Dingey’s Puget Sound Cuisine

Holy Shit! This place is great. I tried the crab cake benedict and it was increadible. Even the potatoes they serve alongside it were delicious. Definatly a must try if you go to the Oly farmers market!

Love this place! The line was super long and they are so quick we only waited about 20 minutes. The food was very hot and DELICIOUS! If you like a little spice make sure to ask for the Wasabi sauce :) Will surely be coming back again.

Somehow spent 13 $ on 4 oysters and a tuna steak the size of a Dorito. Sure, it tasted good, but I’m on the road and still hungry. Also, the woman was a bit stubborn when I pleaded for an explanation as to why my meal cost 15 $ when the menu said 12 $. It took them a while to return my money.

Crab Benedict is my favorite thing to get here. I love going to the farmers market. Crab Benny, fresh local veggies, regional fruit, what more do you need in life?

I. LOVE. DINGEY’s. I always wonder why they don’t open up a location that’s open year ’round because I would be in heaven but… kudos to them for having a good work-​life balance!
I’m addicted to the crab cake benedict, it’s the perfect blend of crab and sauce and their coleslaw is delicious. Everything I’ve ever tried from there has been perfection and I can’t recommend them enough. Sure it’s not super cheap, but it’s fresh seafood made to order so no complaints from me!

After a few trips to the farmers market I finally tried the crab cake benedict at Dingey’s. Hotdamn! I know some have complained that there isn’t crab bursting out of every bite or that the hollandaise is a bit thin but I consider the alternative — an über rich crab cake covered with thick buttery hollandaise which would be followed by hours of heart burn from eating so much rich food.
I found the crab to be plentiful but not so much as to make the cake too rich and the hollandaise had a nice light lemony flavor that complemented the crab. The whole wheat english muffin had been toasted up in plenty of butter. The potatoes were perfectly cooked and the tomato was a nice palate cleanser. At $ 12.95 for the double it is spendy but you get plenty of food to split between two people and be sated.
I have tried the Dingey plate and I have to say that those were some of the best fried clams I have ever had and I used to work in Massachussetts and have had fried clams in both the towns that claim to have started fried clams and Dingey’s win hands down. Crisp breading, tender clam and ZERO grit.
Warning Dingey’s staff — you have yourselves another regular customer.

Over the past few months I kept noticing people with clam chowder at the Farmers Market but could never find where it was coming from! Finally, I discovered that Dingey’s was the source of the chowder. Of course I then had to try it for myself, and I was not disappointed. I had lunch there on a nice summer day and enjoyed my meal (good thing too, because it cost nearly $ 15!). I got a small cup of the New England clam chowder, along with a cod filet basket that came with chips (fries) and cole slaw. While I had to wait in line a good 5 minutes, and then another 10 minutes for my food, it was well worth it. The fish and fries were fresh and very tasty, and the clam chowder had a good consistency and was also very good. I enjoyed my meal while watching some live musicians on stage, so the ambiance was great.

I usually get the Crab Cake Benedict. Here’s the thing — it’s not always exactly the same, but it’s always good! Portions are huge. If you get the scrambler, you’re going to want to share with someone. It’s a great pre-​market breakfast. I can’t wait for winter to be over so they open back up!

A great little place at the Farmer’s Market. I took family there for breakfast and I told them it was worth the wait to try the crab cake benedict. I loved this dish. Unfortunately, I’m now allergic to crab and can only enjoy it vicariously by foisting the dish on friends and family and apparently readers on Unilocal.
If you are like me and cannot enjoy this delightful treat, their breakfast sandwiches are good as well. The omelettes are so enormous, you must share them with others. I miss my crab cake benedict. Sigh…

BAM!
Dingey’s is great. where the hell have I been!!!
Huge portions. tasty tasty street food! Breakfast sandwiches are perfect… omelette’s are huge!
I can’t wait to go back and try their famous crab melt!
keep up the good work Dingey!

Dingy’s is a great place for breakfast. Their Skillet easily serves four people and contains ham, sausage, bacon, potatos, onions, mushrooms, peppers, eggs, spinach, and cheese. Oh, and it comes with an english muffin. Their Swantown Fry (their version of the famous Hangtown Fry which originated in Placerville, California, during the gold rush) is a ginormous oyster omlette that you’ll never make it all the way through. Dingey’s is just an unpretentious little food stand in the Farmer’s Market, and it does a pretty decent job of dishing out good food. It’s worth checking out.

I am a huge fan of Dingey’s. Unlike what a previous reviewer said, I think they offer some very good values. For example, I always get a ½ and ½ lunch (forget what it’s actually called) with a tuna steak — cooked rare — and fried oysters (comes with pretty good slaw). That runs something like 8 bucks. I challenge anyone to find a meal like this at Anthony’s for anywhere near 8 dollars. Now, Dingey’s food is not fancy, but I have always been very happy with the quality and the way it was cooked.
Maybe some of their other items are not as good — I don’t know because I have not tried them all. But if their food and their values were really that bad, then it would not be one of the most popular vendors at the market. There are some other food vendors there that never have a wait or a line… and there is a reason!

Oh boy, I hate to write these. See, Dingey’s is a food stand in the Olympia Farmers Market, and I love farmers markets. I know Dingey’s is probably a local institution and family-​owned by locals. Nevertheless, I can’t ignore the fact that Dingey’s was very disappointing.
First, the positives: the best thing about Dingey’s is the outdoor market atmosphere. Picnic benches are scattered around, including one right in front of the stand, but there wasn’t enough seating and the arrangement felt cramped.
The coleslaw was fresh and not drowning in mayonaise. The portion of tartar sauce was generous. The squid was surprisingly not overcooked or tough. These things elevated Dingey’s from one star to two.
I wanted to try the shrimp cocktail, but at $ 4.50, it’s rather expensive for what you get (a small portion of pre-​frozen baby shrimp). Instead I spent $ 9 on a combo plate of crab cakes («our specialty») and «calamari.»
Both dishes came out looking like veal piccata. I am used to calamari that is little bits of squid arms and rings deep fried, which is usually served as an appetizer and can be eaten as finger food. This was a squid steak, a single piece of squid flesh the size of a medium sized pancake, breaded and grilled. The flavor and texture was okay but I couldn’t get past the preparation. Also, calamari is normally served with an aioli sauce; tartar sauce is for fish.
The «crab cakes» turned out to be a single brown pancake made of flattened, breaded and grilled mush. I am used to crab cakes with visible chunks of crab. This mixture had an even consistency, like a potato pancake. No chunks, no way to know if any crab was in there at all, really. I am pretty sure the cake was mostly filler and not so much crab.
The service was slow – not surprising, at noon on a sunny day. But the food was not worth the 5 – 7 minute wait in line and another 15 – 16 minutes for the order to come up.
I note that at lunch, you could walk across the parking lot to Anthony’s, you could probably sit with a view of the water, and enjoy a great crab cake, or some calamari, or a shrimp cocktail, that would absolutely trump what I had at Dingey’s, for about the same price.