Gold Dust Meridian

Ive always enjoyed the cocktails here. I have not tried their food yet. They have outdoor seating in the front and back (more quiet in back seating without street/car noise as its a busy road). We went there yesterday because they were participating in Bite for Rights fundraiser!

Drinks are the best I have had in Portland and the food is divine. Prices are totally fair and I can't wait to go back! Love the decor and the music and pretty much everything about this loungy bar.

I came in late afternoon/early evening on July 4th. They were busier than expected and the staff absolutely crushed it. Shoutout to Chris behind the bar and John in the kitchen. Great people, great at their jobs. Never had a bad experience here and I’ve been coming in on and off for years!

Patio! Happy hour is 2 PM - 8 PM, all day Sunday (10/25/2014.). And a Sunday 2025.. Update: still in 2024. The BEET salad (and added chicken) pictured is AMAZING! It's the kind of BEET dish that could turn your "friend who swore to hate beets" into a beet believer! Yum! Great food, sidewalk patio seating, staff, atmosphere (straight out of the 70's), lgbtq friendly..

We slid in for happy hour on a Saturday evening and the place was hopping. The food and beverages were top notch! Great selection and quality for the price!

Came on a Tuesday night. Plenty of people there, but still some open tables. Had the steak bites and fries and both were scrumptious. The steak bits came with this blue cheese sauce that was really really good. Just had a vodka soda, and my date has a cider. Great place for a date or cozy place to catch up with a friend.

Food is always delicious (the curried deviled eggs are a revelation!) and staff is great. Love the chill yet cozy atmosphere, the mellow lighting and booths or back patio make it a great date place.

Quick question: is your bartender an ICE agent? Why on hell was he questioning the legitimacy of my legal status? I came in this evening to check out the place with a friend. The bartender asked for ID and I gave him my driving licence which had a punched hole as I’m waiting for my new card. He asked for another type of ID, to which I gave him my US employment authorisation card, which had all my information (DOB, alien number, address, etc), but the bartender DEMANDED to see my passport. I told him I do not have one as I’m a refugee here and this US Employment Authorisation Card is the only legal document I have in the country. After so many back and forth he finally accepted it but by that time I’m already upset at the way I was treated so we left to another place. I’m never coming back here again. In times when we need solidarity for migrants / refugees the most, I get mistreated. Does the bartender genuinely believe he has authority to decide what my legal status should be? All he needed was to confirm by DOB, but he felt “powerful” to demean a passport like a freaking ICE agent. I pray to god that you, dear bartender, are never put in my shoe where you have to justify the type of legal status you carry simply to get a drink and have a good time with your friend.

Nice bar with pretty good food to boot! They have outdoor seating - both on the side and in the front facing the street. We made it in time for their happy hour on a SATURDAY (2-8 pm!) They had some good apps on HH and I'm not sure what alcohol was on special as I'm pregnant... but they had a few nice mocktails under $10. A group of 4 of us dined inside in a booth. For food, we ordered the brussels & beet salad for the table. I ordered the chicken sandwich and my husband ordered the steak frites, which we shared. The steak frites is mostly fries.. there were steak pieces covered in a tasty chimichurri sauce. The steak was just OK but it was only a $15 plate. The chicken sandwich was hearty, and did not come with a side so it was good to have an abundance of fries sitting next to me. The stars of the show were the apps--both the brussels and the beet salad impressed us all! Also note: you need to bus your table.

Good little place to grab a drink and a bite. The bartender when we went in seemed overwhelmed and messed up our drinks a couple of times, maybe they needed a barback!They didn't really seem properly made according to the menu, but it was busy and they were by themselves so no harm no fail, they were still very yummy! The food was really good and the chimichurri steak and frites (fries) were very tender, not soggy, and delicious. The place itself was very cute, dimly lit and well decorated. It was nice outside so many people chose to be outside making the inside very quiet. You're supposed to bus your own table, which I never love doing but it's common for bars around here, and it's not the biggest deal for this price point. Would recommend and will be back!

