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Neighborhood: BelltownMon-Sun. 6:00 a.m. - 5:30 a.m.
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Ok the bars are closed in Belltown and we need a place to eat.
All those one armed curls and dancing works an appetite.
This place has been a morning main stay for us as a group.
The chicken fried steak covered in gravy can feed 2 people easily.
Or a very hungry drunk person equally well. Meatloaf is excellent.
The breakfasts are also a good deal. The portions are massive.
The prices are reasonable and the service.... What do you expect it's a dive bar??
This place has so much character it takes you back into old seattle.
Make sure to try this gem late at night !!
WONDERFULLY SHITTY DIVE BAR!
Last of a dying breed. A wonderfully shitty dive bar full of drunks, miscreants and sleazebags. This is a taste of the Seattle I loved in the 90s.
Complete with crappy decor, this dump is dark and dirty. Just the way I like it! Drunk as hell, I wondered in horror what sort of slop they would serve us. I started feeling even sicker than I already was looking at the menu.
I was surprised when our hot waitress brought us what looked like two very large and yummy breakfast plates. The true surprise was the totally edible food. Whoa!
A fun place to get a random, late night, drunk-curing meal! And once your drunk belly is all calmed down by the food, eh- what the hell! Order a couple of drinks!
I have spent some quality time at The Five Point. Typically I do so at about 3 or 4 in the morning after a long night of drinking. Usually the service is prompt, somewhat friendly, and at the very least civil.
Today, however, I went in at about noon with a friend for some chicken fried steak and coffee. After being completely ignored for a while, the server came over slapped some water down and continued to ignore us.
Then when it came time to order, she got confused about the order, then blamed us for her confusion. Told us to speak up, got even angrier, then stormed off.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR LIFE SUCKS OR WHATEVER, BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA WORK CUSTOMER SERVICE, YOU SHOULD AT LEAST TRY TO BE NICE TO THE PEOPLE YOU'RE SERVING. I TIPPED YOU TODAY, AND IT WAS OUT OF PITY, NOT GRATITUDE. YOU'RE A TERRIBLE SERVER, A CUNTING BITCH, AND YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO RUIN THE 5 POINT FOR PEOPLE.
The chicken fried steak is to die for; grilled cheese: lactose heaven; hash browns: who cares if you can use them to lube your motor; eggs: perfect for that gal who likes to swallow; fries, my god, love me some limp!
OK, the fries are utter shit and I'm pretty sure that everything else was just mediocre greasy spoon food. But when you've consumed as much vodka as I did during the Mel and Amber shit show(its a good time, you should check it out), I'm pretty sure that golden fried geriatric thigh in a watery ketchup sauce, would be a little slice of heaven at 2am. Just sayin
PS
after the bars close, is when you'll get the best action in this place. Bring a camera
Dive bar + ridiculously large portions + FRIED MAC AND CHEESE WEDGES.
They are like mozzarella sticks that are simultaneously much less healthy for you, yet not just a stick of fried cheese. Anyways, the point is - you have to have them. Now, if you can. It doesn't really matter what time of the day or night it is, either.
Now, the bathroom is something that should never be experienced sober. Nor should you expect to be doing anything but peeing there. Nor should you expect to come out undiseased.
But as long as you're in the mood for greasy, fat fuck food and/or drinking, it won't matter.
Steak and Eggs at 3am are perfect. As perfect as your Steak and Eggs, right?
Right.
Every time I come to Seattle, I end up here, at some capacity. My favorite, from my last trip, happened at Tuesday at 11:30am. Our homie/bartender put on some Fugazi, next thing you know......
I awoke this morning, with a serious craving. My jones had awoken... Chicken fried steak! I have found it difficult to find a good CFS in the City of Seattle. But, the 5 point serves a good, solid CFS. The gravy is chocked full of sausage, and is very traditional. Personally, I like just a hint of chipolte in my gravy. Now that my craving has been served, my jones has been fixed... Gawd, I love chicken fried steak!
