Save your money. Don't promote a racist place. I was about to go in to check Bijou and talked to the bouncers who said it was nice. I'm still talking to the bouncers when this promoter comes in and says it's a private party. A public club becomes private because a black patron was trying to get in. Now mind you, I'm wearing nice brown shoes with a jacket and nice jeans. Most other people had sneakers. I walked away without an argument with the promoter. This is an event that was advertised as public here: https://tickets.bijouboston.com/details/5a071f2f184540205bede04b and here: https://www.facebook.com/events/145038679454610/ read more

My thoughts on leaving a review of a nightclub/lounge is either, you had a great experience, or it was down right terrible. I haven't encountered a place where I'd say was absolutely horrid. Mostly, in all my experiences, it's about the party you're with and what the group's definition of fun is, or what you make of it. My first impression of the "hip hop" floor itself is it is rather small. Apparently there's a main floor that's larger, of average size. There wasn't a designated dance floor anywhere here. If the extra VIP seats/tables in the middle were eliminated, there would be indeed more space. The bar is also located right smack in the middle, making the room appear smaller than it is. Definitely a lounge type feel. The bouncers here I will emphasize are strictly business. I didn't see any of them crack a smile once. They were pretty focused. I guess that's a good sign? I recommend getting on the guest list ($20) or reserving a table. Without the guestlist, its a $30 cover charge. The drinks are pricier here but they make it pretty good! Come on a Saturday night! We absolutely loved the music here, which is the reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 3. Top Jams and Hip Hop! read more

I very much agree with the other comments about racism at this place. Not worth my time to write more. Our sad little bouncer clearly has some internal issues about his small salary (hope you get a "raise" soon). Cheers! read more

Bijou is one of the best nightclubs in the area. The music is good, the crow is good too, but the reason why it holds the title is because of the people that the promoters tend to bring to host some of the nights. So keep an eye on the calendar and you might be able to catch someone you have been trying to see for a while. On the weekends, Saturdays, they have two floors open but the HIP HOP space tends to get the most crowded and wild. read more

I've been to Bijou twice and both times were a disappointment for me. I'm not a huge fan of house music, although my friends are. The second time I went there was in January and it was exciting only because I got a few discounts/ free stuff so let me tell you about that. My friends and I had tried to go to a couple of bars in Boston but they wouldn't accept my ID (apparently a MASSACHUSETTS STATE ISSUED ID is not a valid form of ID to get into bars in Haymarket!! THE DMV IS SUCH A SCAM! sigh...) So we were quite frustrated and decided to go to Bijou (because somehow clubs in Boston accept any ID..so weird, but I'm not complaining). We entered the club all frustrated that we were going to have to pay a ton of money on a Saturday night, after already going clubbing the night before. My friend was talking about our frustrating night while we were paying our cover and the lady said she would let us in for $15 instead of $20 or $25 or however much it is! That pretty much made my night because I'm not a huge fan of Bijou. The club is pretty cool because the crowd is really international and pretty young (college students/ young working professionals), but I'm not crazy about the music. Apparently they have really good DJ's so if you're into that kind of music you might like this place. The night that I was there they had like 6 DJs up on the stage which is elevated pretty high and the DJ's look like they're having a really good time so that definitely adds to the experience. I wish they had a bigger dance floor though. There are tables all around and if you want to dance you're either way up in the front where it's super loud or you're encroaching on someones private table space. If you go to Bijou it's better to have a table rather than just wander in like we did. The table hostesses seem really grumpy all the time which is annoying, but the bartenders are really nice. My friend and I got a free drink that night...another one of the highlights of my night at Bijou because drinks there are super expensive.. Overall, it was not a great experience at all... If getting a couple of discounts/ free stuff is the highlight of a night out then it's a pretty sad night. read more

As absurd as it sounds, Bijou and other nightclubs in Boston makes me want to get on a plane to the nearest outdoor festival and call it a day. The place is super cramped and once it gets crowded the whole venue becomes a sweatbox. The door people were really friendly though and it's nice inside before it gets super cramped. Crowded is actually not so bad if the crowd was appetizing. It's bizarre because Boston has the best online dating options but in the clubs it's the opposite. I saw the hottest girl, like Victoria Secret hot, desperately chasing down some basic bro and begging him to not leave her side. WTF? I would have been 50 feet away from his ass before we even went inside. Actually I'd be even further away from him if we were outside. lol, yes bear with me people. This is me sober and yelping. Other than that there were pretty much no one that I wanted to dance with. One guy was remotely acceptable but when I talked to him he couldn't put a coherent response together. :| As we used to joke, "I won't fuck anyone here and I'm not picky!" read more

