Thank you Resto Bar staff! We had such an amazing dinner tonight Menu items ordered were Spaghetti with Meatballs, a burger, and Chicken Marsala. My dinner came with a beautiful salad. Awesome all around! Server was helpful and super friendly. Great service! We ate outside and enjoyed the wonderful atmosphere. We will definitely be back read more

We went to 1285 RESTOBAR for dinner, the waitress informed us it was a twenty minute wait. While we were deciding whether to wait or move on, a man stepped up behind us. I informed him that it was going to be a 20 minute wait for us to which he replied it's probably gonna be a 20 minute wait wherever you go I'm pretty sure they can get you in fast. A few seconds later the same gentleman called us into the restaurant sat us at a table and informed us that he was a chef there his name is Mike he was absolutely wonderful recommended a couple specialty dishes which we did order and they were awesome! Every person we came in contact with this establishment was wonderful including the regulars that were sitting outside that encouraged us to stay and try the food read more

Just okay and a little spendy for the quality. My husband's spaghetti, marinara and meatballs wasn't bad. The salad was good. My balsamic dressing had no flavor... I'm guessing someone didn't mix it and I got oil but not much balsamic. My chicken marsala was sticky and sweet. I expect a little sweet, but the texture was gummy. They were busy, and struggling to keep up, but nice enough folks. Just not great food. read more

Delicious food (pizza, bruchetta, clams), great atmosphere, perfect experience. Highly recommend this little spot in Old Town Florence.

Stopped in on our way up the coast from Brookings to home in Lincoln City. My first time being here, and it definitely won't be the last. Great atmosphere, great waitress, delicious wine and tasty food. Started with the caprese salad. Then I had the Parmesan halibut and hubby had the clam linguine. Both were delicious. The lobster sauce on the halibut was outstanding. We used to have a different favorite must stop in Florence, but it has been replaced with Restobar! read more

What a Huge disappointment. Everyone tells us this is a great place to eat. We had the pizza and it was really good.The problem is five other couples came in after us, a few quite a bit after us and all had their food before we did. For a simple medium sized pizza we waited 45 minutes. At some point the waitress saw that our food was lost and went to check on us only to tell us they had a bunch of phone in pizza orders ahead of us. We saw only two pizza's go out of the place in that time and it's a small place. We are not people who like to eat quickly but it felt like we were being ignored and rather than making our evening it really did ruin it. We will go back and get a pizza sometime, because the food was good, but we will take it home to eat it. This should stop no one from going there but I think management needs to get a handle on stuff like this. One other recommendation; lower the lights a bit it's too bright inside. I wish you luck and hope you do a better job in the future of making ALL your guests feel welcome in your establishment. read more

This place was eh. All the fish was severely over cooked. However, they did allow us to sit at an outdoor table with our dog. The beer selection was good, and the wait staff was efficient. The pasta noodles were cooked perfectly too. read more

My favorite restaurant in Florence. Everything is always delicious and the staff is always helpful and nice. I love the atmosphere, especially in the back patio area. read more

This WOULD HAVE BEEN, SHOULD HAVE BEEN, a 4* review, had it not been for the RUDE BEHAVIOR of the OWNER. After only 75 minutes from when we sat down (40 from getting our meal), and following a pretty-much solid meal with apps and drinks from a very fun and friendly server... but BEFORE we were even done with our just delivered dessert... the woman owner (who sat at the bar next to our table) kept looking over her shoulder at us to see if we were done, told (loud enough for us to hear) a couple waiting for a table that they would have ours when we were done, and walked over and talked to the servers and host while looking directly at us. Wow. I understand how you have only so many summer months to make the majority of your annual take, but this was EXTREMELY RUDE, LADY! WE HADN'T EVEN FINISHED OUR DESSERT! There is absolutely no good reason to treat your customers that way. In almost exactly 24 hours we had spent close to $200 at your restaurants for just two customers. That sorta ruined our meal, quite frankly, and I therefore will not give you the much better review it could easily have been. My advice? Call and find out if the owner is going to be away that night, or if you can be seated NOWHERE NEAR HER. read more

