Always a fantastic experience here. Excellent food and drink menu that we can always count on, rotating seasonal cocktails and draft beers that never miss, and incredibly friendly staff. The host Jackson went above and beyond to make sure our party was all good and had everything we needed, even going out of his way to run our drink orders back when they were getting busy. I will always trust McMenamins to deliver quality food, drinks, and service, no matter what.
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Still great twenty years later: five full stars. I used to come here all the time when I was in college between 1996-2000. My wife and I were back in the area for my birthday, and I'm happy to say that not only is this amazing brewpub just as great as it was over twenty years ago, it's actually even better.I had the Expedition Elk burger with fries, which was a hand-pattied 1/2 lb elk burger cooked perfectly to my request of medium rare. The burger tasted so good you could have it by itself and not complain but it was loaded with a scintillatingly scrumptious coffee-bacon jam, a really great black garlic aioli & white cheddar. If they gave me a bowl of just that coffee-bacon jam I'd probably eat it.I paired it with the Irish Stout, a nitro stout that was a beautiful example of the style. Very much like Guinness but with more forward chocolate notes. Very creamy head with a silky mouth feel.I wanted to try another style so I also had the Real Hef'n Good hefeweizen. Very fruity hef, which I really like. You can definitely taste the Hallertau Blanc hops with a piney, grassy flavor but I also got a lot of fruity notes with banana and citrus as fairly prominent. Not sweet but very well balanced and refreshing. Was particularly good with the fries and a good organic ketchup.My wife had a JR's Jumbo Deluxe with a fried egg, bacon and cheddar which was also cooked perfectly to her request of a medium, with clam chowder and a root beer. She was also wowed by the quality of the burger. The clam chowder was good but the celery in it was a little jarring. We're kinda chowder purists though so take that with a grain of salt.All in all, a fantastic dining experience. Cozy pub with a look and feel that hasn't really changed much in two decades but that's not a criticism. One of my top fifteen favorite restaurants anywhere.
The food is good and tasty, but the customer service can improve. First the host was not very welcoming, he asked how many of us and came in to see the table and never confirmed if we had to wait or anything. He just went and moved some dishes, went to the kitchen several times and made us wait at the door for a long time. Finally when he came back he didn't apologize or anything, he just took us to our table where we waited too long to be served.The waitress was very nice, but we can tell that she had a lot to do with very little staff. We waited a long time also for our food and for the bill.It was good and the place has a good vibe but can definitely improve on the service.
I never write negative reviews, or at least haven’t until this point, check my history. My girlfriend and I ordered a couple drinks, the TNT chicken tenders “dark starred” that are supposed to come with ranch and honey mustard plus an extra side of mystic sauce and Cajun tots and the terminator steak medium rare with truffle fries. The tenders came out without being dark starred, the tots not cajun, and only ranch with no honey mustard and no mystic sauce. Turns out they were out of the honey mustard and neglected to say anything when I ordered them but they kinda corrected the rest. The steak came out rarer then rare and the truffle fries were incredibly inedibley salty, my girlfriend couldn’t eat any of it. She also ordered a spicy margarita since it was cinco de mayo and the waiter brought her a Bloody Mary lol. Literally everything we ordered was wrong or bad, except our first 2 drinks. We complained and asked for the manager and it turned out our waiter was the manager. Don’t worry though, he took a single dollar of our $80 tabs. We left without finishing and will never be back.
Decent place to grab a bite. We visited the location in Seattle, Washington about 10 minutes walk from the Climate Pledge arena. This was our pre-game meal before watching the Kraken v Golden Knights. I ordered the fish and chips - 3 pieces was just right. Service was friendly and fast. I'd go back.
Solid selection of local beer and wine, as well as McMenamins standard gastropub fare. Great place for a brew and a good burger!
Prices have really gone up. Your average burger with fries is around $17. Still good food, though. And enjoyable atmosphere.
The place, itself, and the people there really make the experience, so dining in is the way to go. We found ordering take out to be lacking. $30 (plus tip, for sure, the people who run the place are great!) for a cheeseburger with fries and a salad to go — things should be way better than what we received. Burger was bland and neither my child nor my mother were impressed — the burger itself was not consumed. Salad was, eh…fine, but unremarkable, and incredibly overpriced.
Great local restaurant with a wide selection of craft brews. I'm quite fond of their IPAs. Their voodoo chicken strips and burgers are da bomb. Salads and soups are also very good.