Northern Lantern House Labs

Portland, OR

Kachka

Portland Soviet-inspired dining room spanning counter lunch, happy hour, and reservation dinner service.

Read from

kachkapdx.com

Three pages, all on their own domain.

Last official read 5 August 2026. A later corpus refresh is not a new read of this page.

Never stated

3 things the restaurant has not put in writing

Live availability; detailed step-free route and restroom configuration; individual allergy and cross-contact suitability.

A blank means nobody said it; it never means we filled it in.

Two of the restaurant's own pages disagree. Both claims are kept; neither is quietly dropped.

Portland, ORConflicting official informationAllergen practice publishedBest recorded use: Group dining

Tonight at Kachka

What Deep Dish knows

Kitchen
Eastern European
Format
counter service
Spend
Moderate planning band
Booking
Lunch is walk-in-only counter service.
Menu
Published on kachkapdx.com
Source
kachkapdx.com
Allergen practice published3 fields never stated

What do you need?

Dietary

Before you order

Allergen practice published

The restaurant has written something down about allergens or cross-contact, and it is quoted below in their words. Nobody here has watched their kitchen, so treat it as the claim it is and confirm anything a diner at your table cannot be wrong about.

Menus identify some vegetarian dishes, but many preparations contain allergens even when not listed.
The restaurant’s own words, from the dietaryDetails field

None of this is an allergen guarantee. Deep Dish records what a restaurant published and when it was read, and verifies nothing about a kitchen.

Kachka's logo: a stylised orange and blue bird facing left, on black.
Restaurant's own logo · 2026-08-31

Restaurant's own logo · 2026-08-31

Why go

Portland Soviet-inspired dining room spanning counter lunch, happy hour, and reservation dinner service.

No signature dish is named on the restaurant's own pages. Format on file: counter service.

Private or semi-private path is on file.

Before you book

Why go, what to order, what it costs, what the room is like, whether it fits tonight, and what you still need to confirm. Where an answer says the restaurant has never stated it, that is their silence being reported, not a gap we intend to fill.

  1. 01Is the food actually good?

    On file

    The restaurant describes itself as Portland Soviet-inspired dining room spanning counter lunch, happy hour, and reservation dinner service. That is the restaurant's own description, not a review consensus. Deep Dish does not rank food quality from public reviews.

    Restaurant-owned description · not a quality verdict

  2. 02Is it worth the money?

    On file

    The current menu ranges from small plates and dumplings in the low teens through larger shared plates and premium caviar selections. That is the restaurant's published figure, not a value verdict.

    Restaurant-owned pricing

  3. 03What is the overall experience?

    On file

    Lively, convivial dining room built around shared zakuski, dumplings, vodka, and an intentionally celebratory pace. Diner-facing tags on file: intimate, casual, high energy.

    Restaurant-owned atmosphere + recorded bands

  4. 04What do other people think?

    Never stated

    Deep Dish does not collect diner reviews and does not rank rooms by them. What other people think is not a first-party field. Ask people you trust, or confirm with the restaurant.

    Not a first-party field

  5. 05How good is the service?

    On file

    Stated service format: official site states lunch daily from 11am to 2pm as walk-in counter service; dinner Sunday-Thursday 4pm-9pm and Friday-Saturday 4pm-10pm; happy hour 4pm-6pm; dinner reservations…. That is the restaurant's own description, not a diner-experience pattern.

    Restaurant-stated format

  6. 06How convenient is it?

    On file

    Lunch is walk-in-only counter service. Free three-hour parking is published for the garage behind the restaurant, with… Lunch counter is faster; dinner reservations commonly run 90 to 120 minutes.

    Booking, arrival, meal length, access

  7. 07What should we ask before ordering?

    On file

    Menus identify some vegetarian dishes, but many preparations contain allergens even when not listed. Before you order: confirm the live kitchen rule with the restaurant.

    Restaurant-owned dietary language

  8. 08What is the menu like?

    On file

    No signature dish is named on the restaurant's own pages. Format on file: counter service. Drinks: extensive vodka program, cocktails, wine, beer, and nonalcoholic drinks, with separate drink and happy-hour menus.

    Restaurant-owned menu language

  9. 09Is it clean and trustworthy?

    Never stated

    The health-inspection layer is empty in this build, so this restaurant has not been checked against one. Cleanliness here comes from an inspection record or from nothing at all. Public reviews are not used as a cleanliness signal.

    Conservative — inspection layer not loaded

  10. 10What makes it different?

    On file

    Private or semi-private path is on file.

    From culinary identity, room, and format on the case file

Table intelligence

What the room is like, what to order and what it costs — each claim taken from the restaurant's own pages or a directory location fact, never from a review sample.

