Tom's Bar

Nice neighborhood bar with great service. Everyone was nice and welcoming. This is the opposite of unpretentious and exactly what you need in your visit to Portland. Portland has too much pretentiousness and this is a no BS place that balances it out.

I've been coming here to Tom's for over 30 years, but since they've hired the new waitress it has taken a hit in integrity. The last few times I've come here i have been over charged for my meal by a minimum of $3-5 dollars. When i ask why i have been criticized and met with a condensending attitude. Despite pointing out that the menu price says something entirely different. This will probably be my last time eating at Tom's. There's a lot of other places I can go to get a better omelette or pancakes for the actual price that the menu reflects.

Like an adult arcade. Bar essentials such as pool and lotto machines, but they have Skee Ball! And an adult vending machine with naughty items, Britney Spears Tarot cards, and even mini witchcraft kits. Super fun atmosphere.

Went to meet a friend to watch a blazer game. Terrible spot to watch a game. Food was bad even for bad diner food and way overpriced. Server was on point but super rude. Im from the east coast, so im fine with some attitude, but she was just really negative. Vibe is divey and reminds me of old Portland, but I just wouldnt come back here. Theres 20-30 spots you could walk to from there that are way better and the same price.

You want a bar that keeps you safe, comfortable l, and is fun? This is it. Dylan, Izzie, and Alice literally have made this a place where I feel safe in every way. Thank you for really taking care of your customers like family would. They make it the best bar in PDX.

Do you like diarrhea? I'm okay with some divey bars, and I don't necessarily expect bar food to be more than tater tots or fries , but I at least want friendly service and would like to know that I'm not going to end up living on the toilet after eating somewhere. Our service was super rude, and while the food was passable taste wise, I tend to prefer to not be given the runs after eating out. Lot of other places nearby where you can get a burger and drinks with much better service, attitude, and know that what you eat isn't going to food poison you.

I have been coming to this establishment for almost 10 years. It's a mainstay of the neighborhood, as are many of the familiar faces behind the bar, in the kitchen, and serving the food. Their happy hour from 3:00 to 6:00 weekdays is the best deal in the town for drinks and yummy grub like their french dip, wings, and Greek spaghetti. It's one of the very few places in town with multiple pool tables, so you rarely have to wait - newly felted to boot. There's pinball, skeetball, a photo booth, slots, plenty of TVs, karaoke nite, trivia night, jello shots, and an adult vending machine - what more could you ask for? Where else can you win $350 and leave with a 1993 Playboy? Conversely, if you want to quietly hide in a dark corner and sip your drink, you can do that too without being questioned or bothered. As a female patron, I feel safe coming here alone knowing any malfeasance aimed at me will be dealt with swiftly and professionally. Tom's is a sporty-spice dive bar with solid diner fare and kick-ass staff.

This place is a classic. I have been coming here for years and never disappoints. Cheap, great food. Below is the Tom’s gyro, and for a $1.90 you can add a bowl of soup, I had the clam chowder. Or any any side, for same price. This is a generous portioned gyro for less than $10. Why not five stars? Well, the place is not perfect, is great, but not perfect. Why not perfect ? Because nobody es perfect. Thanks for reading me.

I went here the other night and it was fun but my boyfriend wouldn't give me a camo Tom's hat. Should I call the police????

I came here after landing in oregon it was open late and close to my Airbnb. The ambiance was chill and welcoming. I was hungry so I asked the bartender for a recommendation he said the breakfast but it was late and I wanted more of dinner food so I went with the burger. It was 5/10 it was a frozen and tasteless patty They got have a good variety of drinks, spirits and drafts. They have arcade games and pool tables

Everything about this place was great. Vibes, the servers and bartenders, and the food. I had never been here before and all of the staff made me feel so welcome. One of the best experiences I've had dining out in a long time. Thanks Tom's!!!

I've been coming here this season to watch college football, Oregon home teams specifically. I thought U of O vs Cal would be on their biggest screen and we made that request, but no, they stuck with Penn State versus Maryland. I couldn't see anyone watching it... anyway we left to find a bar that prioritizes Oregon. I like this place anyway.

