Reviews for The Pour House in Chico, CA
Have to see to believe. It seems like the restaurant was divided into sections and handed off to different designers who were... challenged with coming up with opposing ideas. The women's restroom inside is a garish attempt at plastic pop art, while thewomen's restroom outside has no ventilation and is essentially a dull box. The patio continues the chaos with tables that limitmovement (not wheelchair friendly), a massive bar that is overly lit with LEDs (not good for epileptics), music loud enough tooverpower loud conversation, and finally a televion squatting in the corner that is so difficult to avoid being blinded by withcommercials because they just play whatever channels they want to on it. Sports, the Bachelor, you name it. As for the food,well, they raised the prices but not the quality. The food is good, but each dish just barely misses being great. Pictured isthe salmon bowl with stir fry veggies, rice and fried jalapeños: the peppers were dry as bones, the rice dry and flavor less,and the vegetables were oily. I would have liked to mix it up a bit to try and spread the flavors around, but the trendy bowlprevented that. Also pictures are the brisket tacos; the brisket was in very small chunks, and not cooked like any brisket Ihave ever had. It resembled cat food. But the flavor was nice. The waitress was kind and courteous, but mostly non existantbecause, as she informed us, there was a large party that was seated before us so she could not take care of us and advised usto "get your orders in as soon as possible!" Read more
The pour house is awesome! The outdoor seating area is cool because they have lights, am enormous screen, a waterfall and bar.... The bathrooms are the best part! Food is great too. I love their Lemon Drops the most. Read more
Amazing Late Night Happy Hour to Drinks & Appetizers with Amazing Service Followed by a Decadent Slice of Cake to Celebrate My... Amazingly Special Guy's Birthday ???????????????????????? Read more
This place is super nice and delicious! All the food had lots of flavor. Price wasn't bad at all. They had this Asian wings that... was beyond delicious! Never had that before. Staff are friendly and place is very clean. Will definitely come back again. Read more
Rib eye and drunken chicken sandwich minus the bun. I: great service 2: Amazing food 3: really cute bathroom I definitely give... this little spot 5 stars Read more
Finally got around to visiting this establishment yesterday with my Wife, primarily for Happy Hour. I mean, how can you go wrong... with 1/2 off drinks and appetizers...which we went for. Seating inside was immediate, and once we placed our order, it was amatter of minutes before our appetizers arrived. We ordered (pictured left to right), the Carnitas Pork Tacos, Rolled ChickenTacos, Garlic Fries, and the Ahi Poke Mini Tostadas. Every dish was hot and fresh, with the exception of the Poke, and stackedwith fresh ingredients. The accompanied sauces (sweet and smoky salsa for the tacos...pineapple salsa for the Ahi Poke) wereextremely tasty and fresh as well. Plenty, and I mean PLENTY, of fresh garlic was piled on the fries, which added a sharpcontrast to the tastes of our other dishes. We both savored the texture of the Ahi, which just about melted in our mouths, andrelished the Pork Tacos, which had so much meat you couldn't pick it up to eat them. The rolled Tacos were basic, but the salsamade up for it. More than enough food for 2 people, but we still tried a dessert, which turned out to be the Lemon Raspberrycheesecake. I turned out to be just that... Graham Cracker crust, Lemon cake, Raspberry spread, Cream cheese icing, Lemonchocolate shavings, whipped cream, and a "Strawberry" slice. It looked OK, tasted ok, but it wasn't a true cheesecake by anystandard. I did mention it to the server and manager (both very friendly and understanding) and was comped for it with anapology (which we didn't need or want! ????) An overall great experience, one we will go back for to have a larger meal. Insidethe restaurant, it's noisier than outside... we'll sit on the patio for a more quiet experience and fresh air. Read more
Good, but pricy. Great waitress and anticipated our needs. The kids enjoyed it and it was relaxing. Small portions, a little... stingy on the fries if you ask me. Treat yourself to some dessert at the cookie crumble next door. Read more
This review based off the bone-in ribeye and blackened chicken quesadilla. tl;dr Don?t get steak or salmon here, get tacos and... drinks. The quesadilla had a perfect crust, not too greasy. Just the right amount of golden brown and crunch. The ingredientswere balanced. It came with two sauces that were great. 10/10 The bone-in ribeye was pretty lacking. At $60 was not worth it.It was thin, very unevenly cooked, and I can?t imagine there was much marbling because it felt and tasted more like an ApplebeesNY strip steak than a $60 ribeye. Like a typical USDA choice cut you could find at the grocery store. I imagine the cook did thebest he could as the sear on it was ideal, the cut of meat was just poor. There was a ton of chewy fat. It claims it wasdry-aged for 21 days but I did not taste any of that dry-age flavor. It came with a ?cowboy butter? that didn?t really add anyflavor. My partner had salmon (not pictured) and it was pretty bland. Overall, stay away from the entrees section. Go for thetacos and drinks. They should not be serving steak here. Read more