McMenamins Pat’s Corner

The redeeming attribute is that there is a wood burning fire place, so it was warm and cheerful on a cold winter day. I also enjoy the atmosphere in general, not just of his bar, but of McMenamins in general. We had a drink and shared an order of the Terminator meatballs, which was delicious, but could have been cooked hotter. Likely they cooled off from the walk over from the kitchen.

For being super busy, (looked like 3 weddings and a movie going on in the lawn, and a large party of like 30 seated behind us!) They seated us right away and we actually had two waiters helping us… again, super busy… I don’t care who helps us, as long as we get our food! Which got to us not even 15 minutes after we placed the order. My only complaint was that we were there for our Passport hunt we missed Ruby Spa by less than 20 minutes before they closed. and we couldn’t play disc golf, but I’m not holding that against them (I imagine if a bride got nailed by a Frisbee then it would render undesirable results).
Thanks McMenamins!

2 party’s there and it took us 5 minutes just to get a server to know we were there. We ordered the same minute the server gave us the menu. Took 20 minutes, no server came back to fill up our drinks. Finally the food arrived and the pulled pork sandwich was ok OK! I ordered a single slice of pizza and it was way too greasy and tasteless, never going back there.

Generally a fan of McMenamins and frequent various locations often. Imagine my utter surprise (/​sarcasm) when I got the worst service yet* at last night’s visit. I was there with a huge group, and even though we tried to coordinate it with the staff in advance, they assigned us only one very grumpy and overworked server. (We were 20+ if not maybe near 30 in numbers. Umm…) I mean that guy clearly hated his job to the extent that it made our group uncomfortable… There was a lot of frowning, eye rolling, generally being unhelpful… Yikes, dude. Ask for help, or walk off the job, or something.
The scoop: it took ages to get my order in, we never got water until we cornered a guy bussing tables who agreed after our SECOND attempt to bring us a pitcher with glasses… ugh. When I first arrived and met my group I was told to order at the bar. The bar served me a drink but told me to go outside to see a server for food. I asked to open a tab but combine my drink and food orders. There was confusion when closing about what my total was and, naturally, it took an extra long time to sort it out since — you guessed it, they hadn’t combined my tab or some such nonsense. Granted there were two weddings going on at both ends of the grassy areas, but weddings are usually booked pretty far in advance, which makes me think that A) this crew should’ve been prepared and well staffed and B) …no, that’s it. Pat’s Corner should’ve been well staffed and coordinated for a busy summer evening to ensure ALL guests are comfortable and happy. It’s appalling that the powers that be left this solitary server to flounder.
To top things off, they didn’t have one of my favorite seasonals that I can get around the corner from my house, (this was a 45 minute drive for me to attend this event) and, they ran out of ruby — in the entire place. How is that even possible? As for foodstuffs, I got a slice of pizza which is obviously made en masse for the bar and generally completely unappetizing. It was so greasy I had to ask for napkins (because we were given none…) just to sop up the *puddles* of grease on my pizza. Like, wow. I’ve had better pizza at other locations for sure. This reminded me of the crap you get at an arcade/​putt putt golf place. The outdoor menu sucked and was extremely limiting. Blech.
*For any newbs/​non locals, McMenamins is a bit notorious for mediocre service, food, blah blah.
I *really* hate to give poor reviews but this one was unfortunately earned. Second star given for the truly lovely outdoor seating and fire pits, and the tiny but quaint bar at Pat’s Corner. Such wow. Much ambiance.

I loved Pat’s Corner this summer. it was amazing, great food, great drinks, attentive service. First real «Bar» I went to for my 21^st.
I decided to go back last night during their winter hours. Big mistake. They weren’t busy by any means but we didn’t even get water refills. It took someone over 10 minutes just to acknowledge us. We sat outside because there was a party/​event going on inside (very small in the building). Not once did we get asked if we were comfortable or if they could turn on a heater for us. I had one drink and it took about 10 minutes to receive that. The food, that is usually incredible, was subpar. Very, VERY disappointed and may not go back again. At least not during the winter.