Wow, such a cool place. The building is an old Carnegie library that's been beautifully transformed into an eatery. The food is Spanish/Mexican fusion and really tasty. The staff were super friendly and fun. We really enjoyed our time. read more

We came on a Friday night with a reserved table for 4 and had a great time. The atmosphere was casual and I felt like I was at a friends' home. I especially enjoyed the music. Our service was attentive and fast with drinks and appetizers. All of our food and cocktails were delicious. We'll be back. read more

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Walking into this old library, that has been converted into a beautiful bar and restaurant, you might think to yourself, is this haunted? I can assure you it is not, and within these walls, you will find not only a wonderful staff, but delicious handcrafted drinks... And if you dare, test your palate with an amazing rotating menu of five star dishes!!! read more

The Bad Seed - Blood Meridian -- gunpowder rye whiskey, lime (obviously) and a splash of Campari. - Bars Near Me - Spokane, Washington

I really want to like the place. The food is good. The decor is entertaining, but for the love of god, hire some staff. Don't sacrifice customer service by trying to have a 12% labor cost. It happens every time I come here. All I want is a drink and a taco at the bar after working my ass off all day. Hire another server, or better yet a bartender. I stopped recommending this place to people. I recommend Kismet instead. It's unfortunate that Hillyard has so few places to get good food and good service. read more

We were in a few weeks ago. The first 2 drinks my cousin got were not good. No one really came by to check on us. My husband and I had to wait to eat our food until our cousins food came out, which in turn caused us to eat cold food. They said 2 of their tacos were very dry. The table behind us was getting very good service. The guy waiting on them should have just sat down, that's how much time he spent there. lol or waiter seemed to be stretched a little thin. My cousin got a discount on their food due to delay, but no discount for us having to wait to eat until we got their food as well. read more

Great food and service. Only drawback is the parking. Loved the food variety and preparation

Great food and atmosphere. Loved going back into my old library I used to frequent when I was a kid.

Prime rib was delicious. Servers were attentive. Atmosphere was awesome. We will definitely be going back.

The shining achievement of this restaurant/bar is the building itself. It's beautifully restored and has a great vibe. I had the Caesar salad and it was so garlicky it was actually stinging my tongue. Don't get me wrong I adore garlic- lots of it- but this was so bad I couldn't even eat half of the salad. The flourless chocolate tart was tasty tho- My date enjoyed his enchiladas & the pork medallion appetizer. The server/bartender was very sweet and attentive. read more

Stopped in at The Bad Seed in Hillyard, Spokane WA for a fantastic night of live Jazz! The Building is Swanky to match and the acoustics top notch. Delicious Food, Drinks and Entertainment. After the house band played we heard songs from local artists and college students! A great place to meet up with Friends! read more

The Bad Seed - a plate of chips and a bowl of salsa - Bars Near Me - Spokane, Washington

Excellent food. Great drinks and service. Fun atmosphere. Highly recommend. Tacos, enchiladas and cowboy caviar... all very tasty.

Went at 4:30pm on a Tuesday. 4 of us dining for a birthday. Only customers the entire 1.5 hours there, but the service was very lacking. Margaritas were so sweet and unable to finish. This is definitely not a Mexican restaurant, although the menu is Mexican. We don't get the opportunity to go out to eat, and this was not money well spent. The bill was that of a high dining establishment. There were several employees there, but didn't seem to notice we were there, as if maybe they were preparing for an event. Will not return. Disappointed :( read more

Honestly, cool concept places like this (used to be a church etc) can be lacking in the food department but this place is delicious. Whatever they do to the black beans made me like black beans and I implore you to get the skirt steak tacos. I know brisket looks exciting but trust me on the skirt steak! And good drinks and ambiance with naked boobies on the wall. Plus GREAT service. read more

The Bad Seed - The bar and the bar art. - Bars Near Me - Spokane, Washington

First time there . Best margs in town . Queso and salsa fabulous . We had brisket and steak tacos . Very good ! Our server in the bar was top notch . Def will be back! read more

It's not Taco Tuesday and yet another wonder jazz filled evening with great food and sound. The menu is pretty much the same and that is okay because the food is great and the bar doesn't skimp on a large pour with great mixed drinks. I generally get a lemon drop and house yummy margarita. My husband partner loves the drafts on tap. Yet another lovely evening in Spokane-Wa. Ps I got the tacos ...any on the 3 of 5 are a wonderful choice. read more

