Mirabar

I guess it depends on what you are looking for…
Are you looking for cheap drinks? This is the place for them. I can’t really talk of the quality of the drinks because I just had beer. We never did figure out how to get to the second or third floors and were too afraid to ask. I think there is a cover later on in the night but we went at about 9pm on a Saturday. The music wasn’t too loud and the bartender was friendly but not overly so. I probably won’t be going back.

Since Mirabar moved to the new location, business has fallen apart. There are some staff members there that inappropriately touch and fondle the customers and other staff at the bar. The music has become awful. The place overall has really just become a dumping grounds for those who don’t know where else to go.
The management and some staff members need to just go. If it keeps up the way it has been, the establishment is out the door. Personally, I’d recommend going to somewhere else where the staff treats it’s customers and staff with respect.
Unless of course you want to be inappropriately touched and borderline molested at the bar. If that is the case, you are welcome to go see this place for sure.

It is sad… Friday night and there is only like three cats and a drag… so where is the people… music was good though, but the crowd was very limited… very limited…

Ever since they moved to their new location it has gone down the hill. I don’t enjoy myself in there as I used to… It’s different idk y…

There’s nothing like Mirabar. From the moment you walk in the door the staff are their to greet you. They have extremeley sexy dancers and shotboys who will most certainly make you feel welcome and the bartenders are absolutely the best in the city. I miss the old location for sure. But, within time Mirabar as always will be the place to go.

Mirabar was the first bar I went to when I visited providence. I’m not going to lie though, I miss the old location.
That being said, I still usually enjoy myself when I go. Henry and Jack are always a hell of a lot of fun and I happen to be friends with many of the gogo dancers and shot boys.
I wish they would do more events though. I know the new location is somewhat out of the way but as everyone saw on New Year’s Eve with the appearance from Andrew Christian, they can still pull a crowd. Keep it going!

Good atmosphere, good music, and just a good time. On the downside, it took over 1.5 hours for them to find my coat. The person checking in coats had the bright idea not to put them in numerical order. People were getting other peoples coats and the crowd was pretty unhappy about this at the end of the evening.

New location with the same tired old bartenders, same tired old dj. No one was there on a Saturday night. Place is failing.

Mirabar has moved! Its on elbow street where the call, the spot, and jewel used to be. The space is beautiful! Of course it is much different then the old building but it is nice. Big bar, stage, lounge area with fireplace, and a pool table. This bar and the people that go there, little boys at night aside, are awesome and heterosexual friendly. I am quite straight and they never make me feel uncomfortable or that I don’t belong. Especially Jack behind the bar, he is great. He recommended The ROI next door to eat, later on we went and quite a few guys from the bar were over there eating. I guess that block has locked down fun and hospitality. Hope they do a block party this year! Awesome!

My disclaimer is that we did not actually get in. Yes I am a New Yorker, a woman, and love to go dancing with my gay boys. They are the best kind of boy really-​they get me, give me tons of affection, think I’m stunningly beautiful even in scrubs when I wake up in the morning, and expect nothing but my unconditional adoration. Easy.
Again, I digress.
We came to Mirabar with the intent to dance the night away amongst beautiful men, but helas, we were ushered into a line on the left wall of the entrance and just stood there for 10 minutes.
The place was NOT packed, and it just seemed arbitrary to me. We waited with no prospect of entering the venue, while other people cruised by on our right, and started to shake their booties.
I would have liked to give Mirabar a better review, but helas, they shunned me, and hence invoked my wrath… which I tend to express through Unilocal

The only real gay-​oriented dance club in Providence. The landmark business has recently moved to a new location, a bit down the street from the last one, but still in the same area.
The bartenders serve up strong cocktails at good prices while guests dance around the newly polished hardwood floors and strut their stuff on the «box».
They have special themed nights that keep the good times going all through week. Retro night on Wednesdays. Grilled Cheese Thursdays with strip poker hosted by Kitty Litter. What a fun time!

Generous pour on the second floor~~! Gay club always got the best music!

Came here for a drag show/​fundraiser for an animal shelter. Good show, nice staff

What can I say, I came here as a tourist with some locales… Mirabar was my first taste of the scene in Providence, and it won me over. The music was excellent and I was dancing (which is something that I do not normally do). The drinks were okay, but what won me over was the 3^rd floor lounge area. The pool table and piano was placed perfectly. I met some great new people in Providence and played a good game of pool with locales.
I must say the elevated part on the dance floor was my guilty pleasure. :-P
I will recommend this place to any friend whether they be straight or gay to visit this place!

