WAITED 15 minutes for our drink order. WAITED an hour and a half for food to come. It was incorrect. Servers completely avoid eye contact as afraid you might complain about the wait. Coffee is $$ considering they never ask if you want more. Think all beverages are not the standard bottomless drinks got charged twice for lemonade. Only drink refilled but had to ask! Stood at counter for help and was completely ignored. Overall not worth it by a long shot! Horrible service. Wait way to long for food. Perhaps they were out killing the cow. Tired menu. So failed completely no good food no good service no good drinks. McMeniman brothers you really need to step back and look how horrible your restaurants have become. Sad end to an empire. We won't be back.
Review Source:Just like the other McMenamins, this place was good. They have good beer...Hammerhead and Terminator being one of my faves. They have good fries and good happy hour menu.
It's nice to go here for the happy hour because everything is cheap and also Oregon has no SALES TAX! This place is close to where I lived in Oregon, so it's definitely worth going especially if you live in the Murray-Scholls area.
They don't have a ton of selection of burgers, but I still go there for the food and beer.
The last time I was here, I was with 99% the staff of a nearby middle school, and the staff at this McMenamins has absolutely no problem making sure we were taken care of. Sure, maybe they weren't exactly super friendly, but they were a little preoccupied with at least 40 very, very *ahem* thirsty patrons, so I wasn't tiffed about that at all. I think the staff could sense our urgency, and they were nothing short of extremely quick and efficient, which I definitely appreciated.
I didn't order food, but those who did were not disappointed. Tots came out quickly and other entrees were served within a totally reasonable amount of time.
While not as ornate and detailed as the other Mcmenamins locations, this location did fulfill its duty of providing everyone with a nice place to sit comfortably, beer in hand, swapping our favorite "you won't believe what this kid did" stories.
Just visited this McMenamins for dinner. I ordered the Hamilton Burger with tots and my husband got the Wilbur's Burger. They weren't very busy but we waited for 45 minutes to get our food. We didn't mind much because we weren't really in a hurry. When we finally got our food, I wasn't terribly impressed with my burger. It was a bit dry. My husband loved his but we both agreed that we didn't get as many tots as we would like. This definitely isn't my favorite McMenamins. We probably won't come back to this location.
Review Source:My husband and I have made an effort to visit several McMenamins in the northwest, and while we prefer the ones located in renovated historic properties, we don't ignore the ones in strip malls, like this one.
And, as far as the food, beer, and decor go, it's more or less exactly like every other McMenamins. Â Their beer is excellent and their food is exactly the quality you'd expect for the price point - solidly tasty pub food, no complaints.
The atmosphere is relaxed. Â It's perhaps a little too relaxed, and that's where the problems begin. Â This place has the SLOWEST service of any McMenamins I've ever been to, possibly of any restaurant I've ever been to, period. Â It's super close to a friend's house, so I've been twice now, but both times we have waited several minutes to be approached after sitting down - and since this is seat-yourself, that means we didn't even have our menus yet. Â
Once we ordered the food, it took an unreasonably long time to arrive. Â The first time, I believe we waited about a half an hour; the second time it was closer to an hour. Â Fortunately, we had our tots to tide us over, but there were only about a dozen other patrons in the entire restaurant at the time, so the delay was inexplicable.
Once we finished eating, it took another hour to get the waiter to even notice us so that we could ask for our check. Â At first I thought he was just respectfully letting us finish our beers and enjoy our chat, but as both ran down we started to feel pretty neglected. Â When we finally did manage to grab him, we made him stand there and wait while we got our cards out so he wouldn't abandon us again.
In the future, if we're in the neighborhood and really craving McMens, we'll just meander northwards a bit to the Cedar Hills location. Â Still in a strip mall, but at least I've never felt like they didn't want my money.
Ambiance: lacking, for a McMenamin's.
Location: Convenient (for me, at least=), but it's a strip mall. Â A janky strip mall, at that.
Service: Just fine. Â Nothing bad to say on that front.
Beer: It's a McMenamin's. Â Give me a Rubinator and I'm happy.
Food: It's a McMenamin's. Â As per usual, my burger was good enough, and I was left wishing I had just a few more tots.
