Mews Tavern

February 7, 2008 [ Updated February 11, 2008 ]
The Mews is an institution. Just a fun, fun place. When you come here, make a night of it. It’s huge, with a restaurant, a bar, and a martini bar upstairs. 69 beers on tap, a lot of it local, but they have stuff from Dogfish Head, Grimbergen, Stone, and Rogue, and they change their taps often. You can get a reasonaly priced sampler of four 7 oz. beers.

December 17, 2007
I only work 15 minutes down the road from this place, so I decided to check it out yesterday. Pretty cool place if I do say so. It was pretty packed when I got there (3 pm on Sunday night). The tavern is pretty nice, with a seprate dining room, and a wine and martini bar in the upstairs. The service was good, and the bartender seemed to know some about the brews they served. The beer selection was pretty impressive (69 drafts) for a small tavern. They recently got Arrogant Bastard and some Dogfish Head seasonals. The food was great. I had a pizza from their brick oven. Overall a pretty cool place to drink a few beers.

July 4, 2007
best place i have found in ri. by far. the inside is pretty cool with a real tree that has been cut to fit exactly floor to ceiling. the service was good but not great but the food more than made up for it. great menu with a wide selection and can we say beer? 69 taps a few were fillers but for the most part pretty good stuff. had a sampler for 9$ with four 7oz. samples, not too bad.

February 22, 2007
Best bar in an area overrun with crappy budweiser-pushing college bars. Nice selection of brews, lots of local New England stuff, and excellent food for a pub (pizza, burgers, and onion rings are all fantastic). Well worth a visit but can get crowded on the weekends or in the summer.

December 1, 2006
Best beer selection in RI. Great old colonial building with a confusing, but enjoyable setup, bars at all ends of the place. Parking is OK except on the weekends, where you may have to improvise (and deal with annoying college kids). The food is exceptional for a pub, I love their burgers and sandwiches. Service adequate, though most of the waittresses are college students from URI, so don’t expect many beer recommendations. Great whiskey and martini menu’s also. Thumbs up.

August 25, 2006
A fun place with lots of taps and ambiance. Most of the beers on draught were the typical larger micros, but they also had some locals and regionals that were interesting enough to keep me coming back for more. Definietly one of the more interesting places in this part of the state.

July 4, 2006
I have been to the Mew’s on SEVERAL occassions and rarely have I been disappointed. Though certain days are packed and parking is tough has been worth it. With 69 beers on tap you would expect an occasional stale beer, but I never have. They rotate their selection about every 4 - 6 weeks keeping the standards on tap and adding seasonals and new to the area brews. Food here is pub grub with great burgers. If you go in the summer plan on waiting upwards to 1 1/2 hours for a table. But you can always bide your time at the bar drinking. CHEERS.

April 16, 2004
Wow, I couldnt beleive how busy this place was. I just stopped in for a beer, and didnt have any food. They have 69 taps, unfortunatley 5 or so are ciders and NA beers. Small, smokey place with a pretty cool atmosphere with tons of dollar bills on the ceiling. I had had most of the brews on tap. The Magic hat Mew’s Brew 69 is worth a try. PARKING IS A BITCH.

January 24, 2004
The Mews is the best bar in South County, but that's not really saying much. 69 micros is somewhat misleading; they include Rolling Rock and some other crap among these. Good thing: the Happy Hour buffet kicks ass!

January 6, 2004
69 taps, and several of them are darned good. Several regional micros are available (including several Magic Hat), and the last time I was there, they had a house beer brewed by Magic Hat. Food is solid pub fare. Service is pretty good -- a cute thing they have is license plates at each table -- one says "Have Beer," and when you're out, you flip to the one that says "Need Beer."