Good vibes, great happy hour menu, large beer selection, and lovely mixed drinks! This place is my…read morego to if I just want to get out.

This place is an awesome dive bar with awesome food! The service was great from both bartenders and…read morekept checking to see if I needed anything else. I had a cup of the brisket chili and it was SOOO GOOD!!!! I'll definitely come back to try their smoked wings and ceviche! The ambiance was nice mellow lighting. It was loud, but thats a dive bar for you.

Super cute local bar/pub vibes. We were excited to find another local, dog-friendly restaurant, but…read morewere pretty bummed to be subjected to several patrons smoking cigarettes next to us. Food was surprisingly tasty and we loved the neighborhood vibes. However, an employee confirmed smoking is allowed everywhere on both the front and back patio besides the tent which is a definite deal killer (and pretty sure it violates Title 70.160.020) Pretty confusing since they thoroughly advertise this as a kid and dog friendly bar, and subjecting them to second hand smoke doesn't make any sense.

Awesome place to grab a drink and a bite. Service is always great and the backyard is one of our…read morefavorite spots to bring the family. Don't sleep on the grouse.

A fun place period. Or wait, do I just add the period and not actually say "period"? Anyway, if…read moreyou're looking for a fun time, at a dive-ish bar with great food and drinks, and more importantly, a feeling of community, then come here, and come here often! They have karaoke Sun-Fri. The KJ's are great and the people are so supportive of every singer! People also like to stand up near the stage to dance and sing along. They have music bingo on Mondays, which is such a laid back and fun way to spend an evening, along with some drinks and food. I would not have guessed how delicious the burgers and chicken sandwich here are! I would come here for the food alone and the fries do not disappoint. The atmosphere is nice. It is a bit dark and neon, a little divey but also a bit nice, bathrooms are clean, and there is ample seating for being a smallish to midsize space. While I've only been here a couple times, the community vibes here have me excited to regularly come back for food, music and connections!

Place so small-I probably am too old for a place like this. The karaoke was busy never a down time…read morefor people to perform.

We hosted our after-wedding party at 1988, and it was the perfect way to end an amazing day. From…read morethe moment we started planning, the team was accommodating, easy to work with, and helped make the process stress-free. The space itself was fun, vibrant, and had such a great atmosphere for celebrating with friends. Our guests had an amazing time, and it was exactly the kind of night we were hoping for after our wedding reception. The drinks were great, the service was attentive, and everything ran smoothly throughout the night. Looking back, we're so happy we chose 1988 for such a special occasion. It created so many fun memories for us and our guests. Highly recommend for anyone looking to host a private event or celebration!

What a gem. Drinks were balanced and so, so interesting. I want to go back to try the rest of the…read moremenu! Loved the cucumber salad, their gangalal drink, and the Pandan drink too!!! 11/10. Props to the owner! I hope he'll consider clear ice cubes for the rocks drinks bc his drinks are next level!! N

Stopped for lunch on a Sunday. First impression: the most fabulous bartender in Seattle. She made…read moremy very specific drink perfectly. The wings was fantastic. Music was fantastic. A new Sunday Fave.

I love Tim's and have been a long time Tim's patron. Now that they have moved to White Center I…read moredon't go there as much but still try to get there every chance I get since they have such a great menu -- and I love that they have a meat menu and a vegan menu with all comparable items. This last time though was a bit of a disappointment. The drinks were super watered down to the point of wondering if there was even alcohol in them. My friend and I both ordered food -- I ordered the vegan corned beet reuben and my friend ordered the classic original smashstack burger. It was really busy with a band playing inside but it took forever to bring the food out, and when it did come out my friend's smashstack burger was as cold as ice -- basically a hockey puck. I think my sammy took much longer or something -- who knows but it was disappointing -- even the fries were cold. Anyway, I know I will be back because I love Tim's but next time will order shots or something in a can -- and I might not order food if it is really busy.

Dinner from late 2025 Customers seem to have a love-hate…read morerelationship with Tomo, an Asian fusion restaurant, in White Center. Originally opened as a high-end restaurant with tasting menu only, the restaurant has since evolved to an la carte (optional family set), with a mix of Asian fusion and adapting to moderate-price offerings with larger portions. The owner/chef has a worthy pedigree, having worked at Canlis; Brady Ishiwata Williams presents a menu leveraging recipes from his Japanese grandmother with influences of local ingredients and other Asian flavors. The results are flavorful (occasionally salty), imaginative, and visually pleasing. The staff is very kind and helpful with menu explanations. The restaurant ambiance is streamlined modern. The Food: Klingemann Farms Pork Rib Chop, $48 - 4 Stars Impeccably covered in a tamarind glaze and served with broccolini, the pork rib chop is served slice with slices of butter lettuce for wrapping. Despite being slightly salty, it was a brilliantly prepared dish. Sablefish, $46 - 4 Stars The sablefish is seared and served with manila clams and kale. This is a 'brothy' dish, and I have to say I wanted to drink the broth. Alas, it was a touch too salty to literally drink the broth. The combination of clams on fish is unusual; they work well together. The kale hiding under the fish soaked up all the broth wonderfully. Tomo Caesar, $18 - 4 Stars Their signature salad adapts flavors of the chefs' Japanese side with bonito dressing and furikake. Lightly dressed and delicate in flavor, it is my kind of salad. Dry-Aged Steam Burger, $5 - 4.5 Stars This humble steam burger is their most popular dish, a bargain at $5. Served with caramelized onion and American cheese, it was surprisingly good, and I am not a burger fan. When we asked if we can order more (nearly closing time), the server winked at us and gifted us two more. Thank you! Albacore Taraki, $26 - 3.5 Stars Albacore slices are served in a ponzu and yuzu dressing. Delicate and delicious (but spendy for albacore). Chawanmushi, $16 - 2.5 Stars Their Japanese egg custard is served with sweet corn, enoki, and brown rice vinegar. While I love a good chawanmushi, the high-end variants all include seafood. The $16 price is very high for its ingredients. This restaurant has a 22% included service charge and no additional gratuity is requested. For the level of service we received, the 22% is legit.

