Kachka

I love Kachka. One of my favorite restaurants. I wanted to take my mom but she's very weird about trying new food. As soon as we got there, I knew she was confused by the menu. I ordered for us and figured she might enjoy it but wouldn't really be that impressed. Boy was I wrong. She loved the food so much we ended up getting a second helping of everything. The waiters were polite and helpful as always and at the end of the night, mom couldn't stop talking about how great everything was. This was my first time at the new location and I loved the new atmosphere. The old one was great too but this was a nice mix of modern and old world charm. I can't wait to go back again!

Consistently terrific! Simply, my favorite dining experience in Portland.

Great food, great service. It was nice to check out the lunch menu too!

Phenomenal

When making a reservation try to secure a table in the front section (not in the back room). Service could be better, but there’s only so much one can hope for in PDX...

Kachka is the best restaurant.

This is my favorite place in Portland. Every time I have someone visit the city, I make a reservation here. We share a few infused vodkas, we eat some of the awesome dumplings, and we have a few more of those infused Vodkas.

The ambiance can't be matched, the James Beard award winning chef is not to be missed, and every single thing is amazing.

Yes, great food. Service: great. Ambiance is mediocre, at best. Horrible commerical building, zero character. The interior is mediocre, again at best. Some tacky "Russian" crap on the walls. Stupid. The metal tables, for a place with price-structure like this, are deplorable. Overall, the food is amazing, the physical plant is deplorable. No class at all.

One of my favorite restaurants - great food, fabulous drinks, foodie staff. Just don't go with anyone hearing impaired, or you'll have to text across the table. Its loud, even when its not full.

Love food, service and great atmosphere. If they get busy, the service can be slower... but that would be same for any other places, and they tried to make the best to serve us.
I will totally come back for the dinner and do vodka flight!

The food was exquisite on par with the best Russian food to be found in New York and Washington DC. Also better than the tourist food to be found in Saint Petersburg LOL. The waiter was very knowledgeable about the food and provided very good suggestions. Pricing was good considering the food quality. Definitely will go back.

Happy hour is a great value & the food is delicious. Wait staff seems a little overwhelmed.

This was such a unique experience for all four of us! The cons: The portions were small and so we didn't get much to eat since we were sharing each dish four ways. So it was like tasting "nibbles". I was still a bit hungry after spending $200! I thought the prices were a bit high for the small quantity on each plate. Not too much of a selection for dessert. The wait time for the dishes coming out was a bit long. I now see why they allow 2 /12 hours to eat! Believe me, you'll need it. The pros: the food was outstanding! A must is the lamb skewers. UNREAL. If we had known they were that good, we would have ordered TWO as we each only got 2 pieces of lamb and the birthday boy got the last piece. It was fun trying all the different foods and one vodka flight. The free parking right next to the restaurant was a huge plus. We would definitely go back and order a bit differently. Our tummies were singing for hours! It was definitely the most unusual dining experience for all of us and although there were a few things that we didn't like, there's no denying that the FOOD WAS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE! And THAT is what we will remember.

Authentic Russian Food experience! The ambiance, the food, the music all brought me back to my childhood Russian/Ukrainian food. Superb!

What a wonderful find! Excellent food and attentive service; maybe a tad bit overly attentive at times, but not annoyingly so. I have no doubts that this will become a regular goto for an authentic Russian dining experience.

Yes, especially for birthday and other anniversaries. My girlfriend really loved the place!

katchka is an absolutely phenomenal experience, every time!

Excellent, interesting food, plus unique non-alcoholic/alcoholic drinks. Have eaten in the real Ukraine and another former SSR, and this is even better! Parking was available when we needed it to reach our entertainment destination on time, but it's a short walk from the 15 bus. Will keep returning to enjoy other menu items we didn't have room to chose this visit. Decor is wonderful, enjoyed the folk music too although this location can be a but loud for table conversation at times.

We had a great time celebrating the life of my Russian grandmother. The waitstaff were kind and generous with their service - we ordered a lot of infused vodka and many small plates, which I'm sure was a lot of work on their end. The food is always innovative, approachable, and delicious and we will remember the night fondly.

Wonderful Russian restaurant. Started with Caraway infused vodka, which was great, and I don't even like vodka. Proceeded to order the mak-a-rita cocktail, which was a perfect sip along drink throughout the meal. Dinner consisted of heirloom tomato salat, herring under a fur coat (couldn't resist that), sour cherry dumplings and stuffed pork cabbage rolls. A perfect combination of tasty foods. We'll be back next time we are in town.

Everything was wonderful! Food and service. Only downside is that the music is way too loud.

