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4.0 of 5 stars.
I want to preface this entire review by saying that I do NOT like Kells.With that out of the way, let me explain why I'm giving it four stars. I'm a regular at Kells. Perhaps it's because of the...
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Oh God. The Kells SUCKS. I declare this place to be d-bag central. You don't want to go here. Sketchy as all hell.
yelp.com - user review - 09/25/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
NO. Just say no. I'm tempted to give them two stars. Why? Because every time I end up here I'm witness to things that make a very good story. Horrifying, maybe, but a good story.
yelp.com - user review - 09/20/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Steroids and sleezy girls, or the worst of what BC and BU have to offer. This place sucks and so do its patrons. Sorry, but it's true. I've had some regrettable experiences in this bar and hope never...
yelp.com - user review - 09/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It is what it is...a hangout for college students. Everyone going there knows what it is and shouldn't expect any more. Drinks are cheap as hell, which is awesome. Gets really crowded on Thursday...
yelp.com - user review - 09/10/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Stay clear of this place unless you like drunk and angry college men all who seem to want to fight. Cheese fest for certain. There are so many other bars in the area worthy of your time, this is not...
yelp.com - user review - 09/08/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Unless you want to see disturbing images of drunk and slutty girls grinding against inanimate objects and shady men, avoid the Kells. The drinks taste bad anyway. Monday "beer" pong/beirut nights are...
yelp.com - user review - 09/07/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Sucks sucks sucks. A frat party posing as an Irish bar. Bad music, asshole jock toolboxes, and a drink in a plastic cup. Yipee. Fail.
yelp.com - user review - 08/26/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I guess we came on an Asian night. My friend was leaving town soon and this is the place she chose. I'm always a little sketched out by all "insert ethnicity" scenes as I don't really see the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/25/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
It does NOt get any worse than here.When I was in my early 20's I could tolerateIt has been downhill for this place since jump street.Bad Ownership Bad Management = heinous
yelp.com - user review - 07/16/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Why did I spend my Saturday night here?I actually thought the Kells was nice inside. The drinks were fairly priced, $5.25 vodka & crans and there was no cover for girls.It was just.. boring. I spent a...
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
If it weren't for my friend's obsession with this place (which I really do not understand), I will not set foot into this godforsaken place. The so call dance floor is tiny and gross. The supposed...
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Here's a pretty good summary:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yaSLtCI0Ak"Fuck the Kells" by local band Vagiant
yelp.com - user review - 06/23/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Straight up, this the worst bar in Allston. It is no fun at all. Don't go there. There's always a cover, they've made up some bullshit dress code and the bar lacks even a hint of atmosphere. It's all...
yelp.com - user review - 06/22/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
OH KELLS.if I weren't a recent graduate, and more than half my friends choose to hang out at this establishment on monday AND thursday nights, I would have give it a 2 out of 5. The people really do...
yelp.com - user review - 06/09/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
drink prices are what you'd expect. $10 for a grateful dead....damn but oh so wicked strong. worth it. 2 or 3 of these and you're feelin REAL nice. all in all though, the experience compares to any...
yelp.com - user review - 06/09/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
After about a 3 year hiatus I once again entered the doors... Big Mistake!!! Booo to the $6 cover (this is Allston people) and Boooo to the creeps that still go here. I vow to never step foot in here...
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I have been to the Kells on a weekend. Yes there was BU trash. Yes there were frat boys. Yes there were skanky girls. But in sifting through all the overly pretentious reviews in which the...
yelp.com - user review - 05/29/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Okay, if I were reviewing the Kells on a Saturday night during prime college kid season, it'd be -1 stars...but I'm not - I'm reviewing the Kells on a Tuesday night in late May, after the BU kids have...
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
The Kells is disgusting.Sometimes some of my friends like to go here cause I guess you can get really drunk and no one cares? I'm assuming that's because the sketchy date rapists lurking in every...
yelp.com - user review - 05/12/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This place should be shut down and the people who like this place should be thrown in Guantanamo Bay. The people who attend here regularly are the types who have too many kids, pass on their...
yelp.com - user review - 05/09/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm giving this 5 stars for the same reason everyone else is giving it one or two.. it's a wicked WICKED sketchy place.. but I always seem to have an absolute blast here. My first adventure to the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/23/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
haha, where to start with kells. world renowned as the sketchiest irish bar/dance spot in allston, the kells really is what you make of it. i have an area in my heart for this place, as it really is...
yelp.com - user review - 04/05/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Allow me to paint you a 1-10 step by step portrait of a typical night at The Kells:1. Bouncer stares down ID, makes unfunny comment, and instructs you to take your hoodie off, or else.2. To enter the...
