Oba Restaurant
Portland, OR 97209
Phone: (503) 228-6161
- Price:
- $$$
- Cross Street:
- Glisan Street
- Specialties:
- Happy Hour
- Hours:
- Sun-Mon 5:30pm-9pm, Tue-Thu 5:30pm-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 5:30pm-10:30pm, Bar: Sun-Mon 4:30pm-10:30pm, Tue-Wed 4:30pm-11pm, Thu 4:30pm-11:30pm, Fri-Sat 4:30pm-12:30am
Message from Oba Restaurant
Nuevo Latino hotspot
- Pearl District
- Fusion Food
- Good Drinks
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Editorial Review for Oba Restaurant – by Ivy Manning
In Short
Terra-cotta walls and banana palms complement deep booths, low pinpoint lights and a fireplace. Here, pretty people sip cocktails and people watch in the bar while diners feast on Latin dishes such as arepas--golden polenta coins--with duck confit. Entrees include macadamia-crusted swordfish, butternut squash enchiladas and Cuban pulled flank steak. Desserts are sugary, including its signature baked Argentina, a take on the meringue-topped ice cream classic.
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Insider Tips
Happy HourFrom 4:30pm to 6:30pm daily all well drinks are $3 (including margaritas, lemon drops and cosmos), and a special selection of tapas are $3 to $4. Available in the bar only.
The ExtrasPlan your party in one of the private dining rooms (10 to 80 partygoers). Call and ask for the event coordinator.
When to GoOn Sundays, by-the-bottle wines are half price with the purchase of an entree.
User Reviews for Oba Restaurant
04/15/2008 Posted by pdxfoodwine
We celebrated my husband's birthday at Oba this past weekend and our experience was well beyond our expectations. First of all, we had been there before for drinks and tapas, but not a full course meal. It tends to be loud in the bar area, acoustics need some refining, but in the dining area it is much more peaceful. The atmosphere is nice. First, we ordered a bottle of Spanish red wine, they have many of Latin wines to choose from. Our only criticism with the wine list: it is more expensive than their many of their competitors. We don't mind paying 100% retail mark up, but 200++% is stretching it. The food: the calamari for starter, it was very, very tender, tasty and one of the best we've had. The butter lettuce salad with Spanish blue, bacon was also wonderful and was a great accompaniment to the wine. If you want bread, you have to ask for it, we didn't need it. Main courses: halibut (special menu), it was a harmonious blend of herbs and fresh flavors; the prime rib was perfectly cooked and side dishes were very tasty. Portions were about the right size (not huge, but just right). Dessert, we had an interesting baked Argentina, it was a fun dessert with fired marshmallow type cream arranged over ice cream, chocolate/caramel. Our server was amazing. He was attentive, but not overly. Very personable and went the extra mile. We usually get 1-2 excellent servers a year and he was one of them. Pedro was an absolute gem and made our evening extra special!! He never missed a beat and was always one step ahead of our needs, he is what service should be! On to the restaurant: because we want to provide an honest review, we have some constructive criticism: prices for the food are higher than comparable restaurants in the area. When wine prices and food prices are higher than competitors a restaurant is at risk for losing repeat "regular" customers. It is a great place for special occasions in our case.
03/09/2008 Posted by pdxhappy1
After reading some of the reviews, we were a bit concerned about trying a new place. However, we have been twice now and both times were absolutely perfect. The service, food and atomosphere all exceeded our expectations. We even tried the online reservations and they worked great, too. Thanks for being a great place! We will be back.
Pros: perfectly prepared seafood - excellent service
Cons: none
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