Restaurants in Eastlake Seattle: 17 Places to Eat

Where to Eat in Eastlake, Seattle

For dinner in Eastlake, go to Serafina or Cicchetti for Italian and Mediterranean, Sushi Kappo Tamura for sushi, or Mioposto for pizza, all on or just off Eastlake Ave E. For coffee, try Le Fournil or Armistice, and for a drink with a view of Lake Union, go to Little Water Cantina.

By Eastlake RE Partners Updated November 7, 2026 6 min read

Eastlake is a long, narrow neighborhood between Lake Union and I-5, and nearly all of its restaurants sit on Eastlake Ave E. The busiest stretch runs from E Boston St up to E Louisa St, where you can find Italian at Serafina, Mioposto and Pazzo’s, Mediterranean small plates at Cicchetti, plus Thai, sushi, Korean barbecue and Mexican within a few blocks. Two changes are worth knowing if you last looked a while ago: Cicchetti reopened in September 2025 after five years closed, and Grand Central Bakery moved across Eastlake Avenue to E Blaine St. Every place below was checked as open in November 2026.

Quick picks

For Italian, Serafina is the sit-down dinner, Mioposto is the pizza night, and Pazzo’s is pizza with a game on. For a patio, try Cicchetti, Mioposto or Little Water Cantina. For a group dinner, Son of a Butcher’s barbecue and Siam’s curries and noodles are easy to share. For a morning on the laptop, Eastlake Coffee & Cafe has free wifi, and Le Fournil is the stop for French pastry.

Dinner and date night

Serafina

2043 Eastlake Ave E

Susan Kaufman opened this Italian restaurant in 1991, and chef Christian Chandler, who trained under her, has owned it since 2019. The current menu runs from burrata with pear mostarda and prosciutto to mafaldine with short rib sugo and a braised pork shank osso buco over rosemary polenta.

Cicchetti Kitchen & Bar

121 E Boston St

Serafina’s sister restaurant sits just behind it in a two-level space with a patio Seattle Magazine called one of the neighborhood’s best. The menu is Mediterranean small plates built for sharing, such as the Cicchetti Mixti platter of dolmas, dates, halloumi, hummus, muhammara and wings, with a wood-fired steak frites if you want something bigger.

Sushi Kappo Tamura

2968 Eastlake Ave E

A kappo-style Japanese restaurant that builds its menu around seasonal Pacific Northwest ingredients, some grown in its own rooftop garden. Order rolls and nigiri on a regular night, or book the sashimi omakase or four-course omakase for an occasion.

Mioposto Eastlake

2501 Eastlake Ave E

This branch of the family-owned Seattle pizzeria fills the ground floor of the Liza building at Eastlake and E Louisa St, with a pizza bar facing the open-flame oven, a copper-top bar and a dog-friendly patio that is heated in winter. Gluten-free crust and vegan mozzarella are on offer, so it works for mixed groups.

Son of a Butcher

2236 Eastlake Ave E

A Korean barbecue restaurant and anju bar (anju are the snacks Koreans eat with drinks) that opened in Eastlake in 2019. It suits a group dinner built around barbecue meats.

Casual and takeout

Siam on Eastlake

1629 Eastlake Ave E

The original Siam has served Thai food on Eastlake since 1986, sticking mostly to traditional dishes with a few American twists. The menu covers tom kha, green curry and drunken noodles, and it includes a crab fried rice.

Moriyama Sushi

1823 Eastlake Ave E, Suite 153

A sushi restaurant near the south end of the strip that mixes traditional nigiri with house rolls such as the Magma Roll and the Moriyama Roll. The menu also has a Japanese-style ceviche with citrus pepper.

Pecado Bueno Eastlake

2356 Eastlake Ave E

The Eastlake location of a small Seattle taqueria (the other one is in Fremont) that makes its food from scratch with fresh ingredients. It is casual, and kids and pets are welcome.

Co May Bistro

1823 Eastlake Ave E

A small Vietnamese spot for banh mi (pork, beef or tofu), vermicelli boxes and Spam musubi. It doubles as a boba shop, with milk tea and fruit tea.

Coffee and breakfast

Le Fournil

3230 Eastlake Ave E

A French bakery that has been baking in Eastlake since 1997, at the north end of the neighborhood near the University Bridge. Go for croissants, baguettes, tarts, macarons and French sandwiches, or order a custom cake.

Grand Central Bakery

198 E Blaine St

The Seattle bakery’s Eastlake cafe has moved across Eastlake Avenue from its old spot and is still a breakfast and lunch stop. Expect the bakery’s bread and pastries, plus sandwiches such as a seasonal grilled cheese.

Eastlake Coffee & Cafe

2245 Eastlake Ave E

A relaxed neighborhood coffee shop that pours Lighthouse Roasters coffee and stocks pastries from Macrina Bakery and Le Fournil. Free wifi makes it a good place to work for an hour.

Armistice Coffee

2201 Eastlake Ave E, Suite C

A Seattle coffee roaster with cafes in Eastlake and Roosevelt. Along with its own coffee, including the Precursor house blend, it serves croissants and breakfast sandwiches.

Bars and happy hour

Pazzo’s on Eastlake

2307 Eastlake Ave E

A restaurant and bar with pizza, cocktails, cold beer and games on the TV, plus happy hour food specials. The patio opens in the warmer months.

Otter Bar and Burger

2379 Eastlake Ave E

A neighborhood bar meant to feel like a second living room, with burgers (including a meatless one), beer-battered fish and chips, Filipino lumpia and coconut prawns. It also runs a trivia night.

On the water

Little Water Cantina

2865 Eastlake Ave E

A family-owned lakeside cantina with scratch-made Mexican food, craft cocktails and a covered, heated patio that looks out over Lake Union. It does not take reservations, and it has a free underground parking garage.

Lucerna

1201 Eastlake Ave E

A waterfront restaurant in a restored Seattle City Light pump house on the eastern edge of Lake Union, at the far south end of Eastlake Avenue. It serves lunch and dinner with cocktails, wine and a view of the lake.

Getting around

King County Metro Route 70 runs along Eastlake Avenue between downtown and the University District, so nearly every place on this list is on the bus line. There is free street parking in the neighborhood, but it fills up at busy times, so walking or the bus is usually easier on a Friday night.

Close to Flow Eastlake and Lyla Eastlake

Lyla Eastlake, at 2600 Eastlake Ave E, is a short walk from most of this list, from Mioposto a block away down to Serafina and Cicchetti, and everything else here is within about a mile. Flow Eastlake, at 3150 Fairview Ave E, is a couple of blocks from Le Fournil and Sushi Kappo Tamura, a short walk from Little Water Cantina, and within walking distance of the cluster around Eastlake and Louisa. For parks, transit and the rest of the neighborhood, see our guide to living in Eastlake.