There's a fresh energy in Bellevue right now. You can feel it in the rhythm of the city - new buildings, new people, and plenty of new places to eat. Back to office is going strong and lunch is so back. The recent restaurant openings are sizzling with personality and innovative new experiences. It's got that "oh, wow, I'm coming back here" kind of feeling. Here's what's new on the menu right now in Bellevue, Washington.
Jiang Nan
📍 103 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue
Jiang Nan is giving quiet luxury, richly layered in textures. The Peking Duck is the protagonist, and it's lacquered like a painting and carved with reverence. The grilled fish arrives sizzling, bathing in chiles and aromatics. The high-quality ingredients and elegance surround flavors that are bold and deeply familiar to some, surprising and electric to others.
Chay Concept
📍 10650 NE 4th St, Bellevue
Chay Concept is an elegant plant-based restaurant, specializing in Vietnamese cuisine. Chef Van Nguyen reimagines classic dishes with texture and flavor, presented as works of art. Salted egg tofu gives crunch on the bite and melts through its silky insides. Sizzling hotplates arrive with mushroom, egg, and fresh baked bread to satisfy. Imitation sesame beef offers surprising texture and impeccable flavor, paired with innovative mocktails.
La Mar Cocina Peruana Bellevue
📍 233 108th Ave NE, Bellevue
La Mar Bellevue is engulfed in light with its large windows and sophisticated ambiance. The Pisco Sour arrives foamy and cold. Peruvian flavors move through the menu with elegance and soul: cebiche coated in rich sauces, arroz chaufa that hums with umami, anticuchos grilled to smoky perfection, delicate causas that somehow feel both artful and nostalgic. If you're seated by the window during Pisco Hour (weekdays, 3:30–6), it’s hard not to feel like the main character.
Pasifika Grill & Bar
📍 625 116th Ave NE, Bellevue
Pasifika Grill & Bar welcomes with a warm embrace at the Coast 116 hotel. Here, the diverse flavors of the Pacific Islands meets fresh, local Pacific Northwest ingredients. Steak moco arrives hot and heavy, drenched in brown gravy. Spam musubi is crispy at the edges, sticky in the center, and deeply satisfying. The ox tail Saimin soup is slow cooked with house beef broth and tender to the taste.
Itadaki Yakiniku
📍 15 Bellevue Way SE, Bellevue
At Itadaki Yakiniku, the experience is the meal. Each table gets a dedicated grillmaster, and the sound of meat searing becomes part of the atmosphere. Course after course, from wagyu and bone marrow to fois gras and oysters, each plate is curated with care. It feels intimate, even if the room is full, and you'll leave with a faint smell of smoke lingering in your hair like a souvenir.
Bellevue’s Food Trucks
If you know, you know: some of Bellevue’s most memorable meals don’t come from a building at all. In partnership with the Washington State Food Truck Association, the city is now home to two rotating food truck locations downtown—bringing sizzling global flavors, street-side energy, and midday magic to the urban core.
At City Hall Plaza (Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.), you’ll find trucks lining 110th Avenue NE with limited seating on the plaza. No visitor parking is available unless you're conducting business at City Hall—so it’s a stroll-up situation.
Just a few blocks away, Compass Plaza (Mondays–Thursdays, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. on 106th Avenue NE) expands the culinary canvas even further. This new Grand Connection “Street Eats” location is all about variety—Latin, Asian fusion, grilled cheese, you name it—and offers more chances to turn a lunch break into something worth remembering.
