Oliver's Twist
Cocktail bar · Phinney Ridge ·
Truffle popcorn, grilled cheese, Cambodian dishes, inventive cocktails
Truffle popcorn, grilled cheese, Cambodian dishes, inventive cocktails
"Some of the best mixologists in Seattle grace Oliver’s Twist, known for their inventive generous cocktails (Spicy Cardamom Gimlet, anyone?) paired with tasty tapas. A literal library of cocktail books sit next to the bar, which employees regularly study when planning the menus. A dramatic atmosphere of red and black interior, low lighting and bumping music, this is the ideal place to start or end the party." - Modern Species
"After owner Karuna Long bought this bijou bar and restaurant in 2017, he added his mom’s unique-to-Seattle Cambodian recipes to the menu. The cherry on the Vieux Carré? All these fragrant, gorgeous entrees hover around $16. The Cambodian rice bowls and vermicelli dishes don’t miss, but the braised pork belly (kha sach chrouk) rice bowl, with caramelized palm sugar, coconut milk, soy sauce, bamboo shoots, and a sunny egg on top is just, whew, unforgettable. And every bite of OT’s curry-based hot & sour beef stew (somlaw macchu kroeung sach ko) is like a warm hug from your — or perhaps Long’s — mom." - Jade Yamazaki Stewart, Meg van Huygen, Eater Staff
"I was thrilled when beloved neighborhood bar Oliver's Twist started serving the food of owner Karuna Long's Khmer heritage, and I'm even more stoked that the food will now have a space devoted to it." - Eater Staff
"I turned Oliver’s Twist into my go-to laptoppin’ hangout all year; they make a dark and stormy with Black Strap Cruzan and freshly pressed ginger juice that I require in my bloodstream at least twice a week, and I crave the kroeung chicken bowl with jasmine rice and pickled carrots and daikon whenever I’m cold." - Eater Staff
"I heard from Lauren Thompson at Oliver's Twist that Murray once sat at her bar and ordered a Miller High Life—a small, classic Murray detail that captures his unpretentious, blue-collar approach to drinking even as he became a legend." - Meg van Huygen