I have seriously bad luck trying to order food at music venues. Went to a FANTASTIC show with Beautiful Tuesday and a few other bands playing. They have Rapscallion Honey Ale on tap which was a glorious way to begin my night, but sadly we just waited too long and missed the food cutoff. They were super chill about it and even offered to let us go out, get food, and bring it back to eat there. (We didn't, because that's awkward, but it was a nice offer!) The way the acoustics inside are set up, the music wasn't overwhelming or headache inducing so that was another big plus. I think it would be a marvelous place to have a beer and catch a game sometime.
Review Source:so the main reason that i rarely leave brighton center (and joey's - my second living room), is that i hate dealing with hassles while i'm out drinking. lines/covers, super loud music, college kids, excessive waits to get a drink, nowhere to stand without getting jostled about, dress codes, etc. fuck all that.
but every once in a while you gotta get your drink and your 2 step on. and phoenix landing isn't bad for that.
yes - there's a line. and a cover. but the dress code's reasonable, getting a drink isn't hard, and they have pacifico bottles so we're off to a decent start. it's a good time. i could've gone without the spice girls songs, but you can't have everything.
If you've been to one faux Irish sports bar with soccer on the telly and sports memorabilia on the walls, well, this dump is no different. Â The food is mediocre with a wide selection of moderately priced beers. Â I wasn't even going to bother ordering a Guinness because I knew it was going to blow after dealing with a slow-witted waitress who had difficulty getting our orders right with the worst fake Irish accent this side of the Pond (that's the Atlantic Ocean for those who didn't get the joke). Â We could have walked out without paying for our meal because it took her 30 minutes after we had finished to finally getting the check.
Review Source:I like going to this bar to watch soccer which I do once or twice a year.
My friends and I went to this bar on a Friday, paid a cover to see a DJ. Â The DJ literally was playing an iPod while pretending to be busy mixing the entire time. Â Song was never mixed and played start to finish a mix of Britney Spears and 90s boy band music. Â We even asked him what he was doing, to which he responded: "I don't take requests in my art". Â Most fake DJ I have ever seen.
Don't ever go here at night unless you want a good joke.
This review is for the bar and nightlife.
Phoenix Landing. You were so promising when we first started our evening. I had been here before and had a decent time then. Music was good, crowd was more mid-twenties which is around my age group. But this was in 2011.
Fast forward to May 2013. I'm thinking my experience will be more of the same. The bouncers formed a line starting at 9:55. I get it, we were trying to get there before 10 to avoid the cover but being a nightclub, they want to create a line to attract more people. I get it Phoenix Landing. But then why did we have to wait almost 30 minutes to be allowed inside. Once we were finally inside, we saw that the dance floor anbd bar was not crowded. It's always fun to wait in line only to walk into a bar that's not full. The music that was being advertised that night was 80s, 90s, and Top 40. Now I don't mind this mix generally. But I was hoping the music choices within this mix would be more dance-able. Alas, it was not. 0 for 2 Phoenix Landing. The bartenders were nice though. They can mix a decent cocktail. However, I expected a bit more for this Cambridge nightspot.
I love my husband. I also love that he's getting me more into the English Premier League. I'm from Boston, and peeps give me dirty a** looks when I say I don't watch the Bruins, Celtics, The Red Sox or the Pats. I don't go to superbowl parties or games in general because they don't interest me and I don't like the hype.
Yelpers, please don't take that the wrong way. I'm a European sports gal, and that won't change. The fact that my husband is the same way I am is even better :)
Anyway! This bar has mega huge TVs, and their brunch is delish. One of their dishes was super huge and I'm glad we shared it. The crowd is pretty fun on game days...there's rugby on one side and then football...er...sorry, soccer on the other side. It gets loud, but it's a fun way to spend a Sunday morning.
I have no idea about the night life.
Have been coming here to watching Soccer (Football) for over a year.
Pros:
Beer early in the morning.
Soccer with sound on the tv
Everyone is there to have fun and enjoy the games
Food is really good
Cons:
Small space for a good game; going to see Barca v Madrid is a packed house and not enough space.