Awesome dive bar with a solid cocktail list. Lots of seating out front including picnic tables and a covered smoking area. I can't believe I hadn't been here before. Bartender in training was attentive and kept our outside table clutter free. Much appreciated. I got the artichoke dip late night - 1:45 am - SOO delicious. I won't order artichoke dip when it comes with tortilla chips because it's dumb. Fried tortilla bread is the ONLY way and they nailed it. And somehow I had the perfect amount of bread for the dip bowl . Now I want it again. I'll be back soon!

Cool spot for an extended HH (it goes until 8pm)! Plenty of room for a gathering. Staff was chill. The food came out quick. I wasn't impressed with the steak at all, but the burger and fries were great. Beet salad was refreshing. The drinks were good at a decent price too! You order at the bar and buss your own table.

Came by on a Friday for HH (goes til 8). It was fairly busy but we were able to find a table. You order at the bar and they'll bring it to you table. We got the burger, steak and frites, and beet salad. The burger was good, fries were crispy but the steak had a weird taste to it. The space is cool and staff was friendly.

Small bar off Hawthorne and such great food and service. The food is phenomenal and the drinks were great. We ordered at the bar and the bartender was great, answered questions. Tons of seating available for happy hour time. Great place to meet up with the friends. The vibe is very chill inside.

One of my favorite cocktail bars. Great funky atmosphere and awesome happy hour! Their food is surprisingly fantastic and not your standard "Bar food". Get a tasty grilled cheese on sour dough with tomato soup and salad for under 10 bucks! This place makes me happy.

It's not just the fact that GDM has a pretty damn solid happy hour but they also manage to provide a killer aesthetic to accompany your well-priced drinks (though prices on said libations seem to have gone up since we were last there). Inside it's dark and cozy with a small bar upfront and lots of wood and leather in the back room, stuffed with vintage-y furniture that feels vaguely retro but not forced - a nice balancing act, IMO. It seems like Gold Dust recently (or at least finally?) upgraded/tweaked its food/drinks menu as well. I could be wrong but it feels that way, since the special verde fries we had (that day only) were so beyond what we've had in the past...like next level, with a perfectly crisped outside and served with a heap of addictively spicy jalapeño-pocked sauce. Chicken gyro wrap was also a hit, and the food in general is just a nice step up from the usual nachos-and-tots pub fare, so that's always a bonus in my book. The drinks are usually on point (but like anywhere, can vary) and service this time out was stellar as well, so bravo to the staff for making our evening drama free. As every happy hour should be, right?

Still 4 stars, just wanted to make a suggestion. I can't have grapefruit but was interested in the Girl Talk cocktail. At the bartenders suggestion, we subbed in cranberry juice and it was great!

Excellent evening lighting(dim) musics a bit loud. Clean restrooms!(inclusive options) drinks reasonably priced, mixing knowledge was average.

Livery yummy food! Kind and quick bartender. Cool natural wood, leather vintage vibe inside. Bet it's poppin at night!

