We were there at the end of April and this past weekend and had a great time both times!! Michelle is an awesome bartender!! The fresh juice drinks are delicious! Can't wait to go back!!! read more

One of my favorites!! Stopped in there last night to inquire about the all you can drink at Rick's upstairs. As of now it is Wednesday nights. Finding this answer was on Google. Hope this helps everyone else!!! read more

Watch out for the guy on the bar to the left of the stage. He tried to rip me off, gave me change for a $20 when i gave him $50. He tried the same thing when we were here 60 days ago. Pisses me off. read more

Below average bar on Duval. Rick's has 4 or 5 bars in its complex all of which are kind of sad. If these bars weren't on Duval they would all be out of business within a month. Avoid Rick's, Rick's upstairs, Durty Harry's, and the Crow's Nest they're pretty much all the same bar and none of them have real redeeming qualities. * On a side note there is a public bathroom in front of Durty Harry's... read more

Worst bartenders who can't do the math. They charged me twice for one drink. I'm never going back again because of their rude behavior.

They had some sort of a comic performing who made racist, homophobic, and sexist jokes all evening. The drinks were great but we had to leave after the performer continued to make horrible jokes, some of which were directed at my girlfriend and I. We will never be stop here again. read more

Worst experience of my life in the downstairs karaoke bar!! One bartender drove business away. She directly attacked, insulted and embarrassed my party and myself. Her words, "if she mouths off at me again, I will make sure you won't drink at 13 more places around here too!!!" The whole issue was she needed to check our ID's. Not a problem, all of us are old enough to drink. She took all the ID's that I handed her and ran around the bar saying one of the members of our group couldn't be in there. This is when she started directly attacking us. I then told her we were leaving because I didn't appreciate the way she was talking to my friends and I. After we decided to leave, she ran down the bar yelling at us and calling the bouncer that we didn't pay. The bouncer never said a word. He just shrugged his shoulders almost like he knew she was crazy. She then started yelling, "I will call the cops" (over 1 $6 drink that she made before she started going nuts on us). None of us touched the drink she made. It was her fault, she made one drink then decided to go on a power trip insulting and attacking us. We ended up leaving cash because she was never going to let it go. I usually would never say this, but she needs to be fired. She is a bad reflection of the bar and will ruin any place she works at. We were there to celebrate a birthday and she 100% ruined the night for everyone. I will never go to this place again and will never recommend anyone else. read more

A very smoky bar but when we saw their house band The Durtbags they were great. Bartenders were a little slow.

Terrible service from the bartenders, shattered glass all over the floor, and very weak cocktails.

the bar downstairs was pretty cool. our bartender was friendly and her drinks were really good! the upstairs club was a little less desirable. mostly because the crowds up there weren't exactly classy. i'll definitely go back to the bar, i'll probably skip the party upstairs. read more

While I do not like the rest of Rick's bars, I do like the tree bar. Good place to sit right on the sidewalk and drink and watch the parade of Key West menagerie walk by. They make drinks with fresh squeezed (as you watch) orange or grapefruit juice. Very yummy! They often have BOGO free drink coupons at your hotel or from welcome centers. There is only around 10 stools, so on a busy night hard to get a seat. Nice female bartenders, there is one older guy (over 35) who is not friendly. read more

I can't emphasize enough what sorry excuse for a bar this is. Been kicked out twice. The first time was because I was turning the pages in the karaoke DJ's song book wrong. A year later the karaoke DJ'S was hassling three girls who wanted to sing something he did not like. They complained to the manager and the manager admitted the DJ was being a d***, but there was nothing he could do. I was standing close by listening, and we all got tossed. I am going to go back this year and see if I get tossed again. It is becoming a tradition for me and my friends. read more

Love the live music and casual vibe at Ricks. Staff is always friendly and the free peanuts are a great snack.

i have NEVER written a review but the service i received today was HORRIBLE..I love the place but the bartender Barb was the rudest bartender EVER..I am a local and a bartender..i ordered a drink then 3 of her friends walked up and she made theirs first!!!I was alone and tried to join in the conversation and she turned and looked at me with daggers like "who are you"..i have spoken to friends about this and they all said she gets tons of complaints even from Marks friends read more

Terrible service, disgustingly dirty, incredibly disrespectful staff. Do not recommend this establishment to anyone. Many other great bars on Duval and throughout Key West. Just pass this one by. read more

great dance music, 80s---todays hits.......awesome drinks.....lol....remember to have a designated driver, or cabbie nearby....;))

