Wee brought our out of town guests for dinner, it was superb and service was prompt and appropriate.

This would be a one star... but the two stars is for the folks at Clarklewis who tried to help us and spent time trying things to accommodate us but this was a truly horrible time for me and a friend who had never been here before. At least, in the end, her food was good. Over the last year I have been attending a lot of events with a friend new to Portland and she is a vegan. I saw a few things about Veganuary where a few spots in Portland were offering vegan items where their menu might not normally have these options. I would never normally take a vegan here and was so delighted that they had a prix menu 3 course meal offered for a great price. It sounded delicious. I made a reservation through Yelp. I am not a vegan but I love food and I do cook quite a few plant based options myself and I eat a lot of plant based food. The difference is that I am not restricted. We went to our event and were early for our reservation. The restaurant seems a bit darker since my last visit - I appreciate low lighting but this is very near pitch. We were given menus and that was when the awkwardness started. The waiter said he was being shadowed by another person and it was her first day. Totally fine...the weird was that the new person seemed way more to know things than the waiter did who immediately seemed to not be paying attention to us at all. My friend asked if they had a separate menu for the vegan options they had for January. He seemed confused and say yes but said he needed to go ask. He eventually came back, was extremely dismissive saying that was no longer available, started mumbling something and we were confused trying to explain that was GENUINELY the reason we were there. VERY long story short and after a lot of back and forth where he would leave, go somewhere and come back basically telling my friend a bunch of vegetables...we were not understanding because he was just saying they would make 'something'... so we just get charged something for something? Finally his, manager? came over saying similar but it was well, we make pasta but that has egg so we can give you the dried gluten free, add veggies... I honestly checked out just figuring I would order off the regular menu since a Caesar salad sounded good but the entrees... nothing was really jumping out so I just went with the chicken. I was delighted with my glass of Malbec which was great since I was mortified I had talked up this restaurant to my friend. We were told by multiple people that the executive chef took time off and apparently is the only person who could cook the vegan menu. Questions about other items were similar - there was a lot of talk about things being pre made which I found just weird since it was like the whole regular menu was almost described like a TV dinner yet the vegan 3 course was this complex thing that only the executive chef could make. All i know is that there were two things I found delicious - the Malbec and my Caesar which I am glad was filling. My friend ordered a drink described by the staff and the menu a sweet. She was confused and had me taste it... I sent it back for her because it literally tasted like vinegar. She was embarrassed thinking that they would feel like she was just nonstop complaints which is when I sent the drink back. The waiter took it and stormed off while the person ho just started was so kind, coming back saying the bartender wanted to try to make her a drink - he did and she loved it. Luckily she also very much enjoyed her whole meal. I did not want to spoil anything for her and I expected the waiter to make a comment at the fact that I barely touched my entrée. When you are planning to assault a dish with that much fennel, I would expect a heads up or I would not have bothered. I then thought I would correct it and was happy to order a simple orange sorbet. It was served as a soup, it was so melted. The tiny amount that was not melted had a very stringy and awkward texture. It has been a really long time since I have been given this bad of a meal. When I got the sorbet I seriously was laughing wondering if that was a joke. We were just exhausted seriously - my poor friend was having a anxiety attack an I was just glad that her meal was good since I am the one who has all the options normally... well, I will chose another option in the future to not come here. The true perfect ending was that I had parked near the door as I am ADA. Some lovely human in a white Tesla parked crooked over the line blocking my door to get in. The best part was that the spot next to them on their drivers side was empty! read more

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We made a reservation 2 weeks in advance for my wife's birthday. She was nine months pregnant and had been craving their pot pie, so we were looking forward to a special night out. Two hours before our reservation, the manager called to cancel, saying they had a private event. No apology, no attempt to accommodate us--just a last-minute cancellation for a reservation we had made well in advance. I followed up via email, and they denied canceling the reservation altogether, then stopped responding. Two weeks later, they finally offered a gift card--except they never sent it. When I followed up again, I received this shocking response from the manager: "Hi Kevin, After your review online, I thought you didn't want to dine with us. Will you be dining with us to potentially see that review removed or changed? ...Your review is damaging and unnecessary. Please remove it." So, to be clear: they canceled our reservation at the last minute, ignored follow-up emails, falsely claimed they didn't cancel, failed to send the promised gift card, and then had the audacity to ask if I'd consider changing my review in exchange for a meal. This is beyond bad service--it's dishonest, unprofessional, and frankly insulting. If this is how they treat customers, I'd strongly recommend taking your business elsewhere. read more

I had high expectations, and I was not disappointed. I was not made to feel rushed. For me Clarklewis is the perfect balance between super fancy and casual. Taste and presentation are top shelf. Thanks for capping on a good birthday. read more

Finer dining in Portland, in a low-key modern and comfortable environment, serving up farm to table elegant and delicious food -- Clark Lewis is a mainstay. Menus are inventive but uncomplicated and flavors are delectable. Service, spot on, friendly and quick. We eat here every other week, and experience warm and comfortable dinning each time. read more

From appetizer through dessert the food was fresh and full of flavor. Appreciated the knowledge and attentiveness of the staff.

