Reviews for SHO | Japanese Restaurant in Portland, OR

While the fish is pretty fresh the fish to rice rations are pathetic. I ordered the lunch sushi combo a few months ago and it... was great. Ordered again today and it's all rice with the tiniest amount of fish imaginable. Is this a joke? I've never seensushi prepared like this. Skimping and robbing people of their money at its finest. Will not be ordering here again unless thischanges. $25 for a box half filled with rice. Read more

Yoo! This place is now on the top of my list for sushi and drinks. I love that they have weekly specials, a very nice bar and... variety of selections. It got busy very fast but the service was still great. You can go here for sushi, udon, ramen and drinksand alot of other dishes. I especially love the seafood ramen ???? 10/10 would go here again. Read more

My husband and I loved this place! We were passing through and had dinner here. I ordered the rainbow roll [picture below] and... for appetizer we got the seafood dynamite (which was super creamy and delicious on a small cast iron). Probably the bestscallops I've had along with a good amount of shrimps and mushrooms/onion mix. My husband ordered the katzu Dom (not sure if Ispelled that right). The portion was very generous and delicious! I ordered the maidens milk- for a drink and it was prettystrong (worth it). We sat at the bar because it was a full house. I love this place, if I'm in the are again, we will comeback! The staff was incredibly inviting and kind. Read more

Very disappointed in the quality. In laws were in town and wanted sushi. We just finished the Japanese garden and I was... initially drawn to the high reviews for this place. A few things to note: We came in right at 4pm (opening) and we were satimmediately. And although there werent much traffic in the restaurant, I felt our service was kind of slow. But she wasfriendly. They have a very extensive bar and a sake menu. This was my favorite part about the restaurant. I had a housecocktail called the beast and it wasn't overly sweet nor bitter. Just the right mix of ingredients. We ordered a mixed tempuraand saba for our appetizers. In laws loved the saba. Then we ordered 3 rolls and some nigiris. Rolls that we ordered was dragonand Asahi. And one more that I forgot. Nigiris ordered was - scallop, king salmon, fatty tuna, saba and tobiko. Severalthings: * The menu offered omakase. But the when we asked for fresh Wasabi our server stated they do not have it. Which is oddbecause fresh Wasabi is often served with omakase. But this wasn't a big deal to us, I just found it strange. * Fish wasn'tthat fresh and rice didn't seem to have a good texture. It was filling but it felt very off balance. Nothing was impressionableabout the rolls or nigiris to us. Maybe except the fatty tuna fish itself. But the rice was undercooked and falling apart, maybenot enough vinegar. * They do not have quail eggs. This wasn't a big deal to me but it was surprising to see they didn't havethis. * tempura ice cream was nothing special Not that it matters but presentation wasn't that great. We wanted to try a newsushi restaurant in town but was very disappointed in the quality of the fish and rice. We do want to give this place anotherchance. Maybe we came on a bad day. Read more

The tonkatsu is crispy. The ramen is reportedly delicious. The size of the sashimi is relatively small. The salad is nice.

Wow. I didn't expect the quality coming out of here! Everything was very tasty. The black garlic ramen was the best I've had in... a long time. The fish was excellent and on a short list of local sushi restaurants where I truly love the nigiri. I can't waitto go back. Read more

Very fresh! And although the sushi selection wasn?t very large they had some unique parings. My wife and I decided to come here... for her birthday and we were not disappointed. I ordered tuna (yellowfin) and salmon sashimi and my wife got a roll. The staffwas friendly and welcoming. But what really did it for me was the presentation and the freshness of the fish. We will certainlybe back Read more

The butter fish miso was super soft and delicious. Butter tonkatsu ramen was great too. The wait wasn't too long and the... bathrooms were very clean. Tempura was a bit of a let down, one of them was just a slice of onion that had been deep fried intotempura. Read more