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    Pure Spice Restaurant

    3.5 (393 reviews)
    Closed 9:30 am - 9:00 pm

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Happy hour specials
    Good for groups

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    Exterior
    Charlie T.

    It is a pretty solid hole in the wall style restaurant that serves some good Chinese food. It looks small from the outside, but actually a bit larger inside. The service here is pretty quick, and the food comes out quick. I really enjoyed the braised beef and radish claypot with the garlic pea sprout. The chow fun was decent, and the Chinese styled tender beef was a bit sweet for me.

    Darren Y.

    Two opposing reviews. Had takeout dinner and was not very good. However just got dim sum and would recommend this place for that. See the other recent review - guy said it was better than NYC HK TW SG - wouldn't go that far but definitely better than the places in this neighborhood. Price very reasonable and good flavor. Rice noodle wrapped fried donut was excellent

    Cumin lamb
    Timothy L.

    Decent spot for Chinese food in SE Portland but there are better places out there. They have a good mix of Cantonese and Sichuanese dishes. My family and I came during Christmas so it was super packed and busy when we came in. We ordered the roast duck, water boiled fish, fish sauce eggplant, cumin lamb, and beef chow fun. I enjoyed the water boiled fish, duck, and lamb the most. The eggplant was a tad too sweet and the beef chow fun could have had more flavor. The service was super slow but I can't blame them since it was Christmas.

    Mia H.

    When you walk in, you can immediately tell that this is a family-run restaurant in the best way. Sure, it may not look like the fanciest place, but it is very authentic. Service was okay (but I wasn't expecting it to be great ahah, reality of the true Chinese food experience), however, they were really quick in cooking and serving the food! The first dish we got was the salt and pepper squid (which was quickly inhaled by my friends and I, that's why I don't have any picture of it), and it was definitely my favorite. My friends ordered the other dishes, because they know more about Chinese cuisine than I do and their Chinese is also better aha. But, everything was good. Not great, but good. There wasn't anything particularly bad about the experience, but personally, I think that there are restaurants with a better dining environment and friendlier service in the area so I wouldn't come back.

    Beautiful Saltwater fish  tank
    Elizabeth G.

    A guy at my Post Office recommended this place, because Wong's King is gone, and it's right next door. He said the Dim Sum here is good and cheap. We were up for the adventure. The first time we came here, we were seated in from of the fresh saltwater tropical fish tank, quite welcoming. We tried our favorites and compared them to Excellent Cuisine next door. The front of the restaurant is modest, but when you go inside, you can see a large banquet room available for large groups or parties. The Siew Mai are unusually sweeter, but good. The Haw Kow are more flavorful and yummy. The Chicken Bow were rather non descript. The Shanghai Soup dumplings were good. The Naw Mai Gai (sticky rice in lotus leaves) were much better than next door. The Roast Duck and Dan Tat (egg custards) are AMAZING!!! The next time we came here, we decided to try some new items. The waitress remembered us, and struck up a conversation with us. The Cha Siew Bow is almost totally bread. The bread was good, but we were expecting more filling. They have Beef Rolls, which are HUGE! The beef inside is tender, and the outer wrapper is thick and deep fried, totally flavorful inside and out. These are worth getting. We had these are Duck House and were totally disappointed, as they were so very sad and skimpy compared to these Beefy ones at Pure Spice. The Cheese and Shrimp egg rolls are novel, and really good. They we're gone first. Yum Then they served us the Salt Pepper Tofu OMG a MUST HAVE!!! I recommend going out of your way to come to Pure Spice for this dish alone. Wong's King had this dish called Multi-flavored Tofu, but Excellent Cuisine does not carry it. The only other restaurant that I know of that has this is Szechaun Chef in John's Landing (we will try those next)

    Sticky Rice in Lotus Leaf, Shiu Mai, and Chicken Feet
    Ploy N.

