I love the vibe of this small dark pub but it seems rather pricey. Complimentary popcorn and darts are a plus with the great location. Cool wooden bar with booths and old seats and a small fireplace... but again, a little expensive for a beer. I'd say 4 1/2 stars due to pricing, but I always round up for cool local spots and GREAT service and vibes- definitely recommend popping in here for a drink if you are in the area! *I came here for a birthday beer after some delicious sushi at Sakura- HIGHLY recommend! So many great places in this area to check out- nice to walk around! read more

This place is a classic. We did the beer club many moons ago and have our plaque on the wall!

Eclectic customer art on the bathroom walls, dark interior with talkative customers. You're winning me over. For me, this palce was more about the other customers. We became quickly engaged with another couple and really discussed local pizza with them. Which then turned into conversations about all kinds of stuff. This is the kind of place and people that are at a bar like WP. read more

Wickenden Pub - Ladies room - Pubs Near Me - Providence, Rhode Island

I was looking for a mug club but could not find one I liked or found to be worth it. I am thankful I came across The Wickenden Pub & their beer club. For $10 you get a punch card to attempt 99 different beers and earn prizes after different milestones. As someone who very much enjoys changing my drink order every time I go up it was perfect for me. The service is solid but kinda slow but I found the bartender to be friendly. The place it self is either going to be your new favorite place or you'll hate it with the darkness, the chaotic & fun art in the bathroom & the random quirks that come with a bar in an old building like this. I came to love this as I found it to be unique in character. The outside space is a nice to enjoy a beer in the summer but it certainly is not winning any contest for best views in the city. The Koi pond is fun though. Be sure to take advantage of the free popcorn as it is free & addicting. read more

This establishment is a fraud. It's faulty jukebox is only half the scam that it's drink prices are. Now... back to this jukebox... I queued up "life in the fast lane" not once but TWICE and what do ya know? The song did not play. It didn't play EITHER TIME. I am honestly truly truly disappointed. Wow. Thanks a lot. read more

Wickenden Pub - Jukebox - Pubs Near Me - Providence, Rhode Island

Lots of different beers obviously, friendly services and just the perfect pub to get together with friends and good conversation. read more

Wickenden Pub - a man holding up a glass of beer - Pubs Near Me - Providence, Rhode Island

Not bad by any means but man does it get busy and loud. Great selection of both domestic and import beers and classic dive bar atmosphere. Clearly the kind of place locals either love or love to hate. read more

Merrrrrrgh. There are some bars that are old and creaky and cramped, and even if you usually order ~*~girly DrAnKz~*~ you know not to here and are OK with it. Because the place is cozy and old school - and dammit, there's something to be said about that, even if you usually like places with better lighting and a less crusty aesthetic. But if it's one of those bars, it better be good. And Wickenden Pub was just not that good. We got there on a Saturday night, which was understandably busy. The bartenders were not rude, but they were somewhat surly. I ordered a vodka soda, which was nauseatingly strong. I know some people like strong drinks, but you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who likes drinks this strong! Wow! I politely asked for more soda water, expecting a good ribbing. The older bartender laughed at me, and I laughed at myself as well. He took the drink with him, and I suppose to not make me lose my investment?, didn't dump any out, but gave me some extra soda water on the side. I realize that this may have had good intentions behind it, but seriously, that just means I have to keep drinking the foul concoction to put in more soda water. Uh oh! The bathrooms were absurdly gross. It shows that they don't give a crap (I swear no pun intended) about women's bathrooms here. Not only was it tiny and unclean, but the two stalls did NOT have doors. They had curtains. Come on. Does it really cost that much more for ACTUAL DOORS? I can scarcely remember another restaurant or bar that has ever done this sort of thing. There is really no excuse, and frankly, it bothered me quite a bit. read more

