Madison Park Cafe

02/05/11

Nice menu, nice service

by rjenning at Citysearch

My wife and I really like this place. I'm not a fan of standard menus, which abound in the Seattle area, and this restaurant makes it interesting. Low key nice service, not fu-fu; our kind of place.

10/21/10

Exquisite dining experience!

by Greg Hunicutt at Citysearch

My brother and I had an exquisite dinner at The Madison Park Cafe after my hesitation of his suggestion. He'd never been there, and I hadn't in about 3 years after my last experience in 2007. But my expectations were totally and delightfully reversed by our dinner.

From being warmly greeted by a couple of staff (one being Karen, the owner), to understandably being moved to a quieter corner because of a more demonstrative diner behind me (I'm softer-voiced and not as easily heard).

My brother and I both enjoyed a wonderful salad of arugula (which I usually disdain) and other ingredients... it was spectacular though I don't recall the other ingredients. But they did a good job of marrying those ingredients in a way which masked the often-acrid arugula flavor.

I agreed with my brother's high opinion of his Alaskan haddock special entree choice as he allowed me to sample his selection. And I dined on a Dungeness crab cake. I'm usually suspicious of most crab cakes, as I was raised on Baltimore-style blue crab cakes which are lightly-breaded and mostly crab meat, as was Madison Park Cafe's cake. It was superb! So flavorful and fresh, perfectly browned on top, it was still moist and full of flavor. And while the pomegranate seed fad has pained me, the seeds added a delightful accent to the entree.

Thank you, brother, for helping me dash my past experience (a hanger steak with pom frittes) that didn't mirror my then-recent Parisian memories.

I will return soon and recommend The MPC!

03/21/10

Great Place for Dinner

by Beauregard99 at Citysearch

I just had to say I had the opposite experience of the below poster. I found the dinners there to be really *five star*. The food is tasty and thoughtfully presented. The service is warm and inviting every time I have been. The staff is always very knowledgeable and can recommend a wine to go with your dinner. Every time we have friends in from out of town, we have to bring them in for dinner, because its just such a lovely experience every time!

Brunch was a bit of a dissappointment for us after doing dinner there. Service was lousy, with our waitress kibbutzing with her freinds while we were ignored. Food was...OK. But not on a par with dinner. Do yourself a favor, dont bother with the brunch, but definately try them for dinner.

• Pros: great service, great food
• Cons: you may have to wait when its busy : (

03/08/10

uncomfortable

by kenjity at Citysearch

Night manger or owner took menu out of my hands… I was waiting to see if they had openings for dinner at the front door and looking at the menu. The person that came to meet us at the door took the menu out of my hands as if I was stealing something. She then gave us attitude as if we didn’t belong. I could not believe someone in the service industry would treat potential customers in such a manner. DO NOT GO FOR DINNER. We had good experience with the bruch staff.

• Pros: none
• Cons: bad attitude

05/19/09

Totally Charming

by BritDolan at Citysearch

I have been here for both brunch and dinner and I have never had a bad experience with either the food or service. I do know a few of the people who USED to work there, but I have been back recently and the service was still great. Very knowledgeable and professional, and they know the wine list like the back of their hand! The food is great, very traditional and delish!

Definitely check it out!

• Pros: Great Outdoor Seating!
• Cons: Too Busy for Brunch