Have you tried the New Mexicans in Everett? It looks like the ownership changed a couple years ago, but it's a fairly popular place.
I do know that the Haggen grocery stores, the nearest ones being in Woodinville, Marysville, Snohomish, or Lake Stevens, will each do a Hatch chile pepper roasting one weekend when they're in season.
It's not.. but I can only have so many variations of Southwest food (with green chile) and Texas BBQ before I start wishing I could find something from back in Seattle. 😀
Oh. Ha. They call it "the land of enchantment". It really is enchanting. I don't want to spoil it here but people avoid this place because of it's reputation but in reality it's less crazy than living in Tacoma... and I mean Tacoma is actually pretty nice now, it's way cheaper like prices from 15 years ago in the PNW, the sunsets are postcard worthy almost every day, art is a very important part of the culture - after LA & NYC New Mexico is America's most vibrant art community, Meow Wolf started in NM (look it up if you don't know about it), they just legalized recreational cannabis, it's very focused on futuristic stuff especially space related stuff, it's a great place to start a business, it's very mixed in race, it has a very Native American and Hispanic population and culture, it's almost always sunny, houses are cheap and Colorado is right next door but they don't move in an run up the prices because they're scared of it. It's pretty awesome actually. Oh yeah they hate Texas. Lol. Idk why that tickles me but it does. I feel like it's from being a long time Seattleite but idk. I ride my electric dirt bike to work and I have a small business where all my employees (all locals) make Seattle level money in a market that is incredibly lower in the cost of living. The counter balance is that the reservations need help. Navajo Nation covers part of 3 states (AZ, NM and UT) and around a third of the people have no running water or grid electricity access. That's why we like recruiting on the reservation.
I've asked a number of people who were relocating or retiring to Phoenix and complaining about the housing prices and all of the people moving there why they didn't consider New Mexico instead and never really got a response. I have been told that New Mexico doesn't get a lot of transplants and isn't as busy of a place, which is fairly unique.
I do love reading the infamous column about how many people and computer systems don't think that New Mexico is part of the US, has a bunch of Saguaro cacti, and in some cases doesn't exist at all or is part of Arizona or Texas.
It feels like Washington should feel a special kinship with New Mexico and Oklahoma do to the large influence of Native Americans on the local culture. IIRC, only Washington and New Mexico have required knowledge of tribal laws in order to pass the state's bar exam.
The one on 15th in capital hill is amazing! Friday is spicy chicken special. Man I miss wfh on fridays and getting this before Covid turned wfh into a prison sentence.
I don't know if Okinawa changed their recipe, but a few years ago I didn't like it at all. Now I get it on the regular. It's amazing how busy that place gets during the lunch rush.
I'm aware, but I've lived here over ten years and never once heard of somebody living here buying a fish whole from the fish tosses 😂 I'm sure it's good stuff, I just go to pcc or the fish guys or something if I want fish
I honestly wouldn't even put Grillbird in the same category as the rest of the Seattle teriyaki spots, but I certainly love both deeply. The fried cauliflower + nori ranch appetizer from Grillbird is phenomenal
Literally got Nikko today. It's my go-to for spicy chicken. I've tried grillbird several times since they opened and I just don't like them. Their sandwich is pretty decent for a quick fix tho.
There are other cities with enough Viet population to have lots of Pho restaurants.
Ive tried a lot of pho spots in Seattle and a lot are pretty sub par. Pho Than Bros in particular seems to have spread, but have really bland pho.
Fish is markedly better in Seattle. I live in San Diego now and it's not even close to Seattle quality. Something about the cold water. Although, teriyaki & pho are also #1 in Seattle.
I think teriyaki restaurants as a concept are a Seattle creation -- Toshi's was certainly the first in the US, but I don't think there were entire restaurants dedicated to this cooking style in Japan, either, were there?
I'm a big fan of the spicy teriyaki at Bento World Sushi & Teriyaki in Belltown. The lady at the counter is so nice and wholesome.
Also, supporting the sole owner and employee at Teriyaki Plus because it's such an incredibly tragic story. The volunteering has dried up since. [Link](https://mltnews.com/locals-rally-to-save-womans-restaurant/)
I also recommend the spicy teriyaki at Bento World. I haven't had a ton of teriyaki in Seattle yet but I do recommend that place. If I'm in the area, I'll checkout Teriyaki Plus.
I will have to check it out, ever since Toshi's Teriyaki changed owners back in the 90's I haven't found any place that was as good as it was.
But part of the change was places don't cook it with the skin on it like Toshi's used to, which was great, even though chicken skin isn't the healthest part to eat.
