Duwardo and I went here to celebrate his birthday. He loves Ray’s Boathouse and we found out that Ray’s Cafe offers a free lunch to anyone with a birthday. So we decided to try the place because we were sure the food was going to be good.
We got seated by the window (I had asked for it and stated it was a special occasion) and I mentioned to the waitress that it was his birthday. She quickly got us the birthday menu that consisted of clam linguine, grilled mojito marinated chicken, blackened red rockfish, and ahi tuna nicoise salad. He picked the clam linguine and a spinach & roasted pear salad and I ended up getting the grilled top sirloin steak and the upper deck mixed greens.
The spinach and roasted pear salad was DELICIOUS! One of the best salads I’ve had. The upper deck salad was pretty good, but paled in comparison to the spinach pear salad. The clam linguine was pretty light and yummy as well. My steak started out as a bust. I had ordered it medium rare, and my first bite into it came out medium well. I was pretty upset. However, Duwardo noticed that the other side seemed thicker and juice was running out of it. I turned the plate and it was a delicious medium rare. YUM!
I had a glass of Fat Bastard “shiraz” and thought it might be similar to the syrahs I love so much. I did not really care for it, but it did get peppery/spicy paired with the steak. Duwardo had a pretty good sparkling wine, I don’t remember the name though.
We opted to share a dessert and got the blackberry strudel pie. That was really delicious.
Overall, it’s not as good as Ray’s Boathouse, but it’s still pretty yummy. It was raining when we went, but I’d love to go back when it’s sunny and get a seat on the deck.
Ray’s Cafe, 6049 Seaview Ave NW, Seattle, WA
