Never any seats for dine in. If you don't have a reservation, the restaurant and bar are all full. If you do have a reservation they'll be overbooked. Not sure what the point of reservations If you can't notify, with the provided phone number, that there will be an added wait. Don't know how it tastes and frankly will never find out. Only attempted to try it because Costco sold gift cards, thank goodness they accept returns. read more

Wild ginger is a favorite of mine and my gfs. We love the pad thai and butter chicken here. The cocktails and desserts are also really good. My gf is obsessed with their ice cream that they get from olympic mountain creamery. They have the best ice cream's flavors that you really cant find in a store. The service is always pretty good and the ambience is nice. It is a little bit darker and sometimes can be difficult to read your menu if you don't have glasses and depending on where your sitting. It can get loud too when its pretty busy so keep that in mind if you're thinking of a intimate date night. It can be a lively place with a lot of people dining for dinner time. Sitting at the bar during happy hour is fun and more chill at times and their HH menu is great sharing portions for half the price. read more

I went here last night for dinner with some friends. The ambience and interior design are really nice, and the staff are professional and provide great service. Unfortunately, I'm not too impressed with the menu and food quality. One positive part of the menu is that gluten free and vegetarian items are clearly marked. I appreciate that. The menu, however, is a bit all over the place with no theme. I'm skeptical of a place that offers green curry and butter chicken on the same menu. To me, it signals that the chefs don't specialize in specific dishes. I don't like stating that my prediction was true. I ordered the butter chicken, and my friends ordered green curry, a shrimp dish, and fried rice. All of us felt that the flavors and taste were subpar. For me, the butter chicken had way too strong of a tomato paste flavor and reminded me more of pasta sauce with the cream than butter chicken! Also, it was a little frustrating that rice is not included, so you have to pay an additional $4 for rice on top of an already expensive menu item. My friend who had the curry said hers tasted like lukewarm coconut milk with partially cooked vegetables thrown in it. None of us were impressed, especially for the price. Even if this place was half the price, I still wouldn't return. It's too bad because I love the interior and staff, but the food is so disappointing!! read more

Loved the location close to our hotel. Food was tasty and good portions. Reservation for 7:45pm.. sat at a high top by the bar, by 8:37pm we only just received our food had eaten one spring roll. We only had one round of drinks (empty at that point) and we're not checked up on much by wait staff, I acknowledged to the waitress and asked if our order had been forgotten multiple customers had come, eaten and paid while we sat. She admitted that she was a bit overwhelmed, working bar and servicing multiple tables.. very apologetic, but more staff needed! Not the best show of what this establishment could offer. read more

Great location across from Bellevue Square Mall (Macy's side), and next to the Bellevue Art Museum. This Wild Ginger is a lot smaller than the downtown Seattle location, so I recommend making reservations to ensure you get a table. That said, the menu is basically the same. My husband and I enjoyed the 7 Flavor Beef (or 6 flavor since we asked for no peanuts due to allergy), Sichuan Green Beans, and the Flavorful Duck. If you've never had the duck, you are missing out! The sauce alone they give you is delicious. Though they were busy on the week night we went, we got our food quickly and we're in and out in an hour. Highly recommend if you enjoy Asian food. read more

I visited on a Tuesday evening and was very pleased with the service from the waiters and the hostess especially . The food was delicious and we will definitely be returning soon read more

We had a sub par night after the food came it was rather bland and lacked seasoning... which is unlike my normal Wild Ginger experiences going back almost 20 years. Normally Wild Ginger is our go to spot but the Pad Thai was bland and the Butter Chicken had little to now Spivey flavor as it should be. The service was quick and friendly, the places was new so keeping it clean is easy and most importantly the manager was saddened to hear we didn't love it. It's important to me that a business takes great pride to protect its reputation and upholding standards. We will be back. read more

Wild Ginger - Fancy lights for a great night. Gf made me retake the photo and we are asking the fellow patrons... "are you going to eat that?" - Wine Bars Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

Disappointed. We were really looking forward to going here has it had been years. Awful service. Started off good, but then he never came back. My husband would have ordered another drink, I wanted to request hot sauce and I would have enjoyed looking at a dessert menu. Wide Thai noodles were bland and the squid was very rubbery. Husband's beef dish was a small serving made to look big with lots of been sprouts under the beef. I found it painfully sweet. Overall a mediocre experience. read more