It was date night and was thinking of trying something different so we chose Kachka.We had such a great time and food was amaaaaazing!! Waitress was friendly and very helpful in choosing our dishes. Food was amazing and tasted so great.

Thanks Kachka for a lovely experience! <3

Omfg!!!! This place is awesome!! They have some really interesting drinks. I had the 'you've got mail'. Excellent drink!!! We started with the Kutab. The lavish is unbelievably delicious and baked perfectly. We had for mains the Golubsti (cabbage rolls) & Tabaka (a wonderfully spiced and baked chicken thigh quarter w/ potatoes). Not one bad bite!! We did tea sweets for 2 for dessert. Service was impeccable!! Can't wait to go back and try some other things.

Such a great experience! Staff was friendly and very knowledgeable of the unique menu. Great with a group, so you can try even more dishes!

I was given the Kachka cookbook so I was very excited to taste some of the dishes I had read about. The excellent waitress helped us order an interesting range of dishes and drinks and checked on us often but not too often. The food was fantastic, the salmon caviar with blini, the unusual vodka flights and the rabbit in a clay pot will have me dreaming until I can return.

Honestly didn’t know what to expect as I have not eaten this style food before - we loved it, delicious and for sure want to come back for more

Wow. Always love the vodka and salads here.

If you like hard boiled eggs, then wow are you in for a treat. Overall, the food was meh. Everything was overwhelmed by either salt or underwhelmed in flavor. Things that were pickled, needed more pickle. Things that were “smoked” had zero notes of smoke. The salmon rillette was bland and tasted like canned salmon. The house cured salmon roe was bland and tasteless. It’s almost as if their cure removed the fresh briney flavor of the roe.
The place is loud! Like super loud.

Strike 1: the tarragon soda sounded really good. I ordered it and they were out. ON A FRIDAY NIGHT! Very disappointing. We both got ginger beers and were never offered a refill. Kind of a bummer.

Strike 2: the buttermilk soup tasted like dish water. I think we both had 1 taste of the little shot and were not impressed. This was a very poor concept of a chilled soup. Sour and badly seasoned.

Strike 3: the veg pate or whatever it was came out on broken crisps and made eating the indiscernible vegetable mush messy and unpleasant.

Maybe the trick is to drink a lot of vodka and not care that the food is mediocre. I don’t know. Came highly rated to us, and boy were we disappointed.

The black currant dessert was good, best thing we had. Did not taste like black currant however.

Will not return.

I go here almost once a week now it seems. Every time I am there the staff welcome me with a “welcome back” of some sort. Even whom ever is simply dropping my food. Always get some variation of the same few dishes (but always the sour cherry dumplings). I even love the mugs the coffee come in, I think I order it sometimes simply for that. Always just an experience, as opposed to just a meal. Thank you to the staff for being so wonderful constantly and sweet. One of my Portland favorites, maybe even my top.

Lunch menu was limited and food didn't seem as good as it normally is but I understand they just had construction issues and were struggling to remain open (no fault of their own). I've been to Kachka multiple times before and it was always outstanding for dinner. Horseradish vodka is phenomenal.

Food kept arriving at our table we didn't order. Waitress described my caviar as "the small grayish kind" and then it came bright yellow and she called it "saffron cured". There's no such thing. Herring under a fur coat was salty beyond belief in the herring layer and bland as all get out in the other layers. Wine selection left my husband wanting. He didn't order another glass. The dumplings were gorgeous ... really enjoyed them! Our friend's chicken had to be sawed off the bone with a butter knife that was provided. Really an overall odd experience.

Fun birthday dinner

One of the best meals we have had in a long time. All the plates were well presented and extremely tasty.

The dumplings are amazing and the herring in a fur coat was also very good! I was nervous it try it but pleasantly surprised. There is a HUGE selection of vodka at all different price ranges and the waitress was very knowledgeable when we asked her for recommendations. We also had the plum skoner for dessert, and that was a 10/10

Portland has many excellent restaurants and usually we pick different ones each time we visit (from California). But we just have to visit Kachka every time. It is very unique and very seldom we can eat and drink Russian dishes / champanskoye. The service is always top notch. Highly recommended to everybody who is curious about (or like) Russian food.

Wonderful! The food was exceptional and exotic!

Our main server was annoyed with us but otherwise everything was fantastic! The owner went above and beyond to make our grandmother’s 90th birthday special. The other servers were also wonderful who tried to accommodate us. Festive atmosphere, food was good, drinks fantastic! We had a lot of fun! Highly recommend Katchka.

Fabulous food as always and fabulous service as always. .

Absolutely the best service I have ever experienced! The food was beautiful and perfect. We will definately be back!

The chef's choice is a great way to experience a lot of unique dishes. The dumplings are incredible and the vodka infusions are a great complement to everything.