    Enjoyed a dimsum meal at this casual spot recently. I really enjoyed the homey ambience and the lack of Sunday brunch crowd, made it a lot more relaxing not having to fight for attention and a table. They actually have plenty of seatings that it first seem too, a big banquet hall at the back. Service was fast and nice. You order all the dimsum up front and everything was made fresh. Plenty of options to choose from from their picture menu. I wouldn't say their dimsum were out of this world good but they all met the standard with bit more homey taste so I quite liked it. Their Hand Pulled Noodles may have been the best items for me, fresh and tender noodles in delicious thin sauce. Chicken Feet had good flavor but could have been more stewed. There was a bit of a mishap with the Cheese and Shrimp Spring Rolls. They came out frozen but were quickly remade with no fuss so that was nice. Prices were decent too for the amount of food that you get. Would definitely come back to try their non-dimsum stuffs sometimes!

    Beef Chow Fun
    Steve V.

    Parking was tight around lunchtime. But getting a table was a breeze. The dining area is quite large. Menus have pictures of all items. Dim Sum by the order (no carts). Ordered shumai, pork ribs and tofu rolls. What came out of the kitchen was very flavorful and filling. Ordered a noodle dish which ended up in a To Go box. Great spot!

    Chicken feet, could be more tender.
    Yan W.

    We ordered take out but it took 30min before it wasready; however, they were also very busy today but 30min is a little overboard. One very positive thing was the food was still warm if not hot when we got back home! We ordered a lot of dim sum. The dim sum was mediocre, nothing stood out. The chern fun was probably the best as that's what they're known for. I was afraid the texture would be mushy but it was still dry and fine! It was very much tasteless so please use the sauce that comes with it! The loctus leaf sticky rice was... interesting. It came with two which is normal but they each had different flavors. I hope one didn't turn bad but one tasted fresher and better than the other. PDX has been hot so please be careful, wherever you eat. Chicken feet and shin roll should be tender and soft but it was hard. We also ordered the ho fun and chow mein and both were okay, nothing outstanding. I guess this place was average but I think some of the siu mai and ha gao at other restaurants are better.

    Roast Duck and Roast Pork take out on Mother's Day, such a treat!
    Louise B.

    To Go Roast Duck and crispy Roast Pork on Mother's Day made for an easy family lunch with minimal clean up for the guys' day in the pit. Duck was moist and flavorful and the crunchy crisp of the pork was intact surviving the 20 min drive south and quick micro zap to warm through. Made my Mother's Day for sure ! Normally dine in on Dim Sum minus the trolley train and lines of larger restaurants, ordering freely off the menu saves time too for those without a couple hrs to sit and wait to be enticed by the drive bys. Also love to stop by late night for a bowl of hot n sour soup and if I am lucky the salt pork jook if any rice porridge is left, typically a breakfast dish. The hubby's go to is a catfish clay pot with its addictive crispy rice crusted treat where it bakes against the surface of the clay on the inside of the pot, yum. Still need to try that salt fish duck fried rice a few newspapers have raved on too. Stay tuned!

    Bean curd rolls
    Kelcy D.

    Located on Division Street, the parking lot is just down the road to Wong's King. We discovered Pure Spice after being told at Wong's King they had a really long wait for Saturday dim sum. The narrow parking lot is shared with other businesses but we've never had an issue with parking. We love the prices and the food. We typically go there for dim sum on the weekends but have also gone there for dinner. Dim sum is served until 330 pm on the weekends. We like that dim sum is cooked to order and not pushed around on a cart. I know that's traditional dim sum, but nothing beats made to order. We've had the har gow, shumai, bbq pork rice noodle, bean curd roll, steamed pork buns, shanghai noodles, soy chow mein, walnut shrimp, and fried rice. Prices are so reasonable, we usually over order dim sum so we can take them home. Our favorites are the bbq pork rice noodle, bean curd, and shumai from the dim sum menu. You can also get barbecued meats such as duck, goose, and pork. Pure Spice offers a full menu and wine, liquor, and sake. They have large banquet tables in the back of the restaurant. This is a great place for a quick bite and big parties. Definitely worth a try!

    Tendon & Veggies
    Ben C.

    Not very good at having orders ready on time. I do enjoy the taro and radish cakes. Sweaty cooks seemed to be left to run the night shift which made for uncommunicative pickup. Standing for 25 min to have it dropped on a table without notice... Laughing.

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    My favorite Dim Sum restaurant in the area. You order off the menu and the food is hot and fresh. The service is always good

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    Good food good service cheap dim sum. Kind of a hole in the wall, but I go there all the time.