Attempted to come here with a group of nine girls for my friend's bachelorette on Saturday night. The bouncer was extremely rude for absolutely no reason. It was very obvious that he's a loser in real life who enjoys the power trip he gets to be on in his position at work. Straight up told us that he wouldn't let us in because he "didn't like" one of my friends. Well, I guess Bijou doesn't like money! I ended up pulling my friends out of line and we left. I guess we dodged a bullet considering it was $35 just to walk through the door anyway. Definitely a disappointing experience considering I'd heard good things about Bijou, which is why I wanted to bring my friends here in the first place. Oh well. read more

Visiting Boston from Miami, and went here Saturday night. I came under the impression that Boston was not big into club culture, so I was pleasantly surprised to see that Tiga was performing. Really good sound system. I felt like I was back in Miami (for nightlife this is a good thing). Major downside was that the place closes at 2am but that isn't the clubs fault. Would definitely return next time I'm in Boston. read more

Bijou completely screwed me and my friend over. We bought tickets in advance for NYE and they didn't let us in. They oversold the tickets and had us wait for 1.5 hours in the cold and rain before telling us we weren't getting in. This was after they had said that everyone who had bought a ticket would get in. They completely ruined out NYE. Also, they took over two weeks to give us a refund and weren't proactive about returning our money at all. We had to contact them multiple times before it was returned, and then even after they promised it to us it still took them over a week to complete that simple task. Don't go here, they're a complete scam and will try to con you at every point possible. read more

When I first turned 21 I was in bijou every weekend. I've had the best times there! I think they play great music! especially some of their consistent dj's like Djpapadon. Great vibe and always new faces. read more

I'm not the hugest fan of Boston's night life, but Bijou is a gorgeous space. I've only been here for a private party, but they were really accommodating (except they didn't let us dance on the furniture but can't really fault them there). Good music, multiple bars, fun place! read more

Not the biggest fan of the clubs in Boston, Bijou is one of the more fun alternatives at hand. What this place truly gets a4-star for is the consistently fun music. The DJ is always on point and despite the mess that may unwind on the club floor, the vibe is fun and on the frontlines of the house music scene. There are two separate levels. It seems that one is always overcrowded with seemingly underaged Boston college kids while the other one has a slighly more refined clientele, comprising mostly the Euro and Middle Eastern seniors/ bschoolers who drop down on table service. While not the trendiest decor or chicest crowd, as far as Boston clubs go, Bijou is definitely on top of the list and guarantees a fun night out! read more

This is a NEW club?! I went to Bijou hoping it would be a trendy, exclusive, upscale experience. What I found was a DJ playing bad music that was popular a year or two ago, a lame (partially underage) crowd, and boring, minimalist decor. I got in for $20 reduced. Should have been $10 max. read more

So, as far as I can tell, you buy a ticket, they totally oversell the venue, and you wait outside for an hour if the show is any good. So if you want to see shitty shows here it's fine, but anything good they mess up your night. Right on par for Boston- good job Bijou. read more

If you are not a VIP you will get in only after 2hrs in line. Horrible attitude towards normal Customers read more

SCAM ALERT: this is a lame and crappy venue that will OVERCHARGE you if you use your credit or debit card. They must think every customer is good drunk to remember how much the bill was. I will be going through my bank to dispute the charge, and I will NEVER be going here again. The bouncers are also a bunch of extremely rude perverts who threaten people with guns for no reason. This place should be closed down ASAP. read more

Paid $89 for New Year's Eve tickets, waited in line in the pouring rain for 2 hours and then after midnight they told us they were not letting any more people in all night. So they actually denied letting in about 100 people that bought tickets ahead of time on Tablelist. The bouncers were nice for the most part but whatever in the system bottlenecked the line totally ruined the night for everyone there. Very disappointed, even people that bought $10,000 tables were forced to stand in the freezing rain. I even saw a bouncer threaten a guest with violence! read more

Doesn't have an ATM. Either walk around with loads of cash or use your card and risk racking up erroneous charges.

