Restaurants near Kirkland Arts Center

I cannot thank enough for an awesome night last night at Earls restaurant. We had a smooth check in at the receptionist and a night fulfilled with excellent service and yummy foods and drinks. We were early for the reservation, but the restaurant was able to make our table ready early, which was very nice and they all helped celebrate our occasion even much better. Our server (Toen - not sure if it is his name, but it was shown on the receipt) was very good, friendly and professional. He kept checking on us, fulfilling our waters and taking orders and bringing foods out in a timely manner. Special thanks to Liam, the General Manager, because I know that he was the person behind to arrange everything more special for our party. Thanks a lot Earls!

My wife and I returned once again to this great restaurant (views, service, cuisine). We had the fried artichokes as a starter --- that was a great start! I had the crab risotto for my entry ---- it was sooo good I'm coming back next week to have it again. I really loved the lemon flavor added to the dish. Outstanding!!!! My wife sampled my dish and said she will order it too when we come back.

We had very high hopes for the food as several restaurants have failed in that spot. It is a very busy place and your scale might say "energetic" but really its just very noisy. The wandering guitar player, the godfather movie on the screen all great. the food in general was also good we had two issues - one, the food took a very long time as I think there kitchen is borderline too small when the restaurant is full. Also, the "spicy" clams in broth was not spicy at all. My wife, who co-owns a spice store asked what the spices were supposed to be and the service person responded "spicy Salumi" - there was no salumi in the broth at all - they kept saying it was until finally they brought out 4 pieces of salumi to "add" to the broth - it was really strange. They did remove the charge for that but without us asking so they are paying attention and we are happy to have new restaurants in downtown Kirkland - we may give it another try but probably won't order the clams again - the meatball appetizer was very good - and the staff was attentive but just a bit overloaded

The food, service and enjoyment were at the highest level. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves!

Brunch was excellent here. The noise level noted (quiet) applies to brunch only as it is very loud at night. Food was excellent and well priced. Service was excellent. This will definitely be a new go-to brunch spot. Seating is hard and uncomfortable. Those with hip or back issues will want to bring their own seat cushionsfor comfort. I left earlier than desired as I couldn't sit on the bench any longer