Hale Pele
Bar · Grant Park-Hollywood
2733 NE Broadway, Portland, OR 97232
Highlights
Immersive tiki bar with flaming drinks & tropical sounds
Immersive tiki bar with flaming drinks & tropical sounds
"Hale Pele has received national attention as one of the best tiki bars in the country, from the overwrought decor to its takes on all of the tiki essentials, like mai tais, hurricanes, and zombies. One thing that can’t be found at Hale Pele are the artificial-tasting, overly juiced tiki drinks of the ’90s and early 2000s — here, everything is made with high-end rums, syrups, and juices. And outside of Huber’s, with its flaming Spanish coffees, Hale Pele sports the most pyrotechnics in town, with all kinds of flaming garnishes." - Rebecca Roland
"This tiki bar pays tributes to others around the country with drinks like a mai tai from Oakland’s Trader Vic’s, and a Singapore sling from the Raffles Hotel in Singapore. Like all great tiki bars, there is a blended drink on the menu. The hurricane at Hala Pele is adapted from a 1944 recipe from Pat O’Briens in New Orleans. Its classic to its core with rum, fresh lemon juice, and passion fruit syrup blended with ice." - Rebecca Roland
"This nationally renowned tiki bar concocts an intoxicating fantasy, complete with sound effects, party-sized drinkable volcanoes, a “Chieftain’s Hut,” and plenty of fire. The drinks themselves are more than smoke and mirrors: Hale Pele’s bartenders are rum experts and can guide you through both the flashy drinks and some delicious simpler ones. The lines can get long here, but folks can reserve the Chieftain’s Hut ahead of time." - Nathan Williams
"Bartender and business owner Blair Reynolds has been known for a number of things in the Portland area — his famously successful bar Hale Pele." - Alex Frane
"Tiki bars are hard to beat for festive nights, and Hale Pele, with its flaming volcano bowl and island-themed decor, is likely the city’s best. Parties of 12 or fewer can reserve the chieftain’s hut, a cozy little nook for lively toasts." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
