I ordered two batches of chicken wings. They were advertised as crunchy. They were soggy. When I called to have them replaced, the girl on the phone said I was disrespectful. I'm sorry food costs so much but when you advertise something, you should get what you ordered. Unbelievable how disrespectful they were, including the manager , John, that I spoke with. I will not go there again. read more

It's a great neighborhood hole in the wall, with plenty of parking in the back. We were met by a server, right away, and ordered pizza and drinks. Our table wobbled, significantly, and our cheeseburger pizza didn't have ground beef, and the server didn't return, and we were starving, so we kept eating. Idk why we weren't given a discount. I will give them another chance, and I'll update my review. read more

Place is kind of a dive, needs a make over, but the food we had was very good as was the service !

Been back since and the pizza is always great. Place is good when they have food that night

I want to start by saying that we really like the food. Unfortunately, the service from the bartender/waitresses was atrocious! We sat down and waited at least 10 minutes before being acknowledged. My husband ordered a beer and I ordered a soda. I hadn't decided what I wanted for a drink. The bartender brought our drinks and walked away. Maybe 15 minutes later she came back to take our order. The food came out promptly. At that time I asked for a mixed drink. Well, the mixed drink never came, we were never checked on, and both of our original drinks had gone dry and were never asked for a refill. The bartenders helped all of the other tables around us, but ignored us completely. When the bartender finally came over after we were done eating (which was a while), I told her I never got my drink. She promptly told me that she never got the order from the other bartender. At that point I let her know I ordered it from her. She apologized and promptly brought us the check. I'm just so bummed because, like I said, the food is good. I just don't know if I'll go back. read more

Stopped in for a couple beers while waiting for a takeout pizza. Small draft selection but had a couple good drafts (craft style). Band started playing and was pretty decent. Pizza is wonderful. The large is truly large. Great value and great tasting. Worth an evening on a weekend; especially if they have a band. read more

Wow! The food is great! We had a burger that needed an elevator just to get to the top!! Only kidding. The portions are very large and prices are VERY reasonable. Now, it wouldn't help if you got a lot of so-so food for a low price, however, that is not the case here. The burgers are outstanding, and the antipasto was very tasty. Didn't even need ketchup or mustard for the burgers. The pizza looked marvelous, so we will have that next time. The wings are a must try, as friends had those. The music is really good with a warm vibe from the patrons. The servers were very efficient, no empty plate or glass sat on the table too long, and it was full house busy. The owners mingle with the crowd and really care. Lastly, the bathrooms are small, but clean. If you are wondering if you should go there for some drinks, music, or a bite to eat- just go. read more

Im from Clinton, home of pizza. I have been listening to people talk of black sheep pizza for a bit. I decided to give the sheep a go.... By far the best small roni pie I've eaten in the last few years. They have an area for take out that made pick up easy even for me after a joint of chocolope Under 10 bucks for 1 topping small pizza.. I will be back soon due to the fact the pizza was amazing and service was grade A ... read more

We usually come here when we're in the area visiting family. This past weekend we had a particularly nice visit at the Black Sheep. We were greeted and served drinks right away. When we met up with friends, we got a nice table outside. There were 5 of us, and drinks were never unattended to. For dinner, I ordered the Eggplant Sub. It was HUGE. I was surprised how good it was. Usually eggplant doesn't have a lot of flavor, but this was delicious, not overly fried, with lots of cheese. It comes with fries AND onion rings. I could only finish half of it. Definitely a good price for a huge meal. In the past, I've had the greek salad, mozzarella sticks, and other apps. Nice little place, with friendly service. You can't go wrong with the prices, either! read more

The BEST Pizza around! We tried the Smoke House pizza and it was the best thing I ever had. (BBQ Sauce, grilled Chicken, bacon and sliced red onions) The dough was light and crispy, pizza was not too greasy, and it was full of flavor (the red onions really made it great). We have also tried other specialty pizzas there that are fantastic! I have only picked up, never dined in. I'm also not much a pizza person but there's has me hooked! Highly recommended ! read more

