How To Cook A Wolf - Queen Anne

Celebrated our anniversary at How to Cook a Wolf and had a great experience! The food comes out as it is cooked and was delicious. The service was great and everybody was super friendly and knowledgeable. I loved their housemade lemonade as well. All together, we got 5 food items, 1 dessert, 1 cocktail, and 2 lemonades. We packed a lot of food to bring home and spent around $250 including tip and taxes.

A lovely, upscale dining experience in Seattle! I was taking here for my birthday and had an excellent experience. The portions were bigger than I expected and we left completely stuffed. The polenta fritters were one of my favorite appetizers I’ve tried. The only downside to the meal was that the wild boar bolognese was spicier than I could handle. There was too much chili oil for my taste that overpowered its otherwise excellent flavor. Other than that, we enjoyed everything on the menu, including the pork osso bucco, panna cotta, venison tartare, and drinks. This restaurant is at a higher price point, so be prepared for that, but it does feel worth the money.

Me and my 2 girlfriends came up from Portland for a book signing and had made reservations with you as we’ve heard a lot of good things about your place. It did not disappoint! Everything was fantastic as well as our server Kay, who was excellent in recommending dishes.. we will absolutely be back, can’t wait for another meal with you. Thank you!!!

Great Italian family style food- and as great as things could be in Seattle who’s not known of being a culinary capital to be frank. This place kind of changed my perspective on Seattle food scene (which is thankfully getting better). Italian family style food dining experience, who knew?? Ha! Highly recommend visiting How to Cook a wolf and try some of their sharing plates. You won’t be disappointed!

My boyfriend made a reservation here for my birthday! It was definitely one of the better restaurants to celebrate a special day; the servers wished me a happy birthday when I came in, and they gave us a round of champagne/non-alcholic drinks to start for a toast! I ordered a dessert and they gave it to me with a candle to blow out. Great attention to detail! Definitely made me feel special. The starters were also super tasty, everything we had was good. It is on the pricey end, but I think you get what you pay for

We went here for dinner. I did make a reservation ahead of time. I took an old fashion with the bistecca. The steak was perfectly cooked and the sauce and the veggies complemented very well. I felt the salt was a tiny bit extra but otherwise great. My wife wanted to take the salmon and the pork being her second choice but they were out of both. She ended up with the gnocchi which tasted but overall she was sad for the salmon. I guess a reason to come back. We ended with the cheese cake which was pretty good.

My husband and I have been to the two How to Cook a Wolf locations many times, and we do really enjoy eating here. If I could give it a 4.5 stars, I would. The food is good, many dishes are excellent, but every now and then we'll get something that's like 85% the way there. Currently, they have these polenta fritters that sit on top of some whipped ricotta and honey. The dish is so close to being perfect, but it's missing something (I'd swap the regular honey for hot honey, and it would make a big difference). Service is very friendly, but the pacing is way off. We typically order a salad, one or two small plates, and one or two larger plates. Our most recent visit, they did not give us enough time with the salad before they brought out both of the hot small plates. These plates were still all out on the table when the larger plates came out. This might not bother other people, but to me it feels odd and like I'm being rushed/don't have the opportunity to eat the food while it's still hot. It would make sense if we had a big group sharing a bunch of small plates, but when it's just two people it's pretty much impossible to finish the plates before they're bringing something else out. Overall, we still like this restaurant and I'm sure we'll go back again.

How To Cook A Wolf was an unexpected pleasure. The setting is casual but nice. We stood by the entry for check-in for a while before being acknowledged for our reservation, and were eventually greeted by a fellow that was very casual, almost brusque, although he seemed otherwise helpful as the evening went on. Our server was very personable, however. We got there soon after opening, so they were still setting up - we were aware of that, but other than the delayed greeting, we were all set once seated. After that start, the food and beverages were top notch, and the experience was perfect - flavors were well matched, the arrival of the different dishes awas well-paced, and at the correct temperature for each dish. The server was very responsive, helpful, and cheerful, although just as bummed out about the Mariners loss tonight as we were. We'll be returning here, for certain - well done!