Lost Lake Cafe & Lounge
Diner · Capitol Hill ·
Classic diner fare, craft beer, cocktails, and 24/7 hours
Classic diner fare, craft beer, cocktails, and 24/7 hours
"Lost Lake Cafe isn’t the best diner in the city, but it does serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner food until extremely late at night (midnight during the week, and 2am on weekends). It’s in what looks like a stone-lined living room from the ’60s, with big booths and a counter thrown in. If you want breakfast, order the corned beef hash or a breakfast sandwich on an English muffin. If you don’t, you can’t go wrong with their basic burger and fries." - Aimee Rizzo
"While the food at Lost Lake is pretty mediocre, there is one boozy brunch thing they do well—quantity. The mimosa pitcher is truly an entire bottle of champagne dumped into a large vessel with a smidge of orange juice—and there’s a mule pitcher with vodka, lemon, and strawberry puree. They also do weekday happy hours from 7-8am that should appeal to early risers who want to drink like they’ve got the first flight out of Sea-Tac." - kayla sager riley, aimee rizzo, gabe guarente
"Lost Lake does have some brunch-bait - like four different types of benedicts and mimosas available in bulk. But overall, this place is pretty relaxed. You can post up at the counter with headphones in your ears and chocolate chip peanut butter pancakes on your plate. Or, if for some reason you can’t avoid a group brunch, everyone will probably be happy with Lost Lake’s pitchers of mimosas." - aimee rizzo
"Lost Lake Cafe isn’t the best diner in the city, but it does serve great breakfast food 24 hours a day. The interior looks like a stone-lined living room from the ’60s, with big booths and an old-fashioned diner counter tossed in. Order the corned beef hash or a cheesy breakfast sandwich on an English muffin, and you might as well add a Bloody Mary for good measure." - aimee rizzo
"Once reliably open 24 hours, Capitol Hill’s Lost Lake is now operating on indefinitely reduced hours after pandemic-related changes, emblematic of how some formerly round-the-clock spots have scaled back." - Sophie Grossman