The Country Cat Dinner House and Bar

Good Dessert. Four of us had dinner there last night ( Oct 14,2011) and the general feeling was while the staff was fine and the ambiance OK the price / entree ratio left a bit to be desired. Two of us ordered the cast iron skillet fried chicken, one ordered the duck crepe and one the seafood pot pie. All were somewhat dissapointing. the fried chicken was overdone but the mashed potatos that came with them were interesting even if a little pasty. The seafood pot pie rated an "Ehh" from the lady who ordered it and my wife thought the duck crepe was pretty good to start but soon started tasting "odd" (I had a couple of bites and thought it much better than my chicken". All the entrees besides being lack luster were rather undersized portions to boot. Even the women thought so.

The side dishes we ordered, 2 salads. biscuits and collard greens, were pretty small portions and plain yet carried primo prices. I think a small serving of mixed greens with a bit of ~ blue cheese dressing for $7 (seems to be a favorite price for stuff) doesn't build customer loyalty. Three buttermilk biscuits (good) with a small paper cup of butterand a small conainer of honey for $7 again was a better deal, but not much.

The collard greens I found interesting, kind of a sour pickled taste, but weren't a hit at the table. Probably my fault since I was the one that said "oh I like them".

The high point of the meal was the shared desserts. we had a chocolate turtle ($7) tart that was delicious but way to small and the other couple shared a crisp of some sort. I wish I could say the deccaf coffee was excelent but I can't. Acceptable would be the best I could do.

The whole meal with 3 glasses of wine and a beer came to $125 which seems a bit steep considering the quality and amout of food consumed. We weren't positively impressed by our dinning experience.

I'd say if a couple went there with a coupon and ordered very carefully they could do better than we did, but it may not be worth the trouble considering the number of places with tasty meals and better prices in Portland.  View Less … View More

Worst martini I've ever ordered.. We sat at the bar, ordered the fries, they looked cool, but were super greasy. Had the salad with egg, I could take it or leave it. As a non-meat eater, I was hard pressed to find much else to order. I wanted to leave at that point, just wasn't interested in trying anything else on the menu, especially after my martini wasn't even cold or dirty.  View Less … View More

Citysearch Editorial Review. Tattooed hipsters, wizened 80 year olds and Montavilla neighbors of all ages meet up at this soulful, family-friendly dinner house where the chef cooks in overalls and vestiges of this former pharmacy set a retro-modern mood. The menu’s a marriage of countrified dishes with a Northwest twist and farm-to-fork focus from starters of potato-chive dumplings and entrees like molasses and hickory smoked duck legs or the aptly titled Whole Hog plate that presents local Sweet Briar Farms pork three ways on a bed of South Carolina grits. Desserts like a trio of puddings are the epitome of comfort food partnered with an air of refinement that leaves diners desiring round two.  View Less … View More

Dinner birthday needs a re-do. My family took me out for my birthday to the Country Cat last night. We had good service from the servers to be sure. The menu looked interesting and my son chose the chicken, I chose the pork, and my wife the lamb. I have to say that we were not impressed with any of the dishes. The chicken was the worst.... almost not edible because of the hard, dry, fried coating. The pork and lamb looked good and the sauce was a good mix, but the amount of fat in each was way too much and by the time we sorted the fat from the meat, there was not much left to eat. I was really expecting a superb dinner from Cats but was underwhelmed.  View Less … View More