After Ours — Restaurant in Portland

TLDR; Discrimination and suspicious reviews!

Was excited to try this place after we found it through TikTok. Came here with a group of friends on Sunday night to celebrate a graduation. Half the place was empty with an older crowd so it was a more chill vibe. The bartender with the hat was chatting it up with the customers at the bar. When we went to order drinks, the bartender was rude suddenly and gave us attitude for ordering close to last call. The two customers next to him laughed. Then he rolled his eyes as we ordered. He did not check IDs or confirm he was going to make our drinks so we awkwardly walked back to our table. We were confused because the bar area was empty besides 4 people so he wasn’t busy. We tried 6 of 7 drinks and they were all decent except the margarita had too much fish sauce for a cocktail. Pandan colada was the best one. Throughout our time there, we were actively ignored. After we sipped on our drinks for a while, we watched as a staff member kindly notified every table but ours that it was last call. We were also the only table without a jug of water. As the youngest group in the bar, it felt like we were invisible to the three employees working that night. The feeling of being unwelcomed and disrespected left a sour taste. Wished we had been treated with the same respect we show others.

Also, we noticed that this place had been open for 4 days and had 3 google reviews after we left the bar Sunday night and reviewed the place. Less than 24 hours later, there were suddenly 33 reviews with many reviews being 5 stars with similar tone and wording. This might just be a coincidence but going from a rate of less than a review a day to twenty something new reviews overnight is suspicious. An apology would go much further than trying to bury...

My friends and I were excited to try this spot but unfortunately service was not good. There was a line at the bar when we got there which we waited in for 20 mins with no greeting or check in from anyone working there. The owner ended up yelling "I have two bartenders, don't wait in line!" at everyone in line but like, it's Portland, everybody loves lines. She could have told people as they were walking in or the bartenders could have also directed people? The very small sign saying "seat yourself, order at the bar" is not helpful so they should probably try simply telling patrons what to do as they walk in instead of getting frustrated and screaming at everyone. It's actually comical in the end. It seems like they are trying to apply their coffee shop model to a bar/ restaurant which is just not going to work. I felt bad for the bartenders who were taking all orders and making the drinks nonstop. The food was great but the food runner literally brought one pair of chopsticks and no shared plates for our whole group. Portland service standard is already so low, this place clearly doesn't have cocktail experience either as the cocktails were not good. Patrons are not mind readers so a little direction or more signage would probably help if you want them to do...

WOW!! Been dying to try this place out and so happy I got the chance to do so. I went with my Date and our friend on a Monday and it was fairly packed but luckily we were able to find a spot at the bar. Immediately we were greeted by the staff working and they were extremely friendly to us all. They answered all the questions we had about the drinks and always made sure we were taken care of. We got hungry and decided to try some food and let me tell you NOTHING disappointed. The fish sandwich was mine and it was delicious but the star was definitely the pickles. I’m a huge pickle person and theirs are so freaking good!! I had a bite of my dates chicken sandwich and it also was really tasty. The fries were good but that spicy ketchup…. The spicy ketchup is PHENOMENAL!!! And absolute must try. Oh and the drinks, my date had the lychee tini which she loved and I had the Henny tini which was basically an espresso martini with Hennessy and if I’m honest, if it wasn’t for work I would’ve easily ordered another 3 haha. Overall the food, the drinks, and the experience was top notch and I can’t wait to go...