Henni's Kitchen & Bar — Restaurant in White Salmon

We came to Henni’s for a friends birthday. Our group had been at an event at Griffin House in Hood River. It was a great venue. Two cocktails and then we left to eat at Henni’s. Walking in, I asked to sit at the bar while they were setting an outdoor table. My friends are wine distributors and had a lot of questions. It was fun. We ordered drinks and then decided we liked the bar atmosphere and decided to stay in there to eat. We ordered wine and appetizers. The food came. Then the bartender came up to us and said he was not serving us the wine because we “came in hot”. I look down at our 3/4 drinks at our table and was absolutely stunned. There was zero zero zero reason for this judgment to refuse us a service. I’m 60 and my friends are younger. In all our lives, we have not had this happen. Two drinks prior to walking in. It is a huge disappointment. I know Sara and Christian and they were not in that night. The promise of fine dining in a small town was massively disappointing. I can say it isn’t an overly friendly place. But I don’t go there for that. It has food I like. We paid and went to Hood River for food and to examine every moment of the experience. I’m still baffled. I am telling everyone I know. Everyone I know, knows I am not an over drinker nor were my friends. It was a bad call. Sara. You should ask what happened. It was a...

The good: -very friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable waitress -good atmosphere and decor. -Good setting -Beer and wine selection looked promising, though I didnt have any.

The bad: -spendy. A couple who both have an entree, a drink, and a dessert can easily expect to pay around 70-80 bucks. There are many restaurants just as good (my opinion) where you can pay half as much as here in the area. -my meal was ok. Not bad, not great, just ok. Got the bobotie- beef curry dish. An appetizer, since I winced at the price of the entrees. Tasted like ground beef with a tiny sprinkle of curry powder and sprinkled with cheese and baked. Not bad, but nothing to write home about. Shared some of my parties dishes (warm spinach salad was nice, the tater tots on one of the slider plates were way over salted) -small portions. Obviously, I had an appetizer, but the entrees didnt look all that big either.

Bottom line, for me anyway: -Pricey food that is tastes decent but doesnt...

This place doesn’t want your business. This place doesn’t need your business. This place could care less about their customers.

Tried to buy a gift card from Henni’s, but they make it extremely difficult to do so. You can only buy in person. Shows very poor customer service.

Reply to owner: the time you took to reply to this review you could have spent on the phone taking my payment info, putting the gift card in an envelope, and mailing it to me (i would have paid postage). Also, you replied faster to this review than you did my first email seven days ago. Just shows that your business does not practice good customer service. I am just trying to inform future customers not to waste their time trying to contact Henni’s or navigate the website trying to find out how to...