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So it was late night after a Bruin's game and me and my date are starving and though I hate beyond hate anything touristy in Boston, he's not from the city so we decided to check out the Hard Rock.
Having not been there since they moved locations, I liked the layout a lot better overall and they were able to seat us right away, so that was a plus. Our waiter was great, he was very friendly, not over-bearing, and definitely seemed like a fun guy.
The food at these places is always just about the same. We each had a Sam's and a burger. It was very good, though maybe slightly over-cooked (but that's not shocking since I think anything close to medium is over-cooked). The fast and friendly service definitely makes this place. I also love the music videos they play because it's a really great mix usually.
Definitely something to check out if you're just visiting the city, but not so much a regular night out for a local.
This place has lost it's fun appeal since it moved from the Back Bay to Fanueil Hall. Very sterile looking, dry bartenders with no sense of humour. Take a look at mens room pictures! You can tell a lot about a place from the bathrooms!
One of my good friends had his wedding reception party here and it rocked. The food was superb; from the rizotto food chain, tender steaks and strong drinks. The kids table even came with a kids buffet. The hors d'œuvre were delicious (i inhaled the nip-sized burgers off the tray and the hostess still smiled at me). Not only is the HRC staff an entourage of sexy, young whippersnappers, they are f-r-i-e-n-d-l-y. They put together the entire setting sans a wedding planner and did an awesome wing job. We did have to muscle them a little for some more champagne and a doggie bag. Overall, this was a great place and def the best wedding reception I have ever attended.
Somebody call the wahmublance and haul the douchebag negative reviewers to a place where they can put their PhD's in bitchin'-about-shit to use. This place is fantastic, even if it has become a national chain honoring worldwide famous (and infamous) noisemakers. I can think of a million other places that charge more, water down their drinks and generally have a misanthropic approach to The Nightlife Society, so stfu and go buy a box of Tampax (with a side of Midol- extra strength).
Somehow HRC was included as a stop on the 4th Annual Beer Golf event, possibly as a chance for people not seriously invested in getting trashed to sit down and have a bite to eat, rather than continue on to the remaining bars and pubs. Regardless, on with the review...
Despite having only 20 minutes or so before we dashed over to the next bar on the list, me and a friend decided (4 or 5 beers in) that a sandwich was a fabulous idea, and we should steal the first open table near the bar so we could order (boy, did that piss the hostess off). The place was packed tight with tourists, so we ordered both food and drinks right at the bar (+1star for that), then waited patiently at our illegitimately-obtained table.
All things considered, I won't take a star off for it taking the full 20 minutes to get a chicken sandwich and fries, it was a mob scene in there, but I WILL take stars off for the mediocre quality of the food. I know HRC is supposed to be as much about the ambiance as the food, but when neither of those are looking good, problems arise. If you are a local, you should probably avoid this place like the plague. If you're a tourist, I'd say it's an experience, but one you might be able to live without. The choice is yours.
So my boyfriend and I were out one night in the area and realized we hadn't eaten dinner and it was after 11PM. We didn't feel like Italian in the North End and I didn't want to search around for some place that was serving a full menu after 11PM so we stopped in here.
The food was decent. Not horrible, but nothing spectacular. And the drinks were the same. However, both are very over priced!
I was impressed, however, with the large outdoor seating, no waiting time and full menu available late at night. It's not a place I'd go all the time, but the atmosphere is all right, our waiter was very nice and attentive and it had what I was looking for at the moment.
I would definitely go again if a similar situation arises!
Ew. Never. Again.
Service & food was horrible.
Ordered a salad that tasted like feet. Had one bite and complained to the waitress & was responded with "oh". Never offered another meal.
Just don't go
No fanks! Last Saturday night, I went to this Hard Rock Cafe for a friend's 30th birthday (to break up a day of drinking) and was extremely unimpressed. The food was mediocre, our service was mediocre and the atmosphere wasn't much better.
My biggest gripe is that their menu is over-priced and very limited to standard American fare of hamburgers, mac & cheese, and ribs. Which is fine but don't make me pay $15 for a cheeseburger just because you have some old guitars hanging on the wall.
If I ever have to go back, I'm going to stick with a liquid dinner.
