The Coupe & Flute — Restaurant in Seattle

I have NO idea how this place is so highly rated. I just… don’t understand if it’s some weird movement to pretend to like low quality food with nice presentation followed by being ridiculously overcharged, but in a city with so many good food options, we have to stop handing out 4.8 star ratings to restaurants with bad food. That being said, here’s the truth about this establishment.

The bad: I wanted to like this restaurant so bad but it was… not good. I’d never spend my money here again. 😩 They are trying to be TOO creative for no reason. This isn’t even Asian fusion. It more like trying to jam together European classics with Asian flavors and serving it regardless of taste. In concept, all the flavors should marry well, but they don’t. Their croissant madame had decent meat, eggs and a croissant, but then they randomly slapped warm Kimchee in the middle. Like WHY? The duck on the Braised duck Benedict was dry, unseasoned, and wildly gamey (and I love gamey food, but this was just poor quality meat). The Hollandaise sauce was below sub par. The fries were damn near burnt and the Kimchee dipping sauce was NOT IT. ✋🏾 As someone who grew up eating kimchee with spam and rice almost every morning, I have to tell you it’s pretty hard to mess up pairing Kimchee with breakfast food and some how they missed the mark twice. The deviled eggs had great presentation (as did all the other meals), but again… the filling lacked flavor. I will say, this was the only plate where I believe the Asian fusion came together decently with the soy marinated egg. My friend ordered the Bloody Mary and it took everything in us to get him to not send it back even though the Chinese mustard (again… doing too much) was over bearing and made his typical hangover cure undesirable.

The good: There we’re no complaints about the Ranchero or the Kale salad other than the ridiculous offer to upcharge the Ranchero $4 for an egg. Wait staff was amazing. Very knowledgeable. I can see why they market themselves as a brunch spot as they specialize in bubbles. The space and ambiance was a whole curated vibe. Moody/broody (in the best of ways) and noise level was not too loud.

Level setting: After splitting a bottle of bubbles between four people on the cheaper end ($60), I’d hope to step away from a $250 brunch feeling wowed. We did not. At the end of the day, this is just an aesthetically pleasing place where you’d go to have a drink and take a pic, but I highly recommend going elsewhere for food. 😔 I was bummed because it was recommended on Infatuation and had decent ratings on Google. It should have been a sign that their number isn’t posted anywhere on the internet. 🤦🏾‍♀️ That level of “mystery and intrigue” should have signaled to me to let it stay a mystery. Save your money and palate and eat elsewhere in Beacon...

We celebrated our friends birthday yesterday evening (group of 5). I wanted to really like everything about this place given it has great reviews, I read articles one this place, they even had this restaurant raving on TikTok. I will start off by saying, I wish they had better methods contact.They don’t have a number on their website, no email, and were not responsive on FB. I found them on IG, and the owner was very responsive. She booked our reservation right away.

We got to the restaurant and everything was set up so beautiful. We were seated in the room named the Snug and it was so cute. The only down side to it was it was so hot in there (the room in located right in front of the kitchen). When we sat down the waitress met us there and she seemed nice but when I asked her if they had champagne she said “ well we are a champagne restaurant” I said okay I’ll take a look at the menu. I just felt like my question could of been answered a different way. She seemed a little frazzled but maybe she was just having an off day. She did offer to take pictures for our group which was much appreciated. The owner also took our picture and it was much appreciated.

Now for the food! When we received our food everything looked so good. The crispy prawns($15), short ribs($16), Boa Buns ($15) were soooooo amazing! We also ordered fries ($10) and they were okay. Not my favorite. The peach cobbler ($10) and chocolate mousse pie ($10) were soooooo good! I wanted to have a second one but I was so full! We also ordered a wine bottle ($52). We ended up spending about $72 per person. Our bill was $363.

All in all this place isn’t bad. It is a cute restaurant. Like any new place they can improve in a few areas. But not to shabby for being open...

I don't really like brunch. Mostly because of the long waits for all the brunch places in the city, plus the fact that everyone in line all tacitly share the same expectations of unexpeceptional breakfast food.

Well I've found the holy grail of brunch: exceptional breakfast fare with no lines (because it just opened. I understand the irony of writing this review and its effect on potential future lines, but this place is going to be hot regardless I write this review or not, but I digress)

I ordered the braised duck eggs benedict with hoisin hollandaise and it's not an exaggeration when I say that it is possibly my favorite eggs benedict I've ever had to date. It ate like a breakfast version of a Peking duck, while maintaining the integrity of the benedict with beautifully poached eggs. The hoisin hollandaise sauce was unique and light, and most importantly, does not weigh you down after the meal, which is my biggest gripe with mediocre benedicts.

The benedict was served with fries that came with a chili mayo dip. This sauce gave the duck a run for its money in the competition to be the star of the meal. It is made with an asian chili oil, so not what you'd usually expect with a chili mayo. It is worth ordering a side of fries just for this sauce.

The owners were friendly and down to earth, the decor is slick, and they serve Mimosas. What else do you need?

I'll definitely be back as often as I can before the...