Willamette Week’s Best Restaurant Guide: Our Top 100 Favorite Restaurants
By steven francisco on October 19, 2011"The menu is almost mind-bogglingly extensive, ranging from delectable snacks like salt-cod croquettes and garlic-spiked taro fritters, to traditional Cuban sandwiches like adobo marinated pork with salsa, to massively filling dishes like ajiaco, a stew of pork and beef, corn, dumplings, and tropical tubers...."
New York Times: Travel-About Food
By steven francisco on December 17, 2010“Locals know that you can drive by Pambiche any night of the week and find it packed..."
The Oregonian’s A&E: Warm Up, Chow Down
By steven francisco on December 17, 2010"From yuca and fritters to robust stews and giant gulf shrimp in fiery red sauce, the food lives up to the carnival surroundings.”
Portland Tribune 2005 Guide To Where Portland Eats
By steven francisco on December 17, 2010"..If, by some miracle you’ve still got room left for something sweet, prepare to sin on a large scale..."
Portland Monthly Magazine: Winner Chef’s Choice Award
By steven francisco on December 17, 2010Chef’s Choice Award Best Latin American-Cuban 2004, 2005
Willamette Week’s “Restaurant of the Year 2002”
By steven francisco on December 17, 2010…The pre-Castro-sized portions are enough to make anyone question the indulgences of a free-market society, but the beyond-reasonable prices for many of the dishes put the shine on capitalism…”
Mexicana de Aviacion
By steven francisco on December 17, 2010‘’… Uno de los mejores restaurants de Portland, El Pambiche...”
The Oregonian’s A&E: Feeling Sweet on Cuban Coffee
By steven francisco on December 17, 2010“… Pambiche’s cuban coffee is the requisite first ritual of the morning..."
American Heritage Magazine
By steven francisco on December 17, 2010“…A surprisingly authentic, always packed, and deeply wonderful Cuban joint…”
A&E Restaurant Guide 2001
By steven francisco on December 17, 2010… The postres –or desserts at Pambiche are an embarrassment of richness, mingling traditional Latin American dishes such as flan and rice pudding with original Pambiche postres creations."
The Hispanic News: “El Arte del Buen Comer”
By steven francisco on December 17, 2010“...Pambiche, tiene sus muros saturados con color y cultura. Arte de Cuba y de México generan estimulos para los ojos en la compania de los frutos traidos por los estandares culinarios cubanos tales como empanadas, maduros, y deliciosos y creativos postres...”
Willamette Week’s Restaurant Guide 2001: Our Top 100 Favorite Restaurants
By steven francisco on December 17, 2010“A trip to Pambiche can mine the depths of one’s sensory fields. Cross the threshold and you are instantly steeped in Latin rhythms, vibrant hues, piqued aromas. But it is after you are seated, nestled with familial coziness, that the final sweep occurs, as plates of earthy orchestrations stir one’s yearning for “BIG”
The Pambiche Gift Card
Give the gift of Cuban cuisine with one of our gift cards. They can be used for anything
at Pambiche, just like a credit card.
We'll ship it anywhere you like, no charge.
