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The Dundee Bistro, Dundee, OR P166
 
I really wanted to like this place, but alas, it was not to be.  Perhaps they're just a bit too new, but "things" were very disjointed.  Our waitress was absolutely excellent...a real jewel.  But the "tatooed lady" who cleared our salad plates and the strange guy who cleared our entreé plates were just a bit too much. 

Service was slow and it really didn't seem as though the place was that full.

The "tatooed lady" in clearing my salad plate neglected to either bring a fork or leave the one on the plate behind.  "Yes indeed.  When there's only one fork at a setting and you leave it on the salad plate, it would be nice to be brought another"...otherwise, the Penne Pasta dish just sits there getting cold...while you bring the glass of wine that should have been brought 10 minutes earlier. 

The menu is a bit skimpy for lunch, but the food is generally good.  The halibut fish and chips was excellent, but the fries a bit soggy.  The Caesar salad didn't have the white gloppy stuff for dressing, but it did have the huge, long pieces of romaine lettuce that had to be cut with a knife.  The penne pasta was good, but was almost cold by the time I got my fork. 

Sigh...Caprial's should move to Dundee and show them how to do a bistro. 

Food: A-. Attitude: A-. Ambiance: A (for a new restaurant, it was NOT ridiculously loud.) Parking: A. Service: A-D (the real waitress was GREAT!) Value: A-.

 
The Dundee Bistro Overall grade: A-
100-A S. W. Seventh Street, Dundee, OR 97115
Phone: (503) 554-1650
Date of visit: 9/1999 Rcvd: 10/1/1999
Submitted by: HCG, Tualatin, OR C2 R171
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