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Get Bento - CLOSED
Category: Restaurants Restaurants [Edit]
505 NW 14th AvePortland, OR 97255
Neighborhood: Pearl District
(503) 274-2368
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
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10 reviews for Get Bento
10 reviews in English
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Review from Angela B.
San Diego, CA
6/23/2007 1 photo
This place is brand spankin' new and totally frickin' cool for a quick stop for fresh grilled bento in NW Portland. And the best part...drum roll please...they have off-street parking...that never happens in this part of NW!
Drive up for a quick bite to go, or stay for a while and eat lunch at one of the outdoor picnic tables. Get Bento has 4 kebabs to choose from and a 5th kebab (salmon) that isn't on the menu and only shows up on Friday. Prices range from $5.50 to $8.00 for a fresh grilled organic lunch...yummy and cheap! -
Review from Chrissy S.
Auburn, AL
3/1/2008
YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!
(no not you, dear sweet Yelper. Did i mention how lovely you look today?)
I hate Get Bento. It is one of those places that I TRY to like over and over again and i am DISAPPOINTED over and over again.
it's pretty expensive for Bento.
it's covered in some mystery sauce (teriaki?) that tastes like anus.
i'm not sure the beef is really beef. i HAVE seen a lot of dogs hanging out outside that place though. ;)
i ALWAYS get a stomach ache after.
to sum up...NO.
DON'T Get Bento.
Get Something Else.
Anything Else. -
Review from rick r.
7/22/2008
man, I'd hoped for better. It wasn't bad. It just wasn't...much. The sauce was sticky, the chicken was boring, the veggies were unexciting. The rice (brown) was fine. It was expensive. $7 (plus tip) for a tiny-ass bento boat? Ouch. I know I'm sitting in the pearl district, but I need some grub!
When I think of bento, I think inexpensive and I think decent portions. You'd better have at least one of the two. If you're curious what I'm referring to, checkout Du's Grill (Sandy)...I'd say the gold standard.
The soy sauce was empty too, but there wasn't enough food to bother asking for more. -
Review from Ryan N.
Portland, OR
9/20/2007
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Huh? Wha? Oh...
Sorry about that. I must have dozed off. My boring bento lunch from Get Bento just put me to sleep. It wasn't terribly bad- just uninteresting. The grilled veggies were ok I guess. (Yaaaaawwwn)
What was I dreaming about just now? Well, funny you ask. I was dreaming of all the ways I could have spent the seven dollars that I just wasted. Now if you'll (yawn) excuse me. I am veryzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.Listed in: Oops! Forgot to take my…
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Review from Greg R.
Portland, OR
10/25/2007
Maybe Bento just isn't my thing, however, I was not thoroughly impressed...ordered a chicken bento, lots of rice, not so much chicken.
Pros-
It's a block from my work. You can catch a city WIFI signal for either your laptop or PDA. A cute girl works there in the afternoon. Outside seating too. The meats I think were all organic. New establishment to the Pearl.
Cons-
Who wants to pay $8.00 for a stupid bento??? Limited menu...wait, isn't bento supposed to be simple...? -
Review from F. B.
Portland, OR
12/1/2008
Disappointing and bland.
In what appears to be an old service station building, the interior shows signs of a haphazard conversion into a restaurant, which adds a little character but mainly just looks unprofessional.
Had never heard of the "temp-eh" (apparently some sort of miso-esque tofu concoction from a local place in Hood River?) and wanted to try it, but they had run out, failed to receive a fresh shipment, et cetera. Genial counter-dude suggested the veggies, which came in two skewers, liberally squirted with sweet red chili sauce (Trader Joe's? pretty much) over rice.
The vegetables, though scoring points for being nominally organic, didn't especially taste very good, as if they lacked seasoning. The presentation reminded me of West Coast Bento but certainly not the taste or price -- damn expensive!
Dropped in on a whim and with an appreciation for the clever logo, won't be going back. -
Review from Sasha R.
5/10/2007
I've only eaten here once, but it's one of those places that you could just tell was consistently good.
This is a place that is housed in what looks to be a converted service station, which makes it even cooler. They offer four staple kebabs,veggie, temp-eh, chicken and beef, and all of their food is organic and local.
They make their bento blends right in front of your eyes on a grill outside, positioned where the gas once stood, and the woman who runs it has been there the many times I've walked by.
It holds some of Portland's finest ingredients-local, independently run and fun all under one roof and I'm totally into it! Go- get bento -
Review from ben c.
Portland, OR
9/5/2008
This is the first time I have ever written one of these "review" things.
THIS PLACE SUCKS
1. overpriced (7$ for chicken and rice)
2. the chicken was terrible: chewy and covered in a sweet boring brown sauce
3. weird vibe: like they didn't want me in there.
awful awful AWFUL -
Review from Andrew C.
West Hollywood, CA
11/2/2007
I was excited that a bento shop opened in the Pearl, but after trying this place, I'll keep looking.
Parking completely sucked, the prices were steep and the food just plain sucked. No sauce choices, everything drowned in teriyaki. The tiny chicken pieces were hack dry and bland. Really disappointed. The two GLOWING reviews were obviously planted to boost the rating. I'll keep going to Rice Junkies downtown. -
Review from Cory t.
Portland, OR
3/12/2009
out of business!!
