Bijou Cafe

@jaymagun-Why would you possibly leave a review for a restaurant you didn't go to, but just read reviews of? Nobody cares that you decided not to go and your 1 star rating is reckless if you did not try the place.

The restaurant is good, the service is variable but Portland is a very strange city in regards to service. I've had awful/indifferent/inattentive service in many, many places. I've lived here for three years and have realized that if I want the food at the places I like, I'll put up with the service and just not leave a great tip, especially if the service was on the indifferent/inattentive side. If the wait staff is directly and intentionally rude, I wouldn't care to go back.

Back in Wisconsin, where I'm originally from, I would normally stop going somewhere if I received consistently bad service (which is generally rare there, probably because wait staff makes so little that tips are almost all their salary, compared to here where wait staff minimum wage is much higher, and should be.) but bad service is systemic here so unless I don't want to go to 75% of the restaurants in town, I just deal with it and enjoy the food.…

Decent Food, Terrible Service. It was a beautiful day and my husband and I decided to spend it walking around downtown Portland. We passed by Bijou Cafe and liked the way it looked so walked in for breakfast. There were many open tables and yet we stood waiting for quite some time before we were waited on. That should have been my first sign that it was not going to be a good place to be. We finally got seated and our server never informs us of the specials or refills our water or asks how our meal is. She was so busy flirting with another table with two young men and really could not be bothered with us. We waited 15 minutes just to get a take out box to put our remaining food in. Finally, I just went up to the kitchen counter and asked for a box, only to be told one will be brought to us. It was another 5 minutes before we received it. Perhaps it's because we were the only couple of color in the restaurant? Be that as it may, we will not be returning to Bijou. What a disappointing experience to what began as a wonderful day.…

We ate there 4 days for breakfast out of 7. My wife and I really loved this place. Being a Chef from the South it really left a lasting impression on me. I'm going to Seattle this year and I may drive down one morning to eat. Ask for the server that has gun holster for her order pad, she is the best.…