this place is a solid three, maybe four stars & only because they have the best draft list of any dives in Portland(so I'm giving it four stars) Service is kind, although nothing spectacular but it's a dive, you don't come for the service. They have a big projecter they play the games on which is great. Food is meh, definitely not going out of my way to eat here, but the nachos are good and a huge portion. Overall a fine place if you're looking for a place to drink & watch a game/play some pool or something of that sort. read more

Be careful at this place. The bartenders are extremely dishonest people and will add extra charges to your bill later on in the night without you knowing. Wouldn't be surprised if management was in on it, as they never did anything to address the issue. There are so many better bars in the area. Don't even give this place the time of day read more

It is a cool place that has both backyard patio and seating in front outside seating options. The interior is spacious, and they have added some more games inside since I last came here. The burger here is ok, but their spirits selection is excellent. The bartender is also super nice and helpful. read more

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Walked in and had to turn around and walk out. It smelled like mold mixed with sewage. It was bad and so offputting. Not sure what was going on but didn't want to stick around and have any food or drinks. No thank you! read more

Nice little dive bar with friendly staff and owner. The bourbon and whiskey selection is out of this world.

Perfect neighborhood dive bar! There's giant jenga, giant connect 4, skee ball and pool! Drinks were poured well, lots of options, bartender was awesome, and there was lots of seating options depending on the size of your party. Tables out front painted rainbow you can have your smoke and your drink out there. Went here for a drag show and was really impressed with how quick the bartender Kyle was with the line, and was still friendly and knowledgeable all while slinging out cocktails and beers for everyone. I will definitely come back! read more

I haven't been to the Triple Nicke in years. Stopped by on a Sunday early afternoon. The bar is typical dive bar, dark and a little grimy. The service was excellent and friendly. The Cowboygirl burger came out within 10 minutes hot and steamy. The house made burger patty was topped with homemade Jim beam baked beans and fresh onions. No cheese it was delicious and didn't need it. Great experience we will be back. read more

Amazing atmosphere and service- a gem. So happy to have discovered this place - even in my glory days

I thought that this place was frequented and supported by respectful patrons. My fiancé and I went here on Friday night to have their burger for burger week and we wanted to show our friends our local neighborhood bar. The people that were there came off rude AF, and tried to shame us based on our sexuality--- think of frat boys from the boonies coming to a city and not experiencing different ethnicities and sexual differences. read more

I LOVE this place! I assure you ahh reviews saying they had something wrong with any staff members here where jerks first and the staff just didn't bend to their will. Sadly, too many people in Portland (or the world maybe) think they can be rude to staff and just get away with it. But here is no bullsh*t. However if you're just a normal person they are all SO SWEET. They are kind and funny and very good at their jobs. Even the owner is funny and kind! If you're looking for a safe space that's fun, this is it. It's considered a "dive" but it's not. Very clean, very bitch huge patio, lots of drinking options, games, no lottery, karaoke, shows, the works! One of the best spots in Portland. read more

Love this place!! Excellent, fresh, creative food. Salads, burgers, chili. Yummy food that pairs well with menu selections. read more

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Great beer selection BUT... I asked twice if the pints were 16 oz. The beer menu on the flat screens says 16 oz. so I ordered a Barley Brown and it went fast. Next beer was a 16 oz. tall boy and low and behold, filled to the brim the Van was still 1/4 full. The owner was at the bar when I cashed out and I asked him if they were 16 oz. pints and HE said they were. I informed him that they were 13.5 oz. and they needed to change their beer menu boards if they were going to serve Cheater pints. read more

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I've lived by this bar for a few months now but never stopped in. Finally walked in to try it last night (on a Wednesday) after a show with my girlfriends. We just wanted tots/ fries after a night out, and when the bartender asked us for our ID's, we of course obliged. One of my friends forgot her ID, which of course is not the bartenders fault, but he was SO awful and rude about it. He has ZERO rizz and zero people skills. Very incel vibes. I have absolutely no incentive to ever come back come to this place again-- especially since WAY better dives are down the street! read more

