Ship Ahoy Tavern

Brilliantly Brusque!
After a classy dinner with across the street with two old friends from school it was time to keep the stories and the jokes going, so back across the street to the Ship Ahoy we were sailing away!
This is everything you want in a neighborhood dive bar that’s every bit as local, honest, and unassuming as you can get. Jukebox, cheap beers… even some microbrews! The real deal for us was that after dropping hard earned cash on nice tequila we couldn’t wait to have some $ 2 tallboys of Ranier. I mean who has Ranier beer anymore, it was awesome!!!
It’s pretty old and slightly musky inside. It’s loud, but they’ve got good tv’s, a pool table, and a credible back bar full of goodness without gauging people’s wallets. There’s a lot of haters out there for these types of places, but that just means the yuppies stay away and the real peeps of PDX get to enjoy a good local neighborhood bar without all the riff raff looking for a Portlandia experience, and the staff is smart enough to rudely cast these types out. You might say it’s quality riff raff here!!!
If you’re shipping out for the evening… make it Ship Ahoy!

The best worst bar in my neighborhood. They have everything you want a dive bar to have: games, insanely cheap booze, and a laid back atmosphere.
My favorite thing is to get my food across the street and play some pinball, then come here to actually drink like I mean it.

Well let’s start with its a dive bar. If you’re thinking you’re going to get your craft cocktail here try another joint. However, if you’re looking for that local bar where there’s a staff that pays attention and serves the customers well then stop on in. You’ll be rewarded with jukebox music, pool, pinball and video lottery things. If those are your style. PBR over Stella, Jameson over Jack and chili cheese Fritos to top it all off.

This is by far the best bar in Portland I have yet to experience. Great staff, great people.
I’m from Chicago and am so grateful to have a fun welcoming and affordable neighborhood place near by! Thank you guys :)

Awesome staff. No frills, great deals. All I want from a neighbourhood tavern. Pool, pinball, funny bartenders. I stopped in on Halloween Jay and Silent Bob were the bartending duo. Goodbye bourses came on it was hilarious. Great place give it a chance.

OH MY GOD WAS THE BARTENDER RUDE TO YOU!!! Look I don’t know how to tell you this but not everyone is going to kiss your ass all the time. This is a local neighborhood bar. It’s meant for me and the other people who live here. The bartenders work their ever-​loving ass off serving cheap beer to my neighbors because they know where their bread is buttered. I’d tell you there will come a time when the bartenders will not only be friendly they’ll have your drink ready before you ask, but it would probably get your knickers in a bunch so I won’t do that.
But I will say again just in case your easily angered and stupid too, it’s a neighborhood bar. It’s there to serve booze when it’s 100 degrees and we got nowhere else to go. It banks on us wandering over for cheap beer and a neighborly talk. If you don’t know Andy, Steve, George and a few others I’d name but they might kill me. Well then… you’re still totally welcome to come on over. But have the good common sense evolution should have given you and try to realize you’re the stranger. You’re the one who is new and (this is important pay attention) It’s not always all about you! Whooo crazy thought, right?! You’ll be respected by everyone including the bartenders when YOU EARN IT. Until then enjoy the cheap beer, try to be friendly to the locals and be humble enough to acknowledge you are irrelevant until you prove yourself to be otherwise.
But more importantly and one should never forget. When taking pictures stay in the car. The locals may seem big and ponderous, but they can move quickly when angered and someone could get hurt. It breaks my heart when a tourist is carried out in a bag because they didn’t respect the local. See! some of the locals are funny as hell (In case you haven’t figured it out I’m one of the locals)! Unless you anger me and give crappy reviews to my cherished Ship Ahoy. Don’t do it… just don’t. I do CrossFit which means I can still move quickly even when drunk (functional fitness y’all!)…You’ve been warned.

A cool, little neighborhood dive bar. The drinks are cheap, though not that great. And they have $ 1 Jello shots. They also have a pool table, pinball, video poker, a jukebox and TVs. Not a bad little bar.

Was the worst experience of my life the bartender was so mean and angry I would never go there again it is the worst bar in Portland. Very angry girl in a green bandana I hope she gets fired soon

OK. Can we just #realtalk for a sec? This is less about the food, drinks, atmosphere, whatever. Take a look around the bar and it’s all locals, out for a cheap easy beer, with no frills.
They’ve got games. They’ve got tables for groups. They’ve got outside tables for smokers. I mean, I don’t know how much more in-​depth I can get because this place does one thing, and it does it well: drinks. Go get some.

After having a bad experience at the C Bar across the street we wandered into this little dive bar hoping to grab a quick drink without being judged for being a Californian (which I felt happened a lot this trip and all I can say is get over yourself Portland). So we sat at the bar and ordered some drinks. It was a slow night but there was still some good people watching. The bar was dark and divey, just the way I like it! The drinks were stiff and they had a good selection of beer. What made this experience worth 5 stars was the amazing bartender. She was funny, really informative, and treated us like people. We ended up staying longer than planned and got much more drunk than we thought (but a good drunk, not sloppy drunk). She laughed at us for ordering canned champagne for my friends birthday and called us a cab to take us to some good late night eats. I would definitely recommend this place to both my friends who live in Portland, as well as all of my California friends who visit.

This was my bar when I lived close. Nice neighborhood watering hole and the regulars are pretty friendly. The Reedies like to come here when they feel like slumming though, but they are nice enough by Portland standards.
The drinks are decently priced (cheap, but not the cheapest), but their pours could be a little stronger IMO. They have a pool table, pinball machines, video poker, and a decent digital jukebox. The service is usually decent but I get the feeling that everyone who works there (in the PM) would rather be doing something else.

