The Wicked Wolf

What an odd place! Agree with other reviewers there is a serious identify crisis going on, the inside is a smash of retro vinyl random halloween decorations, mirrors on ceilings, sports memorabilia and so on… There is a pool table to the back which is cool but I sensed I would be evil eyes by the young group of loads that seem to acquire this territory in the bar… Ha ha!
Anyway, called in on my way home from work pretty late and I had recalled seeing pizza and a drink offers before so, hey, let’s try this! The pizza’s are € 7.95, bargain you say, yeah and then you place your order at the bar and realise it’s a frozen pizza so don’t be getting all exciting thinking he can change out a topping! Have to say I was a little bit, eeekkk… Frozen pizza, but it arrived in pizza boxes which I thought bizarre initially but they, we end up using it to take away some slices we had left and the husband had another round of eats when we got home!!! They were tasty to be fair, definitely frozen pizza standard but without my fussy hat on I enjoyed my quick and easy few slices and had a drink. The barman was friendly but unfortunately I’d not be keen to venture again — sorry dudes!

This Is a pub with a serious identity crisis. It’s like they have changed the theme several times but never got rid of the last one. It’s a sports bar /​pool hall /​rockers /​disco bar. A pool table and a giant disco ball sit side by side. I had one drink as quickly as I could and made for the door

I don’t really know what to say about The Wicked Wolf. I popped in for a drink on a Saturday and it was definitely an older crowd. Several seemed pretty intoxicated and there were issues with the pool table’s location. The bartender wasn’t the friendliest, and seemed to be keeping more of an eye on the match and the people playing pool. Overall, the place had a strange vibe to it and I felt a bit uncomfortable.

My husband and I met at this bar in 1999. We were in our early 20s at the time and it was always a good time. From the reviews it sounds like it’s gone downhill a bit, but I hope it stays open forever for sentimental reasons. Whenever we go back to visit, we always make the trip to Blackrock and stop in for a pint.

I used to go here alot when i was younger, dont know what had me all the way over in blakrock!
i love the wicked wolf, lots of friends were there, there was a great «disco bar» dowstairs and upstairs was where you went for a rest for awhile. If it was a sunny day and you happened to be in the wicked wolf it has a great area where you can have a few drinks and over look the sea. There is nothing like having a cool drink on a hot day when your out looking at the sea!
i hadnt been back in a long time so recently when in blackrock i popped my head in contemplating a pint. the place looked a bit sad and old, exactly like it did when i was younger, that was good in one way but no in another, i had changed, gotten older, why hadn’t this place? I dont think ill be going back i might leave it to the younger generations, pass it on like a giving a baton to someone else in a relay race or something nice and metaphoric like that!

I’ve actually always had a good time in the Wicked Wolf. That might be because I’ve always gone there with a group of friends, so with the banter and all I didn’t pay too much attention to the rest of the pub. The barstaff were pretty attentive and know how to draw a good pint and I have to say the chicken tenders were pretty tasty as well– and not too expensive at 7.50 EUR. I have to admit though that the usual crowd here is becoming a bit too young for my liking, as in they look like they’re in their late teens, and I would probably rather go to Tonic for a good night out in Blackrock.

Yea not my cup of tea… tis the kind of place that is often quite packed and you dont really think its worth pushing your way through the crowds just to have a night there. When it comes to Blackrock i am more inclined to go to Sheehans or maybe Tonic if i want to have a nice night in the Pub.
It has a good atmosphere that much is true and you can’t blame it for being packed, surely that must be a good thing. However there is just something about it that doesnt appeal to me in any way.

Eh… no.
Granted, the only time I’ve ever darkened its doors was one Thursday night when myself and a friend, in our youthful niavité, popped in for a drink and a chat. Not happening. Apparently it was karaōke night. And I’ve the musical talent of a crow with bronchitis. Both my so-​called friend and the barman thought it would be hilarious to sign me up while i went to the loo. They thought it was even more funny to sign me up for ‘Summer Lovin’ from Grease. Which is a duet. Which meant, after an awkward minute or two trying in vain to get some poor sod in the audience to ‘help me out’, I had to sing with the MC. Who had the voice of an angel (or at least in relation to me). I struggled through, just. I got a free drink out of it because of the barman’s guilt… but that’s one of the random experiences one can have in the Wolf I guess. Which is not to be repeated!

I’ll have to agree with Laura on this one and give the wicked wolf a big thumbs down.
From the outside it’s not in the slightest bit appealing to the eyes, in fact it looks like it hasn’t seen a lick of paint in about 16 years.
There’s always guys in soccer jerseys (celtic anyone?) and girls with belts as skirts hanging around outside, usually with a bottle of blue wkd hanging out of their hands.
Also, there’s always a group of what looks like underagers hanging around the back entrance, having a cheeky smoke where there parents cant see them if they drive by.
Classy joint? I think not.

You always get the impression that there’s some badass backstory to the Wicked Wolf, though there almost certainly isn’t. This is a big loud pub, probably the ‘youngest’ buzz in Blackrock. Good for a laugh, especially around Christmas when the place is rammed.