On Deck Sports Bar & Grill

10/02/09

Wont be seen in this joint again!!

by zombiechic

Definitely wont be going back to On Deck, ever. Terrible service. I am in the service industry, and have never seen such a poorly run restaurant. End of story. I go out to enjoy myself and be entertained, not listen to bartenders bitch about their lives, their previous employers, or anything really. C'mon people, get it together. I can't see how this place has managed to stay afloat. I can say, that if they are still open in six months, it's a miracle. I definitely wont be feeding their dirty mouths though. I hate to say don't bother patronizing this establishment, but there are far better places to be in Portland, why bother.

• Pros: good food
• Cons: terrible service

09/28/09

Learn your math kid...

by Bizgirl

I kind of have to laugh at the employees' review. I am a former employee and have moved on to better things. But you have to get your facts straight. First of all, On Deck has about 11-15 owners. They have had around 7 managers. Your math is wrong on that. If you look at the menu now, it has Asian food, Mexican food, Italian pastas, burgers, Salmon dishes, Oysters, and random bar fried food. It is scattered and people laugh when they get the menu because, though it tastes good, it is obviously not written by someone who understands the clientele. It's a sports bar! It's okay to have fried foods...and by the way...as an employee...I would think you might take the time to notice that about half that menu is still deep fried...so the new chef isn't winning any awards for saving anyone's cholesterol levels. Focus is important and listening to what people want is a good idea....which can't happen when your GM never is on the floor to meet her customers.

I encourage this employee to look at Kelly's work history and the last couple restaurants she "no call no showed" to and ask the servers at Portland City Grill and at Manzanas how great she was...you'll be greeted with a similar laugh to mine. Or anger, which I have also experienced. And as far as I've heard, Kelly is the only one fired. I think Juan is still there. But you'd know that if you paid attention to facts and not your emotions on this. I take it you are probably not one of the better employees at On Deck that she promoted after she fired all the ones that actually gave a sh*t at the restaurant...and now they are coming back to give a sh*t again and that scares you to death.

Use your head and look at the numbers. Cause there aren't that many coming in there since Kelly took over. Good luck.

• Pros: Beautiful location
• Cons: Service

09/25/09

Wooo

by dv8r421

Kelly the GM at On Deck got fired a few days ago... The best thing that has happened there in a while. She was a terrible GM. WOW. no one hire this woman. ever..............