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Overall Ratings:  ***1/2

Overall Review:  The food, presentation, and service were both great, but not excellent.

Review Date:  April 25, 2008

Cuisine: Fine dining classical northwest foods that pairs northwest and continental cuisine.

Alcohol:  Full-service bar and a large wine menu that showcases Willamette Valley, Southern Oregon, Washington, and the rest of the Pacific notyheest, as well as some of the best wines of Burgundy, Bordeaux, and all the classic New and Old World wine regions.

Corkage:  ?

Attire:  Dressy to business casual

Location:  The restaurant is located in the famous Heathman Hotel in downtown Portland on Broadway and Salmon.


Open Hours:

Breakfast: Monday-Sunday - 6:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Lunch: Monday-Sunday - 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Dinner:
Sunday-Thursday -  5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Friday -Saturday - 5:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.


Parking:  Hotel valet service and several downtown parking lots.

Wheelchair Accessible:  Yes

Price Range: 
Appetizers - $8.25 to $14.50
Soups & Salads - $5.95 to $13.95
Entrees - $17.95 to $34.00
Desserts - $2.50 to $6.75

Reservations: Highly Recommended


Rating Key Explanations:
* Bad (will never go back)

** Fair (below average - will not go back)

*** Good (would consider dining there again)

**** Very Good (will definitely go back)

***** Extraordinary (will be back as soon as possible)

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Heathman Restaurant


1001 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97205

Phone: 503-790-7126

Reservations: 800-551-0011

Fax: 503-790-7110

Email: info@heathmanhotel.com

Web page: http://www.heathmanrestaurantandbar.com/

Map & Directions
 

The Heathman Hotel is a downtown landmark, built in the late 1920s in the popular Italian Renaissance style. This award-winning restaurant has been a well-known fixture in the Northwest's restaurant scene for many decades.

Elegant dining by executive chef Philippe Boulot, winner of the 2001 James Beard Award for Excellence, offering Pacific Northwest cuisine that exemplifies the wonderful foods of the Pacific Northwest. Menu selections change seasonally, depending on what's best and most available. Great place to dine with friends on a special night.

We dined with a couple of long-time friends. Dishes we ordered with diner's comments:


 Salads and Soup:

 

Apple and Pear Salad - Fuji apples and local pears with toasted hazelnut vinaigrette. $8.50
The pears and apples were very thinly sliced. A very unusual presentation.

 

 

 

Caesar Salad - romaine hearts, garlic croutons, grana padano. $13.95
Served with the traditional whole romaine hearts, this salad was very good.
 

 

 

Soupe a l'Oignon - Onion soup with Swiss cheese gratin. $9.15
The onion soup was just ok. It was a little disappointed with this version.

 

 

 



Main Entrees:

 

Alaskan Halibut Cheeks - Lemon-herb cous cous, pomodoracio tomato vinaigrette. $22.95
My husband said the halibut cheeks were overcooked and a little dry. He was disappointed. He first had halibut cheeks in Nova Scotia, and is always looking for them on the menus of restaurant we dine at.

 

 

 

Bacon Crusted Salmon - Spinach risotto, sherry beurre noisette. $24.50
Our friend was this was excellent.

Bucatini Carbonara - 13-month prosciutta, reggiano parmesan, English peans, and a poached egg. $17.50.
I really enjoyed this dish. It was so good!

 

Anderson Ranch Leg of Lamb - Garlic parsley plan, braised flageolet beans, lamb jus. $24.75
 Our friend said it was very good.

 

 


 


Desserts:
Desserts were excellent! The restaurant features serving "small plates." The desserts were the perfect size after enjoying a large meal.

 

S'mores - House made marshmallows, crackers and chocolate sauce. $4.80
This dessert was very good but hard to eat. It was too big to pick up with your fingers, and when trying to cut it with a fork, the dessert fell apart.

 

 

 

Pot de Creme - White chocolate, milk chocolate and dark chocolate pudding. $6.75
A fantastic presentation! My husband really enjoyed this very rich dessert.

 

 

Lime Parfait - Minted papaya salad. $5.00
Very light and refreshing!
 

 

 

Heathman Bread Pudding - Warm caramel sauce. $3.75
Sorry, but this photo didn't come out well. The bread pudding was very good.