Washington Dining & Cocktails

All of the bad reviews for this restaurant are about the service or hours. None of them are about the food. The food is amazing. Very high quality healthy juices, bowls and smoothies. It’s always nice to have a clean meal on the road. I feel like the workers here are all young 20 somethings or college kids, you can’t expect exemplary service from them in the first place. Most of the negative reviews here sound like Karens lol. Underrated spot, try it out.

Update: Went back in for another visit and ordered the custom smoothie again, and the manager offered to give it to me for free based on my previous experience. I appreciated that, but told them I didn’t expect anything free. So I paid for it, but they still gave me a discount on some of the added ingredients. The manager also suggested that the previous order tasted bitter because of the whey protein and suggested that I get the chocolate plant protein. So I tried that, and it was much better and tasted great. The manager also suggested that they could look up my custom order with my phone number for future visits so they can make it exactly the same each time. So I’ve upgraded the original review of one star to now show four stars. Original review: Staff needs to learn how to communicate with customers better. They argued with me because I asked them to add a little more honey to make the smoothie taste sweeter. I offered to pay more for the extra honey, but they wouldn’t accept that and instead kept blaming the bitterness of the smoothie on my custom order like it was more important for them to be right. I explained that I had ordered the exact same thing several times before, and it never tasted so bitter. They said that because it’s a custom order, it will get made differently each time. That’s understandable, but why be so difficult about adding a little more honey, especially when I was willing to pay for it. Arguing just pisses customers off to the point where they leave poor reviews and won’t return.

Mother’s in Bend, Oregon, is a charming restaurant with adorable decor. I ordered the ‘Hello Portobello,’ which was a delicious marinated portobello mushroom sandwich with heirloom tomatoes, caramelized onions, goat cheese, pistachio crumble, herb lemon aioli, and wild arugula on thick-sliced in house sourdough bread. When you bit into the sandwich the immediate flavor I got was the marinated portobello. As I chewed I could smell the fragrant caramelized onions. It was nice that every few bites you got a little bit of the pistachio crumble, that left you wanting more. The heirloom tomato had that fresh from the vine taste to it, it was thickly sliced and had the perfect acidity. The goat cheese and the lemon aioli married this sandwich together tastefully. The flavors were complex and well-balanced. I was pleasantly surprised to find potato salad with my order. It was homemade and delicious, with tender potatoes, a dill-flavored mayonnaise based sauce, and subtle notes of red onion and scallion. I wouldn't be surprised if it was in-house made mayonnaise. The staff was friendly, attentive, and knowledgeable. The restaurant was spotless and had a pleasant outdoor seating area. The sandwich was light and refreshing, and I would definitely return for another meal. Mother’s Westside Kitchen is only open for breakfast and lunch, closing at 3 PM. Their menu offers a variety of breakfast options, sandwiches, wraps, salads, bowls, smoothies, juices, and coffee.