I attended a private cooking class last week as a corporate holiday event. It was a blast! The…read moreteacher was organized and thorough with her preparations and cooking instructions. We had a group of around twelve people and everyone was kept occupied with some task, but not so busy that they couldn't sip their wine and chat. Once our meal was prepared, we sat down at one long table and enjoyed the fruits of our labor. I will certainly return again on my own, and I highly recommend this as a group activity. What's great is that Class Cooking is not only next door to Burnt Bridge Cellars but the same couple who owns Class Cooking also co-owns the winery. They utilize both spaces, at least for our private event. And the wine is delicious!

I wish i could give this business a rating, how ever - never had a chance…read more If you wake up with a sore throat and fever on the day of your scheduled the class, you better show up, regardless how you feel or who'm you may get sick in the process, otherwise kiss your money good bye! This business expect you to know that you may be sick the day of class SEVEN DAYS in advance, to be able to reschedule. How ever, to be able to read their policy on cancellation, you need a password to get to the Terms & Cancellation site. So schedule your summer cold carefully. They may be in the hospitality business - but not very hospitable. $80 lesson to learn!

We've been members of Bernard Griffin for nearly 2 years, and it's one of our favorite places in…read morethe area for wine. The tasting room at the waterfront is charming and honey, and staff always make you feel very comfortable and appreciated and well served As a winery tasting room, you may purchase whole bottles of wine, you may purchase glasses of select bottle bottles, and you may purchase tasting flights. All of the above is subject to change on a weekly basis, of course. They also offer snacks, also on a rotating basis. Very highly recommended, it's a great way to kill most of an hour if you happen to be on the waterfront and want to do something a little different. They are in a cluster with three other tasting rooms, so you can compare and contrast. Occasionally, there are promotions, where if you visit some number of them there is some kind of reward. Go check it out!

Absolutely love, love, love this rating room and being a wine club member. From the moment you…read morewalk in until the door closes behind you, you feel like family. The ladies are very in tune to what you are wanting to taste that day. They go above and beyond to make sure everyone has the best tasting experience! They have managed to turn a few of my non-wine drinking friends into wine drinkers!! It is one of the memberships I will not let go.

Here for an interview, we sat outside and enjoyed the beautiful view, cool breeze with the warm…read moreheat and still able to be shaded. Their covered deck is exquisite. Hors d'oeuvres recommended being the charcuterie board and bread and butter plate. We also sampled a rosé and a Pinot Gris, not disappointed. Two of us took home the Pinot Noir without much pressure. Delicious. We had a set of wonderful servers that were both educational and courteous, Lindsay & Dietrich. Honestly, I stayed after my group exited to enjoy the deck, the view and possibly another glass of crisp Gris. .

Unfortunately, our experience was disappointing due to the customer service we received from Susie,…read morewho appeared to be either the restaurant manager or a member of the front-of-house team. From the beginning, her tone came across as unwelcoming and dismissive. While I understand that accommodating a large group can be challenging, it felt as though there was little effort made to help us or make us feel valued as guests. Even if accommodations weren't possible, a simple "We'll do our best" would have gone a long way. When we arrived for our reservation, we were immediately asked, "Are you going to eat?" which felt unnecessary and gave the impression that our business wasn't wanted. We were then told that the majority of our group needed to be present before we could be seated, despite having several people ready to sit down, order drinks, and begin spending money while waiting for the rest of our party to arrive. That said, I want to recognize our waitress, Morgan, was wonderful. She was patient with our orders, attentive without being intrusive, and gave our group the space to enjoy our conversations and time together. Morgan's service was a bright spot in an otherwise frustrating experience. Overall, the issue wasn't the policies themselves--it was the way they were communicated. Hospitality is about making guests feel welcome, and unfortunately, that was not our experience with the front-of-house management.

This place is great with such a fun and playful theme…read more The service was overall great and look forward to coming back While we didn't get a chance to try any of the food items, we did select wine and it was so good.

