Tom B.
Yelp
In short
For many years it was a neighborhood institution with tons of regulars, serving pizzas and drinks to the locals and occasional ferry travelers. It still is, though it has a new name and new owners. Good apps, huge salads, solid pizzas, and a great bar.
In long
90+% of the people who come through Mukilteo know only the road to and waiting area for the ferry. This is the little business district above the ferry holding lot, which thousands of people have seen out of the corners of their eyes and not checked out. There's a ton of nice stuff hidden up here.
More than one couple of friends have gotten married in the big hall across the street from here. The Sound is in a little multi-suite business complex that looks for all the world like a house somehow. They have trellises with vines over a nice stone walkway that leads to a courtyard; the first door you hit is The Sound.
This used to be Sully's, which honestly I never visited. The new owners set up shop in 22 and seem to have held onto most of the regulars. Word is, one of the owners came in here every night for 3 weeks to meet as many folks as he could, and find out what he had to keep the same when they re-opened. Nice move. Both of the owners have been in food and beverage forever, and they have the place humming right along.
You walk in to a small lobby, hardly room to sit down. Then there's a medium-sized bar, a small dining room, and a medium-sized dining room. Probably get maybe 40 people in here if you overpacked it. It's all clean and bright and comfortable. Some are here to eat, some hang at the bar.
Nostalgically enough for me, there's a big seahorse sign/sculpture mounted on one wall, from back when one of the owner's family owned The Seahorse in this part of Mukilteo. My dad delivered tropical fish to the horse back in the day, and as a kid I came with him a time or two. I always love places with nice fish tanks in their dining room, and not just because it was our family business when I was growing up.
We checked out wings, which had great flavor and were cooked perfectly. I'm getting to the point where I want to try everybody's wings and these were worth repeats.
The spinach salad was pretty good, tons of veg in with fresh leafy greens. The ceasar was super generous with croutons and cheese, but overall didn't show a lot of house-made touches.
We had the Sully, which showed up with generous toppings on a near-crackery-thin crust. I could do with a bit less cheese and a crisper crust but this is a very solid pie for sure.
We had a bottle of Browne Family chardonnay with all this, which is a good example of how well-curated their wine and beer lists are. Tons of good kegs pouring, and nice reds, whites, pinks, and sparklers on the wine list. You can tell from glancing at the wine list that somebody knows what's up and isn't gonna wreck your credit while they're at it.
Service was so friendly and warm throughout, answered every question cheerfully and informatively, and stayed right on point every step of the way. You really can't ask for much more from a cool little spot for the locals. And the locals were here...we scored the last table, which was again the last table when we stood up to go. They're running this place right.
