Acropolis Club

This place is a Portland institition — at least my ex-​boyfriend somehow convinced me it was so. And I will say that it’s gotta be the best dinner deal in town — hands down.
This place really should get 5 stars. The food deal is worth 2 stars alone! But they charge you $ 5 for the privildge of getting in, the drinks are not good (cheap juice?) and the dancers just aren’t my fave. They’re good — don’t get me wrong, but all of the terribly skinny variety and just not quite enough variery in acts to hold my interest. But it’s still fun to watch. There are 2 or 3 stages but we (a group of 7 of us) stuck to the front room. No official smoking area — just outside.
For $ 7, I got the sirloin with a loaded baked potato and garlic bread. It was 3 meals for me — that’s a little extreme, but still!!! Still having trouble trying the salad bar (or what we termed the j – z bar). Can you guess why?
This place is quite awesome. What a deal! Titties & steak!

Waitresses are rude and don’t serve water with food. Question wether tables are sanitary. Dancers are ok. Food not bad.

Good but not the best… Unless you want steak
I don’t think this is the best strip club in Portland. The stage is cool with a spiral staircase and the place gets busy on the weekends. Some of the hotter girls in the area usually work there but some of them have very rocker type vibes that can be off putting.
The place is known for its steak. It is really good and tender and is so inexpensive because it comes from the owners farm. Any time that I eat anything deep fried from there I get bubble tummy.
One time my husband and I were folding up airplanes out of dollars with a girl and she would bend over so we could target her… you know. That was awesome. But over all this is not the best club.

I really wanted to love the Acropolis.
But there’s s difference between divy and deltoid acted and dirty. The raggity run down grafetti filled bathroom, dirty napkins on the floor, musty smell, 5 dancers but four were laying on the stages as you walk in, three were texting.
I know this is a hallmark historic strip club, but it’s just gross and the owners take no pride.

Club was nice and service was great (especially for 1 bartender) and everything was going great until 1 particular girl came to remind us we have to tip… She single handedly brought this place down to a 1 star. We had been tipping all night and had no problems doing so but when someone tells me I must, then has the DJ call our group out… So we left and found a place that appreciated our generosity and I suggest you do the same

They have a $ 3.50 5 oz. filet mignon & frites special. I was beyond skeptical when I was visiting PDX, and a buddy of mine wanted to go there. No fucking way, I said. But I went, reluctantly, and came away convinced. The steak was really good, and so were the dancers. It’s incredibly popular in Portland. While there, I saw normal-​looking *families,* having dinner right at the rail: Mom, Dad, adult daughter, chowing down while a stranger was on stage flicking her cooch piercing, not 5 feet away from their frites, Pennywise blasting on the speakers. Apparently the owner has a ranch, and this is kind of an at-​cost hobby for him. A must-​visit if you’re visiting PDX, and really must be seen to be believed.

So i think there should be two separate reviews for this place. Its an unique place. Entertaining and the steaks were super cheap. However they are absolutely terrible at cooking. It took over 40 mins for our food to come out and my medium rare stake came out well done. Such a waste of meat. But all in all, good experience. I dont think i will
Be back. Not for the steak at least

came here on a recommendation of a friend that went to Reed. Prior to this I did not understand the high stripper per capita ratio in Portland. The girlfriend loved the strippers and hada lot of fun and we got the steak. The toast was amazing and the steak was so tender you wou;dn’t imagine yourself in a strip club.

If you’re a woman, expect no service from the dancers and the servers. Worst experience in a strip club.

LOVED THIS PLACE! came here with a bunch of girlfriends to celebrate my birthday and has so much fun. The gentleman bartender was so friendly (and knew I wanted my change back in all ones ;)) haha but the women and absolutely gorgeous, the steak is phenomenal, and they have tonnnns of different beers on tap. What more could you ask for from such a cool dive-​y spot? We came down from Tacoma to check out this place and can’t stop talking about how much we all need to take another trip and go back!

Well, gotta drop a star. Just found out they’ve stopped offering the 16oz Top Sirloin dinner. They said it was «too good of a deal». Hell, I would have paid more. Now they only have the 8oz. So now the best steak deal in Portland isn’t so great anymore. Oh well, nothing lasts forever.

Definitely one of the best strip clubs I’ve ever been to. The dancers here are SO hot and they really know how to work a crowd. I’m used to the girls looking tired and lifeless but not here! These girls are ready to play!
The venue is a little odd and could use some remodeling, but the layout makes it a really cool place. 3 stages and a full bar. You can almost see all the dancers from anywhere in the place! Also, beware of the bathrooms. They were filthy.
Overall it was a really fun time and I will be coming back!

Steak. Bites.
Really good value for 6 bucks with some pieces of french bread. A little A1 and 57 on the plate and in little cups. Perfect. It was a little overseasoned but still great.
Drinks and strippers are good too.

