For over 100 years, The Red Hat has been serving up the finest in food and beverages. Originally, catering to sailors on leave, dockworkers and shipbuilders looking for an inexpensive place to eat, The Red Hat soon became a local favorite to businessmen on their lunch hour and ladies doing their shopping for the week.
After more than a century, The Red Hat is still showing the city's finest a good time. We still serve up the finest food and beverages in the area. We still cater to sailors on leave, dockworkers, shipbuilders, businessmen and ladies. And, most of all we are still a hotspot not to be missed while visiting the city.
Reviews for The Red Hat
The Red Hat received an average rating of 4.38 out of 5 stars from 8 reviews.
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by Pema on 6/20/2021
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In Short
Cheap bar snacks, cheap pitchers of beer and plenty of TVs combine to yield a solid dive bar experience at the Red Hat. Wildly mixed crowds tend to include a combination of the following: college students, construction… Read Full Editorial
Awesome atmosphere, great overall bar by MSchif1012 via Citysearch on 3/6/2012
I honestly don't have anything bad to say about this establishment. The food is good, affordable, and the service is excellent. Friendly staff, fun atmosphere! EASILY in my top 5 favorite bars/pubs. RED HAT!
Best Wings! by laughingoddess via Citysearch on 6/23/2010
While I love the waitresses at Red Hat they are agonizingly slow and often forget to wait on certain tables...
I've taken to approaching the waitress to put in my order and pick up my check.
It is always packed on trivia night…
So it's a hole but drinks are good, wings cheap! by villafrancesca via Citysearch on 4/28/2010
Unless you know Bowdoin and the area around Gov't center, odds are you've never been to Red Hat. It's a good place to catch a few odd Bruins though after a game. For serious. They're probably there for the 10c wings. Or the shots…
At the bottom of the Hill yet going downhill by jspiker1974 via Citysearch on 11/6/2008
This place used to be a go-to, comfortable dive for me. A couple years ago it was purchased by a corporation and it just gets worse every day. You can still get reasonably cheap beer and the physical improvements have been good without…
a total dive. cheap wings. by schevaiswood via Citysearch on 4/22/2007
it's a bit of a walk but this is where i like to go pre-game for garden events. they have cheap beers and free popcorn.
Best drinks in town! by distanttraveler via Citysearch on 9/10/2006
I've visited a lot of bars in a lot of towns in a lot of different places. I always come back to the Red Hat for two things...good drinks and good company. Like the "expert" review indicates, I started at this place as a Suffolk student…
Love the TEN Cent Wings by shortcakebake via Citysearch on 7/17/2006
The Red Hat is making a come back. New stools in the bar so you can sit and watch a game all day. The wings are great on Monday and Tuesday. The dining room looks much better after the floors were redone and new chairs.
red hat cafe by Lisa Z via Insider Pages on 7/20/2005
the red hat cafe is a nice restaurant they have a lot of different types of foods and are reasonabley priced they are located in boston and have a nice setup.
