Best bar food in Salem! Everyone there is so nice and helpful. Super fun arcade games and plenty of seating. Bigger inside than what it looks like on the outside. Did I mention the food is the bomb.com!? read more

They have the best blt ever! Their food is so good, they're staff is really friendly and accommodating and it's a fun place to go without kids read more

The perfect spot to get drinks, eat food and play video games. One of those places that's fun and upbeat that will have you wanting to come back. For those who are unaware, Coin Jam is a barcade, and offers a variety of arcade games, new and old, but is also a bar, which provides local beers along with traditional domestic/imports to keep your palate salivating! This is an ideal spot for fun and adventurous dates, especially if you want to keep it low key! read more

I love the coin jam!! Chow down on their artichoke dip and bread YUM Yum YUMMY!!! Not only is the food delish, the games are fun to play while you wait and while you are eating. Get some read more

I love this place. Lots of fun playing retro video games but the food here is also really good. Mac and cheese is amazing and their pork belly tacos are the best I have ever had. Everything on their menu is bomb. read more

Love the retro esthetic foods great as is the selection of beer and cider. Great spot for a party.

First visit tonight for my husbands birthday! We had the tots, cheesy fries and wings. Top notch apps!! The beer was great as in it was a nice selection, fresh, and well priced. We had a lot of fun playing pinball and air hockey and he, as an avid gamer, had a blast playing all the golden oldies. Totally going back again~ read more

The Coin Jam - He's in heaven! - American Near Me - Salem, Oregon

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The food was okay. The fries were very tasty with tons of seasoning salt on them. The cauliflower was good. The pork belly tacos were good as well. BBQ Pizza was good as well. The games were fun. Haven't played Dig Dug in like 20 years. Overall it was a good place to stop but not so amazing that I would come back if I find myself in Salem again. read more

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Surprisingly good food, just wish there were more healthy, low carb options. I'm not really into beer, so I won't comment on that. Fun atmosphere for date night or small group of friends. I especially enjoy the air hockey! read more

One of my favorite places in Salem. Whenever my friends are like 'Gee where do we go that's fun, and cool, and retro' I am like 'THE COIN JAM' The Coin Jam is, well, my Jam. They have retro games, newer games, good beers, and oddly enough, good food. I am not used to smaller bars having desirable dishes but honestly I love their food. The staff is also very friendly and super helpful and on top of things. I super love this place. read more

Neat place. Got a cider and some spicy tacos. Played a game of pong before I left. The tacos had a good flavor, and the cider was not very good. Their beer selection is better, so I'd only get cider if the brand was familiar. But it's like that for me with any place that has cider. Typically only 1 available, and it's risky if you aren't sure what you're getting. I will be back sometime but idk when read more

This place was an old school gamer's dream. The food was awesome and staff was so friendly.

You'd think you're just going for nostalgiac video games and beer, but the food is surprisingly great! We enjoy ourselves every time we go - good food, affordable drinks, fantastic atmosphere, and always a friendly staff. It's a great place for a date night. read more

I ate dinner her last night and I was impressed with the amount of classic arcade games they had here. It brought back memories of when I would go to the arcade as a kid! The music was a little too loud for my tastes since I couldn't hear the waitress greet me when I came in. I am a little saddened that their game tournaments are during the work week (Monday to Friday) since I work Monday to Friday during the times that they would have the tournaments. I had the Juicey burger and it was delicious. The fries were delicious too. read more