----- Burger Week 2017 Review ----- 5th burger of the week: "Dry" This was severely disappointing. From the pictures from the Burger week site, I was really looking forward to this mac n cheese burger, but in reality it ended up being very dry, both the burger, the mac, and the bun (which was all that was on the burger). There was nothing but carbs, cheese, and meat on this; normally that probably wouldn't have been an issue, but the burger was overcooked, the mac n cheese was dry, and with the bun it was just very poor quality. Hopefully this is not representative of their normal quality, or other items. read more

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Definitely a locals pub. Came here on a Saturday night, and it was popping. Super crowded. My friends and I came here to play pool, since they have many pool tables. Beer selection is decent. It's not a super clean place and has a divey feel. read more

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Love the chill vibe. Staff is eager to please and the food is tasty! Get the fried pickles, quesadilla, and Mac n cheese! Well curated drink menu on screens. Perfect for gathering friends and having a great day. Huge TV! read more

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Specific a burger week 18 review, and it was very good! The great peanut butter slaw on a burger kept it sweet with the salty and being it was slaw and not just a blob of peanut butter, it was thinner and not chewy. You got the flavor without your mouth getting stuck together. A very good beer selection, wide variety, and drinks for any taste. As well as a bottle selection for even more options. read more

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Great spot to choose from a variety of spirits and lots of beers taps. Great food ! I love the chicken quesadilla and burgers. The homemade salsa served with the quesadilla is great ! Lots of entertainment. Pool tables & ski ball to pass the time. The outdoor patio is nice to get some fresh air as well. read more

The Mediterranean plate was amazing. The food here is actually pretty great you have to try it. Great staff, great place , great time, thank you read more

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Awesome bar. The current owner, who took over about 10 years ago, has really improved what was a solid dive bar into a really nice place with a fantastic tap list and great selection of spirits. Back patio is particularly charming. read more

Great spot for playing pool or darts. They have three pool tables and they are all well maintained. The darts have been moved from the back wall to a side wall, and there are only two boards now. These are real boards with metal tipped darts. They do have an old plastic tip machine near the back patio as well, if that's you're thing. The beer selection here is top notch! They have a ton of taps to choose from and I am always able to find a few things I really like. They've got a decent bottled selection as well if you prefer. Food here had never disappointed me, but to be fair I've usually had 3 or 4 beers by the time I order it. I agree a burger here for burger week while not drinking however and it was amazing and juicy. They also have a bunch of events going on. Dancing, trivia, themed nights, and parties help it to never feel like the same experience twice. I've been coming to this place for years and I don't see myself doing any time soon. Hopefully I'll see you there! read more

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Wow! The sweet and spicy mac is to die for! It leans on the very-spicy side, and my lips were on fire, but it was deeeee-lish!! If you can handle Sriracha sauce or Taco Bell fire sauce, it's all good. The spicy tots aren't quite as firey, but uber tasty as well. This is clearly a local dive bar - one every neighborhood needs. The kind where the wait staff doesn't have Hipster "You can wait" attitudes. I was here for a friend's surprise birthday party and the location was chosen because its her favorite hangout. The food, drinks and service is what kept me there. They have pool tables for the person who can't sit still, as well as pinball machines. The loud crashing noises comes from the gigantic Jenga pieces and players not "Winning". I'm not a bar fly but would definitely go back for the food. read more

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First time here and loved it! Had 4 pool tables, 2 dart boards, huge Janga, pinball machines, photo booth and a DJ. The drink prices were normal. Looks like they do have specials, and they do a lot of fun specials too like trivia, sexy bingo, and other stuff! I love when places make it fun and spice it up, makes people want to come back. My favorite was the photo booth, they were old time photos black and white printed out in couple minutes and it was great. You'll have to see for yourself. The pool tables were in good condition, with pretty good space in between the other tables. Customer service was great, workers going through grabbing empty glasses constantly and wiping down tables. Always nice to see a bar that's being kept clean! DJ was good, music was fun and overall a good atmosphere:) highly recommend checking it out! read more

