The original restaurant opened in March 2018.[5] The second location opened in early November 2022.[3]
Reception
In 2018, Master Kong was named Willamette Week's Newcomer of the Year,[5] and was nominated for Restaurant of the Year by Eater Portland's Eater Awards.[7] Michael Russell included Master Kong in The Oregonian's 2018 list of Portland's 10 best new restaurants, as well as the newspaper's 2019 and 2020 lists of the city's 40 best inexpensive restaurants.[8][9]