Fun place to see Dead Sometimes.. Grateful tribute band. Comfortable and friendly atmosphere. Good food as per McMenamins.. good drinks and prices and an interesting classic of an old hotel and bar. With nice outdoor patio and actual rooms to rent! :)
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- Address
- 836 N Russell St, Portland, OR 97227, USA
- Phone
- (503) 282-6810
- Website
- www.mcmenamins.com
- Category
- Bars
Hours of Operation
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More reviews on GoogleCame here on new years eve and asked if the kitchen was open. The unenthusiastic hostess said yes, and told us to sit down wherever. She failed to mention there is no wait staff. After waiting for an unfortunate amount of time, we found out that we needed to order food from the bar and take a number, and suddenly I felt like I was dining at a Carl's Jr. At this point, ordering food from the bar was not going to happen, because there were 20+ people in line to order drinks, the only bartender on staff was moving like molasses, and the kitchen was only open for 30 more minutes. We ended up only getting drinks, (two rum & sprites, and two ginger beers) and the bartender managed to screw that up and give my brother and sister tequila instead of rum. It wouldn't have been such a big deal if she didn't have such a nasty attitude from the beginning. It really sucks to encounter people working in the service industry that truly don't care about the guest experience. The music was great and the atmosphere was cool, but we felt like such an inconvenience to them.
Live music, quaint hotel rooms, pure mcmen vibes. Service is actually decent at this one, prob since the bar and seating is so comparatively tiny. Great beer as always, i support mcmens since they train so many pdx brewmasters that go on to lead amazing breweries.
I love this hotel and have stayed here many many times. I remember when full rooms went for about $45/night, and they're more than twice that now. You need to know the music goes on til late, so if you stay here and it bothers you, that's on you. My issues this time around were simple - they've switched to new low flow shower heads, and I can't get soap out of my long thick hair with a trickle like that. Also, they only put out one pot of coffee in the morning for 10 hotel rooms, so if you wake at 9am like me, you're out of luck.
It was nice but the music was bad and went on until midnight. We would have gone downstairs to have a drink but the music wasn't our cup of tea. Also we were right above it and could feel the bass through the bed! We would have gone out if they informed us through email what style of music was going to be playing and it was going to be until midnight. The staff was kinda of weird too. Otherwise we enjoyed our stay!
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