The Nauti Mermaid Bistro - Lincoln City

The bartender is fantastic and has a great sense of humor! The other patrons are friendly too. If you have a dog, you'll be happy to know there's an outdoor area available.

After the dog's presence caught our attention, we began to notice just how unkempt the place was. There were stains and food smudges on the walls and the carpet was dirty and hadn't been vacuumed. I love animals, but barking dogs don’t belong in bars, and neither do untidy carpets and walls. The food was excellent and the bartender was pleasant, but the overall cleanliness of the venue was disappointing. The restrooms had a terrible odor, and we’ve decided not to return.

This is a fantastic bar to watch the sunset from. The owner and staff are friendly and always greet you with a smile. The regular customers are quick to chat with newcomers, making you feel right at home. The food is excellent in the evening, featuring comforting meals and tasty wraps.

We usually end up here anytime we're visiting in Lincoln City. It's bright yellow and hard to miss. Also we're always here around the afternoon so we've never experienced the local nightlife part of it, to say the least. I will say it's a nice spacious bar with chairs clearly bought from an out of business office store or something. That lack of pretentiousness I LOVE. The walls are lined with old albums covers (and this goes into the bathrooms as well) so it's fun decor wise. There's the typical lottery games a horribly complex golf game if you want that to pass the time. Drinkwise it's a full bar numerous decent beers on tap. All very reasonably priced. Reason for 3 stars? So this bar has the MyTunes jukebox that you can play music either by using the machine or an iPhone app. I decided to use the app bought the equivalent of 8-10 songs depending on what you picked. All went well for awhile, but then the bartender skipped two of my songs and SHUT THE JUKEBOX DOWN. Two paid for songs. This is clearly idiotic of the jukebox vendor allowing a bar to do this but he did this so he could watch women's gymnastics. To say I was livid is the least. Sorry you don't like my music but I paid for it so shut. the. eff. up. My boyfriend talked me off the cliff of rage since we'd probably come back but THE HELL. I've already contacted the vendor but to me that's a no no. Let me tell you the many times I've heard shitty bar music and would LOVE to skip that ****. But it's my understanding that you can watch gymnastics without too much commentary (unless you want to be old many pervy then well.....ew). So seriously, NM, don't you eff with my music. No. No you don't. Otherwise totes fine.

Relaxed, quirky and extremely friendly to locals and tourists alike. It will be my go to place when we come again.