Jake's Famous Crawfish
Portland, OR 97205-2397
Phone: (503) 226-1419
- Price:
- $$$
- Best of Citysearch:
- Seafood 2006, Seafood 2006, Power Lunch 2004
- Hours:
- Mon-Thu 11am-11pm, Fri 11am-12am, Sat 12pm-12am, Sun 3pm-11pm
Editorial Review for Jake's Famous Crawfish – by Rachel Bellacera
In Short
Every night buzzes with well-dressed locals and seafood-seeking tourists in the pleasantly understated dining room. The tiled bar, usually standing room only, is full of loud, lively conversation and the scent of cigars. The daily menu features more than 30 fresh, flown in delicacies including oysters and razor clams. Don't miss the popular creamy clam chowder or the seared ahi. For dessert, the dense bittersweet-chocolate truffle cake seems to be the preferred choice.
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Insider Tips
Happy HourA $1.95 menu is featured from 3:30pm to 6pm and from 10pm to midnight Monday through Thursday; from 3:30pm to 6pm and from 10pm to 12:30am Friday and Saturday; and 4pm to 6pm and 9pm to 11pm Sundays.
The ExtrasPrivate and semi-private rooms can accommodate parties large and small.
Know Before You GoJake's Famous Crawfish has a sister restaurant, Jake's Grill, just a few blocks away. Make sure you know which to attend.
User Reviews for Jake's Famous Crawfish
03/30/2008 Posted by maij
My friends and I heard about the happy hour and so we decided to check this place out. We went on a Saturday night and it was really crowded. I really liked the atmosphere of the bar, but the happy hour menu was pretty bad. Besides the cheese burgers, everything else that we ordered wasn't very good. The oysters in the oyster shooters were the size of miniature clams and the buffalo wings were super salty. Although the pricing was really cheap and the atmosphere was nice, the food wasn't so great. I was disappointed.
Pros: Easy to find, fast service, cheap happy hour menu
Cons: Not so tasty food (on the happy hour menu)
12/02/2007 Posted by gsperson
My first time dining at Jakes Crawfish and everything was great. But I'm not that hard to please - I just want very good food with very good service in a nice atmosphere. And I got all of that. I also think that Jakes has an excellent menu (I had the grilled Steelhead - and I loved it!) I got what I expected - a very nice civilized meal. The waitress was perfect, the wine was good. Zero complaints here. My party was seated in the back room of the dining area, which was perfect. I think that the back room is probably the quietest area of the restaurant as it is the most removed from the bar area. (I bring this noise thing up as I had previously eaten at the Portland Steak and Chophouse and their dining room was the most insanely loud, and consequently most uncomfortable dining room that I've ever been in. Since that Chophouse experience, I now think that I might be a little "dining with bar noise" gunshy. Thanks a lot you evil Portland Steak and Chophouse!)
Pros: large menu, excellent service, smoke free
Cons: parking might be semi-iffy (though I still usually find free street parking in the area)
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