Neb Italian Restaurant — Restaurant in Seattle

The newest restaurant from Tom Douglas has a wonderful Italian menu, nice ambiance and great service!

Stopping in there this evening for a quick bite I had a wonderful choice of many Italian wines, both in the bottle and in the glass. There were several Negroni options and I picked one that was absolutely delicious!

A few fun different variants on bruschetta along with a nice little meat, cheese and bread plate was a great way to start the evening.

The menu itself had quite a bit of options, but nothing jumped out at me initially. I ended up going with the mushroom lasagna which wasn’t bad, but also didn’t really impress me. I felt like it should’ve been a bit thicker and maybe had some more or cheese along with it.

After that, we ordered the Uni Pasta with salmon roe & nori (pictured). This must be the standout dish of the menu! Very unique flavor, absolutely delicious and a real treat for sure.

Dessert options were limited but they did have a few interesting things. We ended up going with the apple pastry topped with a ricotta whip. I would’ve liked to have seen tiramisu on the menu. I know it’s rather expected in an Italian restaurant, but maybe some sort of interesting/unique variation on it would’ve been fun. Also, there were several dessert drink options, such as dessert wines and cocktails too. An espresso martini or some sort of a chocolate cocktail would’ve been nice.

The service was very good and the staff seemed fairly knowledgeable about the products, especially considering that it’s only been open for 48 hours. I definitely recommend trying this spot and seeing what you think...

Ah, Seattle, Shhhhhhh, keep this under your hat. There’s a new little Italian restaurant that opened recently on Virginia, at 4th, downtown. This is a quaint, rustic, intimate place of oak, an open kitchen with a wood fired oven, and a good wine selection. We happened in and our son immediately spotted the wooden wine cases at the entrance. We were quickly seated and started going over the menu’s. The menu is simple and to the point. Our servers were Davé and Alaina, both of whom were well versed in the menu. Due to food allergies, Davé was able to offer solutions to accommodate. We enjoyed three different entries, a Rigatoni dish, a Spaghetti with beef and pork meatballs, and a Gnocchi dish. What is it about dishes being cooked in a wood fired oven? These meals were excellent, the Rigatoni had a spicy zing, the Spaghetti was so tasty, the meatballs, very flavorful, and our son loved the Gnocchi. The meals were the right amount, not over stuffing. After dinner, our son asked Alaina, about desert wines and she was very knowledgeable about the wines and a couple of different ones were ordered. What is it about desert wines that really complement a meal? We finished up with a Lime sorbet. From my standpoint, this was more of a Gelato, so light and smooth. The service was excellent, as Davé and Alaina made this a wonderful dining experience. Now then, our son lives in Europe and has spent a lot of time in various parts of Italy, and his comment was this, “If it wasn’t for the air conditioning, I would clearly think I was in a restaurant in Italy.” So, shhhh, let’s keep it a secret to keep it...

We went here on Friday night for dinner around 6-7pm. Originally, we wanted to try Lola or assaggio restaurante, but both was very packed and the waiting time was over an hour. The staff at Lola recommend us to go to Neb if we don't want to wait and their food is pretty good. Since we have little ones, we went to Neb so we can eat immediately.

Parking is mainly street parking or parking garages. We were seated right away, no wait time.

Food was okay. We tried quite a bit. The balti's Board, gnocchi, and black Cod was good and we recommend them. Their 2 spaghetti was very underwhelming for us. We did try the spaghetti meatballs and the spaghetti with uni tobiko... The meatball one was better than the uni, but it's still underwhelming. I would not recommend them.

What is outstanding is their service. We ordered 4 items, and they accidentally brought out the wrong spaghetti that we did not order. They apologized and immediately cooked the correct spaghetti to order and comped us the mistaken spaghetti and we were given the spaghetti to enjoy. They also was very attentive and nice throughout the service.

I recommend trying this place out if you've never been. I would definitely recommend...