Jake's Grill - Portland, OR

I have to say I just wan't really that impressed. I went to dinner with my husband last Thursday night. The restaraunt was packed, which is usually a good sign, but the food was bland and just so so. I ordered the double cut pork chop and my husband got the New york strip. Both were under cooked, under seasoned and buried with sauce that detracted from the overall presentation and flavor of the food. I hate going out to eat and feeling like I should have just stayed home because i can prepare a better tasting meal. The bill came out to over $120.00 for the two of us with drinks and dessert.

You don't always get what you pay for.…

Overpriced steak-cicle. The service at my experience was good. Who ever buys the meat has a good eye as it was a quality cut but for $30 I expected more than three flakes of crab meat and medium rare typically involves warm in the middle. I'd expect more out of Applebee's kitchen staff.…

Gone downhill. Jake's used to be a great place to go. I took a date there Saturday evening and although it wasn't crowded, the service was extremely slow. Once I finally got my food, the mashed potoatoes were wamish on the outside and ice cold in the inside. At somelace like Jakes, I at least expect my mashed potatoes to be made fresh and not yesterday's leftovers warmed back up...yuk. I could do that at home. My date's coleslaw was big chunks of cabbage with about 3 drops of dressing. It will be quite some time before I try it again. Portland has too many great places for dining to be wasting my time on poor service and thrown together fod.…

good food/bad service. I haven't ben in Portland very long and I've been trying out recommendations from Portlanders. Jakes was on my list, so Friday night my 2 roomates and I decided to try it out. We were seated promptly (pretty early in the evening, so not busy yet). The hostess took our drink orders right away, but we sat around for a good 10 minutes before our waitress showed up at the table. We were starved and ordered right away, but sat there another 30 minutes before we could catch her to get more drinks...still waiting on food. The food finally came out and it was good, but she never came back to check on us even once. We finally flagged down another staff person to ask them for our check. Another 10 minutes passed and the original waitress finally reappeared with the check. We paid and left. The food was really good, but not good enough to put up with the long waits and being ignored. I'm not sure why so many people like this place.…