Steph C.
Yelp
We stayed three nights at the Seattle Hyatt Regency last month and had breakfast at Andare included, thanks to my mother, the Hyatt Globalist. Every morning, we joined the Yelp waiting list from our room then took the elevator down when our table was ready.
This helped us avoid the massive pile-up at the host stand. I'm guessing Andare mostly serves hotel guests, but the Regency must be big enough that the restaurant fills up during peak breakfast hours. There was always a line of people waiting just to put their names down for a table.
The dining room was nice, attractive and spacious, with a buffet set-up as well as full table service. The staff was polite enough, if not exceedingly attentive. We got what we needed every morning, including kid's menus and crayons for our two little boys.
The food was okay. The best thing I had was the PNW omelet, which was small but nice, made with smoked salmon, Boursin cheese, and chives, and served with toast and roasted potatoes. The buttermilk biscuits and country gravy were on the bland side, though I liked the texture of the biscuits. The Italian sausage gravy was kind of insubstantial--plenty of calories, I'm sure, but I wanted more meat. The biscuits also came topped with poached eggs and smoked paprika, and I made liberal use of the jalapeño and habanero hot sauce bottles on the table. The worst thing I ordered was the seasonal fruit plate, which came with citrus, mixed berries, Greek yogurt, and house granola. There was some genuinely terrible fruit on that plate.
Our boys did great, though, with the half waffles from the kid's menu. (Surprisingly, they were not into the Nutella crepes.) Andare may not be the best restaurant in Seattle, but it's a convenient place to fuel up if you're staying at the Hyatt Regency.