Portage Bay Cafe on 65th — Restaurant in Seattle

got the French Toast this included a trip to the breakfast bar - where i was able to load up with butter, whipped cream, strawberries, and a couple other fruits also came with a cup of syrup

Whew - so this was a sugary rush. I don't know if I've ever consumed so much sugar in as short of a time period as I did here On each piece (that already came with powdered sugar) I spread whipped cream, poured syrup, and ate with butter

Being french toast itself has some strong built in advantages - so I can really only compare this against other french toast So while I do wish there was something more solid with this meal - I did know what I was ordering going in

The portion size was really good - there were three pretty decent-sized pieces of bread Each piece had an interior that was nice and fluffy but a bit too airy for me - I would've prefered a more solid interior of the bread Eating the toast didn't feel like you were eating something with weight behind it - it felt light - even though the three slices added up to make you full Going off that, the outside of the bread was pretty soft as well - I would've liked it to be more crispy

As for the toppings - I thought the syrup was quite good - it complemented the top side of the bread in a nice way Similarly, the whipped cream added a pretty good flavor to the top. It also helped a good amount with the strawberries The butter I'm not sure on. It was hard to spread given the softness of the toast - and I could see that any attempt to spread it would result in the toast breaking apart. Eventually I decided to break off small pieces of butter and eat them at the same time as my toast bite.

Overall, I did quite enjoy my experience with this french toast. It's not something I'm going to be returning for - but it was good (and incredibly unhealthy, but that's to be expected). 8/10

Side note: This restaurant was completely freezing inside. I get that it was cold outside - but when I have to wear a full length coat while eating and am still cold - that's kind of...

Made reservations on open table after finding this organic place on Google. The pictures of the food looked great! Got to the location and was told I made them at the other store. Funnily enough I clicked the link from this location on Google so maybe they have it set up wrong. Hostess sat us right away anyway as they had open tables so it wasn't a big deal, it might have been if we had to wait. The busser did not look like he liked his job but dropped us some water and went back to bussing tables while looking like he would rather be anywhere else. Cute open place, clean and a nice open area with some art on the walls, breakfast bar looked amazing but we decided on challah French Toast with bacon and sausage, Crab Cake Benedict and an Omelette. Our original server only touched our table a total of 4 times, once to take our order, to touch our table after someone else delivered our food and check in and to deliver and take payment of our check. Could work on her personality a bit, were were glad the rest of the team was quick with our food and beverages. My girlfriend ordered the orange mimosa but was brought a pineapple one by mistake, she liked it so it wasn't a big deal. The bathrooms were clean. The food was ultimately why we were there and the star of the show. It was nice to see a kitchen running like a well oiled machine. The Challah bread vanished on my daughter's plate and my Crab Cake Benedict was delightful, the eggs were perfect and the hollandaise sauce was delicious. My girlfriend omelette was tasty but did not keep it's omelette shape very well. I will definitely try this place again maybe the other location next time and attack that breakfast bar. Some personality and customer service skills need work but overall...

So this is the worst of the Portage Bay locations, sorry but it's the truth.

Still decent, but the quality of the berry bar isn't good, they have about 5 less kinds of berries, and the bowls aren't big enough, so the ones at the bottom are absolutely crushed, the service is generally oblivious- entire staff avoids eye contact and our server "L" basically ignored us, didn't ask if we needed anything, even once, had to flag him down even to get the check while he walked past the table repeatedly getting other tables' orders. He seemed nervous and awkward, but it doesn't cost anything to ask how the food is and if you need anything. The cafe was not busy at all when this happened. A manager was there roaming around in a dream-like state, but acted obtuse & kind of resentful when I had to get up and ask for her help. I was standing 5 feet away from her for about 5 minutes before she acknowledged me. She was wiping off menus, so I guess that was really urgent work. We were saved by one other girl delivering orders who was actually nice.

The atmosphere is odd, ceiling is very high & all sounds bounce around the room loudly, like a cafeteria. There is ZERO "we are here to take care of you" vibes. Just go to a different P. Bay and you'll be much happier. Time for a pot of coffee and a remedial course in customer...