When flying out of Seattle-Tacoma Worldwide Airport (SEA), higher identified to all as Sea-Tac Airport, it’s tempting to seize no matter possibility is closest at hand, even when it’s a sub-mediocre sandwich that’s nothing greater than energy to get you thru your flight. Don’t do that. Not like most American airports, SEA is loaded with lush eating choices, from native seafood to Congolese delicacies — if you realize the place to look.
Beneath is a present checklist of some notable spots to take a look at for hungry and thirsty vacationers. For a extra complete checklist of airport eating choices, try Sea-Tac’s official web site. This checklist was final up to date in November 2025, after we added Skillet to the map and checked to ensure menu and placement data was appropriate.
Fortunate Louie Fish Shack
The home specialty right here is sustainable Alaskan pollock and salmon, served classically (that’s, battered and deep-fried with chips). The fish tacos, are a mélange of Pacific Rim flavors: crispy Baja-style salmon, sesame slaw, pickled crimson onions, and creamy sriracha sauce. Different strong picks embody clam chowder, honey teriyaki salmon, and taiyaki, a fish-shaped waffle full of cheesecake filling.
BrewTop Social
When you’re early for a flight, that is the place to kill time — the primary attraction right here is the second-story view of the airfield, and the secondary attraction is the vary of beer and cocktails. Additionally they serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Evergreens
The PNW reply to Chopt or Sweetgreen, Evergreens is a healthyish salad/wrap/bowl specialist that could be a helpful reply to the query, “What am I going to eat on my six-hour flight?”
Salty’s on the SEA
When you’ve got time for a sit-down meal, this department of West Seattle seafood vacation spot Salty’s on Alki has a variety of breakfast, lunch, and dinner choices in addition to an oyster bar — plus a show that reveals Salty’s waterfront views on sunny days. Beats the (in all probability) wet sky.
Africa Lounge
What was as soon as an ordinary American gastropub has modified its menu and now serves Congolese dishes equivalent to sambusas, jollof rice, and fried plantains. Common supervisor Yves Maganya, initially from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was influenced by co-owner’s Rod O’Neal’s heritage when he crafted the menu. When the brand new Africa Lounge opened, the Port of Seattle billed it because the “first-ever menu of African meals in a U.S. airport,” and The Stranger’s Charles Mudede wrote concerning the significance of the event.
Floret
On the intersection of Concourses A and B, subsequent to the Delta Lounge, this spin-off of famend Seattle vegetarian restaurant Cafe Flora serves a very meat-free menu. Dishes embody brioche breakfast sandwiches, seasonal veggie scrambles, and pastries, like Flora’s fashionable vegan cinnamon rolls. Floret has loads of lunch and dinner choices too, equivalent to grain bowls, salads, and a black bean burger.
Mi Casa Cantina
This colourful Tex-Mex bar-resto is a strong alternative for nachos, tacos, and burritos, and the guac is crowd fave. It additionally has an intensive cocktail menu that showcases tequila and mezcal, and there’s even a number of frozen margs. They make a superb paloma too.
LouLou Market and Bar
Thierry Rautureau, Seattle’s well-known “Chef within the Hat,” died in 2023. After a storied profession, his final remaining restaurant is LouLou Market and Bar, that includes dishes like salade Niçoise, a first-rate rib French dip sandwich, and crepes.
Dish D’Lish
TV chef Kathy Casey’s grab-and-go spot is of the perfect locations to eat within the airport for these with dietary restrictions, stocked as it’s with loads of gluten-free choices. Salads embody wasabi potatoes, Mediterranean quinoa, and Northwest couscous.
Hachi-ko
This restaurant affords wide-ranging Asian cuisines. Diners can discover scorching dishes like teriyaki and rooster adobo, plus made-to-order poke bowls. There’s additionally a grab-and-go case with sandwiches, salads, and Spam musubis.
Le Grand Comptoir
The upscale possibility close to the C Gates is Le Grand Comptoir, French for “airport wine bar.” There’s an ample wine checklist that naturally options quite a lot of Washington wine, plus small plates, charcuterie, and tartines.
Poke to the Max
A contemporary Seattle icon, Sam Choy’s Poke to the Max serves Hawaiian classics from early morning by way of late night. Choices embody customizable poke bowls, loco moco topped with sunny-side-up eggs, burgers and kalua pork sandwiches on King’s Hawaiian buns, and ice cream flavors like lilikoʻi (a.okay.a. passionfruit) and pineapple whip from Seattle’s personal Laina’s Handcrafted Ice Cream.
Ballard Brew Corridor
That is your spot if you’d like yet one more brew earlier than heading out of city. Alongside eight faucets pouring craft beers, the Ballard Brew Corridor additionally has a bloody Mary menu and a wide array of breakfast dishes, like cinnamon French toast and biscuits and gravy. (If it’s too late within the day for breakfast, there are additionally flatbreads.)
Neighborhood
This bubble tea store options Filipino flavors like leche flan and turon turon, which is made with jackfruit and banana syrup. However even in case you’re not a boba fan, it’s value a go to for the Fulcrum espresso (Neighborhood makes use of it in a beautiful sesame latte) and a meals menu that features croissant sandwiches and lumpia.
Seattle Dawg Home
This scorching dog-focused sports activities bar (locals will get it — canine like scorching canine and dawgs like Huskies) additionally serves Belgian liège waffles, replete with pearl sugar, for some purpose. Different menu choices embody a novel tackle the Seattle canine, which ornaments the unique with barbecue sauce and jalapenos. Positive, why not?
Grasping Cow Burger
Truthfully this space of the airport has only a few eating choices. For one thing filling, do that burger place that pairs messy burgers with triple-cooked fries. Additionally they have Inconceivable burgers for the vegetarian/vegan crowd.
Moe’s Indian Kitchen
The opposite possibility across the S gates is that this quick-service Indian place that serves acquainted dishes like rooster tikka masala.
Caffe Vita
There’s fairly a number of espresso choices at SEA, it being the primary airport for Seattle and all, however in case you’re in any respect finicky about your espresso, Caffe Vita is what you need. There’s at all times a line, however it goes quick. The golden milk latte with turmeric, ginger, cardamom, and cinnamon (amongst different spices) is an expensive favourite.
Bambuza Vietnam Kitchen and Bar
This family-owned restaurant has a pleasant number of Vietnamese dishes, and the parts are beneficiant. Banh mi, pho, large noodle and rice bowls, and bubble tea smoothies are among the many highlights.
Beecher’s Handmade Cheese
Along with its namesake cheeses, this quintessential Pike Place cheesemaker has an satellite tv for pc station at SEA, providing Beecher’s well-known mac and cheese, scorching breakfast objects, and grilled sandwiches. It additionally has a small grab-and-go freezer stocked with Salt and Straw ice cream.
Lil Woody’s
It is a well-loved Seattle burger chain well-known for its collabs with notable native cooks. Although it’s greatest identified for its milkshakes and burgs, you have to be conscious of the breakfast menu at this location, which includes a New Mexican–type breakfast sandwich with Hatch chiles and bacon, plus bloody Marys and different morning cocktails.
Skillet is an upscale diner chain that started off as a well-known meals truck within the 2000s; extra just lately, it has closed most of its eating places. However you’ll be able to nonetheless discover its breakfast-centric choices at SeaTac Airport.