We love this restaurant! This is our go-to place for our anniversary and for any date night that we happen to spend in Portland. We have never had a bad or even mediocre meal here. Everything we have tried (and we have tried just about everything on the menu) has been spot on! Our most recent visit was extra special thanks to our server who made sure we had an exceptional experience for our anniversary. We love the farm to table intentionality and the unique flavors the chefs generate with each season. We will definitely be back! read more

Some friends and I came back to Clarklewis for pizza week a while ago after the owner apologized for our very negative experience with one of the servers last time. The server we had this time was very nice and gave great service, and everyone enjoyed the pizzas. I appreciated the owner going out of his way to make up for our bad experience and I'm glad that we came back and received great service and food. read more

Scored a seat on the patio on a rare early spring Pdx day. Yahoo! Service was on point right when we entered from host to wait staff. Had a good size group so we tried a couple bottles of wine and cocktails. They make a good old fashioned and whiskey sour. Oysters were nice and sweet but that burrata tho...we had to order a 2nd one almost a 3rd. Meat cheese plate and veggie pizza also satisfactory :) Kudos Clarklewis. Lots of inside/outside seating. Restrooms located out in hallway. They do add a 16% fee to bill that does not count towards gratuity so ya might wanna whip out the calculator. read more

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Came here for my husbands birthday . Love the interior. Staff was friendly and welcoming. Food and drinks were good! The lighting and ambiance is perfect for date night read more

My wife and I love to dine at Clarklewis. Very nice dining room, plenty of space between tables and great ambiance. You can see and smell the wood fired oven from everywhere, perfect. When the weather is nice and the big wall of garage doors are open, a truly open air dining experience. Easy parking, bonus! Share a pizza for the table always a treat. The salads are fresh and interesting and the mains are always delicious. Save room, there is always a special dessert. My favorite is the coconut cake...it may be a secret family recipe. We'll be back, it's in our "rotation"! read more

The food was delicious! The service was outstanding! Great ambiance! I will definitely be back

Fun location, and the ambiance is very "Portland". I had one of the best martinis I've ever had, and the bartender could. It have been more kind and attentive. Dinner, on the other hand, left me a little cold. My "Mary's Chicken" was undercooked and stringy, but the presentation and side dishes were awesome. Another person in our party had some pasta, but it was way too spicy for her to finish. Flourless chocolate cake for dessert was incredibly creamy, rich, and worth coming back for. This place used to be top in my list of Portland restaurants, but unfortunately, this recent experience left me wondering if they need a bit of retooling. read more

The food is always amazing. The service is typically impeccable, but it was busy when I was there, so there was a bit of a wait. The ambiance is perfect for a date night, or happy hour with friends. read more

Clarklewis was a wonderful find on our recent trip to Portland! The vibe was cozy and intimate, though welcoming to all party types. My husband and I were immediately impressed by the open kitchen and wood fired oven as we walked into the front doors. Service was excellent and efficient. The menu had a great variety of options, which we learned rotate based on what is available from their local farms and sourcing vendors. The back of the menu listed all of their current vendors. My husband got the lamb pappardelle, and I got the salmon--both were fantastic! We will absolutely be going back! read more

we dine at Clark Kewis fairly regularly and it is getting better with each visit. Service and meals always superior .and remind us why we keep returning. read more

Always love Clarklewis!! Was here on a work trip (lived in PDX for 20 years before this) and always return to Clarklewis for a delicious meal. Vibe is very Portland, the open kitchen is beautiful, and the service is great. Thank you!! read more

