Stanford's Northgate — Restaurant in Seattle

I finally chose Stanford's for an after work meal. Dinner & drinks.

Ordered a manly cocktail to start off. It was ok. The cherry garnish tasted like an off brand Morelo cherry, not the gold standard Luxardo. At least it wasn't some goofy bright red thing. Would have preferred it in an Old Fashioned glass and not a martini glass. Picky aren't I? Attention to detail, I guess.

Cheeseburger. It was good. The fries were good. The portion looked small for the price, but it all got eaten and I was full, so that's fine, too. I wasn't a fan of the presentation/assembly of the burger, in particular the iceberg lettuce was an orphan of the wedge salad, laid flat and stacked. It made it a tiny bit tougher on the tooth and ended up doing nothing for the burger, flavor wise. The patty of beef itself was very good, top notch. I really hope it is ground in house as a by-product of their wonderful steaks.

Beer with the burger was a 9 Pound Porter. Always a winner. They had Stella Artois on tap which I almost ordered until I remembered I have a keg of it at home. It's a great beer I've only recently fallen for. It goes down super easy.

The guys tending bar were both johnny on the spot, making conversation with a regular about a sports team or something. It was nice to see and I wondered what kind of 401k this retired guy had to afford being a regular. I sure couldn't afford to be a regular here. Final bill, with 25% tip totalled up was $50.

Stanford's is a chain part of a restaurant group. It serves mediocre food in a steak house presentation. The concept is a bit outdated but they've kept up with inflation.

For me the value isn't there but my curiosity has...

I just got done with a meal at Stanford's and for the first time was left feeling very let down both in the service I received, as well as the food overall. I live in the area and Stanford's has always been one of my go-to spots for a good meal and decent atmosphere. I always choose to sit at a booth in the bar as I generally eat alone. Usually the service feels very warm and welcoming, but tonight's experience was anything but. The waitress was very short with me from the beginning, I didn't even receive a conventional welcoming. She just asked what I would like to drink with my water. No hello, no how are you, and no "hi my name is ___I'll be your waitress tonight". Generally that wouldn't be a big deal to me. But I observed with everyone else she seemed very hospitable and her tone was upbeat. With me it was short and flat. I think maybe based on my appearance(hoodie and somewhat unkept beard, but hey this is Seattle, who cares?) she just chose to treat me differently. I ordered the Ribeye and a coke. I ordered it medium rare and it came medium. I was only once checked up on and asked if I needed a refill, but by that time I only had maybe one or two small bites remaining. With the service being as cold as it was today it made me really irritated seeing the automatic 5% added to the bill for wages. I tipped 10% which is half what I usually do and even that felt too much. I chose to give it three stars because generally the food and service is great. I'm just not sure if I'll choose to come back after how I...

Waiter or waitress are polite, food good, yes a little pricey but worth it. Steak tender, French dip good just maybe one exception cheese cake could have tasted a little better, or maybe because people not ordering deserts. I would this place a good restaurant to have steak dinner. This second part a new review hope manager or owners reads the new review. Came in August , family ordered the baked chicken, which was over cooked on piece of chicken. The chicken satay was dried tad bit over cooked, peanut sauce tasted different, had to much green scallions. Was not good peanut sauce, had the chicken pasta , the sauce was thin runny sauce and looked like it sat under heat lamp, the beef sandwich was okay. I think this was not a good meal at Standfords, which for the price paid, one would hope food taste good. This was not the case, last to mention once before a guy got upset because I took a extra napkin for family. Next order Ceasars salad alot and always ask please no capers on salad, ( this happened when ask for another salad with no capers, they took plate and brought back Ceasars salad where they just scrapped the capers and croutons off) I didn't say anything. So if anyone is reading this, always polite and say thank you. What ever happened that day with Chef must of had a bad day or didn't care how...