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Disgusted by the bartenders behavior and the way he spoke to me. I did not expect to be publicly humiliated by him yelling and laughing at me for simply not realizing i forgot my ID at home until he asked to see it. I turned around and walked out so fast with nothing to say but F*** HIM AND THE ESTABLISHMENT THAT KEEPS HIM EMPLOYED. read more

This is a great pub. My fav. Food is deelish. However today i was tood by the bartender its only me and im only making this small menu. Which means they knew an advance it was gonna be her they didn't just have a call out and that put a damper on the food that we were all going to order also what kind of managers don't come in and work for their people to ensure a great night very disappointed in this visit so I'll take me in the six people that were with me down the road somewhere else maybe you guys can fix that because he does not come to this bar anymore it's awesome TVs music games I love it and the food was always a clincher read more

I'll start by saying I've always enjoyed the manager and bartender's service and the fried food and drinks are great. The atmosphere​ is a bit dingy but the bar and patio area are decent spots. I have always been able to catch the blazers here. And one whole star just for the tachos, I love them. Issue 1: I am a neighbor of the bar and am regularly woken up by patrons screaming profanities on the side street in the middle of the night. Can't really blame a bar too much for that, it's just annoying and a reminder to the 2 AM screamers: this is a neighborhood bar ya'll. Issue 2: I accidentally walked into a private party once and was confronted by the owner who was convinced I was crashing the party and would not hear otherwise. I left right away, but seriously, don't leave a door open without a note if you don't want people coming inside. That encounter was a real downer. Know that if you go here you're giving your business to a pretty stuck up dude. read more

First time trying this place, got there before 10pm looking for a bite. Ordered fries, wings and mac n cheese... no one ordered food before us yet it took over 30 minutes for the wings & mac... the fries took even longer. Wow. Also, when tipping the bartender was met with a grab of the cash with no thank you. If it had been busy, we would have been understood but not the case. The fries were awesome so there is there 2 stars. read more

How many colors is the Triple Nickel? It's like asking how many jelly beans are in the jar. The easy answer would be two, two awful shades of blue. However, the triple nickel has a rainbow of other colors. The black from the mildew, green from the moss, various shades of cover up paint. The same guessing game can be played with the carpet once you get inside. Going to the Triple Nickel is sort of a conundrum. If your too sober, the scene here is all to sobering. On the other side of the coin, if you're too drunk this place begs the question " Holy shit, this is not my beautiful life..how did did I get here? ". I'm not sure what the proper amount of drinks is to feel comfortable, or if that even exists. Some redeeming qualities are free pool on Sundays, Giant Janga, and Pinball. In short the Triple Nickel is a dive bar, among dive bars. read more

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Nickel! Nickel! Nickel! Many, many years ago I lived in the Hawthorne District. Some of my daily walks would take me by the Triple Nickel, always with a twinge of curiosity as I tried to peer into the open door on sunny days. I wondered, what kinds of scurrilous, scallywags were lurking inside? Thanks to the Barfly New Year's Eve party bus tour, my years of yearning for an answer to this nagging question were assuaged. As it turns out, I am the type of scandalous folk that occupies divey bars late at night and even at 7AM some mornings. Besides dandy, robust drinks, some of my fellow merrymakers amused themselves with a GIANT SIZED Jenga game. Really, it was huge. I know they have a Happy Hour but it is not posted online and I don't remember what I read. This pub is quite out of my domain and quite frankly, it is just another dive bar to me. Now that I have finally seen the beyond the doors that held such mystery for me years ago, I am no longer under its spell and thus it is doubtful I will be making a pilgrimage to the Triple Nickel: well, not unless Barfly or some kind Samaritan drives me there. I shall remember you fondly Nickel! Nickel! Nickel! 2014 - Review # 4 read more

