Hong Kong At Faneuil Hall

In Short – For sheer people-watching potential, few Boston nightspots are better. Downstairs, Abercrombie-clad students mingle with a distinctly local crowd. Upstairs, it's an urban dance scene, with a multiethnic crowd strutting its stuff, digging the hip-hop, and macking on the bridesmaids who got lost on their way to the bachelorette party. Groups of friends frequently congregate over inexpensive Scorpion Bowls; these sweet offerings taste like punch, and pack one as well.

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ambiance	100.0% positive	“If you're looking for a laid-back place with cheap drinks, cute chicks, and a good atmosphere, this is the place for you.” “The Hong Kong is my favorite place, (upstairs of course) Downstairs is more of a college type atmosphere, no dance floor and filled with the J. Crew and Abercrombie types.” “However, the downstairs bar scene, though a bit dumpy, had a fun, upbeat, friendly atmosphere.”
drinks	100.0% positive	“must say though, they make great drinks and play great music but if you want to save the 10 bucks to get in, the 15 bucks for the scorpion bowls, the money to charge your jacket , the rudest staff, or waiting in line for EVERYTHING, go to any other bar ” “Good music, good drinks, familiar faces, and who can resist the chicken teriyaki.” “The perfect place to start out bar hopping or clubbing, but not where you want to spend the whole night.” “However, the downstairs bar scene, though a bit dumpy, had a fun, upbeat, friendly atmosphere.” “If you're looking for a laid-back place with cheap drinks, cute chicks, and a good atmosphere, this is the place for you.” “This place is cool if you've never been to a boston bar before, or if you just turned 21.” “The food is cheap, the mixed drinks are about a dollar or two less than other bars in the area and the beer is a good value too.” “Avoid their dance floor, but enjoy the bar” “cute guys, nice drinks, hot music.”
food quality	100.0% positive	“The $1 meat on a stick wasn't bad, considering the price, and the scorpion bowls were very enjoyable.” “Good music, good drinks, familiar faces, and who can resist the chicken teriyaki.” “The food is cheap, the mixed drinks are about a dollar or two less than other bars in the area and the beer is a good value too.”
overall	100.0% positive	“the Hong Kong is the best place to cap off a night of drinking in Faneuil Hall.” “If you're looking for a laid-back place with cheap drinks, cute chicks, and a good atmosphere, this is the place for you.”
service	77.77999877929688% positive	“Tough guy bouncers and rude barkeep treat you like an underage college punk.” “Upstairs is where it happens, lots of dancing great music, great people and good dancers.” “downstairs you got a huge melting pot of people.” “The bartenders on the first floor were super nice and good!” “Kareoke is a grand time, the scorpion bowls are good too but it doesn't mean anything if the patrons are going to treat you like garbage on the street and the staff doesn't give you the time of day.” “must say though, they make great drinks and play great music but if you want to save the 10 bucks to get in, the 15 bucks for the scorpion bowls, the money to charge your jacket , the rudest staff, or waiting in line for EVERYTHING, go to any other bar ” “However, the downstairs bar scene, though a bit dumpy, had a fun, upbeat, friendly atmosphere.” “1) The staff and that troll asian owner/manager are disgusting.” “I've been going to bars and clubs across the country for a while and have never gotten such rude service before.”
value	100.0% positive	“downstairs you got a huge melting pot of people.” “The amount in question was a huge tab, and it took weeks to straigthen it out with my banlk.” “If you're looking for a laid-back place with cheap drinks, cute chicks, and a good atmosphere, this is the place for you.” “must say though, they make great drinks and play great music but if you want to save the 10 bucks to get in, the 15 bucks for the scorpion bowls, the money to charge your jacket , the rudest staff, or waiting in line for EVERYTHING, go to any other bar ” “The $1 meat on a stick wasn't bad, considering the price, and the scorpion bowls were very enjoyable.” “The food is cheap, the mixed drinks are about a dollar or two less than other bars in the area and the beer is a good value too.” “Not a bad value to be able to wear jeans and a T-shirt and only pay $8.”
wait time	100.0% positive	“The best suggestion to avoid waiting in long lines is to show up before 11PM.”

