The Cabin

Visited this afternoon. I want to like it, but… Hot Dogs and sanvages were cold. Ran out of Coke? Lots of potential though.

Love this place especially on Tuesday evenings when musicians get together and jam. Great drinks and the best clam chowder in Seattle.

Cool place, stopped in for a drink after serving some papers on my friends douche bag ex. In the middle of residential area, cool little place. Bars crooked, floors crooked which makes it that more unique. Fish n salad was pretty good, drinks were better. Would definitely come back.

Horrible service last night. I brought a few new potential customers last night & we were merely served beer. One bar tender blatantly avoided staring at us or bother to ask our order, the other bar tender seemed to be having personal issues on the phone and ignored us for a good 10 to 15 minutes. If you’re not local don’t bother going. These guys barely stay in business and there selection isn’t that great. But most of all their customer service needs to be put in check. I wouldn’t touch that place with a 10 foot stick. Almost want to let the manager/​owner know of the horrible service they gave to me and my friends last night.

Good beer/​drinks and great location. Nice old place — I had the worst fish I have ever had in my life. I know they don’t fry anything and thats ok, but it was like they had taken it out of the freezer, nuked it for 2 min and slapped it on my plate.
I think the sandwiches are better, and like the outdoor patio seating in summer.
Nice locals

This is a Tavern that growing up in Richmond Beach goes back far for memories. Staff always friendly and beer cold. They have a menu and a small kitchen with tasty food. I got the prime rib dip which was a little grisly but the fries were great and my friend loves the fish and chips. The fish is not fried nor is anything there. She craves the cod.
The floor is dipping and the bar stools don’t stay straight due to the floors slope. Kinda strange but gives this place character. A great place for talking to regulars and locals a Richmond Beach staple.

I met a friend here for an afternoon beer (or three). He is regular and conviced me to try the food. I had the meatloaf sandwich with chowder. It was pretty damn good. The meatloaf was housemade and well cooked. The chowder was not overly thick. It was well seasoned and spiced.
Over server was pleasant and chatty. I had a great time.

Good luck getting served here!
We went to the cabin yesterday for lunch but couldn’t get served because the waitress was «too busy» with delivery guys.
WTF?

A good local dive for drinks, but the food certainly needs help… worst meat loaf ever! Regardless of the food we did have fun. On tuesday evenings there is an acoustic instrument jam session that was very enjoyable

Fun little dive bar in a small community. Don’t let the 3 stars think that I didn’t like this place — it’s just that there wasn’t anything that stood out (it’s actually a 3.4, but not a 4 star place). Food was subpar, but fair selection of beer and hard liquor. I like the fact the floors slope, there’s a old school juke box and an eclectic group of patrons. They’ve got a fairly nice patio, but it was too cold for us to enjoy.
If your in the area, it’s worth stopping by to check out — But don’t go out of your way.

This is a classic neighborhood dive bar. The food sucks but they have a good beer selection and great ambience. What else were you hoping for?

Talk about a classic neighborhood place! And with regulars and a really crooked floor and a great location — how can you beat it?
Worth visiting writing home about, and bringing your guests to. And not at all what one would expect to find in this otherwise quiet neighborhood. We found this when discussing this part of Seattle and friends recommended it highly. Truly an interesting place.
Not for everyone, or maybe even most people. But for those looking for unique kinda dive bars that define an area. You really can’t top this place. Put it on your list of cultural icons. And grab a bear, and think about what the walls would say if they could speak.

The Cabin is a real neighborhood gem. It is located in a residential area on the Richmond Beach waterfront because it was grandfathered in to the zoning laws. The Cabin feels like a community. The vast majority of customers are regulars who live in the area and have been coming to the bar for the last few decades or so. Not to say that it’s full of old people though! There is a nice mix of older and younger folk.
The clam chowder is quite good. Highly recommended! The sirloin steak was tough and overcooked, but the accompanying shrimp Caesar salad was excellent. I’m going to try their meatloaf next time.
The bartenders and staff are extremely friendly and efficient. The bar itself is sloped, which makes you feel like you’re on a boat. They have a fireplace and pool table in back and a large outdoor patio that is great during the summer. Give this place a try!

I liked this place instantly when I saw that they had Fat Tire on tap — something that’s oddly hard to find in the PNW. I got their french dip, which wasn’t the best ever, but was still tasty and included pickles. Dill pickles, not bread and butter (which obviously is the best pickle to go with roast beef). I would totally order it again. My boyfriend had the Alaskan fish sandwich and he thought it was great. I also liked that they served me ranch with my fries. I don’t usually order ranch with my fries, so it was like a tasty surprise treat. The service was very friendly and we did not have to wait very long for our food.

The Cabin is the quintessential tavern. This joint is just the kind of place I love to stop into randomly when on road trips. Having visited on a dozen occasions, believe me when I say this is obviously the friendly kind of neighborhood tavern where regulars are greeted by name when they walk in the door and where you can count on getting a good meal while listening to some great tunes on the jukebox. The quality of the food has never disappointed. I have uploaded pictures of the Steak and the Fish (baked, not fried) Sandwich. Both were excellent, as always.

I’m not sure I’d classify this place as a «dive» bar, while there are many «locals» here, it’s not that funky or dicey… lol…
A fair selection of beer on tap, offered by the pint or the pitcher and the better part of the deal which is offering a full bar! I had to laugh at our recent tab, the break down showed us being charged $.50 cents for the OJ in the screwdriver… I was too blurry eyed to notice what the vodka cost us… must have been the stiff drinks…
Had the basic Nachos, yellow cheese, salsa, sour cream, and peppers tossed on top, while my kid makes better ones at home, these did the job just fine…
Parking is a pain at times, God save you should you park in front of a mailbox or driveway, the locals will tow your ass off quick!
Smokers are allowed to wheeze in peace off the side porch area. The place holds a pool table, 2 tvs usually showing the local sports teams, and a fair number of tables. Über friendly service, even to the non-​barfly…

Good friendly service. If you can find this place stop and enjoy a fine beverage. The food is fair to good. The special part is the location and the fact that it is full of locals.

What a great place to stumble upon while dinking around Richmond Beach! A friend and I played a few great games of pool ($.75) and super enjoyed the patio out back while basking in full afternoon sun! Loved the Jukebox selection — good mix of old and newer music of all genres. Great locals getting boozed up mid afternoon with entertaining stories.
We split the nachos which were HUGE and delish — careful for the peppers hidden among the beans and steak!

A hidden gem. The Cabin is in a now surburban neighborhood where you’d never stumble upon it if you weren’t seeking it explicitly or lived next door. But it was a working port with a few summer homes when the structure was built in 1927, and when, in 1933 it received one of the first five or six post-​prohibition liquor licenses in the state of Washington, and became what is now the oldest continually running business in Shoreline.
The Cabin has better than average tavern food, a good selection of beers and standard drinks, and a very nice patio area where you can see the sound. But what gives the place it’s essential character is the undulating floor and bar as the place has unevenly settled over the years after being moved on (and apparently left on) logs.
Pictures don’t capture the odd tilts of the place, but the second one here gives a hint if you look at the far end of the bar. (In the foreground is the lovely Heather, whose weekend was such that her initial stories didn’t get around to the part where she saved someone’s life.)

Whenever I go to The Cabin, I feel like I’m in an outtake from «Local Hero.»
And it doesn’t get any better than that.