I have not been to the Hard Rock cafe since being of age. My not of age experiences included watching my cousin get the number of a 30 year old at her 13th birthday and being escorted out for dancing on tables with my mom when I was 4. I could only imagine how being of age would improve all that.
We went for a concert with a 15 dollar cover charge. The guest list had someone named "matt" on it, my friend is named "matt" ....all for of us got in for free...not wise to not include last names...turns out we were at the complete wrong time and knew no one there.
Food and drinks are absurdly expensive. absurd. Like 16 bucks for a chicken sandwich and six fries. maybe seven. I digress. I imagine drinks were expensive. Somehow I got out signing a tab that only reached 6.50...but I think that had more to do with the generosity of the company I was with.
Its the hard rock cafe!!! I feel like a tourist, and I love it. Loud music, tacky memorabila, I'm all for it.
- Four stars for fun concerts
- Three stars for food
- Two stars for the downgrade in atmosphere compared to their old location
I guess that averages out to three.
I'd go if a friend wanted to for lunch and I'd definitely go for a good cover band show, like Joshua Tree (awesome!). But there are a lot of better places for food.
I went to a Rock Star-themed birthday party for a friend at this location shortly after it opened.
Things started off a bit shaky, when they told us they couldn't sit us until all 30 of us had arrived. Stepping in, I informed them that this was a SURPRISE party and that we needed to be seated so as not to ruin the surprise part of the evening. They obliged and sat us in an open area, surrounded by other tables and refused to let us push them all together. So we had 3-4 groups of tables going on. Not ideal, but it worked.
My Orange Cosmo drink was very good, but the food? Not so much. Considering the Hard Rock Cafe was started in England because 2 guys couldn't get a good burger, I was expecting an amazing cheeseburger - which is what I have also gotten from past Hard Rock experiences. However, I was thoroughly disappointed in my burger.
Maybe because at the time it was a brand new location, but whatever the situation, my burger was not that good. And there were minimal fries! I thought it might have been because there were 30 of us getting fed at one time, but when leaving the restaurant, I saw other people with the same thin, not Hard Rock-typical burger I got. And the $25 per person menu was 1 entree + a small slice of cheesecake. Despite the fact that we brought our own cake!
Definitely not the best place to have a party.
It's ok if you are looking to go to HRC.
The food is overpriced for meager food. We went during Winter when it first moved into the new location. I've been to better HRC's before.
Don't go unless you have a huge craving to go to a HRC.
The vodka soda pour at the bar made me lose my buzz.
P.S. The time before that I was there, the whole place was out of ketchup.
P.P.S. Everyone, EVERYONE, servers, bartenders, patrons, tourists, looked sad to be in the place.
When I read these reviews, I thought to myself, "It can't be THAT bad!"
I was wrong.
Everything was SO expensive there...my friend and I got the combo appetizer platter and it was almost twenty bucks!! Some of the items on the platter were decent but some were AWFUL...the worst was the spring rolls. They had absolutely no flavor. And $2.99 for a soda? That's highway robbery!
The waitstaff was so-so. When I used the bathroom, there were a bunch of waitresses gossiping in there blocking the sinks, and the bartender at the Cavern Club was surly. They also required you to give a credit card when you ordered a drink, even if you planned to pay cash.
I'd only go to the Hard Rock Cafe if there was a band I liked playing at the Cavern Club, and I would not eat there. I'd rather go to Bertucci's down the street or even one of those hot dog stands in Fanueil Hall.
"Meh. I've experienced better." pretty much sums it up! The waiter was cool, not obnoxious like some of the other reviews had talked about, but he did his job and nothing more.
We ordered a few side dishes and a few beers -- and it came to $55 for two people! Yikes, definitely didn't see that one coming.
The buildling/decor is "meh", the food was "meh", and the bill was "whoa"
It's not that I didn't know what I was getting myself into, walking into a chain that isn't exactly known for it's mac and cheese speciality (contrary to the waiter's words). It's just that I was coming out of an event with two of my friends, exhausted, looking for a meal. So we came upon the Hard Rock Cafe.
Abysmal.
The food: overpriced is an understatement. $16 for a plate of macaroni and cheese and reheated chicken? And that's a "speciality?"