The service was great! The waitress that we had was fantastic and made our dining experience a wonderful time. As expected for a Friday night, it was super packed so I highly recommend making a reservation ahead of time. (That's what we did since the wait time was pretty long). We had the Chicken Pad Thai, Tom Yum Seafood Soup, and the Fragrant Duck. The Pad Thai & Fragrant Duck were amazing. The buns for the duck appetizer were very soft and fluffy. If there was an option to get the buns by itself, we surely would have! Definitely a must have if you're dining here. The soup was a little salty so we didn't enjoy it as much. For drinks, we had the Mango Palmer and Cracked Coconut Martini. Mango Palmer was a no go, the mint taste was overwhelming. The martini was really good though, a very sweet and light alcoholic drink. Overall, we had a great time and it's definitely a nice spot for date night! read more

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Food was amazing! First time here for a date night with my fiancé. We wanted to try a lot of the foods and everything seemed worth it for price. With all foods pictured and a Thai ice tea the bill was $100 which seemed right with the quantity of food and we had some leftovers. Will say the staff is kind of in their own world. Not super attentive, talk amongst each other, jumped around. Sort of killed the fancy/date night/ambiance kind of vibe. But will be back since Food was fire read more

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The food here is amazing, always tastes great with good variety in the menu. The service is nice and the portions are decently sized. The drinks are also highly recommended, they were super refreshing and tasty. read more

Wild Ginger - Green Curry Chicken Dinner, Mongolian noodles - Wine Bars Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

Great food, great atmosphere & awesome friendly staff. I first tried this place a few weeks back with some local friends. We sat at the bar while Sarah the bartender along with Tanner our server helped make sure we had a great experience! Delicious cocktails and a lot of great food options! Enjoyed ourselves so much that on a recent business trip we drove from downtown seattle just to visit and try more items on the menu as well as say hello to our new friends! read more

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Used to live in Seattle over 20 years ago and loved Wild Ginger downtown so it was a top priority during our visit here. Bellevue location didn't disappoint. Favorites are seven flavor beef, black pepper scallops, flavored duck and thai seafood noodles. Kristina was an awesome server making for a great experience! read more

The portion is way too small for the price. We order from uber eats , the fragrance duck cost $20 and it's only a few pieces hardly enough for one person. And Each of these pieces are smaller compare to other places. read more

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Super spicy - we like a little spice but damn - tried our best to communicate to the waiter we like 3 star spice and got 5 star spice - asked for sauce on side of wings - got the wings drenched in sauce - too many other good restaurants nearby to come here. read more

We came for dinner during their really busy time given their location for Snowflake Lane's performance. Paul, the Manager took extra care us as we were essentially moved aside by guests who insisted on being first to get a good table. His kind attentiveness was appreciated and then Tanner our server delivered a complimentary appetizer for the trouble. We also really appreciated Tanner's recommendations! Favorites were the Seven Flavor Beef and the Shrimp entree. So flavorful. Loved the ambience and the overall service. Thanks for a great evening! read more

Very good, very tasty dishes. I'd recommend the seven spice beef, Thai spring rolls, papaya salad (felt a little fusion-y, but really good) ankwar chicken was sweet but good... chicken sausage and shrimp fried rice - delicious read more

Food was well seasoned but came out cold, and the portions were tiny. I ordered the fragrant duck and my partner the sea bass salad. The duck came out cold, chewy, and dry. It clearly was prepared hours earlier and then reheated upon ordering, only to sit out long enough to get room temperature. It was maybe 5 bites of duck breast and a leg with nearly all the meat missing. Super disappointing. The sea bass salad tasted good, but it came with a 3"x1" piece of fish (which also was cold). Service was also not very good. It took about 20m for someone to take our order and another 45m for our food to come out. In that time we saw a couple of other people order, eat, and leave. That didn't feel too good. Maybe my experience is an outlier, but it certainly wasn't as good as I had expected. read more

I was a big fan of the Wild ginger at the bravern, so I was excited that it opened up in another location. It's on Bellevue way so it is downtown which is a great location. Parking in this area is free with validation and in the downtown area is plentiful. The atmosphere on the inside matches the aesthetic of the door and gives it a special touch that sets it apart from a corporate building. The service was quick, we were greeted and seated quickly. Our food came out at s reasonable time and the appetizers came out together and so did our entrees. Our water cups stayed full and we were checked up on, so the service was great. They are also good about allergies here and substitutions which I like. They were happy to increase the prawns in my rice when I didn't want the chicken. The food was plated nicely and the portions were average. The taste was, to me, fairly average and I would have liked more seasoning in my rice. The chicken is not local or free range, since the prices are s but above average, this of course is a disappointment. I would hope upper quality restaurants invested in local, free range, antibiotic and hormone free meats. read more

