Homer Reviews

Homer is a vibrant restaurant with extraordinary food. They have small and large plates and also make their own pita bread. My wife and I ordered the labneh (thick yogurt) with dried tomatoes and mint followed by the lamb ribs with pistachio and a grilled lettuce salad with avocado. All the dishes were delicious but the lamb was exquisite. The staff was great. It's a popular LOUD restaurant. We had a 1/2 wait on a Saturday night but it was well worth it. We capped off the meal with soft serve ice cream to go (flavors vary week by week I"m guessing)

I used to eat charred meals in Mombasa . Outdoor Swahili cafes in old town grilled on charcoal. Only one caveat , it was not charcoal. I eat out more than I should and I eat at all levels of food . Any time I have returned a dish I have never been charged for it. At homer no such thing. You order you pay . Oh cafe MUNIR in ballard so offers a better meal. Absolutely bad food and service Din and burnt meals

We had a dinner party of 10 at Homer last night, and absolutely everything (but one thing) was fantastic. The food was inventive, veggie-forward, beautiful to look at and utterly delicious. Their squash and walnut dip was a surprising delight, and the green salad that followed was one of the most popular dishes with our table. The wine selection was rock solid and the service was great. The one down side is the noise. Expect a din, particularly since this little gem of a restaurant is always packed.

I’ve been hearing about Homer for a year. It did not disappoint. The food is amazing. We each had 2 small plates and we shared the 3 dips and some olives. We were stuffed. My friend loved the squash-spicy and delicious. I thought the mussel plate was so good. I wanted to lick my plate! The service was great and we had soft-serve ice cream to go. It’s worth the wait. Enjoy! (I think they take reservations for groups of 6+.)

Absolutely great food, but in a very noisy environment. My wife and I shared the fish dish -- excellent. I also had the outstanding small plate of meatballs with an unusual dressing (stinging nettles and other stuff). We then had the homemade soft-serve ice cream (two separate flavors -- peanut butter and rhubarb). While the food was five star, the noise was one-star, at best. I could hardly hear my table mates, though I could hear the two women facing my direction sitting at the next table. The restaurant needs some sort of noise attenuation.

Can't remember specifically what we ordered here (we shared a bunch of plates), but it was all delicious and all 5 of us considered it the best meal we had anywhere during the 10 days we were in Seattle, including some much more famous and expensive restaurants. Terrific service and well-worth the wait to get in.

This place Rocks! Amazingly fresh ingredients and a rotating menu for seasonal veggies. Def make a Ressie and get excited for when your day comes - great vibes and energy from the dining room and the staff. Solid cocktails and drinks and tasty menu items from top to bottom!!! Instagram Just BEET it!!! 🎶🎶 🎧🥦🐷🥗🌿 📸 Beets 📸 Cauliflower 📸 Grilled Pork 📸 Broccolini @RestaurantHomer Homer is serving Mediterranean and Middle Eastern inspired cuisine, influenced by the ingredients of the Pacific Northwest. 📍Seattle, WA 🐟

we enjoyed some interesting new dishes. you need a few small plates to get enough food so prepare to pony up $$. like one reviewer showed in his photo, they bread comes charred (and its not free...) but it was still tasty. the only dish we didnt love was the roast chicken which was a bit gamey tasting. also, the seating is tight and chairs are tiny so if you are older, feeble, or large bottomed- it isnt the most comfortable. would give 3.5 stars in all but its better than 3 so i had to go with 4.

Only one complaint. Very hard to get a seat. The food is spectacular and the chef has their own influence on each dish. Found all our dishes to be exceptional. Great service and friendly atmosphere.

We ate here in a Sunday evening during an autumn visit to Seattle. We had an outstanding experience! The vibe of the restaurant, even on a Sunday evening, was great: small dining room, tables close enough together to create intimacy, good music, buzzy but not deafening. Vaccination was required to eat indoors, which made the atmosphere feel safe. Super-cute interior with great lighting. Service was excellent. Our server was kind and funny, and she had great knowledge of the menu. The meal was relatively well-paced, although there was a length delay between the initial courses and the larger courses—likely the result of a busy and small kitchen. GREAT cocktails; the gin cocktail on special, with orange notes, was super-refreshing and an unexpected flavor combination. And the ginger soda (non-alcoholic) was wonderful. Outstanding food. Mediterranean flavors are featured here. Labneh with pita was delicious; whipped garlic was a revelation! A tomato salad was super-fresh with interesting spices. Harissa-grilled lobster mushrooms were meaty and yummy. Some grilled cabbage was the least successful dish, but still yummy. They feature soft-serve for dessert, with unusual flavors; our caramel miso, mixed with a fruit flavor, was a perfect end to the meal. Dishes were large and easy to share—a good value for the money. Would definitely return! A lovely spot in Beacon Hill, worth the drive from other parts of Seattle.

