I have only ordered delivery from here but just recently discovered it and it has been delicious every time. I love their fried rice the most but it's all good. read more

2023 Wing Week - Short Round had me going a little crazy over their dry rub chicken wings! They are so delicious, juicy, and flavorful. I felt a lot of inspiration by these wings, they're almost like chongqing chicken, at least I hope that's the inspiration so I can make it at home. Also best sweet potato fries in my life, I'm not usually keen of them but damn, short round suddenly made me their #1 fan! read more

Short Round - 2023 wing week - Szechuan Pepper Wings Dried Rub - Vietnamese Near Me - Portland, Oregon

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Chill late nite Hawthorne spot. Good vibe. Grilled Prawns might have been tastier if you can figure out how to eat off the skewer, too much trouble. Grilled Pork & Wings - both need a bit more Asian flav. Banh Tet - hockey puck size, bland and needing some unique slap for taste. *Tofu Veggie Pho - safe bet, not overly salty and hit the spot. read more

Short Round - Banh Tet $4 - Vietnamese Near Me - Portland, Oregon

We recently tried this spot for the first time and we were NOT disappointed. This spot is super clean, the guy at the counter was patient and friendly while we figured out our order, and the food doesn't take a lifetime to come out. I was pleasantly surprised by how good my curry dish was and my boyfriend's bahn mi was so flavorful and refreshing. This is absolutely a place I will be bringing my friends to. This is location is Sam Approved. read more

Don't let the trendy hipster vibe fool you! The taste is legit! I went not during happy hour so prices were a bit high for what I can eat at home for cheap (I'm Vietnamese). I mostly ordered the Vietnamese dishes so I can't speak for the Korean part of the menu. My favorite dish there was the "Bo tai chanh" I would describe it as kinda like a beef ceviche. Also really enjoyed the lemongrass ribs and bo luc lac! I didn't have very high hopes since I was expecting it to be your typical hipster asian fusion place. Short round, I am so sorry for judging you based on your appearance. I would come back but only for happy hour. read more

Yum yum yummmmy. The crying Tiger (beef strips apps) were so delicious. Cooked to perfection. Chicken wings have some sort of magic sauce on them- mmm. Everything was delicious. Came out fresh. Place was clean. Staff was nice and prompt. Great service and a fun environment. read more

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This place is an absolutely phenomenal hole in the wall restaurant. We stumbled upon it as a last-resort, open late place for yummy vietnamese fand cocktails downtown. Both the cocktails and food are very decently priced for the exquisite quality. Customer service was right-on and I love the chill, late night vibes with the dope trap/dream rap songs they play in house. Very happy to discover this place, and will hopefully be returning! read more

Short Round - a person eating at a restaurant - Vietnamese Near Me - Portland, Oregon

One of the best happy hours in town. Please go here and eat their Chinese sausage and egg banh mi. It's GINORMOUS and I don't know what else to say about it. I've been here multiple times and have gotten this every single time. I love it so much that I haven't tried the other things I want to try, like the pho. I'd avoid bringing large groups here as the space is pretty narrow with bar seating and mostly two-person tables. The lighting can be deemed either intimate or hipster. For sure a great spot to bring a date or your best buds to watch a game (they've got three TVs). Now go get that banh mi! read more

Short Round - Fish sauce wings [$5] - get this! - Vietnamese Near Me - Portland, Oregon

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love this spot and the owners are great too :) delicious food, great drinks, anime is playing in the background. it's a cute spot. service is great too! read more

They knocked it out of the park! Tempted to give 5-Stars, but have only visited once. One of my favorite dishes - Bo Luc Lac (Shaking Beef) was excellent, it definitely contends for the best version in town. However, it was oddly complemented with two varieties of sweet potato fries that I didn't care for as I prefer greens with this dish. Someone suggested we start with the Banh Tet: a fried rice cake with pork belly...yup, so good. The sticky rice was perfect. The lemon-lime drink excellent. The homemade chili paste kickin'. Parking isn't too bad, maybe not right in front, but doable. Staff was friendly, delivery fast. An overall positive vibe makes it a definite revisit. read more

