San Juan Island, WA
Duck Soup
Seasonal Northwest cooking centered on island farms, local seafood, foraged ingredients, and regional producers.
Read on
5 August 2026
35 days ago. Recent enough that the hours below are probably still the hours.
Never stated
4 things the restaurant has not put in writing
Current menu prices; live taxi availability; detailed accessibility information; and one more.
A blank means nobody said it; it never means we filled it in.
Every field below matched the pages on the day they were read.
Why go
Seasonal Northwest cooking centered on island farms, local seafood, foraged ingredients, and regional producers.
No signature dish is named on the restaurant's own pages. Format on file: Seasonal Northwest appetizers, entrées, desserts, island products, local cocktails, and wine..
Seasonal Northwest cooking centered on island farms, local seafood, foraged ingredients, and regional producers.
Before you book
Why go, what to order, what it costs, what the room is like, whether it fits tonight, and what you still need to confirm. Where an answer says the restaurant has never stated it, that is their silence being reported, not a gap we intend to fill.
01Is the food actually good?
On fileThe restaurant describes itself as seasonal Northwest cooking centered on island farms, local seafood, foraged ingredients, and regional producers. A directory rating is on file as context only — that is not proof the food is good, and it is not used to rank this record.
Restaurant-owned description · not a quality verdict
02Is it worth the money?
On fileCurrent menu prices vary seasonally and should be checked on the live menu. That is the restaurant's published figure, not a value verdict.
Restaurant-owned pricing
03What is the overall experience?
On fileWoodland country restaurant with ponds, fireplace, booths, heated seasonal deck, and stone firepit lounge. Diner-facing tags on file: intimate, casual, high energy, lounge path.
Restaurant-owned atmosphere + recorded bands
04What do other people think?
Never statedPublic listing sample (Google listing (third-party directory)): 486 reviews, 4.4 listed as context. This is not a Deep Dish ranking and is not a review-pattern consensus. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
Directory sample only
05How good is the service?
On fileStated service format: seasonal dinner restaurant with indoor dining, heated deck, reservations, and happy hour. Repeated diner service experience (attentive, rushed, recovery) is not on file as a public-review pattern.
Restaurant-stated format, separate from diner-experience patterns
06How convenient is it?
On fileReservations are recommended. On-site rural parking is implied by the country setting; taxi availability from Friday… Island dinner typically runs about 90 to 120 minutes.
Booking, arrival, meal length, access
07Does it fit dietary needs?
On fileThe official pages do not publish a comprehensive allergy or cross-contact policy. Confirm the live kitchen rule before a celiac or severe-allergy visit.
Restaurant-owned dietary language
08What is the menu like?
On fileFormat: Seasonal Northwest appetizers, entrées, desserts, island products, local cocktails, and wine.. No signature dish is named on the restaurant's own pages. Format on file: Seasonal Northwest appetizers, entrées, desserts, island products, local cocktails, and wine.. Drinks: handcrafted cocktails use local and regional spirits and island botanicals; the wine list includes regional and international selections.
Restaurant-owned menu language
09Is it clean and trustworthy?
Never statedThe health-inspection layer is empty in this build, so this restaurant has not been checked against one. Public-review cleanliness commentary is shown only as a labeled pattern, and none is on file. Cleanliness here comes from an inspection record or from nothing at all. Reviews stay on the reputation layer, labeled as reviews.
Conservative — inspection layer not loaded
10What makes it different?
On fileSeasonal Northwest cooking centered on island farms, local seafood, foraged ingredients, and regional producers.
From culinary identity, room, and format on the case file
Table intelligence
What the room is like, what to order, what it costs and what people consistently say — with each claim attributed to the restaurant, a directory listing, or recurring reviews.
What to order
No dish is named on the restaurant’s own pages, and nothing repeats often enough across reviews to record. Ask what the kitchen is known for when you call — this is a gap in the file, not a verdict on the food.
Menu formatSeasonal Northwest appetizers, entrées, desserts, island products, local cocktails, and wine.
