Beasy’s On The Creek

I love this place! It is my 4^th time visiting on my way to San Jose from Portland. My dinners and service have been amazing. I read the reviews on Unilocal and was leary the first time and now that it is my 4^th trip I have to respond. The service is beyond expectational and the clams and angel hair pasta are to die for. My experience has been great inside or out on the balcony. I will continue to look forward to enjoying my stop here while in Ashland. I found the entire experience exceptional.

Old school with solid food and competent staff. All three salads and the Inca Inca sauce were highlights.

Thought the food would be better for how pricey this place is. Even though we made a reservation for the 8 of us on a Thursday, it was totally unnecessary as the place was empty for the most part.
Appetizers: the scallops are absolutely delicious but way too expensive. Crab cake is Thai inspired with some coconut– kinda weird but good enough. Lobster ravioli was totally underwhelming. Spicy mushrooms were strange… I feel like they should cut them up or something. The marinade is strange. Not bad, but strange.
I had the angel hair pasta with clams. I was satisfied, but again, considering how foo foo the restaurant is I thought it’d taste better.
Desserts are absolute winners. I recommend the vanilla cheesecake and bread pudding.
Service is also very good! The food came out fast and our waitress was just stellar.
Overall I don’t think I would come back here… Unless it was for the cheesecake… Oh the cheesecake.

The crab cakes are from God. Saffron, cilantro, with a bite. Probably cayenne. Lovely service, beautiful wine, friendly waitstaff.

Had an outstanding dinner here tonight on our final evening in Ashland. The restaurant is beautiful inside and out.
Service was fast but not at all rushed.
I had the Filet Mignon special with creamy Gorgonzola sauce, the steak was so flavorful and tender, came with a salad which was awesome, potatoes and streamed spinach.
My husband enjoyed the beef stroganoff, with very tender beef. Also came with a salad.
Bread was fresh.
They even had a great house wine and reasonable too. The restaurant was decorated up for the holidays!
Do hope I can come back soon.

Nice ambiance… warm and classy. Ravioli with lobster in lemon cream sauce were fabulous. I will be back!

We had dinner which was «pretty» food. It’s expensive but nice. The food was good but not excellent. The pricing is on the high end. Wait staff excellent. Just kind of overpriced for what you get

My wife and I were on our honeymoon when we ate at Beasy’s; before that, we watched the «Much Ado About Nothing» play at the Shakespeare Festival. Beasy’s has a beautiful building with a wonderful atmosphere. As soon as we entered, the waitresses acknowledged us and helped us to our booth. Throughout our whole visit, we received excellent service and got regular water refills when we needed them. Our waitress was awesome.
My wife and I shared everything we got. First, we ordered the shrimp cocktail appetizer. It was absolutely delicious: zesty, spicy, and a bit of sweetness.
Next came the Beasy’s «BackRoom» salad, which (from what I can remember) had iceberg lettuce, (possibly Romaine), tomatoes, and green olives. The dressing was olive oil and vinegar, with a bit of pepper. It was quite possibly the best salad I’d ever had. The waitress also offered fresh pepper to sprinkle over it. The salad was complemented with some bread and butter.
Since it was late and we had to travel and hour afterward, we ordered some coffee, which was quite excellent.
For an entrée, we shared the Tuscan Crusted Grilled Chicken pasta. They even offered to split it into two separate plates, which was very kind of them and convenient for us. Served in olive oil, vinegar, garlic, and with red pepper flakes, the angel hair pasta and spinach was delicious by itself. It had a nice buttery but spicy taste. The chicken added so much flavor and made it out-​of-​this-​world awesome. Even though we shared it, it felt like plenty.
Finally, we finished with the Decadent Chocolate Brownie. Not only was it a generous portion of epic brownie goodness, it was topped with chocolate and caramel syrup and pecans. On the side, it had whipped cream and vanilla bean ice cream. One of the best desserts I’ve ever had.
Beasy’s is a must I’ve you either live in Ashland or are just stopping by. Perfect for any special occasion. Again, stellar service.

