Henry's 12th Street Tavern
Portland, OR 97209
Phone: (503) 227-5320
- Price:
- $$
- Cross Street:
- West Burnside Street
- Best of Citysearch:
- Hookup Spot 2008, After-Work Bar 2006, See and Be Seen Bar 2004
- Hours:
- Sun-Thu 11am-11pm, Fri-Sat 11am-12am, (During summer, Thu 11am-12am)
Editorial Review for Henry's 12th Street Tavern – by Ivy Manning
In Short
The bar draws a young crowd of athletic men and scantily clad women with a selection of 100 tap beers, plasma-screen TVs and a billiards room. A more subdued atmosphere prevails in the dining room, which boasts dramatic lighting and plush booths. The menu caters to the bar crowd with casual fare like crispy fries in addictive Gorgonzola sauce, huge burgers and basic sushi rolls.
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Insider Tips
Save MoneyIn addition to the regular happy hour, Henry's offers a late-night version, 9pm-close, on weekdays and 10pm-close, Friday and Saturday.
The ExtrasKeep your beer cold by taking advantage of the icy refrigerated strip on the bar.
When to GoNightly happy hour from 3pm to 6pm.
User Reviews for Henry's 12th Street Tavern
06/15/2008 Posted by TheArtistPhenom
I went to Henry's this weekend for my friend's birthday. We made reservations, and the place came highly recommended for it's ambiance and great food. Upon arriving for dinner (9:45pm, Friday Night...not too busy) we were lead over to our booth, squarely planted in front of the kitchen. We looked at our menus, and were greeted by our server who at the time, seemed fairly friendly. After giving her our drink order she left the table, and arrived roughly 10 minutes later with our drinks. My friends and I ordered 3 separate selections: I chose the Blackened Salmon Grilled Fish Sandwich, the birthday girl chose a Teriyaki Bowl, and my other lady friend chose the Triple Stacked Club Sandwich. All three selections turned out to be most excellent. Now at this point, you're asking yourself- Why did I give it two stars? Well, the service was incredibly disappointing. During my 1+ hour stay at Henry's I saw my waitress 4 times. Once to take drink orders, once to take the food order, once to bring back drinks/bread and once to refill our water glasses. About 40 minutes into the ordeal our server disappeared into the deep dark corners of the Tavern...to do god only knows what. She disappeared previously during the evening after bringing our drinks for about 15 minutes...during which time I watched my piping hot food sit on a warmer for no less than 10 minutes. The food was finally brought over by another server, undoubtedly a little less fresh...although still quite good. While in a spirited conversation with my friends our server approached our table for the 4th and final time to refill our glasses. After the server left we never saw her again. We waited for about 20 minutes before we made an estimate or how much the bill was for, counted out our cash and left it on the table. We could have dined and dashed, we didn't see anyone come to our table for at least another minute after....I hope that our server turned up safe eventually... though she never returned to our table...
Pros: Good Food, great flavor
Cons: Awful Service... Snobbish
04/30/2008 Posted by PDX08
This is a great spot to go and hang out with friends, take a date (be forewarned, it can get a little loud, but that just means you'll have to cuddle up to be able to carry on a conversation- not always a bad thing!), or just grab a beer and watch the people or sports on the huge screens! My girlfriends and I think that its fantastic because there are plenty of good looking people, but guys aren't going to try and pick you up constantly! Don't get me wrong- there's definatly some harmless flirting going on across the bar, but it's about as far from the 'meat market' scene as you can get while still being an interesting place to go! Not to mention, the beer selection is unrivaled- try the blueberry wheat, it's like blueberry cobbler, except beer! How cool is that?
Pros: GREAT happy hour! Great beer selection, great atmosphere, not a meat market
Cons: can be loud at times, hard to get service when it's busy, can be terribly difficult to find a seat when it's busy
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