Lindsey: "So should I get the fajitas or the mac and cheese?"
Waiter: "Well fajitas are fajitas but the mac and cheese is our specialty."
Well it wasn't special. Maybe it was... because the waiter didn't think Lindsey needed utensils to eat it. No, seriously. We asked for utensils twice. TWICE. And napkins. And some more water. Water we got, something to wipe our mouths and utensils to eat our food... nope, those were MIA.
So I got up and got it myself. Food isn't good when it gets cold.. especially the "specialty."
I got a cheeseburger. It was medium rare. And I asked for a vat of hoeny mustard and got it. Good honey mustard, bee tee dubz. It was an okay cheeseburger. Not worth of the $12 I had to pay. Especially not when I had no napkins to wipe grease on.
I'm a food snob. I'll admit that I'm a food snob. And I honestly would have been okay with my meal had the waiter been competent. And so would have been my friends. We were just looking to eat, not get a gourmet meal, though prices were kind of up there.
And did I tip? Well, only a little over 10%. But I left him a note on the back of the receipt:
"I never tip low, but a customer should never have to get her own utensils. Or napkins. Figured I'd bring this to your attention instead of your manager's. Good luck. -S"
Maybe that makes me a bitch, but maybe he'll never take another order in front of our face as we're waiting for out friend do get a damn fork to eat the house specialty of...
Cheese, macaroni, and some sad looking chicken.
Just alright. This place just doesn't seem to have the hipness of the old school Hard Rock cafes. But it's location is so much more convenient (Faneuil Hall) compared to their previously sleepy location in the back streets of Copley Sq. Place was pkay lively for a Sat night and they were good at accomodating our big last minute group after dinner.
Bottom line: Convenient, touristy place to grab drinks after dinner at Faneuil Hall. Not quite the same former Hard Rock vibe, but it'll do. I do miss The Rack which used to be at this location.
It's a pricey spot for a burger and beer. But for losers like me who like to collect shot glasses and even better, the bottle opener magnets, I'll travel out of my way to go to any Hard Rock.
I know what I'm getting into when I walk inside. I'm not expecting to walk out only 20 bucks lighter. I should be expecting good service, cold beer and a burger and fries to take off a few minutes of my life. I got it all.
I had to knock down a star because they didn't have any bottle openers when I was here. The nice lady at the counter said they are all getting redesigned. Bad timing for me. Can anyone in Boston mail me one?
This place is as wack as it gets. They should call it the shitty-pop cafe. If it wasn't for the band I went to go see, there would be no reason to spend any time there.
1. Food is unreasonably expensive.
2. Drinks are over priced, and small. Like paper cup small.
3. There's live music here, but it's impossible to sneak it. That blows, especially if you only have 50 bucks. That means you can only get a few drinks and one of the cheaper meals.
Gov. Schwarzenegger, Rambo, whoever else founded/runs this chain... you rich fucks gotta cut back on the greed.
So I first want to start by saying that I am a big fan of Hard Rock Cafe in general. I've been to so many, London, Edinburgh, Los Angeles, Hollywood, San Francisco, Memphis, Niagara Falls... the list goes on. HRC Boston was the worst I've ever been to bar far.
Service was appallingly slow. My friend and I ordered the Tupelo Chicken Tenders; he got a Sprite, and I ordered a chocolate shake. The food took close to 30 minutes to arrive, and still, no shake. I asked the guy (not our waitress) if he could check on the shake. He looked confused, and never ended up coming back. I then asked another person (also not our waitress, who had seemingly vanished into thin air) about ten minutes later, if she'd mind asking our waitress about it. At this point, we were nearly done with the chicken tenders (they were decent by the way; but not enough to make up for the shit-service).
Finally, our waitress showed up, and asked how things were... nice timing, now that we'd finished our food! *Sigh* I told her I still didn't have my shake, so she went to get it. Finally! Got it about five minutes later. About five minutes after that, another server (different to our prior ones) came by with *another* shake. WTF?! And I said I had mine (pointed at it on the table) and she said "Oh, your server must have taken someone else's!!!" And walked off in a huff. I was about to tell her that she most certainly didn't, but I just let it go.