I was in Seattle to see the Vandals, the morning after the concert I was up early...about 6 am, so I walked around looking for a place to eat...
right when I walked in, I knew breakfast would be good...the smell, the big bellied construction workers, the guy drinking beer (at 6 am) and the bartender/waitress greeted me as soon as I walked in the door. I sat, I ate, I admired, and I left full bellied and satisfied. If I ever go to Seattle again, I will come by for a cocktail...or breakfast.
It's been too many years Five Point, and now I can't remember WHY I stayed away so long!
Oh wait - it's coming back: I used to stumble into you after Last Call for "breakfast", downing cup after cup of coffee and drinking gallons of water in hopes I could avoid post-vodka haze sickness. Now that I'm an old lady who pretty much stays home every weekend, I thought I'd hit you up for actual Breakfast and see if I remembered you correctly.
And I did! Your food was REALLY good, there were PILES of it, it was cheap(!) - you played awesome music, and I love, love, love LOVE your dive-y attitude, our waitress -- and the fact that there were regulars perched at the bar drinking vodka/tonics at noon. Not to mention that my breakfast was still sizzlin'/cookin' right on the table after you brought it out (on a skillet).
You re-won my stomach & my heart. I will definitely be back!
Greasy spoon, dark, great hang over b-fast.
Not much to say about the staff, they are working in a pretty dismal environment. But I have been going there for years and everyone is nice.
On a recent trip a friend of mine told me to check this place out. What I found, I loved.
The place has this Lovejoy's dive feel and the helpings of food were huge! Our server the two of the three times we visited this place (in two days) was from Austin and that worked in our favor. She was really nice and helpful when it came to the menu. Also, the 'Texas' shot of whisky she served us before we left should have had it's own area code.
Decent juke, damn good burgers and sandwiches (including the sauerkraut and jalepeno burger masterpiece we came up with), and the staff that made me feel like I was back at my favorite bar in Austin.
One more thing - Urinal. Periscope.
I have lived in Sea-town for over a decade. The Five Point has ALWAYS been there for me. I can always count on the service being what you make of it (we're always treated right) and the servers, always cute and quick whited. I can always count on the food being plentiful and tasty. I can always count on a strong drink. My latest trip was fueled by watching Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs (In 3D!). The result, biscuits and gravy, steak and eggs with hashed browns and English muffins, a BLT with guacamole and fries, two pancakes with butter and syrup, and a few kettle ones with soda and a splash of grapefruit. The server couldn't have been sweeter, cuter or more efficient. Thank you Five Point.
Went there tonight for my birthday...wanted to try out something new. Big mistake!
Ambiance: Nothing to write home about. Pretty dark and, well, a bar.
Food: Chicken Fried Steak wasn't all it was crack up to be. We went there specifically because there were so many good reviews. Went for the dinner option because it had veggies and substituted the mashed potatoes for [extra crispy] hash browns. Hash browns were perfect. Broccoli was mushy but not terrible. I really thought the CFS lacked a lot of flavor (and I've had some gooood CFS in my life). The mac 'n cheese wedges were pretty decent, but not phenomenal.
Waitstaff: Very attentive & colorful. Nothing negative to say. They were fine.
Yes, portions are big. But for good tasting CFS, try elsewhere. (Also, no cornbread!!)
It's a dark, dumpy shit hole. Dive bar or not, if you're serving food, it's got to be clean. The floor was caked with nasty grime and it wasn't even noon yet. The salt shaker was so dirty it wouldn't pour. It took forever to get served, and the eggs were overcooked and my toast was literally black; the hash browns were the best part and they weren't at all that good, either. The coffee was alright, though.
As a bar only, if you like the kind of place with hanging Polaroids of drunken patrons pulling their tops up, you will love the Five Point. If you aspire to urinate on a pile of smelly ice, you will simply adore the Five Point! I've gone at night a few times and our bartender was a nice guy, but I can't rate it any higher than one star. It feels a little like drinking in a public restroom, and I can say that with the certainty of experience.
