Departure Restaurant + Lounge

Floating atop the landmark Meier & Frank Building on the 15th floor of downtown Portlands Nines Hotel, Departure Restaurant features modern, accessible Asian cuisine using traditional techniques from the Far East created by renowned chef Gregory Gourdet. The menu captivates diners with its masterful remix of authentic coastal cuisine from street food-style starters and contemporary classics to kushiyaki specialties and market-fresh sushi - embracing the bounty of the Pacific Northwest yet delivering the fiery flavors of the Far East. In a space with design as daring as its cuisine, Departure is Portlands one-of-a-kind, sky-high retreat for quick bites, leisurely dining, or an evening of killer cocktails. Guests are whisked to the 15th floor rooftop of the Nines Hotel and immediately enter through the barnacle low ceiling entrance to the main dining room, an intimate space with a teak-clad bar situated below a 65-foot long windshield skylight. A wooden smokestack-shaped structure...