My expectations were low given the area and nearby casinos but the food turned out to be pretty good and we were pleasantly surprised.

Wow what can I say? Absolutely everything is a vibe here. Such great and quick service, food was so delicious, such a good addition to the grand mound area. I so recommend stopping by for a bite to eat. I wish I wasn't on a sober streak of I'd get some drinks because I'm sure they're up to the same standard as the food. read more

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ok, Saturday night, yes it is busy, took a little drive & ended up here, very busy but just me so I was able to sit at the bar to order a meal. The guy behind the bar taking my order was very nice, but he was also very very busy with making drinks. Had coffee & the grilled salmon, coffee very good when I finally got it, middle of my meal he checked on me but the moment I emptied my mug of coffee he got swamped with bar drinks & did not check again. Was going to try a shot of one of their liquors but I was pretty much invisible there so I got my bill, paid going out, & left very disappointed. The grill salmon sitting on top of this bacon vinaigrette little potatoes & green bean thing was ok, but over $20 it was just pub food, very underwhelming in portion to price, salad & drink not included, so $27 plus tip for the meal for one & one cup of coffee. I'm sure the dining area gets better attention, but for eating out this is just pub food, love their hamburgers, and fish & chips, think their tarter sauce has a bite of horseradish in it, nice relaxing dining area, but I think the liquor is fairly expensive so more for the big spenders I guess. read more

Went here to get the coconut shrimp, just to find out it was no longer on the menu. Wanted a cider, none on tap. The steak we ordered had the worst bbq sauce I've ever had. The pickle that came with the burger was spicy, and I cannot do spice. The waitress did not refill my water once. Needless to say this dinner outing was an epic fail. read more

Food was hot and fresh. Service was amazing our server was a Redhead and Red bearded amazing fellow. Well versed on the beers my wife loved the did a custom sampler. She is hooked on the Mac cheese with fried chicken protein. I had a wonderful Ruben sandwich with their double fries. We stopped in twice now been great both times. Ambiance is great get together and hang out place nice and clean. read more

Worst experience we have ever, ever had. First they lied saying they wouldn't accommodate our party of 16 while we are looking at the party of 22 next to us. Then they said they don't accommodate parties all together. Then we waited an hour and half for our food and when the food came out, they advised that they were out of wings. They waited until all of our food came out? Then said they would comp the wings. Oh, how generous of you to comp something we didn't get! No apologies. The rude manager wouldn't even come to our table and wouldn't even look at us. Awful. The poor servers were put in the middle of the worst management I have seen in my life. If I could give negative stars I would! read more

Came here to meet family for our Holiday get together. Servers were fun and attentive. Very clean. Has a huge see-in kegarator for the variety of beers and cider on tap. The food was pretty good too! Decent variety on the menu as well. TVs playing the Seahawks on Sunday was nice. Connected to a distillery! read more

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I thought Talking Cedar was a cidery but I guess I didn't realize that ciders are more likely guest taps here. This is a pretty large building which houses a brewery, restaurant, bottle shop like set up and Heritage Distilling has a location in this building ad well. Definitely a lot going on here which was a pleasant surprise. I had a cheese burger at the restaurant which I really enjoyed. Ingredients were fresh and the burger and my side of fries were very flavorful. I had two of their beers here. I had the Liquid Sky IPA which I enjoyed quite a bit and their Bavarian Hefe. The Hefe I didn't like as much. I was aware that this Hefe had a bubble gum feature to it in the flavor but I thought that feature was just too strong in it. Hefes that I really get into I realize may be a tedious balance. Banana features, clove features and bubblegum features have to compliment each other to make a really good Hefe. Otherwise the beer tastes too strongly in bananas or in this case bubblegum. Other than that I really liked Talking Cedar and would definitely go back for a burger and some beer. read more

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Great selection of dishes and service was great! Loved the variety - we had a group of 7 with varied tastes and everyone enjoyed their dishes. read more

I really hate to say this but I wasn't all that impressed with the food here. I wanted to like it so much cause my sister loves it and had been excited to bring us (my parents were in town visiting). The service was pretty great and the environment was really nice. Big open spaces, plenty of tables high top and regular, and bar space. Tons of tap options as you can imagine plus their own spirits! Which was cool! Anyway, we tried an array of menu options. Schnitzel, pretzel app, jalapeno poppers app, fried chicken dinner, mac and cheese, Cuban, French dip, salad and more. The food was warm not hot, but they brought fresh fries when my mom said something. It was funky portion sizes not just as a whole but like on the Cuban sandwich it was a ton of bread and almost no meat. It wasn't bad it just wasn't great. Pretzel was hard as a rock and the jalapeno poppers were bland. If I was coming just for drinks and appetizers it would be cool. I likely won't be back otherwise, especially since I am about an hour drive away. read more

