Washington Eats · Olympia, WashingtonOlympia teriyaki, phở & restaurants
8 teriyaki shops, 3 phở shops and 7 oyster bars and seafood places in and around Olympia, each checked open in October 2026. The Washington Eats app lists 301 restaurants, cafés, espresso stands and bars in Olympia and sorts them by distance from you.
Teriyaki in and near Olympia
Counters inside Olympia come first; after them, the rest within 12 miles, nearest to farthest. Statewide: 179 hand-checked teriyaki shops.
Nori Sushi and Teriyaki
2915 Harrison Ave, Olympia
Teriyaki Serves: chicken teriyaki plate; chicken teriyaki bowl; chicken katsu plate; bento box; yakisoba; gyoza; pho
West Olympia shop with teriyaki plates and bowls plus sushi, pho and wok dishes.
Yukio Teriyaki & Vietnamese Cuisine
3530 Pacific Ave SE #F3, Olympia
Teriyaki Serves: chicken teriyaki; chicken yakisoba; beef yakisoba; shrimp yakisoba; fried chicken gyoza; banh mi
Olympia teriyaki and Vietnamese shop with chicken teriyaki rice plates, yakisoba and banh mi.
Bonsai Wok Teriyaki
408 Cleveland Ave SE #107, Tumwater · 2 mi from Olympia
Teriyaki Serves: teriyaki chicken; teriyaki chicken & gyoza; chicken yakisoba; pork gyoza; teriyaki combo
Tumwater teriyaki and Chinese wok counter with teriyaki chicken and gyoza, yakisoba and combos.
Happy Teriyaki 5
5103 Capitol Blvd SE, Tumwater · 3 mi from Olympia
Teriyaki Serves: teriyaki combination; chicken katsu; bento combination; gyoza; teriyaki bowls
Tumwater teriyaki counter offering thick or thin teriyaki sauce, bento and combo plates.
Happy Teriyaki
1107 College St SE, Lacey · 4 mi from Olympia
Teriyaki Serves: chicken teriyaki; steak; pork; hot chicken; chicken katsu; gyoza plate; bento; yakisoba; yaki udon
Lacey teriyaki counter offering thin or thick teriyaki sauce, plus combos, bento and noodle dishes.
New Sushi & Teriyaki
5401 Corporate Center Loop SE, Lacey · 5 mi from Olympia
Teriyaki Serves: teriyaki; teriyaki combo; teriyaki & Chinese combo; yakisoba; bento box combo; lunch bento; fried rice
Lacey teriyaki-and-sushi shop with teriyaki, combos, yakisoba, bento and sushi.
Wok & Teriyaki
2533 Marvin Rd NE, Lacey · 6 mi from Olympia
Teriyaki Serves: chicken teriyaki; chicken breast teriyaki; chicken teriyaki bowl; beef teriyaki bowl; pork teriyaki bowl; spicy chicken teriyaki bowl; chicken katsu; hot and spicy chicken; gyoza
Hawks Prairie teriyaki and Chinese wok counter; teriyaki plates come with rice and salad.
Happy Teriyaki
8205 Martin Way E, Lacey · 6 mi from Olympia
Teriyaki Serves: chicken teriyaki; beef teriyaki; pork teriyaki; teriyaki combinations; teriyaki bowl; Japanese bento; chicken katsu; vegetable yakisoba; gyoza
Lacey location of the Happy Teriyaki group, serving teriyaki and sushi.
Phở in and near Olympia
Bowls within 12 miles of Olympia. Statewide: 51 hand-checked phở shops.
Pho Hoa
2615 Capital Mall Dr SW, Olympia
Phở Serves: pho dac biet (steak, flank, tendon, tripe); pho chin bo vien; pho ga; pho chay; seafood pho · Business founded 1983
Olympia location of the Pho Hoa pho chain near Capital Mall. The brand began in 1983.
Thuy's Pho
1001 Cooper Point Rd SW #175, Olympia
Phở Serves: pho
Westside Olympia pho shop on Cooper Point Rd. Closed Mondays.
Pho Hoa
1120 Galaxy Dr NE, Lacey · 6 mi from Olympia
Phở Serves: pho dac biet (steak, flank, tendon, tripe); pho chin bo vien; pho ga; pho chay; seafood pho · Business founded 1983
Lacey location of the Pho Hoa pho chain at The Landing at Hawks Prairie. The brand began in 1983.
Oysters and seafood near Olympia
Shellfish and seafood counters within 12 miles of Olympia. Statewide: 91 hand-checked oyster bars and seafood places.
