The Mountaineering Club
Bar · University District
4507 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105
Highlights
Craft cocktails & seafood on a chic rooftop with expansive city views
Craft cocktails & seafood on a chic rooftop with expansive city views
"Nope, this isn't some excursion to the wilderness. You're coming here to take an elevator up to the roof of a University District hotel, drink a fancied-up long island iced tea topped with blackberry gummies, and eat a great bacon sandwich. We love the inside, but the patio is the best seat in the house, where you can see the entire skyline. It’s lively and fun without being logistically impossible to get a seat, and somewhat avoids the try-hard energy that can make other rooftops feel more like a photoshoot than a bar." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley, gabe guarente
"This hotel rooftop bar is a bit of an anomaly in the University District, a part of town where most restaurants feel slightly underground somehow. But the Mountaineering Club has a gorgeous view of the northern part of the city plus Portage Bay and beyond. The food and drink menu hews surprisingly closely to a kind of camping vibe, and the staff even wears mountaineering-themed uniforms." - Brianna Gunter
"No, we’re not sending you to some random classroom on campus where all of the kids who couldn’t get into an a cappella group sit around a fake campfire and sing folk songs and look at compasses. The Mountaineering Club is a cool rooftop bar at the Graduate Hotel. The space is designed as if an Eagle Scout troop had an interior design merit badge on the line, and the outdoor patio has one of the best skyline views in the city. The camping theme extends into the drinks—our favorite is the Whidbey Island iced tea, spiked with blackberry liqueur. If you must eat here, get the bacon sandwich." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
"The best way to soak up even more sun and make it feel like a Friday afternoon is to get just a little bit closer to those rays by heading up to this University District rooftop bar. The views from these heights are superlative, and the food aims for a similar level, with butter bean hummus, a wagyu beef and Dungeness crab hot dog, and roast-your-own s’mores. Whenever Mt. Rainier shows its slopes, Seattleites note that “The mountain is out,” but one cocktail made with Bombay Sapphire, Alpine amaro, and Alpine bitters, makes sure the mountain is always out." - Vox Creative
"The U District rooftop bar knows it’s one of the best places in the city to view the fireworks and has a big event planned: a “Northern Lights-themed winter formal” where you can drink cocktails like the Kyoto Saladito (mezcal, Japanese whisky, lemongrass, plum wine reduction, sakura bitters) and the Fir Trader Gimlet (Douglas fir eau-de-vie, London dry gin, sorrel, lemon, nutmeg). There will also be a snow machine, s’mores, other snacks, and “DJ Lady Coco from 10 p,m, to 2 a.m. accompanied by Dada Pop’s Sexy Sax.” We don’t even really know what this press release is talking about and we’re excited! Tickets are here and cost $65 now, $75 the week of the event, and $85 at the door." - Eater Staff