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The Good: cheese curds are fantastic! Great ranch & salads. Burgers are good. Husband likes the schnitzel, tri tip & bratwurst. The Bad: Alcohol The produced here is very poor quality tastes like rubbing alcohol smells The So So: Mac & cheese is very bland, runny sauce very little cheese on top. Kids may like it. Service has been hit or miss during the pandemic. At one point they refused to do to go orders during lockdown insisting u dine in or not at all. That was absolutely the wrong call. Many folks who are high risk could not dine in. read more

Talking Cedar Restaurant - Mac & cheese very bland, good for kids maybe? - Distilleries Near Me - Rochester, Washington

Finally got to go here and I'm so glad I did! The food was amazing!!! Decent pricing too! Our server was super nice and the food and drinks came really quick. I've tried to come here a bunch of times and the wait time was too long so I always passed. Finally went on a slow day (Wednesday) and it was perfect. Calm, quiet and quick. Really enjoyed the service here. The design of the building inside was beautiful as well. The only thing I wish, was that there were more options of ciders. I'm not a big beer or wine drinker. I know it's a distillery, but more cider options would be great! Regardless, it was wonderful! Thank you(: read more

Talking Cedar Restaurant - French Dip - Distilleries Near Me - Rochester, Washington

On a long road trip, but researched good places to eat along the way. Decided on this place. Was not disappointed. Sat outside because we had a dog with us on the road trip. It was cold out, no one was on the patio, but they made sure to take care of us regardless. Server was friendly and welcoming. We ordered the cheese curds because of pics on yelp. OMG! Had no idea how huge the portion was. HUGE! A lot for 2 ppl, couldn't eat half even, but they were so indulgent and crispy and salty and hot. Yum. Burgers (2 different ones: bbq and blue cheese were good.) patties are almost like a smash burger, and had good flavor. Fries were a total let down, and not great, overcooked. But we didn't really care because we still had a ton of crispy cheese curds to eat with our burgers. Beers and cider were good too. Great stopping point for travelers and locals alike. Definitely recommend if you are wanting good pub food. read more

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Wow! My husband wanted to stop here on our way home, I'm so glad we did! I got the chicken melt it was delicious! My husband got the fried chicken sandwich he said it was super good. The fries are handcut and absolutely delicious. House made ranch is some of the best I've ever had. The waiter was on point with attention to drinks, and his customer service was great. It's a nice little restaurant inside the distillery. Very modern. We will definitely be back. read more

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Closing at 9pm on a Saturday. Are you kidding me!? 9pm Not even food only. Nothing. Zero. Sorry guys we close before sunset! Good grief. read more

I have previously went to pick up alcohol for events. First time tonight stopping in for food with family. Great food and kind wait staff. Nice selection of food and prices were fair. We were rushed and I didn't get any adult drinks but plan on coming back real soon. We even tried the chocolate flavored whiskey. It was so good. Lots of parking and easy access from freeway. read more

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If you haven't been here, get your butt in to try some of their phenomenal brews! Holy cow, this is what I'm talking about! We ordered the smoked salmon appetizer. We didn't even finish it. Olives, three or more cheeses, pita, smoked salmon that isn't mushy...so good! We aren't fond of sours, but tried the peach/apricot sour, that was really tasty as well! Sat at the bar and watched some old Yankees/Mariners, tv's large and in view for all. Comfortable with seating for all, even if extremely busy. Nice courtyard seating. read more

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Went today for the first time in like six months, the only good thing was the cold drinks and fries! We ordered the chicken club which was dry and tasteless and the grilled cheese, honestly could not find the cheeese! Very disappointed read more

Lunch at the Talking Cedar was something we've wanted to do, so we recently stopped in. The restaurant is situated so that it gets the I-5 traffic and it's easy to find. What a cool place! We were seated next to the giant beer barrels, and that's a sight you don't see at every restaurant. I tried the chicken sandwich, spouse had the Cuban sandwich. We were pleased with the quality. The menu has the usual sandwich and burger offerings with a nice selection of salads. I enjoyed looking at their beer menu, they have a good selection of locally crafted beer and spirits, but that will have to wait for next time. On the way out, we stopped to see the liquor offerings and the chocolate liquor looked interesting and versatile for upcoming holiday drinks. Definitely a unique brewery and one to check out, the next time you want good pub food and drinks. read more