Anthony's
704 Columbia St NW, Olympia
Seafood Serves: oysters on the half shell (Anthony's Select, Discovery Bay); pan-fried Willapa Bay oysters; New England-style clam chowder; Dungeness crab; wild salmon; halibut; fish & chips · Business founded 1973
Anthony's seafood restaurant on Budd Inlet, with a half-shell oyster list that rotates daily.
Budd Bay Cafe
525 Columbia St NW, Olympia
Seafood Serves: Budd Bay crab cakes; Northwest Manila clams; New England-style clam chowder; seafood Louie; seafood cocktail; smoked salmon pate · Since 1988
Locally owned restaurant on Percival Landing on Budd Inlet, there since 1988. The menu includes Budd Bay crab cakes and smoked salmon pate.
Chelsea Farms Oyster Bar
222 Capitol Way N, Olympia
Seafood Serves: Chelsea Gem Pacific oysters (Eld Inlet); Chelsea Olympia oysters (Eld Inlet); Chelsea Bonita oysters; Mirimichi oysters (Totten Inlet); Hama Hama oysters; Kumamoto oysters
Downtown Olympia oyster bar run by Chelsea Farms, which grows oysters in Eld and Totten inlets. Dining room plus a 21+ lounge.
Olympia Oyster House
320 4th Ave W, Olympia
Seafood Serves: fried Pacific oysters; baked oysters (Rockefeller, Benedict, bacon bleu); oyster stew; clam chowder; steamers; seafood Louie; oyster po' boy
Seafood restaurant in downtown Olympia, in the building where the Olympia Oyster Company culled native oysters in 1859. Established in 1924; now under new management.
Beau Legs Fish & Chips
8765 Tallon Ln, Lacey · 7 mi from Olympia
Seafood Serves: cod or salmon fish & chips with hush puppies; seafood gumbo; combination platters (shrimp, fish, oysters, crab cakes); shrimp po' boy · Business founded 2009
Southern-style fish-and-chips restaurant in a Lacey shopping plaza, serving since 2009; fish and chips come with hush puppies. Closed Sundays.
Squaxin Island Seafood Bar
91 WA-108, Shelton · 11 mi from Olympia
Seafood Serves: oysters on the half shell; Dungeness crab bisque; crab cocktail; shrimp saute with Thai peanut sauce; seafood tower (king crab, Dungeness crab, oysters, mussels, clams)
Seafood bar at the Squaxin Island Tribe's Little Creek Casino Resort near Shelton, where cooks prepare dishes in view of diners.
Taylor Shellfish Shelton Seafood Market
130 SE Lynch Rd, Shelton · 11 mi from Olympia
Seafood Serves: live oysters to shuck yourself; geoduck chowder (hot); smoked scallops; smoked salmon · Business founded 1890
Shellfish market at Taylor's Shelton headquarters on US-101: buy oysters and shuck them at the picnic tables, or get a cup of hot geoduck chowder.
Olympia honors & history
Who in Olympia has a James Beard Award nomination (a finalist or semifinalist is named as one, never as a winner) or a long history in town, taken from jamesbeard.org and other named sources.
Eastside Club Tavern
410 4th Ave E, Olympia
Serves: craft beer (42 taps, cask and nitro); free popcorn
Babe Haumann bought the tavern from Pop Bert on Nov. 11, 1942, so it is older than that. A train crashed into the front in 1959, and a new brick facade went up after the 2001 Nisqually quake.
McMenamins Spar Cafe
114 4th Ave E, Olympia
Serves: pancakes; burgers; pizza; house-made soups; salads · Business founded 1935
Opened on June 28, 1935, and was owned by its founding family for 60 years before McMenamins bought it. Saloons, beer halls and stores stood on this spot from at least 1880.
Oldest restaurants in Olympia
The year each one opened where it stands today, confirmed from its own history page or a local news story, earliest first.
Budd Bay Cafe
525 Columbia St NW, Olympia
Seafood Serves: Budd Bay crab cakes; Northwest Manila clams; New England-style clam chowder; seafood Louie; seafood cocktail; smoked salmon pate · Since 1988
Locally owned restaurant on Percival Landing on Budd Inlet, there since 1988. The menu includes Budd Bay crab cakes and smoked salmon pate.
What Olympia eats
The ten kinds of food that turn up most among Olympia's 301 listings, counted from Overture's open map data and, in King County, the health department's inspection records.
| Kind of place | Places |
|---|---|
| Coffee & Café | 54 |
| Bar & Pub | 49 |
| Mexican | 28 |
| Bakery & Sweets | 20 |
| Burgers | 16 |
| Sandwiches & Deli | 14 |
| Pizza | 13 |
| Seafood | 8 |
| Mediterranean & Middle Eastern | 8 |
| Thai | 8 |