Nosh Kitchen & Bar — Restaurant in Portland

Nosh used to be a one of a kind establishment. Somewhere I would go for snazzy burgers, good beer, and delicious bacon dusted fries. It stood out. Somewhere along they line, they cut their menu to nearly a 3rd of its prior glory and changed from big juicy patties to smashburgers and from thick warm steak fries dusted with bacon and served with elite side sauces to ordinary fries with the copy pasted +$2 for Parmesan truffle fries. Their beer menu has also been gutted.

I asked the waitress about the shift and apparently it was a change of ownership as their sales weren’t high enough.

Frankly, I am beyond devastated. This place has become another boxed up Buzz Lightyear on the proverbial toy store wall and there seems to be no sign of intelligent life left in the kitchen.

I will say the service is MUCH improved as are the wait times. The service was kind and enthusiastic and I wish them all very well and our tip reflected the good quality of their service. We got both of their burgers and the chicken sandwich with a draught IPA, a canned brown Ale, and their penicillin cocktail. However, for $94 before tip and a literal 60% drop off in quality, we will never be coming back. There are better places to get smash burgers and better places to go get the thick juicy burgers they once ruled the town with. Rest in Peace to the Nosh...

We are from Colorado and Nosh has always been our go to spot as soon as we get to Maine as their stash burgers used to be the best we’ve ever had. With much anticipation, we went there yesterday to eat and bring new family members, also visiting Maine, there as well to show them our favorite spot. It was a massive let down. The moment you walked into the establishment, the smell of bleach was absolutely suffocating. All of our throats, noses and eyes burned immediately and it was torture sitting there waiting for our food while getting poisoned by the overwhelming toxic fumes of bleach in the air. After the wait for our food, the food was also nothing what it was the previous times we have visited. The smash burgers buns used to be so soft (a major reason we loved them) and this time; the buns came out very dry, to the point I could not even finish my burger. The burger you can tell was also very sloppily made and just nothing like we are used to. People can get extremely ill from the toxic fumes of bleach so I hope the establishment can find other ways to clean for customers and health concerns. I am still violently ill from the bleach fumes yesterday. Maine is not a cheap place to visit and our trip has now taken a turn for the worst due to...

I am shocked to see some negative reviews on this place. Not sure how I found it a year ago, but this is my go-to joint for unbelievably great tasting food and some great beer to go with it. We're from Boston, no stranger to great restaurants. And Portland does have some of the best (contrary to what others believe). But if we're down by the waterfront and have a craving for a burger, we trek the distance up to Nosh, walking past all the other great restaurants along the way. The Nosh burger is good, but by far my favorite is the Slab burger. What a fantastic combination - Slab pizza for the bun. I have never had such a great combination of flavors! By the way, if you're interested in some really unique, interesting Sicilian-style "Pizza", visit Slab down the street. Owned by the same guy.

Only problem is that, like many restaurants in Portland, the wait can be excessive. We went to Nosh (for my fourth time) last night and had to wait 45 minutes to get a seat. But not a problem - they have a patio area out front where we could take our beers and do some people watching. The hostess came out about 30 minutes later to tell us two seats were available at a common table if we were interested. As with the three other times, we loved...