So the waitress finally brought our check (we had to flag her down yet again), and she brought someone else's bill that was about twice what ours should have cost... God, please can you pay attention?! I'd understand if it was busy, but it wasn't. It was a very quiet Sunday, pouring with rain. Not many people around. So we flag her down again, and she brings a bill with not one, but TWO chocolate shakes. So my friend had to fight with the manager to take it off (he was told we got two shakes).
Meanwhile, I decided to use the toilet. Badddd idea. There are probably around ten stalls. Toilet paper was all over the place. Three of the stalls had paper towels or other messes in the toilets, not flushed. At least half of them were totally out of toilet paper. The floor was all wet near the toilet I finally used that had tp. The trash was overflowing. I know that it's the people using it that make it a mess, but it had clearly not been cleaned in a while.
I am a very understanding person, but I did not feel like they gave a rat's ass that we stopped in for lunch. I know it's a touristy place. I know the staff probably gets annoyed with their jobs. But is it really that much to ask that you remember the people that come are your customers? And may I also point out that you really don't know when a person you're serving could be a restaurant reviewer?
When I get good service, I will tip 20-30%; however, this place is ridiculous. I would never go back if I could help it.
Ahh the "new" Hard Rock Cafe. Despite being a trendy tourist trap and over priced, I love this icon of American culture.
I've been to numerous Hard Rock Cafes including: New York, Baltimore, Washington DC, Montreal, Paris, Foxwoods, Toronto Skydome, Toronto downtown, Hollywood Seminole Hotel Casino, Niagara Falls, and a few more. The new Boston one is definitely my favorite.
The new Hard Rock is spacious inside, great location, plenty of outdoor seating for the nice weather and a new club. Good times. The frozen and mixed drinks are still to die for and the over priced cheeseburger is still quite amazing. You pay for the experience and the gimmick that is Hard Rock but for some reason I still love it.
VEGETARIANS: Good Veggie Burger alert!!!
So normally I would give this restaurant (the entire worldwide chain) negative stars just because of my intense loathing of the obese tourists who travel 10,000 miles to Hong Kong just to go to this stupid restaurant. HRC has rock and roll memorabilia up on the wall, but thats not really a big deal because anyone can get that stuff on Ebay. Its not like Jimi Hendrix himself said, "I want to leave my jacket to the Hard Rock Cafe so millions of tourists can learn to appreciate rock." No. Whatever. Its a gimmick just like all the australian crap at Outback steakhouse.
Anyhoots... I went there for someone's birthday (der - there were about 15 birthday shoutouts that night. We were not one of them). And so I basically had no choice but to order something and be cheerful about it. After going through the menu, i began to get that sinking feeling that there was nothing vegetarian on the menu. But then I found their veggie burger (on the same page as the burgers). It sounded gross on the menu, but it was my only choice.
Actually, I think it might have been the best veggie burger I've ever had, maybe even better than Zaftigs. It seemed to be a corn-based veggie burger, and it was crispy and delicious, topped with yummy melty cheese, grilled zucchini and summer squash, salsa, and mayo.
So good veggie burgers are important to me, and this one was so good I would have given the restaurant 4 stars, but there were several other detractors: 1. its the hard rock cafe 2. Drinks were overprice and 75% sugar 3. music too loud, and crappy. Although making fun of it would maybe be a good icebreaker on a date. I was with an old friend and wanted to talk. 4. French fries were almost inedible (dry, cold)
Overpriced. One simple word. The quality of food you get is definately not worth the price you pay. Since this is the new HRC (Hard Rock Cafe... not Human Rights Campaign OR Hillary Rodham Clinton), the prices are higher than the Back Bay location.
I can say, though, that our server was amazing. She was spunky, friendly, attentive, and cool. I was there for my BFF's birthday, and we did the singing thing, they banged the gong, and we had a fantabulous time.
I agree with Anastasia, the signed song lists from Elvis are quite touching, and the wall of cymbals is pretty amazing. I do, though, miss the giant guitar shaped bar that the Back Bay location provided.
Trendy, touristy, and far too narcistic... this describes the new Hard Rock.
