Saucebox Cafe & Bar
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- 214 SW Broadway
Portland, OR - (503) 241-3393
- www.saucebox.com
- N 45° 31' 21.00" W 122° 40' 40.80"
Since 1995, Saucebox has been the favored, insider's restaurant and bar for award winning Pan-Asian & Hawaii Regional cuisine. And they offer the city's best specialty cocktails. Located in downtown Portland.
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Awesome happy hour and you can take the kids!
We decided to stop by here to try the happy hour cocktails, which we heard from some other reviews were excellent. However, after seeing the happy hour specials, we decided to stay for dinner. Being from Washington, I didn't realize that children were allowed in the bar areas in Oregon. We had our (well-behaved) girls with us and were able to sit in the bar area (though they can't sit , at the bar).
Saucebox has happy hour food priced at $1 (yes, $1) and up. There were I think 3 items in each category, $1, $2, $3, $4. This is a GREAT way to get your kids to experiment with trying some Asian food for not too much money. My girls loved the edamame and the meatballs.
They also have a very cool handwashing area outside the restrooms that my girls also liked.
As for the grownups, we loved the extensive cocktail menu and thought the food was outstanding.
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Satisfying Dinner for 3
Recomended by our hotel staff,we went to this restaurant for there happy hour.The food is excellent and very well priced.I had the drink special which was done well and everything we ordered was tasty.
Service was exceptional.The server was very informative.My daughter has an egg alergy and they compleatly catered to her needs.
Over all a very good experience.Would love to go there again on my next trip to portland.- 0 people found this review helpful
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more than a bar
If you just peak in the front door, it looks like a hip/dark bar. Go for a leisurely dinner and see the rest of the restaurant. It feels like a bistro. The food is best described as Asian fusion so there is sushi but also roasted chicken. The pou pou platter of apps is yummy and their infused vodkas in amazing cocktails are a great first course.
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Saucebox
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Excellent Cocktail Menu And Great Food
In June I went with a group of co-workers to the Saucebox. This was my first time to the Saucebox and my impression was favorable.
In summary, many amazing and many unique cocktails, excellent pan-Asian dishes, excellent service, and somewhat pricey.
My cocktail was the “kickboxer”, made of house-infused Thai chile vodka, passion fruit purée and citrus juices, topped with raspberry purée It was a very tasty, with a kick to it. I would consider having this one again, but also would like to try many of their other cocktails that sound delicious!For food, I had the Rainbow Roll Sishi, dungeness crab and black rice, topped with avocado, ahi tuna, wild salmon, unagi, prawns, and wasabi tobiko. The ingredients were fresh and the sushi was much better than the typical restaurant sushi.
I also had the Pork Sarong, deep-fried noodle wrapped meatballs with cucumber salad and tamarind dipping sauce. The tamarind dipping sauce was what really made this stand out.
I also sampled the Tapioca Dumplings; filled with chicken, peanuts, and cilantro, drizzled with garlic oil. This also was very tasty.
I also had a taste of the rare grilled hawaiian ahi and the grilled squid skewers and these were also excellent.
The service was excellent and the wall murals added to the décor theme.
My only negative comment is that the dinner menu is somewhat pricey, but I have been told that the Happy Hour is much better for price and I plan to try the Happy Hour some time in the future.
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Swanky cocktails and delicious food
Not sure how you'd classify the food, but it has all been very good. Even better, though, are the drinks. They have an amazing cocktail list that's full of surprises that just demands experimentation. Great place to go before a dinner or stay there for the main course. It's just on the verge of Old Town and the Pearl, so you'll get an assortment of passers by if you dine/drink outside. Homeless, high-rollers, the hip and trendy. You'll find it all here.
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Saucebox was pretty cool
I went to happy hour with some friends the other day and we went to Saucebox. I'd never heard of it and it was my friend's b-day celebration so I jumped on board. The awesome part about it was that Happy Hour goes until 6:30 and they have some really good food. The beer selection was pretty tight and in general it was pretty solid.
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Yummy Summer Cocktails
Saucebox is one of my favorite places for a summer cocktail outside. It's fun to sit outside on a nice day and watch the interesting Broadway crowd. I'm a BIG fan of their shrimp tempura roll as well.
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