The Cauldron Cafe — Restaurant in Hood River

Atmosphere is nonexistent - it's a parking lot! - and anyone who automatically puts five stars for everything is ruining ratings.

Service was good. Hard to say otherwise since there was no one else there, but even so, most places barely interact with you. They were both friendly and interactive. Can't ask for more. But it is only a food cart, so service is barely an interaction.

On to the food. The prices are not good (like almost anywhere?), but the food is, so you'll have to make your own determination of value.

I had a half order of biscuits and gravy. While it wasn't to my taste (texture actually), it was clearly high quality. Most places give you all gravy and very little sausage. Their gravy was just the opposite. I can't believe i'm saying this but i would actually prefer less sausage and use starch to keep the same thickness. The biscuit was good. My preference is for something flakier. When i think of a biscuit, i start with those cardboard dough tubes that pop when you open them - layers.

Bottom line, high price, high quality. The biscuits and gravy would probably wow most...

Came here with two others, so we tried both breakfast burritos and the biscuits and gravy, and each of the smoothies. The portion sizes of the food are very generous; a burrito could easily be breakfast AND lunch for a smaller to average eater.

The biscuits and gravy - and I do not say this lightly, as I’ve just recently finished eating every option I could find around Hood River County and across the river in Bingen - are the best I’ve had. And there have been no BAD biscuits and gravy, but this one takes the cake. The biscuits themselves seem to be a Texas toast like variant, which adds a buttery, crispy profile to it.

The smoothies were all delicious, and refreshing. Pricing on these isn’t bad by any means, but much more comparable to other places in town. Definitely worth it repeated visits for breakfast, and I’ll be trying their lunch options in the future. Thank you Kimberly...

Stopped in randomly on a Tuesday to have brunch. Great menu with healthy options that are very tasty. The smoked Sriracha sauce is fantastic. Had a yummy smoothie and scramble. The chocolate croissant was great because they split a plain croissant and put chocolate inside so you got way more chocolate than a typical chocolate croissant🤣 Espresso drinks are coming soon but the drip coffee was also tasty. Service could have been a little quicker considering the restaurant was almost empty but they also had a DoorDash order and everything tasted like it had been made to order so it was worth the wait. We will definitely be back for some...