Portrait Gallery Restaurant

Amazing experience! I ordered the NY Strip with Brussel sprouts and my friend ordered the burger with fries. The Strip was better than the filet I ordered on a previous visit, and this time I asked for the Brussels sprouts well done and they are perfect. My friend burger was amazing she absolutely loved it. She also noted that the ranch is delicious.Our drinks were also fantastic. Very well made and the bartenders were awesome with communication and getting our requests met. I'll be back!

We've had dinner at the portrait gallery before and were pretty impressed with the food. We figured lunch here would be just as good...wrong. The quality was just not there. The burgers had that pre cooked microwave bacon and the "famous fries" were just curly wedges you can get at any college bar. That was a whopping 6 dollars for an addition of truffle mayo and pre shredded Parmesan. The lunch menu only has burgers and tacos. If you're gunna do all this to take away from your regular dining experience you may as well not do a lunch menu at all.I started reading other reviews and apparently this place has the same menu dinner and lunch. Seems like theft to allow the previous reviews and menu to be online. Only to serve people mediocre store bought tacos and burgers.

Just no. Obligatory "our server was nice but..."This is the most insane pivot I've ever seen for a restaurant. We came in for the first time in a few months and found that they suddenly became a taco and burger place. On the same street as several other established taco and burger places. Which would be fine, but it wasn't particularly good. I wanted to like it, but I couldn't. We got an assortment of tacos, some fries, and drinks - and won't be coming back. On top of the odd food surprise, this is a very European-style restaurant with a very European-style courtyard. A beautiful courtyard. Literally nothing about it indicates you'll be having a taco or plastic basket of fries. I don't know if the folks at this place read these, but please just abandon ship on the rebranding and do something interesting before an institution like yours closes. We had to go eat at Santé after.

I am ashamed to say I'm a Matthews native and still live here and I literally had NO clue this was a restaurant lol. But in any case now that I know, best believe me I will be back. The outside is the small town charm of Matthews, but the inside is modern big city vibes. It is absolutely beautiful in there. Service was great and food and drinks amazing. I went on a Tuesday with a huge group of Facebook Group friends and we had a ball. We got the whole dining area reserved for us and in spite of a large crowd, the two waitresses were awesome. On Tuesdays cocktails are half off so I got the margarita and it was delish.For food I got the truffle fries and short rib sliders. Both were phenomenal! I couldn't even eat it all lol because even though small plates, I felt they both were filling. This place is great for a date night, hanging with the girls or even going solo to hang out at the bar. I can't wait to get back! Only thing that could make this place better is some live acoustic music sometimes, it would set the ambience off even more. Spoke with the owner and he said they do cocktail classes as well, they don't have them listed on the website but working on it, but said can email them for the info. I certainly will! lol

Service drinks food all a 10!Small but mighty place. Parking on the street and a great selection of spirits. Kitchen staff and servers were awesome. Blake is the man behind the bar! Come check this place out!

Identity crisis much? A 3rd menu change was certainly not the charm unfortunately. We tried the last concept of tacos & burgers--they were ok at best. And tonight we were optimistic about the new steakhouse theme...it was an epic fail. We ordered the truffle-parm fries as an appetizer & were given approx 20 aioli drenched, room temp fries (it was just sad). We then did our best to choke down their version of a filet--the meat was very mealy, dry, and tough. And the sides (mashed potatoes and macaroni & cheese) were underwhelming. The only consistency has been the slow/bad service. It's a shame this place can't seem to get it together.

Really not worth it!!! The curly fries were the best things here. Complementary chips and salsa, nice. Salad with oil and vinegar - the oil didn't taste good so it ruined the salad. Tacos - my friend said they were not anything special. Really not worth it.

Went tonight and thought I was given wrong menu No, it's the right one and horrible It's Mexican now, totally not the The Portrait Gallery A couple of taco salads, 4 different tacos and 4 burgers , that's itNot worth it... I will not be returning

What a great restaurant! The food was excellent and served by extremely friendly staff. If you want a steak dinner then this is the place to go!

The food and drinks were both good, but the interior and the menu could use some updating.