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Wow food was simply amazing! Ordered the chicken skewers, waygu skewers, pad thai, prawns, green beans and some coconut dessert. I didn't care for he dessert but the main dishes were so flavorful! The decor was really cool and friendly enough for us to bring a toddler. I was hesitant because it looked a little fancy but they had a high chair for her :) I wouldn't say it was super duper pricey but definitely not cheap. Our waiter was friendly & the sake I ordered was a cold sake that came in a wine glass. Overall, definitely recommend this place! Looked like they also had a big private space for private parties. read more

Cool ambiance and less chaotic than the downtown Seattle location. Parking is provided in the lot downstairs as well. To start for drinks I HIGHLY recommend "Le Spaghetti Western." I'm a bourbon gal and this did not disappoint! I also tried a sip of the Mango Mojito and it was quite refreshing and not overly sweet. We did family style so I tried a lot of different options but some highlights were the papaya salad, the siam lettuce cups (one of my favorites), the sea bass entree and Indian butter chicken. The seven flavor beef was also great. The beef street satays were good and I loved the cucumber side that came with it. The pad thai was just okay and you can certainly find hundreds of better ones in the Seattle metropolitan area. Dessert is not their strong suit. I was underwhelmed by the chocolate torte and the whipped creme was literally just that...no sweet component to it what so ever! Service was great throughout the night. read more

AMBIANCE Nice spot, quick and great service. The hot towel at the end of the meal is a great touch. Reservations were super easy through OpenTable. It's dimly lit, and surprisingly busy for Monday's at 8:30, so that's always a good sign. FOOD We went with the large order of duck, Thai Seafood Noodle, and Seven Flavor Beef to share between three people. The Fragrant Duck was pretty good. Their baos seem like they're made in house, but don't expect this to be like your traditional Peking/Beijing Duck. There's a little more bite to these, and the skin crisps up in a different way from Peking duck. I wasn't a huge fan of their plum sauce. It seemed to be a little lackluster in flavor. I wish there were also more veg options for the baos other than cilantro, but that's personal preference. The Seafood Noodle was solid. No complaints here, they don't skim on the seafood, and this was also the most inexpensive item we ordered. Finally, the Seven Flavor Beef, which was probably my favorite dish. A little on the umami side from the peanuts, which was a great touch. OVERALL It seems like a lot of corporate meals go down here, but this is a nice Asian restaurant option nonetheless. A good switch up if you're just used to Din Tai Fung all the time. read more

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Everything was flavorful and tasty. The only reasonable conclusion is that the bad reviews were left by terrible snobs.

We didn't have a reservation. The bar was full. However, they offered us a table near the bar that had a reserved sign. We arrived at 5:40pm was told we had to leave by 6:45pm because of the reservation. We ordered in a timely manner. We ordered: happy hour APPETIZERS - wagyu beef 6 skewers ( was delicious highly recommend) - chicken potstickers (just your average potstickers) - sri lanka wings ( do not recommend. Were a bit dry) After getting the appetizers they took 20min to bring out the actual entrees. We had to shove everything so quickly in order to clear the table. Food is decent over all. Service is very slow.... read more

Food, presentation, ambience, service, and prices are all above average. If you're looking for upscale Asian, I think this place will do nicely. The dishes were all flavored well but the skewers tend to be on the tough side so I would skip that. The sea bass was delicious and a must get. Portion sizes are smaller than what you would be accustomed to if you're use to eating at mainstream chains like Olive Garden or Applebees but for an upscale place, these portions sizes - and maybe this is just the New Yorker in me talking - are appropriate for the quality. They validate parking. This is a nice place if you want well done Asian food and good service and ambience. If you just want good food served to you and don't care about service or setting, you can probably get better value at one of the mom and pop shops around town, but given how rarely we even go out these days, I find price to be less of a priority than a good overall experience. read more

I had not been to a Wild Ginger in about 15 years...and I think another 15 will be fine. Service was excellent. We didn't get a 1/3 way through a glass of water before it was being refilled. Great waiter. Too bad the food was ... meh. read more

