We loved our visit here. Let me say, first, that I've traveled a bunch in France and like the slowish pace of restaurant meals there. Things do seem to come out a bit slower here than most Americans want, but I'm not troubled by that. I'm not here to gulp down food and get out, I'm here to enjoy the time. Decor is fun, staff is friendly, informal. We ordered entirely from the small plates "street food" part of the menu. Chicken skewers, tri-tip skewers, salad rolls, a couple of other things. Everything popped with flavor and seemed to be done correctly. There is a definite fusion vibe to the food, so it won't fit preconceptions of any particular cuisine. Just approach it with an open mind.
Kailee Menlow
Some of the best cocktails in Corvallis, definitely the best choice downtown. The bartender is a really nice guy and they always have great music on. It’s a cozy little spot that is perfect for a nice date night.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Curtis L.
Got the check and it said they have a 3.75% charge on credit cards. The waiter confirmed that this is not written on the menu. Go to an honest business not one that has rip off fees.
Tracy D.
Local wine, great curry and reasonable prices. Not pretentious and delicious. Not a place for craft beer people.
Amanda Vellinga
We have yet to eat anything here, but this is a favorite place to grab a drink or two on a date. The name Snug, fits it well. It is a cute, little, romantic place for a drink. The atmosphere and speciality drinks are top notch. My fave little bar to meet a friend in Corvallis.Parking: Parking can be tricky, depending upon how busy downtown is.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Geoffrey Gerdes
Seemed like a nice place but the bartender was quite rude.
Service: 1
Anthony Hinkson
Killer bar with great cocktails and snacks. We love going here with friends and hyping up the bar tender. A dangerously handsome fellow, you have been warned.
Joan F.
Bummer of an experience here on a slow Sunday afternoon:--slow service for food to come out of the kitchen --cold food for two of people in our group; the waiter argued with them that it was the plate that was cold, not the food. Weird. The server did return with the food but mixed up the plates--the food turned to be super salty. Yuk!--the space was pretty and quiet--we enjoy the ambiance.I won't be back. Truly, we wanted to celebrate a dear fiend's passing--it would have been more special at the hands of a great restaurant.
Melissa Wilkin
Very small, but they will let you sit on the couches below as long as you walk up and order. They did deliver the food to us. They were friendly. We appreciated not having to sit at the high tops dance we had our daughter with us. The food was very good. We had the Brussel sprouts, butter nut squash soup, crawfish cakes, and flank steaks. Food was well seasoned but came out a little cool.
DP B.
Very good food at a more or less reasonable price and service was good. The low rating comes from the VERY bad form of the surprise added surcharge of 3.75% for using a credit card only indicated when you get the bill. I have a business and I would NEVER ding a customer for using a credit card. That's really bad form. The server tried to argue the point by saying "all restaurants do it" (I've never had a Corvallis restaurant do this) and she, therefore, was given a 15% tip rather than my customary 20% as my surcharge against the restaurant's cc surcharge.Besides, if this place is being charged 3.75% for processing credit cards, they need a new bank. My small business pays 2.75% and I find it difficult to believe this place pays that much more.We would come back here for the food but nope. Not now. Goodbye Magenta.
Just finished a delicious meal with friends but need to alert everyone that we ended with the unpleasant surprise that they tack on a 3.75% surcharge for using a credit card.While I understand restaurant margins quite well, I feel it would be a lot less obnoxious to simply increase prices across the board by an appropriate percentage. Personally, I don't go out to dinner carrying hundreds in cash and I have never seen this sort of surcharge anywhere in the world where we've traveled. A tacky ending to an otherwise good experience :(
Nancy M.
One of my favorite restaurants in town. I love the freshness of the food and appreciate that much of it is sourced locally or from a farm in Hawaii. Nicki is great. Thank you Kimber
JenniferTehani Sarreal
Been here a couple times but this was the first time I tried the food menu. Not bad! Coconut prawns/pork potstickers were tasty and they serve fun cocktails (though the standard gin gimlet is my go-to). Fun little spot literally tucked away from the rest of downtown; happy I stopped by after work. Definitely worth the visit if you’re in the area.
Benjamin Young
Delicious drinks and cozy vibe. Great date spot!
Erica J.
Going to Magenta was a decision made in hungry desperation. The parklet was a charmless version of eating in the street. The chairs were quite uncomfortable. The menu was nearly illegible. All of these seemed like they could turn out to be minor annoyances, and with only one other party visible outside at that point, it seemed like we would at least get our food quickly. Not so. Spring rolls took a weirdly long time, but were fine. Our entrees appeared at an even more leisurely pace, and the server told us that the fries accompanying a burger were taking a bit longer because of a problem with the fryer. The entrees themselves were fine, but by the time we were finishing with them, we had already spent a bizarrely long time in this not-super-pleasant parklet. THEN the fries appeared, looking like no french fries either of us had ever seen, and perhaps not surprisingly, they were almost inedible--I had not realized that french fries could be so bad as to be not worth eating. When the server returned, he noticed that we hadn't eaten the plate of fries, which I noted were inedible. Gallingly, he offered to have them remade, which presumably would have taken another 20-30 minutes. Even more gallingly, there was no adjustment to our bill even though we had just overheard him comp an item at one of the two other occupied tables in the parklet.Beware, desperate lunch-seekers!