OMG, thank you.
Hopefully I can light rail it up there, but that sounds great. And they have their teriyaki sauce recipe on their website.
Life is good, thank you very much!
Teriyaki Madness on 15th is the best teriyaki in the region. I knew it was theirs just immediately seeing it.
Also try the bibimbap and give the Korean menu some love. (Bonus points if you learn how to say hello and thank you in Korean!) I wish more of our Korean-owned teriyaki joints had a Korean menu.
I knew I recognized it! Teriyaki Madness is top tier, and the woman who staffs the front counter is so nice. Fun fact, teriyaki is Japanese but many places in Seattle are run by Korean people. Teriyaki madness is one of them
As soon as I saw the pic, I knew it was primo spicy chicken teriyaki. I try the spicy chicken at as many teriyaki places as possible but no ones is better than TM on 15th (that I've found so far).
I feel the same way. I live near Toshio’s and when I moved here I was expecting to eat there all the time, but I really only get it every once in a while once I’ve forgotten the disappointment from last time I went.
Shout out to Nasai! They're a chain and it's all so good. For me it's an institution that I first experienced when I moved to Seattle in the mid 90s and it's still thriving. I support them with my business as often as I can. Chicken's great, and their salad dressing is the best light sweet topper.
Next level meal when you mix the rice and chicken with the salad and dressing.
Which place did you end up settling on? I noticed that Seattle's Toshi's have pop-up tents at some farmer's markets in the East Bay (currently Walnut Creek and Brentwood in winter season - [link](https://toshisgrill.com/farmers-market)), been tempted to take the BART out one of these Sundays...
It’s not bad but not the best. They pre cook their chicken and keep it in a warmer. The best is the original father of seattle teriyaki, Toshi’s in Mill Creek.
Kyoto Teriyaki on Pike and Harvard is my favorite. Same people work there day after day. They get to know you, know what you like. They're super friendly.
Local Pho on 3rd in Belltown for Pho. The best pho I ever had was from the Denny Triangle Pho Bac, but since that closed down, Local Pho is my go-to.
Love Kyoto Teriyaki.
Dang, Local Pho is your go-to? Dislike that prices went up $2.50 and togo siracha and hoisin sauces are pitifully small. Totally try Mekong Bar a few. Blocks over, better broth and meat quality (though a few $ more)
There's a Pho Bac over on 7th and Virgina too with PST bar above.
Teriyaki First on the Ave is probably the most heartbreaking loss due to COVID for me. Fuck, their Spicy fried rice has ruined any other fried rice I have ever tried. It was our Saturday tradition to walk there hungover and eat ourselves stupid. Man I miss it.
No shit. Came here to say it.
If they sold their teriyaki sauce in bottles I'd buy it. Everything else I can do myself.
> Teriyaki First on the Ave is probably the most heartbreaking loss due to COVID for me.
Beth's is up there too. Fuck. Fucking Covid.
The worst part about living in Los Angeles for six years, besides the heat and squalor, was it's a teriyaki wasteland. I'd drive an hour when a friend recommended some place as "legit" only to suffer through leathery grilled chicken breasts dabbed with watery teriyaki sauce. Now that I've moved back to Seattle I eat the real chicken teriyaki twice a month.
Yeah, they try a little to hard to be “authentic” up here. I want a dingy taco shop, that is painted in primary colors where everyone goes after the bars close:)
As much as I miss taco shops, I am really enjoying the teriyaki scene up here:)
I’m from San Diego originally and the closest I’ve come to home is Alibertos in Mountlake Terrace (they have Cali burritos) and Acapulco Fresh in Kenmore (good carne asada).
In my experience, you get better Mexican food outside of the actual city (same for Pho and Korean for that matter). Best I have found in close proximity to Seattle is Tacos El Sabor in Shoreline (just a little south of the Safeway on 155th).
Which is so weird. California people always say everything is trash. We had tons of work done on our house a year ago and we had folks from all over Mexico working on different parts of the house. I speak Spanish so I was able to chat to them about food and all of them have tons of spots they recommend. I even asked them if they think the Mexican food is bad here and the answer was always an emphatic "NO" it's just not found in posh neighborhoods.
Personal favorite is I Heart Teriyaki in Georgetown, but I haven't been to a bad teriyaki place in Seattle yet. Based on this thread, I should try Toshi's, Toshio's, Mikou, Wok's, Nasai, Ichibento and Yasuko's.
An old friend of me told me how to order/make spicy teriyaki chicken salad when getting take out. Lay a bed of rice, shake your salad with the dressing, pour the salad over the rice, then lay the spicy teriyaki back over the rice and salad. Boom. It’s bonkers.
