Simpatica Catering and Dining Hall

My friends and I were tourists and had heard great things about this place. Charming and hidden without being overly hipster. Great food, very friendly staff (just like everybody else I've met in Portland), and amazing prices. If this exact same place existed in SF/LA, each dish would've cost at least 4-5 dollars more. Their breakfast cocktails looked pretty tasty but we were too hungover to order any alcohol (~it was a bachelor party weekend~). I ordered the fried chicken and waffle. The seasoning was incredibly flavorful and the breading was perfect! I wasn't a big fan of the waffle though (too flaky for my taste) and I found the kumquat syrup a little bit overpowering. But I would definitely be a regular here if I lived in Portland.

We went to a Harvester Brewing dinner at Simpatica. The food was delicious. The menu was creative and interesting. The dining hall was very elegant, but not stuffy. The wine list was good too. I look forward to joining them for a dinner again.

This is one of those places that I always have to bring a visitor to Portland. It may not be the most "Portland" brunch spot, but the food is AMAZING. There can be a little wait on Sunday, I think 20 minutes has been the longest wait, but it's worth it. Prices are totally fair for what you're getting. If they have the chicken fried buffalo steak, get it. Meatloaf was also great. I dig the cafeteria-style seating personally, but for some people it could be a turn off.

Simpatica Hall is the best kept secret in Portland. Without a doubt the best brunch I have had in Portland. The menu changes so it's hard to know exactly what you will find, but it usually involves some kind of steak and eggs and at least one type of Eggs Benedict.

Bar none my favorite dining experience in Portland. Food quality is impeccable, services is fantastic, and it's got a great homey feel with the family style seating. We always have great chats with other foodies when here!

I had my wedding dinner in the dining hall for about 20 people in August. The food was perfect and wonderful The staff were amazing to work with. Beautiful and simple space. This is the perfect venue for a fancy yet not stuffy special event. Highly recommend!

We selected Simpatica to cater our wedding because of their reputation. Everyone told us we would be in good hands if we chose them, so we decided to pay a premium and go with a caterer that we can trust. Brett, the events director, was professional and prompt in our communications. Our concern was planning an outdoor reception in a park without a kitchen, but Brett said he had worked this location before so we didn't anticipate any problems. At our first site visit, Brett realized that they had mistakened our site with another site at the venue, and that our site lacked the adequate electric and water hook-ups, but they ended up accommodating us. Little did we know that we would be punished for that. After that point, Brett became increasingly passive aggressive. In many conversations I felt as if I was inconveniencing him. We didn't have a choice but to have them coordinate our rentals through The Party Place, which charged us exorbitant fees on top of the 25% rental handling fee we paid Simpatica (just to have them mishandle our rentals). I never felt that Brett advocated for us in finding cost effective solutions -- to be frank, he simply did not care about our wedding or that we were handing him our hard earned savings. By the end, our bill was almost twice the estimate. After the event, my wedding coordinator informed me that several items on the rental order either wasn't delivered, or the wrong product was delivered, and that there were items on the rental list that we didn't even need. I brought this up to Brett and he admitted that he made errors along with a list of excuses on why he made those errors, but we still had to pay for them. I was by no means a difficult client. I made changes to our menu a few times but nothing unreasonable. I repeatedly caught mistakes on the rental order and had to keep watch on items and always found errors, but I was always polite even with the growing costs and attitude. I'm glad that other people had such a great experience working with them and I don't understand why we didn't deserve the same treatment. I almost feel like we were discriminated against in some way. The entire experience put a damper on what was supposed to be a happy time.

Simpatica Catering is amazing. Brett was so helpful and responded to all of my emails and questions quickly and thoroughly. The food and rentals were executed perfectly. I never once worried about the catering and rentals thanks to Brett. I HIGHLY recommend them!