Divey bar with greasy food. Great decor, great music
What else could you ask for?
Apparently dive bars during Happy Hour is not my scene. At 5pm, it was already full of drunk regulars. The place had that stale beer smell and a darkness that isn't appealing on a bright summer Seattle day.
We ordered some greasy food:
Sliders with Tator Tots for $5 - only came with 2 sliders. Beef was overcooked so it was dry. Tator tots were nice and crispy though.
Taquitos and Chicken Tacos for $7 - it was okay. Better deal than the sliders since they give you a whole lotta tacos.
Will I be back? Only after dark and if others drag me by my bootstraps. Otherwise, hells no.
I don't often get down in this area, but you bet your ass that when I do, and I need some late night niblets, the Five Point is the place to go. There's a line forming out the door, is it that the food is so good, or because the Five Point is open all hours of the night? Probably the latter, but whatever the reason it's busy in there.
The rough and tumble waitstaff do their best to keep up on things. Last time I was in our waitress confused our order with the table behind us, but still was able to pull if off like it wasn't a big deal. Or maybe it wouldn't been a big deal if we hadn't been drinking. Whatever. It's like a super Denny's/dive bar, and I love it!
Everytime I walk past this place on my way to work (@ 8am, mind you), there are people lurking outside either 1) waiting for it to open, 2) still loitering in the doorway from the nite before, or 3) drunk, mumbling to themselves, and just happened to land in front of the 5 Point.
So I figured "OH HAY-UL NO, I'm not going in there EVER."
Turns out I'm a big fat liar b/c I found myself there at 1:30am. With about a million hipsters rolling out of the bars in Belltown & looking for some good, cheap grub.
We got seated immediately, which was nice, considering I was in the company of two v. BLASTED individuals.
I got a side of mashed potatoes. Yes, POTATOES. MASHED. W/ GRAVY. FOR $2.50. And the bowl was GIGANTIC. There was no way I was gonna finish that. No way. My dining mates each got breakfast items - chicken fried steak & eggs, which looked like it could feed a small village, and the BACON PANCAKES - no joke. Bacon is COOKED into the pancakes. What the hell? I stayed away from both of their meals...which were devoured in a matter of minutes. Impressive!
For a divey divey bar, our food was really good & really fast.
The only thing that grossed me out was whatever slippery nastiness my shoes stepped into under my table. I'm hoping it was just a spilled drink and not something that was regurgitated.
We're hard pressed for late night eats in this city.
So after mass confusion with meals being forgotten, tickets going to the wrong table, coffee cups running dry and one sleepy eyed waitress running the show, I finally got and ate my breakfast sandwich.
It was 3am. And you know what, that sandwich was a-ok. At that hour, who am I to be picky? Or hungry for that matter.
This is a FIVE STAR DIVE! In Seattle, if you want to see where the hobos, blue collars, ex grunge-heads, junkies, punk rock girls and fat guys all drink, this is it. They have an extensive menu of greasy spoon food and the bar is plastered with polaroids of the female patrons showing off their breasts. Bums harass you for money outside as you smoke, the shots are big (get a one dollar "shortie" of beer with each shot) and bouncers are rough and rowdy. I know this sounds bad, but unlike other dive bars in downtown Seattle, you won't get in the middle of a gang fight here, it's safe to bring your girlfriend into this bar, no one is going to pull a weapon out and there are usually plenty of places to sit. Besides that, you can go outside to smoke while you are looking at the Space Needle and watch the tourists get hit up for money by the bums and junkies. Welcome to the Emerald City!!
This place knows exactly what it's going for, and it does it so well. It's has got to be the grimiest, greasiest, maybe even dirty places, and it's perfect. The place comes alive after 2am, and the seating is conducive to making new friends. The food portions are huge for very little scratch, and it is delicious! Can you order a crab meat Benedict with a pesto sauce, plated in such a manner that forces you to take a picture? No. But if you want some chicken fried steak the size of your face, stagger down to Five Point Cafe.