This was by far one of the worst experiences I've had!! We were the only table of customers inside and no one came to ask if we wanted a drink. I had to go up to the 'empty' bar to order drinks. The drinks came and the tap beer was warm-'problem' with the keg I guess..no apologies. Ordered food for a table of five-three of us got food and after repeatedly asking where the food for the other two was-nothing! Finally 30 minutes after that the other food came out long after the initial food was brought. Again no apologies! And after all that the orders were incorrect and incomplete!! Once again no apologies!!! Doors open and many flies!! They had absolutely no consideration for the poor experience we had!! No apologies!!!! I would never recommend this place nor return!! I am only giving 1 star because I have to to write this review--but really it's not worth a star!! read more

Spectacular service!!!! Everyone was sooo friendly, but never over bearing. The place serves basic bar food, nothing out of the ordinary. We had chicken wings and a salad. The wings were great & the salad very large. I took half of it home. A blues band was playing while the Celtics were playing a Game 7. The band was great and there were there plenty of TV's. I will definitely be back. And I plan on trying the pizza. I heard it's great! read more

My new favorite place! We ended up there to see a blues band we know about. Music is out on the deck. We're sort of turning into Sunday regulars for the blues show w/ A Ton of Blues. With the special guests it's like seeing a different (yet incredible) blues band every weekend. The food is really good and the drinks are great too. It's sort of a haul to get there for us but even that's a real nice ride (We go on the street bike :-) read more

Love, love, love this place! The pizza is the BEST but honestly everything (and I have tried it all) I have eaten there has been so good. Kudos to the chef. I usually go on a Sunday. The staff is awesome. They are personable ,friendly and attentive, no matter how busy. They have an outside deck which is a nice option and live music on the weekends, including Sunday's. Ashley, the bartender on Sunday's makes a fantastic Bloody Mary. If you want a delicious bite to eat, a satisfying drink, great staff and live music, this is the place to go. Enjoy! read more

called to ask when they would close due to pandemic hours, and ask if i was still okay to order, girl on the phone said yes and asked for my name, i asked if i could call back, she said yes. i call back THREE minutes later a guy picks up and suddenly "we're closed" i said i just called a few mins ago and asked the hours and if i could call back and a girl said yes. his response was "i dont know who told you that, but we're closed" then after i said "i just called to ask the hours and if i could call back to place an order and i was told yes" then with attitude he says "alright alright yeah what do you want" read more

The Blacksheep Tavern - THREE minutes apart and suddenly they're "closed" - Bars Near Me - Sterling, Massachusetts

Gave 2 stars because has awesome pizza but the owner is just clueless. We walked in tonight bartender was busy. The owner walked by us 4 times not asking if we needed anything. Was more interested in his drink and watching the game with his buddies at the table next to us. Not the pats either. We sat there 15 mins. Asked for menus. Nothing. Finally got up and left. I've eaten here 20 times. pizza is always good but service is hit or miss. Went up the street to Paisanos. Was delicious read more

Best pizza in the area. It's true, they just got an award for it! I have never had a bad meal. I love the smokehouse bbq chicken pizza and the bacon cheeseburger pizza. They chicken tenders are really big! The broccoli cheese bites are cooked perfectly. The fresh cut fries are outstanding. They have a deck out back that is being renovated. Can't wait to see when that is done. It is a must try for sure. read more

Great place. Need to get there early if you want a seat otherwise you will stand. TV's cover most angles so you can watch the game from most anywhere. The staff is always pleasant and handle, the sometimes large volume of people, professionally. Recommend a combo of boneless Thai chicken and have them put it on a cheese pizza. read more

I came here with a friend to watch my buddies cover band play. The atmosphere is nothing more or less than I would expect it to be for a tavern. It seemed relatively clean and up to date. They have a decent sized patio in back. The reason I'm only giving it two stars in my review is because one of the bartenders needs an attitude adjustment. i ordered two drinks on the night I was there (Both SoCo and coke). The first drink I ordered from the brunette bartender who seemed pretty friendly. She made my drink to perfection. The second drink however was made by the blonde bartender. When she gave me my drink, I could taste nothing but soda. So, I kindly said "I'd hate to bother you but I can't taste any of the SoCo in my drink." I said I could taste it in the one the other bartender made me. So she poured a little more in, gave me a dirty look and rudely said "I doubt that!" Then she walked over with my change like I was inconveniencing her and practically threw the money in my direction. When I'm paying $8.50 for a drink that consists of nothing but two ingredients SoCo/Coke, I expect to be able to taste the liquor I'm paying for in it. No one buys a mixed drink wanting it to taste like nothing but soda. I probably would have ordered one more drink at some point (even though that drink was way over priced) but this bartenders attitude prevented me from doing so. read more

