Headwaters At The Heathman

Wife booked us for the Russian tea. It was amazing. Completely blew my expectations out of the water. In addition to a pot of tea each, two people get to share an entire, multi-tiered dish with a ton of savory and sweet items. Great atmosphere as well, cozy middle room with bookshelves and stained glass, just beautiful. Highly recommend.

Chef Paley is, without a doubt, one of the most influential chefs in Portland’s culinary landscape. While Paley’s Place and Imperial are well established reference points in PDX, Headwaters seems to have trouble maintaining both focus and consistency in terms of their food and service. My anticipation and expectations were very high when the doors of Headwaters opened, but after 6+ visits, the restaurant has not secured a continuous place among the top seafood establishments in the city. This is a very generous 4-star rating, but we sincerely hope Headwaters will one day achieve the consistency and quality that Chef Paley typically delivers. B-/B

Happy hour is a great time to come here for appetizers. My wife and I ate here late after catching the Portland Opera. Some of the food was pricey but sharing two appetizers on happy hour prices was great. Interesting food combinations that you just don’t find everywhere and the ambiance of the place was just what we where looking for.

This place is FANCY! But luckily there is a bar and it’s pretty casual. We came here for dumpling week and this was our favorite batch of dumplings! It had a delicious curry sauce with spicy rockfish dumplings! Mhmmm so amazingly good!! We also got some bread to go with it and we even dipped it in the broth. Cool ambiance and even better dumplings!