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Best Restaurants in Portland
430 restaurants analyzed out of 5281 identified · United States
Portland's food scene is driven by independent restaurants, food carts, and a farm-to-table culture backed by Oregon's agricultural abundance. Thai, Mexican, and Chinese cooking form the international core, with a craft beer and coffee culture that rivals Seattle's. Prices are moderate - one of the most affordable food cities on the West Coast - and the food-cart pod model makes casual eating an art form.
Portland has 430 analyzed restaurants. Some of the strongest areas for dining are Alberta Arts District, Nob Hill, Division. Top cuisines include American, Southeast Asian, Japanese.
Top Restaurants in Portland
- Urdaneta A · Basque tapas, Spanish · Alberta Arts District
- Kachka A · Russian, Eastern European · Buckman
- Le Pigeon A · Modern French, French · Kerns
- Oma's Hideaway A · Modern Malaysian, Southeast Asian · Division Street
- Andina A · Peruvian, South American · Pearl District
- Gebeta Ethiopian restaurant and bar A · Ethiopian, East African · Alberta Arts District
- Coquine A · New American, American · Belmont
- Gado Gado A · Indonesian-inspired fusion, Southeast Asian · Kerns
- Murata Restaurant A · Sushi, Japanese · Old Town Chinatown
- Nimblefish A · Sushi, Japanese · Buckman
Top Neighborhoods for Dining
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Division Street and Hawthorne alone could keep you eating well for months
NW 23rd Avenue sets the tone: polished restaurants worth the reservation, not just the walk
Where Portland's Latin American dining punches hardest, alongside special occasion spots locals actually claim as their own
Where Portland goes for steakhouses and celebration dinners that actually justify the price tag
Solid Asian and American dining without Portland prices, plus a few spots worth dressing up for
Unpretentious American diners and some of Portland's best-value Mexican kitchens sit side by side here
Mediterranean cooking quietly overperforms here, making Lake Oswego a more reliable destination for it than its suburban reputation suggests
Korean BBQ, pho, and diner classics side by side on Pacific Highway, all at prices Portland proper can't match
Solid American diners and well-priced Asian plates just across the Portland border, without the city centre premium
Tried and True
Grade Distribution
A18 restaurants
A-93 restaurants
B+154 restaurants
B107 restaurants
B-37 restaurants
C+13 restaurants
C4 restaurants
C-3 restaurants
D1 restaurants
Price Distribution
budget30 restaurants
expensive186 restaurants
extremely_expensive10 restaurants
moderate165 restaurants
very_expensive39 restaurants
Cuisine Strengths
- American — 158 restaurants, 31 rated A- or higher
- Southeast Asian — 32 restaurants, 9 rated A- or higher
- Japanese — 25 restaurants, 8 rated A- or higher
- Middle Eastern — 15 restaurants, 7 rated A- or higher
- Pizza — 20 restaurants, 6 rated A- or higher
- Mediterranean — 19 restaurants, 5 rated A- or higher
- Mexican — 17 restaurants, 4 rated A- or higher
- South American — 3 restaurants, 3 rated A- or higher
- Latin American — 20 restaurants, 3 rated A- or higher
- Thai — 8 restaurants, 3 rated A- or higher
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