3.5 Solid lunch - good value I love how the menu is clearly labeled gluten free. We came in slightly before the lunch rush - both my collegue and I need to avoid gluten so we were psyched to see a lot of options. I was bummed that they didn't have any of the usual Thai coconut milk soups on the menu...but we did both settle on trying the butter chicken. Our server was very friendly but didn't seem to connect the gluten dots too well. I was careful to say that I need my order to be gluten free and wanted to confirm that was what I was ordering....I was assured it was....and yet both our orders came with a very tasty looking piece of the flatbread (roti?) So that was a bummer - had to carefully remove it and hope for the best since I was attending a seminar and really couldn't afford to deal with the usual side effects of a gluten exposure. They were accommodating on adding extra veggies instead of rice but there was an upcharge of a few bucks - which was worth it to get a bit more greens into our day and our server did let us know right after placed our order - so all good there. The sauce was great - wish I had a spoon or could have gotten our server's attention before we were almost done...Didn't have time to linger since our lunch break was rather short. I'm not sure I would make a special trip to try out other items the next time I happen to be in Seattle - but I'd say this was a positive experience overall. read more

We've enjoyed Wild Ginger for many years. While WG has many tasty menu offerings, the one that we thought was most outstanding was their Angkor Wat Chicken. Sadly, this item has been removed from their menu...a crushing blow for us since we traveled from Lynnwood to Bellevue specifically to enjoy the incredible flavor of this dish. Until they add it back to their menu (if they ever do), we'll not be visiting Wild Ginger. read more

We went to Wild Ginger for dinner last night after a long time, and found out they have a new menu (much smaller than before), they are also moving in 3 weeks to the new Lincoln square expansion. I'm glad we made it to this place before they moved. We had the lobster & prawn dumpling soup, Indian butter chicken with white jasmine rice, Malaysian chow fun, and Chocolate torte for dessert. The food was really good, its seems streamlining the menu has helped. read more

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Service was great and most of the food was very delicious, but do NOT ORDER the Indian Buttered Chicken. Me and two of my friends got very sick from it. read more

First time at the Bellevue location. I have been a long time fan of the Seattle location on 3rd for so many years. Got the duck every single time, never strayed. The 3rd location is currently closed, so we decided to try Bellevue for my friend's birthday. Service was pretty slow but she was very nice. Food was amazing, but my only gripe is $30 for 3 lamb chops was pretty expensive! Yes, they were delicious, but if that was my meal, pretty disappointing. Luckily I also ordered the 1/2 order of duck, baby bok choy, and a side of jasmine rice to round out my meal. So just dinner was about $65. Will wait for Seattle to open back up before I go back. read more

I officially don't get people being so anal retentive about the happy hour here. IT'S A HAPPY HOUR! Your getting a big discount, so don't complain about service being slow, things coming in the wrong order, blah blah blah. I think i actually read one person complain about getting pickles with their satay. Wild Ginger used to be a special occassion outing for my husband and I, due to the cost, but now i go every once a week or so for happy hour. I get the food i love, sure, with some dishes in smaller portions, at a price i can afford. I can get a seven flavor beef bowl, green beans, and a satay, for $14 bucks. Not to mention that i can get great cocktails for 4 or 5 bucks. The service can go either way, as sometimes during happy hour the bartenders double as waiters, and sometimes it's actual waiters. I have never actually had a bad service experience at Wild Ginger though, just less than stellar. One time during happy hour, when it took a very long time for part of our order to come out, our waiter/bartender comped it for us. As to complaints about the design, it looks almost the same as the Seattle place, save for the downstairs lounge. It's not a Bravern thing. Yah, the downstairs lounge is a little poorly designed, though i appreciate their effort to give an intimate, clubby feel. read more

Yummy super tasty scrumcilicious. Seating is plentiful. Food comes quickly. Service and attentiveness of wait staff is prompt and swift. The taste and quality of the products alone is worth the high prices. read more

So this is my second time been here. We always love the food here, provlalt we got lucky because we chose the right food. Based on other reviews I'm quite surprise about the bad reviews actually. I picked items sounds Vietnamese to me and all turned out so tasty. Even our friends loved it. Thieir cocktails we're so good also. Definitely will recommend this place and will come back. Items we ordered : chicken wings, tuna tarta, balck pepper prawns and black pepper scallops read more