I visited Seattle solo in September 2020 and enjoyed dinner at Homer. Home run, I say! Outdoor seating was available on a small, cute patio with about 4 tables; they fit me in as a walk-in about 1.5 hours before closing. The server could not have been nicer or more attentive. COVID-19 protocols were followed really carefully, which I appreciated. The Homer menu emphasizes Mediterranean flavors, with a mix of small and big plates. My server was really helpful in determining what would be a reasonable amount to order as a solo diner. I started with a really delicious daiquiri that featured apricot; it was a beautiful color and a nice twist on a classic. Lamb ragu on tahini was a great way to start the meal; the pita that came with this spread was served warm and was delicious. I continued the carbs with the next course: grilled sourdough (yum) onto which I spread a lovely harissa dip and then topped with anchovies. The harissa spice cut through the wonderful saltiness of the anchovies; it was a great combination. I ended with wonderful lamb + pork meatballs, served with yogurt and really wonderful late summer tomatoes; again, the flavors were well-balanced, with the acid from the tomatoes cutting the fat in the meatballs. I was skeptical about dessert: although I love soft serve, the flavor combination of grilled peach and basil made me wonder. Homer proved me wrong; the combination was delicious and a great way to end the meal. A really lovely evening—a fun place in a cute, largely residential part of town. Definitely worth your attention when you’re in Seattle.

My husband and I came at 5:05 on Thursday night and there was only 1 table left for 2, but there was bar seating, but not for long. I assume people line up before they open, like a Stones concert. They will text you if you want to go have a drink elsewhere to wait. We ordered the lettuces with buttermilk, charred carrots, burnt cabbage and the chicken. We had three glasses of wine total and the bill was about $100. We enjoyed every dish, though the lettuces with buttermilk and the chicken were my favorites. The meatballs looked amazing, will try those sometime. It's definitely a place to share dishes and try new things. What really impressed me was the staff. From the way we were greeted, to the constant, perfectly timed flow of the meal. We were very well taken care of, which made a solid first impression.

We were in Seattle just for couple of days and than leaving to Alaska on a Holland America Cruise. Homer made a great impression on us since the fiod was great, wonderful service, nice people. I should say that we liked all the food we have tried but our favorites were green beans, dips, chard cucumbers, whipped garlic, lamb ribs and meat balls, soft served ice cream. You can not go wrong with anything on the menu. It is a very lovely place and we will definitely come back for more.

We had a family dinner here- the food was just amazing, I would eat this food every day if I could. Middle Eastern influences were very evident eg pita, hummus etc. We ate a lot! Everything was so delicious- rockfish, mushrooms, celeriac, whipped garlic. I would say it is on a par with a group of very well-known Middle Eastern restaurants in London, UK. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Well worth the visit. The Brownsteine and Pueblo cocktails were yummy. We then ate our way around the world with just hummus, labneh and eggplant Pita breads from the wood fired oven and small dishes. We had no room for larger plates.

My partner and I have waited a long time to visit Homer, and thankfully it was worth the wait. Ambiance was romantic, food was fresh and light, and cocktails were balanced. If you don’t like mint, you will struggle with some dishes. For food we had the labneh, lamb ribs, meatballs, burnt cabbage and red chilli rapini (the winner). Labneh was fantastic. Lamb ribs were ok, though fatty. Loved the pear and dry spice combination. Burnt cabbage was perfectly done, though a more abundant sauce would have been appreciated. The red chilli rapini had all the flavours and was on a delicious egg/oil/garlic sauce base. All well salted. Fresh mint galore. For cocktails, we had the Larita (rum) and Rosa (mezcal). Both were delicious, especially the Rosa. The mezcal was smooth and not overly smoky, and was well balanced with the beet juice.

Crowded with a short wait at 8pm on a Tuesday night. But the sidewalk window for ordering drinks and sidewalk tables for lounging while an inside table open up eases the wait. It does not appear that food is served outside. Inside the 88 dB level is like being shouted at while trying to enjoy the otherwise excellent food ... or sitting next to a roadway with heavy truck traffic. For me, the noise level was off-putting. There is no host/hostess, so you might need to let a server know you want to be seated. A recent NYC friend stopped there last week and not knowing this local requirement left in disgust at being ignored. If dining as a single, as I did tonight, be sure to let that be known and you'll be seated almost right away, as I was, at the bar next to the bartender and the To Go window. There's bar seating at the bar where the watching or chatting with the bartender can pass the time. Or bar seating next to the kitchen where watching the busy staff or the pita being baked onsite can be mesmerizing. There were a few tables for 2 and larger tables for 6-8. It appeared that at a couple of the larger tables, two unrelated groups shared the opposite ends of the table. I had the grilled pork with stone fruit amba, rye couscous, mushrooms & labneh. Being warned there might be a 20 minute prep time, I enjoyed a glass of wine and let myself be entertained by watching the surprised and delighted faces of those on the sidewalk tasting samples of the soft serve ice cream. The current season flavors are Cantaloupe with orange blossom or Fig Leaf. I'm not known to have a small appetite and the pork roast serving was more than I could eat. The amba, if it was indeed pickled or fermented, didn't obviously taste that way. But perhaps that means it was well balanced with the savory of the pork?! It was a great condiment for this pork dish. The pork was actually nestled over the labneh and was not part of the couscous (thankfully) as the menu description suggested. If I were to order this again, I would also order a small plate of vegetables. The green bean dish or a salad would have rounded the meal out nicely. I didn't have room for dessert. Another visit just to have a drink at the bar and dessert would make the trip worthwhile.