Nora’s Table in Hood River Oregon – this table should be cut up into firewood and burned

by mattysthoughts

TERRIBLE experience.  I posted on old Nora’s Wall and this is was my original comment and her response. Clearly Nora is a bitch.  Oh and Nora yeah I would tell you this to your face as well, as well as some other very pointed words that you would not like.  FUCK OFF NORA.

Matthew Ellisposted toNora’s Table

about an hour ago · 

  • WORST meal I have had in years. STAY AWAY. Being greeted with “I have no idea when your table will be ready” to the 30 minute wait past our reservation, to the final “do you dine out often” question from the much to important waitress. Add insult to injury you don’t even take American Express, WHAT A JOKE. One meal was not even edible, the other two were ok, nothing to write home about. Nora you and your table need to pull up stakes and hit the road.

      • Nora’s Table

        Matthew, we are of course sorry you did not enjoy your food or experience here, especially since your experience is directly the opposite of what so many others diners expressed to us just this evening, and on many, many nights, week after

         week. As usual, when someone writes such cruel criticism with such rude attitude, I find myself wondering if you would speak that way to my face, or to the excellent server who took excellent care of you. However, you sound a like a bit of a pant load, and frankly, we’d prefer it if you don’t return. So I guess you’ll not get the chance to prove that you are actually a charming, caring guy just out looking for a nice dinner. — Kathy Watson

      • Matthew Ellis

        Nora – your so full of crap its not funny. The guy at the table next to us had to go ASK for his food to be delivered to his table. You also should check out your Yelp reviews, I hardly consider a one or two star review a good review. Yo

        ur food was awful, your service was miserable, and your little restaurant could use a new chef, and new management because if you think you had a good night then your head is so far up your ass its not even funny. I will be contacting my credit card company tomorrow about this charge, I will not be talked down to as a paying customer by some condescending host or waitress. Your restaurant sucks.
        And a Few more Review for Nora’s Table:
        One Star

        4/24/2012 Seated via OpenTable

        Perhaps it was an off night, but we did not enjoy our time at Nora’s.
        We made reservations for Saturday evening.  Once we were sat, no one acknowledged us for over 15 minutes.  We had to ask the hostess to find our server so we could order drinks.  When our server arrived, he asked us if we were ready to order.  There was no acknowledgement of our wait, sharing of specials, nor general niceties.  Trying to stay positive, we ordered an appetizer to try to give the restaurant a final chance to keep us as diners.  Unforgivably, our appetizer of mussels arrived with a foul smell and tasted terrible.  We were crestfallen.  I’m usually the sensitive one to off tastes, but when my husband acknowledged it, I knew it was a lost cause for us.  We ended up sending the appetizer back and leaving.

        One Star

        I’ve walked out of a restaurant only once before in my life… We’d been looking forward to trying Nora’s. We tend to eat at the usual local spots, and wanted to try something different. Nora’s disappointed us in every way, and unfortunately we never had a chance to eat the food. We were greeted by a pleasant guy, who sat the two of us at a four-person table. He brought us water, and was immediately chewed out loudly by a waitress for not sitting us at the bar, the only remaining spot for two people. We received glares and salty stares from the waitstaff, but no further service of any kind. After 15 minutes of feeling awkward, we left. And we will never come back. There are some incredible options in Hood River where you can get great local fare, fantastic beer and wine, and excellent service. Nora’s is not one of them.

        Two Star

        No, No Nora . . . No, it should not take an hour to get your appetizers; No, you should not tell your customers that their food is late because your kitchen is swamped; No, the fish in your seafood curry should not taste like it has been sitting under a warming light for most of the evening; No, your waiter should not stand over the table and ask you if you want to add 18% or 20% to the tab for gratuity; No, Nora, No.
        Two Star (and thats being nice)
        1/2/2010 5 photos

        I dont know is this place called Nora’s Table (as it says on the side of the building), is it called Nora’s Fish House (as our credit card statement said) or is it called PORK (as the t-shirts they sell proclaim)?

        Whichever is the case, Nora’s is a solid two stars. The food was nothing spectacular but it was a descent meal. The service equally matched the meal. There was a 30 minute gap between when the waitress took our app plates away and our meal came. She never made a comment or explained why. Would I go back or recommend to others? Probably not.

        Oh and Nora here is my FAVORITE review – One Star, clearly it could not go any lower.

        8/24/2010

        If you have about 4 hours to kill and get some seriuosly mediocre service then this place is for you.

        Can you tell I didnt like the service? we got there around 7:00 and they were pretty busy. After waiting 15 minutes for the hostesss to take our name down we were told that it would be a while before we get a table. There is no room to wait, so we had to stand in front of the restaurant outside for about an hour or so. When we got seated, it took us about 15 minutes to order our drinks, 15 mins to get the drinks, and another 15-20 mins to get some bread on the table. When we ordered our food it took them about 30 mins to bring my wife’s food out. and about an hour to bring my food out. I am pretty sure they lost my order and put in another order for me. When i got my food my wife’s food was half eaten and cold. When we asked for the dessert we got told that they only had 2 of the 8 dessert items on the list. The waitress said that she would comp us on the dessert since they messed up my food. When the bill came, there was the dessert. (i dont care paying for a $6 item, its the principal that bothers me).

        The food was good, really good, but i think its absolutly tarnished by the horrible service in the place. There ae sooooo many other restaurants in the area that are nice and have good food. I’d recommend finding something somewhere else.

        Also, a heads up, if you are asked to be seated at the bar, that means do you want to sit on a counter and stare at the kitchen. There is no bar. The counter is worst than sitting in a dinner, because there you are at least a little bit seperated from the kitchen.