I ordered the Farine breakfast with fresh-tasting merguez sausages. It came with excellently…read moreseasoned and cooked potatoes, delicious grilled cherry tomatoes, in-house baked wheat toast, sunny-side-up eggs, and a piece of what appeared to be butter lettuce. Everything tasted great and felt well thought out. My partner ordered the almond croissant and an iced latte, which came with a small crunchy piece of almond croissant on top -- both were excellent. This is officially my new favorite breakfast spot in the area and I'll definitely be back. The inside decor was tasteful and inviting, and the staff and service were great -- super friendly and even said goodbye as we were leaving.

I've gone here a couple times now, and I love the quality of their pastries! Street parking can be…read morepretty hard to find, which is a small downside. The cafe gets really busy in the morning, and indoor seating fills up quickly. There is outdoor seating with some heaters, though with how cold the weathers been lately, I prefer getting my bakery to go. I love the crème brûlée cruffin, and the lavender honey scone (also one of my first orders from here) is awesome! It's not surprising that the cruffin is one of their best sellers since it's pretty big and well worth the money. I also appreciate that they include tags for gluten free and vegan options, it'd be cool to see more food using both categories. During my most recent visit, I bought an almond berry cake (the only one that's vegan and gluten free), and I really appreciated the server asking me if I'd like the cake to be packed separately from my other orders. I've bought these pastries to share with friends and family, who've equally enjoyed the treats! Overall, farine is now one of my staple bakery spots in the Eastside!

This might be my favorite new bakery. Everything here is amazing with such unique flavor. They have…read moreblack sesame and Dubai chocolate flavored pastries and their Nutella and raspberry croissant is amazing! I left in the fridge overnight, air fried it the next day, and it still tastes so good. While this bakery is a bit tucked away, the unique flavors make it well worth the search. You can use the dedicated lot, and they provide parking validation. Will come again to try their black sesame pastries, tiramisu and mousse cakes.

Good Pastry dough for all the pastries I've tried…read more Warning: pistachio croissant contains cream cheese for their cream. It's sour and tangy so if you don't like cream cheese, avoid at all costs. We did not know until we bit into it and it was sour and it was very displeasing to my taste buds when I was expecting sweet cream. I got a chestnut white mocha, and the taste was subtle, but it was also lukewarm. The black sesame croissant was yummy and flaky. All the pastries lived up to its Instagramable hype, but the flavors did not live up to the hype. Pretty disappointed with the taste, but everything looked pretty.

Pretty good gelato! Staff is super friendly and nice, you can try anything you want. Limited…read moreseating indoors, some picnic tables outdoors. We got the raspberry dragonfruit. Pretty amazing!

It makes me sad to write this 2-star review because Bottega Italiana has been my favorite gelato…read moreshop in Seattle for the past 15+ years. As you can see from my review years ago, when my hubs and I came back from a trip to Italy, we wanted to find a gelato shop that had the same quality as the shops in Rome. Not all the gelato and sorbetto we had in Italy was good, some flavors tasted artificial, and during our time there, we learned how to tell the good from the meh. When we returned to Seattle, we were happy to find great-Italy-like gelato at the Bottega Italiana in Green Lake. After that shop closed (still sad about that!) we started going to their other shop by Pike Place Market. For years, this place featured delicious, fresh, quality gelato and sorbetto that tasted like the flavors they were labeled with--so strawberry tasted like eating real strawberries and so on. But on a recent visit, I got a small cup with strawberry and raspberry-dragon fruit and the first flavor I got when I tasted it was sugar. As I ate more of it, it started to remind me of Jolly Rancher candies, not totally, but enough to turn me off. They use just enough fruit to make you believe it's the flavor that it's labeled with, but the amount of sugar and other things added makes their fruit flavors as meh as the not-so-good shops we learned to avoid in Rome. Alas, I think my favorite gelato shop in Seattle has fallen prey to profit over quality. Why, Bottega Italiana, why??? It makes me and my hubs very sad. The only reason I am giving two stars instead of one is because the service was friendly and efficient, and my hubs's dairy-based gelato flavors were all right--not great but all right. Over the years, we've tried all the other gelato shops in Seattle and none of them measure up either. I guess it's time we take another trip to Italy.

