Nicoli’s Grill & Sports Bar

Where did the menu go? There is literally nothing left on the menu except for hamburgers, pizza, and some poorly put together salads. I am so disappointed in this establishment! My husband and I go here often, especially for happy hour and have always enjoyed having lots of choices for food. They no longer even have appetizers! My husband recently had work associates in town and took them here for dinner and was pretty embarrassed about the lack of choices and the struggle his associates had choosing something since there was limited food options and no one wanted greasy food. Aside from grabbing a beer now and then (they still have a nicely stocked bar), I highly doubt we would return.

Very expensive drinks but the atmosphere makes up for the price. Very nice staff and the arcade/​bowling is nice.

They recently jacked up the price of bowling. We used to be able to get in a ton of games for cheap. If you want to go bowling, go somewhere else.

This place is very overpriced and it has a small food menu. 13 bucks for nachoes and 4.50 for a Bud light is absurd. Good place to watch a game but rude staff and the food isn’t that great. Not much in the area so if you must just get a burger.

Never eat here. Not only is the food previously frozen and under seasoned, the staff is poorly trained and sparse.
If you do eat here and have a bad experience, they’ll just call you a liar. They will not respond to any complaint with concern. The bathroom? In the women’s it smelled as if it hadn’t been properly cleaned in recent months and there was toilet paper, toilet seat covers, paper towels and maxi pad wrappers on the floor. So the food is under seasoned, just reach for the salt and pepper… Well that’s also unavailable unless you sit at a bar table, where you will be ignored, as the bartender is busily filling the server requests for the rest of the understaffed business… I did see someone who appeared to be a manager of sorts come awkwardly behind the bar and attempt to assist the overwhelmed, under trained bartender, by opening a bottle of bud light

They had great food and the staff was really friendly it was just a great environment

Rating a sports bar is a bit tricky, but since we went primarily came to eat dinner, this rating is based on the dining experience. But, as a sports bar, we loved the countless large flat screens scattered about.
The food on the other-​hand was dreadful. When you advertise «Gluten Free» food, you would think this restaurant understands the term. Having a diner with us who suffer from Celiac, gluten free is imperative. We ordered a simple salad and stated there could be no croutons (also advised them on the problem of cross contamination). When the salad arrived, of course there were croutons. We asked to take it back and replace but instead of making a new salad, someone in the kitchen figured they would pick them out and then tried to return the salad. This is an obvious no-​no; luckily we caught this bit of shenanigans.
There also was a salad, pizza buffet option. A few in our party selected that. We noticed the pizza on the buffet looked like it was sitting there for way too long, and the young server checked with the kitchen and assured us new pizzas were coming in 10 –15 minutes. Yet again, they never arrived. After multiple requests, one arrived about 45 minutes later.
Overall, no one enjoyed the food and the service was quite lacking. Our perfunctory server would probably been more happy having the night off.
Sorry to rant, but if you are looking for a place to watch a game and have a drink, my rating would be much higher.

I have been to this place on many occasions, the atmosphere is great. Service good always with a smile. The one thing I didn’t like the most was on game days, the menus changed and there was no happy hour offered, we always enjoy the wings because we believe they are wonderful, however we didn’t need 20 plus wings. Sometimes people go to sports bars solo.

The waiters wear referee uniforms, they cook tater tots in bacon grease, most area soccer teams have their end of year banquet here. What more is there to say?

Great place for kids and adults. Good beer on tap and happy hour deals. Arcade and mini bowling alley… what more do ya need?

I don’t know what happened to this place recently, but it’s going way down hill. I used to come here about 3 times a week after work. We even booked a couple work parties. I loved this place until they got rid of the late night happy hour menu. I thought that wasn’t too big of a deal, and looked at the regular menu, but then they chopped that way down too. The bartenders are all great and super friendly, but the management needs to figure it out.

We spent 15 glorious minutes seated here.
I wish I could tell you how the food tasted. But, I never got a chance to eat the food.
In fact, I couldn’t even tell what kind of food they serve — we never had the pleasure of looking at menus.
Perhaps I could tell you about their refreshing complimentary water. But, sadly, we were never offered any.
It’s not that I can’t sit and wait for service, but at this rate, I didn’t have time for a leisurely 3 hour meal at a bar and grill.
I will say, the various restaurant employees did make sure the other empty tables had silverware and they were nice and straight. I love that level of service and attention to detail!
Maybe next time they will pay attention to their actual paying customers.
Won’t be a next time for us, though.

I booked our staff Holiday party here last year and I’m planning on doing it again because Nicoli’s totally knocks it out of the park. Great group pricing, private rooms that hold large and small groups alike. The beer, the food, the service were all fantastic!
This year I’m working with Nicki to confirm my holiday party and I’ll be telling the decision makers at my corporate office about the great things they do at Nicoli’s! It’s definitely a relationship that I’m looking forward to continuing… at least until my bowling score gets better. Did I mention they have bowling!

