Vinnie B.
Yelp
Vancouver, Wa has done something Portland has not, and that's
invest in a river walkway with restaurants and bars surrounded
by low income housing. Ok, the last part was sarcasm/snarky,
but at least Washington has stepped up.
We decided to head to Maryhill Tasting Room to do what we
do best, drink wine with friends and talk sh*t about world affairs.
We decided to each get the wine flights (*not the best decision,
more on this later) I also had the Caesar salad with crab, yes to
this for sure, very well done and a generous serving too. I also
had to have the friggin crab cake, because I'm a sucker for crab
cakes. This one was a big miss at this price point, and lack of crab,
I would pass on this one again. I also had some bread with oil and
vinegar with garlic and basil, not bad, but I prefer EVOO.. this would
be a maybe next time order. But it's about the wine right? ok, back to
that, I wasn't blown away by the selected wines, but I'm picky kinda
dude. I did like the Syrah ! it was well balanced and paired well with
spicy foods.
*Ok, unless you're in Elon Musk's tax bracket try doing this, share
a wine flight then purchase a bottle or two (wink) this will erase the
flight cost of 20 bucks, so that Syrah I was talking about that's $44
is now, $22, see how this works..
Service gets killed here on Yelp, look it's a very hard job to wait in this
setting, the clientele is picky as hell and can be demanding, not me
though. The physical part of having to move the flights off of tables
and put food and at the same time open bottles of wine can be a
challenge even for the best of them. Be kind, be patient, remember
lots of the staff have been going through the pandemic too. Our
server was very nice and offered us advice as well as a smile in the
middle of the demands of the night.
One thing that I didn't like nor understand is, they don't let you sit
outside on the patio while wine tasting. Not sure why, maybe they'll
respond to this question..
All and all, I'll be back and will take my own advice. Being together
with friends again is worth anything to me. Salute.