Thatch

I had a really great time at Thatch. I was working in Portland and made a special trip. It was POURING rain and I enjoyed watching the deluge while enjoying my drink. Letting my mind wander, I was able to transport myself to a fantastic island paradise and let the day just melt away.

I love love love me some Thatch! I go as much as I possibly can. Angi is the best bartender! She always makes my drinks perfect! It just makes me so happy every time I go it there!

Tiki Kupcake took me there when I came to visit and I loved it!
Great decor, friendly staff--from what I hear the drinks are great (I was pregnant when I went), so a trip back is in the works!

I walked in the door the week the place opened. I promptly declared that I was never leaving. True to form, the only times I've missed a week there were due to work travel, or HamThrax.

Thatch captures that which makes Polynesian Pop so great. The decor is original and culled from classic tiki bars. The drinks are spot on, and the people that staff and own the place, make it as awesome as it is.

Show up on a Friday night, you'll most likely find me there. I cant ever move away from Portland. No other place has this place, and Thatch would always pull me back in the end. If you have the opportunity to stop by, you absolutely should.

We made a point of visiting Thatch on a recent trip to Portland, and were not disappointed ... it's a tikiphile's treasure - not a big place, but the attention to detail in the decor is truly outstanding: gorgeous overhead lamps made of real (dead) blowfish, lovely large carved tikis, black velvet paintings of mysterious-looking island scenes (and one of the late Michael Jackson) ... I could go on and on. They even had bamboo coverings for the A.C. vents. And I'd be remiss if I didn't note the bathroom, which had a greater level of tikiness than just about any bathroom I've seen.

The cocktail menu was equally impressive - not the largest I've ever seen, but large enough, and chosen with care ... heavy on classic recipes from the '30s and '40s (with interesting descriptions of where the drinks came from, who invented them, etc.) executed to perfection, and served STRONG. I picked up a beautiful tiki mug with my drink, modeled after one of the statues behind the sunken bar.

We were there on a weeknight in the summertime, so the vibe may have been more low-key than usual, but it was a pleasure to spend 3-4 hours just hanging out ... the place exudes tikiness - an appropriate level of darkness with warm, fire-like lighting, the service was friendly but unhurried, and the other patrons were quiet and respectful. Portlanders, count your blessings - Thatch is a real gem and I look forward to my next visit, whenever that might be.