Who closes a bar at 9:45pm??? Aaaand turn away customers because of it?
They doooooooo!!
Ugh, seriously... I was so looking forward to hangin out and having some of their yummy fish n chips but was sooo disappointed that Amber wasn't there and to top it off, the bartender that was working last night hollered out that they were closing in half hour?? WTF...
I usually like this place because some of their food is secretly awesome and it is just over the Sellwood bridge to my house. But after tonight  it made me pretty mad. So my Husband and I hurried to finish our beers and had to find another dive bar close by.
Lame.
It's funny reading the other reviews because it seems like everyone has fun here but nobody wants to give a good rating... what is up with that? Yeah, it's a dive... so what? Penguin does it right! Five stars!
This is a crowded neighborhood dive that doesn't serve PBR. They have a top-secret food menu and usually have off-beat shows on the TVs like cops or Nascar crashes.
But, wait, what did I say? There's no PBR? Whatever shall you drink? Try one of the other drafts, you'll probably like something they have. This is not really a hipster dive, which is one thing I enjoy because so many dives on the east side cater to that crowd.
The women's restroom has one of the stalls chained off. I think that's funny, and I am also very curious as to why. WHY? There's never a long wait to relieve yourself, anyway, so don't you worry 'bout that.
Karaoke is going on Friday and Saturday nights and it gets busy. Lots of fun to be had by all. And, yes, you must crane your neck to see your song lyrics for karaoke. I personally like that the karaoke monitor is up high because then you don't have the singers staring down or hiding behind a screen - it definitely encourages you to be more outgoing.
The tacos and fries are yum. Order them. And some jello shots.
Penguin Pub hosted a viewing party for Portland Men's Roller Derby last night and prior to arriving, I wasn't sure what to expect. Â I live in Milwaukie, easily pass by this place easily a dozen times/week and hadn't heard feedback from anyone who'd pass through here before.
I was pleasantly surprised! Â They have a great beer list and a pretty good menu. Â I'd expected our party to easily overwhelm the bartender, but she was a champ! Â Between pulling all of the short order duties, she was hustling to make sure the 20 of us had refills, extra fries and the tv remote super fast. Â Tipping 50% was no mistake.
I'm eager to go back for a happy hour and check out the rest of their menu.
I associate Sellwood more with antiques and art and cute houses than I do with drunk bros and dive bars. I guess there's more to Sellwood culture than I realized. This place actually serves jello shots (jello shots! to drinkers who aren't underage!), and the stain from a wooden wall in the back wore off on my skin when I leaned against it for a couple minutes. It's hilarious how the smokers in this place insist on shoving through the crowd to go out the back door for a cigarette, even though the back door leads to a spot in the parking lot about 5 feet from the front door. I would have to be really, really drunk (like 15 jello shots drunk) to love this place, but it's hard not to love the oddball crowd in here just a little bit.
Review Source:Came out to this place during some sort of Sellwood Pub Crawl. Â This was by chance as I was in no way involved in said Pub Crawl. Â My buddy informed me that there was karaoke on the night we went. Â I figured it would be a good time to watch other folks sign horribly out of key. Â I drove over there and you can park in the front where the Goodwill Donation Center is. Â The lot was packed and I went around the side to park on the street. Â But there is a second parking lot behind the place as well that you can use. Â We head on in...
The place is pretty much a dive. Â Folks were packed in tight since it was a Pub Crawl night. Â It was LOUD. Â I mean, really loud. Â The only table left was next to the poopers. Â So we sat there and prayed no one dropped deuce in the bathroom. Â Someone did smoke some weed in there. Â It kept wafting into the bar. Â Maybe that is why the folks singing sounded so bad. Â I do believe it sounded like a f****ng cat orgy.
Beers were solid. Â No issue with that. Â We were hungry and I heard the tacos were choice here. Â And they were. Â Damn good tacos. Â Well, one of the tacos on the plate was filled about halfway with sour cream. Â I gave that one to my buddy. Â He seems to like white saucy stuff in and around his mouth.
You know, now that I think about it. Â The highlight of the night was when a pair of large lovers were sitting near the front gave their impromptu performance. Â The large man buried his face in the cleavage of his very large woman and proceeded to give the most amazing motorboat I had ever seen. Â You could really hear this guy give it to her twins. Â He really put his heart and soul into it. Â The bar was impressed. Â His woman was pleased. Â He was triumphant!
I love the Penguin. Every time I visit Sellwood I make sure to stop by the Penguin and grab a pint. The best karaoke performance I've ever witnessed has been here, the strangest meet and greets of individuals I will never see again happened here, and the adventures keep coming. I suggest grabbing a group of friends and finding this end up on a Friday night.
Review Source:Its a dive bar, in sellwood..
that pretty much summarizes it. sorry..does it need more? FINE! you guys are getting super demanding lately.
it's dimly lit, there's a stair case to no where, there's exits that i don't think are actual exists, the bathrooms are small and strange. The space is odd and long which bottle necks in the middle, the decore hasn't been updated since Burt Reynolds was considered a sex bomb..or maybe when sex bomb was popular. dunno.
The drinks are strong as they should be, as are the prices cheap as it should be and there's jello shots and they're not horrible diet jello like at scooters. The karaoke was fine, strange to have to crane your neck up to see the tiny screen. There..you happy now? sheesh.
Another stop on the Sellwood pub-crawl. Also the first time I've sung karaoke in public in years. Â It's kind of a shithole, but the staff were nice, and the KJ was a really nice guy, if kinda a putz.
They had Alameda El Torero on tap (my favorite Alameda beer), plus a huge self-serve water station with big stadium cups to get your hydration on, so no complaints.
My boyfriend and I used to stop by this pub for a cold beer during the summer, but after the other night, we'll never be back. Â Ordered cocktails this time (big mistake). Â Air-head bartender had to ask us how to make them, then charged us $11.00 for each, claiming that our cocktails had "double shots," so were twice the price of regular cocktails. Â We're talking a watered-down manhattan and lemon drop in tumblers--I couldn't even taste the alcohol. Â Yep, $11.00 a piece. Â
This pub has good, cold beer and a small-town feel, but after the $11.00 cocktails, we'll never be back. Â When I questioned the price, I was told, "That's what cocktails cost, sweetie."
A friend of mine dragged me out to the Penguin Pub & I was happy I finally checked the place out.
They have Hamms beer on tap! What's not to love? Karaoke on Friday & Saturday nights can get pretty crazy, but if you do a good job singing everyone there will love you. haha Even if you do a bad job... everyone there will love you.
I hear they have super good tacos, but I was too drunk to order them when I was there.
Overall this place has a good vibe, and my general advice would be 'bring your friends'
I have always been a intrigued by the peguins on a pub. I drive by and think what is that place?! So today I dared to enter it. I was plesently surprised.
Now it may be that the majority of the time it was only my party there but I had fun. The bar tender was really great and enjoyed a few laughs with us. The drinks where strong and well mixed. I had a white russian, it was excellent! My friends all commented their drinks were strong but great.
Now I don't know what the night crowd is like but  for a mid afternoon drink I had a lot of fun. I esspecially loved all the slightly cheesy but funny pictures of penguins hung on the walls.
Penguin Pub. Worship. Try it once. Meet the 40-50 year old self proclaimed "gift to women" with a huge beer gut and missing teeth. Than watch that lovely PBR pour with a background of hideously old penguin paraphenalia that looks like it came from a landfill. Cough from second hand smoke, than continue on your way...
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