I recently changed my opinion of Eastburn. Everyone was talking about how great their tap list was, yada yada yada. I went, zeroed in on the Tap Room downstairs, and was totally disappointed: ultra-lame frathouse crowd, bad tap list. HOWEVER, friends dragged me back, and we sat upstairs. It's totally different: great tap list, really good service, tasty snacks, and drunk ladies in expensive jeans, high heels, and tall hair. A bit of SE 82nd at E 18th, ready to flirt and/or fight! After they're done with a smoke break. I'll be back.

The best place we could have picked for my first eating and drinking excursion visiting Oregon for the first time! I was not only impressed by our friendly, eager-to-please but not hovering server (she was lovely!), but the whole atmosphere was what I was hoping for in SW Portland! We sat in the patio so I could smoke, and it was awesome. Swinging in our seats was fun and the overhead heaters kept us cozy. We ordered almost all the appetizers and they all were scrumptious at a reasonable, even modest price. I will definitely go there again during my next visit!

This is a busy meat market disguised as a hip bar. They have good beer, but its sometimes hard to get one. It can be hectic and not very friendly. Dogs can be an issue even walking by on the sidewalk. There are better down the street.

I don't usually feel the need to review, but EastBurn warrants it. I won't argue that it might come across as gimmicky to some, but it feels to me like they're just doing their own thing, and that's fine with me. Perhaps we're too used to having everything packaged and labeled and easy to figure out. Do I fit in here? Is this place OK? Can I categorize it? I think the owners & managers of this place just said, "Hey, let's have all these really good things so people will want to hang out here!"

I have to conclude that all their efforts are truly genuine, and here's why: the service at EastBurn is outstanding. Every time I've been there, I've been impressed by a different person in a different way. I'm not the type who needs my bowl set out from my left and cleared from my right or whatever, but the servers here rock. I've had sincere, patient waiters who made an effort to know the food, beer, and wine. And this one is a huge deal for me: on two occasions some dudes had just bullied in front of me at the bar (which happens at every f*cking bar and really deserves a harsher lashing for the dudes & ladies who do this and the bartenders who kowtow to them) and the bartender acknowledged me and took my order. Sounds really simple but it rarely happens.

The point is that the employees give the impression that EastBurn is doing something right and that there's something authentic behind all that fun stuff, delicious food, and extensive beverage selection. I'd be a spoiled entitled tool not to appreaciate it. EastBurn is commendable and I really recommend spending your hard-earned cash there.

After having been to this place a number of times, mostly drawn to $2 pints from a decent beer selection all day on Tuesday, I think I'm through. Something just seems amiss here, just off. Some of it is easy enough to spot (the pressuring and obvious disappointment from the servers when you don't order food), but other things took a while longer to spot. Overall, the place just smacks of gimmicks: the hanging chairs, the skee ball, now the Drinks For Ink. All this from the same place that once served me a manhattan on the rocks in a martini glass on their own Whisky Wednesday.

If you're within a block of the place on a Tuesday and light on cash, or if you like schtick and a place that reeks of trying too hard to be cool, maybe stop in. Or, certainly, if your birthday is coming up, get in to schedule ahead to drink for free for an hour with nine of your friends. Otherwise there are a number of better places in the neighborhood.

I tried the delicious veggie hoagie made by the hottest chef ever (seriously, too shy to even utter a sentence when he came out)! Someone should score his number and give it to me.

Amazing happy hour. Best patio in town.

I was there for a friend's birthday. Power hour... free drinks for an hour. How great is that? I played skee ball and drank til I could drink no more.

The Tap Room is the downstairs section of East Burn, replete with the aforementioned pac man table, buck hunter games, and hanging chairs. Additionally, their DJ (spinning vinyl thank you, not an iMac), tends to set a nice tone with Latyrx, ska, and assorted deep beats.

What's certainly worth mentioning is that these smoothies carry New Deal vodka, distilled just down the way on SE 8th (I may be a bit off on that, but it's nearby), and that liquor is some tasty ass homegrown juice. And as also mentioned, get the HopTrip. You will become the master of your world.

Lastly, smokin' cutie downstairs bartender. Those eyes!

Great sandwiches? Yes.

Sweet Deals? Yes.

Not one but TWO buckhunter games?! Yes.

The best heated patio for looking cool with cigs while scouting darlings? Yep.

Skeeball game that I hold the highest score EVER on? Yes.

Swinging chairs and pretty decent looking gals bringing you snacks and drinks? Totally bros

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great deal on pints and finally a place with the right picks on beer: hoplava, dissident, hoptrip... One thing, don't ask for a pitcher on pint night as it's not discounted. Paid regular price when pints where 2 bucks, pretty weak that the bartender didn't give me the FYI on that.

This place has a great Sunday Brunch!! I hate to spread the word too much as I enjoy having the place to myself but you should really check out their cheap and yummy Sunday Brunch!

Took the group there for a Monday Happy hour. Sat out on their awesome patio and had a great time. The IPA will knock you on your ass! It's like 9 1/2% ....but tasty stuff. They really screwed up our bill but other than that it was great.

It's a great place. The beer, the patio, the basement, the Skee-ball...I mean, why not? Grab a friend and check it out...oh, and bring some talent and hit the butcher paper. Crayons + Beer = Masterpiece.

This place has something for absolutely everyone!! Menu has both casual and upscale items, upstairs seating great for dinner, downstairs tap room rawks, outdoor patio with swings for smokers, live music, really friendly owners and staff, good prices, incredible specials... but my favorite part is that the by the glass wine list has some REALLY GOOD STUFF - top notch small local producers, high quality - most places that are this much fun send you off from the bar with a Sutter Home airplane bottle and a glass of ice. Thanks for thinking of the winos!!! Oregon Pinot Noir and skeeball - right on.

Went into East Burn for the first time, instantly fell in love. The basement is very cozy, skiball and slot cars are awesome. Friendly staff. Great patio area with swinging chairs and fires in the tables. Great beer selection that seems to rotate. Also a great liquor selection with lots of micro distills. Even the wine has a genius nitrogen tap system that keep 'em fresh. Great place for everyone.

Not only did I not want to leave the downstairs area of this very cool hangout, I kinda wanted to move in. It really does have a "your friend's basement" feel, if only your friend had good booze, free popcorn, and Skeeball...lousy cheap friend. Go on Sunday for the free movie night. Also, the bartender was very cool, and is one of the few that actually asks what kind of gin you want in your drink before grabbing the Gordon's.

yeah i was at the costume party too (as an Etch-a-sketch, coincidence)...I loved the basement "rec room" at this place. It's like the lower-level family room of a 70's sitcom, couches and all. But they have Skee-boll!!! Definitely going back. It truly rawks.

This bar rocks. We crashed the bar with about 80 in costume and the bar took it with stride. Super nice staff...great dj...and of course skee ball. oh, and the rockinest smokin lounge around. Swings rule. there is even an etch a sketch so you can create dirtiness for all to see.