There are two aspects to the Black Sheep Tavern: the bar, and the take out. I have experience with the latter, not the former. As far as the pizza, some of my friends love it, but it's not my style. That said, it's decent, better than frozen. I'm prompted to write a review because of what happened recently. I called in an order for two pizzas, and waited the estimated 20 minutes before I went to pick them up. While paying, a woman from their bar section came in and took my pizza, to serve to someone in the bar area; I didn't know it was my pizza until the takeout staff figured out what happened. They apologized, and said it would take about 7 minutes more, which I was okay with. But that 7 minutes turned into 20 minutes, and I didn't know if they forgot my order. If I hadn't paid for the pizza already, I would have walked out. Their staff caused the problem and they didn't do anything to try and make the customer happy, such as offer a refund for that one pizza. For the pizza, I'd give them three stars, but for the service, one star. read more

Great bar food!! Excellent bone-in wings, both wet and dry rubs. Pizza is also great, very nice NY style thing crust which is so hard to find in Mass for some reason. Great service and very friendly staff. The food was all reasonable and ther are plenty of TV's to watch games etc. Good beer n pizza on a weekend afternoon place or for a quick bar food dinner. I will be back! read more

An update is needed I returned months later. This time experience was much better met a local very nice and even met the hip cool owner. The vibe was great and my business felt welcomed... Cool place to see live band. read more

I go to the Blacksheep Tavern often! Love the food there! The pizza is great! The people working there are awesome and aim to please! Great job Leisa , Hilda , Robert! read more

The food is incredible. Pizza, subs, wings everything. Come for the food, enjoy the beer.

Don't bother trying this place. My girlfriend and I recently decided to try out the Black Sheep because of a $25 Living Social deal I had purchased a few days before. We went in on a Thursday night around 5:30pm. Wasn't busy so we started at the bar to play a game of Keno and look over a menu to see what we wanted to order. The bartenders were very nice and friendly and made it seem like it was a good deal buying the certificate. We decided what we wanted to order and walked over to their To-Go section on the other end of the building. We placed our order for about $40 worth of food and I showed them the deal on my phone through the Living Social application. They tell me it has to be printed out and I point out the fact that it clearly states "Deal can be printed and displayed or displayed using our iphone or android application". He says that it doesn't matter and that I will have to print it. I ask if it is possible to speak to a manager. He is a manager and is treating me very poorly for a customer with his rude way of speaking and attitude. He says he can go ask the owner who is in and comes back saying that its still a no. Saying they cant help me. I ask what do we do about the food we ordered? He tells me that we have to pay full price. I ask to speak to the owner myself and he laughs me off and says no. I get frustrated and tell him never mind on the whole thing. That we wouldn't be back. We head over to the bar to check the keno ticket and the owner comes through the door a couple minutes later looking for us. Tells us he doesn't have the technology to take the deal from a phone and that I can try to email it to him. We try it and it takes 3 times of emailing it for him to finally get it. Through all this...it takes about an hour and a half and our food must have been sitting there the whole time because when it was all finally done our food was ice cold. We didn't feel like dealing with it any more so we just took it and left. Other than all that...this place is gross and they do not use the proper kitchen technique. The workers were not using gloves and were going from making a pizza to handling the money, coughing, touching their dirty clothes and counters and raw chicken and then going back to the pizza. Just grossed out. Will not be back and do not recommend visiting. read more

I just get the pizza here and it's been really great. All other pizzas in the area make me sick but their pizza is delicious. I am not a big fan of the atmosphere with all the TVs. read more

Long lines to get drinks, unfriendly wait staff, poor quality sound system, no spraying for mosquitoes so it is buggy if you sit outside, you have to watch to not trip over cords for music equipment when entering or exiting. Indoor seating feels crowded and dingy. read more

I go to Tuesday night Trivia at the Black Sheep -- best trivia around. John gives excellent musical clues that require you to really dig deep to create connections and find your way to the answer. The pizza here is delicious, as are the onion rings, but you can never go wrong with pizza, beer, and fried foods, so who am I kidding?! read more

I think they have the best pizza in Central Mass, in addition to pizza the burgers and wings are excellent also. There is usually some type of sports on the 8 TV's and they also have live music a few nights each week. read more

Nice little pub with great burgers and pizza. Skip the nachos very disappointing. Staff was friendly and very attentive to our every need.

