Gentlemen Gene's Pub

This review is completely devoted to this restaurant's amazing employee SHANNON!.................Hubby and I are here to visit dear friends after our grandson's graduation last Friday in Redmond Oregon. Our friend suggested Gene's as it is right down the street from her apartment complex.. We enter and seat ourselves ( as sign instructed). The place was fairly crowded for a Monday night and the bar too. As I looked around I only noticed one gal that appeared to be the only server? Hmmmm...I thought. This could be a long night. Anyway...after several minutes SHANNON appeared with menus and asked us for our drink orders. We ordered drinks. It was, what seemed a long time to have them delivered. Finally they came and we ordered our food. I wanted another cocktail later and thought it would be faster for me to go order directly from the bar.......So off I went. Are ya'll ready for this????.....I get up to the bar and SHANNON is bartending too! She looked at me and I asked her "Don't tell me you're the bartender too"?! "Yep" she said. . I told her she was amazing and I was so impressed by her Multi Tasking skills! I went back to my table without ordering a drink. A few minutes later SHANNON kindly sets a cocktail in front of me...A good one! Lol. We received our meals, that were all delicious, shortly after. I asked her if she was the owner of Gene's? She HAD to be! "No" SHANNON said. I have been here for 16 years. Well let me tell you owners of Gene's Pub......SHANNON is a gift to your business! I want to thank her for the professionalism, service and kindness. Shannon...you're a ROCKSTAR!!

We had the oyster shooters and the onion ring appetizers. And the Ribeye which came with clam chowder and a salad. $55.The oyster shooters were huge and super flavorful. The best part of the meal.The onion rings were hot and plentiful.The clam chowder was better than expected. It was hearty and had pretty good flavor. However, just when everything was going great the steaks came out bland. My wife described them as watery.The service was pretty good except for some errors with our bill which were corrected.

Friendly staff! I get the Dagwood on whole wheat for takeout often and the waitresses always know that means I'm working late and rush my order!

I don't know what the negative reviews are about... it's pub grub! I would give Gentlemen Gene's 3.5 stars if I could.Maybe it's just me, but if I'm going into a pub in Skagit County, I'm not expecting caviar and tiramisu. I'm expecting a menu that is heavy on fried food, most of which is probably coming out of a bag of frozen items from Costco.We went on a Thursday afternoon. They have an extensive menu. My wife had 2 mini cheeseburgers and a salad, my stepson had a bacon cheeseburger ('No veggies or sauce') and I ordered a small dinner salad and the fried oysters. We shared a basket of cheese sticks.The cheese sticks were exactly as we expected, with 3 dipping sauces. Tasty! My wife's mini cheeseburgers were good, nothing to write home about. Our salads were good. My stepson's only complaint about his bacon cheeseburger was that it had mayonnaise on it. I can't argue with him - his 'no sauce' request should have covered mayonnaise. The burger looked really good, and had plenty of bacon!My fried oysters were OK. I don't really order them enough to have anything to compare them to. I was bummed that the darkest/heaviest beer option was Black Butte's Porter.Our server - Mandi - was great! Friendly and attentive. We felt we got great service.All in all, I can see us stopping in at Gentlemen Gene's again.

Good food . I love the Ruben. Wife loves the ham and cheese. We always go in the afternoon for lunch so it is never busy . Only negative is it's a bar and a little dark .

I had written a review years ago & have now revisited after Covid. Service was great, altho I did come early...11ish. Had the soup of the day which was zesty Tortilla soup. Definitely made from scratch. Chunks of tomato & properly seasoned. Also, you can get a 'top & bottom' garlic bread instead of having to order a whole side. And my favorite here is the small draft beer. I cannot finish a pint so totally a waste of money. Perfect place to come if you are a light eater!

Excellent food and greatest server. Our group had a steak salad and a Cobb salad and both were delicious. Another had a beef and cheese and onion rings & loved it, another had a fantastic burger with lots of grilled onions , another had fantastic fish and chips, and lastly our grandson had chicken tenders and fries and cheesy bread and he loved it. Dinner was a great success. We loved the place!

Three stars and one star is fully devoted to the service. Otherwise....Okay so I can see why it has a cult following - it's a little place in Mount Vernon where the locals have their usuals, service is very friendly, and it's a no frills and no pretense. We got a French Dip and the full plate of fish and chips - which you can get grilled - which came with a soup. The soup was good, if not a little confusing because it was basically stew, but with a soupy broth. The fish and chips were pretty basic - I've had better/crispier ones elsewhere, but there was a hefty portion. I can't say I tried the French Dip, but my friend who is a sucker for roast beef, did not finish it. We did, however, finish the curly fries. I swear they were good just because they were curly.Overall, I'd say that everything probably needed another 30 second sin the fryolator/toaster/warmer...things aren't BAD per se, but little tweaks could make them a lot better. I'd also say things could be a little more spice-ful and seasoned but I'm glad I tried this MV staple and can now have an informed opinion.

The place was very busy with what appeared to be a men's get together. Our waitress went out of her way to get our order to us before she had to cater to all the other tables. She was efficient and friendly and we appreciated her. I can't remember her name but it was Friday 6/14.

Unless they deem you are a regular, don't bother going here. They were great a few times we went and then the last time we were told you aren't a regular and don't come in enough to play the football squares. This is against the gambling commission rules by the way. Now we will never go back. The lady was rude and gruff. Left completely shocked.