Birch Street Uptown Lounge

If you only go to one bar in Camas, this is it. No disrespect to all the other fine establishments around town but this place is simply the best, IMHO. Great cocktails, classic atmosphere, friendly service. Live music (mostly Jazz) on Fridays and Saturdays, and a small but tasty food menu consisting of appetizers, small plates and desserts. Would be a great spot for a date!

Come here for cocktails not for food. Limited food menu, but they can make any cocktail under the sun! I had a blood and sand from the menu, it was amazing!! Great service and great atmosphere too!

Great cocktails and moody, speakeasy atmosphere. Perfect date night destination. Kevin is awesome. (Pro tip: get the brie plate!)

I usually don't spend too much on cocktails, but sometimes it's kind of fun to do. Great place for that, cool low key environment and they have a great cocktail menu.

Classy, great small bites and Dennis the bartender is a legend. Love the classic lounge music rat pack style. We came here for a private event and loved it! We'll be back on a regular night for sure.

Strolling down the street looking for desert walking by..live music and inviting atmosphere.. Got in and was not disappointed. Remember, I was in the mood for something sweet, so I did not tried anything but sweet. Chocolate Lava Cake and Spanish coffee.. And live music.. Great people attending and flavor was good. I got to go back and try something else. Enjoyed...

Drinks are very expensive, so is the food. The atmosphere was nice and so was the bartenderest.

I couldn't have asked for a better experience. The drink menu is expansive and the nibbles proved to be a perfect complement to my drink selection. The server was attentive and personable, the space was clean and decorated to a perfect ambiance, and the bathroom was even noteworthy, with vintage perfumes for sampling.

Love the vibe of this place. Feels like a spot you'd find in the city. Great menu full of fun cocktails to try, I can't wait to go back to try more. Love music on Fridays and Saturdays is nice, too!

Stopped in for the first time after having dinner in Camas. Cute bar with a cute little vibe. Dark inside and plenty of seats for a small bar. They also have outdoor seating. Drinks were good, but a little on the spendy side. We ordered 4 drinks total, all from the special cocktail menu. Service was okay... Very slow service for it not being busy at all. There were only 2 other people there when we got there. My husband went to order our second round of drinks and it took over 15 mins for them to be made. I think the gal making our drinks may have been new? She also took quite a bit of time to ring up my order.

Came here on a Sunday evening before a movie in downtown Camas Super cool atmosphere. Kind of old school with nostalgic pictures on the walls. They make several specialty cocktails. They have a special the menu with a bunch of delicious drinks. My daughter and I had some fancy drinks off the menu, and we were not disappointed ! Deliciousness My daughter had the cucumber Collins. Fresh cucumber, and some lavender syrup. So delicious. My first drink was a fancy margarita. Very yummy. I chose to have a draft Stella Artois for my second. Cold and refreshing The bartender is really excellent and knows what he is doing. Very friendly and prompt as well. This place is a little bit hidden but well worth finding!

Firstly, the overall vibe in here is great. I love how cozy and dark it is. Secondly, the bartender was very friendly and made us incredible drinks. It's nice to know there's a place in downtown Camas to get an amazing sazerac! Prices were reasonable considering how good the drinks were, especially when you consider there aren't many other options for actual cocktails in Camas. Overall can't wait to go back!

I absolutely adore this place. Drinks are good and they have an excellent variety. My go to when I am there is a Vodka Gimlet. I recommend going in the evening when it's darker outside, because you can really enjoy the ambiance of the lounge. It's dark and the music is soft. I love to look at the menu as they have the location and date that the drinks were first introduced. The bartenders are friendly and very nice! Drinks come quick and made very well.

Just when I wrote off this place because I made friends in other bars, it continues to surprise me. That Flaming Spanish Coffee had this sweet caramelized flavor that blew my mind. This is my new favorite. They have a new bartender, different from months before. That guy sucked! I ordered mixed nuts and i never received it. So, that costed Joe $8 easy. Cmon! And i would've ordered more had he not mess up my order. This guy, Alex, he's saucesome. Visit him on your Sunday night anxiety. I know i did.

