Shireen McCleary

Review of Deschutes Brewery

I know bar food is not typically great but I didn'...

I know bar food is not typically great but I didn't expect it to be so bad. We made a reservation on Halloween night and good thing we did because the hostess stand was overwhelmed with people trying to get in the door (Also very hard to maintain social distance that way...) We were seated upstairs and felt like we were sitting at a table in a huge open room without even music playing. Our server did not seem like she wanted to be there and was very brusque when taking our orders. Not to mention, she never came by to fill up our water or clear away our dishes let alone offer to put in an order for another drink. I got the French onion soup and Caesar salad thinking those are two dishes that are difficult to screw up. Boy was I wrong. The Caesar salad tasted like it had wasabi mixed into it? it was probably one of the worst Caesar dressings I've ever tasted, including cheap stuff you could buy at the grocery store. The French onion soup was even more bl ah and disappointing. It might have been redeemed if it came with bread on the side, but it did not. The fried chicken sandwich is comparable to something you could get at Wendy's, complete with a serious lack of flavor. all in all I don't recommend coming here unless you have a reservation and plan on bad service, disappointing food and leaving thirsty.