1st FLOOR BOATHOUSE

Elegant Waterfront Dining

Menu of small & shareable plates, classic mains, craft cocktails, award-winning wine lists and elegant design. Ray’s first floor Boathouse elevates local, sustainable seafood with global flavors and Northwest inspiration.

2nd FLOOR CAFÉ

Casual Waterfront Bar and Restaurant

Classic seafood dishes with seasonal preparations in our upstairs Café overlooking Puget Sound. Enjoy fish and chips, steamers, fresh oysters, clam chowder, wild PNW salmon, and more for lunch and dinner daily.

WEDDINGS & EVENTS

Private Events Venue with Spectacular Views

Book a stunning wedding, inspired business meeting or lively social gathering in our private waterfront Northwest Room! Fresh seafood, craft cocktails, and panoramic views complete the package.

Locally owned, passionately driven

Ray’s seafood restaurant in Seattle serves fresh seafood prepared with classic technique and global inspiration. Situated on the shores of Ballard overlooking Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains, Ray’s is often noted as one of the best restaurants in the Seattle area, and believes in offering sea to plate fare while supporting sustainability and our local hard-working fisherpeople and purveyors!

Located just seven miles from Downtown Seattle and Pike Place Market, Ray’s offers the best seafood dining experience from Dungeness crab and halibut, to prawns, fish and chips, shellfish and more.

Awarded Seattle’s Best Seafood and Seattle’s Best Outdoor Dining by Seattle Magazine, Ray’s offers locals and visitors the quintessential Seattle dining experience.

Want to know more? Check out Ray’s history dating back to our roots in the 1930s as a Seattle bait shop and boat rental.

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BOATHOUSE

Located on the 1st floor

Menu of small plates, main entrees, happy hour, craft cocktails, award-winning wine lists and elegant design. Ray’s first floor Boathouse elevates local, sustainable seafood with global flavors and Northwest inspiration. Find halibut, prawns, fresh oysters, Dungeness crab, and the best seafood on our seasonal menus. Join us to celebrate your special occasions, date night and more.

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CAFÉ

Located on the 2nd floor

Classic seafood dishes with seasonal preparations in our upstairs Café overlooking Puget Sound. Enjoy fish and chips, fresh oysters, clam chowder, wild PNW and Alaskan salmon, shellfish, and more for lunch and dinner daily, plus daily happy hour.

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WEDDINGS & EVENTS

Ray’s Northwest Room is our stunning, private waterfront event space accommodating groups from 10 to 225. From weddings and rehearsal dinners, to business meetings and office parties, to birthdays and celebrations—enjoy custom cocktails and Ray’s acclaimed seafood catering on our covered, heated deck all while taking in spectacular views of Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains.

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Easter Sunday at Ray's April 20!

Don’t miss Ray’s delicious Easter brunch and dinner on Sunday, April 20, 2025!

Enjoy our upstairs Cafe grand holiday buffet and our first floor Boathouse spring holiday menus.

Reservations strongly encouraged!

Mother's Day at Ray's May 11!

Celebrate your mother and the mother figures in your life on
Sunday, May 11, 2025 at Ray’s! 

Our first floor Boathouse will serve some of our best-selling appetizers, salads and entrées along with Mother’s Day inspired a la carte breakfast and brunch specials. And our upstairs Cafe will offer a grand holiday brunch buffet.

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Mother’s Day at Ray’s 2025!

Celebrate your mother and the mother figures in your life on Sunday, May 11, 2025 at Seattle’s best waterfront restaurant! Our first floor Boathouse will serve some of our best-selling appetizers, salads and entrées along with Mother’s Day inspired a la carte breakfast and brunch specials. And our upstairs Cafe will offer a grand holiday brunch buffet. RESERVATIONS We can accommodate parties of 8 people or …

6049 Seaview Avenue NW
Seattle, WA 98107-2690

BOOK A TABLE  AT RAY’S BOATHOUSE

Ray’s Boathouse elevates local, sustainable seafood with global flavors and Northwest inspiration nightly.

BOOK A TABLE  AT RAY’S CAFE

Classic seafood dishes with seasonal preparations in our upstairs Café overlooking Puget Sound.

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Simply choose either Ray’s Boathouse or Ray’s Cafe in the first drop down, then find your table.

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