So… I usually give favorable reviews. Actually, truth be told, I rarely post reviews. But the ones I do post are most often favorable.
That being said…
This place is nothing special… like really. I liked the music (some fun dancy pop remixes and a few house songs), so that’s why it merited three stars. The elevated mini-​stage on the dance floor is kinda fun too.
However, the guys were a bit creepy. One too many daddies (and not the Patrick Dempsey types). The building itself seems dirty – gives off the vibe that boys of nights past have contracted Hep b in the dark corners. At least that’s how it made me feel. Some might say the venue has historic charm… all I have to say is that I would not want to see the place with the lights on. The drinks were whatever. (My «of-​age» friend shared a couple with me when no one was looking.)
As a side note, if you’re under 21, you have to check your ID at the door. At the end of the night, when you go to retrieve it, just know that they may breathalyze you if they believe you have been drinking. Apparently, if you have alcohol on your breath, they won’t return your ID to you (presumably until the next day… but I’m not totally sure).
So, overall, this club was okay. Nothing more, nothing less. (Actually, maybe a little less than okay). But they played my favorite Selena Gomez remix, so I shouldn’t hate on them too hard.

I like Mirabar because it attracts both boys and girls. The building’s old charm and upper deck vantage of the dance floor below make it a great place for seeing the whole place at once.
The DJs must be amazing every night when they play techo remixes to Adele. Who would have thought that was possible?
The drinks were niiiiice and the staff super friendly. What a club.

Extremely friendly bar staff, generous drink pours, and fun entertainment (in addition to DJs, the drag queens were a hoot, though I only saw them on my way out). I visited on a really dead Thursday night, but even then I had a good time. I’d imagine that on a crowded weekend night Mirabar would be a blast.

Mirabar club is not that great but is not that bad nether. Falls in between, a regular gay dancing club to shake your bom bom and drink with friends and maybe if you are lucky get some attention. For the small city of providence its ok, acceptable enough. You cannot compare this club to clubs from the big cities.
Good space to dance, the DJ is ok, sometimes, music ok depends the DJ that night, but I hate the decoration inside. You can find sometimes immature stupid drama, but hey its a gay club what else to say !?

Not really… uh… my scene… but I brought some friends who… uh… you know… Ok, get it together.
The drinks were strong, the donna summer was bumping, the strobe light was blinding. I kept my jacket on and stayed out of the bathroom. ;)

Growing up, I always thought the name of this place was Mirror Bar. (Well, I guess not growing up — more like when I was in high school.) I started going here when I was way too young, and I am half-​proud, half-​ashamed to admit that I can’t remember if the current location is the location that I used to frequent when I was a kid. (Can anybody help me on that?) I learned many things during that period in my life at Mirabar, including how to tie a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue. Apparently, I learned many things here EXCLUDING sharpening my sense of direction.
Anyhoo, I like Mirabar in its current form. It’s clean, it’s spacious, and there are two floors and several nooks and crannies where one can hide out. It’s not super-​swanky, but it is definitely not gross or scary. Downstairs is dance party heaven complete with mostly-​nekkid shot boys, and upstairs (where I spend most of my time) is a little more upscale. Dark wood, mirrors, and high-​top tables make for an amazing backdrop to what I think is the best karaōke night in Providence. Hit up the top floor at the Mirabar on Friday nights, and you will witness some of the most passionate deliveries of Celine Dion ballads, the sloppiest Brittney Spears voice-​mimicking homages, and some of the most fabulously-​trained musical theatre voices in the state. One night that I was in attendance, I watched a VERY handsome man sing an incredibly heartfelt and well-​practiced rendition of «Bed of Roses» by Bön Jovi that literally had me and all my friends crossing our legs longingly. If I remember correctly (admittedly, it is quite hazy), I think one of my friends ended up crawling to this talented gentleman on her hands and knees. He was GOOD. We all prayed he was straight. He wasn’t. Shocking.
Drinks are strong, shot boys are cute, karaōke selection is wide, the lightshow on the dance floor is great, and constant thumping bass is definitely provided from the DJ. Mirabar is everything that a gay club should be. Plus (and this is a nice bonus!) they’re super nice to straight ladies like me who love gay boys.