The Bar and Bites offers top shelf drinks, freshly sourced ingredients menu, spacious dining lounge, abundance of plasma TVs for ultimate viewing experiences and additional flora outdoor dining. The Bar and Bites is the locals and visitors fun favorite restaurant cocktail bar. Join us.
Modern, easygoing taproom with screens for viewing sports, plus burgers, tacos & bar snacks. Based on 109 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 3.9 stars. Price
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ No delivery
Address:
8 Exchange St, Portland, ME 04101
Phone: (207) 899-3333
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Hours
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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Closed |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | Closed |
| Thursday | 12 PM–12 AM |
| Friday | 12 PM–12 AM |
| Saturday | 12 PM–12 AM |
| Sunday | 12–9 PM |
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Reviews
Ken Moulton Jr.
Cool atmosphere with a great feel to the decor, and comfy booths. There is a stage for live performances, which is cool for karaoke Thursdays. They do cut you off for drinking at 12:30, which sucks, but you can always go to Commercial Street Pub after for more drinks after.
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Mia Jamison
I was visiting Portland with a friend for the first time. We decided to stop here for a little lunch and some drinks. The bartender was very nice. She gave us some restaurants suggestions for dinner which we planned to have on our way back to Boston later on. She even took my phone and charged it up for me because it was running out of juice. I really appreciate it that. The food was good overall. My only complaint was I was expecting more lobster on that lobster roll. I’m visiting from North Carolina so I’m expecting any lobster dish in the area to give me good bits of lobster. Plus I thought that the sandwich had a little bit too much aioli on it. It seemed to be smothered with it. The fries were pretty good and I drink that I had was very different tasting lol I couldn’t decide whether I liked it or not. We were the only two who were sitting in the restaurant at first and then later on as we sat there a lot more couples came in. They were all sitting at the bar and I believe the bartenders got swamped and in the process we were sitting in the booth waiting longer than we wanted to. So overall, It wasn’t bad. I enjoyed the atmosphere. It was pretty laid back and that’s what I like.
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Bryant Simons
Some of the food was good, such as the sidewinder fries, while others were strange, such as the Arugula on lobster roll.
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Ian Ashland
Didn’t try the food on this visit. But the Karaoke night vibes were super fun. Great atmosphere. Nice space to lounge and/or dance. Drinks took a while to get but they were fantastic and the themes of the menu were cool. Will definitely be making regular visits.
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Juli Antonucci
We stumbled across this bar on a Wednesday night. We had a nice time here. We sat right at the bar and the bartender was efficient and quick. She was also super friendly and genuinely had conversations with us when she wasn’t serving other customers.
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Sage LeBlanc
Wow this place is understaffed. You’d have big groups but we watched them leave because they sit at the host stand so long. Dinks B+ food C can’t grade service properly bc they are spread so thin.
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Oressa Gray-Mullen
Great dumplings- cold glasses- great soda and beer. Good warmth in winter but with fan movement -and lots of tvs for game. Lots of seats, nice staff and simple clean bathrooms
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Richard Rost
Comfortable setting. Remarkable drink list. Bartender Rick very friendly and entertaining. Two thumbs up.
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E Trice (Imericka)
Good atmosphere. It was pretty quiet the night we were there but I can see where there was potential for good music and socializing.
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Garret Purrington
What a great atmosphere for the Super Bowl. The ladies were super positive and friendly. Drinks were drinks and they had what I wanted which was excellent. The food; well tacos got a 5 star from my wife and the buffalo wings were so good I couldn’t stop ordering them. Also, thanks for keeping the water coming.
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