May 02, 2023

chinese food near university of washington

I conducted research on various sources, including Yelp pages (1, 3, 5, 6), a Seattle Eater article (2), and Reddit discussions (4, 7), to find Chinese food options near the University of Washington. The sources provided a range of recommendations for restaurants in the University District, Seattle. While there was some consensus, the sources differed in their specific recommendations and the types of cuisine they mentioned. As a result, there is some uncertainty in determining the best Chinese food options in the area.

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Seattle Eater Article

A Seattle Eater article lists 14 outstanding restaurants in Seattle's University District, an area known as the "U District". The U District is home to the University of Washington (UW), and The Ave (also known as University Way) is the main street where many UW students go for off-campus meals. Most of the restaurants in the area are casual, affordable spots with eclectic food options, including many good Asian food choices. One notable Chinese restaurant mentioned is Xi'an Noodles, which serves wide, chewy biang biang noodles made by hand every morning, pork dumplings, and cucumber salad.

Reddit Discussions

A Reddit discussion from 3 years ago asked for recommendations for the best places to eat near the University of Washington. The responses provided various suggestions, but none specifically recommended Chinese food. In another Reddit discussion, a user who was accepted into graduate school at UW asked for advice on the University District, including good areas for stores and bars. However, the discussion mainly focused on housing and the general vibe of the area, with no mention of Chinese food options. In conclusion, Xi'an Noodles is one notable Chinese food option near the University of Washington, as mentioned in the Seattle Eater article. Yelp search results also provide a list of Chinese food restaurants in the University District, with Six Pack Foods and Xi'an Noodles being some of the recommended options. However, the Reddit discussions did not provide specific recommendations for Chinese food near the university.

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"https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=best+chinese+restaurant&find_loc=University+District%2C+Seattle%2C+WA+98105"

  • Yelp webpage containing reviews of different Chinese restaurants.
  • Some sponsored results containing customer ratings and reviews for different restaurants in University District, Seattle, with prices and other information.
  • Featured Takeout options from Bubble Tea, Chinese, Taiwanese with their brief description.
  • A list of all “best Chinese restaurants” in University district, Seattle, Washington.
  • Multiple results with ratings and reviews of different authentic Chinese restaurants, including Six Pack Foods, Xi’an Noodles, and other restaurants.
  • Brief reviews of different Chinese restaurants, including the focus on the ambience, service, and decor of the restaurants.
  • Reviews of the northeast Chinese cuisine with exceptional service and top-quality ingredients.
  • A small Chinese restaurant in Roosevelt Way, near UW, serving authentic and hard-to-find Chinese cuisine.
  • Reviews of restaurants that include filling options and several vegetarian and non-vegetarian options.
  • Negative reviews for restaurants not liked by Chinese families.
  • A minority-owned and operated restaurant with authentic Indian cuisine in the neighborhood, also with a focus on quality and taste.
  • A search box to add the business to Yelp, along with some related searches in Seattle, WA.
  • Related talk topics on the festive Chinese restaurant with the best food that will be open on Christmas day 2021, and the best Chinese restaurant in Bellevue.
  • Frequently Asked Questions and Answers with customer reviews and ratings of different Chinese restaurants near Seattle, WA.
  • A customer review focusing on the delicious noodles, thick and chewy with homemade broth, with meat falling off the bone.
  • Customer review showcasing the authentic and hard-to-find Chinese cuisine, reasonable prices, and friendly service.
  • Reviews of different Chinese restaurants, highlighting whether they’re cheap or expensive, the best for the date night, or good for casual dining.
  • Reviews of different Chinese food items, including dumplings, noodles, rice, noodles soup, sesame chicken, beef, pork dumplings, spicy pork, and others.
  • Customer feedback on different Chinese restaurants, highlighting their popularity among locals and tourists alike.
  • The webpage contains pictures of the different Chinese dishes, including their prices and descriptions.
  • Different sections of the website for booking a table, ordering online, and finding a nearby pickup location.
  • Reviews of some Chinese restaurants, highlighting the long waiting time, while others providing quick and efficient service.
  • Reviews of the different Chinese restaurants focusing on excellent taste with affordable prices, high-quality ingredients, and great service.
  • The option to filter the search results based on different categories, including price, features, and cuisine types.

"https://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=chinese&find_loc=University+District%2C+Seattle%2C+WA"

  • The webpage provides a list of the top 10 Chinese restaurants in the University District of Seattle, WA.
  • The list is based on user ratings and reviews on Yelp.
  • The webpage was last updated in May 2023.
  • The page includes a quote from a Yelp review by a customer who enjoyed Chinese food but was not able to have it due to dental issues, resulting in having to go to Pike Place Chowders instead.
  • The page provides links to see more reviews for each restaurant listed in the top 10.
  • The page lists the following as the best Chinese restaurants for breakfast near Seattle, WA:
    • Young’s Restaurant
    • Dim Sum King
    • Kauai Family Restaurant
    • Le Panier
    • The Crumpet Shop
  • There is a section on the page that speaks about places to get Chinese food for delivery.
  • The list of the top 10 Chinese restaurants near the University of District includes the following restaurants:
    • Henry’s Taiwan Kitchen
    • Chili’s Sichuan Cuisine
    • Vios Cafe at Third Place
    • Sansotei Ramen
    • Saigon Boat Cafe
    • Fu Man Dumpling House
    • Szechuan Noodle Bowl
    • Katsu Burger
    • Din Tai Fung
    • Thai Tom
  • Under the name of each restaurant is their rating according to Yelp and the total number of reviews that helped the restaurant earn its rating.
  • Each of the restaurants’ addresses is provided on the page.
  • Clicking on the hyperlink for each restaurant name takes you to their Yelp page.
  • There is a map on the page that includes markers for each of the 10 restaurants. The user could click on the markers to see more information on each restaurant and their location.

