The Commonwealth — Restaurant in North Bend

The Commonwealth is an oasis in the Snoqualmie desert. The atmosphere is pleasant and the service excellent with friendly staff. I dined here twice on July 29th and then the 30th. The first night I struggled between choosing a burger and the street tacos. The burger proved to be a phenomenal decision. Add bacon and avocado for complete satiation that won't leave room for dessert.

The second day, I returned for the street tacos and what I hoped would be a Washington Apple crisp. The tacos had a lovely presentation. Unfortunately, the chicken didn't taste grilled. Instead, it tasted like overcooked chicken from a can. Fortunately, it came with a popping sauce that nearly hid the unpalatable chicken. Dissatisfied, I then opted for dessert. Google users may have seen the photo of the Washington Apple Crisp that looked worth hiking 246 miles for; unfortunately, that is replaced with a disappointing apple tart. The dismal decision to replace a crisp with a premade pastry seems solely the province of someone who hates food. It's the act of someone who relegates their mother to a basement apartment, exploits her for child care, and then pays her by deducting her labor against the cost of rent for the apartment.

There are two primary rules of the restaurant desert. The first is to offer phenomenal dessert on par with a quality cheesecake or don't offer dessert. The second rule is always to provide dessert. Sadly the Commonwealth dessert is dismal.

While the negative factors don't detract from an otherwise pleasant experience, I would come again, the failures do stand out. These are the kind of mistakes a restaurant makes when they exchange their own convenience for quality.

On both visits I communicated both my satisfaction and dissatisfaction to the wait staff who heard me, but clearly lacked agency and did not seem to have a managment staff who should have, at a minimum, stopped by in the half hour I sat here writing this.

To my fellow patrons. Talk, demand more, praise when they do well, but, expect care and concern when they do not. The best in town Is not an excuse when the town itself has so few bests. If someone is bleeding out, calling 911 may be better than others but it is not an excuse for refusing to put pressure...

Food was great!! Service from the first waitress was pretty good. 8/10 all-around. Second one just didn't care to take the time to engage. Granted I don't know everything they go through or understand there workload. From my perspective, the place was pretty slow and we were more engaging, friendly and outgoing then her. Even when given the opportunity to bounce back and engage in simple banter for a few seconds we were totally shot down. She did the bare minimum when questioned about the menu and her opinions about the food. For example, we asked "what's good here". Her reply, "what ever you like". Totally disinterested and walked away. I got the impression that because we were working class that we weren't worth the time or she thought we weren't going to tip so didn't want to wast the time . I just want to say that I could totally be misreading and objectively wrong but I like to follow my gut. most of the time there is at least some truth to that impression. Not going to write off this place but when there's so many businesses that serve amazing food and also have that immaculate service. My next trip there if any, will be based off convenience rather than experience.

Also other random things, burger was awesome!!! High quality beef. Decor was loosely themed around , mountain, vehicles and two christmas-esque candles. Not sure if I just don't get it or it's a hodgepodge of decor. Wish you all the very best....

As we were seated a guy walked past and said he had been waiting for an hour and was going somewhere else, right after we were seated the waiter make a rude comment to us about being loud when the table next us had some screaming drunk girls at it. The menus are just pieces of paper that feel like they've had many drinks spilled on them. The descriptions make the food sound very generous and delicious but when our food arrived it was not the case. One of our group got a ceasar salad that was $8 and was just lettuce and some dressing. No croutons, no nothing. Another ordered chicken wings that were $10 and it was the smallest plate of wings I have ever seen. There was no meat on them, they were just bones that were breaded. He ask our other group member across the table to eat one and see if he tasted any chicken. He said no. I got a hamburger and wedges, the wedges were actually pretty good but the burger was totally bland and just tasted like cooked meat. 3 others got Mac and cheese and 2 of them said they felt sick after eating it. I talked to the manager about the whole experience and he took the INCLUDED gratuity off my bill but when it came to the food and the rest he just said "I'm sorry you feel that way." I will never eat there again. And they don't shovel their parking lot so when I was leaving I slipped and fell right in front of the door. I work for my money and I feel they damn near...