I didn't have food. We had drinks and listened to cool jazz music from Neon Moss. I don't drink alcohol so the bartender mixed me up something that tasted wonderful. Very busy place but they did their best to get everyone taken care of. The ambiance was fabulous and the drinks that I saw coming out to the tables were raved about.

Nice & pretty space and fine cocktails. Unfortunately when we walked in at 11:19 we were given the cold shoulder. Clearly staff was trying to get out asap and made us feel unwelcome and rushed. We left by 11:59, but they had already turned off the lights (on a Saturday night!) If your business states they are open until 12, at the very bare minimum keep the lights on for your guests until that time. Or, here's a thought, close earlier...

I am so upset! I have never been here before. I ordered a spicy margarita which was too spicy for me. The bartender said he had to pay for my drink if I didn't like it and tried to remake it. He added lavender to it which didn't taste good. Then he said if I didn't like it he was stuck paying for my drink which wasn't fair to me or him, pressuring me to not complain. This was after he called the owner. The bartender should not have to pay for a drink that someone didn't like or drink. I ended up getting 1 shot of tequila of tequila for $10 & giving a $13.50 tip so the bartender would not have to pay for the drink I didn't like or drink. I've never had this happen and am never coming here again. This is so unfair!

Such a delightful place! Atmosphere is warm and inviting. A bit like stepping back in time. Drinks were top notch. We had the Old old Fashioned and the Vesper. Both were delicious and nicely presented. Service was excellent. And the live music was a real treat. I'm looking forward to going back!

Love this to start off date night right, but let me be honest, this place goes next level when Ron is behind the bar, his drinks, and recommendations are spot on, always very personable and welcoming! Try his boulevard Ole...Basically a Negroni with mezcal vs gin!

A gem in Camas. Check out live music on weekends and enjoy the ambiance and beautifully crafted drinks! Bring your friends and enjoy!

Love the classic cocktails and live music on the weekends. It's a cozy, friendly, hometown kind of place.

Great for late afternoon snacks early happy hour drinks. Service is spectacular, menu is awesome. If you're there on a night where there is live music, it gets pretty loud.

Was a great little place. Drinks were good and service was great. Wish their menu, even with small plates, was a little bit more robust. Overall, great experience and will be back!

Been a customer for 5+ years. So sorry to see Dennis pass away. I have to say that the new guy is a real come-down. He complains under his breath, and makes the drinks wrong. Really wrong. I ordered a drink with citrus, and he built it in the glass. No shaking. Another day, he mixed a stirred cocktail in the glass, and missed an ingredient. Still great ambiance, but it needs to be spot-on. I need this place to be careful, and accurate. Sad. I will be exploring other establishments. The Hammond and Acorn & Oak have more respect for real cocktails at the moment.

Incredible ambiance, well thought out selection of drinks, clean and fun crowd, reasonable prices, and live music on certain days of the week! An absolute favorite for us. Simply love it.

A cozy place to have a cocktail or glass of wine. The only drawback is they don't open until 4. The Brie fondue is absolutely delicious. Not only cocktails but good selection of craft beers and wines by the glass.

Love lounging here with an Irish coffee and listening to live music! Amazing drinks!

Chilled ambiance (soft jazz and soul music streaming) and perfect old school cocktails

Excellent cocktail offerings and hors d'œuvres in an intimate setting. Friendly service by the owner.

If you are looking for a relaxing atmosphere, lounge music, and fantastic cocktails, this is your place. Consistently lovely experience

Not what it used to be that's for sure. Dull, dark, no energy. Service was painfully slow.

Absolutely amazing period lounge. Drinks from the prohibition era to today. Atmosphere and attention to detail get 5 stars! Only dropping to 4 because of the price, plan to drop some (well deserved) money on your drinks.

If price is no object, this is a four star damn fine place. Cocktails are well prepared and thought out. Very nicely furnished. Limited menu. If price is an object, this is a two star. $19.50 for a Makers Mark Manhattan is WAY too much to pay for a cocktail. I'll spit the difference and give it three stars.

