montage

food was good but that's about it. wait staff were like robots with tattoos that had zero interest in patrons. probably not their fault as they have to get us in and out as fast as possible. i'd recommendmontagefor a good late night meal but go somewhere else early evening.

under the dripping morrison bridge. where pasta supercollides with meat or cheese of your choosing. poor boy's to feed a hungry bum. a kitchen appearance to rival a chinese restaurant bathroom.montageis not to be missed.

start with lunch and let your ambitions down and come back for dinner late....very late and experience shaped foil leftovers

good prices for cajun food at this perennial favorite. great drink menu for those of us remembering bourbon street. had themontagewhich was a sample of 3-foods. oyster shooters were better than those in nola. parking not easy on this area.

le bistromontagehas a great atmosphere, full of energy. service was friendly and attentive. appealing and extensive cajun menu however personally found the jambalaya to be extremely salty.

our 6 hour drive down from vancouver, bc to portland turned into a 9 hour trip due to a major accident on the i5 as well as numerous traffic snarl-ups. since we wanted to get some shopping done, we decided to stop off for some dinner first. we were originally going to try screen door but it was so busy that we wound up at le bistromontageinstead.

le bistromontageis a cajun restaurant located in portland, oregon. le bistromontageserves some good ‘ol southern meats such as frog legs, gator, and catfish. if you are looking for a unique dining experience, both food and non-food, le bistromontageis the place to go.

this is the absolute best place to try authentic cajun/creole cooking in portland. i'm from arkansas and wanted to give my pacific northwest friends a taste of the south. le bistromontagefit the bill perfectly with its gator bites, frog legs, and the gumbo and jambalaya were spot on. if you're in the mood for cajun, this is your place.

portland weekend brunch….if you’ve seen the skit on portlandia , it’s pretty dead on. long lines, high prices, “interesting” cuisine. a lot of online reviews talk about how greatmontageis, and to be prepared to wait.   we went for saturday brunch with another couple yesterday, the wait was non-existent, there were about 8 tables taken on a saturday morning, and the unique, interesting food?  meh. with “cajun/creole” influences,montageserves a special brunch menu on weekends, and while the food is “interesting” it misses the mark in honoring its heritage. we started with an appetizer of cubed pan fried spam(tm) bits, with a special sauce, and as people are fond of saying these days “it is what it is.” two of us had the chicken fried steak and eggs, and prior to this outing i would say my favorite cfs in portland was country cat , and after this outing?  it still is country cat. montage’s version is about a 6 oz meat patty, batter fried, the mea

mixed...leaning towards like. the food is wonderful. get the spicy mac if you dare....and of course they have that gimmicky little tinfoil-animal-leftover thing they do...go for the atmosphere, the food if you want, but not for the service. service really ruins the whole experience, and if anything themontageis definitely an experience

bad attitude towards guests. saturday night/sunday morning our party of 6 was looking for food after a night of dancing. we called ahead and were told thatmontagewas seating until 4am. we arrived at 3:25 and were seated by about 3:45. at 3:55, heavy metal music started playing from the speakers over the dining room at an extremely loud volume level. our waiter explained that this was how the kitchen ensured the patrons hurried up with their meals so the restaurant could close. it was so loud that we could not have a conversation and had to sit mute through our meal. it isn't my place to say what the operating hours should be, but if the goal is to close completely by 4, they should have stopped seating well before 3:45. treating paying customers in this manner is inexcusable!
in addition, of the 6 orders that we placed, 3 of them were incorrect. i will never be back and i will make sure to tell everyone i know about what they can expect from this place.

will not go back.. several times throughout the years i've gone to themontageand had ok service, even after saying i'd never go back due to some really poor service. i thought maybe they had improved or something. i was wrong.

after a concert let out on a sunday night, i imagined it would be a good place to grab a bite before heading home. my girlfriend and i were seated in the corner of the dining room and basically abandoned. after 15 minutes of no acknowledgement from the staff, we started to get up to leave. at that point someone explained that the waiter would be right with us. there was literally no excuse for this. it was the least amount of people i'd ever seen there. the staff was not busy. (i had plenty of time to observe) we left and had a delicious whiffie's pie instead.

this instance, as well as an earlier occasion where the staff was just plain rude have made it pretty clear they don't need my business. i will be spreading the word as much as i can, because they obviously don't need yours either.


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good food, crap service. if you can put up with the service, the food is pretty good. try the bobo, hard to not enjoy two kinds of gravy!

underwhelming. i have a creeping suspicion that the "experience" of dining atmontageis what people really like about the place. i say this because the food, while not bad, is in no way gettin it done. you cant make red beans (and rice) with texas chili beans! gumbo should have a small layer of rice at the bottom of the bowl, it should not be a bowl of rice with the gumbo serving as a layer of icing on the rice. also, it doesnt require 3/4 of a diced tomato as garnish. it does require some flavor, which, outside a little bit of spiciness, wasnt present. a catfish poboy, traditionally, has a breaded fillet of catfish in it. not breaded little pieces, rolled up to look like popcorn shrimp.
it a charmingly stylish place and the lunch prices were more than reasonable but we probably wont return. why? because i dont care if you can make a swan out of aluminum foil. i care if you can make me feel like what im eating was prepared in the deep south. and on that front they fell way short.
grade: c ( for whatever reason, the place smelled like a dirty bar rag)

le bistromontageon south east morrison st. serves cajun inspired foods in a laid back atmosphere. it sits on a corner underneath the morrison bridge in an industrial part of portland. long, communal wooden tables occupy the spacious dining room of what

an eastside classic.montageis a late night classic on the eastside. i highly recommend the crawfish etouffee! but, if you're into mac & cheese, the spold is the way to go.

hard to get to but worth it. themontageis hard to find if your not part of the underground portland scene, but getting there was worth it. we found a parking spot and walked over to the restaurant only a little nervous and were greeted by pleasant staff. we waited for about 20 minutes to be seated and sat next to a lovely local couple. the seating is family style so leave your shyness at home.

we ordered the spicy mac and cheese and gator bytes, and a chicken dinner. the meals were fabulous! our server was quirky and very friendly. he came to fill our water glasses often and made sure we were well cared for. all of the staff was responsive and attentive.

i recommend themontagefor anyone wanting to get a peek at some fun eating places that portland has to offer.