Short Round - Get this. - Vietnamese Near Me - Portland, Oregon

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Definitely worth trying! Everything is small in portion-tapas style! Honestly I have long yearned for a simple place where I can eat my cooler than thou aunties cooking. A place where I be not judged for not wearing 4 inch heels and a hoochie dress. Cause this ain't no shady Utopia bar that everyone goes to after clubbing, THANK GOD! Come here with friends during the day and just kick back yer sandals and boat shoes to relax. No need to be fancy but you can. Plus they have filet mignon PHO! Uh, whut?! They have solid drinks here, including their very own infused house liquors. I suggest trying the rums! Drinks are solid, the frozen slushy watermelon margarita is made with REAL WATERMELÓN-YASS!! Perfect for cooling down during these sweltering heat drowned days! FOOD: -Fish sauce chicken wings: The chicken was cooked perfectly, wings weren't dry or spicy but really savory but for the price point for 4 wings I feel it was a bit steep. Considering a more traditional Vietnamese venue would include at least 6-8. -Banh mi: A banh mi with a fried egg and Chinese sausage, honestly this tastes like home. A friend of mine commented it reminded him of something he'd hanker for / put together when he's drunk. It's GOOD and hits every spot for savory and chewy. A plus is that the bread doesn't cut your mouth when you eat it. -Pepper salted squid: I would say for $9 a plate the portion control needs to go up, up, up! I get that squid / calamari isn't cheap but $9 for such a small plate is robbery. Otherwise the squid and garnishments were cooked perfect. Quality control is important here. Honestly I can't wait to try more of the items here. A lot of the stuff I wanted was sold out, the banh chung which was one. Definitely a great place for a date :) read more

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Have eaten here a few times. It is a bar and resteraunt that has amazing thai/Asian food. We loved their pad thai, salad rolls, Galic Wok stir fry and chive cakes. Everything we ordered this last time was seasoned and spiced perfectly. Small portions and priced well. We had the meduim spice level. Stand in line and order at the counter, get your own water, and other things like take out boxes and bus your own table. Street parking was easy to find. Love the food here and look foward to going back. FYI they do not have air conditiiner or a strong cooling system. Very hot and uncomfortable in there on hot summer nights. read more

This place is finally open after waiting for many months! The interior has a cool and has a wood/industrial feel to it. The kitchen look is cool with the hanging shelves. Things tried on this trip: Wings - lemongrass: definitely unique and very flavorful. Wings - Chojang vinaigrette: the red sauce used in Korean food; Bo la lot - beef wrapped in betel leaf M.I.L Bibimap: super tasty rice bowl cooked in like the clay pot Bo Tai Chanh - rare filet mignon cooked in like juice. Watermelon slush margarita - fresh from the machine- can't beat that. Matchmaker - Japanese whiskey and matcha bitter (my fav drink so far) Everything here is delicious and worth trying. The service is great and fast. Definitely a cool place to check out! read more

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This place is amazing!! Wow!! Friendly staff, quick service, YUMMY food and a great price! I stopped in Friday night and it was packed with live music and people so I decided to not try it out that day. I came back Sunday and I'm SO GLAD I did'! I can't wait to try more of the menu and cocktails. This place has a lot of charm too. 10/10! read more

My order was takeout, so idk if that's why the sweet potato fries were so limp. They were flavorful, but not what I was expecting. Their accompanying peanut sauce was also not what I was expecting. The Bahn mi was ok. If I'm hungry in the neighborhood I'd stop by but probably not seek it out. read more

