McMenamins Mall 205 Pub

Katy makes the best old fashioned, Chance gives attentive/​friendly service, Kali has a sweet smile, and Jordan makes a delicious burger. Thank you guys! A great way to end a stressful and productive day. Cheers!

I love Mcmenimans, but this is the worst location I’ve been to. The food and drinks are not bad, but the service alone made it horrible. Hillary, please try a new profession, because this is not for you. I won’t come back to this location.

A vegetarian meal perspective.
Friday night at 8:30 we arrived. We waited about fifteen minutes or so to be seated in a booth. Our table waiter was friendly and very helpful.
My date had the Jamaican bowl and a pint of Skeletor beer, while I tried the Queen Anne sandwich and the Oatmeal Guy pale ale.
My date said her bowl was wonderfully sweet & spicy, and afterwards that she would definitely order it again. Her beer choice was a good contrast to the spiciness because it was hoppy.
My sandwich was really good with smoked mozzarella, tomatoes and pesto on sliced toasted rustic bread. Basically a fancy grilled cheese sandwich on steroids. My tots were perfect, crispy on the outside soft and tender on the inside. I would order this sandwich again, but I was a bit disappointed in my beer choice and would opt for another one of their yummy beers.
Our waiter was excellent and at times chatty. Our only complaint for this evening’s outing was that the kitchen was slower than usual in getting our food to the booth, all things considered, like it was a Friday night and all.
Yes, we’ll be back.

Never again. I had to go up to the bar to get a cup of water for my son. We watched another table get seated after us and get their drinks delivered and food order placed before we had a chance to even put in our drink order. When I talked to the manager she was amazingly rude. She told me I was wrong and smirked at me. I will be contacting her boss, and we will never go to that location again. Ever.
4÷5÷16 — Update: Although my initial experience was unsatisfactory, I have to give credit where credit is due. Later that same evening when I called back to discuss the poor service situation, the manager that had been working earlier was gone, and I ended up talking to another manager who was cooperative, cordial and empathetic toward my concerns. And the next day after I posted this review I got a call from the headquarters office, as well as the regional manager. Everyone I talked to other than the initial rude manager, was courteous and very professional. I upgraded my rating from 1 star to 3 stars, and have decided that I cannot condemn an entire company that employs 1,400+ people, simply because one individual was either having a bad night or was purposefully being rude. I will return the 205 Mcmenamins some day, but you can guarantee I will not be in her section again. Thank you to the folks I talked to that helped to make things right (Jim and Raif) Cheers!

This is the closest place to my house to get a McMenamin’s fix. While its not as charming as the rest of their historic/​repurposed locations they do a pretty good job of making a nice atmosphere. My girlfriend and I have only sat at the bar so I can’t comment on booth service, but it seems prompt and friendly from what I’ve observed. Always good service, and the food is always top notch. The Southwest Rice Bowl is very good hangover food. Everyone knows tater-​tots and fries are excellent. Happy hour prices are pretty good too-​$ 4 for a McMenamin’s pint, most appetizers under $ 8. Everyone seems to actually enjoy their job, which is a nice change from East-​Coast grumpiness. I was sitting near the espresso machine and the server was giving me whatever small bit of extra chai latte that got made-​this is the kind of stuff I really appreciate.

I don’t know what everyone’s issue is. It’s a McMenamins… the food is fairly similar everywhere. It’s not gourmet, but it’s consistently good and I have nothing but positive things to say about this location.
The server? Best I’ve had in ages at any establishment. The food? Tasty as always. Wine? Always on par. Love the McMenamins label White Rabbit which is a mix of Washington and Oregon grapes. Will I be back here? Yes. Should you too? Yeah. And should everyone else just stop being so whiney? Yeah. That too.

My family likes to come here. It’s close, and the kids have fun. Service is good, for a McMenamins. I have always like McMenamins. All of them.
Actually, if I were to vote for best hamburger, it would be the «Wilbur Burger». The fried egg makes it.

McMenamins is McMenamins. With very few exceptions, you’re going to get the same burgers, apps, beer, and fries at every location.
That’s not a bad thing though — having a semi-​local chain that makes quality burgers, apps, beer and fries is great. It’s a great standard place to fall back on if you don’t feel like exploring the Portland food scene that night, or you’re driving by and need a decent meal.
I like this one in particular because it’s close to my house, but that’s hardly a review-​worthy factoid. McMenamins is good. Not stellar, or out-​of-​this-​world, or «so Portland you have to go there with all your friends coming into town,» but good.

Great service, they are still fairly fast when busy. go here for happy hour sometimes when I am in the area. They never disappoint!

Feels homey and unassuming, with the same delicious beers you can get at any McMenamins. Ive never seen so many houseplants in a bar. Staff has been friendly every time I’ve been. They also have a cheapo day growler fill –great since they’re close to home! If you’re not in the burger mood, try a bowl — the Jamaican is my favorite.

A Mcmenamins in a strip mall. But the atmosphere is nice and brews are great! I had a Slow Float IPA… brewed in their West Linn Brewery.

