Rick’s Bar

Very very very unhappy with this bullshit corporation dive bar… excuse my language but let me go on.
I’ve been kicked out of this bar at least 3 times now. I keep trying to go back and give it another chance cuz I love that they do karaōke every night as I’m a traveling musician… but every time is a major let down. Finally decided to speak my mind on here.
One time I went in and sat down with one of my friends, about 15 seconds in there and we realize they have free peanuts to snack on, so we grabbed some and put them at our table and started chatting. The little blonde bartender abruptly comes up to us after a whole 30 seconds of being in the establishment and tells us if we wanna be in her bar we have to order drinks. Confused, my friend and I kind of look at each other thinking «okay well what do we want to drink».before words even came out of our mouths, she took our peanuts off our table and threw them in the garbage. OH I WAS MAD.
So we left the bar and decided to come back later just to prove a point and we bought a bunch of drinks with no tip. she apologized and said that she thought we were homeless people because of our outfits and dread locks, just coming in to steal the peanuts. I acknowledged her apology but didn’t except it. I never said anything to the manager, I let it go.
Then, today I walk in there to ask for a water and this new male bartender tells me it’s going to cost money for a cup of tap water… I refused and began to walk away as he yells at me that my service dog can’t be in there. I told him my dog was serviced and you know what he freaking says to me!!! I like your dog, but I don’t like you. You have an attitude problem. HOW DARE YOU!!! I was fed up from all the disrespect at this point so I go to find the manager, and sure enough he’s a bigger douchestick than the rest of them. I explained both scenarios and he tells me he can’t help it that his staff is rude to me. I told him I come spend money at his bar almost everyday… he looks me up and down and goes… oh ya and what do you buy? ITS AN EFFING BAR WHAT DO YOU THINK I BUY?! I told him I’m not mad just that I would appreciate a little more respect considering I’m here all the time and he tells me then I need to go elsewhere if I expect that. I’m tired of being profiled by these corporate places down here… don’t go here… they will steal your peanuts!!!
GO TO GAS MONKEY WHEN THEY OPEN UP!!! I will give you free water and love you no matter your hair style!!! :-)

Go here if you are on spring break. $ 10 dollar all you can drink from 8 – 11. Hispanic at the Disco was my JAM. Honestly start the night here or miss out.

This is what Key West is about. Abundant drinks, live hilarious music that involves the audience, drunk people who get cut off because they pee on the floor in the bathroom instead of trying to make it to the toilet, Pickleback shots, souvenir cups that you can walk out with even though your drink is still full, and bartenders who can handle an extremely packed crowd. This is a must go to bar in Key West.

Been here before and had fun but wasn’t that great last Thursday for my brothers birthday. Drinks were always good but music was kinda crappy. We ended up going across the street to sloppy joes, way better music.

Great little place to hang. Good music, and our bar maid Princess Kelly was Great.
We have passed this place up for years but glad we finally dropped in.
Margaritas– perfect.
Great for watching the Duvall crowd.

Rude staff and bad drinks. There are too many great places in key west to waste your time here.

Seriously the worst experience I’ve ever had at a bar. The entertainment was outrageously rude to clientele and was clearly a bigot. Don’t ever give this awful establishment your business.

This is your typical dive bar. It’s fun and friendly and drinks are severed great. The bartender is very friendly and took care of us. She was on her game. Our drinks never got to the bitten before she was checking in on us. If you like dive bars, this is one to check out. Fun and friendly.

Klara was on the bar and gave horrible service. Ignored us the whole time and the most I heard from her was her muttering for everyone to «just go home» while she ran our card at the pos… Definitely expected a friendly face as we are on vacation. Green room is much better and has awesome frozen drinks! Plus the bartender doesn’t act like he wants to punch you in the throat when you need something.

We ended our night here. There was a band playing old punk music and we rearranged their entire set list with special requests. It was rad!

Best bar in Key West in my opinion! It was the only bar that was similar to night clubs in Key West and there was a lot of variety! Decent drinks prices as well!

Last night me and a few friends who happened to come from Ga who wanted to experiences ricks karioke found out how rude and ignorant and how much ur one bartender is a bitch.
Most bartenders are awesome, Shelby Mel t and others but the one u had on last night is the reason for ur karioke to be sucking like it has and customers don’t wanna be there.
Like for real ur gonna force someone to get a drink cause ur night is shitty or ur not making money not wise choice.
That being said we will never go back there ever when she is working she sucks

We stop by Ricks on a Saturday night and they were busy in the band area the other 7 bars had a few people but not busy. This place is huge with an upstairs DJ and a downstairs band. That was the problem with this place, its huge and we could only find one bathroom. The other problem was I ordered four beers from four different bars and all of the beers were skunked (gone bad). I do have to say I would go back just to see the band Durtbags. This band is worth going for just don’t drink the bad beer.

I’ll keep this pretty simple… cheap drinks, quick service and KARAOKE! Not crowded like other bars so a good place to sit down, have some drinks and people watch.

Security staff can be very aggressive

I’ve been to Ricks many times its a cool place to have some drinks and listen to music. This time I sat in the lounge. I really enjoyed this area of ricks Bar it a very chilled environment with comfortable couches. Music is very good.

I remember Rick’s from my college days as a place where people make a lot of bad decisions. Good to know 10 years later that this is still the case.
My husband and I had a really fun night at Rick’s. Fortunately, we were less wasted than most of the people in here and we had a really great time people watching. There was a guy playing cover songs and people were getting CRAY up in there. Dancing, making out, and just over all debauchery. The true definition of a shite show.
I love you, Rick’s. Don’t ever change.

A Duval street institution, Rick’s has been here as long as I can remember. They play some good music here and attract a lively crowd. They do a nice job here and attract a big crowd.

Had to stop here because one of the guy’s with me name was Rick… Makes perfect sense right?
Many Fishbowls and sing along’s later we stubbled to our next stop!
Bartenders were fun and the drinks were reasonable. The entertainer was below average compared to some of the other live acts in the area, but he made it up by being really fun. Plus… Who goes to Rick’s for the music?

Came to Key West on vacation. Ricks was my favorite bar on the strip. Great live music, nice bartenders, fun, casual atmosphere. The upstairs opens late night which gives off a different vibe with a DJ and more dancing. Great place overall. Appeals to everyone.