Beehive Restaurant

12/19/09

A great place for food and music

by MarAford at Citysearch

The Beehive is a great place to hear music, that isn't a crappy indie rock bar. The schedule is always changing, and you really don't know who is going to be playing there from one night to the next. Unfortunately, the food can be as unpredictable as the music. I have had great meals there, and I have had mediocre, but I don't necessarily go there for the food first. I go with friends, for drinks, dancing, etc. The food is secondary. I've always loved the atmosphere of this place, and that's what keeps me coming back.

• Pros: The music is always worth checking out
• Cons: Not really a place to sit and talk

12/12/09

Great place to drink with friends, eat, and meet people.

by nicky6 at Citysearch

The Beehive has a very cool and friendly vibe. It is a great place to bring almost anyone.

• Pros: Strong drinks, cool crowd, lively

11/30/09

Beware: 2 hour table limit - they will kick you out!

by Bostontransplant at Citysearch

I went here to celebrate my birthday since I had heard it was a great place. The restaurant itself has a great young vibe to it. There was 6 of us and we had an evening reservation on a Saturday. I had the pork which was a little dry and there were little shards of bones I had to pick out of my mouth, but the overall taste was fine. I tried my friend's steak which was much better. We were downstairs next to the live music which was fun, although it was hard to hear conversations around the table. Even so, the music was good and were enjoying ourselves. After finishing dessert and ordering another round of drinks, we were approached by the manager and asked to leave since reservations were only for "two hours" and the other party had been waiting. We had never heard of this 2 hour limit before and everyone was stunned. Up until that point, I was having a good time, but getting kicked out was extremely rude. We weren't "squatting" and had spent $400 with the intention of spending more. This has never happened to me before and the manager was unapologetic. I will never go back to this restaurant. I will steer everyone I know away from the Beehive.

• Pros: live music
• Cons: Rude managers

11/08/09

Swanky and Posh...delicious food!

by Mominwellesley at Citysearch

This place was packed with people which was encouraging after readng the reviews here. We decided to sit at the bar and eat dinner. I loved that the full dinner menu is avalable to people at the bar. The menu was pretty limited but the food was great. We got the gulf shrimp appetizer and the steak tartar and Pate dish to start and we were not at all disappointed. The gulf shrimp came smothered in a spiced butter sauce that was so succulent! The Pate they served was appealing to the eye and the taste did not disappoint. The tartar was perfect with the caper garnishment. They served toasted bread slices to accompany both apps and it was the perfect touch. My husband had the short rib sandwich and LOVED it. I had the blackened rib eye med rare with a pepercorn au juis sauce and I have to say it's the best rib-eye I have ever had. I had a great traditional Martini and The hubby drank IPA and the service was prompt, polite and engaging. We had a great time listening to the live Jazz music and the band was good. We didn't get to stay for the reggae that starts at 10 due to other plans but we look forward to hearing them next time!

It is recommended you try this place because I cannot wait to go here again!

• Pros: the steak tartar and Pate plate was stellar!
• Cons: didn't find any

07/26/09

Great Place....very New York..........

by BrandonKeith at Citysearch

This place is great.....i have read alot of crappy reviews on here but these people to me seem a bit high maintenance and nit pickers....been here a few times and the place is totally cool....very east village....something different for south end....maybe these peeps just can't handle something cool?? then go to hamersleys already....took my mom there for brunch and she fell in love....food fantastic....great live jazz and really sweet waitress....i say GO!! great place.....

06/28/09

Stung by the Bee!!

by connoisseur69 at Citysearch

We went on a Friday night and the place was "buzzing"... (get it?) Took us a few minutes to be seated even though there were many tables available. Once seated, we had a dozen oysters, which were okay. We ordered the salmon and the snapper. The salmon was pretty good but the snapper was horrible. I have never experienced a fish entree with so many bones, it was pretty much inedible and tasted horrible. The side dish was some kind of bean curd served in tin foil... very "classy" presentation. When asked how we liked the meal, we commented that the fish had many bones and the waiter snapped back saying "What do you expect, it's a whole fish", with an attitude. This ruined the whole experience for us, and we do not recommend this place.

• Pros: Location and cocktails
• Cons: Service and food

06/08/09

Bad service, Rude, Limited Menu

by maggi35 at Citysearch

We went there with our kids. The person at the door was friendly, but our steward was extremely RUDE and busy doing his thing at the POS machine for the longest time before he could get our attention every single time we needed him.

Either they are understaffed or some of the people that they hire are plain rude. Once we ordered our drinks and we wanted to have a second round, we had to wait for the longest time for him to see us and even then he didn't come. When we called him again, he said, "I heard you," loudly and didn't come. Finally we got someone else to get our Beer, which arrived after 15 minutes.

The Menu was limited and had very few vegetarian options.

He was very insensitive to the kids and their needs.

I wouldn't go there especially if I had to deal with such rude staff. The female waistaff was good.

• Pros: Nice to sit out in the summer
• Cons: Rude staff, 15 minutes to bring Beer! Limited Menu

06/06/09

Quirky South End Restaurant a Pleasant Surprise!

by lsarao at Citysearch

I went to Beehive for the first time last week with a party of 10 for a friends birthday. From the moment I walked it, I was impressed with the service and atmosphere. The black and white movie projected on the wall in the upstairs bar which was the first hint of bohemian charm.

We were seated right away and our server was extremely friendly and accommodating. The chandeliers and live music were another great surprise. The menu was rather small but I chose the halibut, which was actually phenomenal. Others who ordered the salmon were a bit less enthusiastic about it, although they said it wasn't bad. The oysters, although a bit pricey, were also a smash, as was the enormous cheeseburger and "frites".

Overall, the meal was great. The service and atmosphere added a lot to the experience. I would love to come back and try their brunch!

• Pros: Great atmosphere and service
• Cons: South End Parking, pricey

05/24/09

Watch out for the rude heavy bald guy...

by Smitten at Citysearch

I was hanging out near the stage with my girlfriends and a heavy bald guy who seemed to be managing the musicians (he was frantically running back and forth to and from the stage) bumped into me, knocking my drink over. He just said "whoops" and did not even apologize.

Employees should have enough good sense to buy someone a drink if they are responsible for having knocked it over.

Bad policy! Rude representative!

03/30/09

Better places to go in South End

by dvautour at Citysearch

Best advice? Skip the Beehive unless you want to see the cool and eclectic bands they book. They are worth seeing. Otherwise, you are in for a bad time. I live around the corner and am patient. So we went back a few times because it is convenient and has a great atmosphere and we wanted to give it another chance as we really wanted it to be our local hang out. It isn't going to happen.

Each time we went, it was bad service. The times we only went to the bar, it was worse. Like when they wanted to charge us $3 per piece of cake to cut my birthday cake. This is after we called to make sure it was cool to bring 30 people to the bar and spend money. They welcomed us in and then were just plain rude. Multiple friends over the next few days called with stories of rude bartenders and forgotten orders.

The fake line at the door is ridiculous. Especially when there is no one in the place. But when they are full, unless you know the door guy, you stand outside and freeze for a long time. Not really fair.

Even tho we want to go here, we won't any longer. Just not worth the hassle. It is really too bad.

• Pros: great live music
• Cons: bad service, limited menu, thoroughly incompentent bar staff