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    Great food especially Cantonese and Southern Service very helpful. The soups are great

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    Excellent Cuisine

    3.8
    (254 reviews)
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    It is very busy here during the weekends. Parking is so tricky. It is packed and it is hard to…read morenavigate around. The lady gave us a number and we waited about 15-20 min. We had our waters/tea quickly and waited for the carts. The food is good and authentic. The variety is okay. Some items have to be special ordered and you need to wait for those.

    Dimsum breakfast in Portland, Oregon…read more.. After 8am mass, we drove to Excellent Cuisine because it was nearby and because I saw a photo of the piggy buns. However, we were too full to order piggy buns and we didn't see them on the rolling wagons. Thinking that it would be crowded, we arrived before opening time and saw that there were about six people waiting to get in. LOL! We were guaranteed a first round seat! Service was efficient since we sat near the kitchen - so we could see what's coming out fresh and hot! I asked if there were taro puffs (my niece's favorite) and hom sui gok (my dad's favorite). These fried items would be coming on the next wagon, but the server went and got them for us! Wow! Thanks! We got shrimp and chive dumplings and plain shrimp dumplings from this stemed items wagon. Of course, we had to have custard tarts and the cute piggy and ducky-shaped puddings! The coconut and mango flavors were subtle. We liked the coconut more, even though the ducky wiggled more! This was a really fun and tasty meal! We wouldn't mind returning! We appreciated the free shared parking, convenient restroom, and beautiful, clean environment!

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    Private room
    Private room
    Schezwan style fried chicken
    Schezwan style fried chicken
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    H K Café

    3.6
    (1.1k reviews)
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    Food is fantastic Staff is attentive and attention to…read moredetails Come visit family friendly leave happy

    Came in early afternoon with family, staff noting 3PM there was an event. So were we suppose to eat…read morerapidly and then leave. The waitress took us to a table with no place setting and did not ask if we wanted tea. She never came back. Staff with the cart comes over and just rattling off names of items on her cart. My cousin inquired about an item, she did not respond and looked at her funny. I order item my cousin wanted. Staff just mumbled and put dim sum on table. It's like they just want to unload their cart. She left and another staff came by. Before she starts. I said I cannot eat without utensils, plates, napkins and what about tea? She runs to get these items. I inquired about the tea, what is it? She goes it's red tea it's the only one they serve. By the time we finished, we asked to tally the bill. On staff member says go to the front and pay bill and get containers. I went up to get containers no one in front. Everyone busy setting up for 3PM. I flagged someone. She goes take whatever you need. There were stacked containers and cartons. Family went to pay bill and waited 10 minutes for someone to come to counter. Service is poor here. Minimal the very least. No one checks to see if you want anything. Would I come back. Probably not. As for the food, yes it's dim sum but nothing to rave about. The Shu Mai do not have shrimp. The bean curd wrapped in meat and veggies tasted a little off.

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    Dining room at 11 a.m. on a  Saturday.
    Dining room at 11 a.m. on a Saturday.
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    3.9
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    Duck House is absolutely incredible! Let me start by saying…read moreChinese food is usually not my first choice when dining out, but this place completely changed my mind. Every dish we ordered was off-the-charts delicious. We had: * Garlic dry green beans * Szechuan Dan Dan noodles * Beef dry pot * Pork soup dumplings I wouldn't change a single thing--everything was perfectly seasoned, full of flavor, and served fresh and hot. The service was friendly and attentive without being overbearing, and the atmosphere was warm and inviting, great for a relaxed night out. If you're even thinking about trying this place, stop thinking and just go. Duck House is now officially at the top of my dining list!

    Came here on a Friday night, and I was pretty disappointed by the quality of the food…read more We got Mandarin Crispy Chicken and Chicken Fried Rice. The fried rice's flavor was pretty muted..I prefer a little saltiness in my fried rice and it honestly had barely any salt? It tasted like plain rice with a little soy sauce and maybe oil flavor? Just not very aromantic in general.. I disliked the Mandarin Crispy Chicken the most as I had an issue with the breading. It was very thick and each bite felt more breading than chicken..The flavor of the sauce was good but with how thick the breading was, the inside of the chicken had no flavor at all once I bit in.. Perhaps we ordered the wrong items, but I don't think I'll be back to try any others at least for now. It was a Friday night so it was busy but I'll say service was good and we had a minimal wait time!

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    Kung Pao Chicken
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