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The menu is
reasonably priced, and all fish preparations are consistently delicious.
The wine list deserves mention, as does the staff. If you want or need
something that isn't on the menu, or you'd like to tweak a recipe or two
they do their very best to accommodate.
With Belltown quickly becoming the trendiest neighborhood in Seattle and
new restaurants arriving monthly, the Queen City Grill continues to reign
as one of the area's favorite spots. For a decade, this restaurant, housed
in an 87-year-old brick building, has wooed urbanites with cocktails,
grilled fresh fish, and ritzy "see-and-be-seen" atmosphere.
Slide into a high-backed wooden booth--each with a private window view--listen
to piano jazz and soak in the warm tangerine glow cast by triangular wall
lamps. Wine bottles by the hundreds frame the elegant, lacquered bar,
a testament to why Queen City recently won Wine Spectator's Award of Excellence
for their selection.
Fish is at the
forefront of the menu, although lamb chops, Jamaican-spiced chicken, and
New York steak also line the grill. Consider starting with a Northwest
classic, Dungeness crabcakes framed by a crescent of roasted red pepper
and garlic aioli. On the Southern side of things, a longtime menu favorite,
chicken gumbo, is filled with andouille sausage, okra, and topped with
wild rice. Queen City's philosophy is simple, "We grill fish,"
and they do so skillfully. Try the mixed seafood grill, a combination
of house specialties, including salmon adorned with arugula pesto, ahi
tuna in a creamy pepper sauce, and prawn and scallop satays with spicy
Szechwan marinade. Two nightly seafood specials typically bring salmon
and Chilean sea bass to the table. However, on a recent visit mahi mahi
served as a centerpiece, encrusted with Creole spices, seared and surrounded
by a chili-lime sauce. Desserts will delight any sweet tooth. Sourdough
bread pudding topped with hot butter-rum sauce and mocha crème
caramel complete with Belgium chocolate are superb.
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