McMenamins Queen Anne

Being from Jersey I had never heard of McMenamins. My boyfriend and I were staying in the Pineapple Hotel just down the block. When I searched up places to grab a quick bite this showed up and I'm happy we went with it! Our servers were fantastic. Super helpful and friendly. We just got a flight and their delicious Scooby Snacks and sliders. I especially loved the Portland ketchup and mustard - both delicious. The food was great, the sliders were absolutely fantastic. The restaurant itself is gorgeous. There's attention to detail everywhere you turn. The ceilings, corners, windows, the plants. Everything is beautiful and well thought out. I couldn't stop staring everywhere. I'm glad we made a stop here.

Great little local bar. Stopped in before going to the Cornish playhouse. Kat was our waitress and bartender when we sat up at the bar. She has such a great personality and was really fun to chat with and she gave great recommendations. We had the trucker burger and it was delicious. Perfectly cooked with nice accoutrements including the pimento cheese and potato chips. Had a nice crunch. Paired it with a nice white wine, it was their house, white rabbit, Sauvignon Blanc. The Cajun tater tots are always my favorite with the ranch.

I think our server did not get the memo that you have to be aloof and cold to work at a McMenamins (my experience from MANY of their restaurants), because he was bloody fantastic! He had dark hair, a beard and a pony tail. He worked the corner section closest to our hotel (the Staypineapple Maxwell). I am directionally challenged so I'm not sure which direction that is (I think it's the east corner of the restaurant). We were there late night of Dec 8th (after the Ricky Martin/Pitbull/Enrique Iglesias concert). We were rowdy and took 2 tables of 6 guys and 8 girls. Not only did our server let us have 10 separate tabs, but he was able to keep track of the girls at one table and their hubbies at the other table - who were on the same tab. Our server was friendly and got everything correct. That is a tall order, when you have 2 combined tables of 14 people. He even split some of the food orders for the husbands and wives. One couple even wanted to share a beer and he brought them out 2 small glasses! McMenamins food is always the same but the Ruby ales and tater tots tasted a little bitt better than usual and I credit the awesome service we got from our server for that!

Friendly service and probably the most expensive fish and chips for any pub in the area. The fish and chips were good, but other locations aren't charging $25 and it is one of the most expensive items on the menu. More than any burger I think. I expected to pay Seattle prices, but after checking other places in Seattle this was far more expensive than those locales.

TL;DR -- convenient and solid location to eat dinner before a Seattle Center show, if a bit pricey. Solid vegan options; no non-alcoholic beer.We do a fair number of shows at McCaw Hall and SIFF (both Uptown and Film Center). What has been disappointing is the relative paucity of decent restaurants to grab a bite to eat beforehand. For whatever reason, even though we walk by McMenamins all the time, we've never been until recently. We finally decided to give it a go.The place is deceptively larger than it looks. I imagine that it fills up pretty quickly post-Kraken games, but for pre-ballet on a Thursday evening at 5:30 PM, seating was easy to come by (although the place was about half full).We're both vegan, and I stopped drinking a while ago. There are a number of clearly marked vegan options (while their menu changes from time-to-time, there's always a vegan burger option, and when we went there were three rice bowl options). No non-alcoholic options, which is a bit disappointing.Service was prompt, friendly, and attentive. The bartender handled our booth. Nice guy. The whole place, including the bartender, had a very suburban, Midwestern vibe FWIW. Food was good/very good. Portions are on the large size. I was pleased with the rice bowl I had, as was my partner. I don't think this is the type of place where you are going to have a dish where you're raving about it for days afterwards -- and I don't think they market themselves as such. Basically, you're going for location, and want food that you'll like. Compared to comparable-style places (dare I say chains like Chili's and Yard House?), the food here is better.The elephant in the room is that the prices are a bit higher than I would expect, even for Seattle. I'm guessing that this is due to its location -- convenient for post- and pre-event at the Seattle Center. The "nice" thing about price is you know what they are going in -- unlike service or food, you can't really be surprised by how much it'll cost if you look at the menu online ahead of time.We will be back. Particularly when the weather is icky on a day we have a show at McCaw Hall, and don't want to walk or Uber farther away, this is a nice place to go.

The food was reasonably good. No complaints for this type of restaurant. The Hazy beer was not a full bodied IPA that we normally expect. The problem with this place is menu prices. Our bill was $70 without tip for a salad with no protein, burger, happy hour wine and beer.

Back for more while visiting the Seattle center with friends. Fun and casual spot for lunch. Happy hour starts at 3:00, we got there at 2:30, should have ordered a cup of soup, one drink and waited for happy hour prices as the food took longer than expected to arrive. No worries. My sandwich was just ok, the toasted bun was cold. Weird. The chicken was real but the fries were not hot. My friends tots were clearly freshly fried and delicious. Their sliders looked good. No photo. The server gave me two tasters before I decided on a beer which was good. The speciality drink was also delicious. No phot but my other friend got the cider flight and enjoyed it. All in all, 8/10 starts for everything! Good vibes here.

We stopped in hoping to get the shoestring fries they had a decade ago in the Portland locations...and unfortunately they don't anymore. However, due to the great service, and all the other good food we still had a good time. We had three starving kids so we started with fries which were meh, and tater tots, which were good. More than anything our server took our appetizer and main orders simultaneously so we got food shortly after we finished the fries and kept the kids happy. The kids loved their cheeseburgers and grilled cheese so already a win. We liked tour fish and chips, and pub green salad with chicken and no onions. Still sad about the fries, but the experience was great and saved the afternoon.

Holy smokes. $25 for FOUR chicken tenders. They claim this is for 8 oz of tenders. So they are getting $50 per pound of tenders that they serve!!! FIFTY DOLLARS. Drinks were in tiny glasses filled with ice, so probably 3oz. of actual alcohol/drink and you get that glass of ice for $15.50. Wow. Never again. #foolmeonce

My boyfriend and I absolutely love the McMenamins properties and we had the chance to stop by here before a recent Kraken game. I had no idea there was one in QA, so I was so pumped! Since this was before a Kraken game and after a nearby holiday ballet, it was absolutely insaaaane. Line of people bunched up near the bar and I was certain we wouldn't be able to get in in time. Luckily we were one of two groups of two and we got in within 10 minutes or so. However, there was zero communication from any employee to the group of waiting people and we went five or so minutes with no groups being called despite tables being open... However, everyone was patient and giving them grace because it was absolutely packed that night.We got seated and service was great from there on out, albeit a little rushed (understandable). To start, we went with some hazy IPAs that were delicious, as well as some shots of our favorite tequila that they happened to carry. For food, my boyfriend got the Kraken burger and absolutely loved it. I got the seasonal tuna melt and it was SOOO good. I absolutely love tuna melts + tuna sandwiches, and they knock theirs out of the park. I'm sad that it's seasonal, because I would 100% order it again. And as per usual, the tots on the side were delicious.Happy to have knocked another McMenamins off the list and I'm sure we will return in the future.