The Coin Jam

Had a great time here for a friends birthday. I’ll be back to try more of the food!

The food is awesome and the drinks are reasonably priced. Add in a great selection of games and wonderful staff and you’ve got quite the establishment. The manager David is especially wonderful and helpful!

Found this awesome bar during our road trip through Oregon. Great food, excellent service and fun old school arcade games to make you feel like a kid again!

This is one of my favorite places to go! I came with a couple girlfriends for my bday get together. Food was delicious, as always. I had the tri tip sandwich. It comes with jalapeño apple chutney that is awesome. My one friend got the loaded fries and the other a chicken blt. we all shared off each others and then split the ricotta fritters (sooooo delicious). We went to check out the games, and the manager offered to treat us to the jurassic park game they just got it. I thought that was really nice he did that. Will be back and recommend to my friends!

Very cool place for a large group. Good food, great fun. However, there’s no liquor, and the noise level can get really out of hand at times. Still, I enjoy going here quite a bit.

This place is a treasure. So awesome. I love it! It has all the classic old school games and almost all of them are 25 cents. Duck hunt, frogger, pack man, galiga, mario, and super mario.

Where else can you play classic arcade games while having a beer? So much fun for all! They also have great food as well. Reminds me of wonderland for adults.

I usually really like this place but i have learned that even sometimes the best of places ride on their laurels rather than provide good food. If you want a medium rare burger BEWARE… and prepare for extra crispy and cold. This is what you get when you come in on a week night!

Highly recommend The Coin Jam for a fun night out. We’ve been here quite a few times and it’s always a fun experience. Good service, good eats and lots of games! For me I was particularly happy that their hot wings weren’t breaded! ;)

Cool place to play some pinball games, get a beer and some food. I like that its uniquely its own and they work hard to keep it that way. Had their pastrami sandwhich, worth it. Oh and all the games in the back.. ..

I’m bumping it up a bit to 4 stars. I’m here about twice a week, and inevitably when I’m sitting at the bar, there’s some hipster douche that comes up and tries to order over my shoulder, like we’re all at the bar from «Top Gun». Higher food prices discourage me from eating a full meal here, but Happy Hour is a good time. House Fries are the best here!!!
The games… wow. The owner keeps them in meticulously good shape. I can tell he has a passion. There are so many cool things about this place, I won’t list them all. You just have to come in and see
Staff is fast and friendly. Men’s room is spotless. Thank you, Coin Jam :)

The Mac and Cheese is hearty, delicious comfort food. Creamy, rich, and smooth without any particularly strong flavors, finished with satisfyingly crunchy breadcrumbs. I would definitely get it again. The Coltrane is unique, well plated, well cooked, great execution. A nice surprise. The Turkey Reuben comes with a mountain of fries (couldn’t stop eating these!) but the sandwich was somewhat disappointing: the sauerkraut was sweet, not enough bite for my taste, and only yellow mustard available. For me, a Reuben without horseradish just isn’t a Reuben. Maybe a nice horseradish mustard could have saved the day. Atmosphere is awesome, like an arcade for grown ups. Fun!!!

I’ve been here on a semi-​regular basis on weekends since they opened and oh the memories you make while being nastolgic about your childhood! I’m dissapointed I haven’t written a review before!
In a city that lacks fun things to do as a young adult, this place has become the center of fun! Whether you want to enjoy a nice drink just chatting it up with the really nice bartenders and owner (who might I add is a great guy!!), or play everything from pinball, to street fighter, to asteroids, to Pac man, this place never disappoints! Plus they periodically have tournaments such as Mario Kart on Nintendo 64 and Super Smash Bros!

This place is so much fun! If you’re a fan of pinball machines, as I am, you will be awed and delighted. The most fun I’ve had with 20 dollars worth of quarters in a long time, long time even while realizing my skill level is preschool level now.
The food is fantastic bar food. Fries with gorgonzola and bacon? Burgers cooked to your preferrred temperature with the CHEESE INSIDE of it? OMG yes!
The service is way above average. Genuinely happy people work here who ask frequently if you need anything and if everything is ok and they seem to really care if it is.
A diverse crowd is another plus. From just old enough to drink to just joined AARP. There was even a lovely drag queen gracing the bar. The bathrooms were clean and properly stocked.
This place is definitely going into permanent rotation.

I Just Went In The Other Day, Had A Bacon Cheeseburger And The Mac And Cheese!
Both Were Delicious! The Manager Is Great And Staff Is Excellent. The Games Are So Fun And They Always Have Some Sort Of Special Going On :)
The Mac And Cheese Is Definately Shareable :)
The Fries Are Lightly Seasoned And Yummy !