If I could leave fewer stars I would. I don't typically expect a lot in regards to service at McM's but come back for the beer. Tonight may have the worst service & food experience ever and that's compared to a time we waited an hour and forty minutes for food. Great beer, everything else is meh.
Review Source:Dang I wish I had read the reviews before going, too late!
We were in a hurry for lunch today and my husband and I availed ourselves of this particular McMenamins. Â We live about 2 miles away and have been here twice if that tells you anything. Â
Lunchtime on a Friday there were 4 other patrons and the bartender was also the server and the cook for all I know.
They have a fairly limited menu, salads, burgers and a few sandwiches. Â I had the Reuben and it was ok, the first few bites were good but after that the acidity of either the saurkraut or the dressing was too much for me I had to dip in ranch dressing to get half of it down. Â The tots sadly were not as I remembered them. Â They were really dry, hard and pretty much flavorless.
My husband got the Dungeon Burger and says it was OK, nothing spectacular. Â It was grilled nicely and the presentation was good, but it was just average and not worth the money. Â The chowder was actually pretty good. Â It is thin, but was packed with potatoes, clams, onions and tomato and celery, obviously home made.
Our bill was 21 without tip and we both had diet RC. Â It was certainly not worth the money and we probably won't be back.
There's some questionable doubt that you're reading this review because you don't know what kind of food you'll get at McMenamins. They're almost standard in their menu with most of the restaurants serving the same beer, whiskey, wine and cajun tater tots. The latter are awesome and each location seems to fry them up almost as perfectly as McMini manipulates the historical scenery of each venue.
In fact, you probably wouldn't spot the difference in the McNamins (as a friend speaks it) empire unless you frequented several occasions all the time. What do you know, I do that! You're in luck, I've tortured myself with many late night meals at several of their establishments.
Which is why, unforuntately for the black food hole of Murray & Allen this pub doesn't stack up. We work late and in Portland Metro it can be a tough task to find a late night place to sit down and park yourself for dinner. A real dinner, maybe with some organic offerings. Mick-Men-Amins delivers on that requirement by serving Country Natural Beef from Oregon, hand cut french fries, scratch soups made daily and pretty good beer.
What seperates each restaurant in the republic of McMini in my opinion is the kitchen. It seems that this one has hired a chef straight from the culinary school at McDonald's or maybe the Shari's across the street. You see most of these places have specialities. They all serve a couple menu items that they don't serve at other joints. For instance Murray and Allen was running a pretty good Chimichanga special, filled with carnitas and perfectly fried. They offer Pizza, which I haven't tried, but almost didn't finish a burger because it was so bland and litterally caked in mayonaise. The Greenburg location on the other hand has different hours, and they serve "Lucy's Masterpeice" which is an excellent hot Turkey sandwich. My favorite in the area goes to Scholls Ferry, not much further away, which does some incredible chicken wings and we even had Butternut Squash Ravioli that was excellent. There in lies the conundrum, the Scholls Ferry locale seems to have an actual living breathing person that can cook behind the counter. They aren't simply following a by the numbers approach that is kililng the Murray and Allen food supply.
So... to sum up this review in a sentence because you probably shouldn't read the whole thing anyway: Not all McMenamins are created equal, this one is good for a fried snack, a drink, and not much else.
AKA McM's Strip Mall De-lite, first cuzin' to the one in the Strip Mall on Cornell Rd. Â
We are not impressed. Â We are depressed.
I am not a big fan of the Mc Minimum Bros joints, however after moving I needed to find a new spot to meet my e-dates...gawd it's awful when you don't have much of a selection of local spots to meet an internet dating site match for your first official awkward meeting. Â At my old house it was a strip mall Starbucks..sort of an oxymoron since a major percentage of Starbucks are in strip malls.
McM's in a strip mall? Â Awwk! Â After all, just about all McM;s Boys have going for them is the unique venues they have turned around/and/or plasticized. Â The White Eagel, former biker bar? Â Plasticized. Â The iconic Rcok Creek Tavern? Â ditto. Â Ok my whine is over.
