Top Crab Cake dishes in Seattle

Heavy-on-the-crab cake with minimal binder, one of the menu's longest-running staples

Loose-packed crab cakes that lean heavily on the crab itself rather than binder

Mostly-crab cakes with a thin breadcrumb crust, served with remoulade

Generous crab-forward cakes with light binder, served with remoulade

Crab cakes featuring a crisp panko exterior, served with a bright tomato relish and chipotle-lime aioli.

Crispy panko-crusted cakes served with a bright tomato relish and chipotle-lime aioli.

Crab-forward (not bready) with a remoulade — a Northwest classic done well

Lump Dungeness with minimal binder, panko-crusted and pan-seared.

Lump Dungeness crab with minimal binder, lightly fried and crisp-edged

Dungeness crab cakes with minimal binder, pan-seared until crisp on the outside

Lump crab forward with minimal filler, pan-seared crisp on the outside

Lump Dungeness crab bound with minimal filler and crisped to order

Dungeness-heavy patties pan-seared with remoulade

Pan-seared Dungeness crab cake; light on filler

Dungeness-forward cakes with minimal binder, served as a starter or shareable plate

Local Dungeness held together with minimal filler — a classic PNW seafood plate