The friendliness and the cocktails have changed. This has been a favorite place for several years but recently the service and drinks have left a bad taste. The service has always been slow but when customers are treated with disdain it leaves a bitterness that is hard to get past. Still, maybe the staff is having a bad night, right? The drinks came and it continued to be a bad night. My drink was horrible. It tasted nothing like I had ordered many times in the past. When I asked about it I couldn't believe the rude response. We tried in vain to get our bill so we left money for both drinks and left. There are too many wonderful choices in our adorable, friendly town to put up with bad service, bad drinks, and bad attitudes.

Great , classic bar with friendly staff. Very covid safe and I still enjoy coming here. Some of the best drinks I've ever had and I'm so grateful they're in our little town.

Loved this little bar in Camas. Feels like a place you would stumble into while in New York. Vibe is cozy and intimate. Great jazz music, amazing dessert and the bartenders are really cool.

From the décor, cocktails, dessert, and whiskey selections, Birch Street Uptown Lounge is a marvelous joint for happy hour, date night in downtown Camas. My SHOUTOUT to the staff for being very welcoming and friendly.

Wow. Treat yourself to this dark paneled bar with some truly top notch classic cocktails. From the dapper and knowledgeable bartender to the multiple rounds of old-school cocktails (corpse revivers and sazeracs among them, plus a marvelous French 75, my personal fave), we had a fantastic time. The spinach dip was excellent, too! I would love to live across the street from this place. Hiccup!

Amazing little 1930s era bar. Great music, cool vibe, essential date night spot. Order from the menu. The prices get steep when ordering custom drinks.

It was a hot summer afternoon when I walked into this bar for the first time. First impression, it was the kind of classy old-school bar that you'd see in 1930's movies, with a secret passage to a members-only high-stakes gambling room, and a basement where shady characters were quickly wheeling in pricey bootleg liquor through the back door. I sipped my excellent Moscow mule at the bar, where I could observe the mixology magic. I've been to a lot of bars, and not many bartenders these days wear a tie and uniform, and move with a confidence and style that only comes with decades of practice. I looked around to see if Nick Charles was working his way through a line of martinis. When I wasn't playing "name that cocktail" with the bartender (that was fun, by the way!), I was studying the impressive high-end liquors stocked on the shelves. God in heaven, they even have The Botanist, my favorite gin from Scotland! If you want weak cocktails at some bar blaring One Direction, served up by hipsters posing as bartenders who think loading up a drink with fruity syrups would disguise the shitty base liquor, go elsewhere. If you want a work of art served up by real pro at a place that celebrates the era when beauty and bliss were conceived in a cocktail shaker and born in a martini glass, come here.

Amazing retro cocktails. I've wanted to try an Aviation cocktail since the first season of the Blacklist. James Spader's character, orders it for someone and says, "It's from the 20's, tastes like spring, doesn't it?" Well, 8 years later I finally tried it at Birch Street Uptown Lounge and it's my new favorite cocktail! The weather was beautiful and we had our drinks outside. The only reason I'm not giving five stars is because the bartender did not acknowledge me even when I paced back and forth not knowing where to stand to place an order. I then decided to stand directly in front of him for over 5 minutes. He seemed to make a concerted effort not to make eye contact. Eventually a second man appeared from the back and greeted us and took our order. I understand that the bartender might have been "in the zone" mixing drinks, but it did not make me feel welcome. However, I will definitely be back to this establishment for another "taste of spring". They also did a nice job concocting a lemon mocktail for my daughter.

WOW. That about sums up our experience tonight. My husband and I walked in at about 8pm tonight, Saturday 02/17. The place was nearly full, but we were able to find a couple of seats up at the bar top. It took about 10 minutes for a server to grab our drink orders. While we waited for our drinks, we watched the only bartender make drinks for other patrons. What we witnessed of this bartender was enough to make me throw up a little in my mouth. Firstly, we saw him pack ice down into a glass with HIS HAND. Then, he shook another drink in a glass using HIS HAND to cover it instead of a shaker. That's right. HIS MOTHERF****** BARE HAND. Touching the ice, the liquid and everything in between. Needless to say, we walked out after waiting for a total of 20 minutes. We never got any drinks, but we probably didn't want them served by that guy anyway. Shame on him. He should have his MAST certification revoked for such offenses. I should also mention that this wasn't our first time into Birch. We had been there several times in the past but hadn't visited since the remodel. Family members told us to steer clear (quality and service had gone down since the changes), and I wish we had listened.

