We’re thrilled to reopen our first-floor Boathouse on Saturday, February 17 at 5pm!
Book a post-Valentine’s date or a night out at Seattle’s best seafood restaurant and join us back here for your favorite Ray’s dishes like Wild PNW King Salmon, Applewood Grilled Sake Kasu, Dungeness Crab Cakes, salads, steak, pasta, dessert and so much more!
Don’t forget a bottle from our award-winning wine list.
Reserve in the Boathouse today. See you soon!
Join Ray’s for a delicious Easter brunch or dinner on Sunday, March 31, 2024! Our first floor Boathouse will serve brunch with a la carte guest favorites and a spring-inspired 3-course dinner menu.
Easter reservations are strongly encouraged and available on RESY! We can accommodate parties of 10 people or fewer, including high chairs.
Reserve Easter in our first floor Boathouse
BOATHOUSE BRUNCH
10:30am (first seating) to 3pm (last seating).
A La Carte Boathouse Easter Brunch Menu:
Smaller
Shareable
Mains
BOATHOUSE DINNER
3pm (first seating) to 8pm (last seating)
Enjoy our normal a la carte dinner menu alongside a $75.00 Easter inspired 3-course dinner menu of appetizer, entrée and dessert (beverages, tax and gratuity not included).
3-course Boathouse Easter Dinner Menu
choice of one from each section
Appetizers
Entrees
Desserts
Full children’s menu available all day in the Boathouse.
Boathouse Bar has limited seating and will be offered on a first come basis for ages 21 and over only. The Bar is open from 10:30am (first seating) to 8pm (last seating).
CAFE
Enjoy our Cafe grand holiday buffet from 9am (first seating) to 8pm (last seating) for $85 per person including coffee, juice and sodas (excluding tax and gratuity). Children 5 to 11 years of age $35.
Menu
Complete range of appetizers, salads, entrees, and desserts, plus Ray’s traditional carving and shellfish action stations featuring Northwest seafood. Breakfast items will be served on the buffet until 3pm then we will transition to a dinner buffet until 9pm.
The Cafe Bar will be open from 9am (first seating) to 8pm (last seating) and is seated on a first come basis. Cafe Bar is 21 and over only.
Try these delicious, guest-favorite hot cocktails from our talented bar team and stay nice and cozy while we’re closed this month. Cheers!
Ray’s Hot Buttered Rum
Buttered Rum Mix
Blend together with kitchen aid or similar device.
Build your cocktail:
In a mug combine rum and butter mix, top with hot water and stir to mix until combined. Serve hot and top with whipped cream. Enjoy!
Ray’s Blueberry Mulled Wine
In a saucepan over medium heat, combine blueberries and sugar. Cook until lightly simmering, about 5 minutes.
Puree blueberry mixture until smooth, then add in cloves, allspice, cadamom, and cinnamon. Continue lightly simmering for 30 minutes.
Pour wine into the pot and reduce heat to a very slow simmer for 30 minutes.
Strain and serve warm with a cinnamon stick and blue berries.
Come dine with us on New Year’s Eve and take in the gorgeous views as you toast to 2024!
Ray’s first floor Boathouse and second floor Cafe will be serving the last day of our Steakhouse Pop-Up menu along with the two specials below (our normal menus are also available) on Sunday, December 31.
New Year’s Eve Specials 2023
View our full Steakhouse Menu here!
Reservations for both restaurants are strongly encouraged!
BOATHOUSE HOURS (first floor)
5pm (first seating) to 9pm (last seating). Reserve your table.
CAFE HOURS (second floor)
11:30am (first seating) to 8pm (last seating). Reserve your table.
We’re Open New Year’s Day!
Ray’s Boathouse and Cafe will be open regular hours on New Year’s Day Monday, January 1! Join us starting at 11:30am in the Cafe for Bloody Mary’s, Fish & Chips, Clam Chowder and all of your favorites. The Boathouse will open at 5pm for hay hour and dinner. Cheers!
We’re beefing up our menus this December!
Our Steakhouse Pop-Up features a limited number of steaks per day served with classic steakhouse sides and option to add special sauces or compound butters.
These specials are available now through December 31 in our first floor Boathouse and upstairs Cafe!
Reserve your table today in the Boathouse, our Cafe is walk-ins only (except on select holidays).
Ray’s Steakhouse Menu
Grilled RR Ranch Steak
(served with demi-glace and seared broccolini)
Sauce/Butter Add-ons
Sides
Plus… we’re hearing rumblings of an off-menu, house-ground burger. Come in to check it out!
Take 20% off all Ray’s apparel now through December 31!
Our current apparel line up will be gone January 1 so make sure to stock up on this commemorative gear including our retro hoody, beanies and more before it’s too late!
This cozy, quality gear is the perfect holiday gift or stocking stuffer for all the Ray’s fans in your life. And we’re offering 20% off as a token of our appreciation for 50 incredible years!
Shop now and use code Rays20 at checkout to get 20% off your entire order of our 50th anniversary retail collection through Sunday, December 31, 2023 at 11:59pm PST!
Shop today before this limited edition merch is gone for good!
We’re celebrating fresh, PNW shellfish this November with our annual Shellfest! Available in the Boathouse & Cafe daily now through November 30 – try them all!
