Food is always fantastic. This is actually the best steak house in Portland in my opinion. Excellent cuts, dry aged, and always cooked perfectly. The service is always always friendly and good. Yonathan is the best server we've had there!
February 2024
Overpriced for what he was. Trout wasn't special. Charcuterie board was lack luster. Steak, drinks and Mac and cheese were fantastic. However- it seemed as if I was paying more for ambiance than food quality.
February 2024
Situated in a huge atrium within the Nines hotel. Food is always great there with a huge selection of scotch.
In a world of white tablecloths and subtle snobbery, we’re doing something rare: being real. We’re less steak and more house. Our house – and yours. Urban Farmer was founded on the idea that combining responsibly sourced food, high-quality ingredients and down-to-earth values would create a new kind of steakhouse, where people could create memories and communities could thrive.
Other Information
Parking: Street, Valet
Attire: Casual
Cuisines: Family Style, American, Take Out, Steakhouse
Alcohol: Full Bar
Best for Farm to Table Because: Urban Farmer's menu honors locally sourced ingredients from some of the Northwest's finest eco-friendly producers.
Best for Steakhouses Because: Urban Farmer is a sustainable steakhouse in downtown Portland, Oregon.
Housed in an open courtyard in the middle of the posh The Nines hotel with "walls" of leather-bound books, jars of pickled produce, and a field of wheat grass, this expansive restaurant is reached via an elevator whisking diners to a farm-like setting. The kitchen's purveyors earn prominent placement on the menu, and pleasant servers can and will discuss each one like beloved relatives. The offerings, however, center around grass-fed steak, along with appealing sides that don't stray far from the steakhouse norm: creamed spinach, roasted foraged mushrooms, a fingerling potato tart. There are a few seafood and poultry alternatives for non-carnivores. Lunch presents more choices from the farm, but still in fairly standard preparations. Three types of basic salads --- Caesar, kale, and garden-variety greens --- may be enhanced with proteins such as flat-iron steak, wild salmon or maitake mushrooms. Desserts are comfort food classics such as Mud Pie and Rocky Road ice cream. Portland-brewed beers, Oregon varietals, and spirits from local distilleries are poured, as is a homemade moonshine aged on the premises. Enjoy brunch --- fried chicken and waffles with truffle honey perhaps? --- until 2 p.m. Happy hour offers sophisticated enticements such as oysters, lobster salad, meatballs and beef skewers to complement the attractive setting.
