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Washington, United States Food Guide: 10 Asian food Must-Eat Restaurants & Street Food Stalls in Bellevue
Find out what Asian restaurants to try in Bellevue. Bellevue (/ˈbɛlvjuː/ BEL-vew) is a city in the Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, across Lake Washington from Seattle. As the third-largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area, Bellevue has variously been characterized as an edge city, a suburb, boomburb, or satellite city. The population was 141,400 in a 2016 census estimate.
Things to do in Bellevue
10. Japonessa Sushi Cocina
Overall Ratings
4 based on 52 reviews
Japonessa Sushi Bellevue is traditional sushi, sashimi, and specialty rolls with a Latin twist. In addition to an extensive happy hour, Japonessa Bellevue offers semi-private and banquet dining, as well as an exclusive omakase section of the sushi bar wit
Reviewed By Cathy H
Japonessa offers happy hour in the entire restaurant every day until 5:30pm and in the bar lounge all day every day. This makes for an affordable outing to a very nice restaurant in a very non-affordable town. We split a few items including a california roll, spicy yellowtail roll (beware!), and a sushi set which consisted of 5 pieces for $11. They had nice wine choices for $5 on the happy hour menu and also had special prices on sake and cocktails.The staff was excellent and the atmosphere upscale yet comfortable.
9. Facing East
Overall Ratings
4 based on 131 reviews
Reviewed By jackiebr63
We fortunately made reservations a while ago for this place on XMAS Eve because the line for food went out the door! Twelve of us squeezed around an 8 person table. We let our one gluten free person ordered and everything she ordered was excellent! We had vegetarian fried rice, a dried shrimp rice noodle dish, a prawn fried dish (a total divine dish), oyster mushrooms with something, green beans with loads of garlic and something else tasty. Iâm sure Iâm missing some dish but we had so much food and the dishes kept coming and the bill was incredibly inexpensive for all the food for all 12 of us plus a toddler. Definitely worth checking out remembering that this is a Taiwanese restaurant so very few spicy type of dishes.
8. Dough Zone
Overall Ratings
4 based on 96 reviews
Reviewed By underwoodhagbu
Love dumplings and the rest of the menu here as well. Lots of good places to park, his place can get very busy during peak hours though. Loved the service, efficient but not overdone!
7. Palace Korean BBQ
Overall Ratings
4 based on 31 reviews
Reviewed By crsbbq
A buddy brought me here about six years ago and I loved it. I had actually been making Kalbi myself with another buddy for a huge annual cookout we used to throw every year for a long time before ever setting foot in an actual Korean restaurant. I suppose if you have actual Korean friends who will cook for you, why go to a restaurant? He had brought the original recipe but I modified it a bit and it seemed to go over well because we were pulling progressively higher attendance numbers every year based on word of mouth. We ran it for about five years until someone new was put in charge of budget oversight for it and decided it was too big a hassle. That was a total shame based on our success but my point is that good Korean BBQ is a treat and if you make it, people will come. These guys have been the main game in town for quite a while but I live in the north end and a bunch of worthy (and sometimes better) competitors have popped up in the Lynnwood/Edmonds area. Since I have options closer to home now, I only come here when I'm meeting up with people on the east side but it still holds a special place in my heart for all the happy meals I've had here with buddies and my kids over the years. The food is standard Korean. It's a LOT of meat that you cook on a grill built into your table. There are a bunch of interesting side dishes like Kimchi, bean paste soup, rice, sprouts, etc. I actually love the bean paste soup but for some reason, this isn't included under the "all you can eat" heading. That makes no sense to me whatsoever. It's got to be cheaper to let a guy like me who loves good soup fill up on that rather than gorging on straight meat. Maybe they should reevaluate this. The price to get the option with Kalbi has gone up significantly since I first ate here so I hadn't come as often. I suppose it's not unreasonably high given inflation over the past decade but it is about a 70% price hike and it's just one more thing on top of the drive. The service is pretty bad but I think a lot of the has to do with the language barrier. That barrier shouldn't prevent them from getting back to my table more often than once every 20 minutes though. If you're in the neighborhood and looking for a good Korean meal, you won't be disappointed unless you base the bulk of your personal reviews on the service. If you do that, you're probably not going to like this.