Bought tickets for a concert. Show is 10pm-2am. Arrive to a huge line at 11pm. They are not letting anyone in. Wait an hour in single digit cold, move about 5 feet forward in line. Left. Don't waste $100 bucks buying tickets to a concert here. read more

Opened a table for halloweekend and left a passport while paying for the table. Came back 10 mins after I realize I lost my passport and the bouncers would not let me in, not only that, I tried calling 3 numbers the past few days and no one was picking up and the mail box was "too full." Really need to get their service fixed if they want to increase their ratings. read more

Terrible, rude service - overrated at best. Bouncers charge $30 cover for what? Mediocre drinks and trash music.

Blah, packed with rich international students (who if you're them, this place is 4-5 stars, but this review is left for the rest of us who are in Boston). Insanely expensive cover and drinks, and stereotypical rude bouncers at a nightclub in Boston. As soon as something goes wrong it's never their fault and they talk to you with a demeaning attitude. Won't return, not a great place read more

I Loved it, keep up the good work, nice atmosphere, my friends and I had a great time, love the people, I was very relaxed, see you soon

I went to Bijou for the first time last night (Sept 28 '12). I had somewhat heard of the club before, but only decided to go to see this specific DJ (Nicole Moudaber) as I am a big fan of hers. Tickets were $25 which I was willing to pay because she's that good! We got there 'early'.. 9:50pm to avoid any long lines in the rain, and were let in a little after 10. I did not notice the other floors people spoke of in previous reviews- we were directed up 2 flights of stairs to a medium sized room with big ball lights that changed colors, and a cool (and very expensive..$150 to $3,000 haha- obvs) table service in the middle of the room. We opted to hang out a table further back next to the bar (for free) until the place packed up a bit, then made it toward the dance floor. If the place was completely packed out I could see it being hard to dance and move, but there was just the right amount of people to create a good vibe. The sound system was great and so was music. The only thing is you can't really see the DJ unless you stand back a bit. I had a few Jack and Cokes at $13 a piece, pricey but strong so no complaints there. All in all we had an awesome time, but I'd have to go back on a typical night to get the full effect. I do look forward to checking out their future DJ bookings because they have great taste in tunes! read more

The Best club for underground music in Boston! Well known djs from all over the world ! Party atmosphere and art design.. Crowded with good looking people with positive faces! read more

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Paid a $30 for the driest party I've ever been to. I have high standards coming from NOLA but I'm rationale I'd give it 0 stars if I could. I was told the drinks were good though. read more

Best nightclub in Boston. Mainly because they have the best artists come through the city not just top 40 bozos or unnecessarily hyped of local nobodies. Great vibes, expensive drinks but good experiences. No body who works there is overly stuck up and annoying, they get that they are at work. read more

Bijou is a pathetic excuse for nightlight ..the guys who run this place are like dumb and dumber when it comes to hospitality ...anyone with a sense of class would avoid this place. If I could give it 0 stars I would. Business organization at this establishment is below par, do not make reservations or buy tables here as they do not know how to properly manage anything that going is on and often overbook. read more

30 dollar cover for the lamest place ever. Never worth it. Not only is it dirty the staff are rude and unaware of how bad their taste in music is. My music on shuffle could dj better music. read more

Had a table and still couldn't get in because the tall blonde guy didn't believe me or bother to look at his reservations list. Wasted an hour (literally) trying to convince this guy. It's not professional when bouncers are looking to start fights more than ending them. (Side note: bouncer with dread locks was very accommodating) read more

Overrated.. I don't get the people that try to compare this place to Miami or New York night clubs. Bijou is Bijou and it sucks straight up. Boston night life is crap that's why Bijou looks good. To sum it up if you have been around like I have Bijou isn't that great. read more

