My sister and I stayed the night at Anderson School and grabbed dinner in the Woodshop. The hostess sat us in the bar directly next to the shuffleboard table... wah wah. The men playing were obnoxiously loud, and in my humble opinion, way too drunk. We would have moved, but the sound would have followed us anywhere we sat, as they were that loud... :/
FIVE STARS TO Gabrielle J. or Gabs!!! She might be the greatest server I have ever had at any McMenamins location. She was cheery, attentive, provided great service, and was very aware that the shuffleboard guests were disturbing quite a few people in the restaurant. Unfortunately the manager, who was also tending bar, didn't seem to care that they were being so insanely loud. Owell, we ordered our food, fish & chips, and the Pretzel appetizer. Both were very good, and just what we expected.
We finished dinner, and realized that happy hour was going to start in less than 45mins we wanted to grab a couple drinks before calling it a night, but decided to close out, head back to the room, and come back for happy hour once our food had settled.
We did just that.
We sat in the farthest section from the shuffleboard table we could manage, and Taishi was our server. He took a little bit to get to us, but thats ok, he seemed to have a large section. He came to take our order, I got a whiskey sour from the well, and my sister got a vodka and 7 from the well. We also decided to order a couple of food items, because we're grown ups and we wanted pizza at 11:30pm!!! My sister ordered the slice of pizza and a Caesar salad, I got the Woodshop salad. This is where things get frustrating.....
Our server was great, he had no control over the "pizza" he served... if you can call it that. The best description I can come up with is, "almost ok enough to be served in an elementary school cafeteria.... almost." It really was awful. It was soggy, greasy, with way too much sauce. I do not recommenced the pizza.
The Caesar salad was good.
The Woodshop salad...... NOPE! I just checked their online menu and their description seems to have changed since we ate here, which is a start... sorta. I ordered the happy hour "Woodshop salad" and expected it to be a smaller portion of their "Woodshop salad..." it was not. The main menu listed the salad as having pickled onions, spiced walnuts, cranberries, and a Rudy vinaigrette. What I got was romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, and ranch dressing. I did complain, they did take it back, and I was not charged. But I will say their new menu listing for the Woodshop salad is a bummer. Costs more, but you get less... wah wah... I love me some spiced nuts.
The cocktails presented an issue too. First, they were completely un-garnished, and had no straws. My sisters was fine, hard to mess up a well vodka & 7. My whiskey sour however ended up have a $1 up-charge because they make their own sour (which is very sour... too sour....) I am a bartender, if someone orders a well drink from me and its going to cost more than the advertised "well drink price," I would let them know that their is a $1 up-charge, that is just a common courtesy. I brought it up as something to keep in mind when someone else orders one in the future, our server admitted he did not know their was an up-charge for sour, and apologized, which was awesome... however, the bar manager gave me quite a bit of attitude and made sure I knew about how they make their own sour with fresh squeezed lemons and limes, so of course its going to cost more... I got it, just let the customer know... and add a little more simple syrup next time.
Two really hard working servers with great attitudes don't make up for the rest of it. Overall I was not as impressed as I would have liked. read more