Bar Dolly

Name: Bar Dolly
Address: 1215 SW Alder St, Portland, OR, United States, 97205-2209
Telephone: (971) 409-6069
Price range: $31 to $50
Rating: 4.6

4.6

12 Reviews

$31 to $50

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2 people

27 Nov 2024

19:00

Booked 2 times today

Great for creative cocktails
Charming
Lively

Bar Dolly, a new wine and cocktail destination from the Sesame Collective Restaurant Group, serves as a companion bar to next door sister southern Italian restaurant Dolly Olive. Bar Dolly offers an
extensive collection of Mediterranean wines, and regional dishes. The spritz menu includes Italian classics like Aperol spritzes and Bicicletas and the house Negroni is an instant classic, poured tableside. Bar Dolly shares a kitchen with Dolly Olive, which centers around Southern Mediterranean ingredients and flavors, with an emphasis on an in house bakery program, fresh made pastas and other dishes that are treated simply and presented elegantly. Chef Casey Brigan and Sesame Collective Culinary Director Natalie Gullish have developed a menu of featured Dolly Olive favorites, as well as a few more snack-forward options like salami and cheese boards.

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Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
$31 to $50
Cuisines
Dining Bar, Italian, Wine Bar
Hours of Operation
Dinner Mon–Thu, Sun 16:30–21:00 Fri, Sat 16:30–22:00
Phone number
(971) 409-6069
Website
http://sesamecollective.com/bardolly
Dress code
Business Casual

Location
1215 SW Alder St, Portland, OR 97205-2209
Area
Downtown
Parking details
Street Parking
Additional
Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Counter Seating

What 12 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

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4.6

4.6 based on recent ratings

4.6Food
4.5Service
4.5Ambience
4.3Value

Noise • Moderate

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Portland
Lively

Review summary

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Bar Dolly offers a cozy ambiance with "amazing" staff and food, including standout dishes like eggplant Parm and creative pasta. The cocktails are "delicious," served in chilled glasses. While service is generally friendly, there have been occasional lapses in attentiveness. Despite minor hiccups, it's a "great addition to the empire."

12 Reviews

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Judy
Portland
9 reviews
4.0
9 reviews
Dined on 30 October 2024
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 4
We sat at the bar and were entertained by the lady behind the bar expertly concocting delicious drinks Our drinks were really good even the nonalcoholic one. The food was very tasty and quite creative. We had excellent service. It was not cheap but I would definitely go again
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Jennifer
Portland
6 reviews
5.0
6 reviews
Dined on 19 October 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 4
Bar Dolly is delightful. It is a small space but the staff and food were amazing. Because it is a small space our table was in a weird area right by the door, but it was uncomfortable. Best eggplant Parm, melts in your mouth.
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Steve
San Francisco
2 reviews
vip
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on 19 October 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 4
Great addition to the empire. Food, wine, and service never disappoint.
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CRAIG
Portland
14 reviews
3.0
14 reviews
Dined on 3 October 2024
1. Overall 3
2. Food 4
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 4
Surprised by poor service on our third time visiting... it took 15-20 minutes to get in a drink order in and then had to asked two different servers for a second cocktail almost 45 minutes later. Never quite sure who our server was since we saw her so rarely. Kinda weird for "a bar". The food was good and the kitchen was timely but the bar left us "dry as dirt."
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OpenTable Diner
Sacramento
1 review
vip
2.0
1 review
Dined on 28 September 2024
1. Overall 2
2. Food 1
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 3
Our pasta was salty, watery and overall not worth the price we paid. The drinks were good but the food was mediocre at best.
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Guy
Portland
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined on 17 September 2024
1. Overall 4
2. Food 5
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 3
Great food and service. Was relatively quiet on a Monday night. September sparklers is a fun event and well worth it.
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OpenTable Diner
New York City
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 1 September 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Best meal we had in Portland, and that’s saying something given how tremendous this city’s food is!! Unbeatable pasta dishes
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Anoop
Portland
1 review
2.0
1 review
Dined on 31 August 2024
1. Overall 2
2. Food 3
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 3
We love Dolly Olive. Bar Dolly was not as endearing. We sat at the bar, and were served by four different servers. This made it difficult for the staff to provide the kind of dining experience that one would expect at a place like this. There was no sense that any one person was paying attention to the flow of our meal and making sure we had what we needed at any given time. This resulted in a number of mistakes on their part. We want to love this place, but we left pretty disappointed. I expect they’ll work the kinks out. Fingers crossed.
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Lisa
Portland
6 reviews
vip
5.0
6 reviews
Dined on 16 August 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 5
Great food and drinks. Friendly staff, but service was slow. It appears someone didn’t show up on time for their shift. Service improved once a 3rd person arrived. Otherwise, great experience and a short walk to Profidence Park.
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Amanda
San Diego
4 reviews
4.0
4 reviews
Dined on 11 August 2024
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 4
THE COCKTAILS! My goodness - delicious and in chilled glasses *chef's kiss*. Food was really tasty and the olive oil cake was unreal.
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Bar Dolly is rated 4.6 stars by 12 OpenTable diners.

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2 people

27 Nov 2024

19:00

Booked 2 times today

1215 SW Alder St, Portland, OR 97205-2209

Dining areas

Additional information

Area
Downtown
Hours of Operation
Dinner Mon–Thu, Sun 16:30–21:00 Fri, Sat 16:30–22:00
Price
$31 to $50
Cuisines
Dining Bar, Italian, Wine Bar
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress code
Business Casual
Parking details
Street Parking
Additional
Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Counter Seating

Website
http://sesamecollective.com/bardolly
Phone number
(971) 409-6069

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What 12 people are saying

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