Had a miserable experience at a nearby Hick-A-Palooza of a nine holer and honestly can't believe…read moreMcKay Creek exists within this close proximity to it. In almost every way, they're basically on opposite sides of the planet. My family isn't comprised of avid golfers, but they're really enjoying having some nine-hole courses around to polish up their game. No use bothering far better players getting in a full 18 at the Reserve, Pumpkin Ridge or out on the coast if you can be out there with folks at your skill level for half the time. It's been mentioned before that McKay is by no means easy, and I'll agree with that. As simple as it is to pay and navigate the course even the Par 3 greens can be a bit of a challenge. At least it looks as green and glorious as Pumpkin Ridge back here, if a bit light on the amenities (go ahead and BYO everything). But for the lack of expense and the well-maintained course and pace of play--and clientele that's actually here to have fun and play golf and not, like some neighboring courses, to air their grievances with the world and show everyone just how backward they can be--McKay Creek is well worth even a novice's time. Kudos for providing a driving range that isn't TopGolf.

Greta gold course for the money. Has some challenging holes and is competitively priced!read more

Kilarney West: The Ritz of Washington County golf courses…read more It earns that name not by offering the plush amenities of a luxury hotel chain, but by turning its clubhouse into stale box of cheap crackers. This corn-pone course that's basically a step above a muni is what you get when you push out too far to draw folks from Nike and Adidas, but just far enough to ensure multiple weekends with Roscoe and Cletus. The photos on this Yelp page aren't selfies: They're warnings. For a bargain-basement price, you're about to go ankle-sock-deep into a layer of Washington County Good Ol' Boy that's going to be just fine dropping the occasional slur, being as homophobic as an '80s high school bully, and looking as if they went out as the Oakleys-and-beards meme for Halloween. Killarney West is the course where you take your dad on Father's Day when you want to discuss underpaying your farm workers. It's the course where you have loud dialogues about a guy you know who bought a boat with the bonus he got for signing up with ICE. It's the course where you tell the clubhouse bartender you're convinced that the gal with the purple hair and nose ring and the place you went to in Portland just before the Eric Church show at Moda Center last year put something weird in your whiskey. With any luck, Killarney West will be a truffle-foraging park or a bio winery and tasting room in our near future. Right now, it's the best place to see Hillsboro Towing repossess a Style Motors lift kit special with five payments past due and two grand worth of clubs up in the bed.

The greens are well taken care of . It's beautiful place .One of my favorites # 1. There carts are…read morenice and the staff are great !! The best bang for the buck affordable fun !!

Got here around 4pm. Were waiting for a few friends, so told the hostess we'll be a few minutes…read more They took that as "never come back to this table". We then saw many people come, get seated, order, get served and start eating before we were able to get someones attention. It took basically accosting someone to tell them we exist for some to help us. 40 minutes in, a guy we haven't seen yet comes over and we are finally able to order. We had to ask after about 15 minutes if we can have our drinks. About 1 hour and 30 minutes in, we see a girl walking around the area with a tray of food, checking every table except ours (because apparently we're invisible), we flag her down to ask if its our food and sure enough it was. So, we finally get our food. Its mediocre at best, not hot, barely even "warm". We come the Grand Lodge once per month at minimum and the service is usually fine. I dont know how they dropped the ball this bad. I would blame it on it being St. Patty's Day and so they're pretty busy, but that didnt seem to affect anyone else. Just us. I felt personal. The whole experience was severely disappointing and maybe the worst service I've ever had in my life.

We met our friend here for happy hour that started at 3pm. We snacked on a large basket of Cajun…read moretots and a hummus plate with a good variety of things to nibble on while having a cocktail by the fire. It was chilly and raining so I grabbed the closest seat I could to the fire to keep warm. This is a tiny lil pub and during the warmer months it's a great place to dine outside at one of the picnic tables. Service was good and friendly Food was typical McMenamins fair. We did have the smash burger that was in the happy hour menu and it was pretty tasty and just the perfect size, not too heavy and not too light for pub hopping in the property.

