A HUGE thank you to all of our loyal guests who voted Ray’s in Seattle Magazine’s Best of 2021 poll!! We won ‘Best Seafood’ for the third year in a row and ‘Best Outdoor Dining’ 2021!
Thank you for showing up for Ray’s! We hope our fresh seafood and outdoor dining has been a respite and an escape for the community, a place to relax and enjoy some much needed time out of the house. We are grateful to you all.
Thank you for voting Ray’s ‘Best Seafood’ in Seattle Magazine’s 2019 Best of Seattle Reader’s Choice poll!!
We love our loyal guests and as a thank you we are extending our holiday gift card bonus offer for one extra week, until Dec. 31, 2019! For every $100 in gift cards purchased you receive a $20 bonus gift card. Purchase online today!
We wouldn’t have won Best Seafood in Seattle without the incredible seafood purveyors, fishermen and women who supply us with the best available NW seafood! Thank you to Eydfinn Tausen, Fish & Family Seafoods, Pacific Seafood, Ocean Beauty, Penn Cove Shellfish, Seattle Caviar Co., Lummi Island Wild, Taylor Shellfish & Trident Seafoods for all that you do!!
Thank you to our loyal guests for voting Ray’s ‘Best View’ in Seattle Magazine’s Best of Seattle readers’ choice poll 2018!!!
We are honored to receive this recognition and owe it all to you, our lovely, loyal guests!! Our view is Seattle, it is quintessential Northwest and we love sharing it with everyone who comes through our doors from casual lunches to celebrations, weddings and more.
Thank you from all of us at Ray’s!
(photo by Emma Lee Photography)
Photo Credit: Seattle Magazine
Ray’s is thrilled to be awarded “The Best place to Enjoy Washington Wine”in Seattle Magazine’s 2018 Wine Awards! And we are honored that you, our lovely, loyal guests voted for us to win!
Check out our feature with Wine Director Chip Croteau (pictured right) and Co-owner/GM Douglas Zellers in the August issue of Seattle Magazine or online here.
Excerpt from Seattle Magazine:
Best Restaurant to Experience Washington Wine
A Puget Sound-area restaurant that hasn’t won in this category before and that offers exceptional opportunities to taste Washington state wine through Washington-wine-focused lists, unique tasting events and a professional, educated wine service staff.
Ray’s Boathouse and Café
Ray’s in Ballard, overlooking Puget Sound and the Olympics, boasts some of the best views available to Seattle diners. And yet a certain subset of wine-obsessed patrons is as likely to be staring at Ray’s remarkable wine list as it is at the sunset descending into the Olympic Mountains. Depending on your perspective, the views can be equally divine.
As you’d expect from a seafood-focused restaurant, the selection of Washington white wines is extensive. Perhaps more surprising is the breadth of red wine options, ranging from traditional (Washington Cabs, Merlots, Syrahs) to a section of the list called “Interesting Washington Reds” (Sangioveses, Cab-Syrah blends, etc.) The list at Ray’s (curated by wine director Chip Croteau) includes both treasures—library vintages from Quilceda Creek Vintners and Long Shadows Vintners’ Poet’s Leap—and under-the-radar gems like Amavi Cabernet Sauvignon. The restaurant also hosts numerous winemaker dinners and catered events for Washington winery clubs. A partnership with Walla Walla-based L’Ecole No. 41 produces “Ray’s Cuvees,” a lovely Chardonnay-based white and a red blend, both of which are poured by the glass and presumably guzzled on the Ray’s deck all summer long. Ballard, 6049 Seaview Ave. NW; 206.789.3770
Ray’s Boathouse elevates local, sustainable seafood with global flavors and Northwest inspiration nightly.
Classic seafood dishes with seasonal preparations in our upstairs Café overlooking Puget Sound.
Simply choose either Ray’s Boathouse or Ray’s Cafe in the first drop down, then find your table.