I went there for lunch with my director a few weeks ago. We wanted "a lively atmosphere." We forgot the factor in the large number of tourists flocking in Fanny Hall during the summer. We also didn't expect all of the waitstaff to be unbearably uncool and obnoxious. Boo!
I was nursing a hangover, so I had the mac & cheese. It was... I wanted to vomit. Cheese sauce overload!
Also: Food runners, please do not insist on butting into the conversation of patrons. You have no idea what we're talking about and we don't think you're funny. In fact, the piercing on your nose makes you look like a girl. A stupid one. I mean, some guys can pull it off and some can't. You fall into the latter category. Poser.
Hard Rock Cafe Boston recently moved from Copley Square to its new digs at Faneuil Hall, a more happening location for tourists. I love visiting different Hard Rock Cafes all over the country to check out the collections of authentic music memorabilia, hear the loud music playing, and to collect pins, City Tees, & purchase other cool souvenirs at the Rock Shop, which typically opens an hour earlier than the restaurant.
The new location (over 16,000 square feet on one level) seems like it was retrofitted to fit the space given. The place has lower ceilings and is spread out over two large dining areas with plenty of seating, each with long cocktail bars (with TVs and drum cymbals backdrop). There's also small sound stage for live bands. The walls have mostly new music memorabilia from Aerosmith, Nirvana, Bon Jovi, Cream, Van Halen, The Grateful Dead, Donna Summer, and more. Kurt Cobain's broken guitar actually made the cut from the old location. There's also outdoor patio seating in front, something not seen at the old location on Clarendon Street.
I actually preferred the old location because it had the atmosphere of a typical Hard Rock Cafe with high ceilings and plastered with lots of music memorabilia all over the walls and down the stairs to the restrooms. It was a great museum of rock with the car sticking out of the front of the building. I've been stopping at the Hard Rock Cafe Boston for good times since it opened back in 1989. I even celebrated my birthday here six years ago. Sigh*
The food offered here is the same typical American pub fare of appetizers, burgers, large sandwiches, salads, platters, steaks, chicken, ribs, seafood, pasta, kids menu, and desserts that you'd find at any other Hard Rock Cafe, a bit on the pricier side. The Pulled Pork Sandwich (with fries, beans, & slaw) and the Brownie Sundae are both pretty good.
Come for the rockin' good time atmosphere and stay for the pub food and drinks!!!
All style (which got it a 2nd star) and little substance here. Much like the drink i ordered. I stopped in on a random early evening mostly out of kill-time curiosity but also because i was in the mood for a burger and drink. I forgot that i was told this place is notoriously over-priced but was quickly reminnded when i looked down at $15 hamburger. Really?? I should only have to pay so much for a burger if it were made by Steven Tyler himself...MAYBE! I opted to go hungry and just order my favorite drink, a Red Death ( vodka, so-co, peach liqueur, amaretto almond liqueur, triple sec, sloe gin, lime juice and orange juice, grenedine....good stuff people). Anyway what i got was a glorified shirley temple, with more grenedine than alcohol, for like 7 bucks! The heart of rock'n'roll isn't beating here man....it's stealing!
I have been here a few times. The interior of the Restaurant is nice with the old stuff hanging on it,lol. And it is spacious. The servers and hosts are nice enough. Anyway the food is good but I could also get the same food items for lesser and similar quality. Sometimes the food is a bit more salty than I like. And considering that the food is traditional sandwiches and fries and buffalo wings, it is overpriced. I paid almost $20 for nachos, just a few dollars shy. The nachos were actually good and it was a monster portion but the price is smh. It's not a bad place to go overall.
Ok. We went here last night for my roommate's 27th birthday. It's some sort of tradition but I think that her family usually does it.
Anyway the gf and I were the first to arrive so we took a seat at the bar, ordered a drink, and inadvertently bought the glasses we were drinking out of.
!!!Tip!!!
If you order a tall glass of beer (which I am inclined to do whenever it's an option) you buy the glass. They of course don't tell you this when you see the 20oz glasses and order one. They just put it on your bill so that it looks like your Sam Adams cost you $10.
Once our party arrived, our waitress was super attentive. We had the screaming happy birthday thing. and she split our bill 6 ways on 6 different credit cards at the end of the night.