What it costs
No per-guest figure is published. Ask for a current total including service before you commit a capped budget.
Current menu prices vary seasonally and should be checked on the live menu.
When you can go
Dinner runs from 4 PM to 9 PM on a seasonal schedule, with July and August service Tuesday through Sunday and reduced service in shoulder months. Happy hour is 4 PM to 5 PM.No machine-readable schedule is held, so the instrument cannot tell you whether this room is serving right now.
The tradeoff
No review-pattern research has been done on this room yet, so the instrument cannot tell you what people consistently praise or complain about. Absence of a pattern is not a good sign or a bad one.
Getting there
- Address
- 50 Duck Soup Lane, Friday Harbor, WA 98250
- Coordinate
- No coordinate is held. Deep Dish cannot state a distance to this room.
- Step-free
- Not stated on any source held.
The room
Woodland country restaurant with ponds, fireplace, booths, heated seasonal deck, and stone firepit lounge.
DressNo formal dress code was published on the reviewed first-party pages.
Public-review pattern
Third-party directory and research signals, held apart from the restaurant's own pages. A listing rating does not rank this record.
Public listing sample (Google listing (third-party directory)): 486 reviews, 4.4 listed as context. This is not a Deep Dish ranking and is not a review-pattern consensus. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
- Sample size
- 486
- Listing rating (context)
- 4.4
- Recency
- 2026-08-10
Google listing (third-party directory) editorial copySeasonal, area-sourced seafood restaurant in rustic-chic digs offering views of the lake & greenery.
Sources: Google listing (third-party directory).
Decision brief
Workable, conditional on live confirmation
- Fit
- Reads 56/100 against a partial situation. Strongest recorded use: wine-forward evening. Add an occasion to sharpen this.
- What you still need to ask
- 1 critical risk: review window has lapsed. 0 watch items, 6 residual unknowns carried forward.
- Confirm burden
- Confirm burden 52/100 · planning load Standard · no official conflict · reviewed 2026-08-05, next 2026-08-19.
Before you choose it
Seasonal Northwest cooking centered on island farms, local seafood, foraged ingredients, and regional producers. That is what the restaurant says it does, read off its own pages.
- Food & menu
- Seasonal Northwest cooking centered on island farms, local seafood, foraged ingredients, and regional producers. Seasonal Northwest appetizers, entrées, desserts, island products, local cocktails, and wine.
- Spend / value
- Current menu prices vary seasonally and should be checked on the live menu. Confirm live before you commit — price is volatile.
- Experience
- Woodland country restaurant with ponds, fireplace, booths, heated seasonal deck, and stone firepit lounge. Room read: casual, high energy, slower pacing.
- Best fit
- Island dinner; romantic meal; visitor destination.
- Convenience
- Reservations are recommended. Island dinner typically runs about 90 to 120 minutes. On-site rural parking is implied by the country setting; taxi availability…
- Dietary
- The official pages do not publish a comprehensive allergy or cross-contact policy. A menu marker is not a guarantee of allergy safety — confirm the live kitchen rule.
Recommended next action
Call (360) 378-4878 in one pass and clear every critical item below; book only after they resolve.
When you are ready
Send Duck Soup to the night plan in Occasion OS, where the rest of the night is being built. Rejected rooms and browsing stay here.
Send this room to the night plan in Occasion OSWhat you still need to ask — in order
- 01Re-read the official pages before using this record for a decision.
Why it ranked here
Fit 56 of 100
Started at 54 for the occasion, gained +14, lost -11.
Evidence depth
Evidence
+8Still to confirm yourself
Evidence
-6Owned-site completeness
Evidence
+64 open unknowns
Evidence
-5
Every term is drawn to the same scale. Solid bars point right and gained points; hatched bars point left and lost them.
What Deep Dish is watching
For this night
Critical
1- Criticalevidence · impact 78 · high confidence
Review window has lapsed
Last first-party review 2026-08-05; window closed 2026-08-19.
