The Old Fashioned - Greshamville

Amazing food, and a great location. I just wish they wouldn't be as busy as they normally are on weekdays around 10a to 12p, or else me and my grandmother would go there for lunch options. (IE: Their place is usually half full if not almost full. They otherwise have great breakfast options for early morning, and it isn't as crowded. They have take out options if you order in advance. Parking: Street Parking is located down further from the capitol. In addition, there are parking lots on the outer ring behind the block the restaurant is on. Wheelchair accessibility: Fully Wheelchair accessible, may be difficult for power chairs or other powered devices. During the midday rush, it's not recommended to use wheelchairs.

All of the menu items I've had have been quite good, and the atmosphere is solid, although Old Fashioned can end up being fairly busy at times. Having to wait a while for a table to open up is a distinct possibility during busier hours. The ice cream drinks they serve are excellent. Last time we were here, the bartender (J.R. was outstanding. Very amicable, knowledgeable, and he had an impeccable attention to detail. Huge shout-out to him for his great work.

I can’t believe how horribly we were treated here, the server clearly can’t handle a high stress fast paced environment. I think her name was Sophie? Maybe she should go back to hosting. First she refused to do anything for us because she was anticipating a rush, fine, I get it, I’ve worked in restaurants before and I work in the service industry. Then two drunk people come in and start screaming the entire menu at eachother, and shining a flash light in our eyes from 6 inches away. We are sitting on one of those tables that is a booth and a table where you end up very close to the people next to you. We asked them to please stop shining a light in our eyes and they couldn’t believe it, my boyfriend was so upset they ended up getting in the most pathetic argument with these drunk people. I guess we should have just sat there and waited for them to stop pointing their flash lights at us and basically screaming in our ears so loudly. Then they asked to move tables (they wanted to move tables from the minute they sat down because it was wobbly, so just used this as an excuse) next thing we know the server immediately took the side of the screaming drunk people shining a flashlight in our eyes, these people just had a complete disregard for other people around them. Who knows what they told the server about us, it doesn’t matter. We were notified that our service has now ended, and the server refused to bring me a box for my food. Basically she got on a power trip and kicked us out… never had an experience like this one. Our only other options would’ve been to ignore the screaming people 6 inches away from us, which our experience would’ve still been ruined, or ask to switch tables, but the server really didn’t seem like the type to go for that especially because we were already eating, so we just tried to ask them to stop shining the light. I can’t believe how it escalated. Don’t come here unless you want to tolerate belligerent drunk people picking fights with you just to switch tables and servers who back it up. I shouldn’t have even paid seeing as though I couldn’t bring my food home or finish eating it. Horrible experience. I have never written a bad review in my life but this will be the first! The management needs to work on their service and how they treat their paying customers, your staff is inconvenienced by doing their job.

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Took my family of 5 here and we had a fantastic experience! Fantastic value and super affordable (comparatively speaking). Everything was delicious and service was fantastic. Awesome kids menu! Dietary restrictions: Plenty of options for gluten-free eaters! Kid-friendliness: Great kids menu options and great prices for kids meals.