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A certain staff was very rude, my friend didn't have his ID, prior to this the hostess said we could sit anywhere and we sat down at a table near the bar not the bar. There was a rude employee who told us we can't sit there and we asked why and he said because it's near the bar, so we then had to go back to the front and wait for the hostess to sit us down. The employee could've escorted us to a booth which was open and available, but instead we had to wait in the front for the hostess to sit us down but we waiting for 15-20 mins for someone and no one came to sit us down. The place was not even busy everyone was seated and at tables. Do not recommend this place!!!! read more

Visited Wild Ginger for lunch yesterday. I have been here a couple times for happy hour, but this was my first time trying out lunch. The ambiance of the restaurant is great. There are two levels of seating here. I was dining with a group, so we got a big seating area near the bar. Though I have been here a few times, I haven't raised the stars here because there was something just a little off. Unfortunately, that was the case again. It wasn't the service which was fine, but rather with the food of my dining counterparts. Most of the lunch entrees didn't really interest me because I feel they did not particularly standout from other Asian eateries nearby and are overpriced due to locale. Pad thai and Mongolian beef seemed rather uninspired. Thus, it was an easy call to try the entree size laksa ($12) which turned out to be an excellent choice. Laksa is a Malaysian soup dish full of coconut milk, curry, lai fun rice noodles and several types of seafood including mussels, salmon, scallops, shrimp and squid. And it truly tasted as good as that combination of ingredients sounds. This is a dish that I would return for. Good to the last sip and bite. Though several people in my group mentioned they didn't like their dishes as they were served cold by the time it reached them. Pretty unacceptable given the premium you pay to dine here. The lunch dining rush being the likely culprit for this. Whatever the case, Wild Ginger has some consistency issues and is very hit and miss. The laksa here though is worth a try and reason why you shouldn't write off trying this place. There is some good food here, but the execution needs to be better. Especially given that it bills itself as an upscale pan-Asian restaurant. read more

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I finally got around to trying out this Wild Ginger location after enjoying one of the Seattle spots a handful of years ago. I also dined at the old Bellevue location yearsss ago but don't remember how that experience was--my food memory is a force to be reckoned with, so I must have been an actual child at the time. My friend and I made reservations for 8 on a Thursday... the place was pretty full! Not surprising for Bellevue these days to be honest. So do make a reservation if you can! For drinks I went with the Ginger Martini ($11)--vodka infused with fresh ginger for 90 whole days. No surprises here! It tastes like ginger infused vodka. If that's your jam, I would recommend. Not a fan of super sweet drinks myself so this cocktail hit the spot. I loved their Thai Passion Tofu ($19) at the downtown location, but I admittedly have been inhaling too much tofu as of late, so I went with another meatless option. In case you're interested in the tofu, it includes fried tofu (surprise), eggplant, soy sauce, kafir lime leaf and basil. Not sure what it's like at this particular restaurant, but it was flavorful in Seattle! The Thai Passion Tofu must contain fish sauce since it doesn't have the vegan "v" sign next to the description... I would verify with your server if that's important to you. Soo I went with the Sri Lankan Dahl ($16)--slow cooked lentils? with coriander, fennel and turmeric. Topped with fried curry leaves and dried chilies. This dish was better than expected! Very flavorful and cozy. It was different from the Indian dahl I've had, but not in a bad way. I didn't order rice, but would recommend doing so to soak up all those lovely flavors. This dish does contain a lot of onion so I picked around those to avoid an allium induced stomach ache. My friend seemed to enjoy his chicken... I believe it was the green curry variety. Service was good, no complaints there. The atmosphere is very Bellevue, if you know what I mean. Prices are also pretty standard given the location. I'd come back again, either to enjoy the dahl or tofu! Oh and parking is free in the garage... just remember where you parked and don't get lost ha. read more

Now I know why they call it butter chicken, this was the softest chicken I've EVER had in my life! I normally talk about lack of flavour in lots of restaurants, but not the case here! Everything was seasoned well and had a good amount of heat (no spicy scale here) and just seems like good quality food! Kind of dark lighting, but great service and food came out faster than I expected! I would recommend all dishes that I had, but you'll have to ask for a side of rice (doesn't come with the curries). read more

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Quality has gone down significantly over the past couple of years, still decent but nothing spectacular.

I've been a big fan of this place for a long time. It's hard to find a good Korean restaurant on the Eastiside. Especially on a holiday Christmas Eve day, and pandemic. I know a lot about Korean food (favorite) and this is a good one. Not only were they open on a holiday, but Alex helped me order exactly what I wanted, answered my questions, made sure my order was correct, and I got to eat exactly what I wanted on Christmas Eve! Alex, gamsahabnida read more