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Amazing beer and food. Daniel served us on the patio and made for a very enjoyable evening. Do yourself a favor and stop by for a meal. The patio is pet friendly read more

I don't know bout this place that it's a restaurant my first time on this place . Food is great , restaurant is really nice atmosphere to it and you see these servers it's like they came out from mowing the lawn no personality not friendly WTF looks classy restaurant but the servers is not...Service !!! So we are in the table and guy came and he said it's gonna take a couple minutes so that's fine and he came back and get our orders & so there onother dude brought our foods I finally got mine and my husband and NOT EVEN ONCE any server came and ask if we need anything else water, yea I need more refill on my tea! He just walk by too and so done eating and did not even ask for dessert. So finally he was on the nxt table telling them I have couple things to do so I will be right w you. This table have 6 people probably their dad elderly guy w a veteran Korean hat. Go help them! Don't say you have a couple things to do. That's why you have a free country cause of them and be nice! So anyway no personality I start to stand up so he came and I ask my receipt so receipt and pen that's it . Omg! I was mad cause I did not get my dessert and my refill tea. I'm a generous tipper if they are nice but not once came to our table. I wasn't going to leave a tip but my husband is nice enough. hopefully nxt time they will be looking better read more

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The food is very good. The service is also first rate. The atmosphere is pleasant. The only negative thing about it is that some of the seats are poorly located, but that's true a lot of places. I really enjoy their steaks and the salmon. My teenager assured me that the burger is good too. read more

We had a group of 12 on Friday the 5th for dinner. It was one of the worst dining experience I have had in a long time. The waitress was rude and abrupt and said we don't have that when I ordered a peach cider. I said, you do, are you out? I also asked to use a different bread on a sandwich and another abrupt no, there are no substitutions . She was clearly annoyed we wanted separate checks and a host of other issues she had with us. My grilled cheese came out dry and cold as did the fries. My husband said his height was decent but everyone else who had a sandwich said the same, dry and cold. Unfortunately, food and service has been hit and miss here of late. read more

Had very high hopes for this Chehalis Tribe partnership with Heritage Distilling. Outside patio looks like a good spot for outside dining for large groups and inside is a working brewery. Patio overlooks a parking lot by I-5. Fun, but "brunch" was a total bust inside. Service was friendly, but achingly-slow on a Sunday morning. Food was luke warm. Very basic breakfast offerings. Might be better for burgers and salads for lunch or dinner. Nice, casual space inside. Was seated by the open kitchen which was really loud. And, we watched seven different staff members walk past the dirty floor and never bother to sweep up the food that sat there through our entire visit. We finally just picked it up ourselves after a senior customer with a walker almost slipped and fell...Sad. read more

Talking Cedar Restaurant - The dirty, dirty, floor..... - Distilleries Near Me - Rochester, Washington

I give this place three stars because their food is just so bland. However, the place is huge but their to go drinks are super expensive! 3 bucks for a single Jones soda? Naw, I don't think so. You can get a 6 pack at world market for that. read more

Why am I just hearing of this place? Great food, great beer and the BSB is awesome. Although, I did not have BSB this visit. I did however have a flight and bought a growler on my way out. I wish I remembered which IPA's I had ordered. I do know that the third one on the flight was what I got the growler of. That one was called, Double Juicy IPA. Mighty tasty. read more

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Booze made on site. Check. Beer made on site. Check. A menu of good food with a good variety. Check. The building is very clean and gives you the ability to peek in at both the brewing and distilling operations. Not to mention, our waitress Alaina, was fantastic. She couldn't have been nicer or more helpful. read more

First time cheese curds were amazing, second time good but in 1/4" oil, so the bottom was soggy. I'll be back, but please drain better. read more

We like to ear here on our way home from Portland. The service is always friendly. They had the best fries. "Served with hand-cut & twice-fried Kennebec fries." HAD the best fries. They changed their menu, and the Keenebec fries are no longer on the menu. The new fries are more like Red Robin style. The salmon sandwhich used to be very delicious. It was very dry this time and over seasoned. As we were leaving, we noticed another table (the diners were gone) and the fries were untouched. read more