Met up with my ladies for Happy Hour at this fine establishment. My vegan friend was super happy upon entering due to a chalk board special of Vegan Mac. We ordered drinks from the lovely bartender (I think her name was Carrie) and sat down in a super comfy, round booth to wait on our joiners. Every table has a menu on it, so don't steal the one from the bar. I noticed their great selection of specialty cocktails, and almost immediately regreted ordering my usj (Hornitos Negroni). I eventually ordered the Ginger Snap, but with tequila. LOVED IT!!! The bar has a lot of options (including green and yellow Chartreuse) as well as great prices on their tequila. Let's talk about the food. Vegan Mac - MY HOMIE WAS OVER THE MOON!!! She absolutely loved the vegan mac. She has always said that macaroni and cheese is the one thing she misses as a vegan. I'm sooo glad that this did not disappoint. When the chef brought out our other food, we had to inquire on how he was able to achieve such a delicious vegan cheese sauce. (::whispers:: It's totally a secret.) Regular Mac, add bacon and tomatoes - My other homie was in absolute love with her mac as well. At first, she wanted the burger (it did look really good), but settled on the mac. Needless to say, she did not regret her decision. Beet Salad - The beet salad was full of beets, and my homegirl was definitely happy. I fully expected there to be big slices of beets, but there was a healthy serving of cubed purple beets and golden beets. I'm not a huge fan of beets, but I would totally consider order this salad. The Trio - I got the grilled cheese, tomato soup, and salad combo. The salad was delicious. I loved the added pepitas. The grilled cheese was meh... despite it being parmesan crusted. And the tomato soup was more like tomato paste. I sincerely do not think I would order it again. Fries with a side of cheese sauce - I've said it multiple times, but I'm gonna say it again: EVERY PLACE THAT SERVES FRIES SHOULD ALSO SERVE CHEESE SAUCE. Okay, now that we've gotten that out of the way (one of my 4 "Jenn For President" platforms)... the fries are good. The cheese sauce makes them even better. (And no, the cheese sauce is not vegan, but I'm sure they could hook you up with some vegan goodness.) Would I return? For sure!!! Next time I want to try the Deviled Eggs and Wings. Oh, and their Happy Hour is from 5-8. Whhhaaaat???? LOVE IT.

Great price for a delicious well made happy hour burger. Ordered from the bar, and the decoration and seating is cool and comfortable ( comfort is some thing I think a lot of places forget about, instead just trying to look cool.)

This is my favorite happy hour spot! Always the best champagne mixed drinks, great healthy and indulgent bites, love the variety of seating options, fast service, they play awesome music and have djs on the weekends. What more could you ask for?!

The inside of the bar looks a lot better than the outside. We got in and the bartender was promptly attentive and told us to go to any seating and order through the counter. I got the girl talk which is a cocktail with the grapefruit and it was good. The grapefruit didn't come all the way through but the hint of it was there. We got the Korean barbecue wings, lemon pepper wings fries and the burger. The burger was pretty well done and didn't really have any juice left in it and the bacon on it was basically burnt to a Chris which I usually like but it was way too salty. The meat texture of the wings was slightly strange to me. Every time I was eating it for some reason I kept thinking of string cheese texture and taste. The lemon pepper was really salty and the Korean barbecue wings had a decent flavor. Overall it was bar food but the fries are really good.

Did a catch up HH here. Pretty darn good!!! We had not been here before, but the peeps who suggested it, had. I didn't know it had been there that long as it was. Lived and hung out a lot in lower SE 90's-00's. Very cool atmosphere w/ the midcentury modern. Seating was very comfortable, and staff very friendly. HH food was good!!! Nibbles to share, but I did more talking and drinking than eating!!! (like I said, CATCHING UP!) It looked like they had a bustling patio (hottest day of the year so far!) but lots of seating on the inside, which is where we wanted to be in some A/C, which felt very nice. So my only complaint was that, that after arriving at 4pm, they only had ordering from the bar, so there was a line, and so the cashier was taking the orders, then pouring beer. Then a food runner. It's probably hard to anticipate when a place is going to be busy. I will definitely go back.

Place felt like I was in a vortex of charm and the spirit world.. which I love. Love the way it's small but cozy.. and the food was bomb. I had a mock tail of some sort of lemonade and soda water and whatever it was it was delicious. My sandwich was delicious.. unfortunately my husband ate my other half before I could re enjoy it the next day. I would definitely come back to try their Mac and cheese. The one bite my gf gave to me was heaven!!

We stopped by for drinks after dinner at Farmhouse Thai. We had a group of 5 and sat outside. First thing our bartender says is "we charge 20% gratuity for parties of 5 or more." Ummm, okay. Weird. 5 is a weird number of people to charge automatic gratuity and also weird, that's the first thing you tell us as we sit down. We usually give 20% anyways as tip but that being the first thing that is said as we sit down is completely off-putting. Also clearly on every single page (see my photos) it says 20% gratuity included for groups of 6 OR MORE. We just got five shots of whiskey. And asked for coke backs. We got the bill and it was 20% gratuity added, and she charged us for coke backs (I have never been charged for coke backs with whiskey shots). My uncle nicely brought it up to the waitress, and she just kept saying "she's always been told it's 5 or more." Weird that someone that works there was "trained" so incorrectly, or has never taken the time to look at the menu where every single page has their policy on the bottom of the page. Seriously though, it was the principal of it all. Again, we would've more than happily given 20% tip but the whole experience was crap. I love dive bars and am all for tipping well especially for larger groups... but I'll never be going back to this spot.