Short Round - Sweet Potato Fries - Vietnamese Near Me - Portland, Oregon

I've passed by Short Round so many times while passing through Hawthorne, but never stopped by until the other night for their late night Happy Hour. The place is smaller, but has a nice cozy atmosphere and lit up open bar where you can see all of their bottles in the racks. The Happy Hour menu is awesome with lots of snack foods and drinks, perfect for a late night bite. We ordered so many small dishes including the grilled prawns, grilled mussels, fish sauce wings, two orders of the chao tom (sugarcane shrimp) and the 'Jade Trade' and 'Robinsonade' cocktails. The mussels and sugarcane shrimp were my favorite. I love mussels, especially when restaurants make their own sauces to give them a bit more of a kick. Short Round's mussels sat in coconut milk I believe, topped with peanuts and onions - they were sweet and savory at the same time, coming with 4 to a plate. My friend had strongly recommended the sugarcane shrimp, so we ordered two of those. The shrimp is cooked around a stick of sugarcane, just like what you can get at Dim Sum (not deep fried though). Each order also came with vermicelli noodles, lettuce and carrots, with fish sauce on the side. The Happy Hour prices are definitely reasonable for food and drink. The HH along with the awesome servers who continued to clear our plates and check in on us, and wide range of dishes/snacks to choose from, this is definitely a cool place to come in the Hawthorne District! read more

This restaurant is one of a kind. I have never had Vietnamese food served "tapas" style before so this was a very fun experience! I was a bit worried of not enjoying the food as I am usually critical about Vietnamese food but everything was very tasty! The only thing I would say is that my family usually has Bo Tai Chanh a bit more on the raw side; however, I understand why a restaurant would choose to serve otherwise. The fish sauce chicken wings were so good we had to order a second round. One of my food highlights during my visit to Portland and would definitely recommend Short Round to any friends or family. Also love the touch of an authentic Vietnamese character with the Au Vietnamese Tea can on each table. You can find that at every Auntie's house lol! read more

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I came here after work for some happy hour. Their happy hour menu was long and actually had decent prices. I ordered their pho and salad rolls on the menu. The salad rolls actually had "(3)" on there and so we assumed there were 3, turns out it was one roll cut in half. I guess this was a misconception on our part because these (#) were listed by every item on the menu. So it is ONE salad roll for $3 during happy hour, which is pretty expensive IMO. Their pho on happy hour was ok, it was a bit bland. They had all the correct meats in there but gave the wrong side of veggies, I didn't mind it too much. They only had 2 benches outside for seating but plenty of seating on the inside. We later ordered some fish sauce wings, which didn't taste like the fish sauce wings we usually order elsewhere. The chicken seemed like they weren't fried all the way. And the sauce didn't have much of a fish sauce taste. Overall, maybe a good place to stop by and have some happy hour food/beers, but I don't think I would use this place as a must go to. read more

Short Round - Salad roll (1) happy hour - Vietnamese Near Me - Portland, Oregon

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I made my way to Short Round because they were categorized at a sports bar on Yelp and I really wanted to watch the All-Star game. The pictures showed a a few big TVs up on the wall and I thought it would be nice place to stop by. To my surprise, it wasn't really a sports bar, they dont play any sound and keep the music playing in the background. They do happy hour from 3-6 each day. The menu has lots of options. However, I think some of the vietnamese items are pretty overpriced. The lemon grass pork banh mi was $7 (HH price)... A small teacup of vietnamese coffee was $4. read more

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First off the interior of the design was very nice it had a great industrial modern look. Second the service was great, the waiters were very attentive and nice. Lastly the food was really good and very authentic, I'm Vietnamese and grew up eating this stuff and they did a great job making the dishes I've been eating since i was a kid with a touch of modern culinary cooking to make it new yet keeping the traditional taste. 10/10 will be back again soon! read more

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Fresh, perfectly prepared, and quick! I had a combo with charred pork and shrimp, both just amazing, a ton of fresh veg, and fluffy rice. The mussels app was also delicious. Staff was kind and efficient. Can't wait to go back! read more

