Gruner Restaurant

The best burger in Portland
Jul 25th, 2015

Jul 13th, 2015

The food was good, although I would have preferred to have had the opportunity to order something with less meat. The staff was, as always, pleasant, knowledgeable, and attentive. Unfortunately, on the night we were there, 8 or 10 men had taken a table at the dining room's front window. We were seated at a table at the far end of the room, but were unable to sustain our conversation because these men were so loud. They seemed to be quite drunk, shouting to one another up and down their table without any regard at all for the other guests. We couldn't hear ourselves, or one another, or the wait staff. I asked the wait staff to ask them to quiet down, but nothing happened, so we paid our (expensive) bill and left, with our ears ringing. Our dinner and our evening out were spoiled, and I don't know if I'll go back there again to have my eardrums fried. The staff really should have done something to get these men to quiet down, but I didn't see any effort at all in that direction, which was quite disappointing. These men were so rowdy they would probably have been asked to leave any neighborhood bar, or at least reminded that they were disturbing other people. Our own evening was completely ruined.
May 18th, 2015

Amazing collection of dishes, excellent service, overall great experience. Expensive but worth it.
Apr 4th, 2015

Don't eat anything other than the burger! My goodness that burger. Priced high, but it is seriously one of the best you will ever have. A high end burger that lives up to the name. Great jo-jos. They do have outdoor seating for the summer. Make sure to make a reservation, because they can get busy.
Mar 20th, 2015