2 BROKE BARTENDERS. NEWPORT, Oregon — Restaurant in Newport

If you are going to stop here to eat, save yourself. Even if it’s the only thing open, RUN!! I honestly wish I could leave zero stars.

My buddies and I spent the weekend driving down the Oregon coast and ended up in Newport. This bar was the only thing open and so we stopped in for some food. It feels like we walked into a bad episode of Bar Rescue. The only one working was the owners husband who she clearly hadn’t taught how to do all the things she expected him to do. She was using the place as her social hour between her smoke breaks and chatting with friends, her poor husband was running the place and was set up to fail.

Atmosphere: there was a dog in a dress running around off leash first of all. The dining area was crowded (not with people) with slot machines (tacky) and pool tables. There was a group playing pool and when we sat at a dinner table, we were in the way of the pool game. It was either move or get hit with a pool cue. Way over cluttered in there. Half the place was basically a storage facility for their merch which was just odd. Who has tee shirts for a crappy bar? The front of the bar itself was a sticker that was bubbling and peeling off. The whole place was disgusting.

Food: the menu looked decent and since it was the only thing open and we hadn’t eaten all day, we decided to order some burgers (best seller according to the menu) and a couple appetizers. Ordering was a nightmare but we will get to that. The appetizers were awful from the start. You could taste how dirty the oil was that they fried it in. There was so much air trapped under the breading, it was clear they use very cheap product. The burgers honestly made McDonald’s look like a delicacy. Clearly a frozen patty, I assume boiled or microwaved to cook. As far as the quality, the cheap bun was not even slightly warm so cold bun with a patty that tasted like charcoal and a single strip of bacon that smelled like dirty feet. We ate because we had no other option but it was awful. Being 2.5 hours from home made it even worse because we didn’t have access to bathrooms until we got home and the food hit all three of us HARD.

Service: again the woman’s husband was doing everything. My buddy went up to place our order at the bar. A simple order, 3 of the same burger, then 2 appetizers, the fried mushrooms and the fried pickles. He tried to hand her the credit card and she said “I’ll get on it” and walked away. 15 minutes later her husband comes out and asks what the appetizers were because she got distracted when we ordered. It took way too long to get our food. I watched the lady prep the fries on the bar top which were also not edible and you could taste how dirty the oil was. While we were waiting you could look into the “kitchen” and see that all the stuff for the burger was sitting on the counter waiting FOREVER for the burgers. The husband continued to apologize for the wait but the wait was the least of their issues at this bar. When I went to pay at the bar, the owner complained about the prep of the food. Apparently us ordering food from their menu was a huge inconvenience because she was taking about how difficult it was to prepare food during business hours “on top of everything else” she said. On top of what? The smoke breaks and socializing with your friends? I mean the Chihuahua in the dress wandering around the bar was working more than the lady who owns the place. The fact that the most garbage food I’ve ever had cost a whopping $80 is INSANE. Talk about markup. No way the food they use in that kitchen quality for that kind of markup.

In summary: if you’re thinking about stopping here, do yourself a favor and keep driving. Easily the crappiest establishment I’ve ever had the displeasure of walking into. Run away from this bar the way that owner’s husband should run away from his marriage. Awful place. I completely understand why the name of the place says they’re broke because they kinda deserve to be with quality like that. Not even bar rescue would stick around to...

karaoke bar with an excellent dj... That was the review I left two months ago. Now I have to take back the stars that I gave them. I visited this bar on mother's Day 2023 I was wearing a beautiful dress and brought friends one of which was a state champion karaoke singer. Apparently there is no karaoke on Sundays and Mondays for we showed up and it was only drinks... we sat at a table and waited for at least 20 minutes with money out and no one came to take our order. Went outside to smoke a cigarette and discuss our plan of action when the bartender who couldn't be bothered to take our order with our money out on the table could be bothered to walk the 20 steps outside to tell us that we needed to leave it was just for paying customers that was there. I was absolutely and positively discriminated against and I have no idea why I was wearing a floor-length purple velvet dress I had money to take my friends out we all did and instead we were treated like we were scum. I will never go back to that bar again. And I'll tell anybody that asked me not to go to that bar. I can't believe that I was thrown out of a bar without being given service while dressed up on mother's Day as a mother of three and a softball coach volunteer for 10 years in the community with a friend that had state championship karaoke vocals ...... Perhaps two broke bartenders are broke because they're not doing...

Service: very slow. Food: undercooked, arrived in stages. Chicken wings were just slightly under, but chicken strips barely cooked and soggy, fries still raw inside and inedible. Drinks: we didn’t get beer because most of the taps had paper towel stuffed in them (how is this not a major health code violation?) so, thinking it would be safer, ordered one of their “Signature Cocktails”. Worst lemon drop I’ve ever had, the only citrus flavor coming from the tiny bit of lemon garnish. Large dog that belonging to the place that actually put its head on my lap when I was served, and kept laying down in the traffic area between the bar and the kitchen area, nearly causing an accident when it got stepped on. Don’t come here for the food or the drinks. They do have karaoke, sort of, so if drunk guys singing off key is your thing, have at it. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: In response to the unhinged owner response: no, we didn't order second drinks. My husband never said the food was delicious. And I'm not 70. You seem to have us confused with some other dissatisfied customers. Why take food orders if you can't fill them without risking a health code violation? We would have gone elsewhere or just back to our motel room. Are you always this hostile to customers just because your place is accurately...