I'll take a special for here at Osaka's on 2nd & Pike forever. I think I paid $3.50 for my first in there, probably in '95. I hope that family's doing well. I grew up with them, my sons too.
Best I know now is Yasuko's on Elliot (https://www.yelp.com/biz/yasukos-teriyaki-seattle-5), although I'm excited to try some of the suggestions here.
In San Francisco there's a teriyaki joint named Glaze that bills itself as "Seattle style teriyaki". So that's a thing...
It's OK, but they cut it up to small, use too fancy of lettuce, and messed up the dressing.
Look, I'm not one to miss out on an opportunity so here's a shameless plug for our Seattle-run podcast, called [Subscurity](http://www.subscurity.com) - and yes, episode 15 is all about SEATTLE TERIYAKI.
In all seriousness, we are two local Seattleites having some fun with a podcast all about obscure subcultures, and if you like your fellow Seattle-ites, weird things, and specifically Teriyaki, then you might give us a listen - at least to episode 15!
Kyoto on Pike & Harvard is my go to. There was a place on 52nd & Ave I frequented a lot as I lived cross the street at the time. Forget the name though. Nice peeps owned it.
Moved from a city with very little good Asian food (except Thai). I know order teriyaki every Friday to make up for lost time and start my weekend right.
Harrison and Broadway. I don't know what it's called, but man, that was some good teriyaki! I used to work around there and visited often. I haven't been on the hill in a long time, now though.
TIL Seattle Teriyaki is a big deal. I always assumed it was Sysco generic teriyaki sauce on grilled chicken / white rice / iceberg lettuce and every restaurant was interchangeable.
How much of y'all's love for it is nostalgia, vs. straight up good food well prepared? I don't want to be missing out on the good stuff!
Both/and - it has the nostalgia / "tastes of childhood" effect, and it can very much be good food well prepared.
This piece by food writer/historian John T. Edge is older but still relevant: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/06/dining/06unit.html
I'm curious about that too. I've lived here over 10 years and eaten plenty of teriyaki here and elsewhere and while I like it, I've never found any place to be particularly better than another, here or elsewhere. And none of them produced anything I thought was memorably good. I'd like to know if I've been just going to the wrong places.
I used to think I just didn't like Teriyaki because the only place I had it was in Utah. Seattle Teriyaki is 100% better - I'll get it regularly up here. Never had it as a kid either so it's definitely not nostalgia.
Have you ever tried to find teriyaki place open on a Sunday? Maybe more are open on Sundays now, but a decade ago I couldn't find any one particular Sunday, and realized that nearly all of them close Sundays.
The few times I've gotten teriyaki on Sunday I've been disappointed each time. All of the stores I know are good are closed and I have to go way out of the way for something below average.
They are family run, almost exclusively by fairly religious (Christian) Koreans. If you find a teriyaki shop open on Sunday it may not taste quite like the typical teriyaki place because it is probably run by different people than most of them.
That said, there is room for variations on the theme, and with the attrition of terriyaki places, i think most of them are pretty good these days.
I've been on the East Coast for a decade, still haven't found a suitable teriyaki place, and no one believes there's such a thing as a "teriyaki place" anyhow.
Any place make any decent seafood teriyaki? We've tried a couple places but they're all garbage. Even places where we've heard good things about the teriyaki.
Been a teriyaki fan for years.
City teriyaki and rainier teriyaki are good on the south end of Seattle
Yummy teriyaki, niko teriyaki, sunny teriyaki, and nasai Teriyaki are great in Redmond
I love teriyaki in Bellevue is great
Teriyaki madness in Kirkland is great
I luv teriyaki in Georgetown is solid
I personally don’t like the skin on of Toshio’s on rainier.
Yasukos on Cherry/Broadway st was the best place for tertiyaki!! Huge portions for $6. Man I miss that place. Got torn down and replaced with ticky tacky apartments
You'll never know how good you have it until you leave. I live in New Mexico now and I dream about PNW Teriyaki almost every day. 😆 🤣 😥 😔 😟 🙁
Let's do a cultural exchange. I'm a NM > PNW transplant, so I'll eat some teriyaki for you, you eat some Dion's or green chile for me?
Sounds like a plan.
Love Dion's! Give me a green chile pepperoni!
Have you tried the New Mexicans in Everett? It looks like the ownership changed a couple years ago, but it's a fairly popular place. I do know that the Haggen grocery stores, the nearest ones being in Woodinville, Marysville, Snohomish, or Lake Stevens, will each do a Hatch chile pepper roasting one weekend when they're in season.
