10/23/09

Perfect place for a first date!

by HauteShopper

A great little hide-away owned by a multi-generational family who are as sweet and hospitable, as they are successful.

Thanksgiving here is a must. Book it now!

• Pros: Spanish Coffee's
• Cons: Having to leave

07/20/09

An EXTRAORDINARY RESTAURANT!!!

by zeffer555

This restaurant reminds me that sometimes good things happen in the world. I had the most wonderful service I have ever had, and the food was delightful. Furthermore, the host did a remarkable job of making sure that all of my needs were attended. He deserves a raise!! My family was well taken care of. My father was recently diagnosed with terminal foot problems, so this was a very special dinner for us...and Hubers did the job just right!

• Pros: GREAT SERVICE
• Cons: Server was better than a good episode of The Simpsons!

07/10/09

Ta-Da! Here's some boring food for ya!

by Oregonjaybird

This is food my grandmother would love. Salty, room temperature, bland... I guess I just expected so much from this place, only to find out that I should have just gone to Poor Richards instead... and I cannot STAND Poor Richards. But at least it would have saved me some dough. I had previously only gone to Hubers to get the obligatory Spanish coffee, which are indeed good, and the show is always fun.

But the actual food is below-average American cuisine. If you lived in a tiny nowhere town, this would likely be the "fancy place" where kids go before prom. If you want great American fare, there are far, far better options in Portland; go for the Spanish coffee after you have eaten elsewhere.

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• Pros: Spanish Coffee
• Cons: The fact that the best thing on the menu is a drink.

06/24/09

great old school place!

by CSMobileUser

I love hubers, it's got a great atmosphere and comfort food is always appropriate in rainy portland! Our server, Roxanne was just cute as a button and the redhead hostess wasn't too bad herself. :) the wings were great, as was the Spanish coffee.

06/24/09

Great Happy Hour

by Blodgett

I went during the evening happy hour and loved the atmosphere. Very bustling with life and people! The happy hour food was decent, and the drinks were excellent. The service could have been better, had to flag somebody down whenever we needed help, but it could have been because of how busy it was.

• Pros: Spanish Coffee is definitely worth the hype
• Cons: Service needs work

06/09/09

Excellent

by lincoln99

Childhood memories from 1940's. Yikes. Thanks for keeping it historic and good.

A.S.

Portland, Ore

• Pros: Good food and service
• Cons: a little noisy in the bar

06/09/09

Favorite restaurant!!!

by JKL1879

We've eaten at Huber's so many times because we love the atmosphere and the food, and because of the integrity of the owners. Out of all the times in all the many years we've eaten at Huber's there have only been a few times that we were unhappy with our food. We said something and were able to order something else, and on another time they gave us a gift certificate for a free meal. The point is that if there is ever anything not to your liking, the owners at Huber's will ALWAYS make it right. In fact, because of their standard of excellence, they WANT to know if something isn't right because they value their customers, take pride in their restaurant and its heritage, and want to make sure you enjoy your meal and your time at Huber's. We love the place!

• Pros: Great ambiance, great food, great customer service
• Cons: not open for breakfast

03/26/09

pretty terrible

by hvtopdx

Such a disappointment. I ordered the turkey florentine, and it was dry, tasteless. Turkey is supposedly their specialty (which is weird in itself). The mashed potatoes were good. I won't be going back, not even to see them make Spanish coffee.

• Pros: good bread, cool space
• Cons: awful food

03/09/09

Still a winner

by waymorfun

My dad took me to Hubers the first time over 50 years ago when I was just 10 years old. I remember thinking that it was a special place even then. A few years later I worked downtown and would go there for lunch a couple of times a month and always loved it. Somehow it kind of slipped off the radar in the last several years and even though we eat out a lot we never thought about Hubers. Last night we were in the area so I took my wife there for dinner and discovered that they still know how to serve great food at a great price. The service was spot on and the place has a certain comforting charm to it. (except for the chairs I think those are left over from 50 years ago) you would think they could invest in something more comfortable.

I had the ham dinner and it puts Honeybaked to shame, moist, tender and full of flavor and a nice size portion. My wife had the turkey and loved it. The side dishes of applesauce for the ham and cranberries for the turkey were like homemade and a perfect complment to the meat. The Spanish coffee is overpriced but tastes great and the show they put on with it almost makes it worth the price. My one and only complaint about the meal was the vegatables, a bean and carrot combo that was totally overpowered by big chunks of garlic. That said we can't wait to go back and eat there again.

If you've never been, you need to try it and if you are like me and have kind of forgotten about it, you need to go back, great food is always in fashion.

• Pros: Great food and service
• Cons: very uncomfortable chairs, a bit noisy

12/29/08

Poor Service, Mediocre Food

by MarkfromBeaverton

I decided to take my brother from LA to a Portland institution. What I found was poor service and mediocre food.

We had to wait a long time (45 min) before our appetizers came then it took a long time (over ? hr) before a waitress came up to us and asked us for our order for our dinner. We had to ask a wandering water server to find our waitress and even after than we had to flag her ourselves.

Normally I would give poor service a pass if it was jammed and crowded but we were there at 6 pm and the place was about 20% full. In addition, I am use to having the waitress coming around during the meal and asking if everything was OK and she did not. We even saw the owner wandering around but he never stopped to ask us how our meal was either.

We had crab cakes, turkey enchiladas, and roast turkey. All were something that I would classify as diner food quality.

We skipped the ?famous? Spanish coffee for we saw enough displays of it being made and that was 99% of the appeal anyway.

The atmosphere in the bar was old Portland and historic but that was about it. It was not for a quiet dinner for the acoustics were loud.

The dinner was expensive and what we paid for was the historic atmosphere and that was about it. I?d go to Jake?s next time instead.

• Pros: The historic atmosphere
• Cons: Food quality, Service