We came to Nick's expecting to experience some exceptional food. Instead what we received was very bland and uninspiring. I got the roast duck with fig sauce and my wife got the roast lamb. I could not detect any fig in the fig sauce--how do you hide fig?! There wasn't any sauce to speak of. Instead the duck sat in a watery fluid. The meat tasted boiled and flavorless. We are used to Japanese-style subtlety in flavoring, but there was no sublety or flavor. The cook looked to be about 19 years-old. I've never spent $100 on a meal that was so bland to make me angry. If you have money to throw away, it's OK. But if shell out a $100 meal about twice a year, there are many, many places to visit in Portland that won't make you so angry that you'll be complaining all the way home!
Pros: local wine list
Cons: , the food , the food
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