Signed up for Yelp to write this review. Let me start by saying that this review has less to do with the bar itself, and almost everything to do with the staff. Rick's is part of a monstrous bar complex that has a $5 cover. My friends and I were in Key West for a bachelor party and the "bro-ey" members of our party insisted on finding the biggest party possible. I, being a bit more subdued than my friends, snuck out of the main area as soon as I saw two dudes in shiny shirts get in a fight over accidentally bumping into one another. I popped in next door to the smaller bar with a service window on the street. I was only going to stay for one drink and move on. When I arrived, some blacked out spring breaker types were covering songs I didn't like the first time around on the karaoke stage. Let me be very clear: I. Can. Not. Stand. Karaoke. I've never wanted to spend any time in a Karaoke bar in my life...until now. I sat down at the end of the bar and immediately received prompt and friendly service. My servers, Deana and Holly Anne, were friendly and prompt. They made good conversation and answered all my questions about Key West with great patience, all while keeping ahead of their other orders and side work. They have both been working at the karaoke bar for years and yet still remained friendly and professional; no small feat. I couldn't believe that this place hadn't beaten them down into the jaded, cynical bartenders we all dread as friendly, polite out-of-towners. Despite dealing with the lowest-common-denomenator types every third customer, they smiled and poured, without a hint of the bad attitude they were certainly entitled to after enduring belligerence and harassment. I had to go back. The next night, I met another server, Samantha, who dealt with the bar's lull between live music and karaoke by making small talk with me while hammering out her side work. Again, I had an awesome time while surrounded by awful karaoke and belligerent customers. Samantha was constantly being harassed by two frat boy customers, but just did her job and waited them out. A true professional behind the bar. The staff here keeps the bar clean. It was the first bar I'd been to on Duval St. that my arms didn't stick to...no small feat considering the high-traffic nature of the strip. The drinks are as cheap as any I found on Key West and the bartenders pour fairly. I know my Jameson, and these bottles weren't filled with rail "whiskey". Everything seems to be above board here. If you like karaoke, you'll love this place. If you don't, chat up your bartender. They have the nicest bar staff I have ever met. A huge thanks to Samantha, Holly Anne, and Deana. You guys made my trip to the rowdy part of Duval street go from bearable to awesome in the blink of an eye. If you do make it to Rick's, tip well, they deserve it. read more

The staff was entirely disrespectful. There was an outside checkin, and the bouncer was standing off to the side talking to some girl (aka not doing his job), so we walked past him. Not being from this area, we didn't even realize he worked there. I went back out to a shop, and when I went to come in, he asked for my id. My fiancé, already in the bar, had it, so I flagged him back. The bouncer got completely and needlessly aggressive (probably because my fiancé is an attractive male) and started talking crap to him rather than simply asking to see the ids. I think he was embarrassed we walked past him because we didn't realize he was even working there. There wasn't even a cover for him to be mad about us skipping out on. Regardless, that is not the kind of behavior you want from your staff, especially when you're on vacation and being super chill yourselves. read more

Ran under to escape the rain and stayed for quite a while. Awesome drinks... fresh squeezed juices pressed when you order. Fabulous Bloody Mary.. fun, fun people. Stop in and stay! read more

because of this bar, the drunkest ive ever been in my life was when I went there at age 31. $10 open bar for 4 hrs! forgot what day of the week that is but I was hammered and the bartender upstairs was super cool to my friends and I. it wasn't open bar with just crap drinks like one mixer and kind of alcohol either. she was making us all kinds of stuff. make sure if you are getting free drinks you still always tip your bartender $1 for each drink. someone called it a dive bar. they must have super high standards because this isn't a dive to me. its very decent. enjoy read more

This was our final stop on a bachelorette pub crawl. Security insisted my out of state ID was fake, as he kept bending it to try to snap it to prove it wasn't authentic. I will be 26 in a week...I offered to prove my identity with the two credit cards I had with me, and asked him to scan the ID. His response was that he can't "legally" scan IDs...which is odd since I've been to many bars that scan or use flashlights to check authenticity of an ID. Everyone else in my party(several also had out of state IDs) got in with ease, so they were all forced to leave because this security guard was so sure I'm underage. Rick's lost the business of 10 girls, ready to buy several rounds of drinks and shots, so the joke is on them! Security was unnecessarily rude, and when i tried to discuss his reasoning for thinking an authentic ID was fake, he said "we are not discussing this" over and over again without looking me in the eye(I was sober, and being completely calm). Take your business elsewhere, there's plenty of bars with nicer staff and better drinks and music in Key West! read more

My wife and I visited Ricks for the first time and visited this past Sunday afternoon. There were about 10-12 of us in the downstairs bar, near the entrance. The bartender (green hair and tats) was nice but the jerk with the guitar on stage was obnoxious, pathetic and filthy. Besides using the F word every other word (he talked more than he sang), we actually watched him degrade everyone inside, including a young couple who were celebrating her 21st birthday. She was partying with her family, including her grandparents, when the jerk blurted on the mic, "do you realize your daughter is getting F#@%ed by that guy she's with?"...he said it again a few more times about how she was doing ("F'n) this guy, so we decided to just leave...only one drink and we were out of there. Of course he made fun of us for leaving...would have liked to have stayed to see what Ricks is all about, but if this is the "talent" you hire, sorry won't be back again. Even the bartender told us he is was obnoxious and relented that she had to listen to him for hours. read more