Not a safe space for young women. An older man followed me around, and would not leave me alone…read more Dance Friday staff were only moderately responsive to my report. My two friends (one male, one female) and were dancing together for most of the night. An older man with white hair started circling the three of us, with his eyes lasering in on me the whole time. My friend finally commented on his weird behavior and we all went to sit down. Later on, I heard one song I really like, and got up to dance. The old guy made a beeline for me as soon as he saw me, and got really close to me. I gestured to him to stop (palm towards him, meaning "stop", with a stern look), and went to the other side of the dance floor. He then FOLLOWED ME across the dance floor and kept it right up, dancing really closely and staring at me. I gestured "stop" again, and moved far away from him, and he followed me AGAIN. This dude just would not quit. Then he started waving his hands towards my body, getting close, almost touching me. I left the floor. At the end of the night, I went and told the facilitators. The younger guy I told just stood there, with an annoyed look on his face that read as "this isn't my problem". The older woman I told said that I should have told her about this at the break (even though my friends and I had showed up AFTER the break). She said something about "filling out an incident report", but she didn't explain the process, meanwhile, people were breaking down the lights and equipment, and it was getting noisy. This woman didn't create a space to deal with the issue, and she made no effort to follow up with me. She offered me free admission next time, and she said that she hoped me coming again would involve "shifting my experience" of what had happened. This pretty well pissed me off, as it's this harassing guy's BEHAVIOR that needs to shift, not my perception of it. Having been blamed for not reporting an incident before it happened, and having gotten nowhere with the staff, I got my stuff, left, and never went back. If you are a young woman, do not go! Creepy old men will descend on you, which apparently is just business-as-usual to these people. I imagine they think of it as "breaking down the boundaries" and "being intergenerational", but it's really just a place with poor security, where men are allowed to get away with predatory behavior. Growing old does not magically make a person good! There are creeps of all ages. One of them has white hair and a propensity for circling young women like a creaky old shark at Dance Friday.

I've been going here for over three decades... Their new location in HARVARD SQUARE at 3 Church…read moreSt. is the most accessible location the dance has ever had - - a beautiful space that's clean, warm, and inviting. Two to three separate DJs per night spin a wide variety of dance music from all genres. Its non-judgmental attitude has been keeping people sane and healthy for decades! The music is hipper, with more variety & consistent quality than the previous locations. Hours are now 8:30 to Midnight except on the 3rd Friday of the month when we start an hour earlier so parents can bring young kids for some adult-and-child-friendly music. Don't worry... no Barney or Disney!! There's even a dance camp run every Summer where the same loose friendly creative juicy atmosphere goes on for about 11 days straight! Be sure to check out the sister dance (and original) Dance Freedom in Harvard Square on Wed. nights, too. If you really love to dance for its own sake as well as for social reasons, if you like to 'sweat your prayers,' if you like shaking off the tensions of the week and enjoy having a body again, you have to give it a try. Pure pleasure. Interesting creative people. Enjoy! Re: "The painful truth" review, there are two sides to everything. I deeply regret the experience this woman had. We have people to help with safety issues and we have had many discussions of behaviors that are not allowed, body language, etc. to prevent such events. We have banned dancers occasionally over the years for behavior like this. We encourage dancers to use their voice (in case for instance the offending person's sight was not good, or gestures were misinterpreted), and there are designated people to get a message across when it is not understood & respected coming from the dancer themselves. Forward people can be found on any dance floor, but Dance Friday IS a SAFE place.

I had a great time here at Havana Club. I usually hang out in Porter Square and had no idea this…read morewas here. If I did I would come by more often. A friend recommended it to me as a fun place to dance salsa and bachata. I didn't know there were places like this in Boston. We went in and paid a cover fee at first. They start off with a class to teach basic techniques. It gave everyone a welcome feel to learn the steps and practice dancing with others. Then they open the floor for everyone to come in and dance. You are more relaxed at that point because you have learned the steps and already danced with most of the people there. It was great to meet several girls that I probably wouldn't have even talked to without the class. I love bachata so it was great to get in the moment again. The price was great for the class and a fun open dance floor afterwards. I enjoyed my time and will definitely be back next week.

