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The Ritz-Carlton, Portland
Portland, Oregon, United States · Ritz-Carlton · High Luxury
The first Ritz-Carlton in the Pacific Northwest opened in October 2023 inside GBD Architects' 35-story Block 216 in downtown Portland, with 251 rooms and condominiums above. Bar Topia on the top floor opened as the city's tallest rooftop bar, taking in Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens in one sweep. Bellpine on the 20th floor is named for Willamette Valley volcanic soil, and the plant-filled Forest Hall lobby leans into Lewis and Clark-era Pacific Northwest cues.
- 251 rooms
- Opened 2023
- Neighborhood: Pearl District
- Architect: GBD Architects
- Interiors: ForrestPerkins
About The Ritz-Carlton, Portland
- Bellpine restaurant is named for the volcanic bellpine soil of Oregon wine country and serves Pacific Northwest menus.
- Lobby bar Meadowrue is named for Western meadow-rue, a plant native to the region; Coava Coffee serves by day.
- Esquire named it among the best new hotels; the tower rose on a former downtown food-cart pod site in the old theater district.
History
Downtown Portland's central blocks have been through multiple incarnations since the city's founding in the 1840s, but the stretch bounded by Southwest 9th, 10th, Washington, and Alder streets carries particular cultural memory as the heart of the city's early-twentieth-century theater district. Portland was, for several decades, a touring stop on the Pacific Northwest circuit that brought vaudeville acts, dramatic companies, and later film palaces to audiences who lived at a considerable remove from the nation's entertainment centers. The block that would become Block 216 saw that theater life gradually replaced by commercial and retail uses as the twentieth century progressed, with the performing-arts energy eventually migrating to the cultural district around the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
Block 216 itself was a long-discussed mixed-use development project that took shape slowly before emerging in its final form as a 35-story glass-clad tower designed by GBD Architects, the Portland firm that had been a consistent presence in the city's significant commercial and residential construction for decades. GBD's design for Block 216 created a building that would introduce Ritz-Carlton to the Pacific Northwest for the first time — the hotel occupying floors twenty through thirty-five alongside Ritz-Carlton Residences — while serving as a vertical mixed-use experiment appropriate to Portland's density-focused planning culture.
The hotel opened in October 2023, becoming the first Ritz-Carlton in the Pacific Northwest and the brand's arrival in a market that had been served by several strong independent and boutique luxury properties but had never hosted a global grand-luxury flag of this scale. The interiors were designed by ForrestPerkins, whose work elsewhere for the Ritz-Carlton brand provided continuity with the company's visual standards while admitting references to the Pacific Northwest material culture — Oregon white oak, basalt, the color palette of the Willamette Valley in harvest season.
Bellpine Restaurant anchors the hotel's dining program with Pacific Northwest tasting menus centered on produce from the valley whose bellpine soil gives the restaurant its name — a direct reference to the volcanic loam that underlies Oregon wine country and that the state's farmers and vintners have spent the past fifty years learning to work. Bar Topia, on the 35th floor, became the tallest rooftop bar in Portland at opening, offering 360-degree views that take in both Mount Hood to the east and Mount St. Helens to the north simultaneously — a dual-volcano panorama available from a single vantage point that is specific to Portland's geography and that distinguishes this rooftop from every comparable venue in the country. The hotel earned Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star and AAA Four Diamond designations in its first full year of operation.
The setting
Rises on a full downtown block bounded by SW 9th, 10th, Washington, and Alder — an area that was the heart of Portland's early-20th-century theater district.
Restaurants and bars
- Bellpine Restaurant — Restaurant · Pacific Northwest
- Bar Topia — Bar
Experiences
- Exclusive Group Spa Experiences — Private group access to spa treatments and facilities, as full-day, half-day or evening experiences for retreats and incentive groups.
Amenities
- Highest point of any hotel in downtown Portland (35 floors)
- Bar Topia rooftop cocktail bar — the city's highest
- Ritz-Carlton Spa and Wellness — 7 treatment rooms and a hammam
- Indoor lap pool on the 20th floor
- Club Lounge with Oregon wine and produce daily
- Hot tub
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- AAA Four Diamond (2026)
- Forbes Travel Guide Recommended (2026)
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
- Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star (2025)
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