3341 Southeast Belmont Street
Portland, OR 97214
Multnomah County
Phone: (503) 595-0575
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by Corey Ordorica on What do people see in this place. I tried giving this place a chance durin the week and weekend. Overpriced from the admission outside, to the drinks inside. It is filled with thirsty and trickin Negroes. Also, average lookin women are ego tripping. The set up inside is cool but that about it. Please have alternative options when you consider this place.
by Israel Laber on Nightlife at the Academy of Sciences is the shit. I abso-fucking-lutely endorse it, as I will never go to the Academy when it's not Nightlife again. Could somebody please htfu and make this happen at other institutions please? That'd be great, thanks. -Cheaper than going during regular business hours ($12 vs. $25 for regular adult or $20 for student admission), free within seven days of your birthday! -Less chaotic than going on free days -Live DJ and drinks -NO SCREAMING LITTLE RASCALS! Of all the times I've been to the Academy, Nightlife has been the best. And of all the times I've gone previously, this was the first I ever got to go to the planetarium without a hitch. In addition to the exhibits, there was no shortage of interesting conversations to amuse ourselves with. The one drawback I can think of is not getting to truly see and appreciate the living roof, but on the other hand, you could use the telescopes to look at the night sky (weather permitting, of course).
by Kathryn M. on Ok so this is going to be a long review. There were tons of things I really loved and liked about this place and a few things that I think need some work. I should preface this review by saying I was REALLY excited to try this place so my expectations were a bit high. I also went for Restaurant Week lunch so that should also be considered (although this is the most un-Restaurant Week-like experience I have ever had during that week). The ambiance: The location is a bit strange to find as it's sort of behind Positano Coast and sort of next to the Ritz 5 theater; kind of nowhere. The inside is filled with gorgeous solid wood furniture and a really beautiful wooden bar. However, the overall feel of the place brought to mind Bertucci's. Not really sure why, it just brought about those images as it was a large room with big wooden tables. Nothing too significant and the decor felt a little forced and unauthentic. The service: At night when a place is busy and you don't want to seat a person because the full party (one other person) is not there, then that's fine. But if it is the middle of the day on a Monday and there are only two other tables seated in the entire restaurant perhaps it's not necessary to have me stand awkwardly by the hostess table while I wait for my friend to lock up her bike. Just seat me already. Once seated, our waiter was really knowledgeable and friendly. They seem to operate as a team which is nice and meant that about three other people were also responsible for us and made sure dishes were cleared (important with a meze menu) and water was filled. On the down side though, it kind of gives our actual waiter the impression that he can disappear a bit and this led to the over hour and a half lunch - including rushing and flagging down someone else to get our check. The price: It was restaurant week so we went with the prix fixe $20 menu. It was definitely a good price for what we got yet at the same time I would be concerned about going here normally and ordering the same amount of food as the portions are really quite tiny. You definitely need to order multiple dishes and share, almost like tapas, so be prepared for the potentially larger bill and be sure you are dining with a "sharer". The food: The dishes were all pretty good but there were definitely some stars and some forgetful dishes. We had the following: Starters: Salatim salads: I loathe beets yet I would eat (and did) spoonfuls of the beet salad. The same went for my friend Rachel H. with the eggplant salad. Hummus-tehina with house-baked laffa: The Hummus was phenomenal and I resorted to forkfuls by the time the bread ran out. The bread was phenomenal and had just a small amount of what I think was Zatar in the middle. I am a Zatar fiend since about age 8 (don't ask how this Boston Irish girl landed jars of it as a kid) so a little more of that would have completely blown my mind - but I was happy to see it at least made it onto the bread. Second Course: Malauch (crispy yemenite flatbread, haminado, crushed tomato): Forgetful but good enough. A little heavy and greasy but my friend seemed to enjoy it. The brown egg was a little off-putting (and brought the attention of other diners) but was pretty good. Fried Kibbe with Tahini: Awesome! The tahini was really good but the Kibbe was unbelievable, definitely the highlight of the lunch (aside from the aforementioned hummus). Third Course: The Sabra (young chicken, sumac onions, Israeli cous cous): Ok. The chicken was very juicy and sort of flavorful but also a little fatty and boring. The cous cous was good but it's pretty hard to mess that up. The Gibraltar (swordfish, charmoula): The better of the two skewered dishes but still....lacking. I'm not sure I would order any of the Shipudim next time and would just stick with a bunch of the other dishes to be honest. Dessert: Roasted Pear, cashew baklava, white chocolate panna cotta: I usually hate pannacotta (gelatinous goo) but this was lovely and tasted sweetly of vanilla bean. The baklava was good but a little dry and the pear was wonderful but I'm not convinced they really did anything aside from roast an already good and ripe pear. Chocolate semifreddo, sesame caramel sauce and figs: The chocolate semifreddo was really good but a little over frozen. The sesame caramel sauce was interesting but irrelevant. Rachel H. and I were also a little disappointed in the figs as they tasted pretty green (ie. underripe). In the end we had a lovely, but way too long lunch at a restaurant with good yet slow service and ate some really great and some just ok food. Would I return? Yeah, if there was a particular reason but I probably will not seek it out. Late addition: I should mention that the server gave both Rachel H. and I a $10 gift certificate for another visit. I don't care if it is meant to lure me back for repeat business - it made me happy.
