11/07/09

Have your order read back to you!

by Renee69W

What started out as a nice family brunch went expensively wrong. My BF and I decided to split a side of bacon - sounds easy enough? No! We asked the waitress how many slices in a side order; she answered 4; we asked for 2 done limp and 2 done well. After delivering our food, then finally our toast, and then after another while, just as I was about to ask, out comes the waitress with plates of bacon. She started to place them all on our table. We looked her and asked what this was? She said 'you wanted 4 orders, right?' We said 'no, we just asked how many slices in a side and that we wanted 2 each cooked different ways.' She said she could take them back into the kitchen and knowing that they can't reuse them, I said 'rather than throw them out I guess we could eat them but we only ordered 1 side'. Well, was that ever a generous mistake!! She freakin' charged us for 4 (FOUR!!!) sides of bacon. When we complained she said she'd send Shirley over to us. Well, Shirley walked right by us 2x. Then when we got her attention she said 'I walked by at the tail end of you accepting them from the waitress so there you go. You offered to eat them not have them sent back so we could reuse them'. At which point, we were all floored. REUSE?!?!?! What the HELL?? My understanding of restaurants is that once food leaves the kitchen and gets placed it cannot be taken back and put out for another customer. In the end, yes, we paid for the FOUR sides of bacon, but will not recommend anyone try them out without expressing this: HAVE THEM READ BACK YOUR ORDER!!

• Pros: started out good
• Cons: waitress admitted she was tired and had been off

09/27/09

BEST OYSTERS IN TOWN!

by Countess

Wonderful experience everytime we go.

Bartender incredibly friendly and helpful.

Oysters on the half shell were not only the best i've ever had they were also the LARGEST and freshest - also best price in Portland area for for the quality and size.

Some great and rare cognac's. All staff extremely accomodating and pleasant.

• Pros: Great food, friendly staff, nice atmosphere
• Cons: None

09/13/09

Dinner here last night

by g198

I have never written a review before, but felt compelled to do so after eating here (and reading some of these reviews). I pride myself on trying to be objective and have no connection to this restaurant whatsoever.

We had heard some good things about this restaurant from friends and wanted to give it a try but after reading some of the reviews posted here I was a bit concerned, to say the least!

Four of us ate dinner at Tippys last night (9/12/09). We arrived about 7:00 and the restaurant was very busy. The crowd seemed to be a pretty large mix of people, families, younger couples, a birthday party and some older folks. Our wait for an outside table was about 5 minutes, the hostess was very friendly and informative and explained that all of their dinners were homemade. The overall service was a bit slow, due in part I believe to the large crowd, however we never had any issues like the ones mentioned (an hour for water?) in an earlier post.

Our server was helpful and friendly with a good sense of humor. He did forget to bring a beer to the table with our drink order, and had to be reminded.

My wife and I shared the fish and chips (we had seen the portions other customers had and decided one order would be plenty for both of us) while our friends had the pork chops and tomato basil linguine. All three dinners looked very nice and were very large portions. The fish and chips were great. The halibut was light and fresh, the salad was very good and the fries appeared to be homemade. My friend (who can be quite picky about food) said his pork chop was one of the best he had ever eaten. The tomato basil pasta was fantastic and also appeared to be made from scratch. We didn’t find a single thing in our three dinners that seemed “canned or frozen”, all our meals seemed to be freshly prepared.

I can’t comment on “weak drinks” because we just had wine and beer. I felt the wine was reasonably priced ($7.50 for a glass of Oregon Pinot Noir) and the selection good. As far as the food prices go: The pork chop dinner was $15, the fish and chips $18.50, and the pasta dish was $20.95. The prices are a bit high in my opinion and the only reason I didn’t give the restaurant 5 stars. I think this might be a good area for the restaurant management to re evaluate and maybe make some adjustments.

There was live music (sax, keyboard, vocals) while we ate that created a nice background for our evening. It certainly wasn’t dance music, but not piped in generic either.

Overall a very positive experience.

It is hard for me to believe that some of the earlier reviewers, in regards to “canned or frozen” food,“butter on everything” or “cold and reheated” actually ate at this restaurant. It almost sounds like a personal vendetta of some sort, which I think is a poor use of this forum.

• Pros: Great food Large portions Nice outdoor atmosphere
• Cons: Pricing a bit high Outdoor seats are hard!