I enjoy going to Boka's for their happy hours it's a nice, clean bar with a really cool light wall that changes colors all night long. They also have a cool ice bar though I'm not one to sit by it because it's too tempting to play with it.
Their happy hours are Monday to Friday from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm and they offer both food and drink specials and they have a late night happy hour as well from 10:00 pm - 12:00 am.
Their food specials are a pretty good deal, half off all urban bites and eats the mac 'n cheese is ok but the truffle fries are great and for $3.25 and $3.00 respectively you can't go wrong. I've been told that the Waygu beef burger and truffle fries for $6.50 is the best deal but I didn't try it.
For drinks you can get well drinks for $4.75, draft beer $3.00 (mmm Stella!) and your pick of red or white wine for $5.00 a glass.
When you're looking for a place to kind of get away and enjoy happy hour is a calm, clean environment go to Boka, plus the ladies room is awesome and they have Molton Brown hand soap and lotion!
Overall I'd give Boka 4.0 cheers out of 5.0.
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Monday, July 7, 2008
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Nijo in Downtown Seattle
Nijo is another favorite happy hour spot of mine offering both food and drink specials. Their happy hour runs from daily 4pm to 6pm and Thursday through Saturday they have a late night happy hour from 10pm to 12am but please note a drink purchase is required for happy hour menu but soft drinks, tea and juice are ok.
Another great thing about Nijo's happy hour is you don't have to sit in the bar to enjoy happy hour; you can enjoy it from a table in the restaurant part. Another thing is they also take reservations so you could in a sense make reservations for happy hour if you wanted too.
As soon as you sit down Water is poured for you to sip on while checking out their extensive happy hour menu (everything is listed on their website.) One strange thing I love about their water is that they keep fresh orange slices in it which provides for a nice refreshing taste.
I've tried all of their $4.00 happy hour cocktails with the exception of the Caucasian, it's a white Russian and this fat chick is not a fan of the white Russians. The Blueberry morning is blueberry stoli, cranberry and pineapple juice so it's red not blue when it arrives. The Lychee martini was cloudy but good and I think the strongest of their happy hour cocktails. The coconut cosmopolitan was more like a vodka cran with coconut in it, it wasn't very cosmo like but I still drank and enjoyed it.
If you like sushi you can't really go wrong with the food here, I had albacore and eel nigiri along with a spicy tuna roll each were only $3.00 and totally worth their price the spicy tuna roll was a whole roll with eight pieces, the fish is fresh and plentiful.
One word of caution when happy houring at Nijo, they don't have their own restroom so you have to use the one in the lobby of the building. Be sure to ask your server for the number to get into the ladies room and write it down otherwise if you have one too many cocktails you might forget and have an accident.
Over all I'd give Nijo a 4.0 out of 5 cheers for happy hour.
Another great thing about Nijo's happy hour is you don't have to sit in the bar to enjoy happy hour; you can enjoy it from a table in the restaurant part. Another thing is they also take reservations so you could in a sense make reservations for happy hour if you wanted too.
As soon as you sit down Water is poured for you to sip on while checking out their extensive happy hour menu (everything is listed on their website.) One strange thing I love about their water is that they keep fresh orange slices in it which provides for a nice refreshing taste.
I've tried all of their $4.00 happy hour cocktails with the exception of the Caucasian, it's a white Russian and this fat chick is not a fan of the white Russians. The Blueberry morning is blueberry stoli, cranberry and pineapple juice so it's red not blue when it arrives. The Lychee martini was cloudy but good and I think the strongest of their happy hour cocktails. The coconut cosmopolitan was more like a vodka cran with coconut in it, it wasn't very cosmo like but I still drank and enjoyed it.
If you like sushi you can't really go wrong with the food here, I had albacore and eel nigiri along with a spicy tuna roll each were only $3.00 and totally worth their price the spicy tuna roll was a whole roll with eight pieces, the fish is fresh and plentiful.
One word of caution when happy houring at Nijo, they don't have their own restroom so you have to use the one in the lobby of the building. Be sure to ask your server for the number to get into the ladies room and write it down otherwise if you have one too many cocktails you might forget and have an accident.
Over all I'd give Nijo a 4.0 out of 5 cheers for happy hour.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
The Brooklyn in downtown Seattle
I think The Brooklyn is my favorite happy hour spot downtown. For one it's a bit classier than some of the other joints around and two the crowd isn't full of the young 20 something’s just looking to get their drink on it's full of professionals who need a drink or two or four to relax before heading home.
The best part is they have food and drink specials daily! And get this their food specials are from 4:00 pm to close everyday, so you can get cheap good food all night long at The Brooklyn. Their drink specials go from 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm so still plenty of time to have a few cocktails before heading home.
Currently for their food they offer the following all for $4.99 each:
Beechers Market Herb Poutine
Mini Steak Sliders
Steamed Clams
Flat Bread Pizza
Mini American Kobe Cheeseburger
Dungeness Crab Wonton
Steamed Mussels
Satay
Calamari
Buffalo popcorn Shrimp
Caesar Salad
The best are their drink specials:
Drafts and wine $2.99
Select calls $3.99 (Skyy, Bombay, Cuervo, Cutty, E&J, Jim Beam and Bacardi)
Martinis and manhattans $4.99 (Skyy, Bombay, Jim Beam)
$4.99 daily drink specials
Monday - Ruby Red Cosmo
Tuesday - Prickly Pear Margarita
Wednesday - Tangerine Kamikaze
Thursday - Ten Cane Mojito
Friday - Raspberry Lemon Drop
Saturday - Sidecar Named Desire
Sunday - Berrytini
They make their own infused vodkas and use them for the Berrytini, Raspberry Lemon Drop and they have one with bell peppers they use for their Bloody Marys. I really like the Berrytini and Raspberry Lemon Drop both are fabulous and when I'm feeling cheap a Skyy tonic always hits the spot. I've tried their clams, mussels, calamari, shrimp and crab wontons and have loved every bite of them.
Overall I'd have to rate The Brooklyn's happy hour a solid 5.0 seeing at it is currently my favorite.
The best part is they have food and drink specials daily! And get this their food specials are from 4:00 pm to close everyday, so you can get cheap good food all night long at The Brooklyn. Their drink specials go from 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm so still plenty of time to have a few cocktails before heading home.
Currently for their food they offer the following all for $4.99 each:
Beechers Market Herb Poutine
Mini Steak Sliders
Steamed Clams
Flat Bread Pizza
Mini American Kobe Cheeseburger
Dungeness Crab Wonton
Steamed Mussels
Satay
Calamari
Buffalo popcorn Shrimp
Caesar Salad
The best are their drink specials:
Drafts and wine $2.99
Select calls $3.99 (Skyy, Bombay, Cuervo, Cutty, E&J, Jim Beam and Bacardi)
Martinis and manhattans $4.99 (Skyy, Bombay, Jim Beam)
$4.99 daily drink specials
Monday - Ruby Red Cosmo
Tuesday - Prickly Pear Margarita
Wednesday - Tangerine Kamikaze
Thursday - Ten Cane Mojito
Friday - Raspberry Lemon Drop
Saturday - Sidecar Named Desire
Sunday - Berrytini
They make their own infused vodkas and use them for the Berrytini, Raspberry Lemon Drop and they have one with bell peppers they use for their Bloody Marys. I really like the Berrytini and Raspberry Lemon Drop both are fabulous and when I'm feeling cheap a Skyy tonic always hits the spot. I've tried their clams, mussels, calamari, shrimp and crab wontons and have loved every bite of them.
Overall I'd have to rate The Brooklyn's happy hour a solid 5.0 seeing at it is currently my favorite.
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