So we ran in this restaurant around 6:30pm and the middle age, over-weight hostess told us that she had "no table" and the place was "booked at least for next hour", but half-heartedly offered a table outside the door. We looked at each other and thought that it was late to walk around the cold with two sleeping babies in our arms, so we accepted it even though it wasn't ideal. We asked if a high chair can be set up for us and she said yes, even though it wasn't an enthusiastic one. We sat there waiting for service like idiots for ten minutes, so I told my husband that I felt un-welcomed and warned that she probably forgot about us and that we probably won't get any service because we were seated outside. Hoards of people started to leave the restaurant and at least 3 parties of people came in and got seated. They waited for no more than five mins by the door or inside the door and started to get seated one after another. I had an inkling that they didn't have reservation because it felt spontaneous, (like they literally walked on the street and curious about the restaurant so they went inside to check it out, not like a purposeful walk, where you know you heading to a place you had reservation, if you know what I mean.) But I thought it was unthinkable that she would offer new comers without reservations tables inside before us, with two small kids (a toddler and an infant). So after some time passed, no server came out to take our order nor asked for our drink orders, I looked up where we sat a saw paper print out menus held there by a plastic holder. I picked out two and gave my husband one. It was an okay menu, I wasn't enthusiastic to try anything in particular but narrowed it down to a crab encrusted Northwest Salmon dish, because it was mildly interesting. Still no one came outside to start the service so I told my husband that he should go inside and ask for a high chair because I was tired of holding our baby, and just place our orders since we're not exactly enjoying sitting outside in the cold chills. He ran in, placed an order with our sleeping toddler in his arms, while I sat outside waiting. More chills and cold winds blown our way, he came back and said he placed the order, but forgot to ask about the high chair that we asked before sitting down. He ran back waited his turn to ask her again for the high chair. Few more minutes passed and the hostess came out with a high chair, no apology nor slight indication that she felt bad about the lateness of its coming. I was concerned about the weather was getting too cold for my kids so I took off my sweater and wrapped it around my infant seating in the high chair. Then a few more minutes, a server came out to take our drink order. After I sat my infant in the chair and ran inside to use the restroom. I found that the restaurant had another covered outside eating area in the back. I also noticed that crowd was white, over half was middle-age, wine-drinking type, but I thought nothing of it, because it is a typical demographic for a small beach city community. I ran back outside, then another group of people on the street came in (white, 20 something crowd). I overheard the guy commented that the restaurant was full, maybe they won't get a seat. Yes five minutes later, they were seated. And mind you not there were five or six adults in this group. I was upset, but knew how much my husband wanted to avoid Mo's, so I kept my thought and feelings to myself even though anger started to build inside. So over thirty minutes in, we saw parties after parties left and then another big party came in (I'm not going to mention parties of twos who got seated during this time). I told him to go ask if they had reservation, he dismissed me and said of course they did. I was upset but wanted to be cool-headed, so I said, just ask because I overheard at least 1 big party came in and got seated 20 mins ago. So he did, and one of them told him that she told them "five minutes" for their table, but he consoled me that she grossly underestimated the wait time for an open table without reservation, and if that were the case of seat opening up without reservation, she would have offered it to us first. Which I know was not true because, I sat right by the door and I knew what was going on. So I said, forget it, we're leaving because I'm not going to sit there in the cold nor will I make my kids sit in the cold because of some white, racist hostess decided that we weren't good enough to get seated in their precious restaurant. And god knows how long the food gonna take. So we walked off to another restaurant as the sun finally set behind us. So horrible the way we were treated, what was worst was my kids were put through it. So if she wasn't discriminated against us because we weren't white, then it must be because of our kids, which is even worst. What kind of heartless b!tch make little kids sit outside in the cold? read more

We walked out. Came in and no one would acknowledge us in the doorway attempting to get seated (though waiters did brush by me multiple times). Finally demanded someone at bars attention to ask how seating worked and got a blank stare.. Asked if we could take open table outside. Few minutes later someone brought menus. Ordered beers, mine was out so I passed. Husband ordered beer and waitress repeated his "...porter" order, then walked off mumbling "lager." He said, "she's gonna bring the lager" Too much longer than you should wait for beer, she brought the lager. We informed her it was incorrect and left while she went back inside. Everyone looked frazzled, we weren't acknowledged and it took 10-15 minutes to get the wrong bear. Sad, because the menu looked good for price in an area where we struggle to find good restaraunts. We won't be back anytime soon. read more