I wanted to like this place. Â It looks like a great place to watch a game; lots of TVs and they advertise the NFL package. Â Unfortunately, my experience left a lot to be desired. Â The Bloody Mary I ordered was abysmal--it tasted like watered-down cocktail sauce. Â I drank two sips to make sure it didn't just need to be stirred up, and then it sat for about an hour. Â That didn't stop them from charging me for it though. Â And the crown jewel was when they changed the channel on the game I and the table next to me were watching right as the Eagles went into OT. Â To top that off, they changed it to the same channel the TV right next to it was showing.
In short, the place has potential, but between the bad service and bad drinks there's better places to go.
This review has nothing to do with night-life; I don't go here for that often.
Why do they get 5 stars?
Because:
*They open at 7:30 AM for English Premier League soccer games on the weekend.
Oh, you want other reasons? OK.
*They serve coffee at 7:30 AM, like a good bar should
*There are tables and chairs and barstools arranged in a sensible manner.
* soccer! Football! Oh my!
* Good Guinness pour
* Â Food is nom nom nom too.
Go for: Football matches
Try: A pint!
Avoid: the bathroom, if possible. Its scary. But its semi-functional.
Sloppy, sloppy fun! This is one of my favorite bars in the area. Vinny is a great DJ and he does a good job of mixing classics with top 40 and some random songs.
The bathrooms can get nasty and its pretty common for glasses to break on the dance floor because this is a sloppy joint. So don't come if you can't get down and dirty. And pretty drunk.
phoenix landing is my version of a filthy, ill-advised, unprotected one-night-stand that JUST KEEPS HAPPENING.
you know he's dangerous. he smells a little. i know- he's sweaty and dark, and that's hot, but it's DIRTY. i know- his eyes glow like hot embers at all hours, even seven in the morning during special times of year (reference to televisions). i know you can't look away (because portugal's winning by a mere point and there's 3 minutes left), but this is interfering too much. it's 2 in the afternoon, you should be on a jog, or shopping for something wholesome, like a lamp, but instead you're locked away in this dark, torrid room, drinking a red stripe and a whiskey and screaming your guts out.
hussy.
Phoenix Landing is not so much a concept bar as your neighborhood pub, nestled in bustling Central Square. They have something fun going on every day of the week, and there's really no theme to pull it all together--you get the idea that the owner(s) just do whatever they think is cool, and, well, they are usually right.
They have live DJs every night of the week, everything from electronica (Sundays) and drum + bass (Thursdays - bring earplugs if you value your hearing) Â to reggae/dancehall (Mondays) and 80s/90s music (Friday AND Saturday). It's just a fun, fun place to go dancing. It's such a mixed crowd - Financial District types mingle with Cambridge/Somerville hipsters rub elbows with immigrants from Africa and Latin America. There's a bit of the meat market aspect but people aren't aggressive, nor are people generally jerks.
The space is a big, empty room that people crowd into and dance. No particular decorations or structure to the area. It reminds me of a bunch of clubs I went to in New York (I told this to my dancing companion one night and he responded "Yeah, except everyone's dressed like shit").
When dancing is not occurring, there are tables in this space, for events such as pub trivia night (Wednesdays) and soccer games -- they televise every World Cup and Euro Cup game. Phoenix Landing has basic pub food: fish + chips, burgers, shepherd's pie. As the website proclaims -- an "alternative Irish bar."
I came here on a random Thursday for the drum & bass night so I could dance like a well-caffeinated amoeba. The atmosphere was much like a typical run-down sports bar with a large dance floor and a stage for a DJ or a small band. I'm not sure what the typical crowd is like, but on this particular night it was fairly eclectic, ranging from straight up duders all the way to neckbeards and then back to hipsters. Somewhere in that triangular range is where I fit in, and it was surprisingly enjoyable.
Within 10 minutes of entering the place I saw a blatant drug deal/pass right on the dance floor, and it set the right tone for the night.
After another 20 minutes of dancing someone spilled their entire mixed drink on my back and then ran away. I like to think it was to cool down my hot as ice dance moves. Fortunately for me, I absorb alcohol through osmosis in a process I call awesomeosis.
I probably won't be back, but if someone suggests coming here again, I would not protest.
3 maybe 4 stars, but with 200+ reviews, what does it really matter?