Very nice location. the most smoothest cappuccino i've ever had…read more Quick service; waited 3 minutes for the coffee!

Came to grab a coffee near the convention center and was not disappointed! It's located in the…read morelobby of the building and super spacious with plenty of seating. I wish I had more time to sit around and do some work. I ordered the seasonal lavendar piper latte with oat milk. It's great that they don't charge extra for milk alternatives. I took a chance with the seasonal latte even though I don't typically like floral tastes and really enjoyed it! Also grabbed a bag of beans as a gift. Latte isn't cheap, but pretty standard price. Staff was also very friendly despite the line (which moved quickly).

Food - Nice and fluffy gelato, not too heavy and not too sweet. Overall a pretty good selection of…read moreamerican gelato. Service - Friendly workers, you'll get your gelato quickly! Ambiance - Quaint shop with seating to sit and eat gelato with your friends.

Food Quality: 5/5 Service: 5/5…read moreCleanliness: 5/5 Value: 5/5 Sirena Gelato is a lovely little gelato shop in Kirkland and a great experience! This shop has a good number of flavors and some unique ones! I've never had chikoo, which was a flavor offered here. It was flavorful and a good sample to try! I ended up with the Ube and Pandan scoops - they were very generous too! The staff were super nice and did great with answering questions about the gelato and the shop was very well kept. Can't wait to go back and try more flavors!

* Apple Maps please update the hours bc I almost didn't make it in time!!…read more Really enjoyed the brown butter chocolate chip cookies @ brownies & bites. tried it with their brown sugar cinnamon latte and it was really good. will definitely be back for more didn't get a picture but i also got a box of their brownie edges and i like that the flavors are assorted so u get to try different kinds of brownies my new go-to spot for coffee and sweets

A brownie shop to try! They have a variety of brownies to choose from and I had their cookie…read morebrownie. It was good and sweet! I really liked the frosting on top. I would say that the brownie tasted more like a cookie and not much like a brownie. I also wish the brownie was more condensed. The service was good. The employee answered any questions we had and the desert was prepped quickly. The ambiance was nice and cute. Unfortunately there's no indoor seating.

I manage to come to 203 every so often since my kids hang out at Totem Lake and usually ask for a…read morebit more time. Honestly it's a great place to just sit grab some great coffee and chill I will ask that people be a little more considerate, we all have accident and the servers are awesome and doing their best, they really don't have time to wipe down floors that's are utterly soaked with whatever you spilled and neglected to tell them. Just a little curtesy for our baristas please My usual order is a flat white/cappuccino and the coffee is always great. One thing I noticed is that they finally have pastries at the end of the day so yay to ordering a little more for this popular spot!!

Was visiting the city and staying a block away. Wanted to check out South Lake Union so this was…read morethe perfect spot to pick up a coffee! My partner got a chai and I got the ube latte. Both were good but I wish I had gotten the banana bread latte that I was thinking about. The savory scone was delicious and lowkey should've gotten a 2nd one. Staff was very nice and welcoming!

gelatiamo was a cozy hideaway spot from the crazy seattle wind and rain (someone had to be by the…read moredoor to let people in and out). overall very vibey with a few tables to sit at! staff were friendly as well. for the smallest size, you can get two scoops of any flavor! the berries and cream flavor reminded me of the plain tart frozen yogurt flavor (but much creamier and a bit sweeter from the berries). the strawberry sorbet was also very good! you can taste the strawberries for sure. eggnog was an interesting flavor! i've never had actual eggnog before so i don't have a good comparison point but it was good and not overwhelming in any flavor profile. cookies and cream was good too :)

This dessert and pastry place is close by to Benaroya hall, so I would get here by public transit…read moreif you can. When you do walk in here, you feel like you're in a fine-dining like area with dim lights yet it also has the feel of a cafe where you can sit and relax with whatever you get. Since one of my friends knew I haven't been here before for desserts, he decided to take me and out other friends here to try their gelato for the first time. I got a scoop of their marionberry swirl and had a taste of my bestie's salted caramel gelato. Both were really good though my marionberry had a lot more taste and wasn't as sweet as the salted caramel. Staff up front were very patient with us when we asked to try several of their flavors at once.

