"Maneki opened in the International District in 1904, making it the oldest Japanese restaurant in Seattle. Try to have dinner in one of their tatami rooms, which is a quiet, private space in the back of the restaurant where you’ll take your shoes off and sit while someone periodically drops in to give you raw fish and beer. Every piece of nigiri you’ll get here is tender, cut perfectly, and has the highest quality-to-cost ratio in the city. Not to mention that there are always exciting specials like four different types of wild salmon or negitoro gunkan maki. Everything is pretty inexpensive for the quality and tastes just as great in the crowded dining area if you can’t get into a tatami room." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley, gabe guarente
