Boston's Best Pool Table

The Leather District’s fashionable pool hall and lounge draws mix-and-mingle scenesters.

Reviews:

• “Horrible Horrible horrible.”
• “The Best time ever.”
• “Worst Place in Boston”
• “Lousy experience ringing in 2008”
• “great night club”

Tips: True Music Thursdays feature national and local bands. Therapy Fridays and Social Club Saturdays both start at 10pm and are held in the fourth floor’s “4th Level” club, featuring top DJs.

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Socializing students and serious pool sharks enjoy a bounty of billiard tables in a rocking, testosterone-charged atmosphere.

Reviews:

• “decent”
• “Disappointed with service, will not go back.”
• “great place to watch game "
• “Bachelor Party”
• “good time”

Tips: On Wednesdays, ladies (four minimum per table) play for free. Female groups of three or less receive a 25-percent discount.

Boston Billiard Club

From bowling and billiards to drinking and dining, the Back Bay’s top all-purpose lounge has it all.

Reviews:

• “KINGS IS #1”
• “The Place to Be!”
• “Worst Service! DO NOT GO HERE!! "
• “Best Bowling Alley Ever….”
• “HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!!”

Tips: Ladies bowl free on Tuesdays after 8pm, while Mondays are Industry Nights (starting at 9pm, bring a business card or pay stub to prove your connection to the hospitality industry and you’ll enjoy free bowling).

Kings

Where both tourists and locals go for pool, cheap eats, and a Sam Adams (while staring at his grave).

Reviews:

• “Bad service”
• “The Worst”
• “Beantown ?Pub?”
• “Worth every buck”
• “Avoid Using Credit Cards There”

Tips: Parking in the area will prove difficult. Eliminate the frustration of circling the area for a spot and take the T to Park Street.

Beantown Pub

A cross section of social scenes converges at the city’s premier adult playground.

Reviews:

• “Great Place, HORRIBLE Attention!”
• “Ilittle critters (m!ce), bad service, rude staff. long wait . I will never return and tell anyone looking ofr a good time not to either.”
• “Jillian’s Boston – We tried to spend our money but couldn’t”
• “The worst sports bar on planet earth”
• “Terrible”

Tips: Companies often book Jillian’s for team-building fun; reserve one of the private rooms for a little privacy.

Jillian’s Billiards Club

Thanks to a diverse, jam-packed schedule, this tiny rock venue maintains its standing among the best in the area.

Reviews:

• “fun place, nice dancing space”
• “One of the few places left”
• “plain awful! a sorry place.”
• “Friendly Place”

Tips: T.T.’s observes a strict curfew of 1am, even on weekends.

T.T. the Bear’s Place

Cambridge’s premier pool hall offers the most bang for your billiards buck.

Reviews:

• “adding the other four stars”
• “Good Pool / Lousy Employees”
• “A great time as usual”
• “Mixed recommendations”
• “We had fun”

Tips: Flat Top Johnny’s hosts a nine-ball tournament open to anyone every Monday night.

Flat Top Johnny’s

Popular Allston hangout takes patrons back to the days when drinking and playing pool were part of everyone’s life.

Reviews:

• “Decent food but Sneaky Business”
• “Mmm Beer”
• “cheeseburger pizza addiction”
• “big city”
• “BETTER THAN THE OTHERS”

Tips: Weekends tend to bring in a college crowd, due to Big City’s location, but during the week, it’s easy to mingle with young professionals and amateur billiards players.

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