Camas Washougal Watch

Hearth Washougal

We had the opportunity to dine at Hearth Restaurant, Washougal’s newest restaurant which opens August 18^th.

Probably the smartest thing a restaurant can do is have a “soft opening” the week before so they can work the kinks out.

Something strange I’ve never experienced before was that you can see their menu on their website, so I pretty much had an idea of what I was going to try….when we arrived, they had a different menu. A little disappointing.

If you go, expect to stay awhile. Our dinner lasted two hours. Thirty minutes of that was just waiting for the dessert. Our waiter was polite, but lacked the communication with us to let us know why each course was taking so long to prepare. Did the owners stop by and visit? Nope. You’d think so during opening week.

Now that the criticism is out of the way… the food was GREAT.  I had the Lamb curry pizza, a thin crusted pizza with curried lamb, chile sauce, mozzarella and romano cheeses. They have a unique selection of pizzas – all think crusted and wood fired baked. We also had the Mussels in a white wine sauce as an appetizer.

My son had the flank steak with potatoes and veggies and my wife had the very thick sliced pork.

For dessert, we tried the Fruit crisp and cake.

French pressed coffee to end the meal.

Each dish was great and the wood fired oven they cook with made everything taste especially delicious.

Prices are moderate.

I’d recommend Hearths. Give them a few weeks to work out their customer service kinks and it’ll be an enjoyable evening place.

Heath is in the Washougal Towne Center in downtown Washougal

www.hearthwashougal.com