Dea's In & Out

Reviews

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  OTTO PAPASADERO

  Jun 9, 2026
  5.0
  This place is all about an Old School atmosphere and great food at reasonable prices.
• MB

  Matthew Bertolo

  May 30, 2026
  3.0
  Food/atmosphere stars are irrelevant for this review. Just wanted to let you know that when someone walks in the door, you should probably come out of the back and check it out. I waited 5 minutes before going into the bar section to find someone this morning. Anybody with bad intentions could of robbed you blind.
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  Cori Samuelson

  May 28, 2026
  5.0
  It has been a while since I crossed the river last and landed in Gresham. It was after work and I was on a mission to find gas less than $6 a gallon. Found a decent deal on Google Map that was close to Gresham and decided to go there and also check out the old house that I grew up in. Once I thought about where to get my food from, I knew immediately where to go. Dea's In and Out! Then I was hoping that it was still in business, with all of the hardships since Covid and the drowning economy. Sure enough they were in business. There were a few changes in Gresham that I noticed. I was going to check out the new library, but forgot. Dea's looked like it received a nice coat of paint on the outside. The plants were still alive, their sign was nostalgic. After all, that building had been standing since they moved into it from across Gresham in 1970. Dea's has been around for a long time. I was born in November 1969, and my mom told me that before they opened, she brought me there. Sometimes places look a little tired and they get a coat of paint. Then they get remodeled. I can think of at least 4 different places where that cash register sat and you ordered your food. When you grow up with a business, you both show a little age. Me, I went through bell bottoms & painter'pants, the perm in middle school, the Jane Fonda workout, wearing 2 shirts at the same time (think IZOD), rat tails, Band-Aid, Madonna and Cyndi Lauper, all of the John Hughes movies (16 Candles was my favorite. I even named my son Jake Ryan!!!), and there was a lot more that happened, and Dea's was around through all of those eras. I remember getting pink Monas. I thought that is what they were. I have a cousin named Mona and I thought it was named after her. I thought it was so cool that you could get vanilla AND chocolate ice cream swirled in a cone. Mom used to pile us 4 kids and many times a cousin or 2 that would stay at our house. One of them would bite the bottom of the cone first thing when we handed it to her. She grew up to be a strong person that marches to the beat of her own drum. Maybe she was onto something. We would occasionally "accidentally" bump our cone on the roof of the car. Mom bought that 1974 Corolla SR5 brand new and you should have seen it when my brother was finished with it. He maybe had it 6 months. It was passed onto him in 1985. I did my own damage to it... By the time he was finished with it the only thing that kept it from rolling away at the wrecking yard was by using the hand brake. I am sure even that had been worn down. Mom would always forget she left it had it on. I can attest that I bit little chunks out of the black leather upholstery, just to the driver's seat. They were very noticeable if you were in the back seat. I was probably so excited we were going to Dea's! So we as kids do kid things. It was really nice to see the renovated innards of Dea's. It got the works! I was happy to see that they were still a family-friendly restaurant. I have a lot of memories here, as i suspect many others do. My mom's name was Carole Dennis, Centennial HS Class of 1965. Her best friend who she met when my sister and her daughter were in the same grade. They were best friends until the end. Her name was Dottie Miller. I don't know her maiden name, but she married Jerry Miller. All 3 of these fine people are no longer with us, but when driving past the restaurant brings back a ton of memories, and of course the laughter!! If you made it to this point, thank you! It was nice to share slices of my past with a place that holds a plethora of happy memories. I am now in Vancouver, so when I go to Gresham, I am in awe of all of the changes.
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  Penny Gabbard

  May 26, 2026
  1.0
  Went to Dea’s on 5/25/26 at about 4 pm. We ordered onion rings, chicken strips and fries. The onion rings had no onions and had a horrible flavor, the food was not good. Bill was $28 gave the waiter $100 and he gave us back $62.00. Did not realize until later that he shorted us $10 and we gave him a $5.00 tip . So I guess he got a tip of half our bill for what was awkward service and food that was not good.
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  Eric Warren Struble

  May 22, 2026
  1.0
  This is a bar not a restaurant. Crab cakes listed as the special outside but nowhere inside. Milkshakes prices not even listed. Out of several menu items. Everything is overpriced bar food. Orders take forever. Watched another customer get his money refunded because he had to wait half an hour. Yuk. The waiter guy did a good job. It's just a scam. There's a big sign out front that says Dea's and a little sign that says some bar something or other. And then there's a huge sign above the door that says Dea's. It makes it look like it's a burger stand. But it's a dark bar where people go to get drunk during the day and play video poker. I don't like to be tricked like that. I didn't realize what I got into until after I had ordered the food. I wish I just walked out without paying. I've been to just about every restaurant in Gresham, and that was probably the worst dining experience I've ever had in Gresham.