Casa del Matador

1438 NW 23rd Ave Portland, OR 97210
Phone: (503) 228.2855

Located in: Northwest Portland - Visit Website
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BarFly's Review of Casa del Matador

No, this is not the legendary Matador on Burnside. I repeat, it is not The Matador.

Nor is the other Casa Del Matador on East Burnside, the real Matador. At least the professionals can find it.

Casa del Matador's Happy Hours
Monday$4-$5 apps 4-6pm, 10pm-1am
Tuesday$4-$5 apps 4-6pm, 10pm-1am
Wednesday$4-$5 apps 4-6pm, 10pm-1am
Thursday$4-$5 apps 4-6pm, 10pm-1am
Friday$4-$5 apps 4-6pm, 10pm-1am
Saturday$4-$5 apps 4-6pm, 10pm-1am
Sunday$4-$5 apps 4-6pm, 10pm-1am
Reader Reviews of Casa del Matador
I'm Done

Have been here a few times, and the food is good. However, the wait staff and bar tenders suffer from the typical Portland food service employee attitude problems. They'll stand in front of you making small-talk with their buds for five minutes while you're waiting for them to get your flipping chips and salsa. Oh, and now you have to pay for your C&S, even if you order dinner. I won't be going back to CdM.

Reviewed Anonymously by aNonnyMoose on June 10, 2009, 8:14 pm
Time to Change The Wait Staff

Attractiveness does not equal good service. For the most part, most of the waiters/waitresses were hired before this placee opened last summer and obviously, experience was not a qualification. Most people that work there are attractive 20 somethings but they are aweful servers. Of the four times that I've been there, the service has been good...never! After waiting 15 minutes for a beer(A SINGLE BEER!), I went up to the bar tender to grab it because I saw it sitting at the bar for 5 minutes. The bartender hooked up a second beer on the house but it still didn't make up for the 1/4 of an hour that I was forced to remain sober.

The price performance on HH food is the best in the metro area, aside from the $2 menu at McFaddens.

It wouldn't take too much to make this place one of the best bars in Portland; fire the wait staff and find people that are actually good at their job.

Reviewed Anonymously by Jake on March 27, 2009, 11:37 am
Poor service, food, and drink

We went to Casa del Matador for a friend's birthday and had a very bad experience. The waitress was absent nearly the entire evening. We would have to go fetch her and most often found her flirting with the manager somewhere near the kitchen. Our food came out luke warm at best. Our cocktails, as others have commented, were basically ice with a splash of flavored water. Not worth wasting an evening - try somewhere else.

Reviewed Anonymously by AP on March 26, 2009, 11:53 pm
Beer=Water

The happy hour nachos are a pretty good deal, their draft beer is water down rubbish. Nice location and good crowed, but a shame they are messing with the drinks.

Reviewed Anonymously by Anonymous on March 8, 2009, 8:23 pm
Weak drinks

I took my 68-year-old mom here for happy hour. She loved the food, but complained that there was no tequila in her $8 margarita!

This was my second time. The first time my friends and I had the same complaint. Three margaritas and we were all stone cold sober. They must make up for the cheap food by holding back on the liquor.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Never again.

Reviewed Anonymously by Anonymous on July 22, 2008, 1:22 pm
happy hour is best

happy hour food is tasty and decently priced for the 23rd area... 2 happy hours, one is late night, so a nice alternative to the other food places in that part of town late night. cool metalwork decor, if not trying a bit too hard, comes across as a consistent effort and every time i walk by its busy. good sign.

Reviewed Anonymously by max on April 15, 2008, 10:35 pm
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