There's AMPLE seating - both indoors and outdoors. The clientele are a mix of people working (like…read moremyself today) or grabbing brunch/lunch together. Although the feeling sitting in is spacious, there is a good amount of ambient noise, likely bouncing off of the cement structure/framing of the building. There are floor to ceiling windows spanning the length of the place, as well as on the sides, adding to the amount of light and airy feel inside. The matcha - I was pleased to taste that they used very good quality matcha powder. The drink was smooth, creamy, and a little sweet from the vanilla syrup. The seafood tartine- I was a little disappointed to see the seafood to toast ratio. I wish they gave twice as much of the seafood mixture. That said, they did give ample toast. It was more than double the width of a normal slice. The texture of the bread was also soft. It was moist and dry at the same time - hard to describe. You could tell they didn't skimp on the butter. It reminded me a little of corn bread, but didn't taste like cornbread at all. There was a hint of sweetness as well. Honestly you could have the toast plain and it was very nice. The staff was very friendly and efficient. My food and drink came out quickly each time. They also move through customers in line pretty quickly. I would absolutely come back to work here again, or just for a cheeky coffee and pastry. Maybe next time with headphones. :) Parking - I just parked at the library and walked the couple blocks over. Additional: they have baby changing station in the lady's restroom.

great cafe, friendly staff and great food…read more the food like pastries, cake slices get over very quickly. we went post lunch time and other than getting a coffee, there was hardly any pastries left, everything was sold old! ample seating within the cafe and outside as well. it's a buzzing, lively cafe and definitely not a quiet one! will try to get in early someday!

One of the best pastries i've ever had. Chocolate was amazing, cream filling was perfectly sweet,…read moreand the bread itself was soft and fluffy. the pastries were made right in front of us. Will be coming back soon!!

We stopped by Panterelli after the West Seattle Sunday Farmers Market, wandering in after hearing…read moreabout the best Choux pastries in Seattle. There weren't any other customers inside and we were greeted with an empty display case in the front. While barren, the owner, a gruff* French gentlemen, confirmed that he still had choux pastry left with a choice of either vanilla, coconut, pistachio, or hazelnut. We decided to go with the pistachio, which he assembled fresh for us, first by piping pistachio cream inside the choux shell, then dipping in melted chocolate and sprinkling pistachio on top. Pistachio Choux ($6) - The choux is excellent, baked until deliciously crisp on the exterior while the inside remains soft, eggy, and tender. Since it's fresh filled and we ate it right afterwards, the cream never migrated to saturate the crust - I suspect people with issues with mushiness probably let the cream puff sit too long before consuming. The cream, which is piped to the brim, pushes out against the delicate shell, causing each bite to almost squirt out a bit of the luscious, silky whipped custard. The cream coats the lips and mouth with a layer of fat. It's not too sweet and has a light nutty pistachio flavor. The melted chocolate the top is dipped into glues on all of the pistachio dip. The chocolate is slightly bitter, yet sweet, so it helps cut through some of the rich silkiness of the cream. The pistachios on top act like a crumble, perhaps pulverized and melded with butter to create a very rich yet pistachio forward mix. It's strongly flavored, and the chocolate creates such a strong cement that none of the nuts detach while eating. (5/5) Panterelli was a huge surprise as it wasn't even on our radar until we walked past the shop randomly while exploring the Farmers Market. It's a definite revisit in the future! *The owner isn't nearly as welcoming as a typical American small business owner, but is certainly friendly and eager to chat. I also love his attitude - looks aren't that important; it's the taste the reigns supreme!