Summary: Good bar with fun games to play.
Pros: Have a beer pong table, oversized Jenga, oversized connect 4 and oversized beerpong (with buckets and an inflatable ball). Â Also had live music round back (which is outdoors)
Cons: None
Comments: Pretty fun time in Portland. Lots of games to play and outdoors is nice when the weather cooperates.
Checked out this place on a short trip to Portland on a Thursday. Â Really chill bar, with some cool waterfalls-in-the wall type of decor and the best part, 1 dollar vodka redbulls (on tap!) till 10.
Not too crowded early, ended up being a nice bar to get buzzed cheap before hitting some other night spots in the Old Port.
This place actually blows. Like, a lot. Â Maybe it's because I'm much closer to 30 than 20, but I cannot imagine 21-year old Heather lovin' this place so much, either. Â
Why so awful? Â Let's recap the evening:
1. Porta potties. Â That's right, folks. This place has a nice outdoor back patio area that you'd THINK would be kind of awesome, but in reality is just a fenced-in area for men in baggy jeans to vom on themselves, 21-year old chicks with a nice head-start on Party Face to chain smoke cigarettes, and everyone to wait in long lines to use porta potties. Â Disgraceful.
2. The second floor is a clubby-club, complete with a "stage" for ladies to sexy-dance, strobe lights, and bad top 40s mixes. Â Add to this a wall lined with creepy late-20s men watching the aforementioned dancing ladies, waiting for their chance to swoop in and rub their junk on the ladies' behinds and call it "dancing". Â Gross.
3. Â Bachelorette parties. Â There were at least 3 brides there the other night...I was hoping to see some Bride Wars-type ass-whooping go down with the jealous Bridezillas, but no such luck. Â There was, however, a plethora of inflatable penises and sexy-white bedazzled bride tank tops.
4. Â Umbrella drinks
5. $4 PBR cans. Â $4? WHAT? Come on.
There are a few positives to this place, however....the no-cover thing was nice (though I guess it'd be laughable to try and get $5 out of me to walk into a place like that. Â Also, they have oversized party games - Connect 4 the size of a wall, giant Jenga....because giant things are just cooler than the normal-sized versions.
If I didn't love my sister so much (and thus spent the entire evening at this God-awful place that 30 year olds should NEVER visit), I would never have walked in. Â But I love her, and she loves dancing. Â I obviously wouldn't go there of my own volition, and I certainly won't go back...that is, unless my adorable little sister asks me to be her DD again, in which case, I just can't say no to that girl.
Ohhhh Oasis... you know how to treat a girl!
It's always incredibly crowded and hot (time to invest in an AC methinks), I always have my feet stepped on by at least one girl who does not know how to walk in stilettos, and I've yet to visit without being sexually/physically harassed by men who are far too old and creepy to be out on a Friday night.
All those things said, I rarely make a trip to the Old Port without having a drink (or two) here. They're cheap and strong so I'll put up with the creepers and extremely drunk girls who just turned 21.
And hey, sometimes there's nothing better than having your hair pulled by a 35 year old, 5ft Mexican man who's just "trying to get your attention" cause he "really wants to dance".
Ego boost? I think so!
Oasis may actually be the best club-like spot in Portland, ME, but that isn't saying much. Maybe I'm used to REAL clubs in NYC, but for what it's worth, Oasis was "aight." They make a big deal about checking ID's, which is pretty cool. They have a bar & patio section. The upstairs sports the dancehall. The DJ was decent & the dance floor was kinda small, but it worked. They're plenty of cute girls walking around w/ tasty $3 shots. My friend had like 20 of them. Needless to say, she had a WAY better time then I did. They also had tall boys of PBR inside a paper bag & that was pretty cute. They were a LOT of lesbians in the club (& in Maine, in general), which is fine, but sometimes I find lesbians to be so over-board about certain things. While I was dancing I bumped arms with some chic & in a real butch voice I was told nastily to watch my arms. REALLY??!!?!?!? I mean, bumping into people is expected in a club! I saw her bump into like 50 girls while she was dancing & she said nothing to them. In fact, she smiled at some of them. Other than that experience of racism (I'm figuring it was racism), Oasis is fine for Portland.
Review Source:Portland is a pretty small town... and, we didn't see too many attractive people.... this place is probably somewhere you want to go if you're visiting, beers are cheap... people are friendly... Maine is serious about checking ID for alcohol... we got our ID's checked 2 times! This place is pretty fun, they have giant everything, giant jenga, giant connect four... and.. i think that's it... We came before dinner so it wasn't very crowded, after dinner we were thinking about going back, but there was a long line.. I guess this is the place to be if you are going out and having a good time.. Some of the girls that worked there were pretty cute.. mmm k, heyyyy girrrrr.... yeah, if I ever go back out, I'm def coming back to this place... girrrrlll....
Review Source:stumbling through the old port wiith the birthday crew. after a few stops it was time to step it up a notch and do some "clubbing"
straight in and i am greeted by one of the most fantastic things ever a quickie bar with 24 oz  PBR mega tall boys served complete with a brown paper bag.  short line and i'm in the upstairs dance music blaring and flourescent colors everywere.  It's pretty packed and the crowd is into the music and while not the best it's doing the trick.  up to the ministage by the side for just enough room for dancing.  a few of the girls go the the platform to the front and shortly later i get a nice chuckle from the dude that tries to follow them.  chea[ little test tube shots and things are going really well.  they get another little plus for the smoking area outside with benches and all but.... portapotty really not so much of a fan
Really nice bar with a fun vibe....like all reviewers said, they have Connect Four game on walls and then one in the outside patio. Jenga of course all around and plus live music and lots of picnic tables outside and a bar inside and out.
Really nice place with good music and good ambiance.
I love the idea behind this place, if only every city in America could have one of these.
How many people can say they have been to a bar that:
-Had live music in the Alley way (which from my experience has always been a great listen)
-Water (for those of us who get tipsy and need to re-up early) served in what looks like a small bottle of vodka
-Jumbo wall size games of connect four
-Jenga all around
-Band outside, bar on the bottom floor, dancing upstairs
Need I say more??
I have 2 words for you - Giant Jenga. Apparently the Lo-Dive Lounge in Colorado has this phenomenally awesome game? But, I myself had never played until stumbling upon Oasis in Portland. And let me tell you - it was fun, fun, fun!
This is a fairly casual bar that drew us in with promises of live music and dollar drafts. And it delivered, although the "live" music was one guy with a guitar that sang Sweet Carolina and a beer song multiple times in the 2 hours we were there. Hey. I can't complain - I sang along each time.
For a cheap drink in an alley street of Portland I'd offer up the suggestion of Oasis any night.
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