In any case, I dropped in here last week to check it out and see if I wanted to make this my "meet me at" spot. Â
It's dismal. Â It's not cute or clever or even dumpy. Â It's NOTHING! Â It's poorly prepared food, sticky tables and meh brewskies served by people who think they are hip and cool but who secretly know they are working in a strip mall faux brew-pub serving mediocre beer and poor food prepared by chefs who have stepped one riser above Macky Dees. Â The tables needed bussing, I waited for someone to notice me for 10 minutes while the alleged serving staff chit chatted and finally bussed a table myself and sat down. Â The cool dude rushed over and brushed some crumbs and beer into my lap, told me they now have pizza and left to get my beer while i contemplated the minimal menu. Â I opted for french fries only..I have had good fries at a couple of places run by these guys...but these weren't them. Â Soggy and greasy, my fries tasted like Sysco seconds. Â
This is not the place for me to try and make a good first impression. Perhaps I'll meet 'em at Sherri's instead. Â Or Taco Bell on the opposite corner. Â
Honestly I really loathe McM's and hereby promise never to go unless it's for the music. Â Which never will be happening here at whatever cutsie name this place might have.
I've been to a bunch of McMenamins and of course, am familiar with their generally sub-par service. It's part of the...charm?
However, this one should step up their game as they have none of the perks of Edgefield, Kennedy School, etc. It's in a STRIP MALL.
First off, it took forever to even be acknowledged after we sat down. To the point that we had to go up to the bar to get any attention. The servers then ARGUED over who would help our table. Really? In front of the customer no less, awesome.
And they were out of pizza dough. On a Friday. Like I said, with neat ones like Kennedy School and whatnot, this one just isn't worth it.
This used to be my favorite Beaverton McMenamins. But, not anymore. The last few times my husband and I have gone to this location, service has been ridiculously slow. Also, I am sad to say that the quality of the food seems to have gone down too. Time for me to start frequenting a different McMenamins.
Review Source:Everybody knows I love me some McMenamins. I know they have their faults, but I'm a fanboy. I'm not ashamed.
I haven't been to this particular McMenamins in almost a year, but I met a buddy of mine here for lunch. They automatically lost a star for being out of Copper Moon. I wait all year for Copper Moon to make its rounds, so being out is a big #fail in my book.
This McMenamins is your usual strip mall type location. Parking in a big shared lot, no fancy building like some of the other McMenamins. I've never seen anyone working there who wasn't friendly. I've noticed that they can be a little slower than other McMenamins, but speed has never been something McMenamins has been known for.
I noticed today that they now have pizza on the menu. I'd recommend ordering it a little well done--I like my pizza crispy, and it seemed a little undercooked today.
Overall it's a good place to visit if you're in the area, but I wouldn't make a special trip.
this place isn't even close to as bad as the other two reviews make it out to be.
my husband and I have been here on several occasions and never had a single complaint about the food. out of the mcmenamins we've been to, the food here is actually MUCH better than many others!
we both really like the portland dip, which is is turkey french dip and cajun tots. today my husband had an italian chicken grinder which was pretty good too. the arnold palmer I had was super sweet, so the server gladly switched my drink to a straight iced tea without any question.
the service has always been good here and the food is consistent. if you're in the mood for a sandwich and it the area, it's a good place to go.
OK, so I live near this place and have given them more than a few try's. This place is terrible. The food is ok but way too expensive for what you get. The menu is small and the service sucks. Every time we have been there we have to practically beg somebody to take our order. We have walked out after waiting twenty minutes for somebody to even ask what we wanted to drink (which never happened). We have tried other McMenamins too with the same crappy service. Sorry guys, but with the economy the way it is one would think service is the key to keep people coming back. I will not be back.
Review Source:Am I supposed to like McMenamins just because I live in Oregon now? Â I feel kinda bad to say it but this place is crap. Â Food sucks, beer is sub par, tables are sticky and the patrons are sleazy. Â The only thing McMenamins is good for is their happy hour burger. Â It's not a good burger but if you're craving something half a step above fast food you can't beat $3.50 with soggy fries (which I personally choose to leave right on the plate). Â
And by the way, I'm from California and even I know it's not McMinimums...if you were born here you have no excuse.
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