Boston - Back Bay - Nightlife

8 Westland Ave., Boston 02115
617-267-1200

Symphony 8

Longtime neighborhood drinkers on auto-pilot stumbling over to the spot of the now defunct Tiger Lily tiki lounge in search of an ill-advised scorpion bowl will do a double-take. A completely refur... read more

10 Huntington Ave., Boston 02116
617-262-9600

The Westin Copley Place

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90 Exeter St., Boston 02116
617-236-1134

Saint

$10K or a black AmEx gets you unrestricted access to the city’s highest rollers. The liquor-infusion bar flaunts cardamom and lemongrass medleys. Bouncers don’t give a $#% that your unc... read more

10 Huntington Ave, Boston 02116
(617) 424-7446

Bar 10

Dimly lit, exotic, and stylish hotel lounge that doesn't feel like a hotel lounge transports you outside the city for the length of a few cocktails. Bar tables, comfy booths, and curtained private ... read more

1281 Cambridge St, Boston 02139
617-497-7077

Bukowski Tavern

Take drinking as seriously as their namesake, and with almost as much attitude. Over a hundred import, craft and specialty beers. Post work crowd loads in for pints and cheap bar food specials. Sto... read more

61 Exeter St. , Boston 02116
617-933-4800

City Bar

Hotel bars rule the roost in Boston now, but this one's been doing it longer, and better, than many of the come-lately's. Intimate, dark and refined, it's the rare example of a bar and lounge that ... read more

907 Boylston St., Boston 02115
617-236-1767

The Pour House

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407 Newbury St., Boston 02115
617-536-8437

The Otherside Cafe

In most cases a Newbury St. address means posh. Not at this spot for bohos, bearded backpackers and art students. Wide selection of craft and import beer alongside fruit smoothies and –... read more

755 Boylston St., Boston 02116
617-424-8300

Vox Populi

Bright, comfy spot with two levels. Downstairs dominated by giant bar inscribed with various Latin phrases. Expansive mirror behind bar gives Boylston St. after work bar stool finance jocks chance ... read more

209 Columbus Ave., Boston 02116
617-536-0972

Club Cafe

Club Cafe may work as a restaurant and brunch hot spot for its day job, serving entrees like roast pork tenderloin with port wine, cranberry sauce and apple cider risotto, but it moonlights, and ma... read more

774 Boylston St., Boston 02115
617-262-3023

L'Espalier

New England-French cuisine from James Beard Award winning chef Frank McClelland bowls over the competition. Widely regarded as the crème de la crème of fine dining in Boston. Chef&rsq... read more

94 Massachusetts Ave., Boston 02115
617-247-9922

Match

All the trappings of a sleek and stylish lounge and restaurant. Dark booths around bar area. DJ decks nearby. Fireplace display and reaching dining room on lower level. Burgers and small bites snac... read more

160 Commonwealth Ave., Boston 02116
617-266-1122

Bar Lola

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435 South Huntington Ave., Boston 02130
617-477-5741

Alchemist Restaurant and Lounge

The roster of DJs and live jazz aren’t the only ones working alchemy here. This must-see in JP brings the notoriously bohemian locals (and resilient Boston and Cambridge denizens hearty enoug... read more

50 Dalton St., Boston 02115
617-266-2695

Kings

Retro futurist bowling lanes and club brings old and young together for two things that never go out of style: bowling and drinking. Sixteen ten pin bowling lanes, pool tables, video games, blazing... read more

306 Stuart St., Boston 02116
617-423-7473

Rise

When you're the only (legal) after hours game in town, you can afford to be selective. Must be sponsored by an existing member, or an invited guest to attend. International DJs and local heroes thr... read more

776 Boylston St., Boston 02199
617-535-8888

M Bar

Sleek modern design explosion contributes to air of class at luxury hotel bar and restaurant. Abstract metal sculptures, Asian flourishes, distressed tree trunk works of art, dark woods and an all ... read more

116 Boylston St., Boston 02116
617-482-7799

Gypsy Bar

Long lines, cover charge and DJs spinning top 40 to mix of club crowd, Euros, and suburban partiers at this popping hot spot. Pete Wentz, Kim Kardashian, Kevin Federline and the like have been know... read more

100 Warrenton St., Boston 02116
617-338-8061

Venu

Depending on the DJ schedule, it can either be the cheesetastic club from your nightmares, or a reasonably decent club filled with reasonably decent people. Roll of the dice though. Cover charge, l... read more