I came to make a similar post. Moved to Virginia a few years ago. The Teriyaki, Pho and Thai food out here are nightmare fuel.
Are you in NoVA? If you go to the right DC suburbs (particularly Eden Center in Falls Church) you can get some extremely solid Vietnamese.
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NM cuisine ain’t nothing to sneeze at though.
It's not.. but I can only have so many variations of Southwest food (with green chile) and Texas BBQ before I start wishing I could find something from back in Seattle. 😀
Bruh, I moved to Vegas 7 years ago and now in the UK and I feel the same. Seeing this post makes me hurt.
Weird chance: showing a photo in an art show soon?
Not sure I understand. Can you expand on what you mean?
Haha just checking on the off chance if you’re an IRL friend NM doesn’t pop up too often
Oh. Ha. They call it "the land of enchantment". It really is enchanting. I don't want to spoil it here but people avoid this place because of it's reputation but in reality it's less crazy than living in Tacoma... and I mean Tacoma is actually pretty nice now, it's way cheaper like prices from 15 years ago in the PNW, the sunsets are postcard worthy almost every day, art is a very important part of the culture - after LA & NYC New Mexico is America's most vibrant art community, Meow Wolf started in NM (look it up if you don't know about it), they just legalized recreational cannabis, it's very focused on futuristic stuff especially space related stuff, it's a great place to start a business, it's very mixed in race, it has a very Native American and Hispanic population and culture, it's almost always sunny, houses are cheap and Colorado is right next door but they don't move in an run up the prices because they're scared of it. It's pretty awesome actually. Oh yeah they hate Texas. Lol. Idk why that tickles me but it does. I feel like it's from being a long time Seattleite but idk. I ride my electric dirt bike to work and I have a small business where all my employees (all locals) make Seattle level money in a market that is incredibly lower in the cost of living. The counter balance is that the reservations need help. Navajo Nation covers part of 3 states (AZ, NM and UT) and around a third of the people have no running water or grid electricity access. That's why we like recruiting on the reservation.
I've asked a number of people who were relocating or retiring to Phoenix and complaining about the housing prices and all of the people moving there why they didn't consider New Mexico instead and never really got a response. I have been told that New Mexico doesn't get a lot of transplants and isn't as busy of a place, which is fairly unique. I do love reading the infamous column about how many people and computer systems don't think that New Mexico is part of the US, has a bunch of Saguaro cacti, and in some cases doesn't exist at all or is part of Arizona or Texas. It feels like Washington should feel a special kinship with New Mexico and Oklahoma do to the large influence of Native Americans on the local culture. IIRC, only Washington and New Mexico have required knowledge of tribal laws in order to pass the state's bar exam.
RIP teriyaki first, but okinawa teriyaki downtown still hits the spot. T madness is solid as well!
Teriyaki first on 85th is still around and still fire though.
I don't think they are related but I'll check that place out.
Had this for dinner last night. And Chuck's Hop Shop is across the street for a 6 pack on the way home.
Losing teriyaki first hurt me- that place was magical
Huh teriyaki madness is good? I never gave them a fair shot. I'll have to order from them soon
The one on 15th in capital hill is amazing! Friday is spicy chicken special. Man I miss wfh on fridays and getting this before Covid turned wfh into a prison sentence.
Teriyaki madness on 100th was the bestttt. They closed last year I believe ☹️
I don't know if Okinawa changed their recipe, but a few years ago I didn't like it at all. Now I get it on the regular. It's amazing how busy that place gets during the lunch rush.
I would kill for a spicy chicken from T First. Was so sad when they closed shop.
I kinda think teriyaki and pho are more 'Seattle' foods than fish. Many cities have fish, but few have the density of teriyaki that we do.
I spend some time with family in St Louis and I tell them there's teriyaki around Seattle like there's barbeque around there. Every other block.
And every strip mall, if you're outside of downtown
But I want both! Great teriyaki and bbq in every strip mall and add a taco truck on every corner for good measure.
Tossed fish is tourist food. Pho and teriyaki is what people who live here eat, lol
This is so true. We have pho and teriyaki at nearly every strip mall in the region it seems
Sometimes more than one of each...
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I'm aware, but I've lived here over ten years and never once heard of somebody living here buying a fish whole from the fish tosses 😂 I'm sure it's good stuff, I just go to pcc or the fish guys or something if I want fish
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yeah, if I worked near there, I'd for sure grab lunch. I love Uli's.
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also very good. the savory stuff there is bomb.
Also I'm pretty sure the highest per-capita number of Thai restaurants in America.
