I ordered a pick-up from Google map yesterday. When I got there there was many people so I could not reach out to any staffs. Turned out to pick up my order without letting any staffs know but I guess it’s normal for such a busy restaurant. Ate at a table outside the restaurant and really enjoyed the cool weather. The pork katsu sandwich tasted great. The fries with curry tasted good at first but just OK as time went by. Want to try other sandwiches when I come to Portland again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Pork Katsu Sandwich
A A
Loved each one and teested great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jennifer Wang
Tofu katsu sandwich really hits the spot
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Heather Rubicam
SO yummy! Loved it. I will be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
John Lee
Been here a couple times (so far) and yeah the food is solid (and reasonably priced), but what's really stood out both times is the service. I don't remember the first guy's name but he was great. The second time, Paige was very helpful and had all the answers to my questions. Definitely gonna be going back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
camille liggins
great curry! The ebi-fry were very tender on the inside and crispy on the outside. the picked cabbage was great and the fukujinzuke was traditional and good too. would get again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nathaniel “Nate” Smith
Finally, a place that has a healthy, affordable, (extremely) tasty curry for breakfast. Screw those American diners, offer real food like Tanaka—otherwise, I’m eating at Tanaka each week.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
smoll nerd
Not worth the money. Ordered through uber and not only did they get my order wrong but they gave me matcha cookies because they were out of donuts. Matcha does not belong in cookies so they weren’t even good lol
Food: 2
N W
This is my favorite eatery in Downtown Portland. I tried breakfast/brunch and lunch.
I loved my Breakfast Sando. The sausage patty quality is good. It worked very well with the Milk Bread and egg.
The pulled pork was ok.
The curry ball was ok as well.
However, their fries and curry are exceptional here.
Street parking Outdoor seating area available
A loaf of 5pieces milk bread is available for purchase.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Melissa
We had an okay experience in September 2024, but we revisited in April 2025 and had a good experience! Updating the review with most recent experience as of 04/2025:
We got the Katsu Curry, a Matcha Latte, Katsu Sando, and an Ube Cream Filled Donut.
Even though it feels like this is primarily a Katsu Sando place, don’t sleep on the curry!! For the price (I think it was $11?), the Katsu Curry was unexpectedly good. Katsu was moist and crunch, curry had good flavor, good portion of rice and salad.
The Katsu Sando was alright, I feel like Tokyo Sando still has them beat.
The egg salad and the ube cream filled donut were also my favorites!! The egg salad has some horseradish so it has a bit of a kick. The ube cream was nice and light, and the bread was a good texture too.
The floor layout felt a bit awkward—the line starts against the left wall, and there’s a lot of seating in between the entrance and the wall, so it feels like we have to go around this huge table to order or look at the pastries. There’s not really a space for people to wait around when thinking about what to order, so it feels awkward if you don’t know what you want immediately. If you want a pastry, you have to look through the glass, but that’s also where the line is, so looking through the glass also blocks the line. Since there’s never a crowd when we go, it’s fine, but I can imagine if there’s a long line or multiple large groups, things could get chaotic fast.
Service was friendly and fast. The place was pretty spacious and had lots of seats. My previous and current complaint is that the music is still uncomfortably loud in there, so it felt difficult to chill in there while and after eating. I can’t imagine people studying or hanging out here for long.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Bread Pudding, Matcha White Chocolate Cookie
They really upped their game recently. I plan on coming here weekly now. I love getting the potato korokke miso sandwich! Their fries are a nice treat as well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jamie Addy-Houser
Delicious sandwiches, ample seating, great service. Fries were also good, loved the dipping sauce
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
xu yan
More than wonderful! Wonderful food and services! Would definitely come back again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Liuyi Zhu
Don’t like the soup/espresso pudding, but nice service and good strawberry sando
Stephen Hullender
The atmosphere is very clean and comfortable, also when you enter the smell of Japanese curry hits pleasantly. The sandwich and fries were good (ordered Katsu sandwich), the cutlet was tender and the sauce went really well with it too. Fries were decent imo. Good selection of drinks also. If you're looking for somewhere quick and easy this is a good place to try.