I have been a member for three years because of the wonderful staff. This recently saw a lot of…read morechanges, which has been disappointing, but I still love it. We come 1-2x a month and always enjoy our time there.

First time having dinner here. It was absolutely fantastic! My wife and I both had the Pork Chop,…read morewhich was the best I've ever had anywhere anytime. It was cooked perfectly. He was seasoned perfectly. It came to the table hot nothing bad to say. I would recommend to anybody to come here if nothing else just for the pork chops. Just fantastic.

I've been to this location several times and had great experiences... today, however was different…read more Planned to have a few girlfriends meet me there after they opened around 11. The employee slammed one of their sandwich boards on the ground and said, "can I help you?" In a less than friendly tone. I let her know I was waiting on a few friends but would love to sit outside. (Mind you, we are talking a GIANT group of four maybe five) She rudely told me I "really should have a reservation." I apologized and told her we would go elsewhere. "No, it's fine, just make a reservation next time." I found her fellow employees just as rude. She seated me and told me to ask if we needed another chair because she "would be irritated if we moved one in the way." I purchased two bottles and waited for my girlfriends. We enjoyed one another's company and then left. If you appreciate a classy winery with professional employees, maybe go elsewhere.

Our visit was almost four weeks ago, shame on me, I don't recall exactly what I had that day but…read morelet me say this. The food was good; the service also, and the ambiance was, or is friendly, well done, without any disappointments. The others in the group were also pleased with All of the experience groups. Absolutely No problems with a return visit.

You can see my previous reviews and they've been great. Unfortunately not this time, this time…read morebeing Sunday November 30th about 6pm. I have 2 friends that have been reluctant on this place from previous "not good" experiences, and they came with me and it made me sad!! Anyway, our server was so blah (Katelyn H), our water glasses had lipstick marks, I asked her for new ones, she seemed to have forgotten or something so I asked the bartender (which is so sweet!) then our server heard me and grabbed glasses and handed them to me. She didn't check if they were clean, and they weren't, friends were too thirsty to wait and wiped off the lip marks with their napkin. She didn't even bother to ask if the glasses were clean, and also never asked us if we needed anymore drinks (we ordered cocktails). When food arrived, I had to walk up to her to ask for small plates, as she just walked away after delivery. The calzones were burnt on the bottom, and the marinara was 100000% canned tomato paste and was cold. Work on that marinara. Ambiance was as it always is, super chill and welcoming. She was the only server but she could have led with that and made it a comfortable setting. (Towards the end I saw the bartender delivering plates and drinks).

Roger and his entire team never fail to impress. This was our second tour of Oregon wine country,…read moreand it won't be our last. Roger takes the time to call you in advance of the tour, talk about what you might like in terms of wine style, types of grapes, feel of the tasting rooms and your desired pace of the day. We found that planning for there wineries in a day is really the perfect leisurely pace to set - four leaves you tired, and five will put you down for the count! What makes Tesla Custom tours exceptional is Roger's live of wine, and extensive experience in the area. He knows the vintners personally, understands the pros and cons of each one well, and is a "club member" of several the vineyards he likes himself. It's a treat to have a tour guide who really enjoys the craft aspect of winemaking and is able to share his local knowledge and experience as part of the day's adventures. Rodgers also prepares an over the top lunch for guests that is served at one of the wineries along the way, pairing the food with the wine in a delightful ambience that creates great memories. A huge thank you to Roger for always taking great care of us and our friends!

We had a wonderful time riding around with Roger on our recent tour. I asked him to surprise me…read morewith our winery itinerary and he did not disappoint. My parents and younger sister (who are not avid good wine drinkers) were visiting and LOVED the tour! We also had an 8 month and 7 year old children with us and Roger made sure everywhere we went was accommodating. We did the winery lunch option and it was totally worth it. Roger even surprised my mother with a birthday cake (her birthday was the next day). Roger's knowledge of the area and overall sharing of his life experience really made the trip memorable and fun. Highly recommended.