What to order

No dish is named on the restaurant’s own pages. Ask what the kitchen is known for when you call — this is a gap in the file, not a verdict on the food.

Menu formatOfficial lunch, happy hour, dinner, dessert and drink menus are published with service-fee and allergen notices.

What it costs

The current menu ranges from small plates and dumplings in the low teens through larger shared plates and premium caviar selections. A 22% service fee is added to dinner checks.

When you can go

Lunch is served daily from 11 AM to 2 PM. Dinner runs Sunday through Thursday from 4 PM to 9 PM and Friday and Saturday from 4 PM to 10 PM. Happy hour is offered daily from 4 PM to 6 PM.No machine-readable schedule is held, so the instrument cannot tell you whether this room is serving right now.

The tradeoff

Restaurant-owned pages

Lively, convivial dining room built around shared zakuski, dumplings, vodka, and an intentionally celebratory pace.

OccasionGroup dinner; lively date; visitors seeking a distinctly Portland experience; lunch; happy hour; private celebration.

Public reviews are not summarised here. What the room is like comes from what the restaurant published.

Getting there

Address
960 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97214
Coordinate
No coordinate is held. Deep Dish cannot state a distance to this room.
Step-free
Not stated on any source held.

The room

Lively, convivial dining room built around shared zakuski, dumplings, vodka, and an intentionally celebratory pace.

DressNo formal dress code was stated on the reviewed first-party pages.

Decision brief

The file is still limited

Situation fit66
Evidence confidence45
Confirm burden77
Fit
Reads 66/100 against a partial situation. Strongest recorded use: group dining. Add an occasion to sharpen this.
Evidence
Weakest coverage: Price. Those fields were not published, so they are not filled in.
What you still need to ask
1 critical risk: review window has lapsed. 1 watch item, 5 residual unknowns carried forward.
Confirm burden
Confirm burden 77/100 · planning load Heavy · one official conflict open · reviewed 2026-08-05, next 2026-08-12.

Before you choose it

Portland Soviet-inspired dining room spanning counter lunch, happy hour, and reservation dinner service. That is what the restaurant says it does, read off its own pages.

Food & menu
Portland Soviet-inspired dining room spanning counter lunch, happy hour, and reservation dinner service. Official lunch, happy hour, dinner, dessert and drink menus are published with service-fee and allergen notices.
Spend / value
The current menu ranges from small plates and dumplings in the low teens through larger shared plates and premium caviar selections. Confirm live before you commit — price is volatile.
Experience
Lively, convivial dining room built around shared zakuski, dumplings, vodka, and an intentionally celebratory pace. Room read: casual, high energy, slower pacing.
Best fit
Group dinner; lively date; visitors seeking a distinctly Portland experience.
Convenience
Lunch is walk-in-only counter service. Lunch counter is faster; dinner reservations commonly run 90 to 120 minutes. Free three-hour parking is published for the garage behind the restaurant…
Dietary
Menus identify some vegetarian dishes, but many preparations contain allergens even when not listed. A menu marker is not a guarantee of allergy safety — confirm the live kitchen rule.

Recommended next action

Ask the restaurant about price before you commit. Call (503) 235-0059 in one pass and clear every critical item below; book only after they resolve.

When you are ready

Send Kachka to the night plan in Occasion OS, where the rest of the night is being built. Rejected rooms and browsing stay here.

Send this room to the night plan in Occasion OS

What you still need to ask — in order

  1. 01Re-read the official pages before using this record for a decision.
  2. 02Call (503) 235-0059 and ask the conflicted field as a direct question. Keep both recorded claims visible until sources converge; do not adopt the friendlier one.
Official conflict preservedBoth claims remain on the record. Nothing has been collapsed to the friendlier statement.
Why it ranked where it did

Why it ranked here

Fit 66 of 100

This is the opening score for the occasion — 66 of 100 — and nothing you have told us so far has moved it up or down.

Add the party size, your budget ceiling, when you are arriving or where you are coming from, and every term that changes this number will be listed here.

What Deep Dish is watching

For this night

Critical

1
  • Criticalevidence · impact 78 · high confidence

    Review window has lapsed

    Last first-party review 2026-08-05; window closed 2026-08-12.

    DoRe-read the official pages before using this record for a decision.

Watch

1
  • Watchevidence · impact 84 · high confidence

    Official sources conflict — both claims preserved

    Retain each source, date and field conflict; do not select the more favorable statement without evidence.

    DoCall (503) 235-0059 and ask the conflicted field as a direct question. Keep both recorded claims visible until sources converge; do not adopt the friendlier one.

Unknown

5
  • Unknowndietary · impact 26 · high confidence

    Dietary handling requires direct confirmation

    Menus identify some vegetarian dishes, but many preparations contain allergens even when not listed. Individual allergy and cross-contact suitability requires direct confirmation.