Nice family spot...very crowded on a Thursday evening and we were seated on small back deck. The food however was great and worth the cramped space. I would highly recommend the cannelloni, fresh homemade pasta and well flavored filling and sauce. The table next to us ordered a white pizza and it smelled so good when delivered I wanted to steal a piece...definitely will order next time. read more

I have other reviews to write. Some other places have been bookmarked for weeks or months waiting for me to review. Instead, I am rushing home from camping so I can write a review of 1285 Restobar. No other food matters anymore. I'm moving to Florence so I can eat here every day. Well, maybe it's not quite worth it to live in Florence just to eat here, but it actually would be worth it to drive the three hours it takes to get there just to eat here. Seriously. Eat here. My first 5-star review (for a regular ol' sit down restaurant) is gladly handed out to 1285 Restobar. We ate here twice over the weekend. The first time because the Waterfront Depot wasn't open for lunch and we were told that the place across the street was very good and owned by the same people. The second time because the Waterfront Depot was booked for two hours and we were hungry. The first time was great. The hamburger was just a tad overcooked, but the staff was great and all of the food was still really good. The five star rating comes from the dinner we had, though. I had the parmesan encrusted halibut with lobster sauce. I have NEVER had fish that good. I usually think of halibut as dry and not very appealing, but maybe it's just never been cooked right. This was truly amazing. Florence, you just changed from small coast town to a food haven for me. No, really. I thought you were a small version of Coos Bay, but apparently I was horribly mistaken. You have good food. Better food than I can get at home in the Pearl District. Pearl District, step it up. Seriously, I can't say enough good things about this place. Try it. Please. read more

The location was right by my hotel so we decided to swing by. The pizza tasted pretty fresh, it was just a little undercooked. The atmoshphere was pleasant, and the service was ok. When compared to the rest of the food we had in the area, this was ok. It didn't knock our socks off, but it was passable. read more

Restobar was an incredible place to eat. We happened in by chance because our first choice was booked. Thank goodness they were booked. We had a party of 7 and Restobar was able to accommodate us. Several of us had the seafood pasta because our awesome server Brenda steered us to that choice. Wow what a meal it was. The shrimp and scallops in the pasta was so tasty. Another person in our party had the crab ravioli which we heard was just as awesome. The best part too was the pricing. We had two seafood pastas, a side salad and two lemonades all for $42. So go eat, ask for Brenda and enjoy! read more

Wonderful! We have a delicious lunch here. My husband enjoyed the crab encrusted salmon and I loved the crab Caesar salad. Great waitress and very friendly staff. read more

I had planned on eating here for months because the menu and reviews looked great. The service was terrible (not sure why our server had so many tables); she was polite but totally absent. We had to ask other servers for things like FORKS. We ordered the bread with garlic and pesto dipping sauce -- definitely not worth $5. Is this not a nice enough restaurant that you don't get complimentary bread at the table? The bread would be fine if it were free, but it was waaay too boring for the price. Then we ordered a pizza -- half 1285 and half seafood, per the suggestion of our nice but inattentive server. Blehh. Both lacked seasoning and bothered my stomach. Also, the tap water tasted heavily of iron. Am I whining hard enough yet? I would not go back. read more

Most amazing parmesan crusted halibut I have ever had. So incredibly delicious. Really great service as well. Can't wait for my next trip.