Shellfest Menu
Steamed Penn Cove Mussels
shallot, garlic, white wine, butter, herbs (by the half or full pound) GF $11/$22
Peel & Eat Alaskan Spot Prawns
old bay dusted, bopo, lemon GF $28
Fried Coconut Shrimp
thai chili dipping sauce DF $14
Baked Oysters
lime-seaweed butter, pickled sea beans GF $5/each
Oysters on the Half Shell
with shallot mignonette GF/DF $4/each
Black Pepper Tanner Crab
jasmine rice, steamed bok choy, scallion $36
Ray’s first floor Boathouse and second floor Cafe will be open on Christmas Eve and Day serving up your favorite dishes and seasonal specials. Join us Sunday, December 24 and Monday, December 25, 2023!
Reservations are available now and strongly encouraged for all parties on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day: Reserve Boathouse. Reserve Cafe. There is very limited seating for parties larger than 6 people.
RAY’S BOATHOUSE
Christmas Eve: reservations from 2pm (first seating) to 8pm (last seating). 3-course holiday menu with soup or salad, choice of entrée, and dessert for $75 per person (beverages, tax and gratuity not included). We will also serve our normal menu offerings.
Christmas Day: reservations from 2pm (first seating) to 8pm (last seating). 3-course holiday menu with soup or salad, choice of entrée, and dessert for $75 per person (beverages, tax and gratuity not included). We will also serve a limited Boathouse a la carte menu.
Full children’s menu is available both days. Boathouse bar will be open with the same offerings for guests ages 21 and over, no reservations taken.
Boathouse Christmas Eve & Day Three Course Menu
Starters
Entrees
Dessert
RAY’S CAFE
Christmas Eve: reservations available from 11:30am (first seating) to 8pm (last seating). Normal Cafe menu along with seasonally inspired a la carte specials.
Christmas Day: reservations available from 12:30pm (first seating) to 8pm (last seating). Normal Cafe menu along with seasonally inspired a la carte specials.
Full children’s menu is available both days. Cafe Bar & Lounge will be open with the same hours and menus with no reservations needed, ages 21 and over only.
Cafe Christmas Eve & Day Specials
Kindly review our Christmas guidelines for a seamless experience!
*All reservations are for inside tables only.
*We cannot accommodate every window seating request.
*Walk ins are only accepted for our bar top and lounge seating (ages 21 and over).
*Sorry, no promotional discounts available. Loyalty cards accepted and encouraged!
We look forward to seeing you and yours soon!
Welcome Fall and welcome a new set of cozy, seasonal dishes at Ray’s Boathouse! Come try them all from fresh seafood to hearty veggie dishes, salads, desserts, cocktails and more.
Our first floor Boathouse is open nightly from 5-9 with happy hour from 5-6pm. Reserve at rays.com/boathouse and we’ll see you soon!
Take a peek below and check out our full menu here!
Wedge Salad blue cheese dressing, scallions, cherry tomatoes, blue cheese crumbles, bacon GF
Gem Salad balsamic dressing, honey crisp apple, Tillamook cheddar, toasted walnuts GF, V
Burrata roasted beets, basil oil, watercress, pistachio GF, V
Albacore Tuna Salad tuna katsu, peanut-sesame dressing, arugula, cabbage, carrots, jalapeño, crispy potato, peanuts
Seared Yucatan Octopus fingerling potatoes, piccata sauce, fried capers
Penn Cove Manila Clams tomato broth, hot Italian sausage, fennel, parsley, baguette
Wild PNW King Salmon mushroom velouté, sautéed kale, mushrooms, fried fingerling potatoes, parsley, pickled red onion
Dungeness Crab Cakes stone ground mustard aïoli, Yukon potato coins, mixed greens, bacon, fennel, almonds
Pan Seared Sea Scallops polenta, sautéed kale, pancetta vinaigrette, goat cheese, pecans GF
Roasted Delicata Squash sweet potato purée, spinach, mushrooms, sundried tomatoes, reduced balsamic, fingerling, potatoes, salted pepitas, thyme GF, DF, Vegan
House-Made Tagliatelle mushroom bolognese, burrata, basil, capers V
We can all use an extra dose of happy when Fall hits Seattle, and we’ve got just the cure! Our new Boathouse Happy Hour offers guest favorite dishes in a perfect, pre-dinner portion, plus specials on cocktails, wine and beer.
Our first-floor Boathouse Happy Hour is offered daily from 5–6pm – perfect timing to watch the beautiful Fall sunset! Click to reserve. Cheers!
Cocktails
Well High Ball well spirit with one mixer 7
Daiquiri rum, lime, sugar, up 9
Lemon Drop vodka, lemon, triple sec, up 9
Sunset Sour Bourbon, Fonseca Bin 27 port, lemon, rocks 9
Margarita blanco tequila, lime, triple sec, rocks salt rim 9
Negroni gin, Campari, Mata Tinto sweet vermouth, up 10
Premium Cocktails
Old Fashioned Buffalo Trace Bourbon, Angostura bitters, rocks 11
Vesper Bombay Sapphire gin, Wheatley vodka, Lillet Blanc, up 12
Grey Goose Vodka Martini olives or a twist 13
No substitutions, excludes holidays.
Ray’s Boathouse elevates local, sustainable seafood with global flavors and Northwest inspiration nightly.
Classic seafood dishes with seasonal preparations in our upstairs Café overlooking Puget Sound.
Simply choose either Ray’s Boathouse or Ray’s Cafe in the first drop down, then find your table.