The Roxy

This was honestly one of the best breakfast as I have ever had. We came into this place late night and a little drunk and was taken care of and the best fashion possible. I had the chicken fried steak and eggs and it was amazing. Great service good food cool environment. A must try if you’re in the Portland Oregon area. All the way from San Diego thank you.

This is a terrific place. Food great. Prices great. But more importantly, a wonderful atmosphere. Friendly, happy staff.

Good food at good prices, and quite a big menu to choose from! Service was good too! Will go back for sure.

This place is great! Wanted to to try something new and it was really late. Found this on Unilocal and it’s my new favorite place. Fun, tasty, and a great atmosphere. I’ll be back for sure!

Was looking for a cool but affordable breakfast spot and I came across Roxy on Unilocal with less than a 15-​minute drive from where I was staying the food was very good and the service was great and the atmosphere comfortable. My favorite part about Roxy is there wall of autographed pictures & collectibles.

Looking for a fun place to eat in Portland? This iconic diner is the one! The atmosphere is fun and the food was great ! All the food is named something fun, I had the patty melt and tater tots (which were to die for). We could have spent hours looking at all the fun stuff on the walls!

This is the place to go after you’ve already been drinking. Ask me how I know.
Lots-​o-​fried stuff, which is pretty hard to screw up. Plus, when you’re already a bit tipsy, it hits the spot. I’ve been here a couple of times and the service is always fine, the people are friendly, and it’s open at all times. If you’re hankerin’ for a pu pu platter at 2:00 am – The Roxy is your place. I can’t say it’s great, but it’s not bad, especially after a few drinks.

Secret spot. Never a wait. While all other places are busy and crowded on brunch weekends, Roxys is a walk-​in seated right away. Amazing food, fun and fast service. Must try the biscuits !

This is the only 24 hours diner that I know in downtown Portland. Good place to go after hours…

Great service and very good food in standard diner environment with a mild political twist. The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (chicken fried steak) is like butter and the gravy required no more flair than what it brought to the counter. Nothing fancy just tasty. Full menu at all 24 hours they’re open.

Very good diner food served incredibly fast. For a reasonable price. This place is 24/​7, charming in a grungy way and puts the food out like nobody’s business. We had dinner and dessert (cheesecake and chocolate cake) and the dinner came in 5 minutes, the dessert in 2.
Décor is fun and the music is not too loud. Make it a visit when in Portland.

Great atmosphere, entertaining menus, and great greasy diner food. I quite like it here.