DoRe-read the official pages before using this record for a decision.
Unknown
6- Unknowndietary · impact 26 · high confidence
Dietary handling requires direct confirmation
The official pages do not publish a comprehensive allergy or cross-contact policy. Specific menu questions should be directed to the restaurant.
DoConfirm before inviting anyone with a restriction.
- Unknownaccess · impact 24 · high confidence
Access honesty marker: route unstated
Detailed physical-access route and restroom information were not stated in the reviewed first-party pages.
DoAsk only if a guest needs it; the record does not claim accessibility either way.
- Unknownresidual · impact 20 · high confidence
Current menu prices
Recorded as unknown at the last first-party review; not inferred, not filled.
DoCarry into the confirmation call if it bears on your night.
- Unknownresidual · impact 20 · high confidence
Live taxi availability
Recorded as unknown at the last first-party review; not inferred, not filled.
DoCarry into the confirmation call if it bears on your night.
- Unknownresidual · impact 20 · high confidence
Detailed accessibility information
Recorded as unknown at the last first-party review; not inferred, not filled.
DoCarry into the confirmation call if it bears on your night.
- Unknownresidual · impact 20 · high confidence
Individual dietary suitability
Recorded as unknown at the last first-party review; not inferred, not filled.
DoCarry into the confirmation call if it bears on your night.
Restaurant sources
What the restaurant publishes
Pages read
Every line in the table below came off one of these, on 5 August 2026. None of it was assembled out of other people’s reviews.
Never stated
4 things the restaurant has never published. Listed rather than filled in. Each one is a question worth asking before you commit to the table.
- Current menu prices
- live taxi availability
- detailed accessibility information
- individual dietary suitability
- Service
- Seasonal dinner restaurant with indoor dining, heated deck, reservations, and happy hour.
- Menu
- Seasonal Northwest appetizers, entrées, desserts, island products, local cocktails, and wine.
- Occasion fit
- Island dinner; romantic meal; visitor destination; outdoor-deck evening; small celebration.
- Hours
- Dinner runs from 4 PM to 9 PM on a seasonal schedule, with July and August service Tuesday through Sunday and reduced service in shoulder months. Happy hour is 4 PM to 5 PM.
- Reservations
- Reservations are recommended. Guests are asked to call when the desired table or time is not visible online. Parties of seven or more and special requests require direct contact.
- Price
- Current menu prices vary seasonally and should be checked on the live menu.
- Dietary
- The official pages do not publish a comprehensive allergy or cross-contact policy. Specific menu questions should be directed to the restaurant.
- Beverage
- Handcrafted cocktails use local and regional spirits and island botanicals; the wine list includes regional and international selections.
- Groups & private
- The small dining room makes large parties consequential. Parties of seven or more require direct contact.
- Atmosphere
- Woodland country restaurant with ponds, fireplace, booths, heated seasonal deck, and stone firepit lounge.
- Accessibility
- The restaurant has never said.
- Parking & transit
- On-site rural parking is implied by the country setting; taxi availability from Friday Harbor can be limited — arrange transportation early.
- Dress
- No formal dress code was published on the reviewed first-party pages.
- Typical meal length
- Island dinner typically runs about 90 to 120 minutes.
- Practical notes
- The restaurant is 4.5 miles outside Friday Harbor. Arrange transportation early because taxi availability can be limited. Pets are not allowed indoors or outdoors except service animals.
- Address
- 50 Duck Soup Lane, Friday Harbor, WA 98250
- Conflicting information
- The restaurant has never said.
- Source quality
- Official restaurant website and first-party menu, reservation, contact, and experience pages.
- Confidence
- moderate_first_party
- Freshness
- CURRENT_AS_RETRIEVED
- Likely to change
- Availability, menu, price, hours, dietary feasibility, and reservation terms are volatile.
- What to verify next
- Reverify volatile hours, menus, prices, and booking mechanics within 14 days; confirm dietary and access at booking.