Short Round - Fresh af - Vietnamese Near Me - Portland, Oregon

I can't get enough of Short Round because their happy hour is delightful not only in food but price, too. I always order the filet mignon and meatballs pho ($7). It's not the largest bowl served because it's happy hour, of course, but it's enough to fill me up with a little extra room for an appetizer. That appetizer is usually the wings. They're satisfying whether it's with fish sauce or chojang vinaigrette and 4 for $4 isn't bad either. Another item is the grilled tofu banh mi ($7). It's actually a pretty decent size to share if more items from the menu look savory to try. Plus, a side of sweet potato fries are served with it. It wasn't the greatest grilled tofu banh mi, that goes to The Old Gold, but it did have good flavors and tofu grilled is probably the best way served. There are a lot more items on the happy hour menu including cocktails, beer, and sake but you have to be there between 3pm-6pm and 9pm-close any day of the week to take advantage of it. Prices are significantly higher outside of the happy hour window, otherwise. read more

We love this Vietnamese place in the neighborhood. Everything here's tasty. They've got really good cocktails as well. I really hope COVID won't kill these great locally owned restaurants. Keep ordering guys! read more

Great value and authentic SE Asian cuisine. Generous portions and chill vibes. Need to bus your own tables which unfortunately too many are too oblivious or selfish to do. read more

Been here 30 times probably. Always late night because the happy hour 9-12 is solid, worth it, always comfort. Get the grilled mussels. Get the crispy smelt. Get the crispy roll. Get the grilled prawns. Get the kalbi. Get the chojang wings. Get the pho. Get the lemongrass pork banh mi. Good luck ordering. P.S. they have 6 local draft beers and 6 local draft wines. Not many places offer the beer/wine quality like this place. read more

Short Round is Long on taste and service... This place is just different in all the right ways, starting with exceptional selection of extremely tasty apps, entres and pulls, sustaining with gut stretching, extended happy hours(!), , and ending with mind blowing desserts read more

First thing as we go in, the aroma, star anise, cloves and others. not quite pho not quite chai. then the space, loo-oong and skinny, funky wall board, strange physical environment. 1 pm the place almost empty. Loved the sticky rice cake & the wings. Abby's bun a huge bowl. Mike had the hot pot with two huge chunks of pork belly, quail eggs, broth a bit salty with all that pork. Loved my pho, plenty of well done noodles, strong spices, the beef super tasty, chewy meatballs, The bloody mary quite a productions (shrimp) & super tasty. cold crisp beers. Very friendly service. Flavors, spices, surprises & filling. read more

I did a doordash from Short round. I was excited since the reviews were good. However, when I got my order, my 2 egg-rolls were pretty dry. Not sure how I feel about paying eight dollars for 2 dry egg-rolls. My Botta's favorite was ok. Definitely not jumping for joy for the food. I am a bit disappointed. Overall, the food was OK definitely is not a go back for me. read more

Clumsy and awkward. Dishes served out of order. Main meal a little skimpy. I had rice noodles as a side. By themselves. I was not offered condiments. I don't think the staff knows that they have condiments. Yep, just rice noodles. By themselves. House drinks? God knows I'll pass!! One ice cube too many. Stingy on the booze. However.........the food was very tasty and prepared well. As for Wi Fi ? You need to be the "Amazing Kreskin" to work it out. Happy hour turned into frowny hour.( insert frowny emoticon here) read more

Went here with friends. All the food here is amazing. For an appetizer, you should definitely order a pork belly rice patty (if you eat meat). I had that, another appetizer that wasn't as memorable and the banana rice dessert. I got full on appetizers. My friend ordered the Kalbi and it was a good serving but no rice only kimchi. I believe you can order rice on the side. The people next to us all had pho. For the little bit that they do offer, it is a good and strong selection. That drink though , while pretty, was a tiny 8 oz glass. Didn't get much drink for what I paid for. A little underwhelmed. Will stick to wine or sake next time I'm here. read more