It was a great late night option Great service and bartender made getting carded such a compliment love.

I have been here a handful of times because I love the mix of cocktail bar and dive. It's cozy and a great place to go with friends or a date. They also have an awesome happy hour with yummy food! I have been here twice in the last 6 months or so and the service has been less than exciting. It seems the bartenders have been unorganized and overall annoyed to be working. I almost felt bad ordering from them because I didn't want to bother them and that's not how you should feel when you're spending money at an establishment. Will I be back? Sure but not because of the service.

In a nut shell, my friend and I came here because their website says their happy hour goes until 8 pm every day. When I arrived it was 6:07 pm and the bartender would not honor happy hour prices for me because she said it ended at 6 pm "Our new covid happy hour end time". Like a true "Karen" I argued that their website says 8 pm. She knew that and said they hadn't had time to update that. Uh, what?? It's covid and everyone was closed down for a while and even now, they can only be at half capacity, so how busy can they be?? She claimed that it is very expensive to update their website. Okaaaaay... so how about changing updating their voicemail to reflect that, since theirs is the generic mailbox one. Or how about posting about that on their Facebook page?? Not happy at all, I asked to speak with the manager. Turns out, she was the manager. I continued to argue that they should honor what their website says and she claims she can't input happy hour prices after 6 pm. So?? I've worked in the restaurant industry. I know you can make things happen. Just charge me for one item and then just tell the cook my 2nd item (free of charge so the pricing works out). Or offer me a free app the next time I come in before 6 pm. Anything! I'm easy and would have been happy with almost anything. What she did is make my drink and then mumble ("It's on me") as she walked away. Well, that was a good start. Except that she charged my friend full price for her 3 happy hour items and glass of wine because she didn't ring it in until after 6 pm, even though my friend had beat me there and was ordering her food at 5:50 pm. Seriously, what a racket! While I do love their garlic green beans, and came there just for those, I think I can learn to make them at home so I don't have to deal with this nonsense again. As I sat and drank my free drink (a yellowish slushy ting that didn't taste like it had any alcohol in it), I pulled their website up on my phone, to show my friend that it really says happy hour goes until 8 pm... and instead, their site got hacked and now goes directly to a Viagra sales site. For a brief second it showed their site and I screen shot it, but it then went right to the Viagra site and I wasn't able to get it back to their home page. Welp, I guess that means they will have to take the time to update their site after all. Not that they are in any rush. I let the manager know sa we were leaving and 4 days later, their website still goes to the Little Blue Pill sales site. Oh well. Not my monkey. Not my circus.

They have happy hour everyday from 2-8pm and all day on Sunday's! This is the first place that I have came across where their happy hour runs so long during the weekday! It's funny how many times I have walk around Hawthorne and I've never walked into this place until I was recommended by a friend! This place offers indoor and outdoor seating! The inside is super cute, but my friends and I decided to grab a seat outside when we stopped by today since it was such a nice day in Portland! It is open seating so you seat yourself and the staff will come help you. (It is a 21+ place). My friends and I came during happy hour and decided to get a couple things to share. We got the daily soup which was a tomato bisque, arugula artichoke dip, Brussels sprout, classic Mac, and their Jamaican jerk chicken wings! * Daily Soup- Went really well with the grilled baguettes that it came with! Full of flavor. * Arugula artichoke dip- The dip came with fried cheesy pita breads to dip with! The 2 went together really well and it tastes amazing when the pita bread was hot! * Brussels sprout- caramelized really well and they were all big pieces and it came with a roasted garlic olio sauce to dip in! * Classic mac- super cheesy Mac and cheese that had potato chips on top instead of bread crumbs. That crunch was great!! * Jamaican jerk chicken wings- the wings were deep fried perfectly and the spices were really good on the chicken. Overall I really enjoyed the food and I will definitely be coming back for happy hour to try the rest of The delicious food!

