[3][4][5] One Fodor's guide described Alibi as an "aggressively kitschy" and "divey" tropical-themed bar" with "unexceptional" food.

[7] Chuck Palahniuk said Alibi was Portland's only tiki bar in his book Fugitives and Refugees (2003).

[8] The business underwent on ownership change in late 2016.

[9] The bar is referenced in punk band Joyce Manor's 2016 single "Last You Heard of Me".

[10] Alibi won in the "Best Karaoke" category of Willamette Week's "Best of Portland" readers' poll in 2002,[11] 2018,[12] 2020,[13] and 2022.