6. Flo Restaurant & Bar
Overall Ratings
4 based on 118 reviews
Reviewed By AliceLSeattle
Those mourning the loss of Kirkland Parkplace's Riki Riki Japanese restaurant but haven't tried a nearby equal will be delighted. FLO offers the freshest of sushi and sashimi, delicate tempura, a varied and enticing menu and an amazing selection of sweet, medium-dry and dry sake's, as well as sake-based cocktails. They even concoct their own ice-creams. Can't wait to go back!
5. Square Lotus
Overall Ratings
4 based on 88 reviews
Reviewed By hockeyaw19
This place was a great little find for us. We went in with no expectations and were blown away. The Green Mango Salad was excellent with fresh shrimp and veggies. I had the mango chicken which was scrum diddly umptious and my wife had the Crunchy Noodle with beef and she loved every bite of it. If you can check stop in here for a tasty experience.
4. Wild Ginger Bellevue
Overall Ratings
4 based on 371 reviews
Reviewed By Kathy D
I had taken a friend to the Nieman Marcus mall in Bellevue. We had enjoyed a lovely sunny day on their terraces and in the various up-scale shops. Then it was time for lunch. I had eaten at the Wild Ginger in Seattle a long time ago, and remembered it as a very interesting menu, and good service. So we went there for lunch.
3. Monsoon
Overall Ratings
4 based on 189 reviews
Reviewed By Michael W
Eric and Sophie have made a big impact on the Seattle food scene, but their Bellevue home has really improved dining in downtown Bellevue. And they stand in sharp contrast to the big box restaurants. The happy hour here is the best with great food and skilled drink makers (hi Daniel). Lunch and dinner are great too. Classics are drunken chicken, Bahn-mi, claypot fish, and Vietnamese spring rolls. Always delicious. I've been going since they opened. The classics continue to be superb. The bar has gotten much better.
2. Din Tai Fung
Overall Ratings
4 based on 1172 reviews
Reviewed By EagleFlyer
Had an early dinner with a business colleague at Din Tai Fung and we both enjoyed the variety of dishes we got, as well as the service and environment.Din Tai Fung offers a variety of different small dishes, such as dumplings of various kinds, buns and appetizers, as well as noodle dishes, soups and more. We went with fried greens, noodles, dumplings and buns to share. All the food was very good, especially the dumplings.The atmosphere is casual and busy. Accordingly, the service was efficient but it was also friendly and helpful.Would be happy to eat at Din Tai Fung again.
1. Palace Korean BBQ
Overall Ratings
4 based on 31 reviews
Reviewed By crsbbq
A buddy brought me here about six years ago and I loved it. I had actually been making Kalbi myself with another buddy for a huge annual cookout we used to throw every year for a long time before ever setting foot in an actual Korean restaurant. I suppose if you have actual Korean friends who will cook for you, why go to a restaurant? He had brought the original recipe but I modified it a bit and it seemed to go over well because we were pulling progressively higher attendance numbers every year based on word of mouth. We ran it for about five years until someone new was put in charge of budget oversight for it and decided it was too big a hassle. That was a total shame based on our success but my point is that good Korean BBQ is a treat and if you make it, people will come. These guys have been the main game in town for quite a while but I live in the north end and a bunch of worthy (and sometimes better) competitors have popped up in the Lynnwood/Edmonds area. Since I have options closer to home now, I only come here when I'm meeting up with people on the east side but it still holds a special place in my heart for all the happy meals I've had here with buddies and my kids over the years. The food is standard Korean. It's a LOT of meat that you cook on a grill built into your table. There are a bunch of interesting side dishes like Kimchi, bean paste soup, rice, sprouts, etc. I actually love the bean paste soup but for some reason, this isn't included under the "all you can eat" heading. That makes no sense to me whatsoever. It's got to be cheaper to let a guy like me who loves good soup fill up on that rather than gorging on straight meat. Maybe they should reevaluate this. The price to get the option with Kalbi has gone up significantly since I first ate here so I hadn't come as often. I suppose it's not unreasonably high given inflation over the past decade but it is about a 70% price hike and it's just one more thing on top of the drive. The service is pretty bad but I think a lot of the has to do with the language barrier. That barrier shouldn't prevent them from getting back to my table more often than once every 20 minutes though. If you're in the neighborhood and looking for a good Korean meal, you won't be disappointed unless you base the bulk of your personal reviews on the service. If you do that, you're probably not going to like this.
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