The Parlour

This place used to be the old Penalty Box until the new owners came and gave the place an upgrade. Friendly bar-staff and Cool atmosphere - great karaoke on Friday nights!

Music great.  Food ok.  Service sucked.  We ask how long it would take and we got the response.."idk im not a wizard"....really?  Bartender was so rude.  Our food came out and sat on the bar and the bartender was in back,on her phone.  The cook came out again and we ask if we could pick up our food and she put her hands up and said "not my problem, im just the cook"We left after we got the food.  It was a shame cause it was pretty good food but again the service...ugggg  Music was great but didnt hear much cause we were so,offended.

This review is coming strictly from the point of view of a musician who played a show here, but I have to say... I like The Parlour. I think Providence needs a bar and venue like this. The beer selection is awesome, the bartenders are cool as hell, the crowd loves music and loves to dance, and it's an easy place to pack and bring that energy of a full crowd to. Greg really installed a top notch sound system here, and this was one of the first full band shows I've played in literally years that I could hear my vocals on stage. The fans who came to see us said that we sounded better here than we did at The Middle East Downstairs opening for Penguin Prison. Kudos, Greg. That's a big compliment.