Very cool fun place to hang out. Good music, keno, delicious nachos and pizza. Great atmosphere. Owner is awesome, always around and available. read more

Food and pizza is good, decent drinks, bands fine as well. Get's packed early.

If I want pizza and a beer in a great environment this is where I go to. The management is personable and friendly. The staff are attentive and extremely friendly. They're usually pretty busy on weekends but will still make sure you're taken care of. The patio is nice. Their bands and DJs are awesome. Overall great place. read more

This is place is great. The drinks are cheap, the crowd is nice, the food is awesome, and they even have take out. This place has become my new favorite hangout. read more

Awesome burgers! Seems like a fun bar, fairly clean. We stopped in for lunch. No place to sit really. Went out to the patio but all the smokers were out there. Service was slow, and we had to let them hold a credit card -- new policy because people had been doing the dine and dash. When it came time to pay the check, it was hard to find the only server, and then she was confused where we should pay read more

Generic bar mediocre food. Service was good, friendly atmosphere typical small sports bar

I will NEVER step foot in this establishment again! I always try to support local places so when my brother suggested Black Sheep I was all for it. We took my mom out to eat and to have a few beers on a Thursday night. We took a seat and no one came over to us at all, my mom had to approach the bar to ask how we would get some service. The woman said the bartender would take care of us little did we know that woman at the bar having a drink was the bartender. It took 15 minutes for us to just get a menu! She then handed the menu to the couple in the next table that had only been sitting there a few minutes. As we are waiting for our burgers we are looking around to all the other tables getting the food before us. The bartender came over to us twice saying the food would be right out. As we are waiting that couple that came in after us got their appetizer and 2 entrees before we go anything. Needless to say after waiting for food for 35 minutes I went to the bar requesting my bill for the drinks and to take the burgers off since we never got it. It took forever to get the bill since the bartender had to ask the owner if she could take them off. Excuse my I'm not paying for anything I did not get. I was about to throw cash on the table when she finally came back and gave it me and pointed to the OWNER sitting at a table drinking with his friends, what a way to run your establishment. ON the way out my mother told him he should be ashamed and he said that is not unreasonable to wait 30 minutes for food. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!! I have never in my life been treated with so much disrespect or been in a place with such little class. read more

A nice hangout, and some great live music at times. The buffalo Pizza is an attraction, but the rest is basic pub food. Oddly, they quit serving food at 10:00. Arrive early if you want a place to sit inside to listen to the band. Lots of patio seating outdoors in warm weather. My only complaint is that the bar staff seem constantly distracted, and it takes a bit longer than usual to get a drink. The tenders seem more concerned with personal conversations and their phones than with the actual patrons, which seems counter productive to making money as a bar.... read more

I live in Sterling, so I have been there several times. I am conflicted about this place, as the food is good and can have good entertainment, but the service is horrible. It can be one or two tables taken, and they will not come to take your order (even for a drink). I have had to go to the bar more than once even though they see us walk in and sit down. The worst was when my boyfriend and I went and sat at the bar and STILL the bartender did not take our order. We had to flag her down as she was too busy talking to the regulars. The owner, who was standing at the end of the bar did and said nothing. When we mentioned it to him, he didn't seem to care and just said they were understaffed. That wasn't true. Didn't offer a free drink (for our trouble) or even an apology. Although my kids still like to get pizza for takeout, we won't be back to eat in. Too bad, because it really wouldn't take a lot for him to stress better service to his staff. He simply does not care. They cater to their regulars. Everyone else is on their own. read more

We found this cozy little tavern whilst looking thru an alternative weekly for live music on a Sunday afternoon. The invitational blues jam is hosted by regional favorite, A Ton Of Blues, comprised of seasoned veteran bluesmen. The deliciously-prepared food and hand-crafted drinks were very reasonably priced. The only con is they do not serve coffee at all. (I likes me hot toddies during the cold winter season, and with the occasional sandwich.) The Greek Grilled Chicken Pizza was topped with a cold Greek salad - yes, it sounds unfamiliar but the mixed crunch, flavors and texture made it unbelievably tasty! Come for the music and stay for the great pizza and friendly folk, you will not be sorry. read more