The Sticks Restaurant — Restaurant in Depoe Bay

This seafood restaurant has me in awe! Always looking to try out a new place and haven’t made a trip to the coast in quite some time so wanted to get out of the normal places I have and let me tell you, this was SO WORTH IT! Seriously!!!! If you’re debating on trying it out, the answer is YES, DO IT! You will not regret it! Cashier / server was very kind and answered any questions we had promptly. Got the shrimp PO boy, halibut and chips and splurged on a potato tornado. The “chips” are hands down the best fries I have had. They are clearly made in house with house made seasons and they are so delicious! The potato tornado had the perfect seasoning with a slight crunch and was so unbelievably tasty. The breading on the shrimp and halibut was phenomenal. Not thick and battered, but more like a light breading. Didn’t feel overly greasy to where you got a belly ache immediately after either. The hot sauce came on the side or directly on top of the po boy, but not being a huge spice lover, I got mine on the side. Did a little taste test before diving all the way into it, and it was like a slightly spicier Tabasco, but very tolerable and super flavorful! I don’t think you could go wrong with any item here, definitely a must try if you’re...

We stopped for some food to-go and ordered the halibut fish and chips, a potato tornado and a cup of chowder. The place itself is very, very cute and clean and has the garage style front door that opens up to let the ocean breeze in. The person who was working up front seemed distracted or tired and several times forgot who had ordered what, misplaced our ticket etc. I was the first to order and saw my food sitting in the window for quite awhile. There was only one other table waiting but it took so long for our order to even be bagged that the potato was already cold. The sauces were very good, fries were excellent. But I don’t think what we got was chowder? We both thought it tasted like potato cheddar soup. The halibut was very good but only five little chicken nugget sized pieces which seemed totally crazy for $22. All in all… this place seems like it could be very promising but our first experience wasn’t great. We plan on trying them again and hope we just caught them on an off day this...

Edit: not trying to be a "Karen," but when we went back for a second try, the cashier and cook were unmasked. The latter...maybe that's ok. The former? Not so much. Food was still so good, but we have unvaxxed kids under 12 so it makes it hard to support businesses that don't mask at the point of sale. Yeah, it sucks to mask. No one is elated about it. It's a basic measure of health and safety...esp when you sell ice cream, a product MANY under 12s are going to want. Maybe it was a one-time oversight? Hoping so.

Really recommend this place! It is the best hand-battered fish I've had on the coast so far. Very fresh and light battered with good flavor. Kids really liked eating the fried fish on the sticks. Tried the tornado too. It has a more of a potato chip crunch but packs a lot of flavor! Kids chicken tenders and fries were really great too-big portion for kids. Great customer service. Willing to customize orders as requested. Will be back and will tell family and...