Another restaurant in the Relay Restaurant Group, Revel came about in 2010, and it offers a bit more of an artsy vibe, with music, art, and an outdoor fire pit. Revel’s menu is made up of Korean street food. The restaurant has a neighboring cocktail bar, Quoin, and Grill Shack during the summer, which serves in-house-butchered cuts of meat.

This Fremont gem is owned by husband and wife chef duo Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi, who met while cooking at New York's Alain Ducasse at the Essex House. According to their website, even though "both chefs have a distinctly different point of view, their tastes blend together to create modern, creative and seamless cuisine in their restaurants." (They also own nearby Joule.) The successful result of their merged talents?. Urban-style Korean comfort food (small plates perfect for sharing) that ranges from dumplings and pancakes with pork belly, kimchi and bean sprouts to scrumptious dishes of noodles (think Dungeness crab, seaweed noodle, creme fraiche, spicy red curry) and rice (try the short rib, sambal daikon and mustard greens).

It never really left: Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi relocated their rollicking street food–driven restaurant to South Lake Union for two years while its original address transformed from stylized urban boxcar to a handsome dining room with a proper entrance—but with the same enormous butcher block counter and lineup of short rib dumplings and rice bowls. Order: Revel turns 10 this year, so Yang and Chirchi devote part of the new menu to classic dishes like dungeness crab seaweed noodles. They also make room for more shareable fare, be it roasted vegetables or half a brick chicken.

RevelChef/owners Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi are the sort of people you want to see succeed: grounded, gracious, extraordinarily talented. It helps that their restaurants—the lovely Joule, the quirky Trove quartet, and this reliable, comfortable-cool, pop-arty Fremont hit that lies somewhere in the middle—are among the best in the city. We’d go so far as to say we’ve never had a bad dish on Revel’s seasonal, Korean-influenced menu, and that’s a major feat for seven years of brunches, dinners and (too many) cocktails.

Located in the Fremont neighborhood, there is rarely a time when Revel isn’t packed full of hungry diners. Owned by husband and wife cooking team Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi, who are rapidly building an empire in Seattle, Revel focuses on Korean dishes prepared with French technique in a modern industrial-designed space. The kitchen is completely open and diners can sit on one side of the prep table and watch the goings on.

The elevated Korean street food at Revel has been drawing Seattle crowds since the restaurant opened in 2010. Temporarily located in South Lake Union, the popular destination will be moving back to their Fremont digs this spring. But no matter where they’re located, their happy hour menu is loaded with favorites, including the pork belly pancake infused with kimchi.

Bourdain stopped in at Fremont’s Pacific Inn Pub, sampled several Korean dishes at Revel, and stopped into Middle Eastern restaurant Mamnoon after visiting a dispensary. Other stops included Taylor Shellfish in Pioneer Square, a trek to Greenwood for a drink at North Star Diner, and Bourdain finished his trip at Ballard’s Ocho.

​_**Revel is a fun Asian fusion restaurant in the Fremont area. In the summer the outdoor patio is the place to be for Seattleites with an outdoor fire pit to stay warm long after happy hour is over. It’s also where patrons can enjoy the Grill Shack where you can get every possible cut of meat grilled over a wood fire.

Chef-owners Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi meld Korean and French influences in their Fremont restaurant, producing superbly spiced noodle dishes, plus dumplings and grilled meats. During brunch, find everying from sticky buns with miso caramel sauce to a spicy kimchi Bloody Mary. 403 N 36th St; revelseattle.com

What’s Popular: Pork Belly Pancakes, Dungeness Crab Noodles, Corned Lamb Salad. People are Saying: “reasonably priced”; “no reservations accepted”; “cool, open kitchen”. Also: Quoin is an adjoining cocktail bar that pours craft cocktails and serves food from Revels menu.

🍽️ Korean | $$ | Website | 📍 Google Maps | 📞 (206) 547-2040. Revel is in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, and it’s a stylish, contemporary restaurant with plenty of space and a drool-worthy menu. Visit with friends to try a little bit of everything.

Revel in Fremont serves innovative Korean-inspired dishes, while The Pink Door in Post Alley blends Italian cuisine with local flavors.

401 N 36th St, Seattle, WA 98103Phone: 206-547-2040 Visit Website. View this post on Instagram. A post shared by Revel (@revelseattle)