If they are open than they are awesome but often they are closed and thus worthless. The bartenders are sketchy.

what a cool place off 39th! Ample parking l, cheap drinks, super friendly bar staff with lots of pool tables,video lottery, and tables for large groups! definitely will be back!

Go see Abby she is the best server! Really knows her stuff and makes the best Arnold Palmer! She's is fabulous!

The Best Service, Food and Ambiance. Greek Spaghetti was to Kill for...they also have THE BEST LIVER & ONIONS in Portland...Miguel is a great cook and Dillan was very attentive to my order request...friendly and Home Like Environment...3 pool tables and even 2 vintage Skee Ball Machines & 3 Pin Ball machines...enough Said!...just do it!

There are some trippy reviews on here. I was trying to remember the name of this place, I used to go here when my mom was in a memory care facility down the street. I thought I left a review but guess not. I liked this place. Being used to $ 10 beers where I live it was great get a killer local beer for $ 4. And the place is chill and unpretentious like other people said. I would come here again.

This would be a 5 because I love the Friday night bartender and cheap drinks but I witnessed Sally tell a paying customer to leave the premises because the paying customer she "knew" as a regular made a second hand complaint that someone was being too loud. First of all, she's been inside the ENTIRE TIME so how can she say really say that this guy was loud. We are sitting outside for crying out loud and have you tried conversating when the bus stops in front of the restaurant? It's near impossible to hear the other person without raising your voice. I thought Sally, if that is even her real name, would at least give this guy the benefit of the doubt. Just because this guy doesn't regularly show up on YOUR shift doesn't mean he's not a regular. I've seen him on Friday nights and there's never been an issue. If your reason to kick someone, a paying customer, out of the bar you work at is that another paying customer (that is a regular on your shift) complained about voice volume then you better check yourself. I mean W T F. I guarantee you that had that man been a woman, voice volume would not have been an issue. The drinks are cheap and good. The food is okay. Nothing to write home about and they serve breakfast all day. I love that. Skip Tuesdays and Sally altogether but give love to the Friday night bartenders. They are dope guys. And this place has skeeball but the left one is a little janky.

Seriously what's not to like about this neighborhood bar. Staff treats you like your family and a regular. A great drink was had by all. Conversation was welcomed and the atmosphere was fun. Next time I try food!

Tom's Bar is the perfect place to relax, shoot some pool, have a drink and listen to music. While it's a bit shabby in appearance, the atmosphere and employees make you feel right at home. Aside from the bathrooms needing some TLC, our experience here was nothing short of amazing.

Tom's is where my husband likes to go to have a beer with friends and watch basketball, so when decided he wanted to have his 40th birthday party there, I was skeptical that the non-sports people among us would enjoy it. I was so wrong! Not only were the staff super welcoming and accommodating about us bringing in a large group, the Saturday night atmosphere was super fun and relaxed. We were neither the oldest nor the youngest people, the drinks were plentiful and very reasonably priced, and the karaoke was exactly what I like - a lot of people who just wanted to get up and sing because they love it. I'm very, very happy to have had such a great experience at Tom's Bar!

Called to ask about updated hours and a woman by the name of "Sally" was incredibly rude and disrespectful, she gave me attitude when I asked about the pool tables and hung up on me, when I called back to ask for her name she read my caller ID name and said "yeah bye _____ or whatever your name is whatever see you later" and hung up. Would NEVER step foot into such a place.

They play music but its never K-pop When I'm here they say I'm family but I've been here for three day and I still don't have a dad. All the water is tap water You have to wear pants They don't have a rollercoaster tracks inside None of the bathrooms have a bidet When the heater turns on it gets hot.

Can you say perfect Manhattan in a cozy, Cody effecting be dive bar, first of all Yes! The vibe the attitude and the drinks from the staff, but the Manhattan!

Loved the guy that works there. He had a weird name. Very knowledgeable. Will definitely be back for dinner and drinks. But not when Amber is there. She gets 1 star as a bartender. Cherry syrup on the bottom and the alcohol on top, really? My crown royal and cherry coke tasted awful. I would've asked for a refund but I didn't have the time to wait. I paid for something I didn't drink. If I see her again, I'm walking back out the door.

A great local spot that is located in a very centralized are of SE Portland. The bartenders here are second to none. Good vibes and good people all the way around. Many T.V's for the sports needs, ski ball, pool, and video poker. This is all around a good place.

