The Yawning Portal

Largest Tavern in Waterdeep and gathering spot to many adventuring parties.

The place is a stone building with a slate roof and several chimneys. Most of the ground floor is taken up by the tavern’s common room, which contains a 40-foot-diameter open well (actually the outer shell of a sunken stone tower) that descends 140 feet to the first level of Undermountain, the sprawling dungeon under Waterdeep. A rope-and-pulley mechanism is used to lower adventurers into the well and hoist them out.The upper floors of the Yawning Portal contain comfortable, nicely appointed rooms for guests.