I enjoy coming here! It’s one of the most visited bars in Salem Downtown with great food and an amazing staff.
My first experience here was with Anais. She is very kind, chatted with me, and made sure to frequently check on me throughout the night. It was so busy and I wouldn’t have been displeased waiting for food or service, but Coinjam was very efficient. I doubt it took longer than fifteen minutes for my food. Regardless, I played Pacman and Asteroids while I waited. Oh, all the Classic games are typically a quarter!
The food was fantastic, and reasonably priced. As for beverages, there are about 10 beers on tap. No Hard-​A, which is a bummer, but it is what it is.
The managers are very approachable. Sean was the first guy I met, he was great.
Overall, it’s a fun place and I’d highly recommend stopping by.

How can you not love this place being in your mid-​thirties and possibly approaching a mid-​life crises with only your memories of a simpler adolescent life that was once sprinkled with 8-​bit video games and outdoor dodge ball?!
This place is proof time machines exist. Walking in for the first time, I felt transported back 25 years to my past as if i was on a holodeck on the Star Trek enterprise and the computer program was set to my most personal and whimsical needs. Classic arcade video games ranging from Star Wars and Street Fighter to Pinball and Pokemon. Sorry, no Pokemon. It just started with a «P».
All jokes aside, Salem needed a place like this and i applaude whoever decided to take the risk on it. Being from this benevolent boring town, we craved a place such as this to dabble in our nostalgic tendencies while maintaining our social obligations of good drinks and greesy bar food.
The place is huge and spacious. It has couches and enough spots to rest and take a breather from the video game chaos. Nothing is over priced. I took a close note to the menu. And to top it off, they have Street Fighter tournaments. Wish they had that back in the day when I was actually good at the game!
Visit this rare Salem gem if you haven’t already!

This place is awesome!!! Old school games (including pinball) and a great happy hour menu! Perfect to escape children and to play arcade games while sipping a beer and having unique and delicious food! Remember to bring cash or a bag of quarters!

This place is great! I wanted some fries and Unilocal brought this up! Good thing because my man is a gamer! Figured this would be a great place for lunch!
The atmosphere is great, they had 80s/​90s commercials playing on tv lol great games! Huge section of pinball games located towards the back of the building, lots of gamer posters and décor! Loved every minute of it!
We ordered the tots which were soooo good!!! Stuffed with Parmesan potatoes and something else but let me tell you! You must try, they are soo good!
The kong jr, was okay. I was expecting pulled pork with sweet bbq sauce and I’m very picky with my pulled pork. It was too tough for me and way too much fat. My man ordered the kong burger. Which was HUGE!!! Almost too big to eat but he enjoyed it :) maybe if the patty was a little flatter and wider instead of a ball form it would have been easier and more enjoyable to eat.
The fries are okay, they seemed to be seasoned with paprika or something similar to that taste. Nothing crazy good, but not bad either.
If anything next time we will order tots and play our little hearts out!
Great selection of video games and great customer service! Next time I’m in Salem I’ll be back to game it up :)

A group of us went to the Coin Jam for lunch after shopping for wedding dresses in Salem. One of the bridal consultants highly recommended this establishment, he was raving about the pork belly tacos. He listed a bunch of other restaurants and gave us his opinion, but he had me at pork belly.
Right off the bat, I love the concept of an arcade bar and its 21 or older only. No pesky children and teenagers all over the games. It doesn’t have very good curb appeal but it’s not dive-​y either – looks fairly new. You seat yourself and a waitress come with menus and take your orders. I didn’t really need to look, I was getting the pork belly tacos, who am I kidding?
The tacos comes with a Korean-​style glaze but topped with an avocado crema, radish and cotija cheese. Unfortunately, it was not the best pork belly I’ve ever had. It was messy to eat (the tortilla fall apart easily) and the meat not as tender or rendered down as I prefer it to be. Chewy pork belly, no thank you. My sister’s soon to be mother-​in-​law had the same thing and her comment was «it’s just okay, it doesn’t blow my mind.» My sister liked her chicken verde fries and flat-​breads had good reviews from our party. I appreciate that they have an interesting twist on regular bar menu items.
Its A-​OK for food and has a very chill atmosphere for drinking/​eating. I didn’t have a whole lot of time to explore or play their games, but they have four-​way Pac-​man! Definitely would come back here again, however, probably not get the pork belly – I have been spoiled with all the establishments in Portland that offers better.