Reviews for Gilgamesh Brewing: The River in Independence, OR

Took my beautiful wife out to lunch. I know this place can get super busy. So I have never gone inside. I was happy to see no... line and got seated right away. The place wasn't packed but almost every table was full. Waiter was super friendly and checkedin on us frequently. The food was great and served right away. We both ordered the woods burger. Wow was it huge. The fries weregreat and fresh. Only thing I'm going to have ding them on was the unwanted visitors. There were some fly's buzzing around andwe were inside. I'm sure it's something that is hard to control and we were sitting next to the big garage glass doors. So youknow how fly's like to go to the windows. Probably wouldn't have even noticed them if we sat somewhere else inside. Willdefinitely go back. Read more

Great blonde beer this season, strawberry lime. They have a wonderful Caesar salad, too. I ordered mine with several slices of... tender grilled chicken. If you?re still hungry, the lemon tart was beautiful. Highly recommend! Read more

Let me preface this by saying that I hardly ever write reviews or give feedback. When I do, it is almost exclusively negative,... so take my comments with a grain of salt. My partner and I decided to try this place. We ordered burgers with fries, and anorder of wings. The wings were fairly tasty. They weren't amazing or anything, but fairly good. Before I describe the burgerexperience, a few notes on the restaurant and staff. The industrial bar thing they were going for was kind of cool, I could seethe end goal for the atmosphere they were trying to create. The environment felt very testosterone filled. I'm not sure how todescribe the burger experience. I have never experienced something like this before. The ingredients should have resulted insomething delicious and flavorful. It was a good burger on paper. But it actually tasted like... Nothing. I don't mean to sayit tasted bad, I mean it tasted like nothing. Like eating oxygen on a counterfeit brioche bun. It was the most empty foodexperience of my life. Halfway through I felt like it was a lot of work and began questioning my own motives for continuing toeat it, and began looking forward to the experience being over. The fries were cold and unimpressive in flavor. The spicyketchup they give you is delicious, though I think you can probably achieve the same effect by mixing chili powder in yourketchup at home. This place felt rather overpriced for what you get. At the end of the meal my partner and I looked at eachother and said, "We should have just gone to McDonald's." Read more

Great building with so much seating in different areas and atmospheres including an outside patio with a stage. We went on a... Sunday and got to hear a great band play. I'm a fan of their beer and that remained but that's where the positives end. Thehostess was rude and clearly didn't want to be there. We waited for a long time to sit, then order and even longer to eat. Itwasn't that full to blame it on that. The food was very disappointing and I got their special, steak sandwich; bland, cold, notwell done as I requested, fries were soggy. Husband had a burger and pretty much the same experience. We left it all behind. Ihope it was a one time fail and maybe will give it another go next time I'm in the area. Beer is worth giving it a secondchance. Maybe I'll try their pizza. Read more

That was disappointing at best. Which I?m sorry to say because I was kind a looking forward to trying this place. I like the... beer that I got at the supermarket. Unfortunately I wasn?t able to try hazy IPA here because almost everything we order theywere out of. No steak no hazy, no pasta etc? But wait, let?s back up a little. It?s a hot Tuesday 106° to be precise and weshow up looking for some seating about 7p. It was our first time here and we were looking forward to a nice experience. Walkingin the door first thing we noticed was there?s no air conditioning. Then there was a 15 minute wait but not because there wasn?tseating because there was definitely available tables. We asked to be seated outside but they told us that we would be seatedinside. After being seated when the waitress finally did come, they were literally out of most everything we order. Then afterwaiting what felt like forever we told the waitress we had been there what seemed like an hour she went behind the counter anddiscussed it loudly with another waitress so that we could overhear her saying that we were being rude and that it had only beena half an hour. She came back to the table and let us know ?it?s only been a half an hour? maybe she forgot us having to wait tobe seated in the hot awkward door way. When the food did come out less than five minutes later, coincidentally I?m sure, it wasextremely dry tough and nearly impossible to eat. Even the french fries said to me that they had been sitting under a heat lampfor sometime as they were chewy and dry. It was literally nothing like the pictures that had been posted by the owner on Google.Completely dried through like a hockey puck and completely cooked to the point of flavorless. Needless to say, I?m disappointedthat I didn?t have a good experience here because I was looking forward to it. Small town so you hope that you?re going to havea new favorite place but this one just missed every mark possible. Read more

Food was terrible, beer was decent, the location, ambiance and service was exceptional. I ordered the wings and caesar salad and... both were flavorless...yes, flavorless buffalo wings. Other folks at our table commented that the fries tasted stale and dry,but the pizza was decent. The menu is standard bar fare without any creative dishes, so you'd think they would at least do thosewell. It's too bad because it's a beautiful building, interior design and outdoor seating area. Read more

Very cool place. Came here for graduation lunch so it was completely packed huge parties. Staff were still as prompt as they... could be. Which we appreciated. Beer was very good. Burger came and was a little to pink for my taste. Not sure if theyspecified it comes like that or not on the menu but it was still good none the less. Cheese fries were great. And the imperialmamba was one of my new favorites. It was very good. Would love to come back and try it again when it's not graduation day ofcourse. Read more

Gilgamesh is a beautiful rustic restaurant with a warm inviting atmosphere. Great place for a special night out with your... sweetheart or family. I ordered the Umpqua pizza and a Gin Martini. Everything on the menu is made from scratch with freshquality ingredients from local farms. The liquor they sell is also from provincial Oregon. Beautiful clean restrooms, indoor/outdoor patio seating, dine-in or to-go orders, plastic - cash accepted, and its menu is moderately priced. Customer serviceis served with a smile, which left me hungry for more. Read more