. "0"^^ . "I've been here 2x for brunch and 1x for dinner. As I've been here for dinner more recently, this review will mainly focus on that.\n\nI would categorize Portland Variety as your typical King West restaurant. Trendy with Instagram worthy dishes, but at a cost.\n\nDinner is tapas style, but I found the variety to be lacking. Not a lot to choose from on the menu and the prices were quite high. For example the shrimp piri piri came with 4 pieces of shrimp in sauce, a few pieces of bread and I think it was over $25. Dinner for two was $130 before tip with one drink each (one glass of wine, and one non-alcoholic drink) and 5 tapas dishes. Not worth it IMO.\n\nI find food to be mediocre to good depending on the dish, but have not had anything amazing. It gets very busy at brunch so come early or prepare to wait. Interestingly enough we weren't able to make a dinner reservation after 7pm on a Saturday, although when we arrived the restaurant was half empty and stayed that way.\n\nOur server for dinner wasn't very personable, but service was okay. Not great, but not horrible either. Our water glasses stayed topped up and our empty dishes were whisked away in a reasonable amount of time. Food does take a while to come out though. They inform you when you order that food will come out as its ready, so don't think you're going to get the salads first and the meats last but rather in a random order according to the kitchen.\n\nGiven the number of other restaurants in the area, I don't think Portland Variety stands out enough for me to come back again."^^ . . "3"^^ . "2016-09-19T00:00:00"^^ . . "0"^^ . "0"^^ .