Down Boston

Rough crowd in the reviews, but i needed to write what a wonderful experience we had celebrating my sisters Bachelorette. We purchase table service and it was worth every penny, it was also reasonably priced for Boston standards. We were treated like VIP's from the second we walked it, escorted right in and even got to cut the line. We were greeted by our waitresses who made our bride feel like a queen. We were given all the mixers we would want including redbull, cranberry juice, oj, and soda water. The waitresses also came around with jello shots which we also purchased with cash. There were 2/3 times strangers got into our VIP section and as soon as we were not enjoying their company, the staff took care of escorting them out of the area.

Overall vibe by male clients are predatory and bouncers are power high. Friend got an extra something in her drink. Friend group had to intervene.

Drinks are priced well and the line is typically pretty short and moved quickly. The inside can be a little dirty though and on a couple instances and staff/security have had issues handling unruly patrons to the point of safety hazards on occasion.

Down is a fun place to go with a decent size group where you can make your own party in the spacious VIP booths by the dance floor. The VIP bottle service is reasonable for Boston prices and I would highly recommend using Tablelist as they typically have specials for the club that can easily be divided among friends for a special night out.

For the atmosphere the space is pretty open and there is two bars for drinks. There is always a dj playing and typically $10 cover on Friday + Saturday nights for general admission. The music typically is pop, edm , hip hop and top 40 mixes. The crowd is typically early to mid 20's . Drinks are typical Boston bar prices. I would recommend if you are interested in combination of a bar and club night as upstairs and downstairs are two different vibes.

I don't think this place is as bad as what the other reviewers feel. Went there on a Friday night with a couple of girlfriends and we had a good time. The crowd is definitely younger, more college aged at 21-30. Music was decent, and the place was crowded but not terrible. Cover charge is $10 though. I didn't get a drink inside but apparently it's not too cheap. My best friend loves dancing in this place so I'll probably be back.

Expensive entry and drinks. Not a lot of space. I felt like it was too early for everyone to be as drunk as they were, or maybe I'm just too old now haha

Everyone seemed really tall.....

A few of my girlfriends and I went to down expecting to be able to dance and have a good time. After grabbing drinks at the bar and starting to dance almost immediately an extremely drunk man came to our group and was too close for comfort.. once he finally didn't leave us alone I asked him nicely to give us some space.. then unexpectedly he pushed me in the chest as hard as he could and squared up to me ready to hit me again. One of my other girlfriends leaned in to tell him to leave and he then hit her.. it wasn't until he turned around and tried to hit other people that he was carried out and still no one even seemed to care if we were alright. After the fact, no further steps were taken by the staff there after he hit 2 girls in public. This place is filled with scummy men people and unless you are looking for a bad crowd.. don't go here.

Decent DJs, small club. The entrance (below street level) is FILLED with smokers and smells pretty atrocious during the night, making it hard to stomach walking through: I'm even a smoker and I didn't like it...

The line/hallway to get to the bathroom was seemingly more complicated for most people who were there. Tons of people were coming from Howl At The Moon to use the same bathrooms, really? 4 floors of drunk people and one bathroom? What gives?

I think the majority of people who find themselves here are at a bachelorette party. I was here for a birthday party, for which it was still fairly appropriate.

Mixed drinks are about $7-ish? They seemed to vary in size an price 'window' to 'window' at the bar.

Still terrible. My friends dragged me here this past week and there was zero improvement. I tried walking upstairs to a calmer atmosphere and the bouncer yelled at me "HEY A**HOLE WHERE ARE YOU GOING" - I get that this place has a lot of 21 year olds and probably underage girls that get in because they're wearing no clothes, but that's no way to talk to a person in their mid 20s.

DON'T GO HERE!! They will take your license!! I am 27 years old and was accused of having a fake ID. The dick at the door took my license and tried to snap and would not give it back to me telling me I would have to call the police to get it back. I have lived in NY and LA using this very license and have NEVER had any issues. Clearly these doormen get off on the power trip. I will absolutely never go here again.