Cafe Lago in Seattle

Great food and excellent service. Baba's Mix Grill is the way to go if you don't know what to choose and want a taste of everything. It comes with chicken skewer, lamb skewer, adana, kofte, shaved lamb and beef. I would also highly recommend the house-made Hummus which goes so well with their house-made bread! The Ezme is also worth a try, has a little bit of a kick to it. Everything is just so fresh and delicious. We were so stuffed after our first visit and decided against dessert... the waitress was so kind that she comped us some Baklava to-go so that we could enjoy it later!

Cafe Lago is a nice little Italian restaurant in the center of Seattle. Their pasta dishes are delicious and we had a nice bottle of Italian wine. We had great appetizers, I think this is called antipasti, this was a flavorful mix of salami, cheese, eggplants,...delicious. The service was very friendly and the food was brought in a timely manner and in good quantity.

Amazing BurritoI ordered this from Postmates and it was WOWHighly recommend this restaurant

The food is perfect every visit! The Pomodori, eggplant and Lasagna are not to be missed!

Delicious pizza!!! Even the entries n soup taste so good!!!

Great service, great food

Great classic Italian cuisine, awesome thin pizzas, small but careful wine list.

The bar was very slow. We got drinks well after appetizers. The food wasn't timed in general. No attempt made to time the food. Random times. Including dessert and drinks. Desserts were even not timed. Looking at someone's dessert waiting for your own, is pretty low brow. The customer experience was not their foremost concern. The waitress had difficulty understanding it order, she was more arrogant than I've seen in quite a while. Little too no knowledge of wine. Not impressed. The lasagne was more like quiche. The food was overly bland. I would never go back.

The food was amazing!! The service was great and the place was really clean!! Loved it!!

We had passed by many times this Italian place on a busy suburban road. This time we celebrated birthday with dinner. The place is neat and simple. Great staff, Black T-shirt’s with crisp super white aprons. Quick and attentive staff ( seemed like too many employees for a small restaurant)- but no complaints. The cocktail drinks- Negroni and Elderflower were excellent. Eggplant ravioli was 7/10 and the Neapolitan style pizza were 9/10. The house made huckleberry gelato and biscotti were really good. Coffee was really flavorful though only lukewarm. It’s a good place, good staff, with super white table linen. Even though the place deserves 5 star for everything right, it’s not a place that I would think of going again. Worth one visit at least.

Loved this for romantic date night. Family friendly spot (paper on top of tablecloths). Dropping $100 will get you an excellent multi course meal complete with 1 appetizer, 2 entrees, 1 dessert, 2 beers and a tip. Portions are spot on given the multi course expectation. Very nice vegetarian options for menu size (recommend gnocchi and handmade ravioli). Service was excellent. Reservation for 5:30 beat all the Friday night crowd. Walking distance from arboretum if you want a quiet romantic summer evening walk.

I have driven by the place tons of times and never stopped in for Lord knows why. The food is incredible and the ambience is perfect for a date night. I can't remember exactly the name of the appetizer but it was like toast and roasted tomato and goat cheese and it was maybe the best food I've eaten in ages. Can't wait to go back.

I would give it five stars but: limited menu and poor parking. But I am stingy with stars so four, for me, means... Great place, great food and we'll worth it.

Never disappointed here. Best lasagna in town. Good service. Good ambience

Unlike most restaurants, they don't charge for their tasty homemade bread and olive oil. Appetizers (something with Eggplant, tomatoes, and something else) and rabbit liver pate which my parents liked were good. Wood fired handmade white pizza with Chantrelle mushrooms was very thin and tasty. My mom is a former NPR food commentator. Main entrees with venison (good) but overly cheesy lasanga (where's the beef?) and clams on a bed of spaghetti were adequate.They earned back points for dessert.Verdict: come back for dessert only or go to Vendemia in Madronna. Plenty of free street parking.

My wife and I went there for a “date night” dinner, and we had heard it was a sweet neighborhood spot, but we were not prepared for the sublime loveliness of this place! High ceilings, white table cloths and a great menu! We were able to sample a few items, plus we got some antipasti and it was all delicious. They have inexpensive plates and pizza, but I had the steak and it was delicious. My wife had some ravioli that they made there, and it was so good! We would go there again, for sure!

Magical! As soon as you step in you get out of Seattle, enter somewhere in Never Ending Story. The clientele, food and service extraordinary. Everything has a special touch. Starters are the closest to real Mediteranean you can find in Seattle. Worth for money! Cool and romantic as well.