Bottom Line: this place is definitely worth a re-visit! Plenty of space, good food, and variety of cocktails and beers to please the palate. A definite gem in the Centralia area! Venue: truth be told, I was not aware that this place existed. We discovered this place by happenstance as we were heading down the street to the Great Wolf lodge. The big "Brewery Distillery" sign is what caught our attention and we were immediately intrigued. This venue has both outdoor and indoor dining options and there's plenty of space. From the looks of it, the place looks refurbished and or brand new. As other reviews have stated, it is spacious enough to accommodate plenty of large parties. (Almost rivals Maui Breweing Company in Kona). Service: service was fast and our waitress was courteous. We didn't make a reservation and we were promptly seated upon arrival. Food/Brew: they have their specific beers (IPAs, Pilsners and seasonal) for you to try out and some cocktails as well. It looks like they also specialize in flavored vodkas, which unfortunately we were not able to try on this visit. We started with the salmon appetizer and it was not as impressive. (Salmon was overcooked). Bar that experience- the salad and Bratwurst main plates were excellent. They like to highlight their double fried French fries but honestly, I couldn't taste the difference. Either way, it was good. I also got to chase it down with one of their old-fashions, which was good (I prefer one big ice cube or round ice instead of the multiple chiseled, but I acknowledge that's a preference). Overall: good experience, good venue, and good food. I'd definitely visit this place again and would recommend to those that are in the area and are looking for some lunch or dinner options. read more

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First time here, it was wonderful but noisy sitting outside. I ordered 3 pc Fish n Chips and a coke. After quite a wait my order came with 2 pieces of fish and one small piece of just breading, cole slaw was terrible and soggy and fries were cold and not that great either. My coke was watered down as the ice melted..i asked for a fresh one and got just a glass of ice. Prime rib was not very pretty to look at, not plated very well, said it was good but waitress had to go look for horseradish sauce and told there was none. Did finally get a small amount of horseradish. The beer was pretty good! Make your slaw as you need it, buy a good dressing, its pretty simple. Don't think I will be back, to far to drive for crappy dinner. read more

I like the location, and the building is beautiful. You get a nice feel arriving and walking in. Unfortunately Our second visit here was worse than the first. First visit was sub-par. The service was good, the food was not. Second visit even worse. Before we could even finish sitting the young waitress was there taking drink orders. She came back and told me what I ordered wasn't on the menu. Why didn't she know drinks to begin with? I reordered a water and she came right back asking what our order was. We hadn't even had a chance to put my readers on yet! We finally ordered and waited forever for the food. My dinner salad arrived with the main course-warm not chilled. I ordered the pork chops. Two, maybe 4 oz chops that were so overcooked I was choking it down. The second one tasted so bad I couldn't eat it. Like old or spoiled meat. My wife's meat was just as dry and overcooked. The potatoes on both our plates were cold, my mixed veggies were cold. The collard greens tasted days old and like spoiled rotten mush. The waitress stopped by and asked how things were. I told her not good. She asked why and I told her the meats were dry and overcooked, the sides were cold, and we weren't happy. She says in the most insincere voice "oh Im so sorry you don't like it" and walks away. We were expecting a manager or cook or anyone to stop and ask further but nothing. In fact each time she walked past us she wouldn't make eye contact. Our drinks were empty, no refills offered. Our food was terrible, no options offered, the server should not be one and was super annoying in demeanor.All the chefs look like kids playing games in the kitchen, they did not look organized or professional. I told the lady at the front the same feedback and could tell she couldn't care less either. Hopefully this review will get a management attention and they will start fixing these problems. We will never go here again, not even for a cold beer on a hot day. read more

Wow! That is all we could say! We are staying at the Marriott across the parking lot. To our surprise, this building is now across the street. It was not here in 2019. What a beautiful building it is. Adorned with giant letters, "Distillery" across the top. The patio area outside has cute lights and natural wood beams all across the top. Very cozy even though it is a very large area. Inside they also carry a large selection of merchandise from the brewery and from Heritage Distilling, including hoodies, hats, shirts, and alcohol (They even serve growlers of spirits along with your local micro brew). We ordered two rounds of American Wheat (check their tap list online). A great, light and not bitter beer. What a great brew from the Chehalis tribes! For food we stuck to appetizers and they NAILED IT! Fried pickles, cheese curds, and jalapeño poppers. Everything was hot, cooked perfectly (not overly greasy), and 100% delicious! We watched other food arrive to the tables quick as ours and look equally as delicious-- burgers, fries, salads, everything! The best part was our server Allison, she never missed a beat. She was AMAZING! read more