We loved our visit here. Let me say, first, that I've traveled a bunch in France and like the slowish pace of restaurant meals there. Things do seem to come out a bit slower here than most Americans want, but I'm not troubled by that. I'm not here to gulp down food and get out, I'm here to enjoy the time. Decor is fun, staff is friendly, informal. We ordered entirely from the small plates "street food" part of the menu. Chicken skewers, tri-tip skewers, salad rolls, a couple of other things. Everything popped with flavor and seemed to be done correctly. There is a definite fusion vibe to the food, so it won't fit preconceptions of any particular cuisine. Just approach it with an open mind.
Some of the best cocktails in Corvallis, definitely the best choice downtown. The bartender is a really nice guy and they always have great music on. It’s a cozy little spot that is perfect for a nice date night.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Got the check and it said they have a 3.75% charge on credit cards. The waiter confirmed that this is not written on the menu. Go to an honest business not one that has rip off fees.
Local wine, great curry and reasonable prices. Not pretentious and delicious. Not a place for craft beer people.
We have yet to eat anything here, but this is a favorite place to grab a drink or two on a date. The name Snug, fits it well. It is a cute, little, romantic place for a drink. The atmosphere and speciality drinks are top notch. My fave little bar to meet a friend in Corvallis.Parking: Parking can be tricky, depending upon how busy downtown is.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Seemed like a nice place but the bartender was quite rude.
Service: 1
Killer bar with great cocktails and snacks. We love going here with friends and hyping up the bar tender. A dangerously handsome fellow, you have been warned.
Bummer of an experience here on a slow Sunday afternoon:--slow service for food to come out of the kitchen --cold food for two of people in our group; the waiter argued with them that it was the plate that was cold, not the food. Weird. The server did return with the food but mixed up the plates--the food turned to be super salty. Yuk!--the space was pretty and quiet--we enjoy the ambiance.I won't be back. Truly, we wanted to celebrate a dear fiend's passing--it would have been more special at the hands of a great restaurant.
Very small, but they will let you sit on the couches below as long as you walk up and order. They did deliver the food to us. They were friendly. We appreciated not having to sit at the high tops dance we had our daughter with us. The food was very good. We had the Brussel sprouts, butter nut squash soup, crawfish cakes, and flank steaks. Food was well seasoned but came out a little cool.
Very good food at a more or less reasonable price and service was good. The low rating comes from the VERY bad form of the surprise added surcharge of 3.75% for using a credit card only indicated when you get the bill. I have a business and I would NEVER ding a customer for using a credit card. That's really bad form. The server tried to argue the point by saying "all restaurants do it" (I've never had a Corvallis restaurant do this) and she, therefore, was given a 15% tip rather than my customary 20% as my surcharge against the restaurant's cc surcharge.Besides, if this place is being charged 3.75% for processing credit cards, they need a new bank. My small business pays 2.75% and I find it difficult to believe this place pays that much more.We would come back here for the food but nope. Not now. Goodbye Magenta.
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Just finished a delicious meal with friends but need to alert everyone that we ended with the unpleasant surprise that they tack on a 3.75% surcharge for using a credit card.While I understand restaurant margins quite well, I feel it would be a lot less obnoxious to simply increase prices across the board by an appropriate percentage. Personally, I don't go out to dinner carrying hundreds in cash and I have never seen this sort of surcharge anywhere in the world where we've traveled. A tacky ending to an otherwise good experience :(
One of my favorite restaurants in town. I love the freshness of the food and appreciate that much of it is sourced locally or from a farm in Hawaii. Nicki is great. Thank you Kimber
Been here a couple times but this was the first time I tried the food menu. Not bad! Coconut prawns/pork potstickers were tasty and they serve fun cocktails (though the standard gin gimlet is my go-to). Fun little spot literally tucked away from the rest of downtown; happy I stopped by after work. Definitely worth the visit if you’re in the area.
Delicious drinks and cozy vibe. Great date spot!
Going to Magenta was a decision made in hungry desperation. The parklet was a charmless version of eating in the street. The chairs were quite uncomfortable. The menu was nearly illegible. All of these seemed like they could turn out to be minor annoyances, and with only one other party visible outside at that point, it seemed like we would at least get our food quickly. Not so. Spring rolls took a weirdly long time, but were fine. Our entrees appeared at an even more leisurely pace, and the server told us that the fries accompanying a burger were taking a bit longer because of a problem with the fryer. The entrees themselves were fine, but by the time we were finishing with them, we had already spent a bizarrely long time in this not-super-pleasant parklet. THEN the fries appeared, looking like no french fries either of us had ever seen, and perhaps not surprisingly, they were almost inedible--I had not realized that french fries could be so bad as to be not worth eating. When the server returned, he noticed that we hadn't eaten the plate of fries, which I noted were inedible. Gallingly, he offered to have them remade, which presumably would have taken another 20-30 minutes. Even more gallingly, there was no adjustment to our bill even though we had just overheard him comp an item at one of the two other occupied tables in the parklet.Beware, desperate lunch-seekers!