter came back telling us the manager would present the drink and it would be on the house, as the manager did and said later. We were OK with this standard appeasement and were ready to try out the food. The serving was fast, which was great as we were hungry after the long wait, though annoyingly,...