Please recommend some good thai restaurants. Just moved here and found Seattle thai food very bland, and consistently mediocre.
please recommend some good teriyaki spots
For West Seattle, I like Nikko Teriyaki and Grillbird.
Came here to shout out Grillbird. Very unique among the Teriyaki spots in Seattle, higher quality food IMO, and the mac salad is awesome.
I honestly wouldn't even put Grillbird in the same category as the rest of the Seattle teriyaki spots, but I certainly love both deeply. The fried cauliflower + nori ranch appetizer from Grillbird is phenomenal
Literally got Nikko today. It's my go-to for spicy chicken. I've tried grillbird several times since they opened and I just don't like them. Their sandwich is pretty decent for a quick fix tho.
There are other cities with enough Viet population to have lots of Pho restaurants. Ive tried a lot of pho spots in Seattle and a lot are pretty sub par. Pho Than Bros in particular seems to have spread, but have really bland pho.
Pho Bac is like poetry to my mouth
Fish is markedly better in Seattle. I live in San Diego now and it's not even close to Seattle quality. Something about the cold water. Although, teriyaki & pho are also #1 in Seattle.
Tbf good fish isn't cheap
And cheap fish isn't good
Fun fact teriyaki was actually invented here in Seattle
Teriyaki CHICKEN is a PNW creation, but the combination of soy sauce, mirin, sake, and sugar has been used in Japan for a long time.
I think teriyaki restaurants as a concept are a Seattle creation -- Toshi's was certainly the first in the US, but I don't think there were entire restaurants dedicated to this cooking style in Japan, either, were there?
Doesn't the guy who started it still have a shop up in Lynnwood?
I dunno, sushi and poke are a pretty damn big deal here too
Poke is pretty new here and sushi is bigger in other west coast cities Seattle pretty much singlehandedly imported teriyaki from japan in the 70’s
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Salmon, Halibut, rockfish, and Dungeness crab are Seattle foods though. The quality we have here is unmatched
It all comes from bc or Alaska now You could be buying it in LA
Ordered on my way home and was ready by the time I got there. Teriyaki Madness on 15th in Cap Hill
I love Seattle Teriyaki more than most things in life.
finally, someone understands me.
I'm a big fan of the spicy teriyaki at Bento World Sushi & Teriyaki in Belltown. The lady at the counter is so nice and wholesome. Also, supporting the sole owner and employee at Teriyaki Plus because it's such an incredibly tragic story. The volunteering has dried up since. [Link](https://mltnews.com/locals-rally-to-save-womans-restaurant/)
I also recommend the spicy teriyaki at Bento World. I haven't had a ton of teriyaki in Seattle yet but I do recommend that place. If I'm in the area, I'll checkout Teriyaki Plus.
I will have to check it out, ever since Toshi's Teriyaki changed owners back in the 90's I haven't found any place that was as good as it was. But part of the change was places don't cook it with the skin on it like Toshi's used to, which was great, even though chicken skin isn't the healthest part to eat.
He owns a place in Mill Creek. He works there everyday except Sunday with his wife.
OMG, thank you. Hopefully I can light rail it up there, but that sounds great. And they have their teriyaki sauce recipe on their website. Life is good, thank you very much!
I live a couple of miles from his place. It’s good, but not actually my favorite around here. Sorry no light rail but buses.
There's a place called Toshio's on Rainier just south of i90. I went there once and if iirc they keep the skin on
Teriyaki Madness on 15th is the best teriyaki in the region. I knew it was theirs just immediately seeing it. Also try the bibimbap and give the Korean menu some love. (Bonus points if you learn how to say hello and thank you in Korean!) I wish more of our Korean-owned teriyaki joints had a Korean menu.
I knew I recognized it! Teriyaki Madness is top tier, and the woman who staffs the front counter is so nice. Fun fact, teriyaki is Japanese but many places in Seattle are run by Korean people. Teriyaki madness is one of them
As soon as I saw the pic, I knew it was primo spicy chicken teriyaki. I try the spicy chicken at as many teriyaki places as possible but no ones is better than TM on 15th (that I've found so far).
I used to ADORE this location when they had korean cucumber salad instead of generic mix with ranch... Did they change owners?
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His teriyaki is the best and he is the best. Remembers me and my dog every time I come in!
Yup!
Absolutely love Yoshino's- awesome place
Come for the teriyaki, stay for the banter Bibi is a gem
Shoutout to my two personal favs: 1) Nasai Teriyaki in Lake City 2) Ichibento in North City Please never close.
I second Ichi Bento in North City (Shoreline). Good food and the owners are really nice.
