We've always had great service and food at our local McMenamins in Bend and were pleased when we chose to eat at this location when our son graduated. Happy to say the usual standards applied here and we received excellent service and enjoyed a wonderful meal, highly recommend
Johanne Gutierrez
Great little place.
Angelo Kandas
Standard McMenamins. The clam chowder had to much thyme but other items were good. Service was good
Edilane Costa
Very nice place. I hope to visit again.
John Kahermanes
It's a McMenamins, what can I say
Mark Henderson
Food was great. Service a little inattentive, and lamp at table had multiple spills on it
Sloth Phillip
Really bad Sysco frozen food. The most upsetting one is having handbreaded chicken strips advertised, and in reality, it's nasty Sysco strips. They never have good service, the drinks are bad and overpriced, and they're always dead in there. I live two minutes away, but I will not be eating there ever again.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Casey Hanks
I always start with a brownie, it is the best first course ever
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: El Diablo Chicken Sandwich, Reuben Sandwich with Tots, Cajun Tots
Brandon Brown
To be honest, like in every place I put a review on. This is the worst McMenamins there is. I'm surprised that the owners still allow it to have open doors. The food menu here is not like the other McMenamins. Burgers and Sandwiches here is mostly what is on the menu, and it doesn't impress me like the other locations. Service is OK here. However, if it wasn't for the OSU students coming here, this place more and likely not make it elsewhere. There are not good othere choices on the menu, and don't order the TNT chicken basket. You pay over fifteen dollars for chicken that tastes no different than a chicken basket at Dairy Queen. The pizza has way too much raw flour under the crust for a person to consume.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Alex Marin
We callled for a resverastion. Girl on the phone said we could had a reserved spot. Once we got here they said we couldn’t have spot. Unprofessional service. Can’t believe they didn’t give a table after we called and save a spot. Never coming back here.
If it wasn’t McMenamins it would be struggling. Above average pricing for below average food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 5
Troy Parke
Great drinks, food and service! Fun place
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Shawna Hamilton
loved it so we will be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Samson M. Joseph
Just to preface this review, I love the entire McMenamins’ concept. I have eaten at numerous locations and stayed at several of them (many times) over the past few decades. What I am about to write is specific to this location, as it is the one I visit most often. That said, it could be applied more generally to the rest of their restaurants.
The atmosphere is, like most of them, quirky and inviting. Even when understaffed—which is more and more of a problem in recent years—the staff tries their level-best to provide quality service, often times going above and beyond with their hospitality.
The problem was, and is, the food. In the past, it was serviceable fare at a generally fair price point. Nothing to write home about. But also nothing to complain about. More recently, however, the portions and options have shifted while the prices have gone up. Two different sizes of tater tots as an appetizer have become one portion of tots that costs more than the previous smaller portion even as the amount is closer to that size than the bigger options they sold. Two different portion options for the fish and chips have become one option, which is again priced towards the higher end. Most burgers now run close to $20, even though they remain small. A side Caesar salad is barely that and a dinner sized Caesar salad is costly for what is offered. When dinner for two, with one app and two non-alcoholic drinks, runs close to $70 (with tip), something is amiss.
And I get some of the positive reviews. It can be easy for some to overlook costly food when the staff try so hard and the decor is so interesting. I also get that holding on to staff has become harder and costs have gone up. I can live with the former and accept the latter . . . . when the price to quality remains constant and in line with comparable restaurants. Thing is, that is not the case with McMenamins. As a result, you are turning away long-time customers who are being honest about the basic reason you go to a place like this: to eat (and perhaps grab a drink or two).
I hesitated to write this because, again, I like McMenamins. But I am also finding myself hesitating more and more when it comes time to go to this, or other, locations.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Tony Erhardt
Nice McMenamins with pool tables and plenty of tvs to watch games
We've always had great service and food at our local McMenamins in Bend and were pleased when we chose to eat at this location when our son graduated. Happy to say the usual standards applied here and we received excellent service and enjoyed a wonderful meal, highly recommend
Great little place.
Standard McMenamins. The clam chowder had to much thyme but other items were good. Service was good
Very nice place. I hope to visit again.
It's a McMenamins, what can I say
Food was great. Service a little inattentive, and lamp at table had multiple spills on it
Really bad Sysco frozen food. The most upsetting one is having handbreaded chicken strips advertised, and in reality, it's nasty Sysco strips. They never have good service, the drinks are bad and overpriced, and they're always dead in there. I live two minutes away, but I will not be eating there ever again.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
I always start with a brownie, it is the best first course ever
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: El Diablo Chicken Sandwich, Reuben Sandwich with Tots, Cajun Tots
To be honest, like in every place I put a review on. This is the worst McMenamins there is. I'm surprised that the owners still allow it to have open doors. The food menu here is not like the other McMenamins. Burgers and Sandwiches here is mostly what is on the menu, and it doesn't impress me like the other locations. Service is OK here. However, if it wasn't for the OSU students coming here, this place more and likely not make it elsewhere. There are not good othere choices on the menu, and don't order the TNT chicken basket. You pay over fifteen dollars for chicken that tastes no different than a chicken basket at Dairy Queen. The pizza has way too much raw flour under the crust for a person to consume.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
We callled for a resverastion. Girl on the phone said we could had a reserved spot. Once we got here they said we couldn’t have spot. Unprofessional service. Can’t believe they didn’t give a table after we called and save a spot. Never coming back here.
Service: 1
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If it wasn’t McMenamins it would be struggling. Above average pricing for below average food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 5
Great drinks, food and service! Fun place
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
loved it so we will be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Just to preface this review, I love the entire McMenamins’ concept. I have eaten at numerous locations and stayed at several of them (many times) over the past few decades. What I am about to write is specific to this location, as it is the one I visit most often. That said, it could be applied more generally to the rest of their restaurants.
The atmosphere is, like most of them, quirky and inviting. Even when understaffed—which is more and more of a problem in recent years—the staff tries their level-best to provide quality service, often times going above and beyond with their hospitality.
The problem was, and is, the food. In the past, it was serviceable fare at a generally fair price point. Nothing to write home about. But also nothing to complain about. More recently, however, the portions and options have shifted while the prices have gone up. Two different sizes of tater tots as an appetizer have become one portion of tots that costs more than the previous smaller portion even as the amount is closer to that size than the bigger options they sold. Two different portion options for the fish and chips have become one option, which is again priced towards the higher end. Most burgers now run close to $20, even though they remain small. A side Caesar salad is barely that and a dinner sized Caesar salad is costly for what is offered. When dinner for two, with one app and two non-alcoholic drinks, runs close to $70 (with tip), something is amiss.
And I get some of the positive reviews. It can be easy for some to overlook costly food when the staff try so hard and the decor is so interesting. I also get that holding on to staff has become harder and costs have gone up. I can live with the former and accept the latter . . . . when the price to quality remains constant and in line with comparable restaurants. Thing is, that is not the case with McMenamins. As a result, you are turning away long-time customers who are being honest about the basic reason you go to a place like this: to eat (and perhaps grab a drink or two).
I hesitated to write this because, again, I like McMenamins. But I am also finding myself hesitating more and more when it comes time to go to this, or other, locations.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Nice McMenamins with pool tables and plenty of tvs to watch games
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
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