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Red Hat Cafe

9 Bowdoin St, Boston, MA | Map it  

02114 42.361101 -71.062900

(617) 523-2175 | View Website

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Quintessential dive bar provides Suffolk students and downtown workers with a casual spot for watching the game over cheap drinks.

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Neighborhoods:
Beacon Hill, Back Bay
Categories:
Neighborhood Bars, Dive Bars, Bars & Pubs, Restaurants, Sports Bars

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Bar & Pub Special Features:
Bar Menu
Bar & Club Special Features:
Late-Night Scene, After Work, 21 & Over
Payment Methods:
MasterCard, Discover, Visa, American Express

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Review Highlights

ambiance
50%
“You can still get reasonably cheap beer and the physical improvements have been good without affecting the basice atmosphere.”
drinks
100%
“You can still get reasonably cheap beer and the physical improvements have been good without affecting the basice atmosphere.”
food quality
100%
“So it's a hole but drinks are good, wings cheap!”
overall
100%
“It's a good place to catch a few odd Bruins though after a game.”
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value
100%
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Reviews for Red Hat Cafe

MSchif1012

Member since Mar, 2012 View Profile
1Review
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Joined 2 months ago
5.0
March 06, 2012

Awesome atmosphere, great overall bar. I honestly don't have anything bad to say about this establishment. The food is good, affordable, and the service is excellent. Friendly staff, fun atmosphere! EASILY in my top 5 favorite bars/pubs. RED HAT!

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laughingoddess

Member since Jun, 2010 View Profile
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Joined 2 years ago
5.0
June 23, 2010

Best Wings!. While I love the waitresses at Red Hat they are agonizingly slow and often forget to wait on certain tables... I've taken to approaching the waitress to put in my order and pick up my check. It is always packed on trivia night (Wednesday).

My favorite low key bar in downtown Boston, best wings. Ever. Aaand AMAZING sweet potato fries!

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kris10haley

Member since Sep, 2008 View Profile
28Reviews
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Joined 4 years ago
4.0
April 28, 2010

So it's a hole but drinks are good, wings cheap!. Unless you know Bowdoin and the area around Gov't center, odds are you've never been to Red Hat. It's a good place to catch a few odd Bruins though after a game. For serious. They're probably there for the 10c wings. Or the shots ;)

So getting to the game: you know those touch screen games with naughty games? I need to play the naked lady match game every time I see it. It's the best game ever. I challenge you to beat my score...

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jspiker1974

Member since Nov, 2008 View Profile
1Review
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Joined 4 years ago
1.0
November 06, 2008

At the bottom of the Hill yet going downhill. This place used to be a go-to, comfortable dive for me. A couple years ago it was purchased by a corporation and it just gets worse every day. You can still get reasonably cheap beer and the physical improvements have been good without affecting the basice atmosphere. But that's about all there is to recommend this place anymore. The staff has become disinterested. The music has become very loud. And, worst of all, the food--which used to be excellent bar food for the price--has become downright lousy. The menu has been pared way back. The food quality, even moreso. But the prices have gone up. The Hat used to have some of the best Buffalo wings around. I now regard them as some of the worst. Bit by bit, the sauce has got thinner and thinner with less and less flavor. The sauce is now so thin, in fact, that you cannot get any on your wings; it will run off that easily. Ten-cent wings (Monday and Tuesday nights) that you don't want to eat aren't a bargain, even if they are just 10 cents. On top of that, they have begun charging for extra Buffalo sauce (which will run right off the wings anyway so why bother right?). I have stopped going to the Hat altogether now.

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schevaiswood

Member since Apr, 2007 View Profile
4Reviews
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Joined 5 years ago
4.0
April 22, 2007

a total dive. cheap wings.. it's a bit of a walk but this is where i like to go pre-game for garden events. they have cheap beers and free popcorn.

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