Rose's Restaurant & Bakery

03/09/09

Love Rose's always a favorite

by Psmith1963

Me and my family went to Rose's in Sherwood this past weekend, I had the Denver omlette the wife had a eggs florentine, the kids had roses specials. We always go to rose's and enjoy there breakfast on the weekend, I'm in the restaurant business my self and they always do a great job at the Sherwood location food is hot and timely, so many people are negative on this review site lets have a little more posative to say about a Portland ICON, this is my opinion, take it or leave it............ I will always go to Rose's for a great meal!

01/25/09

What's all the fuss about?

by JohnPre

I was very dissapointed in the quality of the food. Way too much money for a pastrami sandwich that was edible but not nearly as good as advertised. It was smaller than expected and lacking in flavor. The potato chips were the highlight of the meal.

09/14/08

What a disappointment!

by foodiefromNY

The title says it best: what a disappointment we experienced when dining at the new Rose's on NE Broadway. The only reason for the one-star rating is the fine service. The food deserves no stars! What happened to chopped liver being on the menu of a Jewish-style deli? What an amazing omission. The corned beef sandwich was skimpy and fatty, not at all like what is served at the NW Portland location. As far as we are concerned, the meal was a waste of $27. We will not return, nor should others who are being hoodwinked by the use of a once quality name. This Rose's resembled weeds.

08/19/08

disappointing

by perlite

we always eat at the rose's in east vancouver, up till now we never had any major complaints. but we just ate there in the last 2 weeks and not only were the sandwiches smaller but my favorite cake has been reduced to fewer layers. not the decadence it use to be. their desserts are becoming less special. the new version of rose's just doesn't make the grade. you can't beat the original on nw 23rd. the person that referred to the current chain of rose's as cheap copycats was right on.

08/07/08

New Broadway/Lloyd Centerlocation is 100% terrible, not good at all like the other locations!

by Jaynedowe

We eat at Rose's restaurants quite frequently and unfortunately discovered that the new Broadway/Lloyd Center location is absolutely terrible. It is not good like the one in East Vancouver (which is great) or the one in Beaverton (which is also great). We ordered at 11:15 am, the traditional Matzo Ball soup and it showed up in a small cup (smaller than the other locations) with a huge Matzo Ball that filled the cup and maybe a 1/8th of a cup of incredibly salty brine, not good chicken broth. We had to ask for hot water to dilute the broth just in order to try and eat it. The coffee was luke warm, (even when we asked for hotter coffee); the diet coke was water with no flavor or fizz.

We ordered 2 Pastrami sandwiches, (not the huge ruben type) to go. We asked that one be on sourdough and the other on dark rye, as we both do not like the caraway seeds in the regular rye bread. We stated this to the waiter. Later in the day when we opened the boxes to eat the sandwiches, we discovered both were on the regular rye bread with caraway seeds, and the Pastrami was over 60% fat. My dog got the Pastrami and the bread when to the birds.

I will not returning to this Rose's location anytime soon.

• Pros: Location
• Cons: Awful food

07/24/08

*NEW* NE Broadway Location

by thisisemily

Just got back from the new NE Broadway location, it was PACKED. Granted it was lunch time, but if you have that many seats be prepared to use them. My experience was just okay, as a single I got seated right away, greeted after 5 min then ordered. My food arrived 25 minutes later, a single sandwich, and yes, I timed it. I felt sorry for the table of 2 and 7 that were right next to me. They were apologized to for their Hour Long Wait with no food. They all walked about visually frustrated, presumably because they had to go back to work. Food wise; the Bronx was not what I remembered it, too much sauerkraut, not enough dressing, decent meat but clearly not as much as they used to put on. The potato salad was *yawn* edible. Overall I would rate the new Rose's as a "I suppose we could go to Rose's."

07/22/08

why should I ever go back?

by ROSESbaby

Why should I go back? let me tell you that the last time I was in roses was the last day they closes the one at 315 nw 23 ave . My mother worked for grandma Rose and all the way to MR. B .I myself work there too . I know that the food will never be the same . I could tell you all kind of stories about the times . I have read all these reviews I see good and bad . i do crave a bowl soup once an while .. tell me this will i get up and walk out or will I be surprised with the food.. I do know that all the deserts were had made evey day . At frist in the resturant then down the street at the bakery were myself I spent the day with Papa making strawberry tarts... so please let me know should I take my family back to our family tradtion of Roses?

Rob

07/17/08

Mama Rose, where are you?

by nessa54

I went to the original roses during high school in 1960s continuing until original roses 23rd ave closing. The old Roses was known for their desserts, ruebens and many new york style deli offerings such as chopped chicken livers and chicken salad served with bagels. It was delicious. Always went on weekends before concerts etc. Coming from San Francisco I was thrilled to find Roses, back then.

Well, you can never go home again. That roses is gone, replaced with a cheap copycat version. At least they brought back the original rueben,(well sort of) otherwise what a joke. Cakes baked at "Beaverton Bakery" dry, tasteless and way overpriced! Its become a chain. So disappointing for those of us who remember the original "Roses" on 23rd ave.

06/15/08

breakfast

by ponyjonas

My girlfriend and I eat breakfast/lunch at Roses on average of 3-4 times per month. Overall, I would have to say that the food is consistently good and service is good as well. One Sunday breakfast outing however was a very bad experience. Having worked as a server/bartender I understand how it can be difficult to give great service when you are "slammed". We were seated promptly in the lounge despite the large crowd. On our way to the table we clearly heard the bartender say to the hostess, "no more!" This should have been an omen to us. Again, I want to stress that 90% of the time the service is very good. However, when a restaurant is extremely busy and you still receive great service that is most impressive as a consumer. We were seated and waited about 5 minutes before we were greeted. When the server did arrive we placed our drink and breakfast order right away. After waiting over 30 minutes our food finally arrived. The server apologized and indicated that our food had been taken somewhere else. Looking at our plates I realized that both of my girlfriend and I were given wheat toast instead of sourdough. At this point neither of us cared. During the 30 minute waiting period it would have been nice if the server had kept us posted as to what was happening. Instead, we were ignored. Once the food arrived the server only came over to see how our food was when I happened to make eye contact with them. My thought was that our food was taken by another server and then returned. So instead of one table getting bad service there were now 2. This was a very bad experience. I still want to stress that this was a rare example of poor service at an establishment where the service is usually great; in my opinion.

04/19/08

love all the comments.....

by allison456

Very interesting comments as I love reviewing them. I read the one about Beaverton Bakery and being a long time Portlander I had to call and find out what this was all about. First, I have dined at Rose's over the last 20 years and have almost always enjoyed my meal and service (I say almost, cause like any restaurant it is not always perfect) and the desserts have always been special. So, I called the operations manager for the company and asked him about beaverton bakery, Rose's desserts and who makes them! He confirmed that they work with local baker's to make their desserts, all are delivered fresh daily and have been that way for a long time. He said they work closely with the bakers and they bake only to Rose's specifications and Rose's goal is to deliver a variety of fresh, creative and Rose's famous desserts daily. He said the costs were too high to bake everything onsite and that he considers the local bakers an extension of Rose's as they have total control over the quality and design. So I say to the beaverton bakery comment person....who cares who bakes the desserts as long as they are fresh and taste great. I suspect Roses does not use beaverton anymore and that a beaverton bakery person wrote the comment. Let's be real with these comments, I mean really think about it! Do you go to Starbucks or Peetes coffee and complain about the scone or coffee cakes not being made on site? NO!!

Rose's is a great restaurant, has been for a long time in Portland and I am sure it will be for a long time to come.

Allison