Tavolata - Belltown

4.3

1051 Reviews

$31 to $50

Italian

Innovative
Romantic
Good for special occasions

Chef Addam Buzzalini will dazzle guests using creative house-made pastas to create seasonal, Italian-inspired dishes.

Opened in January of 2007, Tavolàta is Chef Ethan Stowell's second restaurant, located at 2323 Second Avenue in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood. House-made pastas, simple Italian cuisine, and a 30-foot communal table (tavolàta) are the focal point of this urban Italian-inspired eatery. Tavolàta offers a full bar and a wine list featuring Italian and Pacific Northwest wines. Tavolàta serves dinner seven nights a week from 5pm to 11pm. Tavolàta has a semi-private mezzanine for up to 30 guests and a small patio for seasonal dining.

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Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
$31 to $50
Cuisines
Italian
Hours of Operation
Daily 5:00 pm–11:00 pm
Phone number
(206) 838-8008
Website
http://www.ethanstowellrestaurants.com/locations/tavolata/
Payment Options
AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress
Executive Chef
Addam Buzzalini
Catering
We are happy to help you plan your private event at Tavolata. Semi-private mezzanine can accommodate up to 30 guests or reserve the entire restaurant for parties up to 90 guests. Please contact our administrative office at 206.588.0030 for more information.
Private party facilities
A semi-private mezzanine for up to 30 guests is ideal for group dinners, overlooking the kitchen and dining room below.
Private party contact
ESR Events: (206) 588-0030

Location
2323 2nd Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121
Area
Belltown / Pike Place Market
Cross Street
Battery & Bell
Parking details
Street Parking
Additional
Bar Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining

