Date Spots in Seattle, WA

Dating in Seattle

A Seattle date often starts with coffee, and the city gives you plenty of room to choose a mood: Caffè Umbria, Zeitgeist Coffee, Caffe Vita, La Parisienne, Hello Robin, C&P Coffee Company, Fuel, The Shop by Porter, The Crumpet Shop, and Pike Place Chowder cover coffee shop, crumpet, French, ice cream, sandwich, and seafood stops. From there, dinner can be seafood at Emmett Watson's Oyster Bar or The Walrus and the Carpenter, ramen at Ooink Ramen, Mexican at Poquitos, Vietnamese at Monsoon, Lao at Taurus Ox, or American and regional plates at Terra Plata, OddFellows Cafe, Joule, and Maneki. The point is not a big production; it is picking one good place and letting the conversation run.

Drinks and entertainment stretch the date without forcing it. You can meet at Dead Line, Linda's Tavern, Artusi, Rob Roy, Hattie's Hat, Von's 1000 Spirits, Union, Comet Tavern, Madrona Arms, or Pacific Inn Pub, then catch Seattle Children's Theater, 5th Avenue Theater, Benaroya Hall, The Triple Door, Showbox at the Market, The Vera Project, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Market Theater, Paramount Theatre, or Central Cinema. Outdoors, Occidental Square, Waterfront Park, First Hill Park, Plymouth Pillars Park, Dr. Jose Rizal Park, Summit Slope Park, Olympic Sculpture Park, Lake Union Park, Volunteer Park, and David Rodgers Park offer a walk or a view. Culture dates can be Frye Art Museum, Wing Luke Asian Museum, Coast Guard Museum Northwest, Pacific Science Center, Chihuly Garden and Glass, Center for Wooden Boats, Museum of History and Industry, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Henry Art Gallery, or Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. The best Seattle dates feel easy: coffee, a shared plate, a drink, a show, or a park, with room to change plans.

Neighborhoods in Seattle

These areas are called out in the local notes for this city. They can help you keep a date to one part of town.

• Pike Place Pike Place has Pike Place Chowder, The Crumpet Shop, and Showbox at the Market, so you can pair seafood, crumpets, or coffee with a show.
• First Hill First Hill Park is the listed outdoor spot here, a simple walk to build into a coffee or dinner date.
• Madrona Madrona Arms is a drinks stop here, making it an easy tavern-style date.
• Lake Union Lake Union Park is the outdoor anchor, and the Center for Wooden Boats adds a culture stop nearby.
• Waterfront Waterfront Park is the outdoor pick, and Pike Place Chowder adds a seafood bite to a waterfront wander.