The only negative thing is that the place isn't small, but at night they close down the bar side...it would be nice if they figured out a way to keep that open even though the booze have to stop flowing...it's nearly impossible to get in from about 2-4am.
It's T-chart time!
Pros I Cons
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great burger I floppy fries
cheap beer I but it was Miller High Life
funky servers I who aren't that nice
breakfast all day I but I only like it in the morning
"city's best bacon" I except it's made out of Elk or something*
*OK, it's really not elk, but apparently it was tough and chewy--not the best bacon ever.
This place is as divey as any dive bar gets. It is truly an experience that everyone that lives in or visits Seattle should have. The dive bar experience is exact, down to the wait staff that feels like it should be somewhere else and will take your order because they have to, not because they want to. Play some tunes on the jukebox and sit back and eat a chicken fried steak as big as your head on top of a pile of mashed potatoes as big as two fists.
Ok I'm going to make this review simple. I showed up on a Tuesday morning at 6:30am. Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" was blasting on the stereo. They immediately brought me a cup of coffee and put a full airpot on the table right in front of me. I yelled my order across the bar to the bartender. Joe's Breakfast Special. It was a huge, delicious egg-spinach-parm-sausage scramble. It was killer!
It was a ridiculously awesome way to start my day, and I feel like if I had ordered a beer with my breakfast no one there would have thought ill of me. It's that kind of joint. It's my kind of joint.
If you are ever craving huevos rancheros at 4:00 AM this is the place for you. The food here is exceptionally good breakfast fare and sandwiches and it's served 24/7. The atmosphere is great (a bit like a smaller, grungier Blue Moon) and the view of the Space Needle from the periscope in the men's bathroom is unparalleled.
A truly unique spot and one of my favorite Seattle institutions.
The most magical place on earth. Where else can you go and get Rainier beer in a bottle (well there are other places but this one is my favorite) and find a big game animal adorned with bras? How about pissing on a bed of ice while staring at the Space Needle? Yeah, didn't think so.
I live across the street from here so naturally I end up here more often than not. I've been to my fair share of dive bars and this place makes them all look like Red Robin. The staff are friendly if you are not too drunk and are respectful. I've bared witness to some people getting pwnt b/c they were too drunk...
"What's going on? Isn't there any service here?"
"Not for you man. Have a good night"
LULZ! Seeing as how the motto is "drunks serving drunks" you have to be on a good one to not get served here. Take it is a compliment and gtfo plz but not before we all LOL at yer expense and comment on your status. That girl wasn't into you btw fella.
The last time I was there the jukebox's paging functionality was broken so my friend and I thought it would be a good idea to randomly select songs. A couple of other people had the same idea and we happily obliged to let them test the waters first. Come to find out, Morrissey is disc #11. The people that we were sitting near appreciated the fact that we played that entire record before leaving. My kind of place.
I've heard they have good food too.
I like greasy food and cheap beer = I like Five Point.
But the food is actually well made and had an at-home feel, which surprised me. (As in the burgers taste 3x better than Dicks) Fries were hand cut as well. The beer is oh-so-strong for cheap prices.
Overall, a good consumption experience.
However, not a fan of the old & drunk regulars yelling profanity at the server or the obnoxious hipsters who seemed to be parked permanently out front smoking.
Other than that, it's all good!
This is my favorite greasy spoon by far. It is dirty, full of quite a few seedy patrons and yes, the servers do have a bit of an attitude (but far less attitude than the severs had at Minnie's).
I always order the grilled cheese and fries and feel bad for finishing most of it...so much greasy goodness on one plate!
In Pennsylvania where i grew up, drinking is big. People aren't into drugs, they just drink like big fat fish. When the bar kicks everyone out at 2 am, everyone crowds to the local "Eat N Park," a 24 hour chain comparable to a larger Shari's or Denny's. After an Saturday evening of cocktails at Chapel, a group of friends ended up at Five Point. This place was poppin at 2 am!
