Regattabar
120 Reviews
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- Thursday10 AM–6 PM
- Friday10 AM–6 PM
- Saturday10 AM–6 PM
- SundayClosed
- Monday10 AM–6 PM
- Tuesday10 AM–6 PM
- Wednesday10 AM–6 PM
About the Business
Regattabar |
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+16176615000
1 Bennett St, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
Hours
- Thursday10 AM–6 PM
- Friday10 AM–6 PM
- Saturday10 AM–6 PM
- SundayClosed
- Monday10 AM–6 PM
- Tuesday10 AM–6 PM
- Wednesday10 AM–6 PM
Features
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance
- Debit cards
- Credit cards
- Dine-in
- Seating
- Washroom
- Accepts reservations
- Cash-only
- Alcohol
- Beer
- Cocktails
- Bar on-site
- Live music
- Live performances
- Dogs allowed
- Food
- Bar games
- Dancing
- Outside food allowed
Recommended Reviews
Don Mitchell
23.10.2023
Regattabar
I love coming here. I love their lineup. The food is middling tho, and the drinks are good but not great. The seats are very tight. The sound balance can vary based on where you sit. But, you are up close to creative musicians
Maciej Wasiel
09.09.2023
Regattabar
The other big jazz club in Boston. Musical acts are often world famous and the club is small enough to feel cozy. If you plan on drinking get your order in as early as possible because they only ever have one bartender who works like a madman for the first hour. If the house if full you might have to wait 30+ minutes for your jazzy cocktail. Better yet, buy a drink from one of the bars downstairs and bring it with you. Your table neighbors will be green with envy.
Frank Cohen
02.09.2023
Regattabar
Four stars because bookings aren't as high profile as they used to be here and there are far fewer Fri-Sat night performances than they used to. They've had to economize with more midweek performances. But I just have to say that the reviews here about service, drinks, food and seating with strangers are way, way, way wide of the mark. What is wrong with you people? You come here for a 75-90 minute jazz set. Jazz clubs are for serious and attentive listening. You don't come to get wined and dined. Get there early to order drinks and food. But you don't want wait staff weaving through crammed tables and taking orders during a performance at this intimate, quiet venue where the music is mostly acoustic. It's very disruptive. Gee, my usual beef with jazz clubs, for instance in NYC, is charging covers + drink minimums, with continued pressure on the drinks. And you don't go to a jazz club to eat food. I've been here over a hundred times and it's to get my jazz set in. That's it. And being seated alone? Go to legit jazz clubs and you never, as a couple, get your own table. I've been to tons. Tables are always treated like rows at a concert and crammed together to maximize ticket availability/sales. You are sat sequentially, by ticket order. This is common practice. What a bunch of numnuts on here. Jazz clubs are for listening. If you want food and drinks, go to Henrietta's Table (in same hotel) before your set.
TBird100636
14.08.2023
Regattabar
Let me be the first to say, I'm not a hard core Jazz aficionado. It started with a friend sharing Postmodern Jukebox almost 4 years ago. While I didn't like every cover they put out, I kept watching. In September of 2016 they debuted a new cover of Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up". The featured singer was a Swedish national treasure
Agustin Fernandez
12.08.2023
Regattabar
It is great to have a nice place in Boston to listen to live Jazz. The bring some good performers here are there, but not as regularly as other venues. The low ceiling at the stage makes for poor acoustics. There are a few dead sound zones , so you must buy your tickets early to get the better view / sound. Food selection leaves a lot to be desired.
Maiyim Baron
24.07.2023
Regattabar
very comfy place with exciting Jazz attractions. Good sound system and seating all around. Get there early to get a good table. Unobtrusive competent wait staff and very good small plates to order along with your drinks. The liver pate is amazing. Maybe the best I've ever had.
Dave Gordon
24.07.2023
Regattabar
It's a frustrating place to hear good music. Why can't the people of Cambridge be accommodating? So many make-believe rules. Parking, bicycling, table assignments written in stone.... They assign you a table, unknown to you, before you get to the concert door. We met another couple and wanted to sit with them but the hostess forbid it. We should have bought tickets together but we weren't sure of our schedules. All 4 of us were early and neither of our tables, which hold 4 people had the other two seats taken. A small accommodation would have made all the deference. It put a damper on the night. The best part of which was the great snow fall we were treated to when we got outside.
Pooh
24.07.2023
Regattabar
We were lucky enough to witness Diane Schuur in person at the Regattabar last month in June. She was wonderful! The service at the bar was unfortunately terrible. We were sitting right in front of the stage partially under the lights and quickly got thirsty. It was an hour before we had any wait staff come to take our order. And then there were mistakes at every turn. One small bottle of water versus a big bottle for all 4 in our party, forgetting which dessert we ordered, and in the end, the incorrect bill. Aren't there these things called notepads where one writes things down so that mistakes in orders are avoided? There was a waitress taking care of the section right next to us that did a great job of keeping up with her clients and then others I observed around the room that were having the same unfortunate experience as we were. The poor service detracted from the performance and turned a night that should have been memorable in a good way to one that was memorable in a bad way. The manager should also not offer excuses for the poor service and if he was down in staff, should have asked either the hotel for help and/or jumped in to do double duty as wait staff and host. Really a shame!
Valerie Lattell
22.07.2023
Regattabar
Kind of a strange set up for a music venue, but all the seats were good and you could hear the music well. Plus, parking is underneath the hotel which is convenient.
Megan Townsley
19.07.2023
Regattabar
I'm not sure if hideously disappointing" scratches the surface of our experience last night. We saw an amazing gypsy jazz guitarist (HE is phenomenal) but the venue and particularly the service was awful. For starters
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1 Bennett St, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
Regattabar