The place is pricey for the quality of the food. But I do have to say that the huge wall covered floor to ceiling with cymbals is pretty impressive. Plus there are sheets of music hand annotated by Elvis in the bathroom hall way. I felt touched.
Growing up I was obsessed with going to every Hard Rock Cafe I could anywhere I went. I totally bought into all the t-shirts, the pins, the souvenier glasses, and yes, I definitely still own my Hard Rock Paris denim jacket complete with pin of the Eiffel Tower.
So the other day a friend and I were shopping downtown and wanted to find somewhere to eat. We tried some other place first that had an unexpected huge reservation come in, so they were kicking everyone out. I'm not sure how we ended up deciding on Hard Rock, but as there wasn't much of a crowd at peak lunchin' time, we lucked out and got seated immediately.
The host asked us where we were from and we laughed and told him Cambridge and Somerville, and it ends up he has lived in both neighborhoods we hail from so it wasn't a total disappointment that we weren't tourists.
It was about 1pm so I figured it was high time to start drinking. For some reason my drinks kept coming in really big glasses, and my friend's not so much. I don't know what the story was there, but I'm not complaining! The waiter also brought me about 6 glasses of water over the time we were there, and would still place it down even after realizing it was totally unneeded. Mmm hydration.
For starters we got the Smoked Chicken, Spinach and Artichoke dip which was really good. Better than what I'd expect at a chain. For lunch I had the Hickory Smoked Pulled-Pork Sandwich which was seriously better than any pulled-pork sandwich I've had at any BBQ place.
At times the music was a little loud for conversation, but we were also treated to videos for songs that I didn't know existed and got into a "Do you think Edward Scissorhands is created in the mold of Robert Smith?" discussion (obv. yes). There doesn't seem to be as much memoriabilia as the previous site over in Back Bay, but it seems like they have much more space here. I actually preferred it because your eyes and brain weren't overwhelmed by the sheer amount of chintz.
Ultimately what I expected to be a cheesy, annoying lunch ended up being pretty pleasant and gave me the opportunity to fat roll on out of there spending less money than anticipated.
So I've been in this place enough times to finally write my review!
I gotta say I'M IN LOVE WITH THE CHICKEN QUESADILLAS! SOOO GOOD. I've been here for bday's with a bunch of people with and just for fun with friends and never had a bad time.
came here for Vday with the BF and our waitress absolutely ROCKED! very nice up beat and cool. I got the jumbo combo which is great and the chicken macaroni and cheese and the BF got grilled herb chicken which was very tasty.
I love the atmosphere it's very lively and up beat, the music is great too. O and the FIZZ U drink is good too.
Great place to stop for appetizers and drinks or just dinner and a great night for friends before you actually start your night around town.
Went to celebrate a friend's birthday, knowing full well that I was in all likelihood going to have to suck it up and not get snobby with the chain restaurant / tourist overload / mediocre food. Birthday girl had a great time - fine, that was the point. But my situation was not helped by the fries which seemed to have been re-fried, the terribly inflated menu prices, or the waitstaff who felt it cute to drop snide remarks and complain about the length of shift. For all this "why-on-earth-did-someone-pick-this-place" disappointment, the veggie burger totally caught me by surprise (but I ordered the salsa on the side, thankfully so) and was thoroughly enjoyable.
Unfortunately a tablemate ordered the salmon which had the consistency of a rubber ball. It was served with "smashed" potatoes, which appeared to have been left under the heat lamp, not once, but twice, so that there was not only a crust on the outside, but also a crust on the inside. I'm sure there's a culinary delicacy out there just waiting to have TWO crusts, but this was not it.
Won't be going back on my own terms. But if I do I'll get that veggie burger (and skip the fries).
I have given this place more than one try (three to be exact). The food is crap. The drinks are way over priced. The waiters can care less how long you have been waiting for a table. The cheeseburgers are so greasy they slide out between the bun. However, the decor was cool. Don't come here for the food. Come in, look around at the cool rock memorabilia (they have one of Kurt Cobain's guitars there) and then walk over to Cheers in Faneuil Hall for dinner. At least there everyone knows your name.
I went here for a lunch with co-workers and since I had another 5hours of sitting at work I opted for something more light.
