The Best Pool Halls in Portland

Portland has a case for being the best pool city in America, and it isn't close to a secret among people who play. The halls never all died here the way they did in most cities; the dive bars kept their tables when other towns swapped them for more seating; and Oregon's 2:30 AM last call means the night ends when you're done, not when the state says so. There are more places to play per capita here than anywhere else we track.

Everything below comes from the live cue.quest database, and we re-scanned every venue this week — hours, ratings, open status. All 32 spots came back open. No 2019 listicle ghosts.

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The real halls

Portland still has proper rooms — and two of them open before lunch.

Sam's Hollywood Billiards, Hollywood

The institution. A real floor of Diamond tables under numbered lights, neon on the walls, and a crowd that runs from league players to neighborhood regulars. Open 9 AM to 1:30 AM — morning practice is a normal thing here, not an eccentricity. Nearly a thousand reviews holding 4.4, which for a room this old is its own kind of trophy.

Best for: the serious session, any hour of the day.

Rialto Pool Room, Downtown

Downtown's poolroom — big, storied, and the most-reviewed room on this list at nearly 1,500 ratings. Part sports bar, part hall, with the kind of foot traffic only a downtown address gets. Open till 2:30 nightly.

Best for: downtown convenience and always finding a game.

Classic Billiards, Southeast

Deep Southeast on 122nd, no pretense, honest tables, open from 11 AM. The neighborhood hall that keeps neighborhood-hall hours and prices.

Best for: unhurried table time away from the inner-city crowds.

The Trough Bar & Billiards, Hawthorne

The bar-and-billiards hybrid on Hawthorne — pool-first identity, bar energy, evenings till 2:30. The name on the door tells you the priorities.

Best for: a Hawthorne night where the tables are the point.

McMenamins Tavern & Pool, Nob Hill

Yes, that McMenamins — and this one has "Pool" in its name for a reason. Brewpub comforts, house beers, and real tables in one of the chain's oldest locations. Nearly a thousand reviews at 4.3.

Best for: pool with a proper pint in Northwest.

Southeast — the deepest bench in the city

Twelve of our 32 scanned spots are in Southeast alone.

Roscoe's, Montavilla

The highest-rated spot on this entire list — 4.6 across nearly a thousand reviews. A beer bar with a serious rotating tap list, a sticker-bombed corner-bar soul, and a table that gets real play. The combination explains the number.

Best for: proof that great beer and a good rack aren't rivals.

Hungry Tiger, Buckman

An inner-Southeast standby — 4.4 over a thousand reviews, vegan-friendly bar food, patio, and pool from 3 PM to 2 AM. As Portland as a bar gets.

Best for: the everything-bar night that includes a few games.

Also in the quadrant: Creepy's (the name undersells how fun it is), Tom's Bar on Division — open at 7 AM — Speakeasy Tavern, The Lion's Eye (a sneaky 4.5 on 82nd), Yukon Tavern in Sellwood-adjacent Milwaukie corridor, and Mulligan's on Hawthorne.

Northeast

Mad Hanna, Cully

Tied for the highest rating in the city (4.6) — a beloved neighborhood dive on Fremont with a table, a patio, and regulars who treat both correctly. Open till 2:30.

Best for: the neighborhood-bar ideal, table included.

Standard Tavern, Kerns

A 4.5 on NE 22nd — low-key, well-poured, and the kind of room where the table turns over politely.

Best for: a quieter Northeast rack.

Korner Pocket, Roseway

The name commits, and so does the bar: open at 7 AM on Sandy, 4.5 rating, and pool culture baked in since forever.

Best for: morning pool without apology.

Nearby: Vendetta on Williams (patio + tables), Park City Pub on Sandy.

North Portland

Nite Hawk, Arbor Lodge

Interstate Avenue's diner-bar landmark — open at 7 AM, nearly 1,500 reviews, and a back room where the table has seen sixty years of North Portland. Breakfast, a beer, and a rack is a legitimate order of operations here.

Best for: the full Portland morning.

The Florida Room, Killingsworth

North Portland's dive of record — 4.3 over 700 reviews, cheap, dark, and correct. Pool from 3 PM.

Best for: dive pool with zero performance.

Also north: Barlow Tavern on Greeley, Piedmont Place on Lombard, and Marie's holding down St. Johns.

Downtown & West

The Commodore Lounge, Goose Hollow

A Burnside-adjacent classic at 4.4 — lounge on the sign, dive at heart, table in play till 2:30.

Best for: west-side pool without leaving the city's oldest bar mile.

Yur's Bar & Grill, Northwest

Open at 7 AM, closed at 2:30 — a 19.5-hour operating day — with nearly a thousand reviews at 4.3. The industrial Northwest's kitchen, bar, and poolroom in one.

Best for: any hour. Genuinely, any hour.

Also west: River Pool and Sports Bar in Old Town pairs its tables with an art gallery, because Portland.

The fine print

• Last call is 2:30 AM and most of this list uses every minute of it.
• Morning pool is a Portland institution — Nite Hawk, Tom's, Yur's, and Korner Pocket all open at 7 AM; Sam's Hollywood racks from 9.
• Quarters culture rules the bars; Sam's and the halls rent time.
• This list is alive — every venue links to its live cue.quest page with community-confirmed details, and the map gets better every time a player adds what we're missing.

Spot a retired table or a room we missed? Add it on cue.quest — one player at a time is how the map got this good.