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What a wonderful, fun place!! My wife and I went there for our anniversary dinner. Firstly, our host, Naiim, (a fine black gentleman, with dreadlocks), was kind, thoughtful, and attentive. (I'm disabled, so he took care of us like family. Second, our server, Elizabeth, was friendly, caring, followed through with everything, and made it all perfect! The food was delicious, and the portions were huge! Their cocktails were yummy, and made perfectly. The atmosphere was happy, comfortable, and fun!! I'd give more than 5 stars if I could!! This is our new favorite place!! read more

This place is fantastic. We were super excited to finally be able to eat inside a restaurant ( thank God for the tribal res). The food was outstanding and the service was even better. Best way to end my weekend was lunch here after church read more

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Walked in restaurant looked great! The hostess was awesome and got us a perfect table for our family of four. We ordered bacon blue burger split and a kids macaroni and cheese for the kids. There were no cutlery on tables and macaroni and cheese was cold before we were provided cutlery and napkins despite an earnest effort to obtain them from FOH staff. I ordered a beer and later realized it was $9.25 per pint. Service was slow through the lunch rush and continued to be slow after many tables left. The fries here are really good, they use Kennebec taters. The burger was good, big ol fat pieces of bacon. I would go back to this restaurant if around that corridor but wouldn't make it a destination. The beer was ok, nothing really blew me away about the beer except how expensive it was. Because the service was so slow I asked the waiter to start another round of beers to which he exclaimed, "Once you finish the ones you have," no explanation. I found that a bit off-putting. Just bring me a damn beer I'll make sure it's finished. read more

We had an absolutely awful experience at this restaurant. Incredibly rude staff. From the hostess to the manager on duty - she clearly shouldn't be in this industry. We will never return. This is the first negative review I've ever left for a restaurant- it was that bad. read more

My daughter and I went there for lunch last Saturday. I've been there numerous times before. Overall the food is decent, but the service has gone down hill. We went for the advertised monthly special and were told when we went to order that all the specials are only available after 4pm. This would be nice for guests to know when they post the stuff on social media. Especially since we live out of town and made a special trip to go to lunch. I politely mentioned that to our server and she said that no one could change the posts that they make to Facebook!? Then she rudely asked what we wanted, we both ordered a beverage and she brought those out. After my daughter had a few sips of her drink she noticed the inside of the cup was completely dirty. We waited upwards of 20 mins before she even came back to the table, we asked if we could get the drink replaced and she snatched it off the table and walked away. Didn't acknowledge anything or say a friendly "Sorry about that". Then it was another 15 to 20 mins for the food. I wouldn't say it was overly busy during that time. Let's not forget to mention our server must have bathed in her perfume and it was nauseaing anytime she walked by. After our drinks had been empty for about 10 mins, we finally flagged her down to get a refil and I thought it was strange she grabbed both our glasses, took them with her and went to refil them, no new ice and the same cups. Although I don't have my food handlers card, but I always thought that wasn't allowed, but I could be wrong. If nothing else, freshen up the melted ice since the drinks sat empty for 10 mins. No offer of water or even to ask how our food was or if we wanted a to go box. Just so unpersonable. Word of advice when going there, if you want good service, get seated so one of the bartender's serve you want not the girl that is no where to be found. I went up front to pay before the server never came back to grab my card. I asked when I was upfront if I could talk to manager and she just kinda shrugged it off and grabbed her phone out of her pocket and started doing something on that. I assumed she might have been texting for a manager to come, but I was clearly wrong because she handed me my receipt to sign and said there you go. Even the hostess that sat us was unpersonable and not even friendly. That isn't the way to get repeat customers to your establishment, that's for sure! read more

After a hour drive with more to go. Hungry thought we were stuck with fast food. Then we spy a brewery! Oh yeah. To our sadness we walked in at 8:10, the manager addressed us immediately, we are closed! But help yourself to either side, brewery or distillery. So nice! Ordered 2 beers and a sandwich. I checked Yelp, a bad review and open less than 24 hours. Not very fair and bad timing on the reviewer. My sandwich arrived before I finished taking these photos. And the pulled pork was awesome! Fries weren't hot, but good. It's 15 past closing time. Wish I could come back, just passing through. read more

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Food was great, and came out so fresh! Our server Daniel B. Was absolutely outstanding, full of information for us out of towners. We'll most definitely be back! read more