Awesome cocktails and snacks. Great relaxed and cozy vibe inside. Friendly staff. Will visit again.

Great little place for a date night! Deluxe custom cocktails, a decent number of craft beers on tap, as well as a nice wine list. They did have some interesting appetizers/small plate offerings, but we didn't try those so I can't attest to their quality. But I can testify to the excellent care give to the drinks! No premixes used here, all hand squeezed and fresh, and it shows in the taste! They have small group music several nights a week, in a comfortable, cozy environment with excellent service. The layout makes it easy for people to choose to stay private or to make new friends! It was a bit pricey, but you get what you pay for in quality and service. We would happily return for another visit.

It's like stepping back in a time machine. Drinks are carefully crafted. You've got your music. You've got your bar stools. You've got your friends. Love this lounge.

Really enjoyed the beautiful old town bar. The quiet, comfortable space, great music, unobtrusive staff, delicious wine (though very short list), and good appetizers provides a perfect backdrop to great conversation with friends. Would absolutely recommend it.

Say hello to amazing cocktails and a huge menu! We stopped in for late night live music on a Saturday. The place was packed, that was a good sign. The music was entertaining and the right volume where we could still have conversation. What a great addition to this cute little town!

This is a favorite location for Happy Hour or a date night. Not only is the drink menu unique and retro (in a good way!), the live music is also enjoyable and you can still carry on a conversation.

This is one classy classic! Are you looking for a dim lit place to chill or chat? If any of these adjectives or verbs make you happy then stroll in and get ready for a cocktail list that goes for days. There is nothing artificial in this place and the staff know how to serve. When I return to lounge I will make sure to list the names of our smooth libations. In the meantime, you won't be dissapointed :)

Great for couples- 2 people (friends, family members, or date night) NOT FOR A LARGE GROUP. This venue is quite small and can be overwhelming if there are two many people. Often times they have a local singer and instrument player, creating that 1930s vibe. Quaint place to grab a drink and a nice hors d'oeuvre appetizer to get the night started. My husband and I grabbed a night cap after dinner, it was just what we needed to end our night. Great drinks for sure!

We love coming here for a hand crafted cocktail/date night. Service is always great and knowledgeable and the atmosphere is amazing. Great gem in Camas!

"I drink to make other people more interesting." - Ernest Hemingway. Love the quote and drinks here at Birch Street Uptown Lounge! Come check them out in Camas!

One of our favorite local places for a good drink. Lots of great drinks on the menu and knowledgeable bartenders.

Absolute garbage service. It seems as though there was a side of the bar that the bartenders catered to, not even paying attention to the other side of the bar where I was seated. That other side was dressed fancier, were ordering more drinks, and were probably regulars, but that is absolutely NO excuse to completely disregard customers. Got my drink when I walked in and the bartender didn't come back for 15 minutes. We had to yell for him to come back over, THEN he finally decided he would come back and check on us. We ordered drinks and it took him another 10 to make them. If you are an average Jo, not dressed fancy, with no intent to put up with bullshit bartenders, don't go here. I will never come back here and give them my business. On a plus, the live music was fantastic.

Great selection of unique cocktails. Wonderful, vintage, quaint vibe. Lovely live music.

It was ok, they had one waitress on shift and so every thing took a long while! We ordered the Mac and Cheese, the type of cheese used was.. unique.. personally, couldn't eat more than a quarter of it. Cool atmosphere though. Dark setting, nice smell of whiskey/run. Go for the drinks!

I've been coming to this place a lot recently this past year. The Bartender, Brad makes amazing cocktails and is really personable and fun to talk with. Very knowledgeable and recommended many great drinks for me to drink. Birch is definitely my new favorite spot in camas!