01/25/09

Avoid their dance floor, but enjoy the bar

by mmariex at Citysearch

I heard about Hong Kong from some of my friends, who bragged about the scorpion bowls and dance floor, so I decided to check it out last weekend. They charged $5 at the door, plus another $5 to get upstairs to the "dance floor" which turned out to be a huge disappointment. Upon entering the second floor, I immediately regretted paying $5 to get up there; most people weren't even dancing, the dance space was kinda small and there were hardly any guys on the floor. The DJ was HORRIBLE, spinning mediocre hip hop with only the occasional new/hit song mixed in...he also changed songs way too quickly. Unfriendly staff and creepers stood on the edge of the dancefloor, audibly criticizing people's dance moves and just generally making fun of their customers (which was quite a diverse crowd of people).

However, the downstairs bar scene, though a bit dumpy, had a fun, upbeat, friendly atmosphere. Girls were singing karaoke to the dixi chicks and bon jovi, and the crowd and staff we much friendlier than the upstairs group. The $1 meat on a stick wasn't bad, considering the price, and the scorpion bowls were very enjoyable. I think I would go here again to start off a night of club hopping, but I plan to skip the dance scene at this place and hangout downstairs instead, where everyone seemed more relaxed and friendly.

Pros: Pretty cheap
Cons: bad dance scene

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01/24/09

Homophobic

by yyayay at Citysearch

If you want to go to a homophocic bar....go here!

Spoke about this issues outside and then was not let in...You be the judge, but I will never go back...I am a straight person, but now know how their people judge....

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12/06/08

CALLING ALL WHITE TRASH!!!!

by Christopher Macdonald at Citysearch

You have to be from a trailer park in revere to like this place....

1) The staff and that troll asian owner/manager are disgusting.

2) they have 1 bathroom that smells like a sewer

3) they have a cover that is decent, but then charge you again to go upstairs.

4) after the troll asian four-eyed manaager charges you again to go upstairs, the fat "bouncer" upstairs tells you that you cant be up there (as if its like a VIP area) with a hood on your jacket. Keep in mind my friends hood wasnt on a sweatshiirt, it was a hooded sweater from Marc Jacobs.

5) If you want to go outside to smoke the white trash bouncers make you pounce through the trashy crowd to the little gay coat check guy and leave your ID and get a bracelet before you can go out \

6) The manager/owner (ugly Asian lady) must be on something to act like she does. People should go just to see how she acts and handles things. Its HYSTERICAL!. She needs to go back to her own country.

The bartenders on the first floor were super nice and good! Ladies, go somewhere else!!!\

THIS PLACE IS HORRIBLE. DO NOT GO HERE!!!!

Pros: downstairs bartenders
Cons: the ladt running the place, EVERYTHING else

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09/18/08

LAME!!!!

by 143LILWAYNE at Citysearch

I HATE THE HONG KONG....THEY DONT LET ME WEAR MY LIL WAYNE TEE SHIRT AND ALWAYS THE SAME GIRLS THERE EVERY WEEK....ITS LAME..DONT GO THERE EVER!!!!!

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08/29/08

Hey lets get assaulted

by dissapointed85 at Citysearch

Hey If you like being assaulted by the regulars at this bar then go ahead.

Kareoke is a grand time, the scorpion bowls are good too but it doesn't mean anything if the patrons are going to treat you like garbage on the street and the staff doesn't give you the time of day.

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01/25/09

Avoid their dance floor, but enjoy the bar

by mmariex at Citysearch

01/24/09

Homophobic

by yyayay at Citysearch

12/06/08

CALLING ALL WHITE TRASH!!!!

by Christopher Macdonald at Citysearch

09/18/08

LAME!!!!

by 143LILWAYNE at Citysearch

08/29/08

Hey lets get assaulted

by dissapointed85 at Citysearch

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