wet dog cafe

spend time in astoria when in area, and one of my eating spots is the wet dog. as yet i've not had a bad meal. i normally grab a place at the bar and my last time there iorderedthe "wilbur burger". house made sausage patty, ham slice, peppered bacon, pepper jack cheese, topped with a fried egg. when iorderedit i know my doctor flinched and i'm sure i felt my colon do the same, but i will eat it again next time i am there. oh and the beer ain't to shabby either.

disgusting food. my wife and i traveled from kentucky to visit the oregon coast and were looking forward to a good dinner of seafood and a pleasant dinning experience on 5/17/2014. we stopped at the local tourism office in astoria and were assisted by a very pleasant attendant that helped us find lodging and referred us to the wet dog for a good seafood dinner. what a disappointment! weorderedan under fried and greasy calamari appetizer that had no flavor at all and a grilled seafood captains platter that turned out to be fried and everything tasted worse than any food that we had ever had before. seriously! we cannot describe how disgusting the food was that we could not eat. the horrible experience has led us to share it.
jerry and kathy

went to this restaurant for lunch with my wife. we had about a 30 minute wait for a table but once we were seated the magic began. our server tyller p. was wonderful. he quickly took our order, made sure we had drinks and took very good care of us. we allordereddifferent meals and everything was super. we had fish, burgers, club sandwich and prawns. all cooked perfectly. the view of the river made our meal very pleasant. i highly recommend this restaurant.

my family and i walked in and the wait time was 45 minutes but turned out to be longer maybe it was just people a big group or i don't know but finally when we got seated the waiter ask us what drinks we wanted and came back pretty quick then weorderediorderedthe hip hop burger it was really good the beef patty was perfectly cooked and the fires were so delicious. definitely coming back.

great food, drink & atmosphere. what a great place for lunch. the beer which is made there is very good quality. weorderedthe captain's platter and shared it between us. there was plenty for both. then i had the beer ice cream. yes that's right... and it was great! best of all the server knew his beers and was passionate about them.

i love this place.

i was very disappointed, iorderedthe special which was 3 halibut and 4 coconut shrimp. there were only 2 pieces of halibut and they were no bigger than one fry! the shrimp were basically all breading and overcooked. for a 10.99 special i expected much more....

overpriced average. i've been there twice now, both times have been average at best. here's a breakdown:

food -- 3 out of 5 stars: the food is pretty decent, nothing special, but it's cooked properly to the order and is in sufficient quantity i would think to satisfy most customers.

ales -- 5 out of 5 stars: the ales i have had were very good, well crafted ales. with that said there are several other breweries in the area, all with fine ales.

price -- 2 out of 5 stars: the price for the food is somewhat high. the first time i ate there iorderedone of the hamburgers, my wifeorderedthe chicken strips. after eating she commented that we could have got what weorderedat dairy queen for 1/3 of the price. i chuckled in agreement. the fries are definitely from a grocers freezer, maybe costco. the burger while tasty, didn't leave me thinking i would order it again.

service -- 3 out of 5 stars: the first time we ate there the waiter seemed to be trying to rush us out the door, other than that the service is average. the food comes out rather quickly i would say, almost at fast food speed. that may be due to no one being in the restaurant though (see rating below).

atmosphere -- 1 out of 5 stars: the restaurant is set up and decorated pretty well, but there is no one in this place. i've been there twice now and both times it's been no less than three, and no more than ten people in a restaurant designed to seat somewhere around fifty people. honestly i don't know how they can afford to keep the doors open. the first time i visited was probably not a prime time, and i figured there wouldn't be too many people there. the second time was a saturday night, and all i can say is it was empty, with some guy picking guitar and singing to the depressing oldies.

parking -- 4 out of 5 stars: it seems to have plenty of parking directly in front of the restaurant. having been there twice, i was able to get a parking spot right in front both times.