I went here to see the pats vs. jesus game, good times, not so much for any broncos fans, but they werent there anyway.
by the time we got there, it was about 430 or so on a sunday. colleges just let out, so i bet that had something to do with the ease of parking/no lines/etc. Â pretty quiet inside, sure there were fans here and there. Â they have several tvs, hd quality which is important. Â they also have the grand viewing screen for i guess the lucky party who gets there early enough, we did not. Â I was sitting at a high top smack in the middle of the place, it was tough to focus on the game as there were 6 other tv's showing 3 different games. Â was that their fault? no, but i wish the viewing was less stimulating.
I had a few pops while i was there, good selection, i had this peak organic nut brown ale, pretty good. they had several others i would have like to try, but the whole driving thing was also important to me too.
I had their fish tacos for dinner, not bad, not great. Â i think the catfish fillets they use could have been a touch better quality, but all in all good. Â others had the burger, which i would have liked, and the fries they served look awesome. Â they also have sweet potato puffs, which i really wanted, so i ordered them on the side, and i got sweet potato fries instead, which came from a bag, you can tell. Â the puffs would have also, but i wanted them!!! no worries, it was ok.
service was decent, for a dead sunday night, i expected a little more, but so is life.
that is all.
First off, the Phoenix Landing is the bar of the official Liverpool Supporters Club in Boston. They will show all Liverpool matches, even those that start really early in the morning. They also show other Premier League matches, and I've seen matches from Serie A and La Liga, but Liverpool will get priority for sound and screens.
They have a good menu and cheap breakfast options, which is mostly what I end up ordering because I'm there so early. The staff is a really friendly and great bunch that work really hard. The service can be spotty during the Liverpool games on account of how many people they draw, so if you're planning on going for brunch I would check their site to see who's playing first.
I haven't been here for a late night, but I was once leaving around 10 pm after the LFC Boston Christmas do. The one thing I will say about the crowd of people who came streaming in on a Saturday night... Eurotrashy.
All in all, if you like Soccer/Football, yummy pub food, and a good atmosphere then I couldn't recommend a better place than The Landing.
If you live in Cambridge, and you love the sport that everyone in the world except for  Americans call football, then there is no better place to get your fix than the Landing. You can walk into the place for an 8am Sunday fixture and still get the raucous atmosphere one would expect from a primetime sporting event. Get ready to sing some fight songs and to hug some strangers.
The breakfast menu isn't huge but it will satisfy most looking for some pre-game grub. The selection of beers is pretty good, although I didn't do a lot of drinking since I was usually out the doors before noon.
There's really no better place to watch some footie and scream your lungs out with 200 of your closest friends at 9am. If that's not your thing, I guess you could just sleep in like normal people.
Soccer bar. Enough said.
There is no atmosphere quite like the Phoenix Landing to watch a soccer game. I visited here a few times for the 2010 World Cup and it was always a blast. You have to show up very early for Liverpool, England or USA games but I promise you it is always worth it. The singing, the chanting and the camaraderie are the essentials that make it a great soccer bar.
Additionally, there is a great and currently expanding beer selection including some from my hometown's brewery, Goose Island, from which they have 312 and Mathilda.
I haven't tried much of the food here besides the Breakfast Pizza, which was definitely delicious, and was a great bellyfiller while waiting for the 2010 World Cup Final match.
I wish there were more bars like this in Boston, but for now, I'll have to stick with the trek to Phoenix Landing.
Went there for lunch to day as I've heard they have a new menu. Â They do, although most items are the same. Â They removed their 3-way french fries, easily the best item on their old menu. Â I got the Grilled Chicken Sandwich which comes with potato salad on the side. Â One bite of that was all I needed. Â The sandwich was decent.
The reason this place is getting a 2 is because our service was absolutely terrible. Â It took about 10 minutes for the four of us to get our drinks. Â My co-worker ordered a salad and elected to get the optional chicken skewer. Â When the salad came out it had no chicken. Â Each time the waitress dropped something off and ran away, causing us to have to shout "Excuse me" at her back to try and catch her if we needed anything. Â My friend asked for his chicken skewer (which _she_ forgot) and she tells us that we're killing her... apparently ordering your drinks, and then politely asking for the rest of the food you had ordered is a nuisance. Â I'm very hesitant to talk bad about waitstaff because I think it's a pretty terrible job, but this was some of the worst service I've received.
