decarli

nice digs. my favorite part about this place is the ambiance. it's warm, open and kind of looks like it came out of a restoration hardware catalog. one weird thing though was when we called for a reservation, the hostess made it sound like it was a hardship to squeeze us in...yet...when we got to the restaurant, there were more than a few empty tables.

at any rate, the service we had was on point, and the drinks and entrees were delicious. i had the grilled pork shoulder which had anicepresentation and was sizzling hot, at the end we shared a rather understated little salted caramel cheesecake in a ramekin for dessert, which disappeared quickly. unfortunately, i felt that was the most lacking in value for the price.

all and all, i hope to come back to try more of the menu.

mothra says............ do as i say, not as i do.

my inlaws were visting to
portland on friday past and wanted to go out for anicedinner.  i
suggested decarli and we made a reservation.  we arrived at 6p and were
seated promptly.  tamara met us as our server and passed out the
menu’s.  ok....   lets get right to it. 

the cuisine is really
tasty.  k had the chitarra with ricotta, peas and pancetta, with an egg
yolk,  i had the seafood with spaghetti.  my mom in-law had a large
pork chop and dad in-law had the tagliatelle with meat
ragu.  k and i split a vinegrette green salad and really enjoyed a tasty
berry liver pate for a hors d oeuvre.
  we brought with us our two bottles of assorted red wine and enjoyed them with our
dishes.  the chefs are amazing and the menu is really
well done.

now the bad news for this 2nd
visit.  while presenting our salad, tamara asked if she could take our
entrée order.  i mentioned that we wanted to take our time with the
evening.  tamara insisted that she would not put the order in to the
kitchen.  but, 10 minutes later while still enjoying our salad, four entrees arrived with her halfway
apologizing as she ran to the table. 
also, earlier
i asked for a substitution on
pasta vs spaghetti.  she encouraged me to not engage the chefs
as the chefs don’t like change in the kitchen.  really?  had i not been with my in
laws i would have gently pushed the envelope a bit more with tamara; but did not.  i did not appreciate
the total control and lack of flexability that came with our server. 
  don’t get me wrong, my spaghetti with evoo, lemon, shaved garlic and seafood was
very tasty however, i believe i would have enjoyed a different pasta with the
same entrée.  will i be back?  no.  not for some time.  not because of the chefs preparation but because of
the overwhelming total lack of flexabitity from tamara.  i think not for a
while.  too many good restaurants out there.        mothra says.... 3.0 of 5.0

worst restaurant experience ever! what is up with this restaurant? pretentious, over priced and rude. we waited 1 hour for our meals. during our long wait, we had to flag the waitress down to ask for bread, and drinks. the restaurant was not busy. when our entrees finally arrived, we were shocked by the extremely small portions of the raviolii entrees, which consisted of five, small raviolli in a pasta bowl. we asked our waitress about the extremely small servings, and requested larger portions. the chef came to our table, and told us they had a busy night, and ran out of the raviolli, so they had to split the remaining between the three dinners. what??? i could not believe they would do something so shady. why didn't they tell us when they realized they did not have enough to complete our order, and give us an opportunity to chose a different entree? rude!!! i will never go back. i am sorry, but if you want anicerestaurant, don't look for it in beaverton. take a fifteen minute drive downtown, where you will find many high-class restaurants, with excellent food, and service.

cozy but expensive. the atmosphere isnice(warm and cozy) a bit loud and the food was ok but over priced.

decarli: not bad mussels in saffron cream, fennel, pernod : biggest mussels i ever had, very tender. sauce was a bit bland, could of used more umph probably to show off saffron but not quite there. short ribs:niceand meaty as expected. the spetzal that accompanied was vey good, especially with the sauce. had a woodford manhattan with amarreno cherry, not bad. bar tender offered a super tuscan that was by the bottle but opened by accident. was ok with the mussels as it was light, but a little too light for the short rib, it really needed a big cab. wine did get better, could be because i had more! service was a little slow at first, i was sitting at the bar alone. after i started a little conversation the bar tender warmed and i was very well taken care of. i would recommend.

beaverton, who woulda thunk?. upscale new italian comes to beaverton. great meal,niceservice, verynicespace and great wine list.
all in downtown beaverton. finally.
update: it's not so new - 3 years and going. who knew? i didn't.

downtown in beaverton. beaverton is not the pearl, but has a restaurant that would be a standout there. great wait staff. we had the wild boar linguine and the beef short ribs. both were rich in flavor. shaved horseradish was anicetouch on the beef. better coffee would have made it perfect.