7 Best Restaurants in Spokane and Eastern Washington, Washington

Local restaurateur/chef Adam Hegsted keeps coming up with new restaurant concepts—de España, which opened in 2022, brings a Spanish tapas bar scene to downtown Spokane in a colorful and lively setting. The small plate choices include deviled eggs with n’duja, a spicy Italian sausage with a spreadable texture; gazpacho; and a filling Tortilla Española, while larger appetites will be satisfied with the paella—offered both in the traditional form and in a roasted vegetable version. The twice-daily happy hour is a good way to try more of the menu. Sangria is one of many Spanish-inspired beverages from the bar. The dessert menu features baked treats and some warm after-dinner drinks, too.

Artisanal pizza is featured here (including gluten-free), along with lots of pastas, calzones, salads, seafood, steak, and chicken dishes. Candles on the tables, murals, exposed brick, and wood beams give a European flavor to the dining room and adjacent pub. If you can't save room for dessert, take home treats from the in-house bakery.

Downtown Walla Walla is home to some excellent eateries, and Hattaway's on Alder has continued to raise the bar even higher with innovative and delicious dishes like Dungeness crab fritters, pecan crusted cod, and shrimp perloo risotto. Tasty starters include the pimiento cheese with crostini and the smoked oysters with Walla Walla sweet onions. Chicken cassoulet, braised beef cheeks, and curry fish chowder show the versatility of restaurant's menu. Friendly co-owner Lindsay Hattaway is likely to stop by your table and say hello.

Tucked into a strip mall in south Spokane near the Creek at Qualchan Golf Course, this neighborhood restaurant serves a wide-ranging menu that changes frequently. Some standards include salmon with asparagus and fingerling potatoes, seared scallops, bistro salad with gorgonzola and figs, and rich desserts. For a sweet ending to your meal, try the seasonal fruit cobbler, peanut butter chocolate cake, or the "bucket of love" (gluten-free flourless mini-chocolate cakes dusted with spices). Sunday brunch features varied choices, from English-toffee-banana-pecan French toast to corned-beef hash with apples.

As the late-afternoon rays of sunlight wash over the dining room and deck at this lakeside restaurant, you can indulge in main courses like Parmesan-crusted halibut over linguine and baby back ribs or share several of the smaller plates like ginger-chicken lettuce wraps, mahimahi tacos, and fried calamari. Chocolate lovers will appreciate the mile-high mud pie, half-baked chocolate-chip cookies, and chocolate-banana bread pudding.

The owners of one of Moses Lake's oldest restaurants set out to make it a favorite family gathering place where, as the name implies, steaks are the main event, ranging from an 8-ounce sirloin to a 24-ounce porterhouse. Green bean fries are a popular appetizer choice and salad choices are varied, including a hot chicken salad. Check out the house-made desserts, including Texas sheet cake and strawberry shortbread ice cream cake.

This pub-style eatery, housed in one of Spokane's many historic brick buildings, has an urban contemporary vibe thanks to lots of burnished-metal artwork by local artists. Sandwiches and burgers make this a handy place for a weekend lunch or lighter dinner; halibut-and-chips, whiskey-sauced ribeye steak with roasted potatoes, and (of course) a steelhead fillet with garlic-parmesan butter are heartier fare. The bar menu features reasonably-priced signature cocktails.