"My friends and I thoroughly enjoyed our summer dinner at Dukes on the water in Lake Union. We previewed the menu ahead of time and checked out the specials. I got the blackberry Margarita, delish!, and we shared the crab dip, with some awesome sourdough bread and butter. Our friends ordered the battered and fried up calamari steaks with a couple dips. Almost everyone at the table got a salad main dish, the unchopped seafood salad, lots of scallops and prawns with light dressing, I got the wild greens salad, apples, candied pecans, tarragon dressing, a bit too much and a bit too sweet for me, and my spouse got the classic wedge with blue cheese, bacon bits and blackberries over the plate. They were all flavorful, light and refreshing. We also ordered the Puff and Stuff Prawns with crab, cheese and a touch of pesto in blanc beurre. This was a rich splurge dish, and they were kind enough to split the dish for sharing as we had just a little room for more food. We usually order a dessert and share but we were all too stuffed for that. They looked delicious. There was only one slight issue for us. We asked for an outside table to best view the water. I asked first if it had shade as we are all sun sensitive. She said yes . At first when we sat down we were shaded but very soon the sun moved and it became way too hot for us. A few of us were sweating and turning red. It was a very hot day for Seattle and we would have been more comfortable inside. No matter, we had a very great time, great food and drinks. Our waiter Carlos was excellent. We will be back."
