Not many Starbucks in the Rhode Island and Connecticut areas. Lotsa Dunkin Donuts. Then, we saw these little hole in the wall shops called, Sip 'n Dip. My curiosity got the best of me. I had to try this mom and pop lookin' place. We tried the one on the bay, on the way to Colt State Park. Nice warm New England welcome from the young lady who was perspiring in the heat. We ordered a hot coffee and and iced coffee. She recommended the cinnamon twist. We honored her recommendation. It was nice and doughy crispy. Not a fancy place, but good ole service. read more

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My favorite place on the East Bay. Fast service, friendly smiles, and they even remember my order when I stop in! I wish every establishment would be as great as sip and dip. read more

Sip N' Dip Donuts - Best refreshers on the East Bay! - Donuts Near Me - Bristol, Rhode Island

I love everything about sip n dip except for the fact that they had to get rid of their styrofoam cups! They kept iced coffee extra cold and fresh longer. What a loss. Aside from threat, their coffee is great and their staff is always friendly. I love the drive up waterfront location so much. It's cute and convenient. read more

Service was friendly but the place is extremely dirty from many years of neglect. It's obvious management/ownership doesn't care and there has not been a deep clean maybe ever. read more

Always very good, and the staff are very polite. I really wish they had more locations; I live in Cumberland RI and can't get to their locations often. read more

Friendly' service during the busiest day of the year. Drive thru became the walk through. Fresh donuts, great iced coffee delicious blueberry muffins. Excellent food and a hard working dedicated staff read more

I really like sip and dip. They are right near my house and Convenient to getting a quick coffee and walking down and watching the sun rise on the water. It appears that some of the workers speak Portuguese and that is important in this area. It did appear they were a bit understaffed so I left a better tip :) Also the baked goods are fresh each morning. The hot coffee is delicious and they have a wide variety of fruit smoothies. I will be back! read more

Sip-N-Dip while you bike A little donut, coffee and ice cream place right on the east bay bike path in Bristol. A nice place to replace those calories you just burned off on the bike ride. The donut section is a lot like a pseudo Dunkin Donuts but I think the coffee is actually better than most D&D's. Plenty of donut and pastry things to choose from to quickly get your RDA of daily empty calories. The other side of the store has I scream, 24 flavors in fact. Nothing too exotic but some fairly interesting ones like blueberry, tutti fruity and maple walnut. Of course they have a list of toppings your can add. The store has a few tables inside and a drive through so you don't even have to spend the energy and calories to get out of your car. Sip-N-Dip does get very crowded in the summer and pretty chaotic. The employees do a good job but on occasion service slows down to a crawl. I was in there the other day and a woman in front of us was actually counting out a whole pocket full of pennies to pay. Fortunately no one was behind her. But all it takes is one knucklehead like her and a place like this slows to a stop. read more

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This is a great place for morning coffee and a afternoon iced coffee pick me up!! There coffee rolls are a favorite of the kiddos. Parking is easy and they have a drive thru. It's a one stops treat as well for ice cream they have a ton of flavored to choose from and the staff members are always pleasant . Vice been coming here since I moved to Bristol on a regular basis and I'm always happy with the service as well as the prices. Since I live right off the bike path I can ride in and enjoy a iced coffee sitting by the water on a nice bench people watching. This is a must try place if your visiting.summer months they have older model car shows with live music. What better way to enjoy great music sipping a favorite coffee beverage. The parking is big enough to hold a large crowd if your going to hang out and meet some new friends. read more

The best thing about this donut shop is that it's near the southern terminus of the East Bay Bike Path. This makes it a perfect stop for a snack at the midpoint of a nice ride from my house. It has a lot of seating and a selection of not only donuts but pastries, muffins, turnovers, muffins, bagels, and more. There is no good bike parking outside, which seems a big mistake. The workers seem OK with me parking my bike inside the door, in a little vestibule, at least on mornings when it's not very busy. There is a single unisex restroom inside, as well. I had a croissant and tea, and unfortunately the croissant quality was poor. The croissant tasted like it was wrapped and bought at a convenience store. The donuts and hot chocolate are fine. I have not tried the coffee. A single donut costs one dollar. It would be nice if there were a selection of more healthy choices for cyclists, but this is strictly a donut shop. read more

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Don't let all the random photos of cars confuse you: this is definitely a coffee and donut affair. Delicious donuts as per their other locations, what makes this storefront extra special is the gorgeous views from the parking lot, proximity to the bike bath and that they actually offer soy milk. Great service, great coffee and a lovely place to sit and enjoy the scenic ocean view. read more

While the food was good the service was terrible. I called to pre-order and they pretty much messed up 50% of the items. They also forgot a few things and some people went without breakfast. read more

Coffee quality has diminished and on my last 2 drive through coffee was lukewarm. I was a regular and like to keep my business local but they need to pick up standards. read more