Love me so Wickenden Pub. This place is for those of us that enjoy a nice dark dive bar. It is not do anyone looking for anything else. It's old, the walls are crazy and it's pitch black. They got awesome old jams playing and the bartender is the perfect TV character bartender. They also have snacks which is the best ever! And I think they let you bring In food and there's tons of pizza places around. They painted the walls in the bathroom tho and I miss all the writing. I hope it fills up fast!!! Prices are a bit expensive but this streets rent has to be wicked high so I get that. I love this place. A true original. read more

It is what it is. It seems like most of the negative reviews expect it to be more than it is. It's not swanky, it's not stylish, and it's not trying to be either. It's a dive bar. Go in jeans and a hoodie, get a mug o' beer, settle in, and write your name on a bathroom stall or carve it into a table. The beer selection is average, and I have no complaints about the cocktails. I grew up in a family where the gin came out at five, so from someone who knows from martinis, they manage to pull off a decent one. read more

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Came here on St. Patty's day and it wasn't terribly crowded as I feared it would be. There are what seems to be a billion different beers to choose from. The decor makes you feel as if you're in ol' England. I had a great time and have been back since and will continue to. read more

The dive destination of the east side and beyond. Dark, seasoned, graffiti'd and carved into a must-visit beer cellar for any dive enthusiast. If you're like me and prefer a massive beer selection and a barstool, this place is for you. The interior is absolutely drool-worthy for divebar enthusiasts. Having just moved back from Boston, spots like these are such a deliciously hidden breath of fresh air to my previously unfulfilled dive-thirsty palate. Overall dark with old wooden tables, booths, and upholstery. Your standard table will be carved (yes, with a knife) and tagged with graffiti, while the bar is a nicely finished dark woodgrain. If you're a guy, you'll enjoy the hilarity on the bathroom walls. The darts, TV and jukebox crew are all present and accounted for as well. The back patio is a fenced in area completely covered in a painted mural and situated around a few benches and a small fish pond (yup). As I mentioned approximately 815 characters ago, the beer selection is an absolute haven. The beer club list alone has 99 beers, and that's not counting the seasonals that make their way in and out of our mugs and our hearts. The bartenders here are awesome and give the place the neighborhood feel and know-how that a joint like this should undoubtably possess. Almost equally as killer is the selection of mugs and glassware. This is the only place I know of in the area where you can hoist up a massive german litre-style mug of your favorite draft libation. They also serve in the awesome yet increasingly rare dimple mugs, as well as yardstick glasses (for the adventurous type or those phobic of handles). If you plan on getting your beer fix at this joint, make sure you sign up for a beer club card. If you stumble your way through all 99 beers, your drunken conquests will be forever emblazoned on a 'Wall of Shame' plaque. Get here and hoist one. read more

Wickenden Pub - 66 beers down. - Pubs Near Me - Providence, Rhode Island

I have very mixed feelings about this place. The bartender was great. We were here on a bachelor party pub crawl and he gave the bachelor a free shot to celebrate. The beer selection was good too and they had some local offerings beyond Gansett. What I am wildly confused by is the back patio. It's bizarrely shaped, the seating is in odd sections, and it's painted like a pediatricians office (minus the king kong flipping off Godzilla). read more

5 stars for a dive bar. Nothing like a good dive bar that has that slight urine smell. The only issue is the prices. There should be some more cheaper drink options. A few buddies go tie one on and it's going to run a bill over 100 bucks. Another plus is that you call order pizza from Fellini's Pizza and they will deliver it into the bar. If you like shit hole bars, which I do, this one is a winner. Just bring more then 20 dollars with you. Thanks read more

Nice bar. Has a dive feel but a fantastic beer selection. From what I can tell it stays fresh as they don't buy tons of rare beers just to let them get stale. I had a few random selections that tasted great. Thursday is raffle night and is very popular. read more

Wickenden Pub - Pubs Near Me - Providence, Rhode Island

Good selection of local beers to choose from. The fireplace and popcorn were great also!

