Charging emotions! We are surprised to be in this famous square! You look around and the movement of vehicles and pedestrians is incredible (all day and night). All this energy that the square has is impressive. A huge number of people pass through here every day. From all over the world! Everyone stops here to take photos and videos of the brightest buildings in the world! The whole city is a spectacle. Pleasant, kind and willing people work here, and they are ready to help you.

Not what it used to be. some food, and free wifi, along with a tree in the middle with lights on it. Thats the good. In reality, its empty and devoid of life, with little to no community and meeting of people. Three stars is generous.

I always enjoy pioneer courthouse square. But this very last time I was @ trimet office. Person riding around on e-scooter threatening violence to anyone who shows for tree lighting. Makes me want to attend.

Pioneer courthouse square is the living room of Portland Oregon we have a massive Christmas tree in the center of it almost everything that happens in the city starts off at pioneer square its a pretty cool place great gathering spot and it has an echo chamber and one part of the square.

Gentle, happy welcome to Prez Biden last night on Broadway. Lots of smiles and dancing. We need to be brought together to focus on healing.Get rid of virus is #1. Healthcare #2.Climate change #3.Sustain small businesses #4.Certify ERA #5.Lets go!

It was fun definitely a must see if youre new to Portland Im just going to check it out a lot going on unfortunately with the virus going a lot of things are shut down so youre not getting the full experience but once things are open again go check it out

Its a completely different square since the pandemic. Not so much hustle and bustle. Not overly crowded as it usually is. The COVID 19 virus has changed a lot of places around Portland. So Ill more than likely be changing a few of my reviews. Now back to Pioneer Courthouse Square. Its on all of the Max lines and is pretty much the center of Portlands tourist business. If your here for the Christmas season be sure to go and see the tree lighting event. Maybe might have a white Christmas this year.

I been coming to pioneer square since i was 9 years old i am now 45 and still love it. Made so many memories and had so much fun here as a teenager who liked to go to the City night club and hang with friends at the square it was just a thing we did!! So many memories and more to be made!!!

Great spot at the end of my day, in the evening, or anytime really, to just find a step, have a seat, enjoy a coffee, read and meditate on my daily devotion, breathe in and enjoy the night air, listen to a few favorite songs, watching people walk by, makes me wonder where my soulmate may be, or what shes doing. Is she looking at the full moon at the same time, thinking of me? Or is it all only just a dream?Whatever entertains your thoughts and mind, this is one of my favorite places downtown! If you do make here, I also recommend visiting The Departure rooftop asian restaurant & lounge, for some great views of pioneer square and downtown. Especially, When the lights go down in the city!

Great place to hang out. The food trucks are amazing and sell great food. U can catch all 4 maxes there. The blue, red, green, and yellow line that turns into the orange line to Milwaukee.

Perfect place to watch the tree lighting ceremony. Right in the heart of the city, it has a lot of good places to eat around it.

My girlfriends granddaughter was just playing in the grass over the fence and a security guard tried to make a big deal about it. Even came around the building to make sure she was not over the fence anymore. We seriously were not a threat.

So beautiful especially during Christmas.... But sometimes lots of homeless people all around

Its probably THE most diverse spot in Portland. You can get your business done at TriMet or have lunch at one of the many food carts or just hang out. All max trains go by pioneer square too

Amelias Food cart at pioneer Square is the best! She has amazing tamales, they are fresh and moist and perfect! If you are in the area and like tamales you gotta try Amelias!.

I have always this important beautiful town square. Today was remarkable to be able to breathe fresh air and feel the freshness of the rain after the isolation from the fires and bad air. I am so grateful.

See all the best mural art from this location within blocks. Morning is the best time. :-)

Its downtown and beautiful they always have some kind of entertaining idea to look at that we all just feel so comfortable

Worth a visit if you are in the area. Seems like something is always going on there. Funky and fun place in the middle of the city.

I think it is an iconic place in the oregon state, you can go with the family to give yourself a rest, or just walk in its surroundings.

Right next to public transportation, a beautiful inner city part of portland, with all kinds of awesome people watching close pubs and great food.

There is always something going on to involve the community for instance right now they are doing a polkadot square that abides by social distancing laws while allowing patrons enjoy lunch on nice days

Colorful and gorgeous. Very cozy place for a good afternoon nap and chatting.

Cute square in the middle of the city. Awesome food trucks too!

This was our go to spot when we went to Portland. There is food, music, and all sorts of fun stuff. The public transit electric trains are running by both directions here, so its a great place to start off the day, if you plan on Daytripping in Portland!

It was sort of eerie, so few people, but the air quality was much better. I love the openness of it.