Short Round - Vietnamese Near Me - Portland, Oregon

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Haven't read any of the buzz about this place, but I'm sure there's plenty. It has all the makings of a hipster bar hangout. Hideous, uncomfortable decor, overpriced drinks that are "crafted"(see take 10 minutes to prepare), small plates of lovely food. The small plates aren't for sharing, the portions are way too small. The pho, bun, and hot pots are very good, but expensive. We went for lunch, totally doable, but I wouldn't think a table could be had on a Friday happy hour. I think this place will do well with the under 30 set. read more

Short Round - Fish sauce bloody mary. Had serious drinkabilty issues. Good spice, not enough booze. - Vietnamese Near Me - Portland, Oregon

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Finally! Short Round is open after months of walking by, staring at the windows in anticipation. I am a fan! This cocktail bar with Korean and Vietnamese fusion bar snacks has some nice cocktails (try the mule with the house made ginger beer, or the L.I.T cocktail for a refreshing gin based libation.) They have happy hour daily from 3-6pm and 9-10pm. Food is great. We loved the lemongrass pork banh mi, which was packed with succulent, flavorful meat. The fried smelt, grilled tofu, and anchovy/nut mix (kind of like a fish granola) were good as well. Definitely check this place out for a drink (or two) and some snacks. read more

Awesome place for small Vietnamese bites and drinks. Definitely try to take advantage of their HH if you can. Daily from 3-6. We ordered: -Beef Pho -Lemongrass pork bahn mi -Grilled mussels -Grilled prawns -Fried smelts -Salad roll Everything was solid, no complaints on any of the dishes we ordered. All that deliciousness and drinks for a killer deal. If you like fried fish, you absolutely need to order the fried smelts. Salty little bites of flavor that go well with a beer. read more

I love this restaurant. It's a couple blocks from my work, so I went there at least once a week before Covid, and now I get takeout from time to time. The food is delicious. Their grilled meat is so much better than your basic pho place. And the service is great. Somehow, they always remember my most common order and all the picky details, because I'm high-maintenance like that. But they're still totally nice to high-maintenance me. read more

I have to admit that I can't hear the name Short Round without thinking of a plucky Asian kid diligently tagging after Indiana Jones, one of my favorite film heroes. But today, I'm talking about Short Round, a spunky new Portland restaurant offering Vietnamese street food and drinking snacks. Just opened July 17 this year, Short Round is headed up by Ben Bui of Fish Sauce with an assist from his mother, Lauren Huynh, and mother-in-law, Jinnie Song.The space is small and centered around a long bar, perfect for the casual drinking fare that is the cornerstone of the menu. Two very small picnic tables sit out front for sunnier days. On this visit we shared four dishes: Bò Lá Lt, Goi Ngo Sen, Pork Lemongrass Banh Mi, and Ph with Filet Mignon and Meatballs. The Bò Lá Lt consists of two small pieces of beef wrapped in betel or lolot leaves. The beef was tender and well flavored. Wrapped in the leaf and grilled, it delivered a smoky sweet flavor explosion. I only wish there were more than 2 for the $5 price. The Gi Ngó Sen was perfect for a hot summer day. Cool, crisp lotus root and chilled shrimp are tossed with pickled carrot and daikon radish, peanuts, and fried shallot. One large shrimp chip tops the bowl. There's a deceptively good amount of spice to the dish that is easily quenched by one of the two frozen slushy drinks offered. The Pork Lemongrass Banh Mi was one of the best I've had. The French baguette was perfectly crunchy on the outside and soft inside. The pork was sweet and tender, layered with pickled carrot and daikon radish, cucumber, cilantro, soy sauce, and a housemade sauce. It's a good size, perfect for sharing. The sweet potato fries it comes with need improvement; they were limp and with just 4 meager fries on the plate not worth it. But otherwise the sandwich was a home run for me. The only miss for the night, for me, was the ph. While it was okay, it wasn't great. The filet mignon was spot on: tender and melting in my mouth. The meatballs on the other hand were rubbery and too chewy. The broth was a bit weak, not nearly as rich and complex as better ph I've slurped at other Portland restaurants. And the plate of garnish was lacking compared to other restaurants I've been to. I was expecting a nice pile of basil but instead only had 2 small stems. I like to think, though, that Short Round is new and young and still finding its footing. I hope that the quality will improve with age as it so often does in the restaurant business. That said, there are other dishes on the menu that I would like to return and sample. The Bò Tái Chanh (rare beef in lime juice salad), ribs, and Bò Lúc Lc all caught my eye. Tip: Order a glass of one of the two frozen slushy drinks from the bar. I had the watermelon margarita on my visit. The icy, sweet cocktails are perfect with the spicy heat of the food. read more

