The Blarney Stone

Probably the best neighborhood/​college bar in Worcester. The Blarney Stone is a no frills experience, but there are some decent beer options and the prices seem to max out at $ 4.50, which is pretty cheap, even for Worcester. The music is decidedly not top 40 like some of the perpetually packed college bars in the Canal District, but that’s probably because people that aren’t students also come to the Blarney Stone. There are pool tables and darts to amuse yourself and a pizza place next door if you get hungry. For a low key and low priced drink, this more than satisfies.

I came wandering in here out of curiosity one night. It was loud and unlike a lot of the bars in the area, no one bothered to card me. I figured they would do it when I got to the bar and ordered a drink. It seemed like all of the staff was congregated at the right end of the bar laughing and on their cellphones and I waited for a few minutes before I finally got a bartender. I ordered a Jack and Diet Coke (and was not carded). The bartender was very friendly but I think she might have been new considering my drink had absolutely NO TRACE of the diet coke. After waiting 15 minutes for my bill, I finally paid and left. I was actually pretty concerned that I was never actually carded and disappointed that attention was lacking from the staff. Needless to say, I see no reason to return.

Listen, I don’t know what people are expecting here. The place is a dive. Its dark and dirty, loud and sometimes too crowded. The furniture is torn and broken and the bathrooms are, well, cozy… The way the seats at Feway are cozy.
Don’t go here if you are trying to impress a first date.
However, the beer is cheap, the shots are cheap, and you can have a great time, which is what its all about. Its a staple of Worcester and I go here a lot. If you’re single its a great place for a hookup.
And if you look closely, under the darkness and the dirt, the acual bar (where the bartender works out of) is really quite nice.
Listen, it is what it is. You want nice and fancy, Armsby Abby is downtown. Enjoy your $ 12 beer. You just want a place to go with your friends and get drunk, go here.

Another great Dive Bar review in Worcester. I don’t understand these reviews of place by other Unilocalers???
Where do they think they are walking into? It’s a dirty dive bar with floor urinals.
There is nothing scary about it. I went in and had a great time. You go behind the bar and serve yourself popcorn. Beer is cheap and they have Golden Tee.
This is a great dirty dive bar and anyone who reads this, don’t go in if you think your going into hipster wimp bar to drink a craft beer or two and talk about art.
Thanks

This place was our go to pub if there were no parties going on the Clark Campus! Cheap shots, beer/​ale and ridiculously cheap mixed drinks! It gets really crowded during the weekends.
So much so that it takes a couple of minutes of swimming through the crowd and a few angry stares to make it from one end of the room to another!
It’s a great place to experience a typical college dive bar! Despite the sticky tables, gross restrooms, and the constant 5 – 0 supervision at the door, I have great memories of this bar!

I don’t miss nights out at «The Blarn,» with sticky or just wet floors/​tables, dim lighting, huge crowds, and terrible music. It’s pretty much a filthy dive bar that got partially co-​opted by college kids. The clientele can be a bit sketchy, hence the constant WPD presence and occasional bar brawls. The beer options and pricing are no different than any other local dive.

For a College student, this place is A-​OK. It gets crowded on the normal drinking nights of Thursday, Friday and Saturday, but also has trivia Tuesdays which attract a large crowd. The beer is dirt cheap, with mixed drinks being relatively low priced. Most of the drinks are served in plastic cups; very rarely do they use actual glasses for serving drinks. The majority of the patrons are Clark and Worcester State students, as well as some local young adults. There is free self-​serve popcorn, although some of the flavoring powders can be quite gross. The restrooms are cramped and filthy, and navigating around the bar becomes quite difficult. This is by no means a glamorous bar; it is a cheap place to meet up and grab a few drinks and that’s about it. Its best for college students; an older and more sophisticated crowd should probably go elsewhere.

Blarney Stone… is not a place I like going to really. I understand that they cater to a college crowd with Clark around the corner, but I mean, I went to UMass, and bars aren’t NEARLY this gross. Sitting at the bar is bad because the bar itself is soaking wet with beer and liquor, sitting at a table isn’t great because they stay covered with the split beer, glasses, and empty pitchers that have been there all night from other people. It’s on a pretty bad corner in a pretty bad neighborhood and they always have to have police on the door.
No thanks.

this place is disgusting inside yet absolutely wonderful.

oh my god.
jesus take the wheel.

Classic dive bar. It’s remarkably good for… well…a dive bar in a bad neighborhood.
Pros:
Cheap, cheap pitchers, some of even decent beer. Yum.
Cheap everything.
Popcorn.
Fewer stabbings per night outside than Creegan’s
Now you can say you’ve been hit on by a neo-​nazi. We all need life goals.
Cons:
There are still stabbings outside, despite the presence of the 5 – 0 by the door.
the well alcohol is only a notch or two above rubbing alcohol. Maybe it is rubbing alcohol.
The music is terrible, top 40’s stuff.
Nasty, tiny bathrooms.
It’s a dive bar in Worcester. What are you doing in Worcester, anyway?
College kids and locals come here. Both are highly entertaining.

The Blarney Stone is a pit of despair. Cop inside the door, Urinals on the floor, and the music cranked so high you can’t talk to someone next to you without screaming. The Blarney Stone is known more as a place to go score with «drunk bitches» than it is a place to get a drink. My advice buy a case of beer, drink said beer with a group of TB infected hobos. You will be in better company than with the people at «the Stone».

This was THE regular bar in college. CHEAP drinks, fun and friendly bartenders, free popcorn, plenty of tables. If you go, you must play «the ring game.» Look out for the self-​declared «RingMaster» who always wears a red baseball cap and is totally weird.