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!! read more

As a fan of classic video games I'm new to the idea of bringing food and drinks to this type of venue. We arrived here this evening with our friends for dinner as I've never been here before and wanted to try something new out rather than our standby selections in Salem. They were packed this evening for some type of gaming tournament so seating wasn't difficult to find but wasn't easy either. After a short wait we met our servers and got our menus and drinks. After another short while our server came back and took our order which consisted of a caesar salad, 2 stuffed burgers(1 bleu cheese and the other with cheddar) Korean baby back ribs, and the smothered fries and philly cheesesteak egg rolls for appetizers. The food took a little while so we ventured around and played some games for a bit. They have an excellent selection of games here me being a fan of the street fighter series it was nice to bring back some memories of playing all day back in high school. We played a few games and ended going back and the food was all ready at that point. Not really trying all the food I can't really give you a really great review of everything but I can say the stuffed burger I had wasn't bad at all. The smothered fries were an interesting concept and definitely a gut buster. The philly cheesesteak egg rolls didn't really do anything for me so I can't really say I hated them but didn't really enjoy them either. The korean baby backs looked pretty good but the slaw that goes with it is extremely bland. Overall I think this is a really fun place to be. Not quite sure if I'll come back again for the food but definitely would come back for the gaming. Service overall was ok. I can understand being as busy as they were it would have been really difficult to give that special kind of service we all enjoy. Thanks guys for a great time, we'll be back again soon. read more

I love this place! So many nostalgic games and pin ball machines - it's so much fun. There's change machines in there as well, so you don't have to come prepped with quarters. The staff are super friendly and the food is so delicious. I've had their chicken jerk tacos, BLT, and the vegetarian flatbread. It was all so good! The beer selection is pretty good and it's just a fun place to be in. Will definitely come back! read more

The Coin Jam - Bowser's B.L.T. - American Near Me - Salem, Oregon

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Love this place. They have all the old arcade machines from when I was a kid, and they have great bar food, and they have great beer. I drank Deschutes "Fresh Squeezed" and played pinball, super mario bros., punchout, pacman, and air hockey. It is really too bad that alcohol slows the reflexes. They must have had a hundred arcade machines in there. Being intoxicated is a lot like being a kid - you don't feel any need to be responsible, you are dizzy and confused, you keep whooping at the top of your voice. They have a cooler door shaped like Han frozen in carbonite. They were playing Flash Gordon on the wall with a projector. Apparently I was slow to get to this party (metaphorically: I was early on that particular day, lucky for me). But it seems like the whole world knows about this place. It was busy enough to have a bouncer at the door restricting access: only when one leaves can another enter. This might be my favorite place in salem. read more

Actually a nice place with a lot of cool classic games to the latest pinball. Why 1 Star? They don't allow kids!! It's absurd! I asked the employees why no kids and she said it's not kid friendly because the edges of the bar counter could hurt them! I laughed and wondered what mind altering psychosis drugs she was taking?!? read more

You don't have to be a video game nerd to love this place, it's got great food, great tap and great service. For the competitive athlete they've got air hockey and one video game, that's the only downside. read more

Coin Jam is a fun place to spend and afternoon or evening with friends or even by yourself. So many fun nostalgic games. I really like coming on Mondays where they have a few games you can play for free and its a little less crowded. I appreciate the wine selection they have for a bar. I haven't tried the food in a while but I hear good things about whats coming out of the kitchen. Fri/Sat tends to be fairly cramped. They also host some fun theme nights like their recent Harry Potter Party. read more

Yet another reason I hope to come back to Salem someday. In town for a very quick three day weekend, I wanted to hang with my friends that I no longer get to see on a routine basis. I had heard great things about The Coin Jam and wished to see this new addition to downtown myself. So with my fiance and friends in tow, we undertook the "Quest for Parking in Downtown Salem on a Saturday Night" For a Saturday night the Coin Jam was full, but not packed. I was able to order my sole beer of the night (yes, this was by choice), a Gilgamesh Mamba, with a mere 30 second wait for the bartender. I first asked if either of the two Gilgamesh choices on tap were "not so dark" and the bartender happily gave me a sample and an explanation of the Mamba. I was sold, and very happy with the choice. Beer in hand, I went to fail my way through Frogger and Donkey Kong. Apparently I have no skill in that area, but it was fun none the less. Running into some old coworkers was an added bonus. It was good to catch up a little and reminisce about the old days. I (half) jokingly threatened I'd be interviewing for an upcoming Management position and that I'd see them soon. We said our goodbyes and then promptly ran into each other several more times walking the length of the corridor separating the back room from the bar and eatery area. If and when I'm in town again, I'd save a spot for the Jam on my itenerary. read more

Love love love this place--a nostalgic place to visit if you loved played arcade games easy back on the day--plus their hard ciders on tap are AMAZING! The atmosphere is super cozy! I'd live here if I could!! :) read more

The food here is of a much higher quality than "bar food". The items look homemade. Great atmosphere, (and a particularly good fit for anyone born in the 70's), lots of classic arcade games, and friendly employees who look happy to work there. A real top quality place! read more

Great food. Great service. Cute atmosphere. I'm not local but would go again next time I'm in town.

