Funny Bone Comedy Club & Restaurant

Great setup for a comedy club but the sound system was so bad, that we couldn't hear the comics very well.
It also has a staff with the worse attitude I have ever seen for working in a comdy club. They were rude (I had to ask them to stop talking during the performances as they stood against the wall behind us) and one waitress welcomed us by telling us they walk thru the area we were seated in a lot so we'd better not move our chairs back because they needed the room, and this wasn't in a joking, playful way. She obviously wasn't too happy to be working here and it really turned us off of our experience with this place.
Again, great setup for a comedy club, but clean up your staff and your sound system and we might come back again.

Things to know about funny bone:

1) The tickets are decently price around $30 bucks, but they REQUIRE you to purchase 2 items once you are in. Having already had dinner we didn't want any food and between the two of us we were told we "HAD" to purchase 4 items. I don't know what would happen if we didn't but we were forced to buy 3 bottled waters at $3 each and a coke. This is absolutely ridiculous. I have never heard of this in my life! Also our server actually stalked me coming out of the bathroom to "remind me" that we hadn't purchased two items yet. This was so creepy and uncalled for. I felt very uncomfortable.

2) Their food is horrible! Most of their food is frozen and WAY overpriced. The chicken fingers are $11. Are you kidding me?? Their mac 'n' cheese was 12.99. I'm sorry folks but that is outrageous. Jeff Ruby's mac 'n' cheese isn't even close to that much and it's in a nice atmosphere and is home made. The food here will leave you unsatisfied with a huge hole in your pocket.

3) This place feels like a big box. Most like other places in Newport it is sterile. There are plain tables and chairs and a stage in the center of a big room. That is it.

4) Don't even waste your time buying tickets. They harass you on the phone on a daily basis trying to give you free tickets. Which seems like a nice thing right? No. Between my boyfriend and I we were getting calls non-stop. Thankfully they finally moved to sending text messages, but I have asked to be removed from their call list several times and it has yet to happen.

Service 1 star, the reason for 2? Because this place books decent comedians because of it's location downtown. If you are dying to see your favorite it's pretty much your only option, which sucks. I wish this place would stop taking the location for granted and actually provide something awesome bc right now it's a waste.

This was my first time visiting a comedy club, so i really wasn't sure what to expect.  First off, I should say that the comedians were wonderfully funny, and my review doesn't reflect on them in any way.  The club itself is very awkwardly laid out.  There are restrooms, but you have to go to the lobby to get to them.  The lobby also has a bar and is where people queue before the show.  To keep the customers who have already entered the theater separate from those who haven't, this lobby is divided by a series of rope lines.  We were a party of 4, and were sat at a table that would only sit 2 people anywhere else.  The food prices were very ridiculous, and there was a 2 item minimum purchase per person.

I'm not sure where any other Comedy clubs are in the area, but I would try and find somewhere else rather than go here.