Char Burger

I like it here, has a lot of memories of my childhood.  :)

Great view....decent, but not the best, food. The reason for only 1 star though, were the ants that plagued us in a booth. (Even crawling on us). When I told this to a waitress, she basically dismissed me and said the ants come out this time of year. We love Cascade Locks...don't love this place.

I really don't like doing this, bashing a business because of one person - but in this case, it was because of that ONE person that we had a less-than-OK experience.  

This is a cafeteria-style "restaurant", you place your order with the lady behind the counter, she rings it up and gives you a number.  That in itself, has a bit of nostalgic charm to it.  The food is actually freshly cooked (I had fish and chips), and comes to your table hot.

The reason I'm giving two stars instead of one is solely because the food was actually OK.  BUT as I said in the beginning, the lady behind the counter was the most miserable service I have ever received.  Clearly she doesn't expect a tip, and doesn't act like it either.  She was rude, talked to my husband like he was an idiot (for asking a question about the size of the "side" salad, or "all-you-can-eat" at the salad bar), accosted him at the salad bar because he was getting some ketchup for his fries (she actually wanted to charge him for his "extra trip" to the salad bar).  Seriously.  I kid you not.

To top it off, as we were discussing it at our table, another employee came up to us and asked if we were complaining about her.  He said, "yeah, people really hate her - half the time I just end up apologizing.  Also if you leave a tip, she forces us all to share it with her, so please don't tip at all".

IF I come back, I will check to see if this horrible woman is behind the counter before I decide to order.  It's unlikely I will go back however.