STAR TREK NEXT GEN PINBALLLLL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahem. Sorry. STAR TREK PINBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry again! But anyplace that has a working ST:TNG pinball machine gets 5 stars. Anyplace. I don't care if you're a record store that sells nothing but Kevin Federline albums or a bookstore that only stocks Stephanie Meyer novels, you get 5 stars if you can show me ST:TNG. Obviously I was a little hyped to play that; it had been so long I didn't even remember how to play, but I quickly remembered. It's like falling off a photon torpedo, you never forget. The only disappointment was the guns that shoot pinballs weren't working. I meant to mention that but never did...think I'll email them actually. I'm back! That's the speed of the internet in action folks! I did that in the time it took you to get to this paragraph. Actually, you're kind of a slow reader... Anyway, did I mention they have Star Trek pinball? They also have a ton of other awesome old games, like TMNT, 3(!) different Street Fighter machines, Tron, Star Wars, etc. And best of all, they keep their games in excellent condition. Didn't have any munched quarters (despite the name), everything worked (oh one of the SF sticks was fluky...), and it was just a nice-looking spot. We went on a Saturday night and the place was hopping, more at the bar than the arcade part actually. Didn't sample the food, so no comment there. But highly recommended for old-school gaming goodness! read more

Had an absolute blast at this place. Where else can you enjoy all the video games from your youth with no teenager looking over your shoulder? Nowhere else. Add to that the thrill of drinking and driving...Pole Position guys...always have a designated driver. Pole Position, and all the games, even have drink holders. The food is bar gourmet and murderously delicious. Lamb sliders, anyone? Maybe an ox tail on your smothered fries? Get both. Awesome place, friendly service, good vibe, good crowd. Go there now...or wait till they are open if you are reading this at 3 am or something. read more

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!! read more

I think its pretty good. Great food upfront and a bunch of games in back. The games all work and are in good repair, its clean, the food is good and comes timley. The owner/manager is constantly there and makes the rounds to make sure everyone is doing well. They've gone the extra mile to theme up the bathroom and the bike racks out front. They play fun old movies from the 80s on the TV, there are fund collectibles around for you to look at, it isn't too loud that you can't talk. Based on all of the positives I'm going to give it a five star. There aren't many places that have as much going for it. I'd maybe like to see more booths, not in love with the seating. read more

Very cool place to find in downtown Salem. I am a bit of a germaphobe and I usually dread going places like this, but I was very happy with the cleanliness of all the games, and the bathrooms specifically. They have a great selection of older and newer games, and it is a lot of fun! It's a great environment for groups or just a couple, it felt like there was something for everyone here. I was a little disappointed they didn't have hard liquor at the bar, but they did have some good options for drinks anyways. Will definitely be back and bringing friends! read more

I really desperately wanted to like this place, as someone who grew up playing Street Fighter II in comic shops and pizzerias, the thought of grabbing drinks and food while revisiting games like Time Crisis and Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 seemed like a dream come true. Ultimately what sucked came down to service. I moved to Salem a few weeks ago and decided to head here for New Years Eve after getting out of work. I went up to the bar and ordered gin and tonic only find out that they were only doing bottled beverages and tap beer for the night. No big deal, I ordered something else. When I considered food options, I was told they were only preparing certain menu items; basically anything deep fried. This was kinda of a turning into a bummer, but I figured, I've still got options. That was until about 6 minutes into the new year, when one of the bartenders shouted out last call and informed everyone they were closing at 12:30. Ultimately, they have a really great selection of games for those interested in nostalgia, and you get the sense that they really love games there. Unfortunately, the service end of things leaves some desperately to be desired. read more