What 1,051 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

4.3

4.3 based on all time ratings

4.4Food
4.2Service
4Ambience
1.2Value

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1,051 Reviews

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OpenTable Diner
Seattle
51 reviews
2.0
51 reviews
Dined on 14 January 2018
1. Overall 2
2. Food 2
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 4
Booooo. Extremely slight portions of proteins or sauces on every dish = poor value. Examples: 1. pappardelle with meat ragu = 1 Tablespoon of sauce and meat. 2. Prawns and pasta had 2 small prawns cut into six pieces and kitchen apologizes because there should have been 3 prawns cut into 9 pieces. Hahahahaha come on. 3. 3 scallops - not jumbo scallops on an entree plate as the entree with a Tablespoon and a half of rice and 2 pine nuts halved. 4. 3 chicken meatballs in a huge bowl of spaghetti with no sauce, it was tossed in sauce and put into the bowl and was dry. Our dinners and desserts were served 15 minutes apart. We waited 20 minutes after being seated to even be acknowledged and that wasn’t even by our server. Our server was sweet but there is clearly no team here. Overall the pasta was good but he value is terrible and two dishes were grossly over salted while one had no seasoning at all. The scallops weren’t properly seared on both sides resulting in slightly under cooked centers. To round out amateur night they hyped a champagne gelato which one would assume the champagne is poured over the top, after we ordered and expected to see it on the table after a 20 minute wait, the rest of the desserts were brought and our friend was then told they couldn’t giver her that dessert because the champagne didn’t freeze. Well duh. The spicy Rigatoni was the only really good dish on the menu. The wine list is very good but with a 110-125% markup so be prepared. As a lover of great food, a defender of great restaurants... I must say... Unless you are dying to part with $100 per person for mediocrity, go somewhere else!
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MsBacchus
Seattle
36 reviews
vip
5.0
36 reviews
Dined on 13 January 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 4
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 4
I have been here a couple of times and enjoy it. The Burrata cheese appetizer was very good but the tonnarelli pasta was a bit too al dente, sauce was great. We had half bottle of Amarone but glasses smelled of bleach. Server was very nice and rinsed the glasses so we could enjoy the wine.
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MartyWS
Seattle
17 reviews
4.0
17 reviews
Dined on 7 January 2018
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
A decent value for a standard, Italian Ethan Stowell meal. Nice restaurant tucked away inside Belltown.
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RebekahH
Seattle
8 reviews
vip
5.0
8 reviews
Dined on 1 January 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
What a wonderful restaurant! This has been one of my favorite spots in the city, and when we chose to go here for New Years Eve, it did not disappoint. The pre fixe menu was amazing, and the wine pairing was perfect. The food was delicious and the staff attentive. Will be back again and again!
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OpenTable Diner
Seattle
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 1 January 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
We went to celebrate New Year and had a great dinner with my family.
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nancek
Seattle
3 reviews
1.0
3 reviews
Dined on 1 January 2018
1. Overall 1
2. Food 1
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 1
Food, ambiance, and service were all poor. My rating is zero stars!
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BillG
Chicago
7 reviews
4.0
7 reviews
Dined on 1 January 2018
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
Overall, our experience was very good. My wife and I went for NYE dinner. First and foremost, the food was very good. Things were generally well-timed, occasionally on the slow side, even though we dined really early. Each dish of the prix fixe menu was well conceived, decent portion size, and well prepared. Nothing blew our minds, but nothing was bad at all. The real issues were non-food related. We were seated in an upstairs section near a window and it was incredibly cold. The people next to us were shivering and I myself was extremely cold. We mentioned it to our server but there wasn’t much she could do. Every other table was reserved. The other odd thing was the music selection. It seemed to be a collection of 90s R&B / hip hop jams. From Ginuwine’s “Pony” to TLC’s “Waterfalls,” each song was weirder than the last. Anyway, the food was very good. Service was lacking a little and slow, which was even more annoying due to a pre-set 20% added gratuity. The ambiance was okay with mildly inappropriate music for a nice NYE dinner.
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BellevueDateNight
Seattle
5 reviews
5.0
5 reviews
Dined on 31 December 2017
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 4
My wife and I ate here for "date night" Saturday and loved the food! Everything we ate we enjoyed tremendously -- roasted beets, beef carpaccio, pappardelle, and the scallops. My personal fave was the roasted beets, served with whipped ricotta cheese and pistachios, and my wife loved the scallops, served with creamed farro and hazelnut. Prices moderately expensive but this is Belltown after all. Service quick and our server was happy to stick around answering all of our questions about the food. Only downer was that my glass of wine, a sangiovese, was a little bitter -- hopefully the bottles are better. Trendy atmosphere, good amount of noise but wasn't disturbed my any of the chatty neighbors or the Radiohead playing on the stereo. We will revisit!
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HappyCamper
Central Coast
13 reviews
vip
5.0
13 reviews
Dined on 30 December 2017
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
We visit Seattle 3-4 times per year and always eat at Tavolata at least twice! It is our favorite restaurant in Seattle (and that is saying a lot considering the competition).
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JessicaD
Seattle
13 reviews
vip
4.0
13 reviews
Dined on 30 December 2017
1. Overall 4
2. Food 5
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
Food and service was excellent and would certainly come back!
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2323 2nd Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121

Additional information

Cross Street
Battery & Bell
Area
Belltown / Pike Place Market
Hours of Operation
Daily 5:00 pm–11:00 pm
Price
$31 to $50
Cuisines
Italian
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress code
Casual Dress
Parking details
Street Parking
Payment Options
AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Executive Chef
Addam Buzzalini
Additional
Bar Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining

Website
http://www.ethanstowellrestaurants.com/locations/tavolata/
Phone number
(206) 838-8008
Catering
We are happy to help you plan your private event at Tavolata. Semi-private mezzanine can accommodate up to 30 guests or reserve the entire restaurant for parties up to 90 guests. Please contact our administrative office at 206.588.0030 for more information.
Private party facilities
A semi-private mezzanine for up to 30 guests is ideal for group dinners, overlooking the kitchen and dining room below.
Private party contact
ESR Events: (206) 588-0030

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