I enjoyed the polkadot installation in the Square this morning, and visited the TriMet Office briefly. Very nice way to start the day!Thank you again

Great Christmas every year.

I was born in portland. I have had a lot of fun there. Bit, it was a lot nicer in the 90s

I love Pioneer Courthouse Square! Located in the center of downtown. Its a great location to enjoy a coffee from Starbucks on the square, bring a book, or people watch, while sitting on the brick stairs.There always seems to be some activity, celebration, or special event going on. In the summertime, movies are shown in the evening on a giant inflatable screen.You will also find the TRIMET services and tourism office. Youll have access to brochures, maps, tour book guides, and information from courteous employees about our beautiful City and State. In addition, you can purchase TRIMET passes for our incredible transportation system.All MAX trains can be boarded from the square; North to South, and East to West.Theres always plenty of room to spread out at P.C.S., you never have that feeling that people are invading your personal space or looking over your shoulder. Its a uniquely designed landmark. Stop by soon, I promise youll have a relaxing experience.

This beautiful place used to be cleaner and elegant, and no so much these days..

You can really call it the heart of Portland. Amazing architecture, surrounded by high-end stores and shops all around, and lovely atmosphere of open settings, food trucks and just people gazing. I try to come here as much as I can, just to sit and eat something nice and look around. Not exaggerating when I say that this could probably be my most favourite place in Portland. Also, it has a great connectivity with the max lines.

Awesome town center... visitors info, Starbucks, Food trucks, light-rail crossing...

Nice inner-city place but ripe with homeless persons. Check out the echo chamber on the NE side of Starbucks outside under the pavilion area!!!!

Pioneer courthouse square 2020 Christmas tree pre-decorated

A very Portland like atmosphere. Good range of activities and diverse people and theres a Starbucks for wi-fi. Also most of the public transpertaion stopps their ie...The max. The bus. The train car.

Nice place to sit and relax. Also food vendors. Recommend the sub truck. Banks on both sides. Max on two sides. Starbu is available. Bathroom at triple max office. Its unisex but has security inside the bathroom. Bathrooms are clean.

Love going here to people watch! You see and meet about every type of person you could imagine!

Super relaxing place depending on the day. Never know what youll see in Portland! Awesome food carts aswell in the square!

Its a good place to transfer if youre riding the max line. Not a good place to be at night.

This is a really nice area to congregate, hang out with friends and people watch. Theres most likely something going on, especially in the summer. Its mostly clean and the expected homelessness is not present in the immediate area. On the right weekend there are usually a few food trucks as well.

The agent was very friendly and knowledgeable. Nice conversation

Ve r y friendly staff. Great products.!!

Less crowded and fewer seats these days. But still a great place to just sit and people watch and get some yummy Starbucks at the top of the steps.

One of the best parts of downtown Portland! Its easily accessible and even though its so popular, you really dont have to deal with a ton of people in the middle of the day. The brick is such a nice color pop against the cloudy skies you typically see in Portland, and it has plenty of background options for photos!

Cool area. Not much to see as I was there late but I enjoyed the sights

Very cute trash doves. Good food carts too.

One place I get. A peace of mind when Im at work and there nothing to do but drink coffee and chill.

Nice outdoor area w/a decent variety of food trucks.

Pioneer Courthouse Square: This is happening place and usually very lightning and crowded in the evening and night hours. Good trucks along side of this place add more charm to this place.Pioneer Courthouse: I visited this place on the go. Never went inside. But building premise is clean and often very quiet.

Nice area to hang out for a few hours. Stores and food carts. 2 of my favorite things to do. Shop and eat.

Honestly, nicer than Seattles pioneer square, its uplifting, and the new polka dot additions are great. It was nice to see people using one corner to skateboard in.

Im not sure what Im eating but the maps app works well the only thing I noticed is that since I signed up the maps app, I can not listen to or watch YouTube videos at the same time, so I listen to Google music while using the maps app. That bothers me bec Ive used youtube for quite some time, and I still use it all the time, and I would like to continue to use it.

1st time to Portland, wanted to explore the city, its history, and see all the sites. The square has the potential to be awesome but the city leadership obviously doesnt care about taking care of it or the experience its visitors have.

Great hangout place. Loved the surrounding and shops. Its totally happening place. Starbucks is right there so have a coffee and hangout. Its totally a place for family or come solo or bring your date.

Love the giant dots all over the ground. Colors are pretty cool. Sadly homelessness is everywhere ...

Historic. Great place to meet up.

They were putting up the Christmas tree in the square and the statue of the running guy in a suit was vandalized. A lot of homeless living in tents and wandering around. Garbage everywhere.

The gender neutral bathroom is pretty neutral, I’m not even sure its a bathroom.

Really love the square, a great place to people watch and also bring your lunch. Relatively clean as well.

