"This restaurant may be wedged into a quiet office park in Bellevue, but with DJs at weekend brunch, a velvet rope that's just for show, and staff who say things like “hell yeah, let’s do this” after you order each appetizer, it’s got fun energy. Pasifika is a good place to drink something tropical while splitting Hawaiian, Guamanian, and other Pacific islander dishes. We especially love the saimin, which has a light broth that clings to springy noodles and matchsticks of Spam. Order it with a mango-hibiscus mojito and let the stress of 405 gridlock melt away." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley, gabe guarente, carlo mantuano