Mcmenamins Sand Trap - Gearhart

My wife and I ordered club sandwiches, but both of the breads were untoasted. My wife requested Cajun fries but received tater tots instead. The server, who was also the bartender, attended to us. I ordered a salad and asked for extra dressing, but she forgot and I had to remind her. It felt like we were inconveniencing her, even though there was only one other table occupied. She never checked in to see how our food was or if we needed anything. It was the worst dining experience we've had, and we definitely won't be returning.

We recently had a family weekend at McMenamins with a group of 14 people coming from across the country. The restaurant staff made a special effort to seat us all at one table, and we were thrilled with our experience! On our first night, we all gathered for dinner and ordered a variety of dishes, all of which received positive feedback. The pizza, burgers and fries, salads, drinks, and chowder served in a bread bowl were all fantastic, and everyone left satisfied. Our server was incredible! Thank you!

The service at this restaurant was terrible. The bartender greeted us with an unpleasant remark, saying, "I'm busy, it might take a while," instead of a simple hello or hi. The bartender downstairs, who had curly blonde/red hair, was particularly rude and even made a comment about me to my friends while I was away. Overall, the service was dreadful, and I won't be returning.

Let me start by sharing the positive, great atmosphere and the bar service was attentive with generous samples of beers on tap. We ordered a burger medium well came medium rare and knowing that it was just going back under the broiler we kept it and it was tasty. The pea soup of the day was really good and whoever made it knows how to pull a soup together. Now for the negative the seasonal salad was an absolute joke. It was to be a fall harvest Mac salad with roasted squash, spinach,mushrooms, cranberries and walnuts. It came tepid in temp and we had to search for the squash pieces 4 in total. No flavor to salad with macaroni thrown in for some reason? This should be taken off the menu immediately it is doing nothing to round out their menu.

Where to begin... we booked this 1 night get away in hopes to play a round of golf as a discount was included with the stay (they don't advertise how much the discount is or how much a round of golf is) however this review isn't about the cost. We came here and checked in, immediately making our way to the new Sand Bar. There was only a couple people there and the Bartender, Billie! When I tellYou this woman elevated our entire experience, it's an understatement. One of the kindest, most gentle souls out there. She shared many insights to the surrounding area, what food to order at the other bars and restaurants as well as things to do in the area. Hope to get to and on the beach. Sure opened up to us about life and was genuinely interested in ours as well! On her being here alone I'd recommend coming down and having a pint and a conversation! We eventually headed up to the sand trap for dinner and here we were equally pleased with the food as well as drink suggestions made by Billie! Who to our joy as well as many other in the bar, showed up after her shift to order her food to go! 10/10 would recommend a day away here, however 13/10 would recommend if Billie is working!