Despite growing up in Cambridge, I went to the Havana Club for the first time last weekend. I…read morearrived a bit late for the lesson, but was able to slip in and unfortunately ended up at the intermediate lesson when I should have been at advanced beginner or something less complicated. There are dancers of all ages, which is very cool, and the leaders who were forced to dance with me seemed to be understanding, even though I am an awful dancer. I guess everyone is a beginner at some point! I hope to go back and improve my skills!

Friendly and welcoming group of people. Everyone is welcome, and they are really encouraging of…read morebeginners!

A gay country western dance where everyone is welcome, gay and straight…read more I went to the Saturday dance, there is a Sunday one also. The Saturday dance is $10, with a country western two step lesson at 7pm and a line dance lesson at 7:30pm. The dance is 8-11pm. They offer snacks and you pay for drinks. You enter, pay your fee and fill out a name tag that states if you are a leader, follower or can do both roles. A large venue hall, on the side of the church, the Saturday I went, easily over 100 dancers. There is street parking, so can be a little difficult to find parking. Mostly beginner level dancers. The floor is fast in some spots so can be slick. There is a watching gallery on the second floor and it was nice and cool inside. They played music for country two step, west coast swing, east coast swing, cha cha and waltz. I went on a special night, they had their board elections and a country western gay performance team from NY called the Manhattan Prairie Dogs. It was a great night.

EXCELLENT!!! I have…read morea group that does karaoke at every conference we go to. That means we do karaoke two or three times a year, all around the country. As such, I feel well qualified to talk about how amazing Viva is! Song finding system: the Viva system is easier than most, and made it simple to find what we liked. Easy to move things around on the queue. Location: easy access, safe location for arrival. Private rooms: this is where Viva absolutely shone. Private rooms are obviously critical. However, at most karaoke places, it's challenging to get in and out of the bench seating to get up to sing. Not at Viva! The bench was long, with space to get in and out, while still having table access and plenty of water. It's hard to say how much this improved the experience. Service: there's a button to press for service, and they show up and take care of whatever you need. Drinks: many of us find that karaoke requires alcohol lubrication. That means the drink quality really matters. The drinks were fab!

WOW!!!! A truly Amazing Experience at Karaoke in this high…read moreTech location in Downtown Boston proper! For those who seek a place to show your singing abilities and entertain the audience, then this locale is perfect for you! The Stage is huge along with a Mega Microphone so you can sing to your heart's content without holding one! The light show and massive screen at both ends of the room to see the lyrics for you and those watching you to also sing alongside your Stella performances! Don't be shy cause we are all here to be entertained and have a wonderful time with friends and colleagues. The audience has great tables and the most comfortable chairs to watch who's performing and not only that the full bar is only feet away as to not miss a beat of any song! The Staff is truly First Class and the Bartenders are ready to serve you your favorite beverages! The hospitality of its Staff makes your experience very professional and gives you the opportunity to show case your vocal qualities! They even have Private Rooms to give you and your party guests a place to sing in private and record your selection! The Managing Partner ALEX VICHIENRAT Can be found floating around to answer and questions or concerns to make Karaoke so much better! Today I was invited to attend a group of 30 plus and our Hosts were ESTHER ZEE LEE and WILSON LEE. They organized this Group of attendees for an evening of Connection, Welcoming area Communities for a night of Networking for CHINESE AMERICAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC. ! They treated all of us to some tasty light dinner treats while we listened to our attendees on stage and Bringing us all together in support and community compassion! THANK YOU ESTHER ZEE LEE - CHAIR of the BOARD and PRESIDENT and her Husband WILSON! To see both of them greet all of us with open arms and hearts made this gathering at VIVA a time to Remember! All the attendees included many Special Guests all had a special time! www.wing guys.com

I'm writing this review so that other folks are alerted to the fact that this venue is not great on…read moreaccessibility. There are a few "accessible" seats at the back of the house on a venue where everyone is standing. So, you get a view of everyone's backside. And if that wasn't insult enough there's injury as well. Literally. There was no barrier insulating the accessible seating and people were continually tripping over my partner. I ended up standing to prevent people from injuring them. We were told that the box office was supposed to tell us to come an hour before the show started to get a seat at the front of the house. Really?!