Let me tell you a story about my phone. (Stay with me, I promise this is going somewhere. Or not, your call). Once upon a time, I woke up to find a new contact in my phone. The name? "Call When Drunk." The number? Does it even matter? Just call it. When drunk. Fun ensues! Either that or you get arrested. That's kind of what it's like at the Triple Nickel. A few years later, I woke up to find the Triple Nickel programmed into my phone. It bears repeating that, at the time (and for several years thereafter) I had never even BEEN to the Triple Nickel. I regularly got it mixed up with the Avalon, and thought for sure that it was some sort of nickel arcade I'd decided was important to program into my phone on a champagne-fueled whim late one Tuesday evening. Then, one day, at last, I found myself there. I had organized a bar crawl with a medium-sized group of ladyfriends. Not just ANY ladyfriends, mind you. LESBIAN ladyfriends. We hit up a handful of bars on Belmont, all of which were downright friendly toward us. All except the Trip Nick. Now, it wasn't the servers. All of them were plenty polite. They even sold us some jell-o shots. And who doesn't love a jello shot? No one, that's who. And there was giant Jenga! Ten points for creativity there. No, it was the clientele. As we walked in, we were heckled by a line-up of husky young men, who alternated between catcalls and homophobic epithets, as if trying to make up their minds between wanting to fuck us and wanting to fight us. And really, with enough whiskey, who says you have to choose? Unless you're us, and you just want to leave the house without being bombarded with filth and hate. But you know, whatever. We're intrepid, so we soldiered on. Inside the bar, we took up residence at a centrally located table and proceeded to receive sidelong, suspicious glances and downright stares from the many, many shady-looking male inhabitants lining the walls, and their tipsy female companions. We took turns looking across the table at one another, remarking about how ... odd ... the vibe was, and how we didn't really feel safe there. We had a few jello shots, and then skedaddled as fast as our dainty little footsies would carry us. The moral of the story? Drunk-dial the Triple Nickel at your own peril. Maybe when you're tipsy enough to think getting into a fistfight with a would-be frat boy sounds like a good time. Maybe you'll have fun. Maybe you'll get arrested. You don't really know - and isn't that half the fun of drinking? read more

I came here to play giant Jenga. The bar has an impressive selection of booze, (namely vodka, I'm always impressed with a varied vodka selection). Lackluster screwdriver came with a lime wedge, which was weird. I went back for Absolut Mandarin to wash out the taste of competing citrus. Pool costs .75 cents per game; there are four tables, and a lot of pool cues. Live DJ plays loud music accompanied by videos projected on a large screen. Will I return? - Yes, mostly for giant Jenga though. read more

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Meatball sub and a great selection of beer. It's a great way to start if you end up here. From the outside one would expect the Triple Nickel to be a dive bar. It's a wonder I never went in. I like a good dive bar, especially with good, cheap beer. From what I know, they have a great happy hour and it starts pretty early. Once you walk in, it's a different story. Large spacious place with pool tables and giant Jenga and a couple of slightly outdated pinball machines (CSI anyone? ) The two bartenders were super friendly and were decent on beer recommendations. They have a great selection of drafts (at least 30-40, but who's counting) They also have a good bottle selection. Great whiskeys and even moonshine drinks. We had a special menu with nachos, meatball subs, tacos and a few other menu items and the earlier mentioned meatball sub was my choice. I figured simple bar food and it wasn't going to be high expectations. I was wrong. The sub was smaller that I'd like (roughly the size of a small Subway sub) but DANG was it good. The meatballs, the mozzarella and the chunky tomato sauce!! That sauce had big chunks of tomato and lots of great herbs in it. There were three meatballs, average size but also packed with herbs and flavor. Really great and lots of stretchy, stretchy cheese to make you happy. I wanted another but couldn't bring myself to do it. I did not look at their regular menu, but if the meatball sub was the tip of the iceberg, then I'm sure there's more great options to be had. Enjoy. read more

The skin-on french fries are REALLY good. Lots of pub games. Video games, pinball, darts, billiards. Pretty standard simple bar food and drink. Something for everyone. Staff is really kind. Place is clean and welcoming. Event stage looks like it'd be awesome. Wasn't in use when we happened to be here. read more

Went in there with $6.60 on my bank acct until the next day (payday) and surprise the cider is $6 and surprise, there's a dollar surcharge on credit cards (which they didn't bother mentioning). Otherwise seemed like an ok spot, but surprise charges at a BAR in this day and age? No thanks. (bartender was nice enough to waive the service charge so I'll at least probably go back at some point) read more