I'd give it 1 star but I know some friends like to come here at night. Â Decent bar atmosphere and lots of dancing if that's your thing.
Honestly, I didn't even know Phoenix Landing served food. Reading the reviews now, it sounds pretty hit-or-miss, and mainly miss. That's okay, though, because the only thing I really wanted to do was push my way through the packed floor and dance embarrassingly poorly while singing along with "It's Raining Men" and "Just Dance" at 80s night.
"Just Dance" isn't from the 80s, you say? The DJ looks like he might off himself, or at least quit this job and move far far away? Everybody's pretty sloppy drunk, and someone just spilled a drink on you? Wasn't this supposed to be an Irish bar?
It's just that kind of attitude you have to check with your coat, buster.
Purists of *any* kind will be disappointed. But let's sit back and look at what's going on here. Mixing in Top 40 hits to 80s sing-alongs? Awesome. I've never been there and heard a song that wasn't danceable. DJ Depressive getting you down? He's just concentrating on maxing out the grooves for you. Give him a break. Drunkards annoying? Catch up. Not quite culturally accurate? Continue catching up.
Honestly, this is the best dance venue I've been to in Cambridge. Harvard Square's Hong Kong will always have a place in my heart for its plastic animals and tropical intoxication, but Phoenix comes through in key areas -- more consistent playlist, more people, better seating, fewer Harvard boys. Rock and roll.
The Phoenix Landing is a magical place where no matter how disinclined to dancing you might be generally, you will find yourself gyrating wildly by the end of the night, swept up by the incredibly energy of a very diverse crowd. Â I love that there'll be old, young, black, white, employed, homeless, and everything in between getting their very unique groove on here. Â It would be ridiculous to feel self-conscious when there is a woman in a top hat and mom jeans doing her best old lady pee-pee dance right next to you like she's Ma-fucking-donna herself.
This is a great place to go for the whole night. Â Go early for a leisurely dinner, and stay as they push back the tables and get ready to dance. Â Dinner time find the place very subdued and easygoing, with reliable food and service. Â
This is not the place to go for picking someone up (thank god), as the crowd just seems to be into partying for its own sake. Â The vibe is joyfully non-judgemental, where there's no wrong way to dance.
I was looking for a good happy hour (cheap food, not booze, being in the Boston area) and a group of us tried out this place. Â It was not too busy on Wednesday night and there were plenty of little space heaters spread out around the area.
There's a separate section of happy hour plates with lots of fried goodies/appetizers - fish cakes, garlic fries, hummus plate, tortilla chips with green tomatillo salsa, and burgers - all about half their regular price. Good selection of beers on tap - Newcastle, Stella, Harpoon, and Magners. Â We stayed for a few hours hanging out and having fun chats with our waitress. It was a really chill place with great music mostly reminiscent of childhood/adolescence for me like No Doubt and Michael Jackson, but it wasn't too loud as to prevent conversation.
They seem to have a lot of dance nights here with house and drum and bass in which the tables and chairs get moved and people actually dance. The first time I was here was when I came up to the area to apt-hunt and they featured a session with a drummer who'd worked with tons of cool people. Would definitely come back to hang out or shake my groove thang.
I used to have fun here, I also used to be young...
Popped in Saturday night after years of hiatus. Â What amazes me is how little all has changed, same hoochie mamas being aggressively pursued by the same creepy guys to your typical every-club-every-weekend tunes.
Even the DJ had the same trouble transitioning one song to the next, I shouldn't even use the word "transition" as the switch is typically quite abrupt. Â One second your shaking your Gold Digger hips, and suddenly your trying to get your Billie Jean shoulders to sway the next.
It's all good! Â What really brings this place down to two stars is the offensively rude and unsympathetic staff I encountered this weekend. Â
Here's the scoop: Â I was making my way off of the dance floor with a basically full drink. Â (If you've ever been here, you know how crowded and damn near impossible this can be.) Â Out of nowhere, a girl swung her elbow and ACCIDENTALLY knocked my drink straight from my hand to the floor with her elbow.
MOST places would see an accident as an accident and comp you another drink, MOST.