The Bad Seed might just be too good for Spokane. How does this gem have any bad reviews? Awesome building with a killer vibe, fantastic south-of-the-border menu, and a margarita that is the the cat's pajamas. Five stars all day long! Dare to be different, Spokane... the coolest thing outta Hillyard since the Welliver brothers. read more

The Bad Seed - Bars Near Me - Spokane, Washington

So we loved the building, loved the inside atmosphere. 7 of us went on Tuesday and were looking forward to supporting a new restaurant. The 7 of us said we wouldn't come again. I understand it's only been open 1 month and we hope they will figure a few things out. 1. Parking 2. Food- salsa was great but only 3 small tortillas served with an order. Tortillas are inexpensive should have at least 6 per serving. 3. Drinks were weird tasting. On draft beers warm. Although the waitress did bring 1 on the house beer. 4. All the food dishes were not good tasting. Rice was ridiculously hard and a very very small clump. You couldn't stick a fork in it. For me the medallion pork was tender but had too much smoke flavor. Beans same. Census from all of us was the food was terrible. Hope things get better for them. read more

What a unique restaurant! This "haunted gothic library" was super fun and creepy. The atmosphere gave me total American horror story vibes. The menu is tex mex, and we tried the salsa, queso, and enchiladas. Food was good! All of the servers were great!! The perfect place for a fun Halloween date night if you're looking to get festive! read more

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My wife and I stopped in here on Friday evening for dinner. This repurposed old library building has an eclectic haunted feel, very cool. We ordered a couple of their specialty drinks; I had "the devil was at his elbow" - mescal, habanero-honey syrup, peach bitters, unusual and tasty. Mary had the" blood meridian" - gunpowder tea rye, lime syrup, Campari, also unusual but tasty. Mary had the enchiladas, smoked brisket, corn tortillas, ranchera sauce, cotija, pickled onion, rice and beans; delicious, everyone should try this!! I ordered the torta - smoked brisket on a bolillo roll, lakewolf creamery oaxacan cheese, ancho mayo, pickled red onion, along with a chipotle jus for dipping, and a habanero slaw; the roll was fresh and lightly toasted, the cheese was melted and tasty, the brisket was a little overcooked and on the dry side, the chipotle jus was interesting. I like spicy and mild heat, but this habanero slaw was flaming hot and should come with a warning of personal danger. The staff was very friendly, though I wish Veronica could have stopped by!! You should get in here and give this place a try. read more

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Our server was new, first day, he did ok. Menu is small and limited. Tex mex fusion style. Food we tried, chicken enchiladas, mediocre at best pretty flavorless, roja sauce bland. Mac& queso, delicious,smashed Augratin potatoes, pretty good, black beans, delicious. It's a cute venue but very smoky inside from the meat smoker. On a scale of 1 -10. Overall, a 6. read more

We were so excited to try the Bad Seed. We had heard great reviews for it. The building is great. Loved the decor. That's where the love ends. Four tables of people when we arrived. Not busy at all. It was taco Tuesday. Right away we were told they were out of pork carnitas. They had been open for only an hour and a half. Poor planning apparently. Service was ok. One wait staff that night. We waited for over an hour for our food--tacos on taco Tuesday. A couple that were seated some time after us got served before we did. When our food finally arrived it was COLD. Mexican food is one of the fastest to come out. The menu isn't huge. I just don't get it. Not much attention from our waitress either. The food could be good if it was served hot. So disappointed. The Bad Seed is bad. The kitchen needs to get its act together fast. read more

The food was amazing! We tried the huevos rancheros (huge portion with these incredible black beans), the enchiladas (with the brisket, again the black beans), and the torta (pork). We also sampled their riff on chips and salsa and a salmon tostad (think like a Latin take on bagels and lox where the bagel is a tostada shell. They are still new and figuring out the service, but honestly, the food was so good, I barely noticed slips or misses on the table service. read more

The atmosphere & decor is stellar. Would highly recommend dining here. The food is always excellent. I'm obsessed with the burritos, a must try! read more

I was expecting this to be a pretty good place based on the rating and how busy the bad seed is all the time. I was unpleasantly surprised by the almost one hour wait, taken to a table finally after asking them ourselves, and left with no silverware, but were given waters and drinks by an incredibly nice server. Then waited a while for horrible, horrible food. Did not even finish all of it and definitely did not take the rest as leftovers. The building was nice, and a couple servers were kind, but by the rest we were rudely ignored. Try it out for yourself if you want and see what you think, but I would NOT recommend this ever. read more