Great neighborhood place. The bartenders are really nice and the prices are good. Great little working class neighborhood bar that’s dog friendly. Free pool on Sunday night is a great bonus. Friendly staff and friendly clientele.

So I give them a 5 star because I have only ever been treated amazingly by both the bartenders and the patrons alike. They are definitely a dive bar, so if thats your thing plan to make this place your second home. They pour great strong drinks and remember your face and poison after just one visit! (Huge plus) You can order food from Cbar across the street and have it delivered to you. They have pool tables and pin ball machines and a rocking jukebox. The atmosphere can get a little odd on the weekends and into the wee hours of morning, but all in all its a great fun place!

Ship Ahoy. Oh, ship ship ship ahoy.
I’ve laughed. I’ve cried. I’ve puked in the bathroom. I’ve fallen off picnic benches, been growled at by dogs, been day-​drunk, night-​drunk, afternoon-​drunk and all the drunks in between at this, my ((once)) neighborhood bar. I know the bartenders by name, I love them. I love that they refill me first before non-​regulars. It gives me a fuzzy warm feeling that I belong.
Anytime I’m back in the neighborhood, i’ll step in to smell the familiar pungency of urinal cakes. Brings back memories of one of the best summers of my life. I don’t party like I used to, which is why they look taken aback when I leave after just two glasses of white wine.
I remember once going in at 6pm with some friends, and Anna saying «It’s…making me anxious that you guys are here so early.» I hope this place stays the same forever.
It’s a neighborhood dive, if you don’t like it, go to Cbar. But I love it.

Dogs allowed at the bar. I’m positive this includes all dogs as I’m looking at a dog who was left at the bar while owner is playing video poker.
Food: Pre packaged chips
Drinks: Strong
Atmosphere: Divey, friendly and unassuming.

Love this place! Cheap drinks, cheap tacos (during Monday night football), and cheap women (jk)! How can you go wrong?
I recommend hanging out for long periods of time! Especially in liars corner. Yeah it might smell like a urinal cake, but the tall tales are epic!
All the bartenders are fuckin great! Mike, Justin, Micah, Peter, and of course Anna. Everyone of them are awesome! Just don’t be a dumb ass or a douche bag and you’ll have a great time.
They have a nice pool table, lottery machines, and pinball. And they have the best buck hunter I’ve ever seen.
The locals are friendly and accepting even if you’re from out of town. There are tables outside so you can still enjoy your drink while you smoke before 10pm.
Try this place out. It could be your own little dive bar! :)

This place is a dive bar (which isn’t bad, if that’s what you’re looking for). There’s one pool table, a few pinball machines and a big buck hunter. There’s not any food worth writing about but they will let you order from the C Bar across the street.

3.5 star dive bar.
Fortunately, I round up. This interesting little local dive is located in the middle of a neighborhood in SE PDX, about 3 blocks south of Hopworks Brewery.
The crowd is one of two groups of people: friendly blue collar locals and curious young hipsters.
From about 3pm to 9pm, the local blue collar regulars drop in to that place where everybody knows their name before heading home from work. Those fortunate enough to come to the bar early will discover a friendly, tight knit group that is happy to share an empty seat at their table with a stranger or, if you’re really lucky, maybe even buy that stranger a drink.
After 9pm the crowd shifts to the younger and hipster-​er, which of course is little different from most Portland bars.
Happy hour is until 6:30pm and is $ 0.50 off all drafts and also includes cheap PBR and/​or cheap Hamms. The bartenders are friendly, jovial, pour well, and earn their tips.
All in all, this is a good little no frills neighborhood dive bar that is a good place for the uninitiated to see the «real» Portland, while they still can. If C Bar across the street is a little too posh for your taste, be sure to stop by.

Bride of Pinbot how I love shooting my balls in you mouth. Ship Ahoy has a powerhouse selection of pinball. They have one of my very favorites The Machine Bride of Pinbot. Also they have Monster Bash, Twilight Zone and Attack from Mars.
The workers might have to bust out the jaws of life to help remove my death grip on these machines, really is it 2:00 already? Nooooo just one more!

I had visited this dive bar a couple of time prior to my last visit. It will forever be my last visit. I walk up to the bar to close out my tab. The bartender is so busy talking about the song playing… «I don’t like Meatloaf but I love this song» as she is ignoring me and prancing around. *sigh*
So, she finally begins my close-​out process. she says, «Julie, right?» I say no my name is Kristine. She then jets outside and runs across the street. WTF? She comes back in and informs me that she gave my card to someone else. WHAT??? Are you fucking kidding me? So, I write down my phone number and request I be called if the other person holding my card shows up to retrieve hers.
Luckily I was just a block down the street when I get the phone call that my card has arrived. I show up with my friend and the bartender informs me that the girl showed up but had misplaced my card and went to look for it. *SIGH*
So, I ask if my friend and I can have a shot of tequila while we wait. She annoyingly said, «s u r e». I wanted to grab her head by her hair and slam it into the bar.
So, I finally get my card back but now have to deal with getting a new card and transferring all my auto payments and all that shit… Because who knows if this other girl who had my card wrote down my number… seriously, a headache for a full-​time student who works 2 jobs. Thank you bartender for being unobservant and preoccupied by Meatloaf. You suck!