russell's restaurant

"disappointed". "russell's" in bothell, has the makings of a very nice establishment, but at this stage, i think you could say they are most assuredly a work in progress.
recently, we had our bothell high school reunion in the loft at "russell's" (located in the barn just off the beardslee exit in bothell.) while visiting the guests was incredibly fun, the bill left us a bit surprised.
we had a small crowd of 60. our goal was to keep it simple and elegant, while trying to keep the price affordable for our guests. we had decided to offset some of the costs.
• we brought our own table linens, napkins, and buffet skirting,
• we brought and placed our own table decorations and candles
• provided cd music
• we even brought our own happy hour snacks.
the ticket price still ended up being $93.00 per person. the food provided for dinner was good but not nearly that good.
fyi - russell's said they could accommodate up to 300 guests. if there had been 150 people we would have been cozy and left no extra room even for a small band.
when we arrived to set-up, we were seeking direction for our slide show presentation and locating a couple of bowls for our cocktail hour snacks. right away we noticed the head waitress had a bit of an attitude. in addition they were ill equipped to help us with any sort of space planning.
all in all i think "russell's" is trying hard to be something they are not. that would be more tolerable if they were just a bit more humble about their shortcomings or maybe if they charged more appropriately considering they are still, in our opinion, a work in progress.
next time, i would seek out another option, not because the venue itself wasn't nice, but in this case it just wasn't worth the price for admission.
bhs class of 1978 reunion committee

great food. my, friend and i were looking for a new resturant to eat at so we googled local resturants in bothell and came across a resturant called russell's. we had never heard of it before so we thought we'd give it a try. we sat down and were greeted immediatly, the staff was all very friendly and we felt very comfortable as well. my friend ordered the sea scallops and i ordered the new york strip. amazing!!!!! we had to share because each entree was full of flavor. we will be back.

perfect resturant experience. my girlfriend and i just recently moved to the area of bothell and were looking for a place to eat for the night, i stopped into a local tully's and asked the barista what resturant she would recommend. russell's she said, i had never heard of it being from portland. so i thought we'd give it a try. we were seated immediatly, and greeted as soon as we sat down, which was nice for a change because most resturants i find to be waiting quite awhile before being greeted. the waitstaff was very polite and professional and the food was exceptional, i ordered the filet mingon, and my girlfriend had the halibut, we were both amazed at the presentation of the food and how it tasted. it was the perfect evening. we'd strongly recommend it.