Best of Citysearch 2011 Winner: Mexican
Best of Citysearch 2011 Winner: Date Spot

“Always jamming, go for the margaritas and stay for the creative Nuevo Latino cuisine.” - Zagat

“The place to eat while in Portland! - The New York Times

“The steamiest scene in town.” - Fortune Magazine
Winner of the Gerry Frank Golden Fork Award of Excellence

“Chef Scott Neuman of Oba in Portland, Oregon, is considered the “father of Nuevo Latino cuisine in the Pacific Northwest”.- Miami Eater

Restaurant of the Year: - Willamette Week

“Executive chef Scott Neuman’s fresh take on luxurious banana-and-cream-cheese malasadas (Portuguese doughnuts) is well worth loosening your belt for.” - Portland Monthly

“Oba continues to break ground in the creation of Nuevo Latino Cuisine” – Willamette Week

“The Nuevo Latino hot spot in the Pearl District”– The Oregonian

“In the Afro-Cuban religious practice known as Santería, the term oba refers to a spiritual king. There’s no question that executive chef Scott Neuman serves as the mighty oba of this sultry temple of Latin American and Caribbean cuisine.”– Portland Monthly

“Despite the odds, Oba’s attempt to adopt the flavors and ingredients from a host of American cuisines and create something original succeeds. To be sure, this isn’t authentic cultural cuisine, but it doesn’t pretend to be. Judging food against a standard of authenticity is a conceit mostly (and thankfully) limited to those of us who proclaim ourselves critics. To most of you who go out for a meal, there’s a most important question: Is the food any good? At Oba, the answer is yes…” - Jim Dixon’s Real Good Food