Came in on a Saturday evening with a reservation at 5:15, we were seated immediate despite arriving at 5, always appreciate being able to do that. This is only our second time here and the last time was precovid. The decor hasn't changed much, the place feels warm and intimate. Service was fantastic throughout the night, our waiter was courteous and personable, our water was constantly refilled. The drinks are fantastic, well balanced, with a number of ingredients for the ginger maple margaritas being made in house. The campfire had a very nice toasted marshmallow which paired perfectly with the campfire drink itself. Appetizers were fantastic, the salumi plate had a good selection of spread, the lamb meatballs are absolute 5 star, the acidic pairing of the pickled radish with the collard green cream sauce, and the fresh tasting meatball itself was a homerun. Beets salad was excellent, tasted fresh. The Mortadella pizza had an interesting mixture of various ingredients that worked well together. The lambchop was very tender, we got the medium rare but probably prefer it to be a little more done, not their fault. The sirloin was done well but nothing stands out, the risotto as the side was well made. We had the affogato to finish up the evening, they didn't comp the dessert even though it was my wife's birthday, this is just a note, and does not take away anything from the great meal and five star rating. We'll come back again for special occasion. read more

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We always enjoy our visits to Clark Lewis. It's a lovely space with great food and service. The open kitchen is fun to watch.

food was great, always is when we go here! Ambiance is nice and I enjoy the musical choices

I came for a dinner reservation with friends before a movie in December. I was anticipating a nice sit down restaurant with nice ambiance but I was left underwhelmed. I believe part of the restaurant can be reserved for private parties, the large entourage from that party began congregating from their room out into the middle of the restaurant where the only entrance/exit was, and were rather loud. Started off with drinks by one waiter that was fine, but he ended up disappearing and a new waiter introduced himself to us as the one to take over our table for the rest of the night- fine okay. He gave us some time for the menu, and we finally decided on which appetizers to get, and instead of just writing that and going he proceeded to really push dishes on us to purchase. "You guys should get the polenta cakes since there's three of you, I can just write that down-" we kindly said no. Then he wanted us to add additional salads after we kept saying we were fine. We got the cheese board as an appetizer and it was a large amount of blue cheese, with 4-5 small pieces of bread and some pickled vegetables scattered. It was a letdown, wish there was more bread to finish the cheese with it seemed very wasteful. We then ordered our entrees and again, he wanted us to add more items. We were pretty annoyed, I've never had an experience at a "nicer" restaurant where the waiting staff pushed me to order foods even after explicitly being told no. We all got different pastas and found it to be extremely salty. Not sure if the chef in the back was just having a heavy handed day or what- but I needed to drink water after eat small bite. I got shrimp gnocchi, and after each bite I had to fish out shrimp shells and tails out of my mouth. Super unpleasant. One of our friends had ordered her last drink and he didn't bring it out till 20-25 minutes later just as we were asking for the check. Overall, wasn't a great experience. read more

Service was amazing, the food was delicious, and Joe really took care of us! We look forward to visiting Clarklewis again.

We had such a delicious meal at Clarklewis over the holidays! The atmosphere was warm and inviting, and as vegetarians we were especially impressed by the depth of flavor and the variety of vegetable dishes. Everything felt thoughtful, fresh, and beautifully prepared. Overall a great experience -- we'll definitely be back. read more

The best Persian New Year dinner we ever had anywhere. Chef Warren went beyond his talent and made us a breathtaking dishes from starter to main and deserts. As Persian we are so picky trying our dishes by other people but every single dish chef made for us was absolutely perfect and delicious and meet all the check marks and rated 10 + from 10. Thank you Clarklewis for hosting us for our very special day Nowruz Persian New Year. We will come back to celebrate more of our special days. read more

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This is a follow-up review to my previous one from last February (during a difficult Valentine's disaster as the restaurant had a number of employees absent)... and owner offered to have us return. We are glad we did! This meal was FIRST RATE. Both food and service couldn't have been better. Delicious preparations and with a very solicitous waitress. read more

Our favorite pizza of pizza week! If the pretzel, cheese, prime rib pizza were on the menu regularly, Id be in so much trouble. This was our first visit. Loved the open air set up. Drinks were perfect. The spinach salad was shockingly good. Can't wait to come back. read more

The food was wonderful as were our cocktails. It is always a pleasurable experience dining at Clark Lewis!

combination of great food, service and atmosphere makes for a wonderful evening. Always a good Portland experience.

