Thirsty Whale
24 Market Square, Newburyport
(978) 255-2674
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Great place for beer, food and watching football. Great prices on beer, too.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Stopped in for lunch and had the lobster roll and onion rings, both were fantastic. Very friendly service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Originally had a great time getting in around 9:30 with my friends and family visiting who are all from Mass and NH . When we came back later, a different bouncer questioned how I got in at all passively aggressively just because I’m from Florida, which felt unnecessary and weird. I offered multiple valid forms of ID, including my passport, and he seemed almost offended by that. As someone who’s worked in the service industry (bartender and server), I’ve never seen something handled so rudely. I respect managing fake ids but this is just a poor way to do it in my opinion. Be prepared if you’re from out of state and spend your summers here.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
This is a great place to meet real people. The open mic and karaoke nights are fun, but it is also a great place to catch a game. Everything is reasonably priced. Cocktails are on the sweet side. They could lose one of the 15 bottles of flavored vodka and add an amaro. New management is good with tap maintenance. I used to get a headache from dirty taps, but that ended after covid, and the new owners took over. This is one of my favorite places to just hang out.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
This place sucks
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Only accepts your ID if you’re from new england. Rude staff. O/10.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
If you have an out of state ID, I recommend you DO NOT VISIT THIS PLACE. Even if you are of age, they DO NOT ACCEPT IDs out of Massachusetts or New Hampshire.
I’m visiting Massachusetts on a travel healthcare contract from out of state and this bar was recommended to me by a coworker. I walked in and they had a live jam session going on. Had good vibes, but unfortunately I went to order a drink ans the bartender said they don’t serve people with out of state drivers license. What a shame. Won’t be recommending anyone to this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 1
Stopped in for a cold pint of beer.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
The buger was awesome! And the FF were perfectly seasoned.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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Place is a joke forever to get service food sucked don't trust this place
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Nice place for some pub grub and a dtaft.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Just stopped-in for a drink after work, no acknowledgment by barstaff for nearly 10-minutes -- finally, the barman says, "you're next", and then serves three other people.
I finally left after nearly 22-minutes of being on premises without services. Shame, I was planning my team's monthly outing there too.
I won't be back.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Nice place for some pub grub and a dtaft.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Bar tenders are nice and they sometimes have live music
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
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