I was really excited to try out this bar after all of the great reviews I read here. Sadly, I was extremely disappointed. While the place looks like a neighborhood pub that would shout a "hello, welcome to our watering hole" to anyone who wanted to join and have a good time, the bartenders and the other patrons were actually very snooty. I will admit that I like the choice of beers and the difference in decor from the other east side bars, but I do not like the 11:30 last call, and the 12:00 abrupt drink up and get out. Last call is at 11:30pm on a Friday night? That seems crazy to me. As we were walking out I really thought that we were going to get the "get out and stay out" yell. the place seemed that unfriendly. I wanted to love it... read more

Last night was my first time here and it won't be my last. First dates/ blind dates are usually super awkward but their back patio had tons of random ice breakers in the illustrations to keep us chatting. It was a beautiful night out so being able to sit outside with a cold drink was awesome. The bartender was great, and for the area the prices seemed normal, if you like the dive bar atmosphere I would highly recommend checking this place out! read more

I'm not a fan of dive bars, and I honestly didn't expect to get the dive bar vibe... until I entered. The bathroom was... just completely awful. The decor is pretty, nice dark wood, but the bathroom was just completely awful. Did I mention the bathroom was completely awful? Pricey for a dive bar as well, but my friend insisted on going, so we went. Dark, damp, and yeah, the bathroom was completely awful. read more

I am a fan of dark bars. I am a fan of many, many beers. I have gotten black eyes and sweaty from years of punk shows and don't mind being in places that smell less than lovely and packed with humanity. I am not a massive fan of the Wickenden Pub. If I wanted to drink in a dark damp place I could shut of my lights and dehumidifier with a mix a six. I just don't find this place all that appealing. The beers are overpriced in my opinion and I don't care for the glassware, either. Anytime someone suggests here I quickly divert to the point or hot club. Maybe once I move out of my current abode this place will have more cool and kooky underground appeal. read more

I don't mind that his place is a hole in the wall, but the overwhelming ammonia/bleach/air freshener/urinal cake and other chemical I do certainly mind. I've been invited here many times by friends and each time I take a step in, and then back out, not to return. Unfortunately I have chemical sensitivities and health issues that make it impossible for me to be in the presence of this amount of chemicals. Every few months I poke my head in to see if it gets better, but it seems to get worse. Once I think it was earlier in the day right after they cleaned before opening and I almost passed out. I don't mind the higher than average prices, I love the beer selection, and local pizza ordering options, and the owner seems like a nice guy, but that level of chemical exposure is not ok for me. read more

When I first started coming to the Wickenden about 8 years ago, I came for the beer. Their selection is undeniably great. While lately it's become fashionable for bars and restaurants to offer more and more craft beers, no one comes close to the Wick's 99 beers, some 20 of which are rotating taps. While my thirst for a unique brew brought me here, two things have kept me coming to the Wickenden. The first is the unique crowd this place unfailingly draws - on any given night, you'll run into Brown students, east side hipsters, fellow craft beer enthusiasts, and random locals. The second is the atmosphere and sense of community this place fosters. Sure, it's a dingy, dark bar, but it's *your* dingy, dark bar. You'll be hard pressed not to strike up a conversation with someone in a neighboring stool or with one of the Wick's legendary bartenders. Legend has it that, on the night of his inauguration, the party at the White House got so out of hand that President Andrew Jackson snuck out a window, walked over to the inn he had been staying at, and had a few drinks at a nearby bar. The Wickenden Pub is the kind of place I imagine Jackson went to. read more

Yeah, there is a reason this bar has only 3.5 stars. 1. 2 mixed drinks were $17.50 2. They said my husbands Bombay sapphire was the same price as my Bacardi. 3. Way way way over priced. 4. Stinks like a musty old basement. I Remember why i hadn't been there in over a year. Won't be back. read more

If the bartender was friendly I might have a slightly different impression of this bar. Maybe is because I'm a chick. The beer selection is impressive, but since the miserable bartender was impatiently waiting for me to make a selection, I've ended up with a 20oz beer that isn't great. I'm sitting here looking at a beer that would be much more delicious, but there's no way I'm staying for another! read more

