Dahlia Lounge Restaurant Review:
Chef-restaurateur Tom Douglas’s Dahlia Lounge offers Pacific Northwest cuisine that incorporates global flavors and utilizes local ingredients. A spacious interior with red walls and glowing hanging lanterns creates a festive room, while the bustling atmosphere is ideal for lively celebrations. Menu favorites include crab cakes, seasonal salmon preparations, and rotisserie-roasted five-spice...
"After all these years", Tom Douglas' first venture is still an "absolute favorite" among fans of this Downtowner's "outstanding", "Asian-infused" Pacific NW cuisine that includes a "rock-your-world" coconut cream pie (get one to go at the bakery next door); the contemporary room's "happy" vibe and "dependable, pleasant" staff are part of the "iconic", if "a tad pricey" experience.
Seattle institution, serving inventive fare from chef extraordinnaire Tom Douglas. Food surprises without trying too hard. Think different textures, colors, and tastes -like potato leek ravioli with smoked sweet onions, frissee, sage butter and creme fraiche. Entree standards are similarly excellent and surprising, like rare rib eye steak with crispy grits, creamed spinach and toasted garlic....
Seattle's new crop could learn a thing or two from Tom Douglas' sage experimentation and mass appeal.:
The Scene
The Dahlia has rightfully earned its iconic status on the Northwest dining scene. The space blushes a deep crimson; Chinese lanterns hang from brawny exposed beams. Somehow,...