Restaurant Res. - EDITED

karimychel

Any suggestions for Downtown/Belltown for a group of 12 on a Saturday night. 

Must be kid friendly - as in 3-5 kids under the age of 12 (how the hell did they talk me into this)

My first instinct is Rock Bottom.  

uwhuskygirl

It's a little loud, but Black Bottle's good at accommodating groups.

sarack

the gtg post is a good list of places.

jennlin

i love-love-loved my rehearsal dinner at melting pot in queen anne. they have a private room for 10 or more or something like that. we had 25-ish.

jennlin

even with your edited (with kids), i still stand-by melting pot.....given that they aren't under 5.

karimychel

jennlin:

even with your edited (with kids), i still stand-by melting pot.....given that they aren't under 5.

I was knocked down on Melting Pot - because it's readily available to everyone and lack of parking.

Any good places up in U Village? The free parking might be tempting. 

uwhuskygirl

Piatti, DelFino and The Ram could probably take a group your size.

jennlin

karimychel:

jennlin:

even with your edited (with kids), i still stand-by melting pot.....given that they aren't under 5.

I was knocked down on Melting Pot - because it's readily available to everyone and lack of parking.

Any good places up in U Village? The free parking might be tempting. 

wouldn't parking be an issue in most places downtown/belltown? i don't know uvillage - at all, so i can't help you there!

emyinpink

uwhuskygirl:

It's a little loud, but Black Bottle's good at accommodating groups.

Black Bottle's 21+ only . They're often my go-to place for large groups though.

 

karimychel

wouldn't parking be an issue in most places downtown/belltown? i don't know uvillage - at all, so i can't help you there!

Yes - parking is always an issue! Somehow I got tasked to coordinate this and I don't know 1/2 the people involved. DH's 1/2 sister (who was adopted out at birth) is coming to town.  She only has one night to do dinner, there is family from OR driving up, family in Kirkland and a friend of hers who lives in Seattle but she has no idea where. She's staying in a hotel downtown. 

amandasw

wow, that's a lot of people and a confusing situation!  UVillage could work, there's several dinner places and I'm sure any of them would be fine.  The Ram is a little bit more of a bar type atmosphere, Piatti would probably be a good choice.

babyaustin725

Is Bellevue an option?  Whenever parking becomes an issue, I always resort to Bellevue since there is so much free parking near bel square.

karimychel

Not sure if Bellevue is an option unless someone picks up the sis and her BF downtown, since they are the ones that wont have a car. 

 

therickson

If you need right downtown Pacific Place has parking and restaurants. They might not be exciting but they are there!

emyinpink

Wild Ginger is great for groups, though a bit pricey. Definitely a favorite though.

 

therickson

If there are a lot of kids what about something like Benihana? The kids could have fun and it is pretty central. 

KST_

Downtownish - Cheesecake Factory over in Westlake.

Boring, but there's a Spaghetti Factory on the edge of Belltwon and they're good with large groups and kids and it has a parking lot.