12/11/08

Crepe Savor

by pdxrater

One of the best places I've ever been to. The dinner and dessert crepes come in different varieties. I ordered one of each, brought them home, ate them cold, and they were STILL delicious! I would say out of uniqueness, price, and quality, I would give this my highest rating.

The service was attentive and friendly. The atmosphere is similar to Montage; dim, candle-lit, romantic or a late-night setting. It is again under the highway, in a little shack of a place you wouldn't look twice at. You'll leave thinking you know some place special no one else does.

• Pros: Inexpensive, delcious
• Cons: You've never heard of it

09/03/08

Delectable crepes, attentive staff

by trapizumac7

The savory crepe, faux vegan was divine. The creme fraiche was a bit too much, but it melded perfectly with the mushrooms and spinach. The time it took to order to table was waaaay too long. It took about 30 minutes. Really? It only takes 3 minutes to cook a crepe. Oh well, it was worth the wait. The service was attentive and refilled our drinks quickly and had genuine mini-conversations.

• Pros: quality of food, options and price
• Cons: The wait

12/21/07

It makes me le happy

by niftynoodle

Came in a a cold weeknight with some friends who had been before. Just wanted some cocktails and dessert crepes. It certainly owned up! I can't remember the name of my cocktail (they need to post their cocktail menu on their website) but I know it had Chambord and 2 other liquors in it... delicious. And I was craving un Chocolat Banane crepe and it did the trick (but now that I'm writing about it I need another)!

Also enjoyed their game selection and we noticed after a while that everyone else in there was also playing a game - what fun!

The atmosphere at le happy is cozy and warm (love the red walls and burst of flowers over the bar) and it was beautifully decorated for Christmas.

• Pros: cocktails, um - crepes!, games/atmosphere

09/20/07

I never had a chance to try the food

by wildwest11

My family and I had been recommended to dine at Le Happy. When we entered the restaurant to dine the music they were playing was Grunge at full throttle level. We had looked forward to a good meal but we could not hear each other talk. When I asked the waitress how the music choice was made she stated it was their choice. I asked her if she would turn it down a little and she agreed that she would. It took a while for her to turn it down. By that time my family and I were doing pretty well by communicating with sign language. Eventually she turned it down to a dull roar. We thought maybe we would sit outside but it was cold and the freeway traffic echoed quite loudly so, we decided to try another place. Le Happy's attitude seemed very similar to "The Stepping Stone Cafe's" moto "You Eat Here Because We Let You." I choose not to.

06/28/07

Very delicious! Great atmosphere.

Contributor

What a great place to have a bite. The space is small and cozy, and we found the service to be very warm and friendly. But the crepes....oh my! So delicious! I ate the champignon with cremini mushrooms and gorgonzola, and my date ate the carmelized onions with goat cheese. I added a half a steak and a salad, and the steak was cooked perfectly. And, the cocktails are perfect. Really stiff and well made. My only regret was that we didn't have any room for dessert! Oh well, next time!

• Pros: Delicious food, great atmosphere, friendly staff

03/21/07

Great Crepes, Terrible Service

by nicole_78

I'm teetering on whether to give this place a good review, or a terrible one....

I've been going to Le Happy for the past year and a half every few months or so. I always love the atmosphere, which is really cozy, dark and romantic. Their drinks and crepes are probably some of the best you can get in town. (Trust me, I went to Chez Machin, and I couldn't even swallow one of theirs....) And the service, USED to be quite good! There is/was a great waiter there who is always super friendly and helpful and who I hope to get when I visit.

Now they made an unfortunate mistake by hiring a new "too-cool-for-school" waitress (their only waitress I believe) who has made every visit miserable. Its turned from "Le Happy" to "Le Painful".

After sitting at our table for about 20 minutes with no water, no menus, no trace of getting any service-- nothing-- I decided to get up from my chair and kindly ask the waitress (who was hanging out by the bar) if we could at least see menus. I got a venimous lashing from her telling us that she was busy and that we should just "HOLD ON". I looked around to see if we were the only ones getting this treatment. No... it was pretty consistent. Every table was barren, or completely full of empty plates and glasses. There were looks exhanged by neighboring tables and lots of finger drumming.

SO, to not end on a bad note. I absolutely LOVE this place. They play great music, the atmosphere is perfect and their crepes and drinks are always amazing. They just need to either a) hire more servers or b) medicate and/or fire the terrible waitress they have working there now.

I'm definitely holding off recommending it to anyone until they do something about this.

• Pros: ambience, food
• Cons: bad service

02/22/07

APALLINGLY awful service

by reasonablefoodie

despite what this site reports, le happy does not take reservations for large parties - or, they will before 6p or after 10p which is to say, effectively, why bother?

a party of 7, we took our chances and actually got a table fairly easily.

the most amazingly rude hipster waitress (friday 02/16, 7ish pm) served only half our table water. ages later she took our order. over an HOUR later five of us were served, the remaining two waiting another 20 awkward minutes, with not a single apology or semblance of regard for the situation. service101: that is completely unacceptable.

when the bill came, she flippantly informed us that large parties are automatically charged an 18% gratuity, which was never stated otherwise though perhaps it was written in teeny type on the menu in the dim candlelight and we missed it. clearly her theory was - why work for your big fat undeserved tip or care for your customers when it's a large party since it's a given you'll get it?

rather enraging...

then it took her something like 20 solid minutes to return with our change and charge slips, making us late to fetch a friend at the airport...all this on a friends' birthday celebration dinner...

while the food is consistently good, the service makes it an overwhelmingly negative experience.

10/25/06

Small, dark, and scrumptious!

by difrancophile

We went to Le Happy for the first time last night and had a thoroughly pleasant meal. We arrived around 6pm and so were able to enjoy a nice happy hour (5-7pm, mon-thurs) which included $1 off most drinks and a savory crepe special. The service wasn't quick, but we weren't in a hurry, and as the food was wonderful, a little extra time to enjoy our drinks was just fine. The astmosphere is a mixture of modern and retro including hundreds of snapshots of the opposite se* in the bathrooms. Of the four crepes we enjoyed, our favorite by far was Le Champignon. We highly recommend this restaurant for a cozy romantic dinner.

• Pros: Food, Ambience, Happy Hour
• Cons: None

09/12/06

le happy, me happy, ye happy, we happy

by kristermoore

Take imagination, humor, good ingredients, and turn crepes upside down. Nice on every level--friendly to all, fine for a rare meal alone but always designed for small crowds. Incredible staff, including one who has been there longer than forever and another who sat down with us and sampled a customer designed recipe and pronounced it good. It's just quirky enough to make out of towners feel they've eaten in Portland proper, but also savvy to carrying Paper and keeping artists in business.

• Pros: bon appetit

05/30/06

Magnifique!

by vlcgoddess

Le Happy is great. It's very small, but therefore romantic. It's not as highbrow as you'd expect from the website. A lot of hipsters hang out, and I felt a bit overdressed.

But the food is amazing. Try the goat cheese and caramalized onion crepe--you won't be disappointed. And be sure to save room for any of the dessert crepes--sinfully delicious and worth every calorie.

A unique experience. Definitely great!