First the good. Ambiance and service were both 5-star. But... Portion sizes were surprisingly small. They're probably the proper, healthy portion size to be fair, but at the price and being in America where we're accustom to portion sizes being on the more obscene end of the spectrum, these were definitely more on the other extremely sparce side of the spectrum. They weren't very accommodating of my girlfriend's dietary sensitivities. We asked for options with no garlic and onion (admittedly a difficult one) and were told that they had none and the kitchen didn't like to work around allergies, but they would add the note to minimize garlic and onion if possible. They do have GF and DF options for some items (Pizza). They tack on a 10% fee to every check so they can offer a fair wage to servers. I wish they would have just raised prices 10% than tack on this sneaky fee. I know it's probably controversial and I may be in the minority, but I find it really off putting when it's presented as a fee. Nice place and the little food we did get was delicious, but I'll probably never return. There are too many great options in Portland. read more

4 of us went to Clarklewis for Thanksgiving dinner 2025. The service was great, but the food tasted horrible. The only thing I liked was the salmon & crab cakes. The turkey was like lunch meat, not real baked turkey, inedible. Gravy not good. The green beans awful & carrots odd taste -awful. How can they mess up a gr salad, well they did as seemed old, not crispy. The roll they offered was hard. The deserts weren't good. I like the pumpkin pie, but no whipped cream to put on it. The worst part was WE "ALL" GOT FOOD POISONING & live in different households. They didn't say sorry this happened to you. Said no one one else reported Food Poisoning. Of course their going to say this. I know for sure 2 of us had not eaten anything prior to their food. We paid total $420, including 3 beers & a drink. I highly "don't" recommend going to this restaurant. read more

A friend and I had a reservation, but it wasn't necessary. There was a ton of seating available for an early dinner. Parking can be a bit of a pickle, so give yourself time, but no worse than your average downtown Portland parking difficulties with no dedicated lot/garage. Our server was an absolute doll. He gave us great recommendations and discussed allergy concerns very respectfully. Our drinks were well made; I enjoyed a classic, and my friend tried one of the custom cocktails; both were excellent. I appreciated that the menu was creative and took some risks. If you like to explore flavors, this is a great place to go. The menu changes seasonally, so I'm looking forward to returning in the fall. Portions are very small but beautifully plated. We didn't give ourselves long enough to enjoy dessert as we had to get to our next destination, but I can't wait to go back for a long, leisurely dinner and try the wine menu. read more

As always, the food was incredible, and the service was exceptional. As it was a birthday dinner we came on a Monday evening, which is not usually the case, and we were pleased with the quieter dining experience. Everyone on the team there was welcoming and appreciative of our choice to dine with them. I would recommend clarklewis, and in fact do, to all of our friends here in Portland. read more

Food was outstanding! We were a party of four and each got something different. We all got a fantastic meal. The service was excellent as well. read more

We love this restaurant. It is one of our favorites. The food, service and ambiance are wonderful.

Love this restaurant! Enjoyed it so much that I went back again a week later. Great menu, beautiful presentation, friendly ambience, and great caring servers. My new go to! read more

The experience i had at clarklewis was so amazing. the atmosphere, the service, the dishes, it was all done so well. Ashley, Joe, Lincoln, Jason, and everyone else who made our first time at clarklewis so special... thank you thank you thank you! it was wonderful! can't wait to be back soon read more

My wife and I had our anniversary dinner at Clarklewis recently. The staff was friendly, sociable, and knowledgeable about all the offerings - food, wine, etc. The food was delicious and the atmosphere was perfect. There's a good energy to the place, but you can still easily have a conversation with your dinner companions. Highly recommend Clarklewis for special occasions or just a nice evening out! read more

Our most recent visit to Clarklewis was superb. My spouse and I usually split one of each of the appetizers, salads and entrees. The sprouted cauliflower is wonderful - very innovative presentation. Our salad is often the beet salad and the chicken entree is also superb. The waitstaff is professional, attentive and knowledgeable about foods and wines. All in all, Clarklewis is a regular dining place for us - it never disappoints. read more

The food is memorable! That Caesar salad is daring and delicious. The vibe is comfortable and upscale -- a perfect combo (thank you for not blasting me with bright light during my dinner). Our server was cool and seemed like they've been in the game for a long time; kind without glomming onto us too much, experienced and smooth -- perfect. We decided to make it one of our weekly regular places. read more

Food here has gone downhill but more concerning is their new mandatory "16% service charge" that is added _before_ your expected tip. If you tip 20%, you are now paying 36% on top of listed menu prices! The service charge is baffling - the way it's described sure sounds like tipping (it allows eg your server and front house staff to get 5% of food/drink sales, cooks/back of house staff also 5%, etc).... But then when you get the bill, it reminds you this was NOT the tip and lists the amounts that would correspond ti a 15%, 20, and 25% tip. Something doesn't add up here. Food and drinks are not cheap to begin with, so by the time you see this notice in the menu you feel trapped and stuck paying much more than expected. The food also is not the quality is was 5+ years ago. read more