Hamdi (restaurant)

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Hamdi
Restaurant information
Food type Turkish
City Seattle
County King
StateWashington
CountryUnited States
Website hamdiseattle.com

Hamdi is a Turkish restaurant in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. [1] [2]

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History

Hamdi started as a pop-up restaurant in 2021, [3] [4] before operating as a brick and mortar establishment in Ballard in November 2022. [5] [6] [7] Hamdi is owned by Berk Güldal and Katrina Schult. [8] The 50-seat restaurant operates in the space that previously housed Tarsan i Jane. [9] In 2023, four former employees filed a lawsuit over wage theft. [10] [11]

Reception

Allecia Vermillion included Hamdi in Seattle Metropolitan 's list of the city's best new restaurants of 2023. [12] The business was also included in Esquire 's 2023 list of the nation's 50 best new restaurants and Eater Seattle 's 2024 list of the city's 38 "essential" restaurants. [13] [14]

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