Yamhill Pub

Great dive bar. …friendly staff and good prices! Bartender Ben kicks ass! We stopped in before Countryfest and were very pleased! Definitely a place to check out when in downtown.

Pretty much an institution here. What more could you ask for in a dive bar? Graffiti everywhere and some cold beer.

Making your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got…
Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot…
Wouldn’t you like to get away!!!
You want to go…
Where everybody knows your name,
and they’re always glad you came.
You wanna be where you can see,
our troubles are all the same
You wanna be where everybody knows
Your name
You wanna go where people know,
people are all the same,
You wanna go where everybody knows
your name!!!

I tried this bar a few years back and I had a horrible time. The bartender is a super dick that ignored me and my friends for half an hour. The place smelt like shit and piss and the people there looked worse than homeless. But I’m all for 2^nd chances so I went back last week and guess what, it still is terrible. The fatass bartender mean muged me and my friend when we came in, so I flipped him the bird and left.

Best dive bar ever! If you’re a dumbass you get thrown out, don’t be stupid. Bartenders will ID if you if you look 20.

This is the worst bar me and my friends have ever been to. The bartender was extremely rude, literally screamed at us to show our id’s and then as we were leaving, the bartender chased us out with a bat, pretending it was a gun and pretending to shoot us. This all happened because the bartenders friend was trying to hit on my friend and she wasn’t really wanting to talk to him and he called her a bitch and then the bartender proceeded to pretend to shoot us when we were already out the door. We called the police and filed a report and we definitely recommend never stepping foot in this place!

Best dive downtown. Don’t ruin it. Bartenders are nice no nonsense guys. Treat them with respect they do the same. Treat them like sh! t they do the same. Always stop by when I have time. Floor show is free, a lot of characters stop by so be ready for anything.

Bad experience, won’t be going back.

This place is exactly the gutter I wanted to fall into. No frills, cheap drinks, friendly and attentive bar staff. Loved this place so much I went back both nights I was in town. I you want a drink menu or something in a martini glass go someplace else but if you’re like me and you want warm whiskey in a glass served next to a pint for under 10 bucks this is the spot.

Holey moley. I’ve been to a lot of dive bars in my time and let me say that this sure is the divey-​est.
The have cheap drinks and a place to sit down.

It’s just where I always end up. After work or at the end of a crazy night, I just always end up here. Damnit.

Awesome dive bar with great prices and nice bartender. Slide in, get a vodka monster drop shot and play some pinball.

The wall art has been changing since I starting coming here 13 years ago. It is fun to watch the crowd come in and also the people walk by outside not sure if they trust themselves to come inside. It is no secret that this is a dive bar, but I think it is one of the best ones still left in Portland. Cheap cold beer and nice shots of spirits will keep me coming back year over year!

My favorite dive bar in the city. It’s usually packed weekend evenings, I prefer the atmosphere it carries on the weekdays.
It has an atmosphere that can go from quiet and relaxed to crazy and off the hook in mere minutes, no matter what time of day or night you’re there. Graffiti covers the walls and every time you venture in you’re guaranteed to spot something you’ve never noticed before no matter how many times you’ve looked at the same wall.
I’ve got a lot of fun memories here over the years and never turn down the opportunity to stop in!

Yes it’s a dive bar. Is that a bad thing? Nope.
Bartender was friendly, and the drinks were cold. What more could you ask for? If you like dive bars, check it out. Definitely worth a visit.

This is going to be a mixed review. There are things that I love about places like Yamhill, and Yamhill specifically. There are things that annoy the shit outta me.
If I lived in portland, I’d waste a ton of time at this bar. The bartender was cool, quick and courteous. SOME of the patrons were really cool. The beers were cheap, and the guy even steered us toward a deal on a mini pitcher of pabst, that they were runnin a special on. The DJ (a laptop & some speakers kind, not a turntablist) played punk, ska, old school hc, & rockabilly so we were like fuck yeah!
I like these cool lil punk rock dives, and we have a few back home, so I’m used to the nasty bathrooms, graffitied walls and nasty punks hangin out. BUT WHAT I HATE is the nasty looks from (some) locals, who are equally sure that:
1. We’re not locals.
2. They are locals, and henceforth super-​duper-​cool, or at least, way cooler than us.
I have a blue mohawk for fucks sake, what other bar was I supposed to be in??? I get the same thing in certain Milwaukee clubs, for being from Racine (only 30 mi away.) Anyway, hats off to the Yamhill, the staff, DJ Japan, and the guy with the 2 satan shirts… We’ll be back.

Last shit-​hole dive bar a la punk rock downtown. Last real dive bar downtown period. And it’s a fucking glorious, bare walled, graffiti strewn, doors torn from the toilet stalls masterpiece. The staff are super genuine and friendly, and the joint is refreshingly free of douchebags, who are clearly and thankfully afraid to walk in the door. And even more thankfully, it hasn’t been ‘discovered’ and colonized by the trendy asshole hipster set either.
Full bar and a decent selection of taps. Very reasonable prices.
Frequent and support and nurture this gem of an establishment. There are fewer and fewer places left like this in Portland.

How to describe my favorite bars in one word: DIVEY.
When I head out to the bars I’m not looking for much more than a seat at the bar, a great beer selection and a good juke.
I don’t care for fancy pants cocktails and décor that will be out of style in 2 months. Those bars seem to come and go more often that a good old dive bar. Just as love is fleeting, so is «hipness.» If you want to keep your bar around, make it a solid place where anyone can feel comfortable hanging out, make it reasonably priced and most importantly have a few good beers on tap.
Yamhill exceded all my needs, especially with the rad wall of art, and made for a great stop on our «Best Friend’s Club» Pub crawl. I’d be a regular if I were closer.

Came back here recently because the sweetheart has decided that I should have the full Yamhill Pub experience.
«But I already did. I’ve braved the bathrooms here and I’ve had a beverage or two here,» I told him.
«No, that’s not the Yamhill experience. You need the special,» he tells me.
«The special?» He points behind me and the special posted by the door is a shot of Old Crow and a glass of PBR. «I don’t drink beer and what’s Old Crow?»
«That’s what you’re getting and besides, you didn’t use the other bathroom so you didn’t get the full experience,» he tells me.
What the heck! So instead of my usual gin-​and-​tonic, he orders me the special. A sip of the Crow was enough to burn my throat and the PBR chaser was… not much of a chaser especially for someone who doesn’t drink beer. I still have yet to see this other bathroom… I don’t think I really want to. I did finish the shot. The sweetheart finished the PBR like a champ.
In the midst of all this, a pink taco walked in and that was that for the night.

Yamhill Pub… the epitome of dive bars.
Here are my observations:
Hole-​in-​the-​wall joint
Has a faint smokey smell even after it’s been banned for years
Grimy graffiti décor and old tables
Worst. bathrooms. ever. This is no lie. Try to avoid at all costs. Don’t. touch. anything.
Pretty good beers on tap and they also serve a few different 22oz bottles. Score.
Nice and friendly staff, no harm there.
Couple TVs to watch the Timber’s games
Inexpensive drinks
«Regular» patrons. Punks. Blue collars. Grunge. All walks of life.
Have not tried the food but was quite intrigued by them dumping an entire bag of nacho dorritos into something.
This is typically somewhere you would stop in after you’ve already had a few