Quite popular and good prices except the pizza stuffings were sparse and covered only half of the surface.

Seating section was clean and comfortable. Great coffee. Services was awesome.

Great food and fantastic service. The ambiance is cozy perfect for a night out.

Great service..good drink menu and great food. The best lasagna ever. It's meatless and is filling and light and airy at the same time. Highly recommend.

All of the food here is great, but the lasagna is incredible.

Excellent food, excellent service, and prices quite OK

Antipast/red pepper, eggplant, different types of olives, cheeses, everything is great. I personally don't care the goat cheese. Yes, easy to knock down a bottle of wine with this dish. Mamma's famous, original no meat recipe Lasagna is light and easy to finish.

One of the best Italian restaurants in the greater Seattle area. Pastas made fresh, everything I have eaten here has been delicious. The lasagna is unlike any lasagna you have ever had. Much more like a pastry...amazing. Pomodori al forno appetizer voted best in Seattle for a reason.

The. Best. Lasagne.

Good quality flavorful Italian. Not the same old fare

The best pasta

Was doing a conference in Seattle for one day and this is recommended by my Airbnb host. Got a pasta and it was really nice!

Out of all toppings. Only have cheese and sauce! Charged me without telling me how much then asks if we would like to leave a tip.

Delicious gnocchi. I consider this dish a test of Italian restaurants since it's so easy to end up with heavy or tasteless little dumplings. But these were light and fluffy. My friend enjoyed her paper thin ravioli as well. Very subtle.

Cafe Lago has been around for well over 20 years, so they must be doing something right. They offer a limited menu of good Italian fare. They offer a few very good anitpasti and a few good pasta and a few pizza. If you are looking for fish, poultry or other meats, you may be disappointed because it is not offered. I believe they only serve one (1) steak dish. Also - when full, the dining room (all hard surfaces) can be noisy. With wine or cocktails you will spend $100 a couple without effort. No liquor - you can spend less . Service staff is all young and eager to please. So....if you know go knowing this - you will enjoy your experience.

Sitting at the bar is fun. Good cocktails. Pizza could have used a couple more minutes in the oven to get crispier, but was tasty nonetheless.

Thin crust pizza has very little toppings and sauce in the center, covering just half of the surface.

Great food and also excellent service 👌

Our go-to Italian place in Seattle. We love the olivata appetizer, the ravioli is always amazing, gnocchi is super soft & light. The bartender makes super good cocktails and very good wine selections. Go here!

It was good food but it takes forever to get the food

Love their lasagna, and pomodori al forno! So good that I want it to be my last meal on earth!

Really enjoyed the spaghetti and meatballs but everything else was sub par and expensive. They try some interesting things but they just don't get the flavors right. No balance. For how expensive it was, I expected more precision.

Loved it. Reminiscent of everybody’s favorite dining room and a nicely curated menu with great service. Delicate, house made everything. Slightly sweet gravy over a custard like ricotta lasagna that I felt privileged to enjoy. If you have a problem with Lago, it’s probably you.

Always consistent Always great! My go to restaurant.

Great food and good service. Not cheap but worth it

Amazing place, not vegan friendly but still We love it

Montlake's longstanding Italian gem. Try the pasta, made fresh daily on the premises, the wood-fired thin crust pizzas, or the signature lasagna with delicate layers of pasta and bechemel.

Lovely place and you can tell the staff have a love for each other. It feels like old Seattle.

The Italian red wine was the best part of our meal, as was the attentive busboy, who kept our water glasses filled with chilled water, no ice. The waiter was also polite and attentive. Lovely neighborhood location and building. The steak was supposed to be medium rare, but was overcooked and tough. Too bad! The wait after ordering was too long, so perhaps that's why the steak overcooking happened. If we lived in Seattle tho, we would give them another try.

Hidden treasure in Seattle, a neighbourhood place.,They have the best lasagna I’ve ever tasted, a real delicacy. A light texture simply extraordinary, layers of very thin pasta with cheese that holds the taste and binds the layers into one perfect simplicity. It is hard to order anything but!

Bro that girl in the front need to learn how to arrange orders.

Very lovely local Italian restaurant. Staff are very friendly and helpful, even when just drinking water with food. Caesar salad was nice. Nothing special. But pizza and pasta was very impressive. Very good thin crust. Excellent topping. Lovely casual ambience.

Very good service and delicious appetizers & cocktails.