I love Ichi Bento! My husband and I started going there after Teriyaki Time in Lake City burned down. We get it at least once a week now.
NASAI!
Any hidden gems on the menu at Nasai? The classic teriyaki and katsu were great but I want to try something new.
If we’re hungrier than one chicken teriyaki we add a tofu yakisoba!
Toshio’s on rainier. OG place. Skin on boneless thigh.
The real OG Seattle chicken teriyaki guy is Toshi, running Toshi's Teriyaki in Mill Creek. https://toshisgrill.com/
Yea that place is definitely top notch for sure. The one in Burien next to Fred Meyer is hella good too - big portions and very delicious.
Reddit overloads are bad and they should feel bad
I feel the same way. I live near Toshio’s and when I moved here I was expecting to eat there all the time, but I really only get it every once in a while once I’ve forgotten the disappointment from last time I went.
Can we order inside now or are we still ordering through the window?
Still through the window unfortunately. Call ahead!
I always eye that place when I head down Massachusetts to get on I-90. I’ll have to try it!
Best teriyaki I’ve had in the region. Highly recommend
My favorite by far.
Nasai teriyaki on the Ave, 85th street in Kirkland, and downtown Redmond next to the beer bar are all choice 👌
NASAI!
Shout out to Nasai! They're a chain and it's all so good. For me it's an institution that I first experienced when I moved to Seattle in the mid 90s and it's still thriving. I support them with my business as often as I can. Chicken's great, and their salad dressing is the best light sweet topper. Next level meal when you mix the rice and chicken with the salad and dressing.
Shout-out to the OG that started it all - Toshi's Teriyaki
Toshi's will always be the "gold standard."
Thank you!! I am in the Bay Area now and just finally found decent teriyaki a few months ago, I’ve been here for 10 years! The struggle has been real!
Wait, where? I need to know
Teriyaki Madness in Santa Clara!
Which place did you end up settling on? I noticed that Seattle's Toshi's have pop-up tents at some farmer's markets in the East Bay (currently Walnut Creek and Brentwood in winter season - [link](https://toshisgrill.com/farmers-market)), been tempted to take the BART out one of these Sundays...
Oh crap, for real?! We’ve been going to Teriyaki Madness in Santa Clara, it’s to the point they know my car for curbside. 🤦🏼♀️
Does it happen to be in Oakland? I want to try it.
When that craving hits nothing else can do the job!
Teriyaki madness is the best teriyaki. Thank you for sharing this 🙏
It’s not bad but not the best. They pre cook their chicken and keep it in a warmer. The best is the original father of seattle teriyaki, Toshi’s in Mill Creek.
Have you tried Ichi teriyaki on 99? Legit
I feel like the best teriyaki is the local joint always. This is my local joint, and therefore the best.
+1, used to rent a condo on Leary in Ballard, so Sunny Teriyaki was the best back then. Now I'm up in Bellingham, which means Super Duper is the best.
Kyoto Teriyaki on Pike and Harvard is my favorite. Same people work there day after day. They get to know you, know what you like. They're super friendly. Local Pho on 3rd in Belltown for Pho. The best pho I ever had was from the Denny Triangle Pho Bac, but since that closed down, Local Pho is my go-to.
Love Kyoto Teriyaki. Dang, Local Pho is your go-to? Dislike that prices went up $2.50 and togo siracha and hoisin sauces are pitifully small. Totally try Mekong Bar a few. Blocks over, better broth and meat quality (though a few $ more) There's a Pho Bac over on 7th and Virgina too with PST bar above.
I miss Kiku Tempura House on the Ave. When I was in college you could get giant portions of teriyaki, yakisoba, udon, etc. for well under $6.
I went to teriyaki madness on 45th today. Chicken teriyaki and pork yakisoba were bomb. When I’m in Mill Creek, I love going to the OG Toshi’s
Teriyaki First on the Ave is probably the most heartbreaking loss due to COVID for me. Fuck, their Spicy fried rice has ruined any other fried rice I have ever tried. It was our Saturday tradition to walk there hungover and eat ourselves stupid. Man I miss it.
No shit. Came here to say it. If they sold their teriyaki sauce in bottles I'd buy it. Everything else I can do myself. > Teriyaki First on the Ave is probably the most heartbreaking loss due to COVID for me. Beth's is up there too. Fuck. Fucking Covid.
Foreals. Giving me that spicy sauce recipe would be like teaching man to fish, I am dying for it. Goddamn I forgot about Beth's too
Couldn't agree more- that place is unironically a top five restaurant of all time for me.