Tom's is a great local spot that avoids the pretentious hipster vibes of many Portland places. The bartenders are fantastic professionally and personally. Very welcoming vibe and asshattery is not tolerated. Tons of TVs if sportsball is your thing.

This is one of the best dive bars in Portland, the perfect place for both locals and tourists to enjoy. This short buff bartender Dylan is the absolute best. If you need a laugh, cry or great drink... he's your man.

This place is not worth going to. Take your business elsewhere. Plenty of other better priced bars.

Despite my 5 star rating, I have to preface this review by saying I had the most embarrassing night of my life at Tom's, though that was through no fault of the establishment or staff. It was purely due to my own gullibility and a few mean friends. I had agreed to meet a few of my buddies at Tom's the other night, and as usual, I was the first one there. Quick backstory - my friends and I have a running competition on who has the biggest you-know-what, and they had told me that Tom's had a nightly "game" where who ever has the biggest you-know-what, gets to drink for free for the night. Based on previous rounds of our own "game", I knew that my friend Darius was packing a hog, so I decided to try my luck before the rest of my group arrived, and take advantage of my Italian genes. I coyly asked the bartenders about this competition and I was met with a stunned look of confusion, hastely followed by laughter. At first I didn't know why they were laughing, and so with laughter being infectious and all... I started laughing too. Once the bartenders and I collected ourselves they asked what I wanted. I asked them about how the judging works, like, if someone measured all the guys attempting the competition and had something similar to a score board. That's when the tone took a turn, and the male bartender told me to drop it, and that I was making his female co-worker uncomfortable. Being my naive self, I at first thought that my friends mixed up the bar where this free drinks thing was going down. I explained myself to the bartender and insisted that I meant absolutely no offense. Once I filled him in on what my friends told me, he said that my buds were clearly pulling a prank on me. Then it started to make sense. I apologized and went red in the face, but the bartender was understanding and felt bad for me. I ordered a tequila and Coke and when I went to pay for it I realized I didn't have any cash on me. The worst feeling ever. And he had already made my drink. I told him that I left my card at home but since I only live a few blocks away I said I'd run back and grab it and tip him a hefty sum because of everything that happened. On my walk home though, I received an Instagram notification on my phone because I was tagged in a post. It was Darius, and he had posted a photo of himself and my other friends at Por Que No, enjoying tacos, margaritas, and smiling. I felt pretty bad after that, and decided to just stay at home once I got back. I felt awful considering the generous bartender at Tom's had already poured my drink, but I was just feeling pretty sad. On the plus side though, I saw a dog when I was walking home.

Everything u need for a late night good time!! Karaoke, room to dance, pool tables. Smaller beer selection, not super strong drinks, but friendly staff, and cool atmosphere!!

Decent food for a bar, in fact, better than average. And the drink pours were good. The place was clean and felt open, and the jukebox was fun!

This is where the real people go in Portland. It's not pretentious, there are lots of fun things to do and the food is not weird. The people who work there are nice but not the phoney looking for a bigger tip nice like you see at chain restaurants. The other customers were nice also, acted like neighbors. It's not fancy , the booths show signs of wear , many people have sat there. You do see the waitress running around cleaning all the time so the place is kept clean and safe to eat there. The bar side looks like lots of fun, video poker, sports on TV, pool tables, karaoke, even Skee ball, you never see that anymore , how fun !

My neighborhood bar, great happy hour drink, bartenders are friendly, it's also got ski ball!! A nice place for a group of friends! Also karaoke on Saturday nights!

Tom's Bar kicked some guy out for being too loud or something... He was outside and someone didn't like that he had a loud voice. Then went in and complained. Then this lady comes out and kicks him out with no warning. Myself and like 50 other people watched it on a live stream. Pretty ridiculous.

If you are looking for delicately spritzed cocktails, exaggerated mustaches, and folks scooting in on their penny-farthing bicycle to work on a manuscript from a portable typewriter, Toms is NOT your place. Toms is a neighborhood joint and Portland staple where all are welcome and "cool" is not a requirement. It is a great place to grab a cheap beer, shoot some pool and meet some new friends. Amber and the bar staff are on top of their game and you won't wait long to be served. Stop by Toms but leave your pretentions at the door.

