Diners' Choice: Neighborhood gem restaurants in Portland / Oregon

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Updated May 05, 2025

Looking for the best restaurants that are the best neighborhood gems in Portland / Oregon? You’re in the right place. Each month, OpenTable analyzes nearly 2 million global diner reviews from the past four months. We sort the results by location and category to help you discover new favorite restaurants. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

The Star Portland

4.9

4.9 (306)

$30 and under

Pizzeria

Pearl District

About the restaurant

At The Star Pizza, we have take enormous pride in serving our award-winning deep dish and thin crust pizzas. By offering organic salads, appetizers made from scratch, house made dressings and sauces, oven baked sandwiches, and fresh dough tossed daily, our once small pizzerias have blossomed into a dynamic neighborhood restaurants. Beyond dozens of signature dishes, our bar serves artisan cocktails, carefully selected wines and beer in an elegant yet comfortable environment. Our commitment to our employees, community, schools and local nonprofit organizations embodies who we are. We treat our guests like family, invest in our employees, and use responsible and high quality ingredients to continue The Star legacy. Thank you for choosing to dine with us.

Top review

CatherineVIP

Dined on Apr 12, 2025

The service was excellent and the food was delicious. We ordered the crostini and little star pizza.

Cabezon Restaurant

4.8

4.8 (2354)

$50 and over

Seafood

Northeast Portland

About the restaurant

Cabezon is a bustling neighborhood seafood bistro and fish market. Opened in December 2009,
Cabezon is located near both Portland’s Hollywood and Rose City Park neighborhoods. Offering
“Coastal Cuisine with Passion” – elemental seasonal cooking driven by the offerings of the day
from local producers and the bounty of the Pacific Northwest. Owners, Chef David Farrell and
wine maven Jackie Speck, look forward to delighting you with their unique menu, and invite you
to stop by for our local wood-fired fish and meats, chef made pates, and seasonal ice creams.
Our diverse wine list features small hands-on producers.

Top review

katy

Dined on May 1, 2025

For a special night out with excellent food and great service Cabezon is one of our favorite restaurants. While the menus is diverse, their fish dishes are often the best. They are beautiful to look at as well as delicious. We always start with the French Fries and end with the chocolate pot de crème.

Cibo

4.8

4.8 (176)

$30 and under

Italian

Southeast Portland

About the restaurant

Cibo is a neighborhood Italian restaurant in Portland, Oregon, that serves up delicious wood-fired pizzas, fresh pasta dishes, and other classic Italian fare. The restaurant has a warm and inviting atmosphere, with red leather booths, wrap-around windows, and an open kitchen with an imported Ligurian pizza oven. Cibo is a great place to enjoy a casual meal with friends or family, or to celebrate a special occasion. The restaurant also has a full bar and an extensive wine list, so you can find the perfect drink to pair with your meal.

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DougVIP

Dined 2 days ago

We've been to Cibo a lot but not recently. They've maintained a high standard of good food and friendly, helpful service. They have very good cocktails and an extensive Italian wine list as well as some domestic wines. Cibo is a restaurant that I will keep returning to.

Avanti

4.8

4.8 (341)

$50 and over

Northwest

West Linn

About the restaurant

Locally owned and operated by long time Portland area chef Mark Carruth, Avanti serves up high quality food featuring unique and delicious taste profiles in an intimate, but lively setting. Cocktails from the craft bar and offerings from the wine list complete the experience.

Top review

KellyVIP

Dined 5 days ago

Wonderful food flavors and combos. Good portion size.

Libre

4.8

4.8 (22)

$50 and over

Dessert

Southeast Portland

About the restaurant

Where Freedom Meets Flavor

Libre is a dessert bar and cocktail lounge in Portland, Oregon, where freedom bleeds from mezcal cocktails to mole desserts. Walk in and leave your troubles at the door, and experience a world of dreams coming true.

Our pastry chef, Gabriella Martinez, creates fantastical desserts with components ranging from corn husk meringue to bone marrow caramel. Meanwhile, our bar director, "Nan" Chaison, crafts innovative cocktails, including a mezcal-based mole milk punch.

