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The Beehive

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Visitors frequently praise the Beehive's lively atmosphere, often mentioning the enjoyable live music, cozy ambiance, and friendly bar staff. However, a common complaint is the difficulty in getting a table due to the no-reservation policy and potentially long wait times, with some also noting inconsistent service.

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Address
537-541 Tremont Street, Boston
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Phone
1 (617) 423-0069
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Website
www.beehiveboston.com

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About this place The Beehive

The Beehive is a restaurant and bar on Tremont Street in Boston's South End, in the Boston Center for the Arts complex. It's a mainstream place listed as gay-friendly rather than a gay bar, though the South End has long been one of the city's main gay neighbourhoods. The room is decorated in a cluttered, art-filled bohemian style, and live music, often jazz, is a regular part of the evening. It opens from 17:00 most weekdays and from 10:00 at weekends for brunch, staying open until 01:30 on Friday and Saturday. It's busy on weekend nights, so book a table if you want to eat. The menu leans Southern-influenced comfort food.

Opening Hours

Closed
Monday 11:00-20:00
Tuesday 17:00-23:00
Wednesday 17:00-23:00
Thursday 17:00-00:00
Friday 17:00-01:30
Saturday 10:00-01:30
Sunday 10:00-23:00

Features

Gay Gay-friendly (straight venue) Live music Casual Food served Walk-ins welcome No dress code

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Dra L L
Dra L L Jun 2026
★★★★★

Great place for live music. Hit and miss on food. The chicken wings were great. Fries great. The rib eye ordered medium rare arrived well done and charred. But the music is always top notch and the reason for going. Very cute and lively place.

Beatrice Kelsey-Sjoberg
Beatrice Kelsey-Sjoberg Jun 2026
★★★★★
Monica Ramirez
Monica Ramirez Jun 2026
★★★★★
joyce
joyce Jun 2026
★★★★★

A colleague recommended us the place. We went in the afternoon, the place was empty. We took a table outisde. As we wanted a big table to have more space,the staff denied it just in case a group come...the place was empty! We sat at a small table. Ordered the food/drinks. After some time the bill came wihtout us asking. It was around 78$ with an additional 7% on the top to support the band or whatever, as it it wasn't mandatory I asked it to be removed since there was no live music...she explained,it wasn't included in the bill either way. We decided to split,my colleague thought the tip was included and pressed "No tip" but the card machine wouldn't let her pay. The staff said if you don't want to tip,press "No tip" that's fine. Then she proceed to gave us a lesson about how rude it was to not tip hee cause she earns less money etc...we were shocked by the attitude. I advised her to take it with her boss if she doesn't earn good salary(neither do I and I don't force my customer to tip me). We were forced to tip..but then when the bill was about to be settled she claimed we were down by 8$..I gave her 9$ in cash. She NEVER offered the change back,neither explained how we were still missing money after both paying extra tips on that bill!!!! We felt scammed! This never happens in Europe...

Josh Bone
Josh Bone Jun 2026
★★★★★
Sean Wassoodew
Sean Wassoodew Jun 2026
★★★★★
Lore Z
Lore Z Jun 2026
★★★★★

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Last updated on 2 November 2026

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