I head to the bar, tell them what happened and ask for replacment. Â Haughtily, she snaps that the person who knocked it down has to buy me another... well, I never! Â I don't even know this girl, and its a mistake!
I go back to where the accident occurred and is being cleaned, don't see this girl anywhere, and certainly don't feel comfortable asking her to buy me a drink even if I did - because of an ACCIDENT.
I tell the guy cleaning this up to confirm, "The bartender said the girl who knocked this over has to buy me a drink, and I don't know her and don't even see her!"
To which he bellows, "Not my problem, talk to the bartender."
WOW! Â
I felt officially too old for this scene, it was 1 a.m., I wasn't "trashed" but was being treated as their usual underage drinker who can't maintain their sh*t. Â There are some times in your life you are happy to never go back to, I discovered the Phoenix Landing days (nights) are over. Â Damn me for wanting to feel a little young and silly again!
As my first review I hate to rate this place so poorly, but on the two occasions that I've visited the Phoenix Landing I've wished I hadn't.
I was originally lured here with the promise of good music and dancing, however, I made the mistake of showing up on the night they were playing top 40s. The choice of music was not my thing, but my bad for showing up on the wrong night.
The second time I went here was a completely different story. This time I wasn't interested in dancing, I just wanted to sit at the bar and kill time until a friend got out of work. The problem with this plan was that the 3 sketchiest men in the world were at the bar.
Man 1 = very very drunk man who kept telling me he loved me
Man 2 = 45 year old man (only know the age because he kept telling me his age) who kept calling me darling *much rage*
Man 3 = young man who made some really inappropriate sexual comments involving me and my scarf
After feeling abased and afraid of being followed home and killed, I called a cab and left to meet my friend elsewhere (far away from said gentlemen). Needless to say I will not be coming back here again.
Moral of the story: Thank you three men for reminding me why women can't go to bars, or enjoy a drink, by themselves.
Fun little bar in Central. It does get a bit crowded, and the service can be either super friendly (last time our waitress was literally singing and dancing as she approached our table) or non existent (I've waited a long time for beers at the bar before). At happy hour, its surprisingly quiet. They have awesome deals on happy hour apps (chicken fingers which are mediocre, Humus and Feta with Pita and olives that is awesome, Fries and Curry, fries were good curry sucked etc) for 3-4 dollars. Beers are under 5 bucks, which is always impressive for the area.
Great place... but do not come here at night, it just gets obnoxious, and is not worth the cover. My 4 stars is for happy hour.
The Phoenix lives by it's name. Â Although I've never seen it burn down, the menu changes every time I stop in.
Another good name for the Phoenix might be Chameleon, because I swear this place transforms depending on the time of day and day of the week.
Why? Â Might you ask? Â Well ...
1. Â During Happy Hour, from 5-7, Phoenix offers cheap-o apps. Â Recently, they changed happy hour from half-priced apps to an exclusive happy hour menu. Still, great deals, such as a $4 cheeseburger and fries. Â Great for groups.
2. Â Around 8-9 PM, the Phoenix begins to remove its tables, lower the lights, prop the stage for the DJ, and open the doors to the night prowlers. Â Stop in for 80s night and dance on the benches.
3. Â And, as Tom E. mentioned, and I have partaken, on the usual Saturday, this places opens up for English Premiere League Football. Â Â It truly is the place to be, no cover charge, and edible English breakfast. Â But beware, if you've got a ManU vs Liverpool matchup ... watch out for swinging fists!
Unfortunately, general service is just so-so and the food isn't anything special. Â But if you come for any of the above reasons, you're sure to be satisfied.
I don't pay covers to dance on weeknights so I'll only be talking about the weekend here. Â
This place is okay.  You'll never be completely disappointed, but there will be no life affirming explosions either. This is a hive for people who are perfectly  middle of the road, no dudes, but certainly no hipsters.
As far as the music goes, it's sort of a constant tease. You may hear some Rob Base or Bobby Brown, but then you'll have to suffer through 'ironic yet ultimately safe' hits as 'Living on a prayer' and 'Pour Some Sugar On Me.' Also, there is no doubt you will hear 'Hey-Ya' and people will still get excited like it's still 2003. Only here. Think of same pretty good wedding soundtrack going here every weekend.
