Orenco Station Grill

09/12/08

Avoid

by reviewer4673 at Citysearch

Very unimpressive food and characters that visit the location. Last time I was there, I met an x-convict who was a bar-fly with a frontal labotomy named "Gino" (wouldn't give last name), but he visits from out of state, Denver, and this is his hangout. Also, when I've been in the restaurant, the owner is always having an open bottle of wine with a buddy and drinking it in his restaurant during business hours....not a real good impression.

There are other much better choices on the same block or across the street, Merchant of Venice and Swaggarts, that I would highly recommend over this mediocre criminal hangout. By the way, the owner states that not only is there video recording, but audio as well...huh, why is he the only restaurant here with that?

08/28/08

Fix these problems!!!

by truthbearer at Citysearch

I can't believe the owner could care less about what people really think of his establishment. These are the same problems he has had since he's opened several years ago. I would be soooo embarassed if I were him. he uses the cheapest ingredents. Spending a little more money for better ingredents goes along way.

A lot of these reviews I read have to be from people that frequent this place or don't know good food if it pooped on their face.

It's to bad most of these so called great reviews are from friends (which I can appreciate) and not from real reviewers, but you'll have to sort those out for yourslves.

07/08/08

Ick!

by nhonzel1 at Citysearch

Plastic flowers on the tables, paper napkins, "scratch recipe" sauces from a bottle, bland food and cheap decor? I'm not sure but most Portlanders I know enjoy very good food and you definitely won't find it here. These folks saying it's outstanding don't get out of Hillsboro much.

04/14/08

continue

by nohardfeelingsjusttruth at Citysearch

As for service during happy hour it is usually just the bartender which she does beautifully. Luch can get crazy at times, but usually the only problem you will have is the during the day you will have the new servers that are cluless, and will be like that for a very long time, night time you will have the the more experience but greedy servers that will charger for everything.

Like I said before I love working at osg but only because of a select few coworkers and a few of my regulars that I just absolutly adored, but I left osg not olny for personal reasons but also the way they run the restaurant, its just not perfessional , and unfare to you the cutomers.

I would very much recommend you steer clear of osg for dinning, if you want a drink then its the perfect place(at the bar).

Oh yea almost for got when gywane was fiddling with the books he ending up messing with something that made it to where at least 4 (that i know of) employees, got there paycheck had at the minimum 50% taxes taken out and for me at one point 82%, isn't it a nice place.

If this is how they treat there employees imagine how they will treat you!

I hoped I helped you.

04/02/08

My last visit to this restaurant

by baja60 at Citysearch

03/31/08 We've been here befoe and were happy with our food. But on this date, the New York steaks had so much gristle, they couldn't be chewed. Caesar Salads were all white, tasteless lettuce, with very liitle dressing.. Even the baked potatoes had been around the block. Our group of four all had the same opinions of the food and will take our business elsewhere.

09/21/07

NEVER AGAIN!!!!

by leo_lawyer at Citysearch

WE went to this horrid place last night. It appears to be a nice restaurant because of the beautiful decor. However, the service is slow and unattentive. We ordered Mahi Mahi, a steak, and salmon. The MAHI MAHI was way raw in the middle and had blo o d dripping out of it and was drenched in lemon sauce. The steak was pale and rubbery. The salmon was greasy and overcooked. Our salads were pathetic served on plates the size of a coffee saucer not to mention the lettuce was iceberg and brown on the sides. A couple of my lettuce leaves were gooey inside. That was grocery store salad in a bag I guess????

The only good thing was the champagne and the warm sourdough bread they brought.

Our total came to $130 (so food was about $85-90) but that was way too expensive for poor quality food and service.

The napkins were paper and the butter and salad dressing were in plastic cups. That is soooo classless for a restaurant with $20+ entrees. Even Stanford's has cloth napkins and have glassware for sauces and salad dressings.

We will never go back to Orenco Grill. It was downright gross.

I have had better food at fast food restaurants!!!!

• Pros: Location. Beautiful restaurant and our server was nice.
• Cons: Overpriced for such low quality food and paper napkins.

06/11/07

They should close this horrible place!!!

by sancho74 at Citysearch

I come to Hillsboro on business every so often. I came to the Orenco Station Grill for appetizers and drinks. I ordered some sliders (small hamburger) and all it had in them was bun meat and some funky sauce. What I bit into was the most disgusting thing ever. The beef patty was bloody raw on the inside!!! The waitress told not to panic.

THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GIVING THIS SH!T HOLE 5 STARS ARE FRIENDS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT! I agree with every single person who gave this place 2 stars below! Nice place, bad service, bad food and prices. I don?t recommend it!

• Pros: Looks nice
• Cons: Poor quality food, horrible service, high priced

12/10/06

Watch it!

by trescat at Citysearch

I had the southwestern chicken salad, advertised with a grilled chicken breast. There 5 little bites of chicken and lame iceberg lettuce. The most awful. BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU CHARGE, THEY WILL ADD EXTRA TO THE TIP AMOUNT!!

• Pros: nice location
• Cons: will add extra to tip amount on charges

12/05/06

Worst restaurant in the Hillsboro/Portland area.

by gmsavko at Citysearch

I had lunch today 12/05/06 at the Orenco Grill. I will never go back. I ordered the French Dip sandwich and was amazed at what I received for the price. I received less than an ounce of meat on a hogie roll that was the size of a small hot dog bun. The meat portion was so sparce that I had to physically spread it out on the bread and then it barely covered the small hogie roll. I also had a side salad and the lettuce was wilted. I paid extra to substitute potatoe salad for a green salad. I have had better meals at half the price at Sherry's. The service was OK. I will never go back to the grill and I will tell others to avoid the place. Worst restaurant I have been to in the Portland area. I'm amazed they are still in business.

• Pros: Close to Intel
• Cons: Tiny portions not worth the price paid

08/03/06

Why did I ever go here?

by livinginboro at Citysearch

I really wanted to give this place a try. I first tried to go to Orenco Grill in September 05, but after waiting several minutes at an empty restaurant with my wife, we decided to leave because no one would wait on us or even given us a glass of water at our table. Well, I have a streak of being stubborn and as we were driving by I suggested we go there for another try. The pork chop and the scallops were okay. Nothing to go "wow" over but it was adequate. The part that is plain awful is the service. My wife and I ordered two entrees with mediocre salads (see other reviewers comments), and as other tables received bread we were ignored. Our waitress never asked about our meals and it took her fifteen minutes to swipe our credit card through the machine. The one positive was the coffee that my wife received was in a French press, but they were so busy or just so clueless that they forgot to give her a spoon to mix the cream in her coffee. I am hoping things will either change or a new restaurant will replace the Orenco Grill. I would suggest the management team study the customer service at the New Seasons in Orenco.

• Pros: location, french press coffee
• Cons: Fake flowers-am I at a nursing home