Lotus Cardroom
932 SW 3rd Portland, OR 97209Phone: (503) 227.6185
Located in: Downtown Portland - Visit Website
BarFly's Review of Lotus Cardroom
Twas a cardroom, yes, eighty years past. Gamblers, whores, the cream of sepia-tinged puddletown depravity once held court back of the Lotus, and a reputation for seaminess slowly dwindled until … 1992? Somewhere’s between My Own Private Idaho and Teri Hatcher’s Brainsmasher - Lotus serving as memorable set-dressing for both - the cardroom became a smallish disco for the Jagerbomb set.
It’s currently a pool hall, and, presumably, the next generation should expect a Wii Texas Hold ‘Em arena. Whatever keeps the space alive. Ignore the lighting and renovated furnishings sniffing franchise steakhouse banality, the Lotus remains the closest shot from downtown lock-up, and, that interlude ‘tween hours happy and visiting, friends and family of the defendant drink away sorrows alongside lingering businessmen and girls overeager for their night out upon thirty feet of vintage cherry-wood bar.
| Lotus Cardroom's Happy Hours | |
|---|---|
| Monday | $3.00 wells $3.00 domestics, $2.50 pbr, 3.50 craft beers 3-7pm & $2.95-4.95 HH food 3-close |
| Tuesday | $3.00 wells $3.00 domestics, $2.50 pbr, 3.50 craft beers 3-7pm & $2.95-4.95 HH food 3-close |
| Wednesday | $3.00 wells $3.00 domestics, $2.50 pbr, 3.50 craft beers 3-7pm & $2.95-4.95 HH food 3-close |
| Thursday | $3.00 wells $3.00 domestics, $2.50 pbr, 3.50 craft beers 3-7pm & $2.95-4.95 HH food 3-close |
| Friday | $3.00 wells $3.00 domestics, $2.50 pbr, 3.50 craft beers 3-7pm & $2.95-4.95 HH food 3-close |
| Saturday | Alas, no happy hour today. |
| Sunday | Alas, no happy hour today. |
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The Lotus has an amazing feeling of history. Through the various staff and menu changes there has been one constant: An undeniable spirit that has attracted Portland based national artists such as Gus Van Sant and Brian Eugene Snipes, the same spirit that possibly haunts this wonderful landmark.
I recommend the Lotus for anyone in the Portland art community, and anyone wanting a drink!
Lotus is on the up and up!!! Tracy is the best bartender that I have had the pleasure of being served by in a long time--and I travel around the world...Lotus, you have a gem in her! Awesome. Really great happy hour. Only bad thing was the bathrooms. Nasty. And the smoke. 4 out of 5, though!
Lotus is a great room...Christian and Krista are fantastic at taking care of you. WiFi, smoking, and Jameson makes for a perfect afternoon!!!
Lotus is great! I agree with some of the lame- personality bartenders, but Christian and Traci were awesome!!!! Good drinks, awsome happy hour.
Myself and three friends found our way there one night and then found our way back the following night. It has a 'real' bar feel to it and the staff are great (especially Megan) and know their drinks. I'll find my way back there again for sure
A great place for after work hook ups with "friends" - good drinks - mostly a great staff (there are a couple of bartenders that need to work on their personality) I went all the time when I lived in Portland and stop in whenever I am in town now.
Who says you can't find a sailor during the Rose Festival Fleet Week & keep him for life? We met at the Lotus on the Thursday his boat rolled into town, held a long distance relationship for two years, then moved in together when he requested a transfer to Everett Naval Station in Washington (I moved up from Portland to Seattle). A year later we were married, and now we're back in Portland about to celebrate our second wedding anniversary. And of course we'll go to the Lotus on June 7, the anniversary of our first meeting there.
Moral of the story: Lotus ROCKS, and you CAN marry a guy you meet (and get laid with) at a bar
The lotus is a great bar to hang out with your friends and co workers. And is also a great bar to get fucked up beyound belief i mean if u tip the bar tender 10 dollars a night, you will quite possibly have the stiffes most power drinks in your life. So if stiff drinks and getting blasted beyond your wildest dreams is your idea of a good time then take a trip down to 3rd and salmon i'll see you there.
I think the lotus is quite possibly the best bar in the world. I love it more than life itself, i would kill myself if there was no Lotus. I met my boyfriend ben there a year ago and i been in love since, i love ben and his huge dodge pickup.
