Aloha Mr. Hand, the Reel M Inn is a cool place to go to catch a quick cold one or a tasty munch of Jojos(fat potatoe wedge) or chicken. The food is a good price and the weekday special menu is a sweet deal. The beer tastes good coming out the tap(compared to Scoreboard), and the bar staff are cool, down to earth folk. Cheers to the REEL.

she is back and the best thing ever .. the bar is ok but on her nights friday and saturday she makes it hers !! heck yeah its fun !!

i used to live in this neighborhood so i was a regular here, Clinton St, La Cruda and at the Night Light and this place was a decent bar. Wilson's review is pretty spot on, the personality plus bartenders (Jess, Noel etc) have left. the chicken & jojos *were* good but if the bartender is new/bad the food could turn out the way Mr Heston reported

Walking into this bar was like stepping into some weird amalgamation of what an old neighborhood bar would look like if built for a movie set...all the neon and fake wood paneling and ill fitting decor. I thought I was on a set of a poorly staged 80's music video...and I do not believe for one second that they are "renowned" for their fried chicken and jojo's. Even though they put it on their signage as a selling point! Taking a chicken breast and deep frying it until it is a hard dark brown lump (tasteless too, unless you consider grease a flavor) does not make for good eating. I may have been a little stoned when I visited the Reel'm Inn but the food genuinely freaked me out, it was scary...Eraserhead scary... I was convinced it was human flesh. It had no flavor and odd texture. The potatoes were dry, hard, and brown. I think the name of the bar is apt..reel the sucker fish customers in to make a couple bucks off them. This bar is so bizarro fake and only fun if you like being somewhere so badly contrived that it puts everything else in life on very firm footing. Never have I seen a bar with such a lack of self-awareness. It is an amazing place. Don't eat the food. It is evil! It is a TV version of a bar populated by people who don't live in this reality. Enjoy the madness.

Totally chill spot, laid back, super nice bartenders, even the occasional funny old time SE Portland'er meandering around. Suggest trying the deep fried Chicken and Jo's!

Chicken and jojo's can't be beat . .. Bummer about Noel and Gina (gone) and increased prices on the chicken, but still a great deal. Classic Portland dive bar. Great place to see a few air guitars when listening to the expansive butt rock selection.

Gina isn't there anymore and neither are Noel, Maizy and some of the other "Personality-plus" bartenders. Barfly needs to hit this place again. New manager has gotten hard liquor by filling every square inch with tables and chairs (for food service). The regulars come in shifts - you'll see the same people after work everyday, and you'll see the same late night people everytime. Everyone should try the chicken and jojos at least once. A place for the non-young in the neighborhood of Clinton St. Tavern, Nightlight, and Red & Black Cafe.