Our “large” party of three waited an hour, but was never seated. When we asked after 30 minutes about the wait, we were told that it was because we were a larger party. After 45 minutes, they called a party of 5 that had been there about 15 minutes. After 60 minutes, we asked again and were told they had called our party a “few times”, even though we were sitting just outside the open door. I don’t like being lied to…especially twice. I’m sure the food is probably great, but that’s just not okay. Ciao Chow!
Great service and huge portions of some of the best food in Bend. There are many great food options in Bend and just had to eat here twice! Had the most incredible corned beef ever and shrimp and grits which was the best we’ve ever eaten anywhere! Highly recommend this restaurant!
The chicken fried steak is magnificent with mushrooms, caramelized onions, and blue cheese.The ambience is a fun and kooky combination of hippy art and casual seating.
Just had a wonderful Easter Brunch at Chow! Our waiter Layton was wonderful-enthusiastic and knowledgeable about the menu and our choices. The service was fast for a holiday brunch. Our party had the crab patty, Locavore and red steak dishes. All clean plates!!Great atmosphere!! Cant wait to try another dish soon. Also they have a great list of gluten free options.
Customer service was impeccable. Very accomidating to our family and kid friendly. Every thing we ordered was made well and with clean ingredients. You can tell when you are eating fresh food, everything from the bread itself was handmade in house. That being said great hardy breakfast options Benny was amazing and the hash. In addition the fruit bowl made me feel like I was on a tropical island.
For a vegan, GF family, we were disappointed. There is usually quite a wait here, so much so that we came back a different day to try to get seating. We sat down and the GF vegan pancakes were not available and no longer even vegan, which was not marked on the menu. We ordered pretty much our only other option which was the tofu scramble ($17). The tofu was not seasoned, but it was decently tasty with the veggies. The potatoes were good. Other then that, the staff were friendly.
We were waiting awhile to get seated, and I politely asked a server behind the bar if they had any time to pour a couple drip coffees while we waited. I said, "I know that you are probably pretty busy, so not a huge deal." The server very rudely told me that he has a ton of tables that just got seated and he has no time to do that because there is no bartender. I understood and we continued to wait outside for our table.A couple minutes later I hear him and another server in the bar area talking about how we asked for coffees, and he denied us, and laughing about it mimicking in very condescending voices..."I know that you are busy but....".After working in the service industry for many years, I would never have treated a customer that was very considerate and polite in that fashion. That is unnecessary and childish.I will definitely be making sure that I never recommend this establishment to any of our Bend community friends and family.
The staff here was so incredibly rude that we will never be returning. My husband and I were waiting for a table and sitting outside on the patio until our table was ready inside. I politely asked a server behind the bar if we could have two drip coffees while we waited for our table. I said, " I know that you are probably pretty busy, but we were wondering if we could have a couple coffees while we wait." His response was, "I just got 5 tables seated and need to make them all drinks because we have no bartender, so No." I told him, "Ok, no worries", and went back outside to wait. A couple minutes later, I hear him and another server in the bar area talking about how we asked for coffees and how he denied us, laughing about it and mimicking in very condescending voices..."I know that you are busy but..." After working in the service industry for many years, I would never have treated a customer who was polite and considerate in that fashion. That is unnecessary and childish. I will definitely be making sure that I never recommend this restaurant to any of our Bend friends and family. In fact, I will tell them to absolutely not give them your business and to tell your friends that it is a terrible place.
Staff was really nice and was very busy when i went there. I ordered a bloody mary and a chicken fried steak. Bloody mary was really good, chicken fried steak was a bit different with the blue cheese and random garnishes. Also really small for a $20 chicken fried steak.
Amazing food and service!! We had breakfast and it was one of the best we've had.Their server Layton was amazing, hustling the whole time!Nice to see young people working hard.Will definitely come back to Chow next time we're in Bend.