Me and my townie friend's gummin' Â for lashings of cheap scran since we were so skint from our previous night of arsing around followed by a rough morning involving a shite fall during my run resulting in one banjaxed knee that meant finding an eatin' house near my gaff in Central Square VS a Full Irish Breakfast and a short stack of pancakes
Full Irish breakfast = a wopper bag o'shwag of a fry-up, what brings back the health better than black pudding with a fierce clommel of cloves and nutmeg, white pudding filled with suet and oatmeal, a deuce of eggs, a couple o' bangers with beans, fried 'tatos and some toast. Suckin diesel man!
Pancakes = complete gobshite and topped with only a screed of banana compote even though the menu made it seem like the star. Plus, eating them was a fecking dose because they were so crumbly and underdone. I didn't want to be a serious neddy though so I declined to send them back.
Initially we felt completely on our tobler but eventually the usual football crowd dribbled in. We didn't want to be a bunch of knackers so I ordered a cup of scaldy and couple of Arthurs rather than some poof juice. After I knocked back a jar, I relaxed the cacks and joked with the rosspot waitresses who were totally grand and kept the refills coming!
A friend's 21st birthday brought me to Phoenix Landing for the first time Saturday night. With the promise of sweet 80s music (and I was hoping for 90s gems as well), I waited in line for 20 minutes and paid the $5 cover. The cover subtracted a star from my rating because, come on, this place is not really worth $5. They should let you save that $5 to use on booze, with each drink exponentially decreasing the grossness of the sticky floors and the strangeness of some of your fellow patrons.
After a shot from the bartender (one part Jager and one part contents unknown) and a few more beers I was ready to brave the crowd and dance. My friend was hit with a falling beer bottle, I was hit by a stray punch from a girl fight. Next I was hit with the desire to leave, but one more beer and I was back in the game. The music was hit or miss, there was definitely some good 80s music (oxymoron?), but there was also a buzz-killing assortment of reggaeton and unknown club/dance music.
Check out Phoenix Landing if you're already drunk, and you will have an OK time. Do you think they would consider adopting that phrase as their slogan?
How can you not love a place that is just this odd?
So this place is really great for what it is. Â A cheesy place with 80s music and other modern random crap thrown in with a college-type feel to it, though most are older. Â Expect no more and no less. Â But for those nights when that's what you want, this place rocks!
It's also great for meeting weirdo freaks who try to proposition you (as displayed by following conversation) so just try to avoid those people.
Friend and I having a cig outside, yammering away, approached by creepy looking middle aged dude.
Creepy dude: Hi.
Me: Hi (in a leave us alone way).
Creepy dude: So what are you girls doing?
Me: Smoking.
Creepy dude: So you guys doing anything right now?
Me: Uhh, smoking (thinking, didn't you just ask us).
Creepy dude: You don't want to talk to me?
Friend: Not really.
Creepy dude: So you want to have a menage tois?
Both of us: Ugh, no, go away!
Yay, Phoenix and your creepy dudes that follow us out!
I have very little to say about Phoenix Landing that isn't summed up by one word: radiawesome.
The Thursday Drum 'n Bass Night, Elements, is truly excellent - the music is hot, the crowd is very cool (lots of regulars) and it's just a whole hell of a lot of fun even if you aren't into the music. Â Do yourself a favor and go, frequently.
I'll sum up the place with a story:
Two years ago my roommate and I were here for Christmas Eve and looking for something to do. Â We drove around, and the only place we saw open was Avalon. Â Avalon on Christmas Eve? Â As Tyra would say, hell-to-the-no.
Luckily, we stumbled upon Phoenix Landing when we came back to Cambridge because a few people happened to be loitering outside. Â
We went in, and ordered a few drinks. Â I waved a $20 bill in the bartender's face, and he said that all drinks were FREE. Â FREE OPEN BAR ON CHRISTMAS EVE. Â
Pause for a second. Â Free open bar, at a cool place that is hella stocked? Â Merry-effing-Christmas!
My roommate and I proceeded to order some of the most messed up drink mixes ever (the Courvoisier White Russian was pretty good) and had a really good time.
The moral of the story is that any bar that has an open bar for the neighborhood on any day, but particularly on Christmas Eve, deserves your love and affection.
