Dixie Tavern — Restaurant in Portland

I made a VIP reservation 2 months ago for my little sister's bachelorette party, and I confirmed it a week ago with the same person, Jason. I was told to come to the front of the line with the party, they would usher us right in, and we hammered out all of the details twice. We arrived, and security staff, though they were fairly polite about it, acted like we were mistaken out of the gate about the reservation. They had us stand there waiting for confirmation instead of inviting us in to wait, came back out saying both owners didn't know anything about it, and nobody could find Jason, though they all seemed to know exactly who we were referring to, and people were “seemingly” calling and trying to get ahold of him. They made us move out of the line onto the sidewalk, and we stood there another few minutes waiting for them to figure their confusion out before we decided to give our business to another venue.

We went to CC Slaughters and had an amazing time, and the drinks were reasonable. We had no VIP, but we had super short waits for drinks, the bartender was amazing, and the shows were so awesome. We saved at least $200 NOT going to Dixie's. I do not recommend booking with this venue for any events you care about. They will disappoint you.

The owner has responded to the husband of a bridesmaid, who has also posted a review, stating that we were turned away, because we were visibly intoxicated, stating that our memory of the event and the way things played out is compromised due to our level of inebriation. He also stated that they do not offer private VIP access, which is untrue. I called them from the number I pulled from the website where it advertised their VIP area. You can check the website yourself.

We were not turned away. We left of our own accord because of the unprofessional way in which our reservation was being handled, and because we were tired of waiting. We watched hordes of super young, scantily clad people enter while we waited. If you want to discriminate against older people, fine, but don’t let someone book a once in a lifetime experience with you, and then drop that on them the night of the event. State up front that you cater to a specific, barely legal clientele, and don’t try to save face by pretending we are drunks. I feel as my sister does; I’m not interested in a response from you, Dan. I do feel other people deserve to know how you treat people who have planned to do business with you in good faith, who you do not follow through and take care of.

I wish you good health, and to have exactly the level of business success that you are deserving of in your caliber as a business owner. Be at peace knowing we will never visit your establishment...

I was bride that was turned away with my bridal party at Dixie that has been referred to in the previous post. My sister made reservations 2 months prior to last night and confirmed reservations a week ago. We were not “visibly intoxicated” as the owner has previously claimed to save face. When we arrived there was no one in line. When we let the staff know we had a reservation they had to go in and check. In the mean time we were asked to stand where the line would start to get into the club. I had assumed so we were not taking up the sidewalk. Though yes the staff was polite they never once even asked if we wanted to go wait in the bar or if we wanted to come in without the VIP reservation they claim we didn’t make. When the line started to grow we were asked to step back out of line where we were previously standing. Weird right? Then they continued to let everyone in that was behind us. They let us stand there for an additional 10-15 while we waited for them to “find out” about our reservation. We told them the reservation was made with Jason. I could not help but feel like we were not allowed in because we were all more mature women that are 30-60 years old and not the clientele that they wanted to attract. We were embarrassed and left hanging with no answer or invite into the club. So we did decide to move on. To the owner: I do not want a response from you. I am so disappointed in your previous response to my friend and how your club turned us away when we were there to celebrate a once in a lifetime event in your establishment. I hope this is not...

This place is just gross. I've gone a few times because I have one of those friends who thinks he's country but still wants to bro out so actually Dixie is kinda perfect for him. They always have a cover which is a joke because it's in no way exclusive. If you're a girl, you should never pay cover to go into a disgusting dude den but for some reason they still try to collect. Their drinks are super overpriced. I usually stick to the wells ($4.25 for less than 1 shot) but one time I tried their jungle juice which was on special for $5. I think I was paying mostly for the plastic cup that lit up in the blacklight because I watched them pour almost one shot and fill the rest up with some kind of super sugary fruit punch. The blacklight basically illuminates the suckers who fell for their stupid drink specials. The DJs are good, playing all the hits you'll hear at any Portland club and it does have a good dance floor. I do like the upstairs bar area where you can check out the trainwreck on the dance floor below and usually get a drink much quicker. Every now and then they make their poor dumpy bartender girls jump up on the bar and dance. It's just a pitiful display but you get the usual creeps who think it's just fabulous. Only reason why I go here is because I've had friends force me to go, I would never ever go on my own accord. My advice: get real drunk at home, take the Max down to Dixie, and dance the night away with your friends...