ringside steakhouse

excellent steak house. took the family there for a special occasion, my steak-loving son's birthday. we found the atmosphere to be just right and the service level was close to impeccable.. great suggestions and pacing was excellent. we always had something on the table but never felt rushed.

i had the bone-in ny steak which was one of the better steaks i've ever had. great flavor and cooked exactly to my specifications. theonionrings were good but not the be all & end all some folks claim. plus there were too many of them.

all in all, i would recommend ringside for special occasions when you're willing to drop some serious scratch. be prepared to spend at least $50/person plus alcohol.

we ate here last 1/24/2016. had to be the bestonionrings i had ever ever tasted. they were sliced really thin and nice and hot and crispy. i heated the leftovers in the oven the next day. the steak was awesomely tender and my husband i share the porter house. i almost put my face in the lobster mashed potatoes because they were so good. the pear sorbet was a great "finisher" to the meal. the waitress was really attentive and made sure our every need was met. a really expensive meal but worth every single penny!!

this was my last dinner in pdx. this place is great, we started off withonionrings and they are a must try. they had a new appetizer on the menu pork belly and tried it. it was great, it came with compressed watermelon and pear. next was the caesar salad and that was good. time for the main course, i get the same thing every time, filet mignon. the filet was awesome, nice and tender and great flavor. got the baked potato with it, i think i ate all the bacon before the potato got to the table. my friend got the ny strip and swapped bites, filet won hands down. for desert i go the chocolate mouse, it had carmel corn and popcorn ice cream. the ambiance was nice and service was impeccable.

friday 4/3/2015 dinner. this was our first time at the ringside and won't be our last!
robert and the waitstaff were outstanding and very knowledgeable on the wine selection. food preparation from salads to entrees were perfect. also had to try the keylime pie and toffee for dessert. can't go wrong with anything on the menu here.
the only regret was not trying theonionrings.

valet service is well attended and fast!

prime meal and service with nostalgia. this was what nice restaurants used to be like before all the nouvelle cuisine nonsense. back when a steak house was the prime cuisine.
having gone here for at least 35 years we still come back for classic favorites. we always start with a small order of friedonionrings, ample for two and probably the best served anywhere. something that you would never bother cooking at home, even if you could duplicate the results.
our main meal is usually the outstanding prime rib, it just doesn't get better than that.
tuxedoed professional servers put other restaurants to shame. you just wish some customers would have the manners to dress appropriately. to our neighbors in the next booth: don't show up in bermuda shorts.
from salad to dessert everything here is excellent.


-----05 apr, 2012-----

welcome back. it has been several years since our last visit to the original burnside ringside. de ja vu and welcome back. they remodeled but we couldn't tell. the menu remains as it has been all the 35 years we have been going to this and the second location.
decadent friedonionrings are the best anywhere and you must order these, but a small portion is plenty for two. prime rib, small cut, is outstanding and ample. salads are classic and not politically correct fragile little foreign lettuces. iceberg or caesar salads like you parents used to order are standard.
waiters in tuxedos who are well trained, efficient and don't intrude add elegance to dining.

snooty and inept service, food nothing great. waiter screwed up the order and chided us for using the wrong plates for the bread andonionrings!

my steak was the 18 ounce aged new york bone. ive had better. the steak was ok but no that flavorful and hard to cut, not tender . for 60 bucks im sure i could get a better steak in this town.

but the waiter was the worst part. he kept bragging about having worked there for 38 years. like we were supposed to kiss his ass for carrying food to our table. and then he gets the soup and salad order switched between our table and the next. maybe the old fruit should pack it in or not be such a jackass.

i hadn't been to ringside burnside since the re-opening. the inside was updated but kind of the same. sameonionrings which are fine. but i dont like being treated like crap and then given food that isnt top notch. there are other restaurants in town if the ringside isnt special anymore.

disappointing..... went back to ringside last night after a few years away and was pretty disappointed. theonionrings were the best thing we ordered. the lobster bisque tasted as though the roux had been slightly burnt and the rib-eye steak had a lot of gristle and was certainly over the requested medium-rare. we won't be returning....kind of disappointed by that as well as i had such high hopes that i would like it as i did before.

classic steakhouse. dark wood, large drinks,onionrings, baked potato. love the remodeled place, but i liked the old place. service is excellent. the kobe filet was delicious. graciously took back a turned wine and agreed that it was turned. complimentary dessert for wifes birthday. an institution.

this past sunday evening i ordered $100.00 worth of ringside food to go. we ordered their prime rib & king salmon dinners. it was also an absolute must with an order of their famousonionrings. my husbands prime rib was terrible & my king salmon was tasteless & dry. my last cut of copper river salmon i purchased at my local fred meyer seafood counter was better tasting than this! and yes i am keeping in mind that our order was "to go"& has the potential to possibly lose flavor because of this, but i suggest that maybe ringside take a few lessons from applebees, because their food far exceeds ringside at this point. o and thank goodness the waitress chased my husband out in the parking lot with our order ofonionrings they had forgotten because they were the only part of our dinner i can give a thumbs up to! the remodel is nice but they now need to focus on getting some talent in the kitchen, nostalgia in this economy won't keep the doors open!!!cheers!

one of my favorites. i have been here about four times, never disappointed. the atmosphere and food are excellent. the steaks are big and cooked exactly how you request. start off with a dry martini andonionrings and you can't go wrong.

fantastic dinner greatonionrings best i've ever had superb!!!!!!!!! chris

i've been a regular at the ringside for a few years now, which means i'm still the new kid in "ringside years". i like good steaks. good steaks as in juicy prime cuts, perfectly cooked with none of the crap other places pile on to cover up lower quality. ringside fits th bill! don't miss theonionrings or the baby wedge, order a great bottle of wine from a reasonably priced list and settle in. not cheap, but the best steakhouse value in town.