Oh man. I got a cinnamon twist here and I felt like I was biting into a cinnamon twist that was buried in the dessert, left out in the sun for 10 days, and then some magical being came and sucked all the taste out of it. JEEZ! How can they even charge $3 for a piece of cardboard?? They're definitely selling cardboard here and putting a little razzle dazzle white shit on top! read more

Coffee is decent (as an alternative to Dunkin Donuts - if you don't care for their coffee or can't be bothered to head into town) - don't care for their donuts, bagels or muffins. They do have great breakfast sandwiches - the sausage, egg & cheese is greasy goodness. Honest. read more

Does anyone work here who is over the age of 18? Took me about 20min to get anyone's attention but lemme just say the soft serve was totally worth it. SO GOOD. SO GIANT... I even got the small. At around $2 this is a no brainer... just don't expect service with a smile. The place is super run down... there is a drive through though... for those times you just can't get up out of your car to get your ice-cream on. We've all been there folks. If you can wait for your treat this is your kinda place. read more

I pretty much wont get coffee anywhere else! I don't like D&D coffee so was hesitant to try theirs but boy am I glad I did! (its also cheaper) The bagels aren't bad and I haven't really tried anything else but I love, love, love the ice coffee. I always get a med, chocolate/coconut with skim milk and little ice. 90% of the college kids that go to RWU swear by this place! It's also open late on weekends till like 2 am so it's great for the nights that you are eh ummm.............studying ;-P read more

Thing 1) Sip N Dip is not a D&D knockoff. Theyve been around forever. Thing 2) They are locally owned and operated and pay their staff a decent wage. Thing 3) If you are a Rhode Islander you basically have a MORAL DUTY to eat here because the money goes back into our local economy and the food is better than D&D anyway. Thing 4) The coffee is better and cheaper than D&D Thing 5) They hire intelligent staff, not the cretins who end up working for D&D. Many of the staff at Sip N Dip have been working there for a long time. If you go to one of their locations with any kind of regularity they will get to know you and often have your order waiting for you Thing 6) The new double chocolate muffins were baked by Satan for the express purpose of sabotaging my diet Thing 7) Sip N Dip is basically the greatest thing ever and everyone should eat here. read more

Twenty-four flavors of soft serve, and it's not all the color white, like some other places. Color makes a big difference. Who wants to eat a white raspberry cone? They're open 24 hours, but there aren't many donuts left after noon. I got a fig stick. It's made with pie dough and puffed pastry. Good stuff, but lots of calories, especially with fig. The "rum" soft serve tastes kind of like egg nog. Good stuff. read more

Being a donut fan, I was excited to stop in during the 4th of July parade. The staff was really friendly and the coffee was good. The donuts (various kinds) were average. It would have been nice to get some fresh ones. They tasted like they were made the day before, which in all fairness they may have done because of the crowds. But, I would think you could manage the Honey Dips coming off the conveyor belt in the back. So all in all, not too bad. I would say better than Dunkin, not as good as Allie's and not quite as good as Honey Dew. read more

Sign says they close at 7. The girl at the counter decided otherwise. We drove out of the way to come here and arrived at 6:55.... disappointed read more

Was hoping for a donut at 12:30am but drove out only to find it very closed. Disappointed with false advertising #Fail

This place is a local favorite. If you go anywhere in the east bay, you need to try sip n dip at least once. You know who the locals are in the summer time.. EVERYONE has a medium iced coffee, and its basically attached to them all summer long. The mediums are huge, the coffee is good (better than dunkin). To me, i like a strong latte over coffee, but they definitely have a lot of flavors to choose from (and always ask for less sugar here, they tend to go overboard- but that's how the locals drink their coffee!) read more

i am basically obligated out of sentimentality to review good ol sip n dip! i spent the better part of my early twenties drinking their blueberry iced coffees with my best friend jess. and grabbing those nasty but delicious sausage egg and cheese bagel sandwiches after a late night at the bar. they were so good. and so bad for you. sure, it doesn't have the air of mystique, and sophistication, and contrived artsiness of other "coffeehouses." it is just a down to earth, no frills place for locals to grab a coffee and carb of choice. other things i like about it a) it's a local chain unlike the dunk b) actually okay coffee c) the pastries are a little eh, from what i remember. but decent donuts and breakfast sandwiches. d) they have an unusual and staggering variety of ice cream flavors e) right off the bike path read more

I am loving it. It is a little out of my way and but I didn't know what I was going to do when Timmy Hoho's went down...so said RIP it's the distant cousin to the TANK but its a local chain, its tasty and dunk is too unreliable and inconsistent. Plus they give my dog a bone at the drive thru..I mean come on what beats that! read more

Sigh. I love the Sip-N-Dip in Warren, RI - which is delicious coffee and pastries only. I have to dock the Bristol, RI Sip-N-Dip location because I've honestly never had worse soft serve in my life. They have this extensive menu of flavors (30? 40?), that you can mix and match as you choose. Good luck with that if anyone in the last year has had coconut flavoring added to their softserve. I got dutch chocolate and dulce de leche and they both tasted like you opened a coconut, dumped a gallon of water in, froze it, then piped it out of a soft serve machine and served it. DISGUSTING!! My husband got something completely different and also was like "does this taste like crappy coconut ice cream to you?" Yes, yes it does. Not good at all. read more

