Jacqueline
Seafood restaurant · Hosford-Abernathy
2500 SE Clinton St, Portland, OR 97202
Highlights
Seasonal seafood & Wes Anderson-inspired bistro with $1 oysters
Seasonal seafood & Wes Anderson-inspired bistro with $1 oysters
"This Portland restaurant offers a fervent commitment to fresh seafood in a Wes Anderson-inspired bistro setting. The $1 oyster happy hour from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. draws in newcomers, but the inventive crudos and Dungeness crab toast — with generous hunks of crab, hollandaise, and chiles — will convert more than a few into regulars. The $90, family-style tasting menu is fairly priced, considering the range and execution of the dishes served. A full bar offers lively cocktails, a seafood-friendly wine list, and Rainier tall boys. Reservations can be made via Resy." - Ben Coleman
"For a taste of the Pacific Northwest — both its vegetables and its seafood — this Southeast Clinton restaurant doesn’t miss. The meal starts with raw dishes like juniper-cured salmon with green tomatoes or hamachi crudo swimming in a shallow pool of mam nem, followed by salads that show off the best of the current season, be it tomatoes and peaches with burrata or pears, or radicchio and fennel with Roquefort. From there, meals can head in a variety of directions, finishing off with a bowl of clams, crispy-fried pork ribs, or anything in between. Meals are $90 each, served family style. Make a reservation on Resy." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
"When Jacqueline opened on Southeast Clinton, it slowly became known as a Pacific Northwestern seafood restaurant, a place for $1 oysters and Dungeness crab toast. Both are still available at Jacqueline today — the former during happy hour, the latter on the dinner menu. However, this restaurant is far more than its blockbusters. Begin with a flurry of raw dishes, like hamachi crudo, matched with the caramelized char of grilled pickled pineapple and the salty fermented fish funk of mam nem. From there, lean into vegetables like marinated asparagus and morels paired with gooey burrata, or blistered sweet snap peas providing contrast to soft nettle-ricotta gnocchi. Or go for a seafood main like a cedar plank whole trout or smoked black cod in tea dashi. The restaurant’s family-style tasting menu, at $90 per person, is worth every cent." - Katherine Chew Hamilton
"Jacqueline is a Southeast Asian-inspired seafood restaurant that has relocated to a new location at 2500 SE Clinton Street. It originally struggled during the pandemic but has found new life and space thanks to the support of friends." - Paolo Bicchieri
"This homey and loosely nautical-themed Clinton seafood restaurant is anchored by oysters on the half shell and chef Derek Hanson’s well-executed seafood dishes, like squid ink udon with chanterelles and the Dungeness crab toast with hollandaise and Calabrian chiles. The $75 per person family-style tasting menu is a fun option for special occasion dinner, though for a first date, a round of $1 oysters at happy hour (5 p.m. to 6 p.m.) is a less intense vibe." - Katrina Yentch
