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Mucca Osteria

Mucca Osteria

1022 Southwest Morrison Street, Portland, 97205, United States Of America

Wine • Salad • Pasta • Italian


"If the server has asked my opinion (which they did not) I hate to do this but when I walk into a....more upscaling (appearing) restaurant and see NO salt on the table, I expect greatness. No salt means the chefs know flavor and how to season food. No salt on the tables should mean the chefs are professionals. I expect my food to be seasoned...the very least salted. I ordered the halibut special. 3 stars for at least NOT making it bone dry like most other places. The rest fell short. Seasoning, there was none. vegetables The vegetables were cooked through but again no seasoning. The app I ordered was the scallops. They definitely need a better sear on them and maybe a crunchy element to the dish. The parmesan cream sauce was flat. No flavor. So disappointed especially for a $28 app. I don't mind spending money on somewhere who knows what they are doing but this isn't it. The only praise I have is the dessert was pretty good. I can't give 5 stars over a good pastry chef. The entree has to match. If you know food. If you know flavor. If you know how to season food properly this place isn't worth your money. I also forgot to say the waitress was very attentive but she gets 4 stars because I wouldn't have even written this review if she had asked me in the first place how the food was. I'd had told her and gladly tipped the 20 percent they generously included anyways. Sorry to be brutally honest but I come from a household who knows good food and this isn't it."

Gin Thai Brasserie

Gin Thai Brasserie

3176 NW 185th Ave, Portland, United States

Tea • Thai • Healthy • Chicken


"Had a hankering for some Thai food today and decided to take out from Gin Thai Brasserie. I ordered the Pad See Ew, Low Carb Pad Thai, Steak Bites, Fresh Rolls and a Thai Iced Tea. Although we didn 't dine in, the restaurant was nice and clean. It 's on the small side, so seating could be limited around dinner time. The Fresh Roll (2pc) was filled with lots of fresh shredded veggies and a decent piece of tofu. It comes with peanut dipping sauce. They were very good and lived up to its name. All the reviews I read raved about the steak bites, so I had to try them... and I wasn 't impressed. It 's thinly sliced 'marinated ' beef, served with a citrus/chili dipping sauce. My wife and I both agree that what it lacked, was ANY flavor. Very bland. I wouldn 't order it again. My wife had the 'low carb ' Pad Thai. I didn 't have any, but she liked it and said she 'd order it again. Being low carb, there is only a very small amount of noodles, the rest of the 'bulk ' was made up of shredded veggies like cabbage, carrots and bean sprouts. Cooked like traditional Pad Thai in a familiar tasting sauce. She got it with chicken for an extra buck and there was a lot of it. I had the Pad See Ew. This is one of my favorite Thai dishes and GTB 's iteration was just as good as any other reputable Thai restaurant. Rice noodles, veggies and chicken, stir fried in a dark, sweet soy sauce. It was really good. I also had the Thai Iced Tea which, let 's be real only needed to do one thing, and that 's taste like Thai Iced Tea. It did. It was good sweet, creamy and tea y. Overall, with the exception of the disappointing steak bites, my family and I will eat at GTB again. The flavors are good and the ingredients taste fresh. The price per dish is similar to other Thai restaurants in the area and I was more than satisfied with size of all the portions. A solid 4 !"