The Best Tasting Menus and Prix Fixe Dinners in Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city best known for its casual, mid-priced restaurants and food carts, as opposed to its extravagant chef’s counters charging upwards of $400 per person. As such, many of the city’s finest tasting menu restaurants — Beast, Holdfast, Tercet, Castagna — have closed, and places like Berlu have shifted away from a prix fixe model. That being said, Portland is home to several destination restaurants for tasting menus, exploring things like the intricacies of Thai regional cuisines or the pre- and post-colonial foodways of Mexico. Plus, those who regularly roll through Michelin-starred spots nationwide will find that Portland is a relatively inexpensive option for tasting menus: The priciest clocks in around $250 — a bargain compared to some New York or San Francisco restaurants — and many stay under $100 per person.

This list rounds up the finest fixed-price menus in town, from the (relatively) affordable to the splurges. Some locations offer a tasting menu in addition to an à la carte one; others only do set menus. Note that menus do change often, as do prices; it’s best to check reservation sites for pricing before booking. For more celebration dinner spots, check out this map.

This time around, Zilla Sake came off the list and Astera joined the list.

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