Bar N9NE — Restaurant in Port Angeles

Came in on over this past weekend. A lot of places were closed because everywhere else closed around 8 but this place is open until 2a.

Came in, first thing we saw they had a somewhat weird sign that says something to the effect of “smiles are free” which is whatever. I didn’t get it.

Sat at a table with my partner for a few minutes, tall guy with longish hair walked past us a few times but actively adverted his gaze to avoid eye contact. There were about 4 other tables of people who were actively being helped / had food and drink. Saw one table get nachos and instantly thought those looked great. Sat at the table for a few more minutes and just thought maybe it was a dead table and we shouldn’t have been sitting there.

Went up to the bar and sat. The same guy was at the register now seemingly counting money over and over refusing to completely turn around and even say hello. There was a blonde woman just standing off to the side but didn’t bother to greet us. I thought eventually one of them would help us but that didn’t Happen. 3 bros and a local woman came in and walked up to an ambiguous area that apparently was for ordering. My Wife then got up to now stand in line and order us some food and beer. When she walked up the blonde woman said “watcha want” which sure that’s fine with the lack of context that’s we’ve been in this place for 10 minutes and hadn’t gotten any sort of acknowledgment. We ask for Nachos and she immediately informed us that they were out and again sure it happens but pretty irritating when we just saw a table get nachos.

Ordered their wings and fried green beans and they were on point. Like very solid bar food. Smashed all of that food. It all looked great and tasted great. Cannot recommend those two items enough.

The last thing I want to say about this place is don’t go on Mondays. It’s an Open Mic night which just thought it was going to be music but it was Comedy and the 2 incels that manned the mic for the hour and a half we were there need to practice in front of a mirror before a live crowd. Aside from some chuckles from inside jokes, not a single laugh, and when they tried to do crowd work and called on some people they thought were “outsiders” it ended up being people that were actually locals. It was the peak of my personal experience to witness that embarrassing realization that they couldn’t even tell the difference between locals and tourist.

If the Chef is the owner, fire those other 2, don’t let that former employee on the mic anymore, and actually make that bar pop off, your food is fantastic and has no business being gate kept by bad service...

Terrible experience. Will never return. EXCEPTIONALLY poor service from start to finish- female bartender in a sunflower sun dress barely acknowledged us at the beginning, told us 2 of 3 items we ordered (pizza, cider) were "out" AFTER we tried to order them. Food then took 50+ minutes to receive (this included 2 different trips to check-in with the bartender on food status, with no apologies by the bartender) and then the tacos were made incorrectly (something I'm allergic to and specifically said I can't eat). When I told her I still need the correct tacos she told me they're now "out of those tacos" and nachos would take 30 MORE minutes despite this all being her error. In the end the nachos took 40+ MORE minutes (ontop of the 50 minutes for the initial tacos). Eventually a random friendly man who was playing pool came over and apologized on the behalf of the bar/bartender, but I don't even think he works there. He comped our entire tab, which was very thoughtful. The female bartender never really apologized (just a brief "oh" and shrug when I kept communicating various issues like something I'm allergic to) and also kept me waiting a long time when I asked for my card...

If I could give zero stars, I would. I’m still disgusted by the blatant racist behavior of the bartenders. I went out for a couple of beers after work the other night and figured I’d check this place out since I had never been before. I ordered my first beer when I got there after being ignored and skipped over a few times. Tipped my usual 25% because I figured the girl must have been having a bad day/night. Took about 45 mins on that beer while dancing a bit on the outskirts of the dance floor, minding my own. Went back for a second beer and waited about 5 mins at a nearly empty bar before the other bartender said in a very nasty tone, “we’re NOT going to serve you. Security said not to” and then walked off. I had not even seen a “security” member there the whole night, nor had I had any interactions with anyone there. I guess I figured out why I was the only black man in the bar. Wish I could get my money back on that one beer I was...