The Honey Paw

“Really, really good! I’m so glad we came. I had the papaya salad, the tom kha mussles (with lobster!), the fried chicken and the honey soft serve ice cream. All delicious. The vibe was amazing too today Monday with the DJ. 100 points for The Honey Paw!”

“The Honey Paw was a treat! I got the Mapo Doufu which was HUGE; I was able to take home enough for another meal. It was bursting with flavor and my favorite part was actually the melt in your mouth onions. Definitely save room for dessert! The earl grey ice cream was very well-balanced and the perfect treat for a warm day. I went pretty early on a Saturday and was seated and served right away. I highly recommend The Honey Paw.”

“Honey Paw is the type of place that’s different enough that you feel like you’re trying something different while at the same time familiar enough that at family or friends home. For example the interior seating is like sitting around the kitchen island at someone’s home while the rest of the seating is like a ramen bar or maybe your breakfast nook, outside is maybe a bit more conventional tables and chairs. All that adds to the feel of something both different and familiar. The wait staff are effective, efficient and personable, it doesn’t get better. The food, the star, is again that mix of familiar and wow, that’s different! In my photo is one of the specials, a fried eggplant (which I’m not a huge fan of) prepared as ‘General Tso’ which I am a fan of. I was not disappointed, it was excellent! It’s hard to cook eggplant right and with the bold spicy flavor it could have just been a mushy mess. That it was both crispy and soft in the center, that the spice came on fast but didn’t stay too long on the tongue, well it had me. I tried my wife’s and son’s food and it was excellent too. But I wanted to focus on my dish because if you can nail this… everything else is a walk in the park.”

“If you have the chance to go here, do it. This was easily one of the best restaurants I’ve been to. The vibe is super cool, but the food completely steals the show. I’ll be dreaming about the wings forever. We also ordered one of the specials and the mee goreng, and both were absolutely incredible. We’re only in town for a few days and usually never repeat restaurants when we travel, but we’ll definitely be back to try more of the menu. Only got a picture of our starter - because the others were too delicious to stop and take a picture of it!”

“I have to admit that I have always wrote off The Honey Paw. I feel bad admitting this, but there's so many places in Portland and the one time I had been in there before for a cocktail and desert I wasn't impressed. We went in last night with a large group - I started the night a bit skeptical (kind of forcing my mind to be open because people in the group were saying good things)! The restaurant was lively and the staff were friendly, throughout. As the food began to come out, I could feel myself converting into a Honeypaw fan... The starters ordered and shared by the group were all very flavorful. The range of flavors was making me more and more intrigued with every new starter dish. When we got our "entrees", I fully converted!! The rare beef salad was one of the more intriguing dishes I've had in a while and reminded me of one of my favorite dishes from my favorite restaurant. The Khao Soi was also a great choice, the broth carried an amazing flavor through every bite - I want to try other things on the menu but I will have a hard time not ordering this again upon my next trip! My one complaint was that the bar seemed to be two steps behind all night. I really enjoyed my first cocktail (it took forever to get to me but was delicious) and I wanted to try a second one.... Sadly the second one that I ordered never arrived.”