Ben Waterhouse of The Oregonian described There Be Monsters as a "laid-back, loosely British-themed bar"[4] on Morrison Street in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood.

[5] Waterhouse wrote, "The bar is a cool, dim space, decorated with maps, tapestries, antique knicknacks and an oversized mustache outlined in lightbulbs.

The music is chill, the seating is comfortable, and the enormous shuffleboard -- a holdover from previous tenants Havana West and Hal's -- offers plenty of entertainment.

[4] The menu included sausage rolls, steak-and-Stilton pasties, and ale-battered fish and chips,[7] chicken tikka masala, salmagundi, curried cauliflower, and yogurt raita.

Waterhouse wrote, "Both of Hal's successors chose to keep the old joint's shuffleboard table, and thank goodness for that: this beauty dates to the late 1940s, and though it's been stripped of its electric scoreboard -- a concession to aesthetics -- it's still given pride of place, with gorgeous spot lighting.