What works best to soak up alcohol? Hmmmmm, how bout some sausage gravy and biscuits (an old Eat N Park stand by). Sounds good to me! The others got things that included cheesy tater tots; um yum, and humongous flap jacks and eggs. Mine had 2 huge fluffy biscuits, split and smothered in flavorful sausage gravy, and two deliciously-runny yellow eggs. All of the food was solid dive cuisine; large portions and mad tasty. The bill ended up being around $5 a person. Great success!!
You come here for the strong drinks and the greasy food. The mac and cheese wedges have been a favorite of mine for years now. If you do get them, be prepared to share for 2 reasons:
1. They are super filling
2. Everyone will want to try them!
Anyway, this place is just a Seattle classic. The service may not be the best but that's not what you come here for. They always have great beer on tap and the mix drinks claim to be the strongest in the city. Oh yah, they also serve breakfast all day here!
The food here was solid. Sadly the servers were really not that nice. I hate to 2 star a place because somebody had a bad day, but there's not that much I can do. Bad service can really ruin an experience, sorry 5 point...
I'm pretty sure I've been ripped off here. They even tell me in writing all over their establishment that this is true. I'm quite certain I've had pretty delicious food here. One thing I do know is they always have cheap bottles of Stella. I also know I've been here at several hours of the day ranging from 8am to midnight to 3am. Service has ranged from super shitty to super excellent. I can 100 percent tell you I wouldn't use the ladies'.... I'd sooner pee in an alley. Rumour has it the men's shitter doesn't even have a door. Sound like anyone else's nightmare? They have a jukebox, which is totally awesome!! 5 Point is the setting of some great memories including the one where my boyfriend thought he was fondling my knee under the table, but in fact he was traumatizing our poor male friend. All in all this is my favourite dive bar I know and I very much look forward to 5 Point when I'm planning my Seattle trips.
looks we are on a classic dive dinner week, what will we conquer next only G-D knows, but I do Know
"All roads now lead to the 5 Point Cafe"
and they took us here this morning, had a great Breakfast of Steak and Eggs and the Better Half had Pot Roast, yeah I said Pot Roast bitches
this is the only place in town that advertises that they serve pot roast 24/7 its right on there sign out front
the food was solid the steak was just right, Med-Rare just like I asked and the Eggs were Scrambled hard, I hate soggy eggs, and the Hash browns nice and crispy
had some of my partners mashed potato's and gravy, damn tasty i must say, nice lumpy potato's and yummy beef gravy
and at 7 am there is lots of room to park on the street
First things first...it's a dive, so don't expect anything different.
Stumbling back from a show at the Key Arena, my girl and I found ourselves at the Five Point Cafe. This cafe looked like a shit hole from the outside, but it was 1 am and they were serving hot food. Once we got inside, we decided that it still looked like a shit hole, but at least it had some character...
To sum it up, the drinks are stiff, the staff is cool, the music is WAY too loud and the philly cheese steak is off the chain. You also have to try the fried mac 'n cheese while you're there. It's classic. If you show up at the Five Point Cafe, you will leave intoxicated, full bellied and probably with more friends than when you went in. It's one of the grossest, awesomest late night spots I've been to in Seattle. If you're in the neighborhood, it's definitely worth a visit.
This is a class-act kind of dive bar, and the early morning, or even regular morning omelets are worth the wait if the cook is slammed when you arrive. Order a Bloody Mary, or Maria, (perhaps a Gin Gimlet?), sit back and relax, watch the crowd. The wait staff is excellent, usually with at least a smile or a wave of the coffee pot for a refill even when it's busy as hell. No matter how much chaos is going on in the world, they seem to be able to know that your beer is down to the last two swallows. Weekends are alwasy full, perhaps that is true in all of Belltown, but Sunday night, or any other week night is a good time to stop in as well. The meatloaf is great, as are their assorted specials they post on the board near the kitchen.
This is my kind of joint: a seedy dive bar/diner. On one side, you have the career alcoholics nursing their first drink at 10am, and on the other side, you have the diners, who come to partake in some good old fashioned American comfort food, like meat loaf, pot roast, roast turkey, mac 'n cheese, you get the idea.....