Mouthwatering burgers and the best arcade selection around; bar none. The drinks are fairly priced and games are affordable. Only downside: limited seating. Small price to pay for an entertaining time embracing your inner gamer. read more

Love this place. am i much of a gamer? no. But i came here on a whim with a pal after receiving poor service at Archive. We were hungry as heck and had been waiting for food at the other place for over 90 minutes We arrived, were sat promptlyand within 5 minutes had been given our water, had our order taken for food and drinks, and then within another 10 minutes we were eating AWESOME FOOD. I had the sliders and my pal had the mac n cheese. It was phenomenal. The customer service was AMAZING, and since my pal and I are both supervisors in the customer service industry, we were really impressed. We were checked on often, even though it was a busy friday night. More than one person walked by and asked if we needed more water or a refill on our drinks. 2 people asked how our food was. We were cared for the entire time, and after the poor experience we had just had, we needed it! My family actually really loves this place; they are hugely into old games and they have a blast when they come here. its nostalgic too. I saw a group of friends across the room laughing over a game of table Pac Man. it seemed fun! definitely going back here again! read more

I was in town recently and stopped into The Coin Jam with some friends, because I had never been. It was 9 or 10pm on a Saturday, so the place was packed. All the tables were full and it was pretty much standing room only. We pushed our way in (we had a group of 10 people) and headed for the bar. It took a while, but we were all served eventually and headed for the games. Not knowing we'd end up here, I didn't come prepared in the way of change. I only had a $20, and wasn't going to break that to spend a few bucks on arcade games. (I know, buzzkill.) I walked around and admired the large space and vast selection of games with a friend, as we sipped our drinks. I have a similar bar where I live, but it doesn't have nearly the selection that Coin Jam has. I was very impressed! Halfway through the night, we managed to grab the large, corner booth. The staff was attentive (which I was a little surprised by, given how crowded it was) and made sure we were taken care of. I'll definitely be back next time I'm in town, and I'll make sure to come with pockets ready! read more

Good value on beer during happy hour, the environment is nostalgic for a child of the 80's but should appeal to any video game junkie who appreciates a themed venue. The food is hit and miss. There are times I have had a meal here and it has been executed well for hand crafted bar food, other times the food comes out as if the cook had a vendetta to settle with you. The staff are welcoming and pleasant. My only request is kitchen training, items like chicken wings and pork belly are a craft. Consistency is important when serving these items. read more

What a great Yelp find! Never would have found this place otherwise. Very chill vibe here. Dark, but in a cool way that I liked. Not a huge tap choice for beer, but enough to be relevant, and great choices available. Plenty of other drink choices (wine, etc.). The food- we had the pork belly tacos, BLT, and the Mac n cheese. All were fantastic, and huge portions. The service is super friendly and attentive. We played a few of the retro games (Pacman, asteroids, Donkey Kong), so that was fun mainly for the nostalgia but we're not big gamers. If you're in Salem, this is a stop worth while. read more

Oh my goodness flash back goodness. The games oh yes they are all there. The food is so bloody good. Of course we will be back for more yum and fun games read more

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! read more

The Coin Jam - Medium rare, you say? - American Near Me - Salem, Oregon

Love this place! They have great food, great beer, friendly service and plenty of retro arcade games to play. There are cup holders on every machine so you can dont have to just hang at the bar to drink. Highly recomend this place to any gamer, but those looking for a brew and food will be just as happy. read more

The Coin Jam - Mac & Cheese - American Near Me - Salem, Oregon

2 separate reviews here, The first is for the games. I love playing all the arcade games, especially spy Hunter it's one my favorites. They have several to choose from and no complaints here. The second is for my vegetarian and vegan friends out there. They have a tofu and black bean dish that's amazing. The tofu is even crispy, which is a hard thing for most places to acquire in Salem apparently, but they nail it. 10/10! read more