Haven Bros Diner

It’s always enjoyable to come here for some chili cheese dogs and shakes.

shithole on wheels. Its grease with a side of beef. The prices are WAY overpriced. The atmosphere is interesting. Bum, whores, cops, drunks, etc. find a better food option, your stomach and wallet will thank you

Hmm. What to say about Haven Bros? It’s a Rhode Island staple and something to check out if you’re new to the area. Haven Bros is a diner on wheels/​food truck… you can order from the window or actually go inside this large silver vehicle to order and eat. It’s typical diner food — burgers, hotdogs, fries, etc — and tastes exactly how you’d expect: greasy and yummy. It’s pricey for food truck food (example: my milkshake cost $ 6) and the servers are pretty sullen but it’s a fun experience and worth trying if you’re downtown and hungry for a late night snack.

I guess my experience was tame in comparison, as one would expect at 11:00pm on a Monday night-​no hookers, no fights, and only one homeless guy begging for money. Nothing terribly speacial here: just a tractor-​trailer parked with half of the trailer being the waiting area, and the other half is the kitchen. Basic greasy spoon type of food, but an institution in Providence worth checking out. This is the granddaddy of the hipster foodtruck.

The only reason i went in here is because I saw the sign for Man Vs. Food indicating they had eaten there. Curious, me and my hungry group of post-​ice skating friends stepped in (the shaky trailer) to see what the food challenge was. It was a surprisingly small and messy Triple Decker burger with an over easy egg on top, with bacon and the usual burger toppings. The service was rude, but i attributed that to the fact that they would be open until 3 a.m. in a cramped, dirty and hot trailer. The food was worth it, but I am not usually a fan of greasy dives!

WOW I can not believe I found this place on Unilocal lol I searched and searched for it because I wanted to share my experience there. I felt I had an obligation to warn people to stay away, or bring a «BARF BAG» At first glance you see this big ugly dirty Truck with rickety steps leading to a door, it looks like it just pulled up and parked there on the side walk, and in fact thats exactly what it is a truck with a make shift kitchen, it looks like a cool novelty, but its more like a port-​o-​potty on wheels. Truly a portable cesspool of disgusting nasty food if there ever was one. I would sooner recommend that you walk directly across the street from Haven Bros truck of gastric horrors in to the public restroom at Bust station to the toilet and scoop and eat from the toilet bowl lol You would be better off. I SWEAR TO GOD this is what happened to me and a few friends when we went there: The break down: It’s 2: am– Prov Saturday night– big drunken crowd-​long line– Vomit on sidewalk-​dirty florescent lights glowing from the truck windows –greasy film on everything– plastic dirty tables and chairs on side walk –food handlers making change and serving food NO GLOVES no separation of dirty money and hand held food-​All staff in foul mood all hard salty nasty tired staff with attitude because of all the drunks they have to deal with… so who can blame them I guess. But for me the moment of clarity came when I ordered a large cheese french fry, and a hot dog, my local RI friends said its a MUST so I did, I suppose IF I was shat faced I might not have noticed that it was just a bunch of limp undercooked bag fry’s smothered in melted, watered down Velveeta or cheese whiz but I certainly did not miss the LARGE CHUNK of HAIR? stuck in the fry’s and cheese, I SWEAR TO GOD it was a chunk of hair weave from some transvestite drag fight that we must have just missed, I was slack jawed, I almost tossed my cookies right there, I stood up in shock at what I had just pulled out of my MOUTH, yes I bit into it, my friends all screamed in shock and laughter at the site of it and we all marched up to the window cutting to the front of the line to show the women waiting on the people in line I showed her the chunk of cheesy hair and she said so WHAT YOU WANT A NEW ONE? I said are you serious I want my money back, she gave me a dirty look and handed me the money back and it was then that this skank in line right next to me who witnessed the transaction said Hey WHAT THE FKUC DO YOU EXPECT just go eat some where else I burst out laughing in disgust at the entire thing, this skank looked like she ate there every night she was a cross between a Crack Head looking Snookie from Jersey shores and Boris Karlof, all and all it was a gastric nightmare of the very worst kind. If you see this place RUN away RUN don’t walk be afraid be very afraid.

Had a hot dog and fries.
Not the greatest but when you’re starving it tastes amazing!

Excellent spot for your late-​night munchies after a night of clubbing in downtown providence. Had the chili cheese fries and obligatory water. Extra props to the cashier ringing us up who said she LOVED my t-​shirt lol. It was a customized tee from Chicago which said I heart My Galpals” Two thumbs up. :-)

Gee Whiz! I’ve been in California for 30 years and it sounds like Haven Bros Diner has not changed a bit. If you missed Woodstock and Burning Man, Haven Bros Diner is a last chance to see a real cross section of America (all crowded into the back half of a trailer truck).
Enjoy your visit and tell them I said Hello.

This is the real deal. The diner of all diners. It is wheeled into Kennedy Plaza every night so drunks and hipsters, Big Wigs and local celebrites can climb the metal stairs to get greasy food and milkshakes. They even have a vegan selection! How can you be disappointed by Haven Brothers? It has no pretense just history and grease! Take out of towners after a night on the town.

Haven Bros. is a brilliant combination of the people your mother warned you about, and the food your stomach will punish you for.
When I visited Haven Bros, my friend and I were joined by a couple homeless people outside, a hooker, her mark for the night, five drunk men (two of which were urinating on the trailer) and some guy with braids. We had to shove a few people out of the way for a spot in back of the line, and had to battle a crowd of locals for a spot in front of the counter to order.
The food is priced as you would expect for a drunk-​eats kinda place. A hot dog was $ 2.50, and my cheeseburger was $ 5.00. Our order (and our money) was taken by a kind lady, and all the food was prepared in the front of the trailer by one man, with no signs of proper pluming or other means of sanitization.
That being said, the food didn’t kill us. The cheeseburger succeeded in being a patty of meat on bread with cheese, and my friend’s hot dog was an ordinary hot dog, wrapped in bread and ketchup. Eating that food required a quick trip to a nearby 7 – 11 for a drink, but otherwise served us well for the rest of the night.
The thing that made Haven Bros. unique was not the sub-​par food, but the group of people consuming it with you. In the time it took to eat the cheeseburger, I witnessed people hitting on girls at the intersection, men picking fights with panhandlers, and a man offering to urinate on me for money (I declined). Assuming you don’t mind drunk and low-​brow company, it can be a very entertaining meal.
If you happen to be up late in Providence with thick skin, and a strong digestive tract, stop by Haven Bros and enjoy the local talent. It’s not something you’ll soon forget.

This place is hilarious! Its a little trailer outside the club district and after a night of clubbing you’re sure to be amused going here for a hot dog with all the drunks out in Providence. Make sure its a warm night if you decide to go here because its a very small place and you’ll end up waiting outside for a while.