I've only been to Phoenix Landing on the weekends, usually before 9 in the morning. Â It is the prime place to catch English Premier League football and European football in general. Â You will be amazed how quickly a bunch of English people can get drunk at 7 in the morning. Â Guiness and blood sausage for breakfast. Â Sweet.
One time we went to catch a Liverpool game at 8 in the morning and were directed up these rickety old stairs. Â There was a gigantic TV and a bunch of chairs in a dimly lit room that looked more like a place where animal sacrifice and devil worship would happen rather than cheering for football. Â Super scary. Â But, the Liverpool crew made it bearable by singing various drinking songs and the Liverpool anthem. Â Good times.
Oh, and if you are  Liverpool fan, the Phoenix is home of the Boston Liverpool Fan Club.  They have their own tee shirts and everything.
Have you ever looked into the Phoenix Landing on a weekend morning? Would it shock you hear that this dingy dirty little Irish bar can often be standing-room only at 9am on a Sunday? I've even seen a line outside for the 8am opening - and even joined it. It's all because the Phoenix is THE place in New England to watch the live football of Old England.
On a typical Saturday morning they can show 3 or 4 games from 8am to 1pm and they usually don't charge a cover unlike other bars can. You can fore-go natural light and the first several hours of your weekend to have a great time watching the games, talking to the ex-pat football addicts around you and getting free refills of coffee with your run-of-the-mill cholesterol-busting Irish breakfast.
For the full experience try to go when Liverpool are playing a key match against another big team such as Arsenal. The Phoenix has it's own Liverpool supporters club who are always there, complete with customised T-shirts, 9am Guinnesses and singing songs throughout the game. It's the kind of sports atmosphere you have to see to believe.
It was crap, Â yet I ended up going in here a lot, b/c there is nothing else available.
On Friday and Saturday night they have the 80's night, and when they play the same damn song.
The crowd is pretty ugly, girls are the nerdy spillover from MIT/Harvard, and the dudes of course can't dance to save their lifes, but just stay in the side and watch.
The same DJ Â (the asian) dude is good, but very apathetic, like he is playing something that he hates. Â I am sure he is loosing his hair b/c he is tired hearing the same music, over and over and over, Â or he heavily sedates himself before starts dj ing.
They have a good selection of beers, and $5 cover, which sucks.
I am so glad I don't live in Cambridge anymore.
P.s As most true Irish pubs, this venue seems to play soccer games for the FA premier league, or the Euro or World Championship.
Yuk! This bar stinks. I went here once because some friends wanted to go dance. I couldn't drink any alcohol because of some medicine I was on at the time.
Note: NOT A GOOD PLACE TO GO IF YOU CAN'T DRINK.
In any event, there's not really anywhere to stand that isn't in the way of the meathead bouncers. Well, aside from standing next to some button -shirt, tucked-in, balding, sweaty middle-agers that were lurking and jabbing each other in the ribs in regards to all the nubile young lasses undulating and preening to the shitty dance music. And let's not forget to mention all the douchebag college students that were there that night.
And, strangely, two different people came in on wheelchairs and left right away cause, like I said, there's not really anywhere to stand or sit as the case may be.
But... this could have been an anomaly since it was a Friday night or something.
So they tell me they've got a great Drum & Bass night here on Thursdays, and I suppose I have no reason to doubt them. Â But all I can really attest to is Friday night, and that was just downright atroucious.
Suffice it to say that I came here with two female friends and spent most of the night throwing blocks between them and the hordes of stereotypical drunk Boston dudes who were trying to grind everything that moved. Â And the music was the typical 80's Michael Jackson/Madonna/Sir Mix a Lot blend that you could stay home and hear on the radio. Â Sheesh, the ironic 80's revival has outlasted the 80's themselves.
So, in conclusion, if you like 80's pop and a meat market atmosphere, the Phoenix is the perfect place to spend a Friday night. Â Just don't say Nick B. didn't warn ya.
Wow is this place gross.
I enjoy electronic music and all (though I prefer old school pop-based stuff over anything even remotely related to house/trance/drum&bass etc.) but even for an electronic music lover this place is awful.
Gross dudes and girls grinding everywhere. Â The floor sticky with year-old spilled drinks...
The smell... Â God the smell!
Never setting foot in this place again.
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