I wish I could give 0 stars. My friends and I paid over $100 for an entry ticket for nye (ahead of time too...NOT last minute). I get that it gets wild for this holiday but its COMPLETELY UNREASONABLE to pay for a ticket and STILL WAIT IN LINE for an hour and a half....like you sell tickets to capacity so there should be ZERO LINE. AND to begin with this pathetic excuse for a "club/bar/restaurant" is clarified as 2 stars.... you try to give a place a chance and you're disappointed. Pathetic excuse for a "fun place". be better. I will never come here again or recommended it to people. WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY. read more

The venue itself is great and whoever handles bookings is amazing because the talent they bring in is excellent. Their security staff... they could use a little training. I bought a ticket in advance to see a show. At one point I went outside to the designated smoking area to grab a smoke. During that smoke break a security guy asked if I had a stamp. I did not. Why? Because one wasn't offered as I went out and the smoking area was cordoned off so that only people who had been in the club could access it. Upon my response the security person told me I had to leave the smoking area and escorted me out. I explained I had a ticket but he didn't care. Upon attempting to renter I was told my ticket had already been scanned (duh, when I first arrived) and that a ticket could only be scanned once. I was denied re-entry to the club which had happily accepted my $70 for two tickets when I bought them. read more

Bijou Gold: Their music is great. That's it. Twice they have screwed up our experience with table service. Most recently we went out for a buddies birthday. We had to wait outside in the cold even though we had a table, they had us pay at the table before the bottle got there when it was already late into the night, and once we did pay it took forever to get our bottles to the table. The other time, also a birthday, we chose to go through Tablelist (a great app and service by the way) for our table. Bijou Gold didn't honor our table comps and made a few of our friends pay the cover. I will never be going back to the Gold room. They seriously need to retune their guest experience and improve upon customer service. Not how you run a "top" Boston night club. read more

This is specifically about the Goldroom. Worst management/staff in the country. Bought a table last night and they treated us like absolute dirt. Not saying we're royalty but when your spending about $1000 at a place, you think they'd care...NOPE. Bouncers think they're curing cancer and acting like this is the biggest club in Boston. Not to mention 1. Threatened to send us back outside to check IDs (in the rain) 2. Said they would bring down the manager/owner after we requested, never came. 3. Embarrassed my whole group of friends and told us to leave if we didn't like their rules. (Trust me I would have if we DIDN'T ALREADY GET A TABLE) Never wrote a yelp review but what happened last night was the worst experience I've had at a club. Bottom line, very rude, unprofessional, self centered group over there. read more

DON'T go there! They STOLE your things at coat check! I lost my AirPods which had been safe in my pocket. And they refused to admit that. Other customers complained about that too, but nothing changed. read more

PLEASE READ!! If you come here DO NOT use your card!!! bring cash, and if you do use your card, check your bank statement regularly. I went there for the Halloween event this a few nights ago and they ran my card twice, and won't refund it back. This was for two separate 14$ charges on my card, whatever. THEN today (2 days after the two initial 14 charges were pending) it was changed to 16 dollars. So basically they swiped my card then went back and changed the amount 2 days later. Fucking frauds read more

This place is new and I guess it's not going to last long. I have been in Boston's party scene for more than 4 years and know that the competition is fierce. The main reason is this bouncer named Cyrus who has a serious ego problem and treats ppl like scum. I tried emailing the management complaining about his treatment of me and my friends and they simply sided with him and offered no apology whatsoever. After writing this review the director of operation emailed me telling me that their "success" doesn't depend on yelp! This is exactly the attitude that will take this place down, namely poor and unprofesional management that doesn't care about their customers. I definitely won't go there again and will make sure to tell all my friends not to. There are many other fairly good clubs in the area to try out + bijou charges $30 for admission!! + $15/drink! lol read more

Me and my girls went there for her birthday. We had a VIP table, not only did we had to wait inline like everybody else. But when we asked why we had to wait since we had a table, the bouncer said "SO!" we still had to wait like everybody else. When my boyfriend saw that the bouncer was being really rude to me. He said the same thing that I said to the bouncer, that we had a table. Except this time he was over the top ignorant and he said, 'There are people that spend thousands more money than what we have spent.' Now this is in the beginning of the night. We haven't even gone into the club yet to even 'spend thousands.' He spoke to us as if we were broke and not important, even after we told him we have a VIP table for my best friends birthday party. And what is so messed about how we were so poorly treated, is that between me and my friends we spent a few thousand dollars at this club by the end of the night, never mind the fact that my best friend was overcharged $700. Which no one could explain. We called and left multiple messages and no one returned our phone calls. We had to take time off and actually go back to the club and spoke with Amanda who call the manager on his cell phone. Come to find out the bill we signed for is not the bill they presented us. Someone forged our signature. He apologized and said that he would take care of it and called us back by the end of the day, because he was on his way there and he was over an hour away. We never received a phone call from him. We just gave up after waiting an extra 3 days and contacted our credit card issuer (Chase) and disputed the charges. Never again will we ever go back to this club, even if they paid us to. read more