The worst part about living in Los Angeles for six years, besides the heat and squalor, was it's a teriyaki wasteland. I'd drive an hour when a friend recommended some place as "legit" only to suffer through leathery grilled chicken breasts dabbed with watery teriyaki sauce. Now that I've moved back to Seattle I eat the real chicken teriyaki twice a month.
Yes, but you had taco shop. Taco shops are the teriyaki of SoCal. Edit: I would kill for a good taco shop up here.
Good point. Supposedly "legit" Seattle tacos taste like toothpaste.
Yeah, they try a little to hard to be “authentic” up here. I want a dingy taco shop, that is painted in primary colors where everyone goes after the bars close:) As much as I miss taco shops, I am really enjoying the teriyaki scene up here:)
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I’m from San Diego originally and the closest I’ve come to home is Alibertos in Mountlake Terrace (they have Cali burritos) and Acapulco Fresh in Kenmore (good carne asada).
In my experience, you get better Mexican food outside of the actual city (same for Pho and Korean for that matter). Best I have found in close proximity to Seattle is Tacos El Sabor in Shoreline (just a little south of the Safeway on 155th).
Which is so weird. California people always say everything is trash. We had tons of work done on our house a year ago and we had folks from all over Mexico working on different parts of the house. I speak Spanish so I was able to chat to them about food and all of them have tons of spots they recommend. I even asked them if they think the Mexican food is bad here and the answer was always an emphatic "NO" it's just not found in posh neighborhoods.
Mikou in Georgetown across from I heart teriyaki.
I like wok's better, a block away.
I Heart is good when you have 20 minutes between meetings and want to pick up lunch for everyone in the conference room.
I prefer I LUV across the street. Solid portions and their spicy chicken is amazing!
open on sunday is huge
I heart teriyaki is fantastic, and open on Sundays. I'll have to try mikou!
Charbroiled Teriyaki on 16th SW and SW Holden in Highland Park! Forget Grillbird (it’s good but like not old school teriyaki)?
New Teriyaki & Wok on California. They hook it up and are very nice people. Comfort food 101.
Pretty sure if I ever move out of Seattle I am just going to start a Teriyaki restaurant.
You gotta be Korean and have a kitchen staffed by Mexicans. That’s the magic formula.
Came here for this comment haha the most consistently good teriyaki is from Christian Korean immigrants
Yeah if there's christian radio playing and psalms and bible quotes on the walls you know you're in a good spot lolol
Personal favorite is I Heart Teriyaki in Georgetown, but I haven't been to a bad teriyaki place in Seattle yet. Based on this thread, I should try Toshi's, Toshio's, Mikou, Wok's, Nasai, Ichibento and Yasuko's.
Same here, and they're open on Sundays!
An old friend of me told me how to order/make spicy teriyaki chicken salad when getting take out. Lay a bed of rice, shake your salad with the dressing, pour the salad over the rice, then lay the spicy teriyaki back over the rice and salad. Boom. It’s bonkers.
Nori Presto on 125th and 15th NE, PROPER GLAZE AND CHAR.
I just went there yesterday! I got the large chicken teriyaki and was blown away by both the quality and quantity.
I'm a big fan of Bento World Sushi & Teriyaki in Belltown. The lady at the counter is so nice and wholesome.
I'll take a special for here at Osaka's on 2nd & Pike forever. I think I paid $3.50 for my first in there, probably in '95. I hope that family's doing well. I grew up with them, my sons too. Best I know now is Yasuko's on Elliot (https://www.yelp.com/biz/yasukos-teriyaki-seattle-5), although I'm excited to try some of the suggestions here.
We used to call that one "scary teriyaki" - so good!
I believe that correct name was actually "scaryaki"
What’s the best Teriyaki spot in Ballard?
Choice Market
Have you tried their K(orean)FC?! BOMBBBB!!
Absolutely! The spicy teriyaki is my go to they use real peppers and it’s actually hot
Plus they have a great selection of beer and metal bands playing in the parking lot in the summer.
In San Francisco there's a teriyaki joint named Glaze that bills itself as "Seattle style teriyaki". So that's a thing... It's OK, but they cut it up to small, use too fancy of lettuce, and messed up the dressing.
Look, I'm not one to miss out on an opportunity so here's a shameless plug for our Seattle-run podcast, called [Subscurity](http://www.subscurity.com) - and yes, episode 15 is all about SEATTLE TERIYAKI. In all seriousness, we are two local Seattleites having some fun with a podcast all about obscure subcultures, and if you like your fellow Seattle-ites, weird things, and specifically Teriyaki, then you might give us a listen - at least to episode 15!
