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Excellent restaurant! Wonderful combinations of very fresh ingredients. Had the 5 course chefs choice and it was all excellent. Staff was helpful and …
James
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Portland is becoming more and more like Seattle in which the new young chefs are opened to trying less traditional and more interesting style of menu.…
John
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Good, but.... The space is nice, the shared seating not so much but Le Pigeon did provide a decent introduction to Portland's restaurant scene. The be…
Dan Mackle
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7 Reviews on “Le Pigeon”
Excellent restaurant! Wonderful combinations of very fresh ingredients. Had the 5 course chefs choice and it was all excellent. Staff was helpful and very friendly. Wine service was good. Had reservations about the communal tables, but it wasn’t an issue. I understand why they have communal seating, it’s a very small restaurant.
Portland is becoming more and more like Seattle in which the new young chefs are opened to trying less traditional and more interesting style of menu. This restaurant represents this vision. Nicely presented and tasty.
Good, but…. The space is nice, the shared seating not so much but Le Pigeon did provide a decent introduction to Portland’s restaurant scene. The beef and crab tartare was a clever standout but the undercooked duck and overall service was lacklustre – although this was redeemed somewhat by an excellent recommendation for an after dinner cocktail bar in the neighbourhood. So do go, but be prepared for some letdowns in light of all the acclaim this restaurant has garnered.
Awesome!. My sweetie had been really looking forward to this meal, we scored seats at the bar, and got to watch all the cooking, which really floats our boat. We had the five-course chef’s tasting menu and my sweetie had the wine pairings. First course was the tuna with avocado and honeydew melon and we really enjoyed it. Second course was salmon with a nasturtium puree and a fennel salad and mini-panfried potato chips and we really liked it. Third course was a play on one of the cook’s Midwest roots: corned lamb shoulder and potato gnocchi with creamed cabbage and it was very good. Homey and comforting.Fourth course was the weakest link, merely good: grilled pork with an apricot salad, Vietnamese-inspired flavours. Fifth course was a delicious grilled bread pudding with fresh marionberries and ….(either whipped cream or ice-cream…our memories have failed us!)And finally, the piece de resistance….the foie gras profiterole….my sweetie actually wept with amazement and joy. It was a magical food moment for us.We’d come back here in a heartbeat….especially since we didn’t get to try the squab! My sweetie really enjoyed the wine pairings.
Excited but not blown away, needs adjustments. Two of us visited this very well rated restaurant next to the Jupiter Hotel in Portland. The eating space is very welcoming; on the romantic side. Tables and seats at the bar. We started with a simple green salad, which I though was sublime. We followed that by the pear, egg, mushroom tart. The pastry part of the tart was delicious but the tart itself was too salty and the cheese was too strong. The chef had parsley sprinkled all over it but not enough to balance the taste. We also had a the chicken. This was rather a disappointment. There were pieces of sardines laid atop the chicken, served on a layer of dill creamy sauce. The dill taste was again too much as was the contrast between the chicken and the fish. We finished with a creme brule served with a side of mousse au chocolate. The mousse was right on and so was the creme, but the flamed sugar on top of the creme was way too thick and hard to consume. We accompanied our meal with a Conte de Jura, white wine. After being served I read the label and it said that the wine should not be served unless it has been opened for at least 3-4 hours…I know that’s near impossible for a restaurant but why then serve it!All in all, it is an interesting restaurant with a lot of potential, which I think over time will become an excellent restaurant…
Just do it!. Whether it be an anniversary, valentines, birthday, or another special occasion – give this place a try. You’ll be sure to love it and be blown away at the flavors, textures, and themes of each dish. Trust the other reviews written below and just do it!
All around great food experience. They got everything right. If you like the wine you had at dinner, they have an off sale license so you can take a bottle home with you. Excellent.