Game On!

08/17/09

Great Place for a Party

by LisaMG at Citysearch

I booked my husband's 30th birthday at Game On and our party was in the lower-level bar. He's a big baseball fan and we were able to watch the Red Sox game on a whole bunch of tv's and had ample seating and tables for all our guests. Best of all, we had access to the visitor's batting cage at Fenway Park and it just made for a fun and unique experience for everyone!

The waitstaff went out of their way to offer me assistance throughout the night and were friendly and accommodating without being pushy. In addition, the management made it very easy to book the party and kept consistent communication with me throughout the whole planning process.

Though the food was typical bar food that was not special or amazing in any specific way, there was plenty of it and the service was great. Plus, the bar downstairs was huge and the chef and waitstaff were great in helping me with the birthday cake, taking pictures for me, and allowing me to set up the room hours before the party.

In short, I would definitely recommend Game On for any type of party for sports fans and feel that it was a really memorable event for my husband and our guests!

• Pros: Friendly and accommodating waitstaff, tons of space and tvs
• Cons: Food was good and reasonably priced, but did not stand-out

07/28/09

Terrible service on busy days

by indexer at Citysearch

Look, I get it that this is a great place to be if you are young and strong and can deal with standing in line. I'm disabled -- I use two canes, and every other restaurant I go to will bring me a chair when there's a line and I need to wait, but with these idiots I have to beg for a chair every time, and each time it's like reinventing the wheel, they can't figure out where they keep the extra chairs (by the door nearest the entrance to Fenway) or where to put a chair so it doesn't trip the wait people. Disabled people in wheelchairs will do better because they have somewhere to sit while they wait, but disabled people who aren't in wheelchairs should avoid Game On when things are busy.

It makes it worse that when there are only one or two people, the wait is MUCH longer because almost all their tables are for four to six people.

If I am going to a game, I wish I could go to Game On, but it's just not worth the bother, so these days I hobble farther to a restaurant that has a few chairs for people who are waiting and lots of tables for two (easy enough to shove two or three of them together for groups -- why can't Game On do this?).

• Pros: Good on slow days
• Cons: Totally unhelpful on busy days

07/20/09

Great place and beautiful servers

by gjb8 at Citysearch

good beer. hot waitress. long wait. lots of people. great experience

• Pros: hottest staff
• Cons: long wait for tables