    DoConfirm before inviting anyone with a restriction.

  • Unknownaccess · impact 24 · high confidence

    Access honesty marker: route unstated

    Detailed physical-access route and restroom information were not stated in the reviewed first-party pages.

    DoAsk only if a guest needs it; the record does not claim accessibility either way.

  • Unknownresidual · impact 20 · high confidence

    Live availability

    Recorded as unknown at the last first-party review; not inferred, not filled.

    DoCarry into the confirmation call if it bears on your night.

  • Unknownresidual · impact 20 · high confidence

    Detailed step-free route and restroom configuration

    Recorded as unknown at the last first-party review; not inferred, not filled.

    DoCarry into the confirmation call if it bears on your night.

  • Unknownresidual · impact 20 · high confidence

    Individual allergy and cross-contact suitability

    Recorded as unknown at the last first-party review; not inferred, not filled.

    DoCarry into the confirmation call if it bears on your night.

Restaurant sources

What the restaurant publishes

Pages read

Every line in the table below came from one of these sources. None of it was assembled out of other people’s reviews.

Never stated

3 things the restaurant has never published. Listed rather than filled in. Each one is a question worth asking before you commit to the table.

  • Live availability
  • detailed step-free route and restroom configuration
  • individual allergy and cross-contact suitability
Service
Official site states lunch daily from 11am to 2pm as walk-in counter service; dinner Sunday-Thursday 4pm-9pm and Friday-Saturday 4pm-10pm; happy hour 4pm-6pm; dinner reservations and limited walk-ins are available. Service format from the restaurant's own pages: Lunch is walk in only, counter service style with indoor seating available in the Kachka lounge . · We believe the spirit and tradition of our cuisine is best experienced as a family-style dinner, complete with toasting, passing plates, and plenty of vodka, which is why we love accommodating large groups!
Menu
Official lunch, happy hour, dinner, dessert and drink menus are published with service-fee and allergen notices.
Occasion fit
Group dinner; lively date; visitors seeking a distinctly Portland experience; lunch; happy hour; private celebration.
Hours
Lunch is served daily from 11 AM to 2 PM. Dinner runs Sunday through Thursday from 4 PM to 9 PM and Friday and Saturday from 4 PM to 10 PM. Happy hour is offered daily from 4 PM to 6 PM.
Reservations
Lunch is walk-in-only counter service. Dinner reservations are accepted and encouraged, while a limited number of bar and lounge tables are held for walk-ins. Availability from the restaurant's own pages: Party size can be changed up to 3 days in advance of the reservation. · Restaurant buyouts can be booked over 60 days in advance, but must have at least 30 days notice. Commitment terms from the restaurant's own pages: Our set menu options start at $60 per person. · The set menu does not include drinks or service fee.
Price
The current menu ranges from small plates and dumplings in the low teens through larger shared plates and premium caviar selections. A 22% service fee is added to dinner checks.
Dietary
Menus identify some vegetarian dishes, but many preparations contain allergens even when not listed. Individual allergy and cross-contact suitability requires direct confirmation.
Beverage
Extensive vodka program, cocktails, wine, beer, and nonalcoholic drinks, with separate drink and happy-hour menus.
Groups & private
Works well for shared-table dining. Private dining and partial or full evening rentals are available with booking fees, deposits, notice requirements, and a service charge. Seating evidence from the restaurant's own pages: PRIVATE DINING Book our Gallery Room for your next get together. · We offer private dining options for LUNCH as well, with a minimum of $750.
Atmosphere
Lively, convivial dining room built around shared zakuski, dumplings, vodka, and an intentionally celebratory pace.
Accessibility
The restaurant has never said.
Parking & transit
Free three-hour parking is published for the garage behind the restaurant, with additional street and upper-level parking nearby.
Dress
No formal dress code was stated on the reviewed first-party pages.
Typical meal length
Lunch counter is faster; dinner reservations commonly run 90 to 120 minutes.
Practical notes
Decide whether you want counter-service lunch, happy hour, or full dinner before arriving. Dinner reservations are useful, but limited walk-in seating remains possible.
Address
960 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97214
Conflicting information
Retain each source, date and field conflict; do not select the more favorable statement without evidence.
Source quality
Official restaurant website / first-party dining, menu and contact pages
Confidence
moderate_with_conflict
Freshness
CURRENT_WITH_OFFICIAL_CONFLICTS
Likely to change
Availability, dietary and cross-contact claims require same-cycle confirmation; hours, reservations and price are reviewed within 7 days; menu and access statements within 31 days.
What to verify next
Sources reachable as of 2026-08-05; official conflicts still open — do not collapse to friendlier claim. Reconfirm live before booking.

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