TERRIBLE Service. Acceptable Food. Nice, dive-​y atmosphere.
When a server berates you for HOW you ask for something, something is rotten beyond that…
Let me first say that I was excited to find a Diner near my home in which I could sit at a proper diner-​style bar and eat alone. Since I do this often, I am always looking for something new. So I decided to try the Roxy after passing it occasionally. From the moment I walked in, the excitement of this visit stopped and a disappointing breakfast experience ensued. It was lead so charmingly by the «bar back», who could, I would assume, at least provide me with a glass of water. When he did approach me, after a five minute wait just sitting there, I just started to order. I was immediately interrupted and told that he could not help me. I would have to wait for the server. He was only the bar back. Since he was the only person I had even seen during that first 5 minutes, I think it was a fair assumption on my part that he might have been able to help with something, since he was the person who originally handed me the menu. Maybe some water? Not a chance. Strike 1.
Finally, a full 10 minutes later. I was approached by the waitress, who was curt at best. Her «What do you want?» kind of attitude was not cool. Not even Portland cool. In any way. It was just rude. Strike 2.
Then, since it is February, one of the staff decided to open the front door for no apparent reason. Cold air begins to pour into the restaurant with my stool in it’s directly line of effect. The couple to my left actually put on both a coat and a hat. I thought there had been a fire and they were trying to ventilate. Sadly, that was not the case. Strike 3.
I had a brief discussion with my two friendly neighbors and they were both confused as to why the door was intentionally wedged open. So, I raised my hand nicely as my server walked past and explained that the air coming through the door was cold, my neighbors had already put back on their hats and coats and if it would be possible to close the door as I knew when my meal came, that the air would just make it cold. She looked at me with a disdainful look and replied: «You could have just asked for the door to be closed.» Strike 4.
Are you kidding me? I was being sensitive to the possibility that maybe there was a fire in the back and they needed the door to ventilate. I wasn’t rude or otherwise demanding. Could I have used less words in my request? Probably. But, to be chastised by a server in a restaurant where we all pay to be served is unacceptable on every level. I was actually too shocked to even respond to her insulting comment, as she slowly crept over and closed the door with what I can only assume to be a modicum of contempt for me, based on her rolling eyes and sulky attitude.
I eat out probably as much or more than 90% of the readers of this review. Usually twice each day. I say that not to brag (actually, I am just a terrible cook…) but to give context to the fact that I have experience with waitstaff and have reasonable expectations. I also do not tend to eat in high-​end places, so I am not expecting white gloves and deferential treatment. In general, servers have been generally wonderful here in Portland. I do not write negative reviews. But, I have to pinpoint the following:
Ambiance: 9 (Great Dive Feel)
Cleanliness: 6 (Odor of grease was a little overwhelming)
Overall food: 7 (since it was only barely warm. Otherwise, very decent diner fare)
Service: 0 (with emphasis)
Bonus fun: As I was leaving, one of the staff members was 10 feet from the front door smoking. I am an ex-​smoker, so I understand the urge. But, for the love of God, please do it more than 10 feet away from the front door of your restaurant. Makes one question the overall sanitation of the entire restaurant.
Bottom Line: Unfriendly servers in Portland are an anomaly. Most are the hardest working people around in a thankless job and I treat them with the utmost respect. Hell, even with her rudeness, I gave her a 30% tip. Because I know how hard that job is. But, if you take advantage of my kindness and replace it with rude comments in front of other diners, I have every right to give you the one star review your restaurant deserves.

Found this joint by perusing Unilocal (thank you Unilocaler’s!) and I was not disappointed. So I am going with FIVE stars because of the following —
1. incredible service, super attentive, friendly and just all around awesome and accommodating.
2. ambiance — the place is just cool, I loved the quirky and crazy décor, it was the coolest diner I have visited
3. the music — while we were dining, the coolest 80’s hair bands — every song, I knew every word — came on their new juke box (the guy serving us told us they JUST got this juke box recently) It gave me this cool nostalgic feeling and made the whole experience even better.
4. the food — it IS diner food and man they have an extensive menu with TONS of choices including a page of blue plate specials. I got the GBLT, my friend got the French Dip (recommended by our server) and both were really good, heart portions. The descriptions on the menu of the items had me rolling — they are really creative with their menu which I appreciated.
I will totally come back here, maybe breakfast next time.

EHR MEHR GEHRD.
The Roxy is every drunk girl’s dream come true. At least, that’s what I tell myself when I’m shoveling french toast into my mouth and chasing it down with coffee at 3 o’clock in the morning.
I’ll be honest. My innumerable visits to The Roxy have exclusively taken place between the hours of 10 PM and 4 AM, BUT… I haven’t always been drunk and I never forget a good diner. I’m like an elephant in that way.
Bottom line: This place is exactly what it has set out to be. It’s a kitschy, no-​bullshit, 24-​hour restaurant that serves every kind of Americana heart attack cuisine you could dream into existence, and it’s a goddamn beautiful thing. You can go while you’re sober, high, or drunk… just make sure you’re hungry.

This place is definitely all about ambiance and a niche market. By niche market I mean kids from Gladstone, boors stumbling out of nearby bars at 2:20 AM, and the more egregiously kitschy and flamboyant LGBT crowd.
I really don’t understand why people would pay ten dollars to sit somewhere to eat mushy fries, burgers and sandwiches that are not only as flavorless as coast guard rations but somehow manage to absorb a quarter of a bottle of Tabasco before your taste buds can register anything, soup and chili that comes out of #10 cans, and coffee that’s either diluted bong water or burnt toast. Just to stare glassy-​eyed at that stupid crucifix with the neon halo while waiting to receive (at best) half-​ass service from wait staff who wouldn’t last more than a month at a Denny’s.
Seriously, save your money and eat at the Rescue Mission! Their food’s never worse, and sometimes is better. They, too, cater to puerile churls.