Great food and service. Rob the chef was an excellent host and even comped some immaculate deserts. I am a conscientious eater but gluttony had its way with me that night. I ate till it hurt and now lament I hadn’t ate more while I had the chance.

I’ve always wanted to try Lobster Thermador and there it was on the menu. It was wonderful! Exceeded my expectations. It was one of the best meals I’ve ever eaten. The flavor of the Lobster Thermidor left me speechless, the salad topped with crab was fresh, the Lobster Ravioli was delicate, the wait staff took excellent care of us, heaven!

Best top sirlion steak we have ever tasted better then most filets. The seasoning is great then grilled to perfection, served with yummy cheesey potatoes and steamed broccoli. You can tell they are picky only the best quality meat is served, grilled to perfection. Other favirite dishes, lobster ravoli to die for. Chicken and shrimp. My favorite sauce is their Inca Inca sauce yummy. Wish they would bottle and sell it. My husband loves their Gorzonola horseradish sauce or Crab Oscar topper. Great service wonderful atmosphere very enjoyble dinner. Highly reccomend.

Unlike other Unilocalers, we got outstanding service here. The server ushered my elderly mother to a seat near the fireplace (how did she knows that in my mother’s house 80 degrees is just right?), and humored my father’s corny jokes. Beasy’s gets two stars just for her.
The food, however, ranged from adequate to hideous. We enjoyed the salad with the tangy Green Goddess dressing, but the bread had the soft texture of a packaged loaf.
My parents liked their pasta dishes. I, however, made the mistake of ordering the grilled chicken with red pepper cream sauce and au gratin potatoes. Sounds delicious, doesn’t it? What I got was a bleached, boneless chicken breast with faint grill marks. It’s impossible to grill meat that thick without giving it some color, so I can only guess that the chicken was boiled or microwaved before «grilling.» The red sauce was plopped on top.
The au gratin potatoes were pretty much mashed potatoes with congealed cheddar cheese on top. And the steamed broccoli seemed like it would be more comfortable in a hospital cafeteria. (Actually, the food at my hospital is better than what I had at Beasy’s.) I ate about a third of my dinner and pushed away the plate, too grossed out to continue.
The only thing above-​average about our meal was the homemade cheesecake.
Despite its charm and location, Beasy’s suffers from tourist-​town syndrome: It’s got a fresh supply of new customers every season and its location is so beautiful it doesn’t have to try hard. Too bad, because if the food were decent the locals might eat there too.

Very good. Service excellent. For the food it was the best for our trip to Portland. Stayed over night twice in Ashland. Ordered the mixed grill and it was excellent. I will be back.

I love Ashland. So far, however, my emotions are ranging between ambivalence and pissed off regarding the restaurant scene.
Beasy’s brought out the bitch in me. Before I rant, I will share that it’s a lovely spot, the service was excellent, and there were great selections on the wine list.
It’s the food… The over-​priced, under-​seasoned, small-​sized food.
We had a seafood cocktail as an appetizer. Small but tasty. Lump crab and prawns, an unusual amount of celery, tasty cocktail sauce.
Mains: Chef/​husband got the «snapper» special (it’s actually rock fish here in the PNW) with crab meat and an Oscar sauce. When it came, I was astounded at the small portion (maybe 6 oz.) and the tiny amount of crab. When I found out the price, I practically flipped out.* The sauce was bland and watery, the fish overcooked. The side bowl of gumbo had huge chunks of celery, was lukewarm and lacked that rich, complicated roux taste one associates with good gumbo; very disappointing.
My ribeye was cooked correctly (medium rare), but woefully under-​seasoned. It was supposedly «all natural Painted Hills beef,» and for $ 36, I expected it at least to taste like beef. It was flavorless. The au gratin potatoes were a lukewarm mess. Soupy mashed potatoes mixed with butter, cream, and cheese, with huge lumps of potato just kind of swimming around looking for a slicer. I’ve never seen mashed au gratin. I hope to never see it again.
*The special was $ 28, which the server failed to share at the time. The husband, who’s an EC for a living, said, «Do you know how much my last case of rock fish cost? $ 5.45 a pound. That means this chef is charging six times cost per serving, even being generous with the cost of the little bit of crab and sauce and sides that came with. I would have fairly charged $ 18.»
So yeah, no. Thanks for finally getting the service right, Ashland. Suck it for the pricey crap food.