Quick early dinner at Tomo during the weekday. We have…read morereservation and were seated quickly. Bar tender was our server as well. Ordered halibut cudo and fried chicken. The halibut was fishy, not fresh. It's not a fishy fish, to get this fishy is alarming. Chicken has a hard batter shell, not much flavor in the chcken or batter, it's all in the glaze and dip. One piece was raw on the inside. Having eaten and cooked chicken for a few decades, i recognize undercooked chicken when I see and taste it. After I told my server about my chicken, the only response I got was "just so you know, the chicken is not raw on the inside". This was my only interaction I had with any server during the entire service. There is zero explaination about food when served, no checking in on the food once it's served. The pork rib was the only dish that tasted good. But it's $50 for about 8-10 oz of fatty pork sitting in soy sauce. Salmon was fishy, texture is strange and flavor is off, again leaning hard on the sauce to solve the poor flavor of the fish itself. I saw neigboring tables salad which is okay quantity for $18. When the bill came I understood why there is zero customer service, the 22% service fee is built in. I tip 20-25% regularly. But for nearly zero interaction, i could have ordered off of a ipad, have a robot deliver to my table. If you charge upscale price, service is part of the experience. The food is absolutely not worthy of returning, even at half the cost. The surrounding ethnic restaurants on the same street would provide you better food and service for about 30% of the cost.

Great bar with good vibes. Happy hour specials are a good price for what you get. The bartenders…read moreare very friendly and good at recommending things from the menu.

I love this place. The drinks are strong, the vibes are impeccable, the staff is nice and the…read morespecial events slap. Definitely leans towards the gay man demographic, but everyone is welcome. Go here if you're in the alphabet squad, you won't be sad.

Such a nice little place located in white center! My cousin and I wanted a drink on a Friday night…read moreand this place came up on our Yelp. And so glad that we did! We both got the lychee margarita and it was SO good. I definitely want to come back here for other drinks and food!

Pretty good food. We seemed to have ordered nearly everything on the menu. I highly recommend the…read morecreamed corn, tacos and any of their specialty margaritas.

My partner and I were so excited to try this place after seeing it on TikTok. We even skipped…read moreeating all day so we could fully enjoy it. Knowing how viral spots can get, we arrived early at 4:50 since they were listed to open at 5. By 5:30, no one had shown up. We checked their Instagram and found comments from other people who had the same experience from other days: showing up at opening time only to find the doors still closed. The owner had replied to one of those comments saying, "Life does unfortunately get in the way of being able to open right at 5 pm..." So apparently this happens somewhat regularly. Right as we were about to give up, someone finally pulled up and unlocked the place. We rolled down our window and he told us we needed to park somewhere else. That's fine. We waited a few minutes to let him get settled before walking in. There was no "thanks for waiting" or any acknowledgment at all. When we asked if they were serving food, he told us the sandwich guy "should be here around 6:30 or so," and suggested we grab a burger next door if we were really hungry. Honestly, that was such a letdown. We'd waited all day to eat, driven 50 minutes from Tacoma in the pouring rain, and were so eager to try their food, not the burger spot next door. We debated leaving but decided to make the best of it. We grabbed burgers next door, came back, and ordered cocktails. The drinks were fine, and the space itself is genuinely awesome, great vibe, super fun décor, and a lot of character. I mean they even play scary movies on a projector. Like, it's awesome. But the experience left us feeling more like an inconvenience than valued customers. I really wanted to love this place, but unfortunately, the lack of communication and hospitality overshadowed everything else.

Fun little bar with a great chill vibe. Good drinks and fun old movies playing on the big screen…read more Did I mention the littlest are welcome too? Two thumbs up!

Stopped him before a concert and had never been there before. Order a treat... It's a lot bigger…read moreonce you get in there than it looks from the outside. Very comfortable food was great. Staff was great.!

Never actually been in, but have always done takeaway, and the sandwiches are huge. I always have…read moreleftovers. It's a little pricey, but I don't mind. I also like the variety of sauces they have.