South Bank Projects

Fine dining around the Puget Sound usually mens a trip west to Seattle but Sip is sure to draw people east to Issaquah for a fine dining experience. Executive Chef Cody Reaves and his staff have created a dining experience not often found in the heart of suburbia, and our experience compared well to our gold standard, Seastar Restaurant in Bellevue.

Eric, our table host, explained the restaurant’s philosophy and menu providing an insider’s understanding of the experience they hope you have at the restaurant. We both settled on the Jumbo Tigers (prawns), and Eric recommended a Mills Reef Sauvignon Blanc (New Zealand) to accompany the meal. An excellent choice, the crisp fruity wine worked perfectly with the prawns, mango crab stuffing wrapped in prosciutto.

My wife let out a little gasp of pleasure at the first mouthful of wasabi mash potatoes, an unusual response that reflects the strong feelings Cody’s food can invoke. The tiger prawns is fast becoming Sip’s signature dish but Chef Cody varies the menu to take advantage of the best and freshest ingredients. The desserts matched our entree for intensity, the Creme Brulee Trio features a daily change of flavors but the espresso deserves a permanent place in the trio. The Chocolate Flight is enough treats for the worst chocoholics. The hot chocolate shot, a warm velvet drink worth savoring to the last drop, the slim shot glass alone stopped Colleen licking up the last drops.

SIp deserves to succeed, great innovative food, a fine well priced selection of wines, friendly knowledgeable staff and a commitment to excellence  that we look forward to sampling again.