# Restaurants near Portland

### 60+ venues

## Tope
- **Rating:** 4.2 (1.5K reviews)
- **Cuisine:** Mexican
- **Price Range:** $$
- **Links:**  
  - [Where to Drink](/content/cities/portland-or/list/the-best-places-to-drink-in-portland?date=2026-07-28&seats=2&time=all-day/index.html)  
  - [Good for Groups](/content/cities/portland-or/list/where-to-dine-with-a-crew-in-portland?date=2026-07-28&seats=2&time=all-day/index.html)

## Mother’s Bistro & Bar  
- **Rating:** 4.8 (6.7K reviews)
- **Cuisine:** American
- **Price Range:** $$
- **Description:** Take a dip into nostalgic territory at Mother’s Bistro & Bar, where a menu rife with home cooked goodness abounds. And stay on the lookout for the Mother of the Month (M.O.M) menu, for a taste of someone else’s childhood memories.
- **Links:**  
  - [Women-Operated](/content/cities/portland-or/list/the-women-of-food-portland?date=2026-07-28&seats=2&time=all-day/index.html)  
  - [Good for Groups](/content/cities/portland-or/list/where-to-dine-with-a-crew-in-portland?date=2026-07-28&seats=2&time=all-day/index.html)

## Bistro Alder  
- **Rating:** 3.8 (30 reviews)
- **Cuisine:** Bistro
- **Price Range:** $$
- **Description:** Anchor your next outing from downtown Portland’s Dossier Hotel, located right in the heart of the city. On the ground floor sits Bistro Alder, the hotel’s casual Pacific Northwest restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, dinner, and happy hour, with a full list of craft cocktails, wine, and beer to pair, all day, every day.

## Bamboo Sushi SW 12th  
- **Rating:** 4.5 (2.2K reviews)
- **Cuisine:** Sushi
- **Price Range:** $$
- **Description:** What does a sustainable sushi restaurant look like? Bamboo Sushi is trying to reframe the conversation through creative rolls and thoughtful ingredients like frozen-at-sea albacore and ASC-certified Hawaiian kanpachi. Better yet? Their menu is mostly gluten-free, too.

## Il Corso Portland  
- **Rating:** 4.5 (40 reviews)
- **Cuisine:** Italian
- **Price Range:** $$
- **Description:** Find imported meats and cheeses, snack plates like Calabrian chile-spiked tuna carpaccio, and a short but sweet menu of handmade pastas from chef Brady Stephens (of OK Omens and Scotch Lodge). In addition to classic Italian varietals, sip aperitifs from the lengthy amaro menu, a low ABV spritz, or a cocktail shaken by Scotch Lodge alum Lisa Talbert.

## Clarklewis  
- **Rating:** 4.3 (1.2K reviews)
- **Cuisine:** Italian
- **Price Range:** $$
- **Description:** It’s big, bustling, and always there when you need a handmade pasta or wood-fired pizza that proudly names every local farm and purveyor behind the ingredients. Make a night of it and grab a cocktail at the bar first.

## Scotch Lodge  
- **Rating:** 4.9 (4.3K reviews)
- **Cuisine:** Cocktail Bar
- **Price Range:** $$
- **Links:**  
  - [Where to Drink](/content/cities/portland-or/list/the-best-places-to-drink-in-portland?date=2026-07-28&seats=2&time=all-day/index.html)  
  - [Date Night](/content/cities/portland-or/list/date-night-gems-in-portland?date=2026-07-28&seats=2&time=all-day/index.html)

## Cafe Nell  
- **Rating:** 4.4 (1.4K reviews)
- **Cuisine:** New American
- **Price Range:** $$
- **Description:** There’s something so timeless about this neighborhood spot. It could be the cozy room, classics like steak frites or hearty osso bucco, or the loaded Bloody Marys at brunch. But really it’s all of it, a culmination of things that make this the place you want to be, exactly when you need it.

## G-Love  
- **Rating:** 4.8 (7.1K reviews)
- **Cuisine:** American
- **Price Range:** $$
- **Description:** G-Love is a whimsical place, where a farm-focused, local, and seasonal approach inform the kitchen. Fresh vegetables are the menu’s main players, and meat is part of the supporting cast.

## Bar West  
- **Rating:** 4.7 (1.7K reviews)
- **Cuisine:** Italian
- **Price Range:** $
- **Description:** With contemporary decor, greenery, and large windows for natural light, Bar West blends seamlessly into the surrounding trendy Nob Hill shopping district.

## Papa Haydn Northwest  
- **Rating:** 4.7 (4.8K reviews)
- **Cuisine:** European
- **Price Range:** $$
- **Description:** Tangerine vanilla cheesecake, cherry bombs, and chocolate crémeaux bedeck the Viennese-inspired menu where desserts take center stage at this longtime neighborhood favorite, counterpart to the Sellwood location.

## Bamboo Sushi NW 23rd  
- **Rating:** 4.6 (3.1K reviews)
- **Cuisine:** Sushi
- **Price Range:** $$
- **Description:** What does a sustainable sushi restaurant look like? Bamboo Sushi is trying to reframe the conversation through creative rolls and thoughtful ingredients like frozen-at-sea albacore and ASC-certified Hawaiian kanpachi.

## Besaw's  
- **Rating:** 4.2 (1.5K reviews)
- **Cuisine:** American
- **Price Range:** $$
- **Description:** This 120-year-old Portland institution survived a long pandemic hibernation and woke up just as excellent as you might remember it.

## Palomar  
- **Rating:** 4.8 (2.3K reviews)
- **Cuisine:** Cuban
- **Price Range:** $$
- **Description:** This Cuban inspired cocktail bar will transport you through the decades with its refreshing Caribbean cocktails and their house twists on the classic cocktails we love.

## Nimblefish  
- **Rating:** 4.8 (2.2K reviews)
- **Cuisine:** Japanese
- **Price Range:** $$$
- **Description:** Nimblefish chefs Cody Auger and Dwight Rosendahl’s sushi — most of which is flown in directly from Japan — is celebrated for its simplicity.

## Jade Rabbit  
- **Rating:** 4.7 (866 reviews)
- **Cuisine:** Vegan
- **Price Range:** $$
- **Description:** Chef Cyrus Ichiza’s innovative vegan dim sum has a cult following, and for good reason.

## Tusk  
- **Rating:** 4.7 (11K reviews)
- **Cuisine:** Middle Eastern
- **Price Range:** $$
- **Description:** Middle-Eastern food is in the midst of a renaissance in the states, and Tusk is at the forefront.

## Bamboo Sushi SE 28th  
- **Rating:** 4.6 (2.2K reviews)
- **Cuisine:** Sushi
- **Price Range:** $$
- **Description:** What does a sustainable sushi restaurant look like? Bamboo Sushi is trying to reframe the conversation through creative rolls and thoughtful ingredients.

## Jacqueline  
- **Rating:** 4.8 (6.5K reviews)
- **Cuisine:** Seafood
- **Price Range:** $$
- **Description:** The dining experience at Jacqueline uniquely combines the best of sushi and seafood.