Best Comfort Food Restaurants in Southwest Portland

Great service and very good lunch. Brix never disappoints.

This is a REAL Italian Restaurant. My wife and I only know of a few in the area and this is one of them. Just because a restaurant serves pizza and pasta does not make it an Italian Restaurant. This one has a menu featuring many real Italian dishes including Italian desserts and Italian cocktails and wine, even Grappa! The service was prompt and courteous, the food was delicious, and the ambiance was wonderful. We arrived an hour before our reservation but was promptly seated anyway. I really don't understand why anyone would give this restaurant less than 5 stars. We found free street parking right in front on the restaurant. But if you can't find street parking, there are two pay parking lots right across the street. We are adding this place to our list of favorite Italian Restaurants and I'm sure will be returning many times in the future.

Very nice ambience by the river. Server was very hospitable. The burger is not too big and tasty

Cascadia is in an upmarket hotel focused on business travelers. It is fairly typical of that genre in design and motif. Of note, the restaurant was refreshingly quiet. The staff were attentive and friendly. We ate at Cascadia for Thanksgiving. They served a buffet dinner that was tasty, but not exceptional. The turkey was pressed and formed breast meet sliced thin. The dressing was very nice. Normal Thanksgiving sides ranged from uninspired salads to a very pleasant variety of desserts. Still, at a price north of $50 per head, I expected something more. Nevertheless, my wife and I plan to try out Cascadia for a date night. I will leave another revue then.

When we arrived there were no tables available despite the fact we’d made a reservation. We were offered seating outdoors (it was 50 degrees outside!) or next door at the bar. We chose to go next door to the bar where the tables were too small to even fit our drinks and the food we ordered. Over all nice staff and drinks/apps but the curry was less than impressive.