RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR-Willamette Week

BEST RESTAURANT- Portland City Search

THE PLACE TO EAT WHILE IN PORTLAND"- New York Times

Zagat Surve
2005, Excellent rating, "Spice your night" with the "sumptuous" "Pan-Hispanic flavors" and "exotic drinks" at this "large", "always buzzing" Pearl District Nuevo Latino "scene" whose "gorgeous",
Colorfully "cosmopolitan" décor makes for "sizzling ambiance"

“The steamiest scene in town”, Fortune Magazine’


BEST DINING~MOST CREATIVE MENU~BEST DESIGN- Northwest Palate Readers' Poll

BEST PEARL RESTAURANT- Portland City Search

"RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR..., OBA CONTINUES TO BREAK GROUND IN THE CREATION OF NUEVO LATINO CUISINE..."-WILLAMETTE WEEK'S RESTAURANT GUIDE

BEST SEE AND BE SEEN RESTAURANT -portland.citysearch.com


"ALWAYS JAMMING...GO FOR THE MARGARITAS AND STAY FOR THE CREATIVE NUEVO LATINO CUISINE" Zagat

BEST MARGARITA- Portland City Search

Winner of the Gerry Frank Golden Fork Award of Excellence 2006

THE NUEVO LATINO HOT SPOT IN THE PEARL DISTRICT" -Karen Brooks,Restaurant critic,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