The moodily lit, flower-adorned space with purple velvet banquettes provides the perfect setting for an unforgettable evening.

Come to Libre and experience a taste of freedom.

Top review

Smita

Dined on Apr 30, 2025

Libre is phenomenal! Go immediately! Start with a refreshing Fantasia, yucca fries and devour an Amor de Mi Vida, then eat and drink through the menu!

Lucca

4.7

4.7 (618)

$31 to $50

Italian

Northeast Portland

About the restaurant

Lucca, a wood fired Italian-inspired restaurant is located in one of Portland's favorite historic neighborhoods. This vibrant eatery serves farm fresh ingredients in a bustling, stylish dining room reminiscent of the trattorias found within the walls of their Italian sister city Lucca, where families and tourists gather to celebrate and enjoy the seasonal bounty.

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Susan

Dined 4 days ago

From start to finish, we had a fabulous meal! Thank you for making my husband’s birthday so great.

Marco's Cafe

4.7

4.7 (153)

$31 to $50

American

Southwest Portland

About the restaurant

Marco’s Café and Espresso Bar, in the heart of Southwest Portland’s charming Multnomah Village, has been serving up consciously-sourced fare since 1983. We hope you’ll join us under the umbrellas, in the historic Nelson Thomas building, next time you’re in need of some nourishment.

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Debi

Dined on Apr 28, 2025

The perfect spot for a girlfriend lunch. Two of us shared a feature salad and one of the juiciest burgers I’ve had in ages. All-day breakfast for those who want it, with a generous dollop of homemade jam that was licked clean. Excellent service!

Forage

4.7

4.7 (23)

$31 to $50

Pizzeria

Newberg

About the restaurant

Forage invites wine tourists from around the globe to enjoy a delightful culinary experience curated by Chef Kris Utz. This charming bungalow-turned-neighborhood restaurant offers a rustic-chic ambiance and a menu that celebrates wood-fired cuisine with locally sourced and foraged ingredients. If you've ever seen the movie "The Big Night," that's Forage. From savory wood-fired pizzas to delicate handmade pastas, scrumptious desserts, and vibrant seasonal sides and entrees, each dish highlights the bounty of the region, perfectly complemented by an exquisite selection of Oregon and global wines. Forage promises a low-key and quaint experience with amazing service that unites the flavors of the Pacific Northwest with unparalleled artisanal craftsmanship.

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Allen

Dined 5 days ago

Great space and amazing food. I would recommend after a great day of tasting

Nicoletta's Table and Marketplace

4.6

4.6 (2482)

$30 and under

Italian

Lake Oswego

About the restaurant

Nicoletta's Table and Marketplace is a small neighborhood trattoria and market located in Lake Oswego, Oregon - much like one found on any street corner in Italy. It is the perfect destination to create an authentic Italian dinner, or simply enjoy an espresso, sandwich, salad or fresh bowl of pasta at the Trattoria and marketplace with Enoteca, Caffe Shop, Italian Market with Fresh Pasta, Gourmet2Go,- Fresh and frozen gourmet entrees, soups or complete dinners to go feeding a single person, a family or for entertaining a group of people.

Top review

Wally

Dined on May 1, 2025

Courtney was extraordinarily warm and friendly. That is always such a great feeling as a customer. Food was fabulous!

Cafe Du Berry

4.0

4 (286)

$30 and under

French

Corbett

About the restaurant

We are opening for dining in. For TAKE-OUT Please call us at (503) 244-5551 to place an order. Thank you to all of our patrons for your support!

Café Du Berry is a breakfast and brunch restaurant, specializing in French cuisine. The owners of the restaurant turned a Victorian house into an elegant French themed café. Café Du Berry offers a warm, inviting and rustic ambiance.

Top review

Alan

Dined 5 days ago

I’ve lived in Portland my whole life, and I’ve never been to this restaurant. It was quite amazing, and lived up to the hype. I loved everything about it, of course the food was the topper.

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