Sprigs Grille — Restaurant in Hillsboro

I love surprises. Of the good kind. This place has it. A business class hotel restaurant. The place you hope to have a rental car to avoid. Don't avoid Sprigs at the Embassy Suiites in Hillsboro. First, the bar has some great beers. The wine list? I'm not an expert, but it did seem kind of spare. The menu had some interesting selections I would have liked to try. Turkey meatballs with mole sauce? With others to help me, I would have been all over that. And looking at the pastas, and noodles with pesto as a side dish, an Italian influence is clearly on the menu.

I ordered the brined chicken breast with thigh, applewood smoked. It was served with a coconut/ almond curry "pudding", and fermented black garlic salt. What? To summarize. When the waitress was trying to clear my plate, I had a single bite of chicken left, I said, "If you want to lose your arm". It was that good. The mixed vegetables? Grilled carrots, sweet potatoes and brussels sprouts. Nothing out of a freezer bag on that plate.

It's not a huge menu. But damn, they do a great job. I'll definitely go back there when I'm in town. The reviews are...

VERY slow service. Steak was WAY over cooked...

Went based on the amazing reviews of this place. Got in around 5:45pm... only people there with a sign that had us seat ourselves. No worries.... took about 5 min for the server to take our drink order and had our food order in around 5:55 (daily steak special. Wife got a rustic grilled cheese and soup). Drink was amazing (something not on the menu yet but recommended). Around 6:00 another gentleman came in and ordered a steak from the menu. During the entire time the 3 of us were the only guests. The other guy got his steak around 6:45 and we were told mine was another 10min out (new chef). Our food came out around 6:55... Steak was really over cooked and the whole plate didn't live up to $29... very disappointed. Server apologized, comped our appetizer, and offer a desert that we...

A group of 7 arrived at 7.15pm. 4 separate bills. It took almost an hour and 15 minutes to get our meals and the place wasn't even busy. We sent one meal back because it was cold. Almost like it had been in the fridge for 40 minutes. French onion soup was a bowl of union's in warm water. No bread or cheese. Subsequently we didn't eat that either. The drinks came out in plastic cups because they were out of glass ones. A beer came out in two plastic cups. When it came to the bill. She said her computer couldn't separate the bills, yet she took our orders based on the couples attending. Just an unbelievable experience, in which we will never repeat. And I mean never. The food was over priced. The food was terrible and the service was even worse.

We have two more nights in the hotel, but we and the 13 other families will be...