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"https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=chinese+food&find_loc=University+District%2C+Seattle%2C+WA+98105"

  • The webpage consists of a list of Chinese food restaurants in the University District, Seattle, as ranked by Yelp users.
  • There are Sponsored Results shown on top of the list, but they don’t represent the actual ranking of restaurants.
  • Each restaurant is accompanied by its business name, business rating, number of reviews, distance from the University District, and a short excerpt from a customer review.
  • The restaurant names are clickable and lead to individual pages with more detailed information, photos, address, phone number, business hours, price range, and menu.
  • Users can filter the search results by “All”, or by specific categories such as “Delivery” or “Takeout”, and they can sort the results by “Best Match”, “Distance”, “Rating”, or “Most Reviewed”.
  • There is a map displayed on the right side of the page, showing the locations of the restaurants overlaid with numbered icons that correspond to their rankings.
  • There are links to relevant search results and FAQs related to Chinese food in Seattle. These include recommended restaurants for Chinese delivery and nearby cities and neighborhoods to look for Chinese food.
  • There is a section called “Related Searches” which shows popular search topics related to Chinese food in Seattle, including recommendations for Chinese restaurants that deliver, for good Chinese food restaurants, and for cheap Chinese restaurants.
  • There is another section called “Related Articles” which shows links to other Yelp pages that discuss Chinese food in Seattle.
  • There is a short section called “Related Talk Topics” which shows recent forum discussions related to searching for good Chinese food in Seattle.
  • At the bottom of the page, there is a section that shows recent reviews for the restaurants featured in the list. Users can read more customer reviews by clicking on each restaurant name.

"https://seattle.eater.com/maps/where-to-eat-u-district-university-of-washington-seattle"

  • This webpage is about 14 outstanding restaurants in Seattle’s University District, an area known as the “U District.”
  • The U District is home to the University of Washington (UW), one of the biggest urban universities in the country with over 40,000 students and 20,000 faculty and staff.
  • The Ave (also known as University Way) is the main street in the U District, where many UW students go for off-campus meals.
  • Most of the restaurants in the area are casual, affordable spots with eclectic food options, including many good Asian food choices.
  • Xi’an Noodles serves wide, chewy biang biang noodles made by hand every morning, pork dumplings, and cucumber salad.
  • Morsel is a biscuit shop that offers gluten-free options and has a primary breakfast sandwich called the “fast break” which is a stack of eggs, bacon, and cheddar cheese on a biscuit smeared with earthy tomato jam.
  • The Alley is a Korean restaurant that serves generous portions of banchan, including green onion pancakes, potatoes, and crunchy kimchi.
  • The boiled fish with green pepper oil is the star dish at Red Pepper, which serves Sichuan provincial cuisine including lazi chicken (popcorn chicken covered in chopped dried chili peppers), meat pots filled with vegetables, and a choice of meat, and griddle-cooked dishes.
  • Earl’s on the Ave is a college bar that serves affordable food like a super combo of four onion rings, four jalapeno poppers, four mozzarella sticks, two chicken strips, two full-size corn dogs, and waffle fries for $19.
  • Thanh Vi is a Vietnamese restaurant that serves banh xeo (Vietnamese crepes), charbroiled shrimp with DIY spring roll ingredients, and a satisfying late-night snack called Falafel Super sandwiches made with feta, hummus, vegetables, and crispy falafel.
  • The Mountaineering Club is a bar and restaurant that offers some of the best views of Seattle, serving appetizers like shrimp cocktails and oysters on the half shell, sandwiches (including a wagyu and Dungeness crab hot dog), and rotating entrees.
  • Off The Rez Cafe is the only Native American-owned food truck in Seattle that opened its first restaurant in 2019 at the Burke Museum on the University of Washington campus. They offer fry bread tacos topped with 12-hour smoked pulled pork, braised bison, or vegetarian chili,

"https://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=chinese&find_loc=University+District%2C+Seattle%2C+WA+98105"

