Ludi's Restaurant

"We love this family-run this Filipino diner for its sticky ube pancakes, but there's so much more. The coffee never goes cold, a sizzling blacktop is the morning soundtrack, and breakfast is served all day. Ordering the combo silog (a.k.a bites of Ludi’s greatest hits) is a necessary rite of passage. The plate is filled with peppery longanisa, Subway foot-long sized lumpia, a juicy pounded pork chop, and fragrant garlic rice you could eat fistfuls of on its own. Just get here when they open at 7am, because by 7:30, a line already forms underneath the iconic yellow and blue sign." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley

"A couple blocks away from the market is the third (or fourth, who’s counting?) incarnation of Ludi’s, the classic Filipino-American diner. If you’ve got visitors in town and want to wow ‘em on a weekend, the ube pancakes are endlessly grammable, and also surprisingly light, but the regulars here are more likely to get silog (garlic rice, eggs, and a meat). Don’t forget to visit the condiment table, which is STACKED with Filipino products, before you eat. Just be wary of the lines that can accumulate on warm-weather weekends." - Harry Cheadle

"It’s 6:30 am, and you just landed at SeaTac after a red eye next to someone listening to three hours of Tony Robbins without headphones—you need breakfast. Set that Uber destination to Ludi's, a Filpino diner and Seattle institution. Here, the sound of flowing black coffee and the smell of fried garlic engulfs the dining room. While you’re hanging out in a booth, order a stack of fluffy ube pancakes dressed in a bright purple coconutty glaze. Or if you don’t want to risk missing out on any of the hits, get the combo-silog full of peppery longanisa, foot-long lumpia, a pounded pork chop, and garlic rice that we could eat fistfuls of on its own." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley

"When Ludi’s closed in 2019, they got a more heartfelt send-off than some people's great-grandma. The thought that this Filipino diner would no longer supply Seattle with bright purple pancakes was devastating. But Ludi’s returned. So did the ube pancakes. Inside their updated location a couple of blocks from the old Downtown space, you can pile into a booth among the same family-run diner surroundings. A sizzling griddle is the morning soundtrack, breakfast is served all day, and the food is as comforting as ever." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley, gabe guarente

"Long ago, especially when Ludi’s was a bar called the Turf, some of its customers preferred to drink their breakfasts. While you can still get cocktails here, the new location of the beloved Filipino-American diner is decidedly more family-friendly, a chilled-out restaurant where you can order all kinds of silog (a classic Filipino breakfast of eggs, rice, and usually meat) and dress it up with all kinds of condiments. If someone at your table is the posting type, they’ll probably want the eye-catching ube pancakes, and you should try a bite — they’re both dessert-rich and surprisingly light. (Unfortunately, those pancakes are only available on weekends.)" - Harry Cheadle