The wait for our drinks took forever, there was maybe 3waiters. We finally were able to to order and it took an hour to get our appetizer. We then asked them if we could get our food to go cause we had to leave and it almost seemed like a hassel to do that. We only went about 5 mins away and my food was already cold. My boyfriends food had a big long hair in it amd not to mention the portions are small for what you are paying for. Will never eat here again! read more

We had the most amazing time here!! The food was top notch by the staff... unbelievable!! From the time you walk in and feel the great energy from bartender and owner Kurt. Mercedes greeted us with a wonderful welcome and Billy suggested a great table! We shared the so tasty Caesar salad. My husband had the prawns with pesto risotto special and I had the crab encrusted salmon. Finished it off with Billy torching our creme brûlée with perfection! But the best part of our whole meal, Brenda (Mrenda lol), our server. Her enthusiasm and love for what she does truly is a gift. She is the definition of truly awesome customer service!! We look forward to our return soon and will tell everyone about this gem in Florence read more

Was in Florence working for the day and found this place on my lunch break. I spent most of an hour sitting and waiting for my order to be taken. Then the rest of the twenty minutes scarfing on food and waiting for a box and a check. The food was decent, but couldn't make up for the poor service. You can also hear the kitchen staff and the waitresses fighting. I won't be returning. read more

Good place! We were here once before just for a glass of wine while waiting for our reservation across the street. That was fun and the bartender was great. This time we had lunch on a Sunday. Clam chowder is VERY good. One of our top five on the Oregon coast I had split pea soup, which was the soup of the day. Also VERY good. My wife had Parmesan encrusted halibut, and it was very good. I had grilled salmon. It was a bit overdone, but good. Good place! We'll be back. read more

They may have been caught off guard for a Wednesday night I was disappointed, especially after reading the reviews. I ordered the halibut it was dry and cold. In fact my whole dinner was cold. We ordered crab cakes, cold and bland. The place was busy and staff were slow. We are only visiting here so probably won't be back anyway. read more

Sat down for 10 minutes without service. The server did pick up the plates left by the previous customers just forgot to bring us water or anything. read more

Good pizza but not loyal to repeat customers. Ordered two large pizzas for take out ($46) and they would give me one stamp for a purchase. They have always previously considered two pizzas two entrees. Really short sighted. Won't be back after many visits. New management policy?? read more

Good drinks, good food, sub par service. Waitress brought us out to the back patio and didnt seat us, the two open small tables were dirty so we just sat at a large table on a busy sunday. Waitress didnt bring us water, I had to ask. NO KIDS MENU, ordered the little guya half order of alfredo linguine. We ordered the crab melt and the guacamole burger, which had barely any guac on it :l the food tasted great but was a little dissappointed overall. read more

1285 Restobar - "Guacamole" Burger - Italian Near Me - Florence, Oregon

We were in for a holiday weekend and were seated at the bar for dinner. The service was incredibly slow, which was understandable with how packed the place was (every place in town was packed). The staff was frantic, especially the woman managing. It took an hour and a half to get our food. When we asked about our food the first time, the manager went to check on it and never came back. The second time we asked she said that it was not her problem that it taking so long, it was our problem for coming in when it was busy. It was very rude. We would have been completely satisfied if she had made any attempt to comfort us while we waited hungry. read more

We were in town for two evenings and everybody suggested the Bridgewater restaurant. So, we went to the 1285 Restobar the first night and the and Bridgewater restaurant the second. The flavor was outstanding at the 1285 Restobar on everything we ordered except the steak which was just so, so. The Bridgewater restaurant was average at best except for the steak which was perfectly seasoned. So, if you're in the mood for steak, I would go to Bridgewater, but otherwise go to 1285 Restobar. read more

Having dinner as I write.. Been waiting an hour to get water! Our waitress seems like she's out of it! I finally asked the hostess for water... Got it! Finally our waitress tells us the computer is down... Uh ok.. Write it down & give to the chef.. Finally got up & asked if we could get our salads.. That took another 10 mins .. Now it is 1 hr & 15 min..entree came while I was eating my salad... HATE THAT: I had baked lasagna & my hubby had the crab encrusted salmon w/ shrimp... Marginal food... PEOPLE: GO ELSEWHERE! read more

Took almost an hour to get a bowl of chowder and a house salad, the salad came out wrong. After sending the salad back, the waitress returned and we found that they had actually picked the onions out of the salad, leaving behind a few. I was pissed. This place is a waste of time and money, don't even bother. read more