Bijou is literally the worst club in the city of Boston and Boston Metro area proper. I have attended Bijou about six times within the last few years, five times for clubbing, and once for an after work drink mixer. The only positive experience that I have had with this establishment was during the after work drink mixer. I would say that the only positives are the music/DJ quality and the atmosphere. Besides that every time I have attended this establishment--it was far from packed and the male to female ratio was egregiously poor. I knew all of this prior to my experience going into the club on 5/7/2016 which annoyed me to the point of sounding the alarm and letting Boston locals and tourists, respectively know what they're dealing with should they decide to patronize this club. For people unfamiliar with nightlife in the City of Boston, Boston is far from New York City or Miami in terms of nightlife. I grew up in the greater New York City area so I am accustomed to extreme pretentiousness and club drama. To touch more about the City Of Boston, all clubs have to be closed by 2:00 AM, all public transportation shuts down by 12:30 AM, the liquor laws are super extreme due to the Puritan history of Boston which can be seen in extreme ID rules at sporting events and liquor stores, as well as "no contact" strip clubs. My point being, Boston is anything but a top notch city for clubbing and nightlife. Bijou prides itself and try's to present itself as a club located on South Beach. Bijou is one of the more expensive clubs in Boston, charging $30 covers, $15 for mixed drinks, $5 for coat check, and $700 for bottle service. None of which is the issue with Bijou because no matter where you go, clubbing it is often times priced at a luxury for the experience. The experience one is paying for is mediocre at best and the staff who works at the club makes the experience disrespectfully poor. So on to my experience from last night: One of my friends was celebrating his birthday and purchased a table. Me and four other friends (3 guys and 2 girls) showed up later and we found no line at the club. The first bouncer said what are we here for? I went onto explain that we were here for my friends birthday and he got a table. Next he explained to me that my friend already walked in with five other people and we would need to get him to add another bottle to the table to get us in which would run us about $150 or roughly the same thing as all five us paying cover. I said ok sounds good. The same gentlemen told me I would have to call my friend to come down which I did. He came down and they would not let him down and then the bouncer told me I would have to call him again and get him to tell one guy to let him through so he can talk to another guy who would need to talk to another guy. Moving on, over thirty minutes elapsed and we were still in the same situation with my friend having his Birthday night ruined because of all of the games and us no closer to being let into the club. Meanwhile while all of this was going on, a group of two girls rolled up and were let in immediately, a couple male friends of the bouncer were let immediately in, and an entire entourage who purchased an entire VIP section were let in. I walked to the front to see if I can see my friend through the door while more bouncers are telling me to get in line. I had it and snapped and said this if f******* ridiculous, this is not how you treat patrons to your club! It should not be a privilege to spend our money and purchase a bottle at your club! After I made a scene, they prepared to let me in and I said no F*** this club! How long does it take and how many people do we need to talk to for the privilege of spending money at your club? Additionally, how many Bijou bouncer/promoters does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Apparently like 8. Their lack of professionalism is astounding and spending one's money here is better spent elsewhere. Bijou costs way too much to spend one's money on such a poor experience due to the incompetency of the staff. That being said, I do not believe that the staff is truly incompetent, I believe their entire goal is to piss off their patrons being that when I made a scene they were finally willing to let us in. At that point I was past it and I hope my friend understands because I cannot rationalize giving my business to an establishment so unprofessional and annoying, giving that the experience inside the club on a given night is only mediocre at best. One is much better off patronizing a club that knows how to treat patrons with respect. Venue, Monroe Lounge, Candy Bar, Cure, amongst others are all much better options. read more