Cafe Nell

1987 NW Kearney St, Portland
(503) 295-6487

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Carol Jinks

Best neighborhood restaurant ever

David Loper

Used to go here quite a bit but then left for five years. It's still really good. Good food and service with a nice location.

Lauren Hasenmiller

Café Nell is always superior. Also, they have happy hour every day, and it's delicious.

Elizabeth Heintz

I absolutely loved the stuffed avocados. They were unfortunately out of ingredients for the charcuterie and cheese plates.

Kristina

Long wait time past reservation time, out of what I wanted (but saw the item being served as we where ready to head out), long wait time for food after ordering, it was cold when served and had no flavor, glass had a huge crack, waitress spilled the drink as she took the cracked glass quickly from the table and got soda on us and all over the table. Could go on and on... Won't be returning.

Katrina Mitchell

Good food, good service

Paulo Azzolini

Who knows if it’s good, probably is but I tried calling several times to ask some questions. Couldn’t get anyone on the phone. It’s too bad

Eli Green

Food was meh and not a good value. Waffles are small and came out cold. Croque Madama was just ok. Drinks were pretty good. Service was kind and friendly but very slow. Great location and environment which made the slow service manageable.

Brad Rullman

Cafe from Smell.

if you want week-old disgusting leftovers, by all means order off their Happy Hour menu.

And we had at least three different servers, one of whom we were later told was sick. this was the guy that blew the dust and dirt off our water glasses with his breath.

I literally felt sick to my stomach after eating here.

Won't get fooled again.

Fbay Now

Bad food and service to match. Just disappointing.

Randall Ferris

Great food, very cool vibe.

Wendy Wood

I love this place because it is quiet. The happy hour menu is extensive and tasty. The service is friendly. I go here about every 2 months to meet a friend, in a weekday to talk and catch up - it’s perfect!

Angel McNabb-Lyons (Angel)

Long story short: It's Easter brunch, had to wait 45 minutes to have our tables drink order taken, another 30 minutes for our food order, and waited an hour to not even recieve our food (mind you, the rest of our party did). We also barely saw our server and he never checked in on us. Our friends said the food was mediocre for the high price. I also had paint on me from the table and chair which is wild.

I understand Easter brunch time is crazy and we had a large party so I had a lot of patience. Me and my partner didn't order any cocktails but to wait an 1.25 hours to get a food order in??? When we arrived at 10am, the place wasn't packed or busy. We barely saw our waiter and he didn't check in to see how things were. I also believe our food was delivered to another table that ordered after us. All me and my partner ordered was the French toast. No cocktails. No extras. Just the over priced $16 french toast (i saw it and have had better for the same price at other locations that have sales tax).

I read comments/reviews about the same thing happening for others and I wanted to give this place the benefit of the doubt. Guess I should have listened. I'm honestly disappointed by the experience.

So if you're looking to spend around $20 for mediocre food and wait for 2+ hours, this is the spot!

Will not come back and highly do not recommend. I hope things change.

Ryne Shelton

Waited 20 minutes for a glass of water and to be greeted by our server. After looking around we noticed that dust covered every horizontal surface. The place was filthy, especially the mirrors around our table. Found a piece of metal wire in my food that cut the top of my mouth. After telling our server about this she went to get the manager and after 10 more minutes of waiting a homeless man came out behind some curtains and asked us if we knew where the restroom was. At this point we left without speaking to anyone about the piece of shrapnel in my food. The experience overall was terrifyingly horrific.

knichols

Love this place.

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