This place has been around for a long time and is a local and tourist favorite in Ashland due to the excellent steaks and seafood, and the hospitality of the owners.

The atmosphere, while not luxurious, exudes a sense that this is a «special treat» dining establishment, and a quick glance at the menu confirms this with a fiscal slap. The service was highly competent, if perhaps a little too efficient (dishes cleared away whilst still enjoying the last mouthful). My waiter was very helpful accommodating my non-​dairy needs. I began with a pleasant if unimaginative salad, followed by a main course of what was supposed to be a special fresh Alaskan halibut with Dungeness crab. The halibut was quite delightful, accompanied by rice and spinach. The crab was MIA. Nowhere on the plate. Knowing that a well prepared fish should not languish too long on the plate, I enjoyed that half of the dish, accepting this slight disappointment in stride. The waiter, as she swiftly seized my plate during my final bite, advised me that there was nothing on the menu that met my «no heavy dairy» dietary restrictions. I therefore settled for a nice cup of herbal tea, and then noticed they had a lovely warmed brownie on the dessert menu that fit well within my acceptable parameters. Given that i was doing without the accompanying ice cream or whipped cream i was curious to see what the final bill might reflect and, good to see, the absence of the crab and ice cream were both reflected fairly in the tally. So a very tasty, albeit somewhat rushed, dining experience thankfully saved from becoming financially awkward. I would have liked to enjoy the crab, and a little judicious pacing in service would have been appreciated. Otherwise, another pleasant meal in an extremely hospitable and inviting city.

This is a «mixed» review ~ on 7/​18, my partner & I ate @ Beasy’s, outside on their tremendous deck. The service was quite poor, with the bartender waiting tables & waiting on outside tables, a blonde was training someone new (which she used as an excuse for not giving us bread) and a couple of others working the 2 occupied tables inside.
I ordered the Ravioli Rosa with Shrimp $ 21.00. I would guess that the ravioli came from Costco and the sauce could have been thickened Campbell’s tomato soup, the shrimp was nicely grilled.
My partner ordered Ravioli with lobster $ 24 «incomparable lemon sauce». It was wonderful! We both could have eaten that all day!

Wonderfully yummy food! We got stuck in Ashland thanks to a closed pass and stayed at the hotel connected to the restaurant. Our waitress was very friendly and quick with our food. They had a nice selection of wines to choose from. All entrees come with salad or gumbo.
I had the top sirloin oscar style. I chose to have the Beasy’s backroom salad. I’m still raving about the salad! The dressing was very tasty. The top sirloin was pretty normal.

The good: Mahi Mahi dinner was outstanding along with the tasty bread! The view (sitting outside) was beautiful and relaxing.
The bad: Our waiter was terrible. I’m not sure if he was the pits or if they were short staff. It took 45 minutes to get a mushroom appetizzer! My friend ordered salad dressing on the side and it came drenched in the stuff. She was afraid to send it back fearing it would take another hour to get it right! The linguini and clams were tasteless and boring and there were several clam shells that didn’t have clams in them!
Unfortunately the bad outweighed the good so we will not be returning.

Two of us came by for dinner after the theater crowds had gone off to make their curtains. We each ordered the secret local special and shared a bottle of the RoxyAnn claret, a meritage wine made with 32% Grenache, 25% Mouvedre, 17% Syrah, 15% Merlot, 10% Malbec, 2% Cinsault. The claret was «just OK,» but I liked my chowder (chock full of clams, no potatoes), steak and side vegetables. The restaurant is beautiful inside. We sat outdoors and had a ringside view of the creek. Service with a smile. I don’t know if you can do better than this in Ashland, but I’m confident that you can do a lot worse.