First -- the womens' bathrooms were absolutely ridiculous. One stall was about 1.5 feet wide by 1.5 feet. There was no door, but rather a curtain. There was barely enough room to squat/maneuver. This restroom was clearly designed by a man. Next, the walls of the bar looked wet, but were not in fact, wet. I'm not sure what the purpose of that was. The doorman was friendly, that was about the only thing going for this place... read more

HUGE beer list. Chill place. Nice staff. Great to visit in the summer when it can be less packed than during the school year. read more

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Wickenden Pub is the BEST place for beer selection! Join the 100 beer club and get get your name on the wall when completed!! Quite an honor! Monday beer deals, Thursday raffles!! The bartenders are great- friendly with a wonderful dry sense of humor!! Great local place nestled among academia (Brown, RISD, Johnson and Wales....)! read more

Still an ok bar but not that they are open later the raffle night on Thursday starts an hour later (1st raffle at 11:45pm and the second 12:45am). This has totally changed the crowd which used to be nice a mix of college kids and adults. Now only college kids (with their 11am classes the following morning) can stay up that late on a Thursday night. And what happens when you are only filled with college kids, it gets realllllly loud. Unpleasantly loud on Thursday nights. Still good prizes though and the draft beer selection is still decent. But if you want a pint, make sure to ask for a pint because the normal glass is a giant 20oz mug. read more

The Wickenden Pub is a fun and dive-y bar on (you guessed it) Wickenden St. They have a phenomenal beer selection, including a quite large draft selection and a even more stellar collection of bottles. The pub can be a different bar depending on which night you go. Depending on the bartender it can be a fabulous experience with friendly conversation and laid back atmosphere. On other nights it can be a different, more surly, crowded, and uncomfortable situation. I go to this pub on a regular basis, because of the beer selection and the great location, but sometimes I think the service is less than desirable. I am a part of their 99 beer club, which is another reason I frequent the bar. The more you drink, the more stuff you get and eventually you can get your name on a plaque. The prices are a little bit high, ranging from 3.75 for a 16oz Gansett to almost 6$ for an imported pint. You can get a usual 16oz draft, a 20oz imperial pint, a 1/2 yard, or even a ginormous 32 oz mug. I would recommend this pub for those who want a pint in a no frills, yet fun, environment. I also think that it is cool that they have been around for decades, most likely making it one of the oldest (meaning the business, not the building) establishments in the area. read more

Really cool place to go at night! They have a great beer selection and the bartenders are super attentive. One even made me a frozen mudslide when I didn't feel like drinking beer one night. Not sure how I'd describe the crowd, but I've seen people of all ages. It gets pretty busy on weekend nights. Relatively small and dark inside, but it works. They have tons of different beers on draft and in cans. I always try something different when I'm in there but some of my favorites are a white strawberry beer and the Abita purple haze. If you're sitting at the bar, they almost always offer you some complimentary popcorn (yum). If you're sitting anywhere else you can just go up and ask for some! The bar is in a great place on Wickenden and it's easy to find parking nearby. read more

Wickenden Pub - Pubs Near Me - Providence, Rhode Island

Landmark pub. Truly a classic. Decent draft selection, very strong (nearly 100) bottles and a very good feel. If you like a proper pub... do yourself a favor... go here. A neat little neighborhood as well! Its dark and full of flavor. read more

As soon as I walked in here, I was blasted by a strong odor that was very ammonia-like. Perhaps they cleaned the bathrooms, which would be the first time. Anyway, I always enjoy a dark, Irish-pub like atmosphere and this one delivers. Obviously you should only come here if you want to throw down a few brews (and/or play darts) so the beer selection is key. What I found is that the selection of beers on tap is very run of the mill (Guinness, Harpoon IPA, Sam Seasonal, etc.) but there is a nice selection of beer by the bottle. I ended up having a bottle of Stone Pale Ale, which tasted fresh. Service was solid from a friendly bartender, but ultimately this place loses major points due to the mediocre tap selection. As a craft beer fan, I don't go to bars to drink bottled beers. read more

