Reviews for Dueling Spoons

05/14/2024 - Sydney M.
great place

07/30/2023 - MenuPix User
Best place ever!

07/09/2023 - MenuPix User
Nothing special to actually quite horrible. We read the website and their texted warning about slow service before going but were still blown away by how bad it was in this gutted, non-decorated old mini-mart with virtually no parking. Despite having reservations, we waited for one hour before being seated at our table with a view of old, empty beer coolers. We were allowed to read the menu while waiting but received no snack/appetizer service at the bar.
As the last table served for the evening, once ordered our food did come relatively soon but each dish was more disappointing than the last. A cold brick described as soda bread was served with our drinks. We ordered two appetizers. The mussels came overcooked and chewy soaking in day-glow yellow chicken bouillon with a butter slick; obviously not homemade and tasted nothing of the curry listed in the description. As a big fan of mussels, this was the first time in my life that I was unable/willing to devour every mussel served and left half uneaten. The wild mushrooms with puff pastry was better cooked, however, the sauce tasted distinctly like a boxed French onion soup mix with a bitter aftertaste.
Our entrees included the Chicken Kathleen that appears on their website to be “Chef” Billy’s signature dish. The thin chicken filet was dry and overcooked lacking in flavor and floating in a pool of bland white sauce possibly from a can. This was accompanied by mushy, cold, unseasoned boiled potatoes that collapsed under my fork. The fresh vegetable medley was the most interesting part of the plate but was also served cold.
Our second entrée was grilled lamb chops that were so overcooked and chewing they lacked any remaining natural juices. This was served in a “broth” of off-the-shelf tasting beef bouillon, mushy potatoes and vegetables all covered in a thick layer of bitter chopped mint. I have never eaten lamb with such little flavor.
Having experienced two hours of disappointments, we passed on ordering dessert.
I believe Chef Billy had intended to create a unique, country inn type restaurant. The terrible location with inadequate parking, run-down neighbors and in a barely re-habbed mini-mart falls far from the mark. The service is all together atrocious. The food was not much better than the stale beer nuts that used to be sold by the mini-mart. Chef Billy himself should absolutely abstain from “singing” Happy Birthday to his guests due to his nails on a chalkboard voice.
You would do best to avoid this restaurant for the many fine restaurants in Eugene and Springfield.