Friendly and competent staff. Food is consistently well prepared and tasty. Soups are all wonderful. Great place to catch a Blazer's game or other televised sports events.

Creepy/scary karaoke host. Smug, rude and drunk bartender(s). This is kind of a mixed review because myself and a large group of friends used to come here all the time. In retrospect there was NOTHING special about the bar and no real reason we kept returning other than out of habit. The karaoke host was creepy as hell. Literally never smiled once and always looked like he was on the verge of going postal and would get so mad that he would scream at people at the top of his lungs. Super weird and even a little frightening for some of us. There is one bartender inparticular there that is super smug and always rude. He tries to act like he's our friend but at the same time is a sarcastic jerk. I chose that place to have my birthday last year and at the end of night was very disrespected after bringing in hundreds of dollars in one night. I could have celebrated my birthday anywhere. Our last hoorah there was New Years Eve (again, could have gone ANYWHERE else) and the bartender was drunk. Not just a little drunk, faded. Very drunk. On top of that SHE was very rude and wrote on my I.D. permanently which I still get crap for every time I use my I.D. Her whole attitude was as if she was mad she had to work New Years Eve and said "screw this place." I just recently had my birthday where again my group of friends spent hundreds of dollars and tipped extremely well at obviously a different bar which just reminded I needed to do this yelp. Lol. That, and the daily reminder I have when I look at my defaced I.D. I bet the issue could be rectified but not without some sort of customer service beforehand.

Service, excellent! Sarah is a pro! Food is crap. Over salted and over Americanized. Patty melt had AM cheese, wtf! Pita bread very stale. Sarah was awesome but I will not return.

Tasty food, drinks, nice relaxed atmosphere. The tv could be turned down though - listening to ads isn't fun

This is the worst bar I have been to in 18 years of living in Portland. The bartender was aggressive and didn't even pay attention to guests besides the ones she had personal conversations with which I'm guessing are regulars or people she was trying to seduce a tip out of. She didn't even check IDs or notice a thing. I asked for help to cash out and was told to wait until her personal conversation finished and the came the aggressive behavior her yelling and causing a scene screaming to leave, she then told my husband he should find better friends not knowing we are married. Sad disgrace of a bartended and worst service and all on a Monday night. Where is OLCC she needs a reality check.

Sort of over-priced for crap drinks... the tab was $32.00 for two coors lights and two vodka sodas. You go somewhere like Tom's Bar for cheap drinks and it makes having to smell piss and gross Portland kid smells a little more bearable... apparently you pay $32.00 for such odors at this place haha

Friendly and affordable local dive. My favorite place to watch Blazers/Seahawk games and play skeeball! It's nice to have a place like this in town when everything else seems to be so expensive.

I love toms. I've lived in the Hawthorne district for 20 years. Toms is a large oasis amidst all of the progress flooding our beautiful, cozy inner se neighborhoods. At the corner of se division and se cesar chavez blvd, toms has its own large parking lot. And is big enough to facilitate bringing together neighbors from several different neighborhoods. If you like cozy but not suffocating, cheap drinks, cheap beer, cheap but good diner food, and good service, you will like this giant dive bar.

One of my favorite places in Pdx, hasn't change a bit and never should. This place is perfect to burn the stress from your day. Thank you amber for being such amazing bartender Thank you!!!!

This place is my favorite freddy is the best, he turned me on to cocktales that beat what i was drinking, ten fold. He always has somthing exciting to say, makes the best fried food aka the mac wedges. i couldn't ask for a better bar if i tried. weekends are the best

Long time patron, first time reviewer. Great place to go late night for a drink and a game of pool. One of the few places with skee ball available, new additions include pinball machines.

When I first started going here, me and my friends used to come for the breakfast. Then I tried lunch, dinner etc... always good food. Great American fare with some Greek favorites too. Portions are great and prices too. Later I decided to hang out at the bar next door. I've met a lot of good locals from the nearby neighborhoods and for the most part everyone really gets along. With a lot of local favorite places disappearing it's good to see that Tom's is still there keeping Portland real. Gyros on the happy hour menu, need I say more?