Irena S.
Yelp
Came here on a Saturday night after doing some buzzed golfing at Glowing Greens with some friends, which is walking distance away. We wanted to keep drinking so we googled the closest bar and it was Momo.
Walked in, it's a divey but chill bar (there's a patio, some booths/ tables to sit at, an extra room with some arcade games, a pool table some fratty guys were playing at), overall, very chill. Granted it was Memorial Day Weekend so maybe all of downtown was emptier than usual - but there was literally only like 30 people here, and 10 of them were this big group of Asians all here for the same birthday party haha.
I like the emptiness to some extent though because it's easy to get drinks - I would recommend getting beer or shots here, because the mixed drinks are just okay (makes sense, I don't think the bartenders are like mixologists or whatever...) The service was okay, the bouncer at the front checking IDs gave us weird semi-creepy vibes.
The 1-2 bathrooms they have were kinda dirty, but I guess it's a divey bar so that's to be expected. They had chill 90s music playing, which was fun, and it was a good place for me and my girl friends to just chill (I've used the word chill like 10 times already in this review, are you getting the vibe?) Sitting around having a beer, and the beers weren't too expensive either ($6-7)
The crowd looked like early-late twenties, all the strangers I got into conversation with were super nice and had great recommendations for Portland nightlife.
The sign out front is super subtle (if you're not looking carefully or haven't been her before, it's super easy to miss, especially if it's not poppin' inside). Overall, I wouldn't intentionally seek out a night to be like "LET'S FREAKING GO TO MOMO," but if it was close to where I happened to be and I wanted a drink, I wouldn't mind coming here again.