Gold Dust Meridian has got to be one of my favorite happy hour spots in all of Portland. Happy hour here goes late, until 8 PM so you don't ever feel rushed like most other places. The food menu accommodates most any palette. I really enjoyed the portobello sandwich after a day of hiking, it really hit the spot. However, you won't find it on the happy hour menu. My go-to happy hour item is the trio. The trio is a yummy, gooey-good grilled cheese sandwich served with a rich tomato soup that's perfect for dunking said sandwich and a light side salad. The well drinks are nothing special just $.50 off. I always indulge in a couple of their specialty cocktails. Last time I tried the Watermelon Blade which, on a very warm afternoon was quite refreshing. Next I had an old favorite, the Bleeding Heart, made with Indio Blood Orange Vodka and the final touch an edible hibiscus flower. The flower after marinating in all that alcohol is really quite delicious. Gold Dust Meridian is a little off the beaten path for me but worth the trip every single time. 2017 - Review # 24

The drinks are decent, but the food has gotten progressively worse over the years. Last night takes the cake. We order the cauliflower, artichoke dip, and the trio (grilled cheese and tomato soup). The fried cauliflower were soggy, the artichoke dip was disgusting, you could barely get any on a crispy pita chip, no taste, no texture, with who knows what drizzled on top. Lastly, and sadly, the grilled cheese was so over cooked it was basically impossible to eat, rock hard and burnt. I use to love these dishes years ago and the few time times I've been back over the last two years, the food has just become a waste of my money.

Came here late night for some food and drinks. The place is similar to an upper scale dive bar in ambience, some cool paintings, but mostly just great location on hawthorne. Drinks were nothing to write home about but food was actually very good, our party had the burger, fries, chicken strips, tomato basil soup and deviled eggs - recommend for an end of the night food stop!

This is my first time coming here didn't realize it was a seat yourself type of joint. The ambience is really nice & the prices were not out rages which sometimes you get when you're in this part of town. The waitress was hella nice so we left her a generous tip. we ordered off of the happy hour menu I think we got a total of 3 to 4 drinks the spinach and artichoke dip along with an order of happy hour wings and we only spent about $35. definitely a place I'd go back again but because of the space you might be waiting a long time there's not a ton of seating

I've loved this bar for years, and met a friend there last Thursday afternoon for drinks. They were playing metal and not just loudly, but at "F- you, get out, we're closing" levels. On a Thursday. At 3 p.m. Not even close to the vibe we love this bar for. We left and won't risk wasting a trip again.

