Palisade

03/05/09

Great View

by CSMobileUser2 at Citysearch

Great food and a great view. Lacks many vegetarian options

02/10/09

Excellent seafood and service, even on a busy Friday night!

by seattlefille at Citysearch

I try to go to a new restaurant once a month, and this month was outstanding. First of all, the view facing Seattle is amazing, along with the Marina in front. Beautiful ambience and interior with a waterfall at the entrance and blown glass pieces. Our server was very friendly- not pretentious at all. He was extremely knowledgeable of all the items on the menu, as well as wine to compliment our meal. He claimed that they had the best crabcakes in Seattle- and he was right! No bread stuffing at all, fresh crab and excellent flavor. I had the king salmon roasted on cedarplank and it was excellent, perfectly seasoned and beautifully presented on the plank. My friend isn't much of a seafood person and had the duck which was also very good, nicely cooked with crsiply skin. Overall excellent. Last month I tried the Waterfront and this blew it out of the water!

• Pros: Food quality
• Cons: A Little pricey, but worth it for fresh seafood.

11/14/08

Always cooked to perfection for us..

by samish at Citysearch

On deciding to make reservations with a girlfriend I decided to look at the reviews to see what others had experienced. Our experience has always been 5*. My husband and I have dined there around 6 times. 2 times this past year. We do not live in the city so its a special trip on Mothers Day or B-days. My husband has always made reservations in advance. You can have valet parking if needed also. Our seating has always been on time w/out a wait or about 5 minutes and our seating arrangement wonderful. Maybe that is the key, reserving a table in advance. On Mothers Day 2008 my husband made reservations. The table had a huge bouquet of flowers, a card, pink roses sprinkled on the table. Wait staff this time and always previously and thereafter has been excellent. They are able to tell me exactly what I want to know about the food prep, ingredients etc. The wait staff has recommended wines and also if I wasn't sure, they would send the wine guru over which really helped. Although I cannot remember exactly what we ordered that time except the appetizer, Calamari filet. Was excellent, three good size filets, sliced, stacked with dipping sauces for only 11.00. The more recent trip for my Bday Sept 08 my husband ordered filet mignon, I order halibut. On arrival we both were very surprised on the size of his filet mignon, although we noticed he was served one of the largest portions (seated first). He took a bite and closed his eyes. I said its that good, he sliced a piece for me and I also did the same thing. Crisp, smokey flavor on the outside and like butter on the inside. Unbelievable mouth watering experience. What I like most about Palisades is that the meat & vegie no matter what I order has been cooked to perfection (pet peave). I always order seafood and its always been fresh and delish. My dad is a commercial fisherman and we have always been lucky enough to eat the very best of it.

• Pros: Romantic, Nice parking, Nice service and excellently cooked food.
• Cons: none