Best Restaurants for Special Occasions in Arlington

We had an outstanding meal here on 2/15/25. The food and steaks were top-notch, flavorful, and very generous portions on salads and sides. Steaks were cooked to perfection. Service staff was fantastic. Our server was obviously familiar with the menu, portions, and flavors. She made perfect recommendations for us, we should have listened better when she said some side were definitely 'sharing' portions. My only issue is that it was quite cold in the restaurant. We both wore our coats to be comfortable, and if you didn't eat your food rather quickly, it cooled off very quick. My 8 oz. filet was quite cold by the time I finished it, which was disappointing. But I still enjoyed it, very flavorful and soooo tender. I wouldn't hesitate to eat here again! Definitely recommend!!

Luis and the food were amazing! Spinasse continues to be our favorite!

Was lucky enough to have chef Shiro himself. Every bite was exquisite! It's an experience and excellent meal.

First time to Pink Door and it did not disappoint! Everything we had was fabulous, the service was great as was the atmosphere! I felt at times I was in the 50’s with the decor and music which was fun! They even had real candles! We will definitely be returning!

I had family here from California, and we arranged to meet at this restaurant, which I had been to once previously. I remembered that it was good, and also that it was near Seattle Center, and I had a hunch these two would want to poke around over there once our meal was done, so it was a perfect location. The service was warm and friendly, but never intrusive, and the food was divine. I ordered the "sweet stuff" French toast with caramel and strawberries; nobody else makes it like this, and it was mouthwatering! I also ordered (to go) some "soft scramble" eggs with asparagus and Dungeness crab. It's so hard to get real, fresh crab anymore, what with the overfishing, but my eggs had actual leg segments of crab in them, a perfect ratio of filling to egg. The eggs came with their amazing potatoes, and my husband and I had that dish, along with a small amount of leftovers from my French Toast, for dinner that night. This may be my favorite Seattle restaurant right now! The cherry on the sundae, so to speak, was that when we were finished, we sat and chatted and nobody seemed anxious to kick us out of our booth. Oh hell yes.