This is an amazing opportunity for you to go back in time.Free self guided tour

Pioneer Courthouse Square is beautiful! The energy here is exciting and you can literally feel the history all around you! The lights decorating the building bring a hint of magic and wonder!

The living room of Portland which is also the center of the city where nearly all transit lines intersect. Its one of my favorite places, but it can sometimes be much.

Good philly cheesesteaks right on the square! (Foodcart)

Enjoy the breakfast with the family and the view. It was calm and clean.

The Whole Bowl food cart there is great!

During the day the square is a nice place. The place is pretty clean, it is also easy to relax here for a small stop.You can get food from the food trucks(They are still open and serving rn), Starbucks is also open, and there is an open public restroom which are hard things to find downtown with the pandemic.

Lots of aggressive homeless people. I couldnt eat and enjoy a meal outside in peace without several homeless people trying to get money or food from me, but the worst ones were they 3 other ones that asked me repetitively if I wanted heroin & methamphetamine. So discomforting and disgusting! I recommend to take your food and walk around the block to the park out front of PSU, at least theres security and police hovering so theres not aggressive bums on the prowl for cash or trying to hustle narcotics. Really makes me sad, but would have appreciated a nice peaceful lunch after working all morning and before having to go back to work and finish up.photos from the park I ended up enjoying my lunch in.

Infested by the homeless community, but overall acceptable looking.

Portlands Living Room, what more can I say? A great place to people watch or relax on a summer day. If youre visiting Portland, I would highly recommend stopling by!

Casual place to spent time in the heart of downtown portland. They have a starbucks and few food trucks. Usually filled with people but empty during covid-19.

Amazing open space with a great view of the surrounding city

I love to see the community that gathers here and the art they express themselves with

It is a great little place for people to hang out downtown

Cool place in Portland. Nice area to check out the shops and the sign. Great to check out if you have some free time but not a must see place.

I witnessed and enjoyed very much a couple of great Italian Opera singers, to me was worth a Capital 5 star rating for both singers.

You gotta love Portlands Living Room! Another wonderful free movie tonight, on a (really) big screen - so what if it drizzled :-)

This is truly Portlands living room. Everything goes on down here

Nice brick layout and plenty of spot to sit and relax after a long walk. Theres a couple of food carts to grab a snack.

Overran with homeless people and I understand that there is a problem in our city with homelessness but there are people screaming and asking for money.

Good food and people watching. Especially in skin season! My wife loves to look at the people with me. Its one of the hubs of Trimet and has great (but expensive) shopping around.

Must go to Fried Egg Im In Love! Food trailer that makes the best fried egg sandwiches ever! Quick service even when theres a line. Great prices & friendly staff

Pretty open space with Starbucks in the perfect spot to leisurely enjoy drinking outside during covid

Trimet ticket office. Its an ok place to have a seat.

It is so cute how they have the Christmas tree up. He should have seen how hard it was to get them for them to get it in there. Places kept clean. Its busy but its in the middle of a city so that is normal. People are nice. And they have a Starbucks on almost every corner so that is very nice as well

Public transit at its best.Max going on either direction to and from places inside and out of Portland and bus lines as well.

Excellent place for coffee or lunch check out the [Block] and get a Philly cheese sandwich order extra meat cut it in half and its good for two people I give them a 5 out of 5 stars also meet up with friends go shopping love Nordstrom next door Portlands living room

Yummy food from Fried Egg Im In Love truck, gender neutral bathroom was cool to see too.

This places is beautiful. You can buy something delicious in Starbucks (the first in Portland!), take a sit and observe the people, the sky and the buildings. Really pacefully.

Murals are beautiful but theres sometimes problematic people near here.

I enjoyed the city of Portland Oregon great place to stay and to walk and the people the shopping the views.

Great place to sit back and take in the busy city. I suggest grabbing some food from the food court down the block and eating it here.

Cool place to check out the food truck scene in downtown Portland

Even with COVID-19 thus is still a nice place. There is a Starbucks and several food carts

We can breathe!

The zoo was amazing, hope to see the new exhibits coming up in the next couple years

Liked this place, Pioneer Square. Every tourist site said to go. Shopping mall right across the street. Other name brand stores right in sight. Multiple food pods on site had the area smelling great. Not to mention a visitor center. Got to say... there was s co-ed public restroom (shocker). Great for photos.

A lot of good people And a lot of good Shopping in the area

Its a great place to start exploring downtown Portland from!

Great place at the center of it all in downtown Portland, OR to hang out, day or night, to grab something good to eat at onsite food carts and restaurants nearby. People watch Central. Starbucks in the square, free WiFi. Movie theater, Pharmacy, hotels, and other retail nearby.