Seaports Restaurant & Lounge

Solid hotel food, quality preparation, fair prices.

I have eaten/drank here on three occasions while here for a convention. This is inoffensive, American food. They have a rotating menu, with some standard items, and include some local specialties (like Pacific salmon). The service is courteous and efficient. The drinks are well-done, and options include local beers on tap, a small but well-curated bottle selection, and mixed drinks featuring local distilleries.

The burger is actually quite nice. The french fries are a little underwhelming and sparse, but I appreciate that only because I don't need that many french fries. The nachos are abundant, but are slathered in Velveeta-like cheese sauce, making them a bit more goopy than I prefer.

This isn't a destination restaurant, not by far, but if you're in the area, it beats the pants off of any American-style cuisine in a quarter mile, and the drinks make it well worth it.

I have been to this restaurant quite a few times now and absolutely love the fresh home made potato chips they serve with smoked sea salt and vinegar.  Every time I sit at the bar the service is impeccable, even when the place is packed, the service is great.  However, the three stars is due to the last couple of visits.  

I had a group of co-workers with me, so we sat at a table, and each time we got the same waiter, with attitude.  The first time we all thought wow, must be having a bad day or something?  Evidently the gentleman has a lot of bad days, or is just an unhappy chap.  There seems to be a number of the staff that work very hard to keep the customers well taken care of, its kind of sad to see one guy make a bad impression.

Let's face it, this is your typical overpriced national-chain airport hotel restaurant and bar. If you're a weary traveler craving convenience, comfort, and predictability, this will be the place for you. The food is gussied-up Sysco fare, the drink selection totally conventional. To be diplomatic, service is very courteous and professional, if highly... relaxed. And the food menu during off-peak hours is annoyingly limited.

To their credit, this is a large, sprawling, cozy space to settle down and drown away all the frustrations of travel with a few drinks and some comfort food. Lots of big TV screens showing all sorts of local and sports channels. If you've got some down time, though, grab a rental car or take the airport light rail into Seattle and visit a craft brewer or try something culinarily edgy and inventive.