Really nice venue for live music, with good sound system and an array of high-quality…read moreinternationally renowned acts. Affiliated with Berklee College of Music.

We needed a place to be loud without fear of being kicked out. After walking around Allston, we…read morestumbled upon this karaoke spot. They had a promotion going on where the rates were $45/hour until 8pm. Even after the promo rate was over, the rate was only $75/hour. Between like 8 people, that's very cheap. The ladies who checked our IDs vibed with us very well. We got a room as soon as we got in. Our male server, I wish I got his name, explained the different systems they had for karaoke, how to call for service, etc. We're a group of girls and gays, so we're always down for a good laugh and a good play along. He did very much that. We felt very welcomed by him and will be coming back for every celebration. They didn't have Midori Sour on their drink menu, but our host was very nice to ask the bartender anyway. Lucky for me, they still made it, and might I add, very deliciously as well? Dare I say the best Midori Sour I've ever had! My sister didn't know what to drink, so she asked our host to surprise her and he most definitely did because whatever he got her tasted really good. Our friend ordered a plate of fried chicken wings and it was seriously good. Not too salty, crispy on the outside, and juicy as hell on the inside. If I wasn't as full, I'd eat more. We had an amazing time to end our birthday fiasco here and definitely recommend others to come - as long as you're all over 21!

So far bad experience with customer service and I haven't even arrived at my reservation yet…read more Their note on their "policy" is misleading so I called to question why are they only 18+? She gave me an attitude with tutting her teeth at my question. If you get annoyed about these questions then change your note to be more clear. Update: wait staff is great, handles everything well. It is a bit chaotic because it's busy but the girls had a blast. Hosted my daughter's 15th and some of her Varsity team came to celebrate. They sang their butts off. The food was decent, prices were a tad expensive for bar food but plentiful. I paid around $304.00 for 2 hours and like 5 big appetizers not alcohol of course. They made a mistake with my order so I couldn't eat until I got home but they didn't charge me twice for it and apologized which was good enough for me. Very sincere with their apology, crap happens. Scenery for young teenagers was excellent, would come back again.

I've been to this location a couple of times throughout my life and overall have had good…read moreexperiences. They are relatively cheaper than other karaoke locations and have a good amount of rooms. The only con I would mention is that the last time I went to their website it seems it was hacked by some ad company so I could not book a room online. I called instead and booked over the phone which was easy enough.

I love this place! I came here with a bunch of friends and we ended up extending our 1.5 hours to 3…read morehours of karaoke. It's such a fun experience - the staff were super nice and let us extend our reservation easily and truly everyone had a blast. The alcohol is reasonably priced as well

Great, intimate space to enjoy local music. Very colorful wall art and it's got just the right…read moreamount of standing room to not be overly crowded, but also gives you a front row seat to who you're seeing. There's a small bar in the back corner with everything you'd need. You can also chill outside in the front patio area if you'd like. Love the community feel here. Recently saw Squints perform and I can't believe I've never been here before!

Rude staff and SCAM. Read the other reviews BY MUSICIANS. I highly DO NOT RECOMMEND this place…read more Good beer is about all. They did not pay a group who had several out of town members and even one from out of the country and asked them to pay full price entry to the show before as well as for drinks. Also charge a ridiculous price to rent the venue after 10p on a weeknight when nobody is there. Pay to play for touring musicians - don't support this place if you care about honorability in music