Lucky Labrador Tap Room

Our first and only stop of Portland brews. In the university area so we thought it would of been full of college kids. Nope. Just a lot of gray beards like me. Locals looking to watch basketball playoffs. Beer was decent. Pale ale drinker. Wife had the Maibock. Started with the 6 flight and the dark beers were not to my liking. No fruit infused beers either. Rueben and Italian meatball sandwich were great. The price too! Served with potato chips. I understand the pizzas are good too, whole or by the slice.

As we all know there are plenty of establishments in Portland for good drinks and food. That being said, of the many establishments this is one you shouldn’t pass up. They posses a variety beers so it’s likely you’ll find something that you will enjoy. From Stouts to IPAs to Ambers they’ve got it all. To perfectly compliment their beers are their phenomenal pizzas. Now these aren’t your typical pizzas, they have some character and they do not disappoint. I advice you to try one of their many creative options and experience a taste like no other. What further promotes this place is their great and friendly service. Good place for groups and a nice establishment for date night. The ambiance is very relaxed and matches up to your typical Portland standard. Definitely a place you have to come check out.

the lunch crowd is slow and I’m not sure why. Food is always good and staff is friendly. It is a bit off the normal traffic patterns.
I take advantage of the slowness and use if for business meetings.
I don’t know, maybe I don’t want to share this review, and keep this place all to myself ;)

Two friends and I had a very disappointing experience here on Saturday. It was my first time in and I was very happy to see the interior– it’s beautiful. We were one of two groups inside when we walked in and another small group came in shortly after us.
The bartender was nice. We placed our orders together on one ticket. My friend got a coffee, boyfriend got water, and I got the worst iced tea I’ve ever had at a restaurant. It tasted like instant iced tea and it was clearly kept at room temperature as it was look warm even after she put a few ice cubes into the glass.
Our order was simple– three club sandwiches with soup, all around.
Almost an hour passed. keep in mind, we were one of three groups at that point, one table already had food when we walked in and the third group came in after us. finally the bartender came out with our sandwiches. She did apologize for the wait, saying she wanted to know if the cooks were back there smoking weed (that got chuckles and understanding from us).
The sandwiches were sub par. The bread they use is painful on your mouth (like Cap’n Crunch) which sucked because they were clubs, so the height of the sandwiches made it impossible to eat easily (I know, first world problems. Sorry) maybe people with bigger and more manly mouths might enjoy them. None of us did.
Honesty the soup sucked, too. They serve the smallest portion they can get away with with the sandwiches, which ended up being totally fine because their tomato soup was essentially marina poured into a bowl. It had a weird, diced tomato texture and had no seasoning. Granted I understand the soup was only $ 1.50 extra, but with the portions, you’d think they’d let you keep the chips they make you substitute for the soup. For that extra $ 1.50 we could have gone out and gotten Cambels tomato soup and it would have tasted better and we would have had soup for days. FOR DAYS.
Anyways, this place was unimpressive and we won’t be going back.
TL;DR:
Shitty iced tea, pleasant bartender, excruciatingly slow service, bad soup, crappy sandwiches, and awkward portion ratios.

I held my husband’s 40^th birthday party in the small private room at the Lucky Lab Taproom. We had such a great time. It was a perfect venue for a small, casual get together. We decided to do a pizza and salad buffet for guests and it was delicious, with perfect variety. Our bartender, which had been designated just for our party, was attentive and friendly. Thanks to Lucky Lab for making the party fun and stress free!

It was open on new years day, which was a plus. The pizza and home made rootbeer with refills was great! I will probably go to sleep thinking about that rootbeer.

A nice, spacious, peaceful little spot for beer and food. Lots of craft beers on tap and a little menu of sandwiches and pizzas and salads and such. It’s family friendly and dog friendly, and has tons of room and quiet ambiance.
I had a couple pints of the Blue Dog amber, which I enjoyed. I also got a pizza – went with a pie rather than a slice because I had barely eaten a thing and was starvin’ like Marvin. The pie was colossal with a good blend of zesty sauce, cheese and veggies, though I wasn’t too wild about the crust, which was sorta doughy and dry and seemed like maybe it didn’t really get a good rise or like it got under-​kneaded or something… I don’t really know what I’m talking about but the crust was lacking in flavor and texture.
Overall a nice little spot.

I like coming to this location in NOPO. always good food and great beer. They televise all Timbers games too.
Cheers!

Good beer selection, a little too family friendly for my taste

This is quite possibly the worst beer and food I have had in Portland. I have made better beer from home brew kits and that’s not saying much as I don’t liken myself to a brewer. The beer was flavorless had zero mouth feel and no flavor whatsoever. Neither my husband nor I finished our beers which never happens. The pizza was a floppy doughy mess and was on the verge of being raw (the dough). My husband said that his club sandwich was not bad except for the fact that it seemed to have microwave bacon on it. Really sad as this is a great location and so close to my house but I will never go back. In a town full of fantastic food and even better beer there is no reason to return.

Stopped by here when it was quiet. The bartender was great, helping us figure out what we want.

Big tables make it great for groups. It’s a frequent venue for
events for this reason. It’s in a great neighborhood. I’ve only eaten one thing here but I liked it.

Great food, great space, good beer. If it were great beer it would garner five stars. I love the pizza, specifically their vegetarian choices and their single slices. The salads are awesome, unique and fresh. The mix of people hanging out here nightly are a true testament of how cool NoPo can be. If I wasn’t so obsessed with Saraveza and a few other places in the area this place would be on our monthly list.

I’ve now been to this location several times. For me, this is in close running for the best Lucky Lab in PDX (Hawthorne is still my fave).
Not all the Labs have pizza AND sandwiches. This one does. I really really like the sandwiches here and at the Hawthorne location.
The pizza at this location is, by far, the best of all the Lucky Labs in PDX.
Lotsa beer. Lotsa good food. There is a party space available that we have rented out and it is great.

I had great memories for many years back of the Lucky Labrador and this stop did not measure up. The beer was okay not great. The food was okay, so in summary the whole trip was just okay. I visited their original place many years ago and really liked the Poter, but this time is was just okay.

Great beer and a really awesome ambiance make this a NoPo haunt.
Cool with families and that’s what makes it a pub, not a bar, that and no liquor.
It is a nice quaint relaxing neighborhood pub and it’s local, lacking the overly financed out of town money common on the Portland brewery scene

Though my first few experiences were awful, they have improved since. They do need to work on giving proper info on the phone, but the newer staff are friendly and reliable. Growing on me.

Nice family friendly bar. Great for lunch/​dinner and happy hour. The beer here, if you like IPA, are amazing! Their tap change every so often, so it’s never the same.

Dropped in on a rainy Sunday for some lunch. Service was fine, food was good quality bar food. I like that little micro neighborhood that LL is in the midst of.

One of the traditions the wonderful UP English department has is taking graduating seniors out for drinks during finals week spring semester. In May 2012, after 3 years of waiting, my fellow English majors and I came here with our awesome professors. I don’t like beer so I can’t comment on that – though the white wine (chardonnay or sauvingnon blanc, I think) I had was pretty good. We also had some appetizers; the chips and salsa were good though I can’t remember what else we had. The food wasn’t anything to ride home about, but I had a great time with my friend, classmates, and professors!
Also, I’m not sure if the prices are reasonable, cheap, or expensive since food and drinks were not on my dime. :-)