Dinner and a show! What more can you ask for? It was a Saturday night so it was poppin’… lots of good olé’ fun to be had! Sat down at a food table first to be served (and so we could eat our food without getting hot stripper sweat in it). Prices were very cheap for the steak and two sides I think (baked potato and fries maybe), but you get what you paid for. Steak was way overcooked and they like dropped a pound of sour dough on my (also) overcooked baked potato. Did I mention that it took like an hour for our food to get to us?
I guess we couldn’t complain though. We had lots of great visuals during our wait. The girls here are hot (lez be honest! ;)), and some of them had some wicked pole tricks to WOW me with, but most did like to get up close and personal with their customers and start crawling all over them. Since we were at the food tables, we weren’t required to tip… nice not having dancers breathing down your back for tips. You gotta earn it girl!
After finishing our steaks (albeit mediocre), we then proceeded to motor boat heaven over at the dance tables. The girl with tats was super seductive and put on a great show! I was not disappointed! She was really bringing out my inner-​lesbian! ;)
Having never been to too many strip clubs in my short life, I would say Acropolis was down right entertaining, but I did dislike the food, plus I was not feeling the DISGUSTING and stinky bathrooms. I also feel like they should update the look and perform some renovations because the place is seriously old and run down. At last, overall experience leaves it with a three.

Went here as a customer. It might have been because it was the middle of the week, but the place was just depressing. I walked out feeling really sad.
A few weeks later I started working next door and some guy came in with beer all over his shirt. He said some girl at Acrop dumped a drink on him because he wasn’t tipping, but to be fair he was eating… He ended up spending lots of money on me so too bad she didn’t just let him finish his supper first.

Sad day for one of the most well known strip joints in the city.
This place has been around since even ‘ol Jonny Hancock at the age of 75 can remember. It’s an older joint, the inside and outside truly shows it. Nothing too exciting to see here, the girls are alright, a little too thin for my taste, pretty and decent in the face, just wish they were thicker or curvier.
The guy that owns the place has the money to fix this place up and remake it what it used to be.
They are known for their meat here, haaa *pun intended* but their selection for the steak and burgers is supposed to be top notch, I’d have to say I could live without the steak bites or any meat here really. It has a bland taste and an odd sauce and cooked inconsistently, the few times I’ve had them they’ve always tasted different every time.
The parking lot is small just FYI.
The wait staff is just incredibly rude, one gal when I walked up to the bar, kind of a shorter more roundy gal, I smiled at her and she just glanced at me with stink face and looked me up and down and turned away and started talking to the other waitress. Sorry that I’m just «another female» in the strip club that doesn’t actually work there or anything and thanks for making me feel extremely awkward and like I’m imposing on your day by simply smiling at you, she acted as if she was well above me, whatever, just note to self, only deal with the older bartender gal who’s just there to do her job, not the friendliest but she does her job and does it well.
Long story short, after now visiting for a period of time and spending money here*which I mention this because it makes me cringe to spend money that I earned towards a place that should be top notch and isn’t and that I’m paying for a service (food, drinks) that all I get back from the workers is attitude* I still don’t understand the hype of this place. It was a big let down for me which really sucks because I actually enjoy stop joints, but it might be some others forte just not really mine, but I’ll really only ever get food here anymore, that’s for sure. Because aside from the famous meat and dancers they’re known for, I’ve had other menu items I really enjoyed. But I’ve also had other experiences elsewhere at an even more dumpy joint that I actually enjoyed.

Great somewhat chill vibe that turns into rowdy fun. Thank you Trouble for a great night!
Food is good for the price. We came on a Friday night, expect a long wait to order food.
Awesome Beer tap list 60+

You get what you pay for. Huge 14in cheeseburger for $ 10 with fries. Not very tasty, over cooked and tasted mostly of sausage, not hamburger. Great late night food, I guess. This thing was monsterous, though. Perfect for a meal for 3! The steak wasn’t anything to write home about either.
Some curvy girls were hot but mostly none of them really peaked my interest. I love divey places like this but the food could have at least tasted better!

My other half and I decided to get to go food from the take out window.
I got the old fashioned cheeseburger, and he got the larger cheeseburger. Holy cow.
Probably one of the best burgers I’ve had in Portland. For $ 11, we got two huge burgers and fries with each one.
They were both cooked to our liking; well, and yet they weren’t dry and crunchy as most places seem to over cook a well burger.

A friend just called and told me he’s skipping the F1 race this weekend to head up to PDX… and of course The Acropolis came up in my itinerary. So then I had to Unilocal it.(Slippery slope as I don’t want to start reviewing all of my old haunts from my hometown. Or I’d never sleep.)
This club’s dancers are superb (well, they were the last time I was in town) and the guy who runs the joint owns his own ranch, so the place is famous for its local-​free-​range-​all-​sortsa-​snobby steaks. We used to go for Steak & Eggs Brunch on Sundays. Num.
In fact, when my mostest favoritest publication did a city guide on P-​town a couple of years back, I’m pretty sure I called up Condé Nast and bitched that the Acropolis didn’t get a mention. Either way, here’s what GQ did give us:
Acropolis for brunch. Powell’s after. #PerfectSunday
Speaking of the Acropolis, here’s an old Shaq* joke (true story) one of my Professors at PSU told me:
Shaq had just returned from Greece and was telling some friends about his trip. Someone asked, «Hey, did you go to the Acropolis?»
To which Shaq replied, «Oh, we went to so many clubs, I don’t remember all of them.»
*Yes, that one. How many other Shaqs do you know?