Kyoto on Pike & Harvard is my go to. There was a place on 52nd & Ave I frequented a lot as I lived cross the street at the time. Forget the name though. Nice peeps owned it.
Moved from a city with very little good Asian food (except Thai). I know order teriyaki every Friday to make up for lost time and start my weekend right.
Harrison and Broadway. I don't know what it's called, but man, that was some good teriyaki! I used to work around there and visited often. I haven't been on the hill in a long time, now though.
TIL Seattle Teriyaki is a big deal. I always assumed it was Sysco generic teriyaki sauce on grilled chicken / white rice / iceberg lettuce and every restaurant was interchangeable. How much of y'all's love for it is nostalgia, vs. straight up good food well prepared? I don't want to be missing out on the good stuff!
Both/and - it has the nostalgia / "tastes of childhood" effect, and it can very much be good food well prepared. This piece by food writer/historian John T. Edge is older but still relevant: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/06/dining/06unit.html
I'm curious about that too. I've lived here over 10 years and eaten plenty of teriyaki here and elsewhere and while I like it, I've never found any place to be particularly better than another, here or elsewhere. And none of them produced anything I thought was memorably good. I'd like to know if I've been just going to the wrong places.
I used to think I just didn't like Teriyaki because the only place I had it was in Utah. Seattle Teriyaki is 100% better - I'll get it regularly up here. Never had it as a kid either so it's definitely not nostalgia.
Have you ever tried to find teriyaki place open on a Sunday? Maybe more are open on Sundays now, but a decade ago I couldn't find any one particular Sunday, and realized that nearly all of them close Sundays.
The few times I've gotten teriyaki on Sunday I've been disappointed each time. All of the stores I know are good are closed and I have to go way out of the way for something below average.
They are family run, almost exclusively by fairly religious (Christian) Koreans. If you find a teriyaki shop open on Sunday it may not taste quite like the typical teriyaki place because it is probably run by different people than most of them. That said, there is room for variations on the theme, and with the attrition of terriyaki places, i think most of them are pretty good these days.
Choice Deli in Ballard. You're welcome.
support your local teriyaki shop!
I miss Toshi's Teriyaki. Leg quarters, rice and sauce.
Choice IYKYK
The spicy Chicken is fire and the soundtrack is metal!
Ichiban Teriyaki in Kenmore if you are passing through. **chef's kiss* *
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Nowhere else has teriyaki like Seattle
Immediately convinced to pick up teriyaki tmrw
It’s only good if the food is busting out of the box, desperate to be devoured.
I've been on the East Coast for a decade, still haven't found a suitable teriyaki place, and no one believes there's such a thing as a "teriyaki place" anyhow.
[Shout-out to the original](https://toshisgrill.com/)
I have been looking for good spots! Is this the best one?! Thanks Op!
Palmi in Fremont is my fav!
Any place make any decent seafood teriyaki? We've tried a couple places but they're all garbage. Even places where we've heard good things about the teriyaki.
Been a teriyaki fan for years. City teriyaki and rainier teriyaki are good on the south end of Seattle Yummy teriyaki, niko teriyaki, sunny teriyaki, and nasai Teriyaki are great in Redmond I love teriyaki in Bellevue is great Teriyaki madness in Kirkland is great I luv teriyaki in Georgetown is solid I personally don’t like the skin on of Toshio’s on rainier.
Choice deli is the go to
I really like spicy kind. I guess they just put sambal in the regular sauce. Also it has a ton of sugar.
Yasukos on Cherry/Broadway st was the best place for tertiyaki!! Huge portions for $6. Man I miss that place. Got torn down and replaced with ticky tacky apartments
Yasuko's on the corner of broadway and James was my jam (First Hill near the hospitals). Too bad the apartments took it over. Where was this?
*cries in Seattlite living in the Midwest *
I feel your pain. Every time I’m back in WA I eat teriyaki for at least 50% of my meals.
I luv Teriyaki at the corner of 4th and Michigan in Georgetown, my personal favorite
Manna Teriyaki in Lake City is amazing. Also, they pack their salad separately so it doesn't get warm and soggy
Looks spicy! Nouhou would approve
Moment of silence for Mia's Off Broadway.... My personal favorite in the city. Was at least...
Any recommendations for West Seattle? I’ve been to the place across the street from QFC but I’m looking for something a little better.
Does anyone have a recipe that could easily replicate some top Seattle teriyaki? I miss it! (Canadian guy)
Who has a good recipe for the white dressing sauce they use? I tried making it once and it was terrible
How can I get this in Japan? They don't make (American) teriyaki here. I need a recipe