I've been a regular at this place for awhile, although it's like weekly regular instead of everyday regular anymore. But they just started doing brunch this year, which they've long threatened to do to me and my bank account, and honestly I couldn't be happier about it. The bar's regular amenities - the covered back patio, the sidewalk seating for people-watching, the lack of children, the big inside booths - shine under the glaring hangover light of brunch. I've spent many a Sunday summer morning on the back patio in complete disarray, sipping my breakfast whiskey (which is just any whiskey I drink before noon), chain smoking and pretending I could read my phone with my sunglasses on. As one does. Aside from me being a mess, my two favorite things about brunch at Gold Dust are the seating and the food. With its plentiful seating options, you won't have to wait in line for brunch, probably even for large groups. I know people in Portland like waiting in lines, but I just can't do it anymore at my age, and I don't want to. I don't want to do it, ever. My phone doesn't have the battery capacity for it, and my hips, while they don't lie, start to get creaky after just a few consecutive minutes of standing. My shoes aren't that comfortable, either. I know there is some correlation between how long you have to wait in line for brunch and how good the food is, but I find the correlation to be weak and often disappointing. In this case, there is no correlation. (Or would it be a negative correlation? I don't know; I'm not a scientist.) The food here can easily match any of your 45-minute-wait brunch places, and it's probably cheaper. My favorite thing on the menu is the spinach frittata. It's all about those caramelized onions and pretending to be healthy by eating something non-beige like spinach. But to offset that with more beige, you can get a side of roasted potatoes for $2, and it's a lot of potato. And if I'm going to eat potatoes, I'm going to need a side of mushroom gravy for them, naturally. A side of gravy doesn't hurt, right? Even with the biscuits and gravy, which comes with two biscuits so large I have never been able to finish them, extra gravy seems smart. If I end up with too much gravy after all is said and done, I have a spoon and a complete lack of fucks to give. I've had every veg thing on the menu, but I hear the meat stuff is great too. My friend swears by the chicken & biscuits, which is a giant mess of fried chicken, bacon, eggs, gravy, and biscuits. She doesn't speak or take a breath until the plate is clean, which can be a little alarming to witness. There's also a whole menu of breakfast cocktails I haven't tried because I drink too fast to enjoy nice things. If you've ever had anything from their regular cocktail menu, you probably know you can't go wrong with any of them. The brunch menus are available until 2pm, which gives me plenty of time to sleep in and still get my gravy fix. There is nothing worse than going out to brunch somewhere with your slow-ass tardy friends and watching the servers switch from brunch to lunch menus while you curl up into a ball and die from gravy starvation. Why is gravy only a brunch and dinner thing? Why can't we have gravy for lunch? The chef who successfully incorporates gravy into their lunch menu will forever have my respect, but I haven't seen it happen yet. As a side note for this place in general, if you go to the bathrooms here, don't turn the faucet on anywhere past halfway toward the hot side. This is one of those places where the hot water melts your skin off. That's all!

Location: I will not give advice on the location because I am visiting Portland. But I will give my observations: It looks like a safe area, and parking seems moderately easy to find. The People: The best bartenders in Hawthorne. Friendly staff. The Drinks: - Bleeding Heart (indio blood orange vodka, maraska, lime, edible hibiscus flower): This was a pretty strong drink. I loved it. Ate the hisbiscus flower last. - Rum and Diet Coke: It was more rum than Diet Coke, hence, more value for your buck. - Water: The H2O is pretty solid and essential for hydration. The Food: - Burger with Fries: The burger was good, but the fries are really really good. I am a picky fries person, and these fries certainly make the cut. The Venue: I sat at the bar, and also a table. I liked the vibe. Great music selection. This was one of my favorite places to hang out by myself. Upshot: A solid place to get strong drinks in Hawthorne Blvd. If you are hungry, order a side of fries.

While this is a wonderful bar, the Brunch aspect of this place was a surprise! Having been annoyed with previous wait times at brunch places, I was excited to find this place which has almost no wait, and has perfect food! If you're looking for a traditional, well-cooked Brunch, Gold Dust Meridian is perfect for you! Everything is well priced, super delicious, and can be paired with wonderful Brunch cocktails. After discovering this place, i would say it would be my go-to Brunch recommendation for authentic Americana in Portland.

Came by here on a Friday night for HH bites and drinks. Our group ordered the hibiscus rum punch fishbowl, wings, Mac n cheese, devils eggs, and fried brussel sprouts. All of the food was 4/5. Our waitress was very attentative. It's nice that the happy hour is from 2-8 in Friday's therefore you can catch HH still after work unless most places

GDM is very dope and reliably open late for night dwellers. The menus is small, simple, and reasonably priced. They take pride in their craft cocktails and all of the ingredients they use are fresh and flavorful. My boyfriend and I ordered the fried chicken sandwich and chicken fingers with sides of fries and a mixed green salad. The fries are INCREDIBLE. The chicken is juicy and crispy without being greasy. I recommend the honey mustard for dipping and savoring. The salad had cheese on it (even after I requested no cheese)but it was also very good. Service is sweet and attentive. I would recommend this spot in a minute.