You're not a bristolian if you've never been to this sip n dip! We'll come here if we're tired of Dunkin donuts. We go to get their soft serve Ice cream. Many flavors to choose from and not expensive like Eskimo king. The coffee and donuts are nothing to hoot about, but they're still pretty good, especially the big train. read more

The coffee is out of this world. At least the only kind I've ever ordered here... medium chocolate coconut iced coffee with skim and splenda. I think it's been said they accept credit cards, but it seemed pretty cash-only when I stopped by. Like I said, the coffee was fab, but don't come here looking for atmosphere. It was a little dirty- so much so that I wasn't willing to even ask if they had a rest room. read more

The coffee flavors are fun, especially the flavor of the month. Some of the staff is nice. That's the end of my positives. The donuts and pastries are awful. They always have this dry taste to them. The girls like to flirty with other people's husbands, and not in a friendly let me increase my tip way. More in a let me see if he'll cheat way. read more

such good food and really nice employees. their bagels are great as well as their donuts, muffins, and coffees. i highly recommend stopping by a sip n' dip if you are near one. read more

It's funny to hear some of my friends on facebook ask me when they see me check in here on foursquare "what's sip n dip?" My response is, "it's only the best coffee/donut shop in RI. Locally owned and operated, Sip N Dip has a few locations from Warren to Tiverton. This particular location is a 1 minute walk from my house, located right on Bristol Harbor along the bike path. Before I moved to Bristol a few years back, I was a DD guy. Once I moved here to Bristol back in 2009 my then fiancée suggested I should try Sip N Dip as she knew I was a big coffee guy. Being that I am a creature of habit, I was reluctant at first and still went to the DD in downtown Bristol for my daily ice coffee. Well one day I went to the DD in downtown Bristol and received the usual crummy service by some ignorant rude teenage girl, who would always mess up my coffee. So I had finally had enough and decided to give Sip N Dip a shot. Let me tell you since then I have not looked back. Sip N Dip has had the same girls working there since I started going there in late summer 2009. Nice and personable. My coffee tastes the same EVERY DAY REGARDLESS OF WHO MAKES IT. And the coffee does not taste like it's been in the pot for 3 hours. Whether you prefer hot or iced coffee, the quality of the coffee is just flat out better! Their donuts are delicious. Not stale and small like DD. The breakfast sandwiches are bigger and tastier than DD. Say you get bacon egg and cheese on a bagel. First off, the bagels are huge. Not the little 3 bites and your done size like DD. And the bacon, egg and cheese take up the entire bagel, not just the inner middle. And Sip n Dip uses the real white cheese, not that gross orange whatever DD uses. Plus this Sip N Dip serves soft serve ice cream in the Spring/Summer months. There a few tables inside if you wish you sit and read the paper while having you coffee. They have a drive thru and a decent sized parking lot. Sip N Dip is just a better coffee/donut shop. Food is better than DD, coffee and service is much better than DD. Plus everytime I go there I know I am contributing to the continued support of small businesses in my community. If you are ever in the area, stop in and you will not be disappointed. read more

New Java coffee drink is delicious. A true New England taste, like a potent coffee milk made with espresso. But customer service at this location is the worst I have ever had at a food service location. One woman never looked me in the eye, greeted me or engaged with me at all. I was charged incorrectly and made to feel as if that was my fault. Very disappointing experience! read more

Best coffee eva! the people are nice Janice is dope! mmmm i want one now!!

Had an ice coffee here today for the first time. Better than dunkin! So perfectly made.

Tasted just like an apple orchard donut. Oh my goodness - it was my first time, but most certainly won't be my last at Sip N' Dip. read more

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GREAT SERVICE! If these girls see you three times, they know what you want as you are driving up. Delicious coffee and a free donut with an x-large hot coffee! Bad for the waistline, but oh sooo good! read more

Every weekday morning I go through the drive-thru at Sip N Dip in Bristol. It must have the best view of any in America. I hope that there is a line and I relax and watch the boats swinging on their moorings. At the window on very clear days you can see the Newport Bridge 12 miles distant. The coffee is great too. read more

If you are a true coffee drinker or if you want a quality bagel, then do not go here, but if you are just looking for a sweet coffee-like drink, then this is the place for you. The food is just like any chain fast food breakfast; not great, but also not terrible. Has a drive thru which is convenient and offers many flavors of coffee. Very inexpensive and great for a hangover. read more

Absolutely terrible service. The staff at this Sip N Dip are extremely rude and have the worst attitude. It almost ruins the morning of my day when I go. It would be my favorite breakfast destination if the staff was not so rude and un welcoming. Such a shame. read more

The ladies that work at this sip n dip are clearly incompetent because this is the fifth time I have received the wrong order going through the drive through and some of them don't even know their menu, the only reason I continue to go us because the food us delicious, the service is below average read more