I ordered a pick-up from Google map yesterday. When I got there there was many people so I could not reach out to any staffs. Turned out to pick up my order without letting any staffs know but I guess it’s normal for such a busy restaurant. Ate at a table outside the restaurant and really enjoyed the cool weather. The pork katsu sandwich tasted great. The fries with curry tasted good at first but just OK as time went by. Want to try other sandwiches when I come to Portland again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Pork Katsu Sandwich
Loved each one and teested great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tofu katsu sandwich really hits the spot
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
SO yummy! Loved it. I will be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Been here a couple times (so far) and yeah the food is solid (and reasonably priced), but what's really stood out both times is the service. I don't remember the first guy's name but he was great. The second time, Paige was very helpful and had all the answers to my questions. Definitely gonna be going back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
great curry! The ebi-fry were very tender on the inside and crispy on the outside. the picked cabbage was great and the fukujinzuke was traditional and good too. would get again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Finally, a place that has a healthy, affordable, (extremely) tasty curry for breakfast. Screw those American diners, offer real food like Tanaka—otherwise, I’m eating at Tanaka each week.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Not worth the money. Ordered through uber and not only did they get my order wrong but they gave me matcha cookies because they were out of donuts. Matcha does not belong in cookies so they weren’t even good lol
Food: 2
This is my favorite eatery in Downtown Portland. I tried breakfast/brunch and lunch.
I loved my Breakfast Sando. The sausage patty quality is good. It worked very well with the Milk Bread and egg.
The pulled pork was ok.
The curry ball was ok as well.
However, their fries and curry are exceptional here.
Street parking
Outdoor seating area available
A loaf of 5pieces milk bread is available for purchase.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We had an okay experience in September 2024, but we revisited in April 2025 and had a good experience! Updating the review with most recent experience as of 04/2025:
We got the Katsu Curry, a Matcha Latte, Katsu Sando, and an Ube Cream Filled Donut.
Even though it feels like this is primarily a Katsu Sando place, don’t sleep on the curry!! For the price (I think it was $11?), the Katsu Curry was unexpectedly good. Katsu was moist and crunch, curry had good flavor, good portion of rice and salad.
The Katsu Sando was alright, I feel like Tokyo Sando still has them beat.
The egg salad and the ube cream filled donut were also my favorites!! The egg salad has some horseradish so it has a bit of a kick. The ube cream was nice and light, and the bread was a good texture too.
The floor layout felt a bit awkward—the line starts against the left wall, and there’s a lot of seating in between the entrance and the wall, so it feels like we have to go around this huge table to order or look at the pastries. There’s not really a space for people to wait around when thinking about what to order, so it feels awkward if you don’t know what you want immediately. If you want a pastry, you have to look through the glass, but that’s also where the line is, so looking through the glass also blocks the line. Since there’s never a crowd when we go, it’s fine, but I can imagine if there’s a long line or multiple large groups, things could get chaotic fast.
Service was friendly and fast. The place was pretty spacious and had lots of seats. My previous and current complaint is that the music is still uncomfortably loud in there, so it felt difficult to chill in there while and after eating. I can’t imagine people studying or hanging out here for long.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Bread Pudding, Matcha White Chocolate Cookie
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They really upped their game recently. I plan on coming here weekly now. I love getting the potato korokke miso sandwich! Their fries are a nice treat as well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delicious sandwiches, ample seating, great service. Fries were also good, loved the dipping sauce
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
More than wonderful! Wonderful food and services! Would definitely come back again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Don’t like the soup/espresso pudding, but nice service and good strawberry sando
The atmosphere is very clean and comfortable, also when you enter the smell of Japanese curry hits pleasantly.
The sandwich and fries were good (ordered Katsu sandwich), the cutlet was tender and the sauce went really well with it too. Fries were decent imo. Good selection of drinks also. If you're looking for somewhere quick and easy this is a good place to try.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pork Katsu Sandwich
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