Hit a Friday happy hour. Liked it. Came back on Saturday night. I'm a sucker for MCM and 70's decor, so I just love the way they've styled the place. It's the kind of thing that can tip to cheese ball quickly, but it suits the space and the clientele. Good crowd, a bit noisy when full. Service was very attentive, helpful. Excellent at checking back! They were busy but they took the time to provide good service. This is always appreciated. Really great drinks. I very much enjoyed the Chi Chi Slushy with the camel decoration. (Also the kind of thing that can go cheese ball quickly, but this was stout and well balanced.) Creative and interesting cocktail menu with some fun options. The green beans and brussel sprouts are very, very good. Food until 2:30am, people! Can't wait to go back in the summer to sit outside! Keep up the great work, Gold Dust Meridian!

Best service. Like seriously. I wish everyone was as nice as the bar tenders here. Quite enjoyed the punch bowl my friend and I shared. We didn't order any food this time, but I remember they were decent when I was here a year ago. Will be back one of my nights out. Thanks guys!

Great drink selection and delicious food. Their cocktail list is extensive and highly delicious. It is the portland lounge you're looking for. Dark lighting & strong drinks make for a perfect night

One star bc I can't give them a zero. Unfortunately what used to be a hip haunt is now just another pretentious piece of crap. Went in for a stage gig, even after they rescheduled once I drove across town to get there..annoying and unprofessional, whatever-it's a bar. get there at new agreed time, nobody knew to expect me, the kitchen was a complete nightmare-garbage overflowing, grease on every inch of available space that was shared with plated dishes ready to go out, and staff talking shit about each other and warning me about bartender...Yep, they took advantage of a free bar back shift-about 45 minutes of my time they told me they would pay me for, told me I had the gig and never heard from them again. It's all good though, I don't think I'd want to have anything to do with the place until maybe new management and a badly needed deep clean. surprised they are still allowed to serve food here, gross.

I've been here countless times and I will continue to go back. Drinks? Amazing. Strong, tastey! Average price for the drinks. What is my favorite? The Radio Cab punch bowl, share it with friends! They doll it up like at a tiki place and this is my favorite punch bowl in Portland. Insider tip: If you don't like the alcohol that is listed for the drink, just ask them to switch it up for you - we like tequila! Food? So good. So so good. Even just their grilled cheese and tomato soup gets my mouth watering. They also have those good large twister fries you see in some spots of Portland. What else? their spinach artichoke dip is to die for. Go during happy hour, you will not be disappointed. Decor? Very cute. It's got a vibe of dive mixed with posh -- weird I know, but so Portland. There are areas to sit inside and outside. But be careful, in the summer time, if you want to sit outside, you may have to sit in a large cloud of smoke :( (from the smokers) Staff? I have had great interactions with about 80% of the staff. The other 20% have been so-so slightly rude or just having an off day. Your drinks ALWAYS come fast. Your food? Sometimes it can take 15 min, sometimes it can take over an hour - honestly, I haven't been able to see a pattern as to why. Side note - usually there is music playing over speakers and on the weekends they have a DJ (not for dancing though)

Seems like a great spot for drinks and hanging late night but their staff are borderline rude.

I hadn't been here in years and came for a friend's birthday on Sunday around 5pm. I remember liking this place and was excited to go back. It was pretty disappointing for a few key reasons: 1) Our server CLEARLY was in a bad mood. He informed us rather shortly that there was an automatic gratuity for any groups 6 or more and then ignored us mostly, and then reluctantly took our orders seeming like he'd prefer to be doing ANYTHING else. (I will say around the end of the night he came around and improved a bit, so maybe he was just having a bad day, but it was a pretty jarring experience overall). 2) None of the food was very god. I got the trio and the bread was super greasy, the soup tasted weird, and the salad tasted a bit...off, like maybe it wasn't the freshest. The drinks were fine and well priced for the all day happy hour. Had a delicious grayhound, a chi chi, and a glass of wine. Everyone in the group was pretty bummed with the service althougH I belive some liked their food. Overall based on this experience I probably would not return.

