Monsoon Seattle sits on Capitol Hill as part of the Saigon Siblings Restaurant Group, which also runs Ba Bar around town and a second Monsoon location in Bellevue. The group traces its roots back to the Banh family, who fled Vietnam after the fall of Saigon in 1975 and eventually built the restaurants that carry that history forward today.
Reviewers keep circling back to the same dishes: drunken chicken, catfish, imperial rolls, spare ribs, eggplant, tuna roll, lamb, and fried rice, much of it served clay-pot style or family style for sharing. Banana cake is a favorite way to close out the meal.
The room reads calm and a step up from casual, with service regulars describe as warm and attentive. It's built a reputation as a neighborhood fixture, especially for its Vietnamese seafood.
Reviewers keep circling back to the same dishes: drunken chicken, catfish, imperial rolls, spare ribs, eggplant, tuna roll, lamb, and fried rice, much of it served clay-pot style or family style for sharing. Banana cake is a favorite way to close out the meal.
The room reads calm and a step up from casual, with service regulars describe as warm and attentive. It's built a reputation as a neighborhood fixture, especially for its Vietnamese seafood.