Cute place! Kitschy but charming. It was located just around the corner from our hotel (McMenamins) and even though we were there on a Saturday morning, it was pretty empty.
The waitress was a little half-​hearted when it came to, well, everything… but that’s okay. The food was tasty and the hot chocolate was pretty damn great. One complaint — they were blasting (BLAAAASTING) Led Zeppelin and, don’t get me wrong, I love Led Zeppelin, but… these were some of their more extreme/​metal-​y tracks, and it was a little much, that early. Very loud.
The menu’s pretty amusing, with dishes like their «Soylent Green Omelette,» «Itty Bitty Titties,» «Gigabyte This,» and «Miss Piggy’s Landing Strip.»
They’re open 24 hours, and breakfast is served any time (yay)! Of course, they also serve lunch and dinner.
For collectors of action figures and general old-​skool memorabilia, you’d get a kick out of this place. Lots of fun goodies line the walls and shelves. Overall, it’s a fun diner to visit when you want to grab a quick bite in the area, no matter what time of day.

I have been coming here for years and really enjoy the variety of food and the fact that I can get out of a party at 3am and know they are open 24 hours. There is always good music, nice people, and the cook makes the food to perfection. My hash browns were top notch! The staff is so cool. I sat there and chatted it up with them and one even helped me with a venue I wish to do a performance in and put in a good word for me. I love how they joke around and still get the job done with quality customer service. I also love the sarcastic, funny, and informative menu and deco in the place. Absolutely classic! Thank you Roxy for being reliable, delicious, open minded, and quality! I will be back, like I have been for the last 11 years! MUAH!

Hostess is so rude. I wanted to use the bathroom before I ate. When I went to her to get a place to eat she said «if you don’t need anything just leave» wtf kind service is that?!

Okay. It’s not the best food you’re ever gonna eat, but I’ve been to 3-​star Michelin rated restos that didn’t have the life size crucified Jesus statue wearing a crown of thorns made of neon glow-​sticks that the Roxy does and I didn’t knock those other restos for lack of blasphemous jubilance. Everything’s give and take so I see no reason to dock points for a meh meal when for what they lack in flavor they make up for in personality… 10 fold.
The Roxy is open 24 hours and while I might not have been as amused by munchies had I come for lunch or dinner, post the 2am hour, the food and fantastical ambience will do just fine.
Come with a buzz and thwart your impending hangover with some eggs and greasy hash-​browns smother in slices of American cheese. Don’t forget to get coffee and add all the extras like 3 packets of sugar and several giant squirts of milk directly from a baby bottle nipple, which is so obviously the optimum vessel to serve that sort of thing in that it’s a wonder why more places don’t do it that way… or have neon glow stick Jesus watching over their diners.
Service is fast, food is cheap, décor is delightful in a total Fear and Loathing type of way and the menu item names are certainly deserving of accolades… and on that note, I’ll leave you with a few of my fave menu item names.
** It’s Not A Gang, It’s A Club Sandwich
** The Tonya Harding All Turkey Club
** Paul Reubens Sandwich
** Quentin Tarantuna Melt
** Gus Van Sant-​wich
** Sierra de Sade’s Bleu Ballz Burger
** Lord Of The Fries
** Naked Chix
** Tranny Basket
** Nyssa’s Poo Poo Platter
** Phenomenomelette
** Vagitarian Omelette
** Jerry Blank Omelette
** The Ghost & Mr Chicken
** Itty Bitty Titties
** Steve Buscemi Breakfast
** David Letterman Breakfast
** Snooty French Toast
** Rude French Toast
** Too Snobby To Even Look At You French Toast
** Miss Piggy’s Landing Strip