Not my favorite place in the world...although there are a lot worse places to grab a beer. It's a dive (which I am not opposed to at all) but it's just a bit too much. For one thing...it smells inside. I would say the people behind the bar are a little bit rude at times...although they are never malicious in nature. One thing that I will say is they have a great beer menu. They always have great options in bottles and on draught. The thing is...the beer is good, but the atmosphere in which you enjoy it is just as important to me. Wickenden Pub doesn't strike me in a way that makes me want to enjoy myself. Instead I am busy pulling my hand free from the sticky tables or waiting copious amounts of time at the bar waiting to be served. With a little more effort, Wickenden could be a real gem. Until that happens, I will be going to the Point which is right down the street. read more

Wickenden Pub is my definition of what a dive bar should be, 5 lights in the place, tables that have been craved into time and time again and some of the finest bathroom graffiti you can find in Providence, and not to mention they have a back patio fish pond oasis if you need to grab some fresh air. I think Wickenden Pub has one of the best personalities in the area. If you haven't run out the door yet to go there is more!! They have one of the best beer selections in the region from your well known to some you most likely haven't heard of before. The bartenders are great and can answer any question you may have about the beers. If you are ambitious and want to try them all they have a beer club just for you. When you finish all 99 beers on the list you get a plaque on the wall! I assume you haven't read this far since you have definitely left to head there by this time. If you haven't go and try it out! They don't serve food unless you want a bag of chips but you can bring food in. If you are there on Thursday you can participate in Big Ass Raffle Night and have your chance at winning all of the finest things from bumper stickers and apparel to fish in a bottle and VIP passes to the Foxy! Overall a relaxing and unique to grab a beer! read more

This is a solid bar. No complaints. They have a ton of beers to choose from so you will absolutely find something you like. Join the beer club to try out 99 different beers and get some goodies along the way. 33 beers gets you a club t-shit, 66 gets you a hat or underwear, 99 gets your name plaque on the wall of shame! They don't take American Express so keep that in mind if that's all you have. read more

Great beer selection and some fine whiskeys the beer club is fun it make you try a lot of different brews mayflower porter in the can very good read more

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This is the dirtiest, grungiest, best bar I've ever been to. The beer selection is fantastic. The bartenders (Jeff especially) are extremely nice, super helpful, and know every single beer they have to offer. They don't serve food, but you can bring whatever food you want with you while you drink great beer. They do offer a limited choice of hard liquor but if you're going there for the liquor, you're going for the wrong reasons. They have a beer club too which is pretty sweet. You get your name on a plaque, which hangs on the wall, after you complete the card fully. You get a hat, tshirt or thong, along the way too. The beers are a little pricey, but if you're going to just have fun with your friends, it's definitely worth it. read more

Home without all those annoying relatives Ken is a delight along with his merry band of bar keeps. Always a lively and loving good time read more

Divetastic! Small space. Dark wood with inch-deep carvings. The booths are small and ricketty like an 18th century school house. Saloon style bathroom doors. We almost didn't go in because my friend was sensitive to the odor wafting out the door. Yet this seemed to be the only casual place on Wickenden with any people on a weeknight. OK selection on tap for a nice price. Things picked up after our first beers. Free raffle on Thursday added a betta fish to my growing zoo of unplanned pets. I can see how this would become my neighborhood no-frills joint since I can stumble home and be in bed in 2 minutes. read more

Join the beer club This is a great little spot. The place is dark, not the biggest pub but i've never had a problem finding a seat. they also have an outdoor patio which is nice one a beautiful day/night. The bartenders know their stuff ask them anything if you need help about which beverage you want. Their beer selection is amazing, tons of really good beers to choose from. They dont have a kitchen but you can bring in your own food which is dope. Stop by Fellini pick up some pizza and get your butt down to Wickenden Pub for some good beer to wash it all down with. read more