Chochu Local ISLAND BBQ — Restaurant in Portland

So you like BBQ? Curious enough to read some reviews here. Perhaps you're standing now amongst the many delightful options on in this food court.

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The tender morsels that are being flame grilled by real mesquite charcoal are calling to you for a reason. You want this.

I did. I do.

I dont know the secrets here, but they must have them. There is not a more tender piece of grilled meat in Portland. The BBQ meat is that sweet crispy flamed grilled outside with that butter melt in your mouth inner meat.

The flavors here are all fantastic and best combined. Don't just do the grilled meat, though you would be happy enough if you did. Give your taste buds the island celebration. The sides are bright with nice acid and wanted to all be paired together.

We had the BBQ Chicken plate that was elevated by pairing with the Octopus Kalaguen, think ceviche, lime acid and a side of the titiyas.

The coconut rice could be a main dish and plays well with the grilled chicken and whatever that sauce is, bright nice salt with a little heat.

We also tried the empanada, made fresh. Crackling hot from the fryer, with a beautifully blended filling of chicken and sweet potato.

The food here is a celebration of Mariana Island flavors, with tables right by the grill, even on cold fogy Portland days you can feel the warmth and hear the waves. The people here love what they do and...

O.M.G.!!!!! I found THEE spot for some of the BEST BBQ I've ever had!!

Chochu Local Island BBQ has some of the best bbq pork 🐖 belly and bbq chicken!! 🐔

So freaking good!😄They also serve some incredibly tasty rice with chilli sauce and healthy dark green leafy salad mixture with an amazing dressing to go with! 😃

If I am ever around the area again visiting the Cosmic Monkey comic book shop or whatever, I WILL ABSOLUTELY be coming here to eat again 😋 WOW! Mike, you've earned one of my 1,000 star 🌟 reviews!! Keep up the excellent work!🤙👏💯×💯

Update Stopped back in while visiting my cousin and this time I tried the Fiesta 3 protein meal with pork belly, BBQ chicken and ribs 😋 So AMAZING!!! I'll say this again... This has to be some of the best BBQ I've ever had and I plan on coming back each time I'm down this way!! My goodness, the pork belly is out of this world!!! 🤩🤙Thank you again Mike! And Joy was such a delight and provided great service ✌️ We also tried the Latiya dessert which was also...

We’ve never had Guam food before so we decided to make this our final meal before leaving Portland. That was a mistake because my husband will need to drag me out of this city to take me back on our flight tomorrow because I can’t believe we didn’t find this place earlier so I could eat everything off this menu. We ordered the empanada, lumpia, pork belly platter, and fiesta platter with chicken and ribs. Everything was outstanding from the sauces to even the salad dressing. Perfectly smoked and well portioned. You HAVE to stop by this place if you have the time and want to start off your Portland trip well. Plenty of parking out in the back and food comes out quick. The service was impeccable, with the owner(?) being super nice to make us some lumpia even though it was sold out and explaining the dishes to us! I’m going to miss this place so much and will absolutely plan to come back when I’m in...