We came here pretty early on a Saturday night, there were already some people shooting pool and playing darts. Bar service was very fast and they had tons of options (especially the craft beers). Drinks were very affordable and they do have the options to start tabs. We started off with playing giant jenga, then darts, and then ended with shooting pool. It's $0.75/game in quarters, not bad! We also tried the photobooth, but it took our $4.44 and never printed our photos...hopefully they fix the machine. The DJ arrived and they closed off the darts area for the dance floor...more people started coming in but by then we decided to leave. read more

Out for a Saturday night, invited to come listen to friends presenting music on open mic night. All went well.... opened a tab and had a couple of drinks. Around 7:15, a very obnoxious male, presumably the owner, came around and shouted at patrons, "if your not drinking, or eating food, get out". He did not ask us if we had had any drinks, nor did he present a menu for us to order food. The wait staff was polite, and asked if we wanted more to drink, but they as well did not offer us a menu nor did they suggest any special or "bar" favorite. read more

This bar seemed chill at first, however every time I've been here the second drink I order always comes with a lemon instead of a lime as it is supposed to have. Recently I ordered a mule and it came with a lemon, I tried to drink it but when I return to the bar to ask for some limes to put in my drink the bartender antagonized me and then came to my table and asked if I had enough limes in a snide tone, among the whole seating area, rather than asking if everything was good as they (sometimes) do. I also find that this bar is extremely unsanitary and very dangerous during Covid! Would not recommend and probably won't return. read more

OK, as a rule I write my own Yelp reviews. However, because he's already perfectly summed up my feelings, I'd like to invite a guest star to help collaborate on my review of Triple Nickel Pub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxRX6LXDpWs That about sums it up, folks. I walked in on a Saturday night, and the place was full of early 20s getting hammered on shots while dancing to a DJ playing Outkast tracks that were tired even back when I was in college. I didn't think places like this existed in Portland, but I guess no city is safe from dudebros and the girls that love them. I left quickly. I'll never be back. read more

Does anyone ever really stop being a smoker? Is it like they teach you in AA (I wouldn't know for sure, since I decided the meetings were interfering with my happy hour schedule), that you never really stop being an alcoholic but can learn to curb your alcoholic tendencies over time? Because at this point, even though I don't really crave the product, the atmosphere still pops up and makes me miss being able to smoke a cigarette. I find a Jack and Coke in my hand and want a cigarette. I spend a ton of money on lottery tickets and want a cigarette. I dump a body in the river and want a cigarette. More typically, I want to throw some darts (at a dartboard rather than random people on the street) in an unassuming place and that old Smokey the Bear spectre comes looming. The logical place to do this, back in days of indoor smoking and secondhand pack-a-day habits, was Triple Nickel. It's still the place for darts, as evidenced by the walls adorned with tournament plaques and riddled with tiny holes. Tiny men in thick beards unearth their own sets from cases they carry around, hopefully in their facial hair. The bar also shows Jeopardy! on one of the TV screens. Surely I can't be the only one who thinks Alec Trebek is getting slightly more demented as the years roll on. But that brings me to another identity crisis: Does the Triple Nickel cease to be the Triple Nickel of before, now that all the smokers have been ousted to the cold and dark world outside? Can a dive bar still be the dive bar it's always been when one of the seediest qualities about it has been taken away? Will I ever be able to hit that damn bulls-eye? What are: Questions you ask yourself when you should be straightening your aim and drinking your whiskey? read more

This place definitely stands out in Portland. It's a place you would find in a small college town or the suburbs of Southern California or New Jersey. Considering there are far better and less douchey bars in Portland, I will pass on this place in the future. But wait, you retort, "They have giant Jenga!". Yawn. "They have a great dance floor and music videos!" If you like overplayed hits from yesteryear like "Thrift Shop" and "Blurred Lines" then perhaps it's great. "They have pool tables!" Yes they do indeed. But only if you like bumping into drunk, overly tanned women and their frat boy toys. Their beer selection was pretty decent admittedly but everything about this place sucks. I imagine this place was once cool, but I was let down during my last visit. In a town like Portland with countless great bars, it would be pointless to visit this place. read more