Fun place, great service and fantastic food. We highly recommend this hidden treasure. read more

The Bad Seed - Shrimp and Grits were fantastic! - Bars Near Me - Spokane, Washington

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I tried this restaurant for the first time last time. The shrimp taco was the best taco I have ever had in my life. It was amazing. The sides...not so much. I ordered the Smashed Graten Potates (they came out looking very dark brown and not very cheesy at all) and the mac and cheese, which again really lacked the cheesiness that you look for in this dish. The waitress was Katie, who was very friendly. However, didn't come back to refill my drink and had to be called over (literally) after 30 minutes. The ambiance was awesome. Old wood, eclectic decorations. Will definitely be going back. read more

First time I've been here. What appears to have been an old church turned into this. with old nude paintings and stacks of musty old books decorated about, sets the atmosphere along with a black and white religious movie going on, and awful music. We just had drinks, from their menu. Took extremely long for only having 5 other customers at 2 tables Would not recommend Blood Meridian nor Under the volcano, Horrible, they both came unmixed at all Bad service plus bad drinks = 2star = drive on by read more

We came on the second Monday of April. The ambience in the 1927 former library building was a wonderful setting for the music. We thoroughly enjoyed dinner as well as the jazz artists that entertained us from 7 to 9. read more

Prime Rib very fatty and warm not even close to hot. Service a little weird two servers fighting over tables a little uncomfortable. Inside of restaurant just creepy. read more

The server was desperately trying to keep up, but ONE server on Cinco de Mayo at a Tex-Mex spot? Hard NO. The food? Meh, it was lackluster at best. I love the building, but beyond that...nope, I would likely not come back. read more

The service is super friendly and the food is so yummy! I would go out of my way to get food from here.

We heard about this place from a friend of ours and thought we would try it for ourselves. We showed up on Tuesday so it has to be about the tacos right? Wow! The flavors were perfect. Brisket, steak, carnitas, and shrimp all with just amazing flavor. If you want a little more they have their own signature hot sauce that is really delicious. The building with its historic, hand carved beams has lots of character and the decor is interesting, just bordering tasteless which exactly what one would expect with the moniker. We're glad to find this place and looking forward to our next visit. I would have given 5 stars but the rice was a tad cool when our entrees arrived at the table. read more

Nice atmosphere! Our waitress was new and she was also a bartender. We had the pineapple cider, which was good, and the Blood Meridian which was fantastic and also a Hemingway martini. We had the Queso and the Tejas pork. Both were good. read more

Great service. Great food. Good drink selection. Definitely lives up to a haunted gothic library atmosphere, which was personally not my thing. But if people like that sort of stuff I would for sure recommend. read more

What could be such a good restaurant, just isn't! Our last visit was such a disappointment. To be honest, the service was excellent. and the food was good but somewhat cold. The flies were everywhere, buzzing all over the food and the table .......as they were the last time we were there. They could likely make such small changes and have 5 star review! read more

This place is GREAT! Good food and terrific service. Love the atmosphere. The only negative is they don't open until 4 on Fridays. I know people that get to leave work early on Fridays would so have a group there but needs to be open by 3:30 at the latest. read more

Overall our experience for the bad seed was just that... Bad. The cocktails were unbalanced the parking was horrible the server complain to us about a separate table and the food was not prepared very well. The brisket enchiladas were 75% fat and not the flavorful, just a chunk of fat. There's a lot of potential for this restaurant, but it's clear the bad seed still needs to grow. read more

A very cool place in Hillyard to meet up. This was once a library now turned into a bar and restaurant. The food is very good, but the portions are small. Since the food theme is Mexican, I was expecting chips and salsa to start but that wasn't part of the meal. Service is good and friendly. read more

First time my wife and I have been here. Wonderful atmosphere with attentive and prompt service. The drinks were delicious. Saying that, both my wife's and my dinner were not good. My shrimp and cheesy grits was very, very salty to the point of being inedible. Her pork tenderloin was very tough and difficult to cut. It also had a ton of salt which made it difficult to eat. We'd normally bring poor food to the staff's attention but getting two bad dinners told us there might be a bigger problem. Too bad, we enjoyed the ambiance, service, and drinks. read more

Good deals on food for sure. Can be bland but it is a cool atmosphere and it has a different taste than a lot of other Mexican out there in Spokane. Nice patio too. read more