Skated in at 5:52 after commuting home in terrible traffic, paying the sitter, corralling 3 hungry kids (not an easy task), only to be ignored for several min at the wait to be seated sign and even longer at our table.
I tried to flag down a server as the kids decided on their dinners to make sure I could still order of the hh menu, but they were pretty busy. When our server finally did arrive it was clear he was hurried and cranky. He practically cut me off to say hh was closed. When I explained I’d been waiting, he shot back that I was on my phone (???). When he started looking around to «ask his manager» (which I didn’t ask for) it was enough for me to gather the kids up and leave. He was snarky, snotty, and had an OBVOIUS chip on his shoulder. No way would I let someone like that serve us. He was the type to spit on the food. Complete ass.
As we were leaving it dawned on me that this same sever has been snarky before! Boo for Mall 205 for keeping a jerk like that, they should be ashamed of themselves. Letting him represent the honest work, integrity McMenamin’s has built throughout our community is a travesty.
As a 40-​something 15-​year homeowner in the area with 2 kids I was so happy there was a McM’s in right our hood. Too bad for them that I will no longer be giving them my $$$ 1 – 2 times a month until they wise up and get rid of the dead service weight. Despite the good food and great beer, absolutely no amount of terrible service is worth it.

my friends and I stopped here for a drink after a long difficult hike and the Edgefield was too packed to consider. I had never been here. It was only for one drink but I did like the venue. it was pleasant. Liked it better than the Power Station actually. It was a bit chilly in there though, but other than that had no complaints!

When I arrived I asked for a drink they’d never heard of (Michelada), which is ok as I understand not everyone will know all drink concoctions. When I asked if they had any other «lunch/​breakfast type drinks», the bartender snarkily responded, «Well, we have a full bar, we can make you whatever». Seriously? I ask for a recommendation and you can’t think of a single «light» drink one would typically have earlier in the day? A mimosa? Screwdriver? Bloody Mary? Light beer? Session? C’mon! I then ordered a Bloody Mary, asked for salt on the rim and he promptly let out an audible sigh.
I said I would like to settle up (because F this place, even though I’d planned on spending some time to eat lunch and grab a few drinks), and also handed him my passport which he refused to stamp due to the fact I hadn’t signed it.
Now here’s where the review may get a little weird (admittedly on my end)-I wanted to sign it with a nicer pen, as this is sort of my fun commemorative thing. I didn’t have mine with me, and asked if I could sign it later. He explained its required in the rules (it isn’t– I checked both the book and their website, though it does suggest you sign it). I showed him my registration email matching the passport code, and the email address name matches my ID, and he indicated I could be just «handing my passport to other people to fill out».
Seriously? Ok if that’s an issue I understand you need to protect your business, but that would be a pretty elaborate scam for me to set up an email to match multiple ID’s and my passport registration? I don’t even know as that’s possible.
TLDR: Snarky, poor service, uneducated bartenders, and an overall poor bar experience even without the high expectations of the McMenamins name. Total disappointment.

We have been to several McMenamins over the years and this one sucks big time! Service was awful, everyone was rushed, server took glass of beer without asking and it wasn’t even empty! As for a stamp in our passport, was told at the bar he was busy and passed me off to another worker, Jeff our server who didn’t even ask to see the ID or picture just stamped it. I am so disappointed in this place and I won’t be back here! The McMenamin brothers would be so embarrassed to know these people are representing their company
P. S. this app required a star so I reluctantly gave one.

I usually like McMenamins, and I really enjoy their Edgefield location. However this Mall 205 spot seems to be mailing it in a bit. You can wait for 20 minutes or more for service occasionally on an average day. The food is ok at this location. I do recommend the pork tacos, but they are like $ 12 for 3 tiny tacos.
Overall, this one just seems to be just trying to get by. Not a great representation of what McMenamins is.

I wasn’t going to post this review but I saw Cambrie had the exact same experience as me and my girl friend. We went there after an afternoon of shopping hoping to have a little dinner and drinks. We stood by the Please Wait to Be Seated sign for a good 10 – 15 min and were ignored.
I have no time or patience for places who DGAF about me patronizing their place. But 10 – 15 min is more than it should have taken to even be offered a seat at the bar. The place wasn’t that busy or full. It wasn’t even half full.

Fantastic food and beer. The service was prompt, helpful and friendly.
I highly recommend the Jamaican Bowl; all the flavors went together beautifully and you can’t go wrong with a shared pitcher of Terminator Stout.
The atmosphere is the same you’ve come to expect at their other establishments.

I love the McMenns restaurants and miss them since i’ve moved away from OR where I went to school. GO BEAVS! BUT… when I was back in town and stopped by this location I was very disappointed.
After arriving and waiting for way too long, we sent one of our group to the bar to get some beers going since our server was nowhere to been seen. After arriving at the bar he was turned back to the table as the bartender told him that HE was our server. Waiting another few minutes before he came over we finally got got drinks ordered but they STILL took another 10 minutes to come out. Not a good start.
The food, per usual was excellent but there were several mistakes with orders in our 7 person group. I had their famous chicken tenders and cajun tots with bbq sauce. IT comes with slaw but they enforced a «No Substitutions, No Exceptions» rule. Harsh for a place that serves tots as the main side dish.
If you head to McMenns, go for the food and hope the service also meets the mark. Disappointed in this visit.

This one isn’t my favorite McMenamins but it dishes out the same great food as the other ones. Also, I love their Mall 205 snail logo.
We were seated right by the door and it was so cold that it really distracted from enjoying my time here. The food took around 20 minutes to arrive but it didn’t feel like very long because we were sipping on cider.
Dungeon burger was really good (although the patty was not medium-​rare as I had ordered and looked very pre-​formed). Cajun tots were delish as always (Cajun costs $ 0.50 more). Gyro was really good as well.
Probably one of the best places to eat when you’re up here by the 205 and have no where else to go.