Howl at the Moon Boston

Address:	184 High St, Boston, MA 02110, USA
Phone:	+1 617-292-4695
Site:	howlatthemoon.com
Rating:	3.8
Working:	Closed 4PM–2AM 4PM–2AM 4PM–2AM 4PM–2AM 5PM–2AM 7PM–1:30AM

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Bridgitta Vargas

The bar was such a great experience with the live music but once we went to club down that was another story. A man tried to fight with my boyfriend and my boyfriend and I tried to tell the other man to not do anything since we are at a club and to keep moving but he kept insisting on fighting my boyfriend and the other man tried getting physical with my boyfriend while I was in between them and on of The bouncers shoved my boyfriend out of the club and I was dragged with them as well. First of all, I dont think it was right that the employee escorted by force my boyfriend out of the club when it was not his fault. My boyfriend woke up with blood under his armpit. This bouncer essentially assaulted my boyfriend. On top of that after I tried explaining it to your employees that it was not my boyfriends fault along with our friends who were witnesses no one did anything about it. I had to ask for the manager and even that the manager did not help me whatsoever. It felt like he literally mocked me by saying "we get the same story every night" really? What kind of managers do you people hire? I am very disgusting by the way this company works. On top of all that after I couldnt get any answers I went back into the club because I saw the same bouncer who made my boyfriend leave and as I walked passed him the same man who tried to pick a fight walked passed me and pushed me. A man pushing a woman and not even because it was crowded not at all. But because he recognized me and his friends told him to stop doing that. He wanted to continue to pick a fight with a girl. With me. As I approached the bouncer I told him what had happened and the fact that I was appalled at the fact that he forced my boyfriend to leave when he didnt do anything at all. I am disgusted by the way this company handles situations like that. Imagine if that man had done something more physical to me and no one escorted him out in the first place after getting constant complaints from 3 different people who witnessed everything. Howl at the moon in Boston has disappointed me with the way they handle difficult situations. This is a place that I will no longer go back to or recommend it anymore. A man couldve hit me and got away with it. I essentially got assaulted there today and not one thing was done about it but of course the bouncer made my boyfriend leave by force which is also just as bad after 3 people yelled that he didnt do anything. A worker forced a citizen out of a club for something that they did not do. I really am shocked with all that happened and am absolutely disgusted by this place. While I was in tears no bouncer really listened to me except one who had the courage to find the manager and even the manager did absolutely nothing to better the situation he simply walked away from it. I would appreciate if someone could reach out to me about this. This has been something I have not experienced before and really would want some answers.

Rob V

This is a review for a Friday Night experience, specifically. If this place just marketed itself as a bar, itd get 3 stars. Nothing special, but not terrible. Free buffet from 6 to 7:45 (very small selection, but man those fried cheese macaroni balls are delicious), and draft beer priced at what youd expect in Boston, $6 a pop; decent selection as well. Very little seating though - embarrassingly so. And not that much floor space either. And an OK live band that takes requests. "Wait... isnt Howl at the Moon supposed to be a piano bar?" And here is where Howl at the Moon loses a star down to two total. The Howl franchise got its reputation as a chain of dueling piano bars, and markets itself as such as well. Yet, all that I saw on Friday night at the Boston location was a live cover band: guitar, bass, drums, and piano. They took requests, but did just "straight" covers - no banter, and no putting their own twist/style on the songs they played. Oh, and you cant hear the piano, because the guitar, bass, and drums totally overpower the piano. A dueling piano bar is supposed to have entertainers that can not only play music, but banter with the crowd and make jokes. Its two performers at pianos alternating between each other as the "main" piano, taking turns playing the songs requested by patrons, and putting their own flair on the song. Every once in a while, they might play the drums as well or something, but the focus is on the PIANOs, not the other instruments. If I wanted to see a live band, Id go to any other bar - theyre not hard to find. Here, I expected a dueling piano bar, and thats not what they offer - at least on Friday nights.

Rated by Hanna

Welp this would not be my top choice for fun in Boston, but Ive been here several times and itll do in a pinch if you dont mind waiting. On Friday / Saturday nights this place gets packed and the line snakes around the block. Ive had the misfortune of going to a birthday event for a friend and getting to the line past 9PM in the bitter January cold. Ive also won one of those Happy Hour parties, which as some other reviewers have described is a shameless way for them to fill downtimes. They allow multiple groups to have happy hour parties so you just have to know someones name to gain access to the limited half priced drinks and the free buffet. The "Host" of the happy hour gets a "free gift" which is basically a Howl coozie, bumper sticker and a rubber wrist band so dont get too excited. One of my friends had her bachelorette party here along with at least 6 other brides to be that Saturday night. We all had fun and they had a fun photo booth animator off in the corner. The main selling point of this place are the dueling pianos and the live music. They have talented musicians who take requests and cover popular songs. I suppose they have the bowls for you to "bribe" them with your requests as none of the songs in our bachelorette party were selected. Oh well! The drinks overall are alright, but nothing special, same with the food. My friends and I shared a pizza from the kitchen on a much quieter weeknight. We had a talented woman covering popular songs and serenading us in the background. That was definitely more my scene compared to dancing on a sticky floor avoiding drunk sweaty bodies / random guys looking to get lucky.

Hussein Kheireddine

Last night, I was dancing downstairs with my girlfriend just like usual, weve been to this spot a few times and have always had good experiences. However, a random guy got in between us and then got in my face, trying to pick a fight with me. I stood there looking at him, asking what he was doing, and a bouncer (one who had long hair in a ponytail) suddenly shoved me out. He kept claiming that I was "about to punch him" when I wasnt doing anything. And he was shoving me violently out of there, and of course Im not one to pick a fight a bouncer, I know better than that. So the guy who got in my face proceeds to shove my girlfriend, and it is only then that the other bouncers pay attention and try to find him and kick him out. This is also after the manager came down and said he wouldnt do anything, claiming it was a problem of "he said, she said" even though my girlfriend was shoved, and our two other friends witnessed this. I was wrongly tossed out, my girlfriend was shoved, and the staff was overall not very helpful and we did not feel very welcome. It was really not a good experience and Im extremely disappointed in the establishment, staff and management.