For my money, there is nothing better than the Parmesan Crusted Halibut with lobster sauce. I've gotten it with the pasta and with the salad. Their salad with their sweet balsamic glaze is so good. I think about this dish all the time. The pizza is pretty dang good too. read more

This place is amazing! Always so delicious. But don't go here expecting a nice quiet dinner. The bar gets pretty roudy. For a place nice like this I wasn't really expecting that. Just depends what kind of mood your in I guess! But overall great! And super nice staff!! read more

We were in town for a short stay and came here for an early dinner with four kids and three adults. The staff was super kind and friendly. We loved the food and the atmosphere. It was a wonderful experience overall and we will be sure to stop there again the next time we visit. read more

This restaurant is becoming one of my favorites in Florence. The waitstaff are friendly, the deck is awesome for getting drinks during the summer, and the food... oh my... the food. My recommendations: THE PIZZA! It's delicious.. I've had a few different kinds and all have been good. The crab ravioli is one of my favorites as well. For apps the bruschetta is a must have. They have quite a few different mixed beverages as well that taste divine. Seriously, what are you waiting for?! Give this place a try! ((Also, have a group??They have a back room that is perfect for groups!)) read more

No no no! We waited close to 45 minutes while 5 tables who came in AFTER us received their food. Now we are not one's to want our food right away. However, when you sit and watch everyone in the whole front room get their food before you...it CATCHES YOUR ATTENTION. We ordered a pizza and it was actually very good. But the service was SO bad it overshadowed the food. We would never go back unless to order TO GO. read more

The last time me and my wife were here we were very impressed. Not this time. For instance the antipasto platter came with canned black olives, diced tomatoes (not even Roma). And a selection of sliced lunch meats and cheeses. The pasta was bland. It was the seafood pasta and was suppose to come with halibut,scallops, and prawns. They left the halibut out altogether. The scallops were not seared at all so ended up being very jello like in texture. The sauce was too rich and had no contrasting acidity to cut through it. I sent it back and got lasagna instead and was a little happier with this dish. All around poor execution as far as the food was concerned. The server was very nice however. read more

Nice, small place with great atmosphere. The covered back patio provides a nice place to sit when it isn't too cold. Pizzas are delicious and the medium was big enough to feed both my hungry husband and me. We love to go here for a date night dinner when we visit Florence. read more

I had such a wonderful experience at Restobar. I was immediately greeted by a very nice hostess (Juliete) that promptly seated us during a busy dinner rush and offered to take a group photo, so sweet. The food was excellent and the service very friendly. I highly recommend the Herb Crusted Halibut, and mushroom ravioli... excellent. read more

The menu looked pretty good, one thing I do not like is ala carte dinners items, which is a personal thing, but $18 for a 5oz piece of halibut and then add for the sides, the salad and you're quickly pushing $30. They get away with it. The halibut and seafood pasta dishes both quite good, but by no means stellar. The pizza that kids split got five stars, they both loved the sauce and the crust. We order the small pizza based on the recommendation that it would feed two, it would feed two really hungry people, it was the best deal. The server was running like crazy and the owner was even helping her, made me wonder if someone didn't show for work that day. That being said, it may have taken a little longer than usual. Four stars, say's I'm a fan and I cannot go quite that far, it was good, would I go back, probably not. read more

This restaurant is inviting and has an eclectic feel to it. It feels like a cross between upscale, casual and a hometown type of place. The food was delicious. We ordered the Greek pizza and customized it a bit and a 6 oz sirloin meal that was topped with grilled mushroom and onions. The onions had a light char to them that added to the flavor. Our side salads are called the Resto salad after the restaurant's name, it's topped with feta cheese, red onions and we ordered the house made mango dressing that gave it a different taste than the usual restaurant dressing selection. Of course, they had the usual options too. I would have given them a five star but because we were one of the last few to be served for the evening we were not checked on after our meal and we wanted steak sauce that we never got. It was more a want and not need because the steak was seasoned well enough that it did not require it. It's not that the waitress did not care as much as I felt they had a lot of loose ends at the end of the evening. For one, I saw them stacking and putting away their outdoor seating. Charming place. Pizza was thin and nicely baked. My favorite style. Would definitely revisit if in the area. read more