09/12/09

Friends Don’t Let Friends Eat at Café DuBerry

by BeenThereDoneThat

It would even be a mean prank to send your worst enemy there. Located next to a car detail shop, can you say “Carnauba Wax Soup”? We went there on an advice by a friend (?) and to put it nicely, we were disappointed. Just as the comments below say, it’s crammed. We arrived on a hot day and they have no air conditioning. Their furniture is plastic. There is no view. If the restaurant view was only turned around the corner, at least the bar across the street would have at least provided something possibly appetizing in the worn down neighborhood. It’s supposed to be a French restaurant, yet the only thing I see remotely French is escargot and French toast.

As for the food, there were only half a dozen things on the menu and only a few others as special to make the selection, at best, poor. The same goes for the appetizers, just about half a dozen. We ordered the cod and pepper steak. After the LONG wait, the food arrived. The cod was full of flavor, if you like salt. My glass of water never got topped off regularly. The credited steak is just a chopped steak smothered in gravy.

Again it was so hot in there, and there was nobody else in that restaurant (does that tell you something?). It was so hot, I could not even wait to give these guys a redeeming chance to offer desert. I just wanted to get out of there.

Maybe one of these days when the economy gets better, these guys will get better. Just look at the reviews, they coincide with the economy when it went bust. Unfortunately, with the recent reviews like this, they may go out of business before the economy rebounds.

Keep on looking for a better place for now. This one gets the "buzzer".

• Pros: Portland has better to offer
• Cons: Read on . . .

07/19/09

Worst Dining Experience Ever

by CafeDuBerrySucks

The only thing French about this place is the terrible customer service and attitude of the staff.

• Pros: You don't have to eat at Cafe Du Berry after reading this re
• Cons: Everything

07/17/09

Horrible

by axskitz

Cramped Spaces, Shabby and Dirty looking Waiter, Overpriced and Unfulfilling (and believe me I am not a heavy eater) - The Fruit and French toast side has literally not even a handful of berries. I felt so taken advantage of at the end! Not enough food at high enough quality (the hash browns were extremely bland, even with salt and not a good texture. I will say though that the french toast was ok, it was unique, had a custardy inside with a hint of lemon, but was not nearly enough for the price they charge (one piece of bread is all!). Even thinking about it makes me hungry.

• Pros: Ok french toast
• Cons: Everything Else