Chart House

Delicious dining with an amazing view. I enjoyed watching the sun set over Portland...the sky turning from blue to cotton candy pinks and oranges as darkness fell. The service I received from Austin was excellent. I started with the bread basket and it was ok. Nothing special but not bad. Next up was the crab cake. The crab cake was divine! I highly recommend you order it and savor every bite. The 7 oz filet (medium) and mashed potatoes were good...the meat was tender and flavorful. I'm a wee bit of a steak snob so I can't say it was great but most other people would probably enjoy it. Lastly there was the chocolate lava cake...Unfortunateky there was a long wait, despite ordering it early after the appetizer. Perhaps it was because the restaurant was very busy. My server, Austin, would come by to check on me and apologize a few times before the dessert actually arrived so that was nice.

Overall it was a lovely evening and an enjoyable tasty meal with killer views.

Katie and I flew up to Portland for an estate auction, then hit up this old favorite for dinner and drinks.

PROS:
From its uber-vantage point at the top of historic Terwilliger Boulevard, Chart House boasts some of the best seafood in Portland, as well as some of the city's best views. Overlooking the Willamette River and offering views of Mt. Hood, Mt. St. Helens, and Mt. Adams on a clear day, it's one of the most majestic viewpoints in all of the Pacific Northwest.

CONS:
Our water glasses were dirty, we had to send back both of our entrées for being undercooked, pretty sure our server was stoned, the toilets hadn't been cleaned, the asst manager gave us a halfhearted apology, the complimentary dessert had been added to our check, and the front desk lost Katie's coat. It felt like Chart House wanted to disappoint.

We will give them another try, but NOT excited to return anytime soon. Now it's time to head back to Portland International Airport, grab a bottle of wine, fly back to Redmond (OR)... and make a baby.

This is my second visit to this location and the food did not disappoint.

Drinks:
Pomegranate Martini
Chocolate & Bourbon

Food:
Dozen oysters
Lobster & Shrimp Carbonara
NY Strip (added mushroom truffle butter)
Sizzling Mushrooms (additional)

Oysters were great and fresh.
The Lobster & Shrimp Carbonara was simply delicious. It was rich, creamy and flavorful.
The NY Strip, perfectly seasoned and cooked, paired wonderfully with the truffle butter. The 3 potato garlic mash was a great side, but the real star was the sizzling mushrooms. They were bursting with flavor and paired perfectly with both the pasta and strip. I wished for a larger serving of the sizzling mushrooms, and it would have been ideal for the steak to come with asparagus or green beans at no extra charge. Despite these preferences, the overall experience was fantastic.

The server was amazing, super friendly. By far the friendliest server I ever had! The food was good. 8/10 on my end. I had the twin lobster tails and noodles w/shrimp. My Bff had the steak & potatoes and honestly hers was fire!
we had some really cool cocktails / no fire ice but that didn't defeat the ambience that we experienced so therefore all stars I will definitely come back!!!

This used to be our go-to place but we haven't been here in a while. Food was a five star, server was a 4.5. Price... pricey! $700 for 7 adults and two babies. Service was a bit slow if you consider our reservation was for 4:45 because of the babies. We politely asked to help expedite before the two 21 month olds started to get crazy on us. Thank goodness we were seated in the back corner where they could run around and make noise without being noticed. Parking lot was a huge mess as the valets left a large SUV running, on the side of the lot, blocking folks from leaving easily. Overall a very nice Mother's (and Grandmother's) Day meal.

The Chart House is a high-end chain restaurant that offers an extensive selection of seafood and steakhouse fare in a sophisticated setting with breathtaking views. Cheers to that!
Nice Happy Hour

Everything I got was well seasoned and good which is hard to say for most "fancy" restaurants in Portland! Free valet parking :)

Oysters were fresh! The reviews are right, the Calamari was the star of the dinner. Large portion, great flavor. Clam Chowder was disappointing as there were no clams really.
Filet Mignon was solid, not exactly a wow factor to it. Ordered Twin Lobsters as an add-on, again solid but not wow. The Shrimp Pasta was light, and shrimp was well seasoned!
The Lava Cake was amazing despite how full I was at the end of my meal.

Like everyone else on this emotional roller coaster, I'm approaching this visit with mixed feelings. Yes, while it was good to visit Chart overlooking the Willamette River in lush South Portland, I felt prices didn't match the menu and that food was just 'ehh'. That being said, some folks consider this as a "must-visit" restaurant. Chart H. has a nice sounding menu with lots of seafood, bisque/soups, meats, salads, etc. Despite their ratings, the crowd had a buzz.

We couldn't leave the bread basket alone here. It's filled with pumpernickel long roles, mini ciabatta ones and seasony crackers, we asked for another basket. I could live off these rolls. Our Crab+Shrimp Avocado Stack had a nice amount of both- but the avocado wasn't ripe at all.

Hubs liked his steak, my daughter was over the moon with her shrimp+juicy, seared scallops over mashed and my Cod, had a severely sweet glaze. I'm not sure why. Our plates weren't lip-smacking great at this chain restaurant and our visit was uneven- but service was outstanding from our guy Jacob.

Nice restaurant with a fantastic view of Mt. Hood! The food is good, nice service. Everything we ordered was great! I really enjoyed my shrimp and scallops, tasted so good, and beautiful plated too.
The calamari was the best I've had so far, just maybe it's better not to have the funny fried noodles at the bottom were be perfect.

Outstanding Vibes and Views! We visited on a Wednesday night (Oct 4, 2023), I was surprised to see how busy it was. I thought maybe it would be a little slower during the week. Jessica was our fabulous server for the night! She was so helpful and sweet.

This was a special occasion and I asked for our guest's names to be on the menu, when I arrived someone asked if the names were spelled correctly (they were not), nothing was communicated about reprinting, I thought since they asked if it was correct, they might be reprinting it but they didn't. Not the end of the world but a little disappointing. I looked back at my reservation with Open Table and I did submit the correct spelling.

I liked the option with the pre-fix menu. We brought our own wine, they were able to decant appropriately. Parking is valet only!