I got the honey citrus grilled chicken salad. While I am not usually into Salads at restaurants, this one had a nice different touch to it that I found surprisingly filling and satisfying.
My co-workers all got the twisted mac -n- cheese and judging by how fast their plates were shiney clean, I think they enjoyed it.
The place is overpriced but that's to be expected from a gimmicky chain.
I will agree about the way too long wait, but sometimes I don't mind that for meals when its well prepared.
Our waitress was friendly and fun, so the service was okay by me.
This place is small, overpriced and i think there was something living on my burger.
The gift shop was outrageously priced and the music was upsetting. Although, I wasnt there fo ra live preformance.
The time was especially unenjoyable when the bartenders clicked on the celtics game and about 30 drunk fans were clapping and screaming.
Was it a bad night to be there or is it always that bad?
The new location is infinitely better than the random Back Bay location. Since it's for tourists, it NEEDED to be in Faneuil Hall.
The burgers are okaaay, but what I really love are the Tom Collinses. Best in the city! I like drinking in the side bar, because it's usually pretty empty.
This is a great place although I do miss the former bar that used to be at that location.. "the Rack"... You will be missed.
Anyways... yeah so about the Hard Rock Cafe. Well the place is hip, it's rad dude! Place is freakin' bangin'. They got decorations all over the wall. I mean the thing is just covered with valuable and not so valuable memoriabilia. Pieces of guitars, signed pictures, costumers, you name it. It is very well decorated and maintained and feels very welcoming.
The place gets really busy during their peak hours so, making it tricky to get a table. And it's also very, very very expensive for what it is. I took my girlfriend there. My bill neared the eighty bucks for 2 burgers, an appetizer and a few sodas. DAMN!
If you want to financially indulge than yeah, it's a great place to go to, and the food is pretty good. They also have outdoor seating which is nice on a warm day.
The coolest thing about this place is that they have hundreds of pieces of drum sets stuck together against the entire wall. The effect is absolutely mind blowing. It just looks plain bad ass. Props to the artist. They also have a show room where special guests can perform live concerts.
The background music is cool and the service is great!
3.5 stars
Went here for the first time to see a noon show at the Cavern Club. Fortunately we got there early was able to grab a spot at the bar to have some food and drinks. Food is definitely pricey and nothing really spectacular (but I wasn't paying). Some people in my group got some of their signature drinks which they said were mighty tasty (with a typical Faneuil Hall prices). I wouldn't really go out of my way eat at the Hard Rock.
The bartenders were extremely nice and were excellent to make sure our drinks were filled and that we were happy (it got really crowded later on but they managed to tend to everybody quickly and happily). So 5 stars with the bartenders there!
The Cavern Club is a pretty cool place to check out a band because of it's intimate setting. However there's a huge pole basically center in front of the stage so that got in the way here and there. (basically the same thing as the poles at the Paradise Rock Club). But it's part of the structure so you just deal with it. Overall, a good experience and hoping to go there again for another show.
Obviously the fare is what you would expect from a Hard Rock. Good food, commercial service. Rocking Ambiance. What I'd like to review is the location. this location is a lot better that the original. Not so hidden. Great tourist area but on the real the bar is a great place to hang out.
I get the appeal of Hard Rock. Its cute, touristy, cool rock memorabilia is a novelty approach to just another chain restaurant. And it's fun to say that you've been to Hard Rocks all over the country, let alone all over the world! (I've been to ones in Texas, Florida, Chicago, NYC, Las Vegas, and I think one on an island vacation, but my memory from that trip is a tad rum-fogged.) But their food is just so sub par, especially due to the crazy inflated prices. 15 bucks for an incorrectly cooked burger? Please. The food is passable (but incredibly generic tasting), the place is clean, but I wouldn't ever actually recommend "dining" here. Good place to grab a beer and check out Ian Anderson's '70's era costume, tho.
I am a fan of this place. They have good food and good friends. The service is fine. Their prices can be a little on the expensive side.
Came to this CAFE with my friends to celebrate a birthday party of my friend and I don't like it much. The drinks are OK, but the foods are so bad. The staff was not that type of friendly and treat you like you were bothering them. My experience here was a little disappointed. The only better thing here is the place.
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