Ohm Night Club

07/16/2008 Posted by 30g

If you write poetry, rap or sing this is the scene for you. The one place in Portland where it feels like D.C. OR N.Y. Come listen or share! The poetry usually starts around 10 and goes till 1am. And the cover charge is 5.00 or free if you are performing a piece.

Pros: Spoken word and a jive band called The Black Notes

Cons: Sometimes a small crowd as if Portland doesnt have poets?

04/04/2008 Posted by djpuma

When you are looking for a great place to dance, mix and mingle, I highly recommend going their Fridays. The people are friendly and looking sharp, the music is trendy and the drinks are superb. They always have enough people staffed for quick service and parking is only a block away. The Dj's play Hip-hop, R&B, Mash-ups, Current Hits and occasionally take you back with some great tracks from the 80's and 90's. The downside is they do allow smoking and it can be a bit much, but the outdoor patio is a great way to refresh from all of that. All in all this is one of the best places to party in the city. You can let loose and let yourself be free. It's also conveniently located in Portland's historic entertainment district by the waterfront. Definitely a spot to put on your list for a club crawl or club hopping. The ohm has been around for along time and it will be around for many successful years to come.

Pros: Great People, Fun atmosphere, Great music

Cons: Smoking

03/02/2008 Posted by portlandclubber

This place says that they focus on electonica based music, techno, and housebeats with a live dj. This is a lie. It was just like any other hip-hop club. With ONLY that style of music. I did not see even one raver, only a lot of black people. Saturday nights must be rap nights with recorded music; not a dj-----which would have been fine if it was techo or housebeats or anything other than what it was. I was not impressed with the fact that we couldve gone anywhere for that type of music and payed a lot less.

Pros: REALLY strong drinks

Cons: i hate rap and hip-hop and you will be asked to get off the couches if your not vip and there is no where else to sit!

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01/01/2007 Posted by thepooh

We went there for a friend's birthday. I saw a lot of old friends from high school there, which was kinda neat. te music was ok... mostly hip hop. Atmoshere wasnt bad. Paid $10 for cover and $3 for coat check. Cocktails were $6. I love cocktails and the bartenders couldn't make a few drinks i wanted like mojito or nutty irshman. The scooby snack i got was chunky and gross. I went to a different bar tender and a for black or white?? russian...i asked if i can get more cream or milk and he dumped more vodka in my drink. That was nice, but i didn't want more alcohol in my drink. Somehow towards later in the night, water was no longer free, but $2 a bottle. The dance floor wasn't too crowded. I smelt horrible afterwards because smoking was allowed.

Pros: not that crowded, not much of line

Cons: smoking allowed, poor drinks, music.

10/24/2006 Posted by luvnewplaces

This place used to be the best for techno in town except pano of course, now it houses the occasional techno DJ but has become apart of the voodoo next door that mostly caters to the I am so hot crowd that dance ro hip hop and also bed hop. look for the DJ's they are worth it otherwise stay away.

10/11/2004 Posted by missbb

I can only say BEWARE......hang onto your drink!!! This seems to be one of the themes of this establishment's nightly frolicks. I literally watched as one of the local crowd picked up another other patrons drink and run off. I have been to this place twice and both times have had at least a dozen drinks accousted. I even tried to chase down one of the petty thieves, ugh!!!! So hang on to your drinks and pocketbooks, they are fast OH! and thirsty....:)

09/29/2004 Posted by michele213

My boyfriend and I went to Ohm a couple of weekends ago for my birthday, the club was recommended by a friend of ours. After spending $20 to get in, $10 on 2 mixed drinks, $6 on 2 beers and $4 on parking, it was so not worth going. The place had a very dark feel, obviously it was dark because it's a club, but just the aura of the place was very dark, we were there for a little over an hour and the place never got busy, no one was dancing, the music was pretty much the same thing all night, the same beat, the staff was very nice but the other people who showed up weren't friendly at all. I used to be in the rave scene and this definetly was not it!!! I will not go back there again.

Pros: Not very crowded, Lots of seating

08/01/2003 Posted by worldclubber

I have been traveling the world literally for the past 15 years and it is a breath of fresh air to have this type of venue in portland. It has the fun beautiful freaky people that are there for the music and the energy... not just looking to pick up and hook up. A must place to call home is OHM

Pros: outdoor area to chill, no bathroom lines, eccletic

Cons: bevys a bit pricey

05/28/2003 Posted by annhala

This is definitely not the place for you if you want to dress to impress. People at the Ohm are all about the music... my kinda place.

Pros: comfortable, relaxed, friendly

02/21/2003 Posted by xsty68

Where's the DJ? A recent Saturday found me being subjected to questionably talented local bands for a cover of $10. Not quite what I'd been led to believe by the reviews. Great service by the waitresses. Unshakeable mental images of scary-looking poseurs trying to be cool. Yikes!

Pros: out-of-the-way, mostly dark, hard drinks

Cons: sub-par talent, poseurs