Restaurants near Lownsdale Square

Higgins is a regular in my rotation of Portland fine dining and farm-to-table restaurants. Excellent food, service, bar, everything. Never a disappointment, although the crab and bay shrimp cakes were not great, but good enough and ate them all. Duck, pasta, beets, on tonight's menu were excellent. Highly recommended.

We had the Peking duck experience, as December is Duck Month at Departure. The duck was beautifully presented before the final stage of cooking to crisp the skin and apply the final layer of glaze. The meal consisted of duck bone broth, the Peking duck with thin pancakes, cucumbers, green onions, hoisin sauce, pickled cumquats, duck fried rice, and duck fat ice cream with sesame brittle and berry sauce. The meal was delicious. There is a huge sale list, but we opted for the Lillet All Day and 75-ish cocktails. A glass of Domaine du Petit Bonhomme went perfectly with the duck. Our server, Hailey, was great.

Dinner was great and our server Lily was awesome. Way too loud. Large group tables made it hard to have a conversation. They recognized the noise level and moved us without us asking, which was nice.

Very great service and friendly staff happy to serve you. High quality meats all very delicious!

Our server was amazing. Every single worker was so friendly and so helpful the entire experience. It was a fun night and we could not be happier with how our dinner/birthday celebration went.