Rainier Bar & Grill

We stopped here as we came down from Chinook Pass. My wife ordered the special, pulled pork tacos and I had the western burger (held the BBQ sauce). Oh my gawd, it was awesome. The burger was cooked to my taste, med- well, with two large onion rings and fries with a side of Stella beer ! Doesn't get any better than that ! Recommend it highly !

This is the best place to eat in town. i was shocked to see the bad reviews. there pulled pork sandwhich is killer, there chowder is really good and i love there western rodeo burner. i have never ate a bad thing here. it is more on the pricey side but worth it for a good lunch or dinner.

Dear Rainier Grill,

I have frequented you often this past year since our move to the little hamlet known as da Claw.  I have tried and tried to enjoy your food, but i am afraid i have lost my patience with itand the people cooking it.  It is impossible for certain things on your menu to be tasty and satisfying when they are straight from the freezer section instead of from the hard working family farms in your area.  

We've tried your burgers, with all the flavour of a frozen Costco burger complete with under cooked burger buns.  Ordering half a dozen times, i was lucky to get a medium cooked burger once.  Constancy is everything in a burger joint!  

We've tried the veggie burgers, oh the horror--those little frozen cakes of "natural ingredients" from the frozen section that are luke warm discs in an under cooked bun by the time they arrive to a customer's table.  

We've tried your wraps...sadly, they were much more romaine lettuce and a lot less flavourful than what your menu promised, and awful pricey for something who's main filler is a cheap industrially grown leafy green.  Unbelievably, the chicken wrap i tried had only 6 small pieces of cubed chicken in the whole she-bang!  I shoulda ordered a salad for that, and saved a couple bucks.

We've tried your fish and chips...those fish went from swimming in water to swimming in grease on our plate.  

One night, we were really surprised when we tried your special--ribs!  They were super!  Unfortunately, there was only one order left when we arrived at 6pm.  We thought maybe sticking to the specials would win us over, but most times we come in, you are sold out of whatever the offer is well before the end of a shift.  Must be miserable for the staff when that happens, as half the time they don't even mention a special at all.  

That said, the people you hire are friendly and moderately attentive on most occasions and there is always a good atmosphere in the place.  Your bar is stunningly beautiful and reminds one of a saloon you'd see in the southwestern U.S--admiring that bar, you could trick your mind's eye into thinking you see Miss Kitty and Marshall Dillon sitting in the back corner with Doc and Festus.

Hoping someday, dear Rainier, you will adopt a more sustainable local food policy--something like the restaurant Wild Wheat has in downtown Kent.  You could be making a sheer killing with food fresh from the sustainable farms popping up around here--and therein lies the true support of a local economy (aka just 'cause the food distributor has a WA address, doesn't mean the food from there is fresh and locally produced.)

If customers stick with your beer (caution:  it will cost you about $5 per pint) and a bowl of your clam chowder or a plate of sweet potato fries (that are really made from yams, but still very tasty!), they will leave a happy satisfied customer.  

Then they will have room in their tummies to treat themselves to some fine Snoqualmie Ice Cream served up by the ever hospitable Toby, owner of Sweet Necessities

Your truly,
Whit