  • The webpage provides a list of the “best 10 Chinese Restaurants near University District, Seattle” as per Yelp’s ratings.
  • The list is last updated in May 2023.
  • The website features user reviews of the listed Chinese restaurants in Seattle, WA.
  • The user reviews can help an individual in getting an idea about the kind of food they serve, user experience, pricing, etc.
  • A reviewer talks about their visit to Seattle and their love for Chinese food, but how they could not enjoy much of it as they had some dental issues. They write about the restaurant and their experience. They also note some other restaurants they could access and their opinion on them.
  • The website lists the best Chinese restaurants for breakfast near Seattle, WA. The five mentioned restaurants are Young’s Restaurant, Dim Sum King, Kauai Family Restaurant, Le Panier, and The Crumpet Shop.
  • The website lists some Chinese restaurants for delivery in Seattle, WA. Recommended restaurants are Dough Zone Dumpling House, Pat’s Chinese Restaurant, Chiang’s Gourmet, Tai Tung Chinese Restaurant, and Panda Express.
  • There are other sections, like “Trending Restaurants” and “Most Reviewed” that do not specifically pertain to Chinese food near the University of Washington.
  • The website provides options to filter restaurants based on their delivery, good for groups, takeout, or outdoor seating.
  • The website lists the restaurant’s approximate price range, estimated delivery time, the type of cuisine, and other relevant information.
  • For individual restaurants listed on Yelp, they can be rated from one to five stars. The reviewers can add photos and detailed descriptions along with rating the restaurant.
  • There are ads on the webpage that run parallel to information, but it is unrelated to the search query.

"Accepted to Graduate School at UW. Looking for feedback from students on University District."

  • Someone who has been accepted into graduate school at the University of Washington is asking for advice on the University District.
  • They want to know what students think of the area, good areas that are close to stores and bars, and if there are any party areas.
  • There are some comments about loitering people selling weed on University Way street; this is tolerated by the police as long as it’s kept quiet.
  • The area has a college vibe to it with frat row located just north of the campus.
  • Many graduate students also live in Capitol Hill, Wallingford, and Fremont.
  • Capitol Hill and Fremont are good places to look for housing because both are close to what they are looking for.
  • The U District has many noisy, drunk, and annoying undergraduates. Rent is too expensive to be living around them.
  • It is suggested to live somewhere else like Capitol Hill, Greenwood, Greenlake/Ravenna, Tangletown, or Wallingford.
  • If someone is willing to commute, it is said that Eastlake is a great neighborhood all-around and that they lived near the UW for 9 years. It’s very central with walking distance to almost anywhere.
  • Someone else recommends Ravenna, Wallingford, Fremont, and Capitol Hill.
  • Another person says that the U District is underrated for certain kinds of people. They appreciate the walking distance to work, decent cheap eats, coffee places, supermarkets, and its central location.
  • They recommend Ravenna and Roosevelt for people who want larger, quieter spaces and Wallingford for people who want a neighborhood that’s a compromise between Fremont and the U District. All of these areas should be no big deal on a bike, and they suggest checking out the bus lines wherever someone looks to settle in.
  • It is also suggested to check out Burke Gilman’s trail, which is a great bike trail near the university with plenty of apartments around.
  • The same person who suggested Wallingford also likes University Village, which is an outdoor mall with retail stores and whatnot. They enjoy going to Starbucks there to study especially since it’s open until 1:30 am.
  • Cap Hill is a trendy and hip neighborhood that people recommend due to its proximity to buses and its accessibility.
  • The Jade Garden Restaurant is recommended for Chinese food, which is about a 10-minute drive from the University of Washington. This is suggested by a user who lived in the U District for 4-5 years. Another user recommends The Ram restaurant for

"Best places to eat near University of Washington?"

  • The webpage is a post made on Reddit’s “Seattle” subreddit, asking for recommendations for the best places to eat near University of Washington (UW), a potential grad school.
  • The post is dated from 3 years ago, with 3 points and 8 comments.
  • The first person to comment asks for more specific information on what type of food or cuisine the original poster is interested in.
  • A reddit user recommends Taste of India, located at 55th & Roosevelt, as their favorite restaurant near UW. The user claims that the food is better than the average Indian restaurant.
  • Another user agrees with the recommendation for Taste of India and adds that their naan bread is “out of this world”.
  • University Village Shopping Center, near the campus, is mentioned as having many restaurants of various genres and ethnicities. Ba Bar, a Vietnamese-influenced restaurant, is recommended by a user.
  • The Ravenna neighborhood, a short Uber ride from UW, is mentioned to have two restaurants owned by a James Beard award chef: Salare and JuneBaby. Reservations are required at Salare, and both are suggested for fine dining.
  • Agua Verde, an informal Mexican food place located on the water next to University Medical Center, is also mentioned as a recommendation.
  • Voula’s is suggested for breakfast.
  • Big Time, a craft brewery, is recommended for its beer and great vibe. A user also suggests the brewery’s food is good, including their porter beer.
  • Mama Melina’s, located on 25th and Blakely north of University Village, has a happy hour recommended by a user.
  • A Pizza Mart is humorously mentioned, but a user points out that it is no longer in business.
  • No Chinese food is specifically recommended in the comments.

Note: The webpage contains several recommendations for a variety of cuisines, including Indian, Vietnamese, Mexican, American, etc. Only the most mentioned places and highlights that may be relevant to the user’s query are included in these notes. Also, the webpage contains subjective and personal opinions from Reddit users and does not necessarily represent a comprehensive or authoritative guide for dining near University of Washington.

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