Kachka Lavka 960 Southeast 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97214

"Rude staff running the Lavka section of the restaurant. Unusually bad and defensive attitude. You want to sell products? Speak respectfully to customers. Strange."

"A restaurant with the maximum level of Soviet attributes, for those who are nostalgic for this time, they might like it. I have all this symbolism causes persistent allergies and hostility. We ordered dumplings and herring salad under a fur coat, no one was satisfied with the food"

"Pretty nostalgic Soviet food. The atmosphere is great. Service is great. Don't really like the food as it is a bit too oily and sour for me - That does not say the restaurant did a bad job cooking it, it just that no everyone could get used to Soviet food."

"Unique and fresh. The ingredients were well chosen and delicious yet some of the flavor profiles were a tad pungent, re:herring dish. Overall very good! I’ll be back."

"have had multiple, really spectacular meals downstairs in the past and stopped by the adorable market to pick something up for dinner on the way back from the gym one monday evening. the place was unstaffed and i sat there for about 30 minutes, visibly waiting in full view of the entire restaurant, without help. i put my intended purchases (two bags of vareniki, which were at this point, thawing on the countertop) back into the freezer and left, feeling disappointed but also for some reason really embarrassed? heartbroken even, as someone who really loves this restaurant. i didn't want to straight up flag down a server as they were very busy, and having worked in a restaurant i know there is nothing worse than being pulled off the floor for something. i am really not the type to write bad google reviews, but this was a really bizarre experience. if you can't staff a part of your business properly, please adjust your hours. sorry guys. love the dumplings though"