Bistro Elysium — Restaurant in Portland

Hello, The Trekking Pawns here! We were looking for a good to-go place and found this gem! The person that took our order was very friendly and positive. The place was clean and comforting to sit in. The prices were reasonable and our order was quickly taken. The to-go packaging was very nice and hip looking. The owners did a great job with presentation of their establishment. When we got back to our room, the food still smelled amazing and we were very pleased with the food. The taste was great and the spice level was perfect. We got the chicken spicy basil fried rice and chicken drunken noodles. We did the second from highest spice level and it was great. I had a little left over noodles for the next day and it still tastes great! It is also located right off a train stop so it is an easy grab and go as well. Good find!...

Food is good but the portions are WAY too small. I hope the owners can get a place of their own so they can do more business for themselves and have the ability to serve larger portions. Ghost kitchens are a unique idea but unfortunately do not provide the freedom and capacity that a standalone restaurant would. Puts the restaurants at a disadvantage and they're designed for making money for the kitchen owner not the restaurants. I paid $16 for a small bao and 4 small chicken skewers. The food was great but not at all enough for $16 and for a 25-30 minute wait. Also, why is there a $.30 processing fee added on my order? The kitchen shouldn't be charging the customer for their transaction that's just so greedy and distasteful. If I were the restaurants I'd get out as soon...

Never been in person but have ordered their food dozens of times and it never disappoints. I'm surprised tbh, I wouldn't expect a fusion restaurant to be as accurate with their dishes as they are but every time I've been impressed.

Also for the reviews saying the portions are too small, idk what they're talking about. More times than not me and everyone else I know ends up with a little left over. I feel like maybe those reviews are looking for american style, black bear diner portions.

Favorite dishes: JPN tofu curry, apple curry, banana honey rolls (these...