Came here last month to attend a "team outing" for work, and I gotta say the experience of axe…read morethrowing here was way better than other places I have thrown at. But I'll go into more about that later. Here's why I would choose Blue Ox for entertainment versus the others: First of all, the bar/restaurant is located in the heart of old school downtown Hillsboro. It's mostly street parking, but there is a parking lot and garage nearby. I'll just say, I've always been lucky finding parking next to the place. Upon entering, you'll notice they've got a dining area well large enough to accompany and entertain big groups. Past that is an open area for cornhole and couches for lounging, and a lovely bar after that. It's surprisingly huge! I mean, I haven't even mentioned the throwing lanes yet lol. But yeah, just past the bar area, they've got about 8 or 10 throwing lanes. Here's why Blue Ox stands out to me... ~ We met up with manager (possibly owner), Lonnie, who first took our food order and he explained a bit about Fat Baby Barbecue that provides the food for the space they share. The Q was really tasty and worth a try if you're hungry for some smoky-meaty goodness. ~ After eating, over at the lanes area, Lonnie discussed the rules and showed my team the basics on how to throw. But here's the cool part... Each lane had a remote control to choose what games you want to play. It's not just a big red and white target you throw at, but the targets are projected onto the board and it keeps score for you. I'm sure it's not a new concept, but this I've never done a other axe throwing places. ~ But here's the best kicker of all! They let us try their fancy throwing knives and ninja stars. Again, another feature I've never done at others. We all had a blast using these. So overall, in short, if you need an entertaining date night. Or need a spacious venue that provides decent barbecue and bar food for your family or workmates, then this is your place. Come check it out!

Ax throwing was super fun, our "ax master" was funny and informative. We got the package where we…read moregot throw ninja stars and knives. The BBQ was pretty tasty! Service was great. Just watch out for BBQ sauce on the stools, I got slimed.

Carolyn of Creative Celebrations Wedding and Event Planning far exceeded our expectations for…read morewedding planning. From the very start of meeting Carolyn, throughout the wedding planning process, until after the wedding, Carolyn took care of everything. Her knowledge, suggestions, and vendor referrals were the best. She kept us on track, was understanding and made everything happen seamlessly, according to our wishes. My daughter's wedding was a dream come true. Thank you Carolyn!

Carolyn is amazing and earns my whole-hearted recommendation. She helped me plan a wonderful Oregon…read morecoast destination 50th birthday celebration for my partner. I live out of state, and she guided me through the decisions and took care of everything on site. The vendors she recommended were fantastic. My party guests marveled at how I managed to pull it off from so far away. Of course, it was Carolyn's doing. Her fees are reasonable, and she's easy to work with. Don't hesitate to hire her.

We hired Fairytale Event Design for our 9/10/22 wedding held at The Reserve Vineyard & Golf Club in…read moreAloha,OR. Upon booking, Kelsey was such a great communicator and was happy to answer any questions we had leading up to our big day! Our assigned day-of coordinator was Rania. She was AMAZING! We loved her positive energy and she was super detail oriented. We had so many little tasks that needed to be done on the day-of and Rania made sure to take care of everything we needed! She really went above and beyond and our wedding day would not have been the same without her help! Highly recommend FED for any event you have, great people and very well priced!

We hired Kelsey as our day of coordinator and couldn't be happier with that decision. She made the…read moreday go smoothly so my husband and I could relax and really enjoy our wedding and now looking back I'm not sure how we would've managed without her! She is extremely organized and efficient and checked in intermittently to see if we needed anything or had any questions. She executed my vision for the day perfectly and kept us on track for our timeline and let us know when we were falling behind. It was so nice to have a professional there to take the stress off us and she really did make everything look beautiful. Her prices were also very reasonable which was a huge plus. I would 100 percent recommend her to any brides who are looking for wedding planning services or day of coordination.

Emee was an essential part of our wedding planning and execution, start to finish-- she paved the…read moreway to creating the best weekend of our lives. We wanted an event that brought our community and family together to celebrate love, bikes, and camping in the stunning Columbia River Gorge, and it felt like Emee truly understood what was important to us from the start. There were so many tiny details she caught and helped us navigate. I particularly appreciated her calm support when we had a potential catering issue just three days before the wedding. She talked me off the ledge of worry and was willing to think through a full backup plan with me, before the issue resolved on its own. There were countless other instances of Emee handling things on the day of the wedding that let me, my husband, and our family just enjoy our time together. Thank you Emee, we saw your tireless effort to pull this event off for us, and we are so grateful for all of your work!

I worked with EJP Events on a 450-person gala fundraiser for the nonprofit that I work for, and it…read morewas a wonderful experience working with EJP! They were thorough, prompt, professional, and good at creatively solving problems as they arose. I would recommend EJP Events to anyone who is planning a large event - the experience was wonderful and my staff colleagues, supporters, and donors were all very impressed with the quality of our event. Emee and her team had great staffing at the event and skillfully coordinated all of our many shifting logistics for months leading up to the event. When we encountered obstacles, they handled them. When we needed to make changes, they cheerfully accommodated them. EJP has a "Can-do" attitude and they're both pragmatic and realistic about setting expectations while finding a way to get everything done. I'm so glad that we worked with EJP and they're at the top of my list for event planning in the future.