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We showed up with a surly 3 year old for happy hour. I don't think I've ever been treated so well at a restaurant. The server, Chris spent so much time explaining every single item the menu. He was very engaged. Made great recommendations and checked in on us at every moment. The food was fantastic. Everything was good. The bahn mi is not a standard bahn mi. If you adjust your expectations to the thicker more chewy bread you'll still enjoy it. I'd suggest adding some sort of sauce to it to offset the heartier bread. The homemade chili sauces so good and not too spicy. The smelt is so good. But the fish flavor can get overwhelming after the second one. This dish is best shared by a group of folks. Extra super bonus points for the special care afforded to my kid. She was dead set on Mac and cheese so Chris hooked us up with some plain bun noodles as a compromise. Like any toddler she decided that what she wanted wasn't what she wanted when she got it. Chris then brought her some sticky rice which she really liked. She also ate literally all of the short ribs. Next time I'm going to get more of those. I highly recommend this place for the service and food. The happy hour menu is a great value. If you have kids going to early is probably the best time so you can get the one on one attention you might need. This was my first time and I'll be back. Bonus points for a walkable strip outside. There's a vintage clothing store next door run by a guy that likes kids so I got to actually look at a store products rather than stoping my kid from destroying them. Chris is what made this place just perfect. Not one mediocre or disappointing bite. Also, the kitchen is open so kids can watch the food being made while you wait for food. read more

Horrible food, " pepper salt squid" was appalling, flaccid, pale under cooked, no seasoning AT ALL, everything else was completely mediocre, like eating in a mall food court. Horrible atmosphere. No reason to return, when the city is full of authentic Vietnamese places read more

I post this because this spot was one of my favorite places in Portland, and I'd like it to return to its glory. Cocktail bar vibe with delicious unpretentious Vietnamese food, and a solid happy hour. However, my last visit threw me off. I was used to their HH servings being a bit smaller but went during normal hours and was served the same small servings. We placed an order of spring rolls ($3) and received 1 spring roll cut in half. $3 for one spring roll (of solid but nothing crazy variety) is nuts. The salt and pepper calamari was a tiny HH serving for $9, and the fish sauce wings seemed un-sauced. I'm really hoping it was a weird random off night. read more

Just found my new favorite on Hawthorne. Delicious curry, great cocktails and a 9-10p happy hour - can't go wrong.

Named after the nickname of the owner, yet I can't help but envision Indiana Jones's adopted son, "Indeeee!!! Cov'va yo'haht!!" I was pretty hungry and had walked past SHoRT ROUND multiple times being in my neighborhood. My banh mi lemongrass pork was made fresh for me and was delicious. The four sweet potato fries were splendid, but why only four? Are they more of a garnish? I could go for more. That is the first time I've ever been served four fries. Whilst watching a subtitled "What About Bob?" on four bar screens, I enjoyed a well-crafted old fashioned. I'll have to go back and an watch it in full. I forgot about the part where father and daughter communicate through puppets. So good... There's a cool SE Asian street-style buildout and sidewalk seating that always attracts eaters. The bartenders are welcome to be a little more cordial to make people feel more welcome. Share why you're proud of your cool workspace and cuisines. I hope for the best of success for SHoRT ROUND and look forward to trying their phõ. Cheers! read more

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