One thing you gotta try though is the chicken fried steak and eggs. It's enormous (literally bigger than my face), crispy, delicious, and smothered in country gravy. I could only eat a third of the damn thing and I was still sickeningly full after!
P.S., I loved the sassy waitress who told a customer to fuck off after he left a shitty tip! You go girl!
Five point is the best dinner in Seattle in my opinion. Their food is relatively cheap when compared to other dinners, the portions are large and the food is just great. The service isn't great but I learned that service at a dinner never really is after being a regular at other popular dinners like the Hurricane, Beth's and Minnie's.
I often order chicken fried steak breakfast or dinner, depending if I want mashed potatos or hash browns but really I think all the food is really good. I also recomend bacon pancakes and I don't even like pancakes.
Alcoholics Serving Alcoholics Since 1929!
With that slogan, who wouldn't come here for happy hour. Actually I was here for the burger. I contacted a friend and she said that the burgers at Five Point was the best in the area and I had to find out.
Ding, ding, ding...It was good, and not just the burger, but the wings too. The place is actually a bar, but there's a place to dine in. The place is split into two sides, one for Alcoholics and the others are for dine first then join the Alcoholics!
Being a tourist I also bought their T-shirt for me and my wife and it has their slogan "Alcoholics Serving Alcoholics Since 1929" on the back. Overall I would recommend coming over for a drink and enjoying ourself with Seattle's Alcoholics.
Excellent Dive Bar! Probably one of the best in Downtown Seattle.
The 5 Point has been a staple of Seattle living for decades now (over 75 years) and is a great little place for some good bar food, great drinks at good prices, and to check out virtually every class of citizen the city offers.
The restaurant will be obvious and located on the right when you walk in the establishment. It's also open 24 hours a day and you can order anything off their long list of mostly greasy menu items. Fried Mac n' Cheese is good, Meat Loaf is killer good, I have had decent burgers 70% of the time, the nachos are just right... pretty much anything is worth trying even if you have favorites. The staff on the restaurant side are also very friendly considering the amount of drunk traffic in the wee hours of the morning. Think old style 50's Coffee Shop and Betty Page look-a-likes serving you and you have the restaurant pretty much down.
The bar side will also make sense when you enter The 5 Point. It's darker, has the juke box, usually louder, and yes, it also has a bar!
Drinks are killer strong which is what everyone needs to shock the work edge off your shoulders. The music on the juke is fantastic and comparable to many of those other good dive bars having a wide selection of tunes to rock out to. This is also the same place made famous for it's view of the Space Needle, located in the men's "restroom" which faces away from the actual Space Needle. It's pretty cool - you stand at the wall (urinal) and look through the black box... a periscope and series of mirrors allow the viewer to see the actual Space Needle behind them!
You can order from the same menu as the restaurant as the kichen is shared between both spaces. Feel free to entertain yourself checking out the wall behind the bar, the walls next to you, or look up and possibly check out those good ladies who made a donation to the taxidermied Moose which hangs proud above the dining tables. These buxom women of extraordinary eye candy are immortalized behind the bar as well for those with good eye sight.
oh 5 point what can I say about you? This place I frequented more than once in my weekend trip to Seattle. In fact I could remember how to get there even in my completely drunken state. So here are a few breif memories I have of this place:
1st time: It was about 12 noon and we walked in for a beer before the space neetle, amazingly rude bartender until we asked for a PBR, then she lightened up, a little.
2nd time: Same day in fact only more like midnight, came here with the friends and during a drunken fight between 2 of them I managed to have the most amazing fish and chips! The portions were huge and the crowd was really very fun and chill, on one side is than bar the other is the dinner, so it is extremely convient for all your late nite drunk foods.
As mentioned above, the portions are pretty big and a side of fries is actually a huge plate full so order carefully otherwise it can get a little expensive! Oh and watch your step! The floor is a little slippery!
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