I booked our 40^th High School reunion for 100 people at Nicoli’s. The entire event (Saturday, August 22^nd) was an absolute success, from the food, to the drinks, to the service and the prices. The staff was absolutely on top of everything from the moment I walked in the door, thinking of our needs and arranging it all perfectly. The back patio was a really nice venue, affording plenty of seating, just the right mix of privacy and openness, and fresh air without traffic noise. I should also add that the food was plentiful and much better than I expected, and that the price was extremely affordable for a big group. (Pizza, chicken wings, hummus trays, veggie trays, fruit trays — I recommend ALL of them!)
I want to sincerely thank the Nicoli’s staff for everything they did for us. I am the most inexperienced event planner ever, and your team made me look like a genius. If you are planning an affordable big birthday party, anniversary, reunion, or other fun event, there is no place in Portland I would recommend more highly.

Only giving 1 star because I have to.
Worst.
Service.
Ever.
We were the only ones in the restaurant and the service was awful. Our server was rude, didn’t smile once, took forever. Then! Sits down at a table facing us and eats her dinner. We had to flag down another server to get help.
The food definitely did not make up for it. Ordered a veggie and cheese tray, the it was all warm and the cheese was sweating from sitting under the heat lamp. The beer was flat. The pizza was way under cooked and had a very thin crust. The kids corn dogs are on sticks that are pointy at the end that the kid puts in their mouth. There is no changing table in the bathroom! I could go on and on. I will never go back or say a nice thing about this place. Absolutely awful. I couldn’t believe it.

I was here a couple of months ago for a meeting and had an amazing burger. It had a great brioche bun and the meat patty was thick, had nice color, was juicy and had a perfect char flavor from the deep grill marks.
I had been looking forward to coming back just for that burger. But tonight I found that they had changed the menu. I was told that the bacon cheese was the best and that it came with a brioche bun.
Sadly, when the burger arrived with the sad little piece of grey meat, there were no grill marks at all — no char of any kind. The bun was just a typical ordinary bun. Which was sort of just what this whole burger almost but not quite achieved — ordinary. I was saddened.
So I’m giving this a three star review which is an average of one great burger and this one.

Ample parking and easy to get to. I stopped in the dining area to have happy hour edibles while waiting for Paint Nite to start. The lighting is the type that makes everybody look good; low and golden luminescent.
The service was friendly and pretty quick although they looked understaffed. This is on a Monday evening though so not bad.
I ordered the egg rolls and Caesar salad. The Caesar salad was labeled «GF» for gluten-​free, but it had croutons so I don’t know how that works, but I’m not complaining! It was one of the best Caesar salads I’ve had in a while. The dressing was prime and the croutons were buttery yummy. I ended up getting two orders! The egg rolls were too salty and left more to be desired. Then again, I am also a snob when it comes to egg roll quality. Unless it is from a Vietnamese or Thai restaurant, or an Asian family’s kitchen, it’s hard to impress.
The menu lacked desserts and non-​alcoholic beverages. This is not the ideal place for vegans. Almost everything on the menu or dairy. Makes sense for bar food; can’t ding them for that. The gluten-​free labels are very helpful, however.
The upstairs is very spacious and perfect for Paint Nite. I would only go to Nicoli’s again if another Paint Nite event was hosted there, but I get its appeal.

Huge sports bar with tons of space, and tons of big HD TVs! They have seating both indoors and outdoors (including fire pits), arcade room, bowling lanes, full-​size shuffleboards, corn hole… Great place to go for happy hour, catch a game, or to just meet up with some friends for a good time.
The food is decent, with most running in the $ 11 – 13 range. I got the jalapeño pepper jack burger, which also had avocado and bacon. Came with your choice of tots or fries (I went half and half). The burger as a whole was great, but the meat was kinda dry and overdone. Being generous with their table whiskey BBQ sauce solved this problem for me, no prob! The tots were awesome, with just the right amount of crispy exterior and starchy innards. The fries were mehh. also kinda dry.
We ended up getting 2 rounds of their 120oz (yup. 120oz!!) beer towers. Awesome deal and you can take your pick of any of their beers, of which they offer a great selection. A lot of IPAs though.
Lastly, expect service to be slow, even on a Thursday night /=

Awesome sports bar/​restaurant and arcade near my work. Went in for lunch with my coworkers last week and i thought it was fun.
In terms of food, it was alright. Just your typical bar food with appetizers, pupus, and burgers, nothing too fancy.
Drinks were pretty good, I ordered an appletini and a mojito off their specialty drink menu. Very delicious.
I didn’t get the chance to play the games there so I’ll look forward to that on my next visit.

On our way home we decided it wasn’t time for home and we wanted to pop in somewhere mellow for a drink. We had stopped by a while back for a Unilocal event when this place was called «Gametime.»
This place is HUGE. There’s two sections of bowling lanes, a whole restaurant sports bar seating area, and arcade with its own ticket prize shop and last time our event was upstairs and there is a ton of rooms for private parties and what not.
We started off in the arcade. Checked in on Unilocal and the manager was nice enough to bump our 2 free games up to 5. You get a game card at the counter and you can refill the card with machines in the arcade. It stores your money and your tickets. No more stuffing rolls of paper tickets in my purse not that that happens very often, but still!
After that we went for cosmic bowling $ 10 (with shoes) to have the lane until 1am when they close. They only had pizza on their late night menu and it was decent. We saw that they had a whole patio area with wood chairs around a firepit. Awesome! I don’t know why more people don’t hang out here. Groups of people could be hanging out here and never run into each other.
The staff is super nice and checked up on us throughout the night in both the arcade and at the lanes.
We can’t wait to go back to work on our bowling… we were horrible and to hang out at the firepits outside.