I had never been so excited to go to school in my whole life. For my birthday The Wife and the…read moreMother in Law had teamed up to get me a smoker grill to compliment my gas grill and a seven hour class with the NW BBQ and Grilling School. Ladies, want to make your man really, really happy? Buy him this class. You arrive at the school to the wafting aroma of wood chips and charcoal as the smokers and grills are all ready to go as you arrive. Traegers, grills, a big green egg... it's all there, all the best equipment. After checking in and getting to know your classmates it's into the classroom/kitchen for some "chalk talk" about the basics and then prepping some dishes. The main lesson that Stu (the instructor) tries to get across to you from the start is that barbecue and grilling are a "concept" and that there are almost no wrong answers. The answer of the day was, "Yep". How long does that cook for? Yep, it cooks until it's done How much cayenne pepper should I put in that sauce? Yep. Should I use hickory wood or applewood or mesquite? Yep. The time went by so fast as we prepped St Louis style ribs two ways, steamed and smoked. We prepped chicken several ways from beer can style grilled to smoked. We made our own barbecue sauce and smoked chicken wings. We made an amazing pulled pork and grilled apples and nectarines and stuffed green peppers. We grilled sweet potatoes and regular potatoes and spaghetti squash. Then, at 2:00, we had to do the best part of the school, we ate everything we made. But is it over? Hell no! Bloated from food from drink and in a semi-coma, Stu takes you back out to the grill to show you how make grilled pizza. The man is a devil. In between Stu dropped pearls of wisdom on us to make our own personal grilling experience better. Stu told us the best places to buy our meat, the best thermometers to use, the best liquids for injecting and more importantly, what not to do and use. If you go you'll be surprised at how laid back it is, and yet how intensely the information comes flying at you from every direction. You get to bring BYOB and many did, from beer to soda to water to wine, people brought their favorite grillin' beverages. You can also bring take home containers because let me tell you, you and your classmates are not finishing all that food. At the end of the class the email you all the "concepts" (recipes) to keep. I ran right home and made grilled pizza's for the Wife, the Mother in Law and the Tax Deduction. I was a freakin' hero. Isn't that the way it should be? A man, grilling for his family. Next week, pulled pork and grilled potatoes. Super Bowl at my place, Yeeps!

Interesting to read the varying reviews ranging from 1 star to 5 stars. My review is somewhere in…read morethe middle. One thing to remember is that in the past that had been different instructors. A review for one instructor may not reflect another instructor's class. Stu was the instructor for the class I attended. There were pros and there were cons to the class I attended. To begin with I did not find that he was pushing sales items too much as one reviewer mentioned. It's nice to know what is available and he had it available. Prices were not high. He also had different spices and rubs but none of them were pushed in this class. I felt Stu covered an awful lot of information in a very short time. I think it might have been a little too much with too many people for what was presented. However, with that said, I also think everyone walked away with a great deal of knowledge from the class. For the most part it was very good. A slide presentation was shown and moved along with a few items. The presentation and all the product knowledge from the class was available for sale as well as a website link to all the recipes. There was no way he could have covered all the information in the presentation on this class and stay within the time limit. The slide presentation was very nice and the ability to have it once you left the class, even nicer. Food items prepared were done in several different ways using spicy seasonings and not so spicy seasonings. In addition to brisket, ribs, chicken and pork, he also demonstrated cooking several different vegetables on the BBQ. There was a lot of food to eat and to take home. I believe we all learned a lot. However, with all those compliments about the class, there was definitely a big con with Stu. At the beginning, I actually thought about booking a private session for family. However, that was before he repeatedly used sexual innuendos and insinuations in his presentation. He thought he was funny using them as examples over and over again. He wasn't funny and it was extremely unprofessional. In addition, it left several in the class feeling uncomfortable. No way would I invite that behavior in our home with family. Thus, what would have been a 4 or 5 star rating, is dropped to 3.