Straightforward bar with honest to goodness drinks and a bartender that does not judge if you ask for a whiskey neat at opening on Sunday. 10/10 recommend.

I love this place! We tried a couple cocktails and appetizers and everything was amazing. The vibe both indoors and on their patio was great. Bartenders were super super sweet and helpful, not sure what the other complaints are about at all!

Classy, old Hollywood feel. It's sexy. Great date place. The lighting is fantastic, the booths are close and quiet, and you don't see the other patrons much. The drink menu is quirky. I ordered the Obamagranate and was pleased. The food is delish, and fast too. I ordered the arancini, and the caesar. The arancini was fried balls of cheesy goodness-- nicely done, but these also aren't hard to make. The caesar is one of the metersticks (sorry, I know the saying is yardstick, but I'm a science nerd) by which I judge cafes. I also look intently at eggs benedict, gravy, cream soups, toast, and scones. But I digress. The caesar was great! Huge chunks of parm, nicely tart dressing (I like the emphasis on lemon, and less on anchovy paste), and very fresh and cold lettuce. Thank you! I have been here several times, since that first date, and will definitely return again.

Branson is a great host but everyone who works here is friendly and warm. I ordered the trio which is a grilled cheese, soup and salad. The happy hour rose is also delicious. I love coming here after work because the happy hour is from 2-8pm. It's simple and delicious. Great place for friends, a date or a quick meet up. The music gets loud so it's not exactly intimate.

I feel so lucky to have found this bar! The food is great and so is the staff. They always make me feel so welcome and are so attentive to their customers. Mia, in particular, is an absolute gem!

Mmm, why have I never been here before? They have happy hour from 4pm-8pm! The cocktails are good and stiff. We tried a hot toddy, Spanish coffee and Mood Violet. For food, we got the bourbon barbecue wings, crab cakes, and green beans and prosciutto wrapped dates, all $5-6. We loved the wings and the green beans were pretty great! The crab cakes were good but I wasn't a fan of the sauce underneath. Definitely would come back for the green beans, wings, and cocktails though, and I like the music! No wonder this place has been on Hawthorne all these years.

This place is often crowded and you seat yourself, so if you have a big crowd, make sure to get there early. My cousin suggested this place when we first arrived in town, but it was super crowded with no seating, so we ended up heading over to Belmont. We tried again a few days later, and were able to get seats for three of us. Mi prima got the special which was fries with flank steak and blue cheese sauce; the bf got jalapeno hot wings, and I tried Clams with chorizo and chick peas. We shared everything (which is why I love going to eat with them!). The blue cheese sauce was pretty heavy and overpowered the fries, but the steak was really tasty. The wings weren't especially spicy but they were crispy and still yummy. The clams were pretty bland, even with the broth. I was a bit disappointed with them and no one else was impressed either. In fact, I ended up eating most of them, since I ordered it. We left a bone-yard of chicken wings, so I would definitely get those again.

My first time coming to Gold Dust wasn't great because the live music was painfully loud and we left shortly after it started. I avoided it for years until I recently returned on a date. We sat on the patio and I ordered the smoky tequila cocktail and it was absolutely delicious! The patio is hidden from the street so it feels cozy and private. But heads up - it closes at 10!

One of my very favorite bars in Portland. The drinks and food are excellent, but the ambience is just sensational. A perfect dark 70's date bar without being divey in the slightest. If you've moved to Portland after the Portlandia boom, here's a spot where the old magic lives on.

The waitress was pretty rude to us when we went in. A few of us went in there to have drinks, but one of my friends didn't want a drink & only wanted water. The waitress was extremely rude to her and told her she couldn't "loiter" and she had 2 minutes to figure out what she wanted. She was not loitering, she came in with 3 other paying customers & simply just wanted to drink water. I could understand if it was busy, but there was literally no one else in the place. She ended up letting her stay but it was pretty weird to us the rest of the time & only acknowledged the people with the drinks. Judging by the other reviews we weren't the only people with this experience. Drinks were good & cute overall though.