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2.0 of 5 stars.
the kell's is a shitshow. we all know this. it truly is what you make of it. and if you just wanna hit the dance floor (and inevitably be hit on by some skeezeball) then do it- just dance! i love to...
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1.0 of 5 stars.
It's a dump.It's a Chinese bar dressed up like an Irish dance club. The clientele are the types you usually find in the more popular Worcester bars: guys are found in 6-packs at the local dollar store...
yelp.com - user review - 03/17/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I used to work at the Kells around 10 years ago. The used to have an open mic night featuring some good local talent. Mostly Allston/Cambridge locals playing some decent tunes. The rest of the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Avoid it. I agree with the previous review; the guys that congregate outside (and in) just want to fight. There is no reason to go here... none.
yelp.com - user review - 02/23/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Say it with me now, people, "I am not a piece of meat. My parents did not abuse me. I have self respect."Ok, now if reciting the above didn't make you break down into tears, never go to the Kells....
yelp.com - user review - 02/13/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I am definitely one of those people who can have a good time pretty much anywhere. Unfortunately for The Kells, my night here was fun because I was gawking at what a ridiculous excuse for a bar this...
yelp.com - user review - 02/12/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
WARNING: Women are not safe at The Kells. This place has a bad reputation as a bar where many date-rapists go to drug unsuspecting women, many of whom are college students.Ask anyone around and...
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Whoa. Like. Woah. Biz.Add.This place was. Well, gross.A friend of a friend rented out the basement of The Kells, so we got in for a private party. The music kind of sucked. And the floor just looked...
yelp.com - user review - 02/03/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I don't understand the need for so many words.This place sucks.The staff has a collective god complexThe drinks are crap.The food is awful.The male patrons look like they can be bought at costco: 40...
yelp.com - user review - 02/03/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
HARK i see a slut. notice her platform flip-flops, see how they scoff at the winter. observe with me her melon boobies bouncing vigorously in her halter top as she bumps, as she grinds.. to john...
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I used to go here about 5-10 years ago and it was not the sketch factor that is is described as now...wow! Or maybe, I didn't have crazy things happen b/c i didn't act crazy or easy....hmm.......
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This place is legit JOCKARIO central. You roll in here and what you will find is a bunch of legit bro-dudes with tight fades and popped collars groping girls with $3 fake blond hair dye jobs. Chicks...
yelp.com - user review - 01/26/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I decided to give this place a new review based on the last couple of times I went. It has changed I think from the past few years and the changes are caused as much from the closing of the Avalon...
yelp.com - user review - 01/24/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
DO NOT give your hard earned money to this festering dump of a bar!I go there with a friend on Thursday. The 3 bouncers at the door (bar was empty....kind of overkill don't you think?) were obnoxious...
yelp.com - user review - 01/16/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I feel like I have to defend the Kells. Trust me, I know. The place is sketchy and groping happens and leering happens and it gets crowded and sketchy. Yes, yes I know. Yes, the DJ only rotates his...
yelp.com - user review - 01/09/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
The Kells is actually a very nice bar!! ... when the people who usually give their patronage to Kells on the weekend are not present.
yelp.com - user review - 12/07/2008
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It's like a frat party with a cover charge. I strongly suspect they watered my beer. It's more or less the most horrifying frat bar in Allston, which is a highly competitive position. Don't be friends with...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/13/2008
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I'm sure a lot of people have stories of good times at the Kells - I unfortunately am too old for this atmosphere. It's your typical bar plus dance floor place but it gets WAY too crowded on that dance floor....
citysearch.com - user review - 10/28/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
still 1 star, but just to show you the kind of clientele who goes here, I received a "compliment" from one of you charming yelpers which went something like this"you better watch your mouth...I met my...
yelp.com - user review - 10/12/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
The Kells is a poser bar. It's a college dive bar pretending to be a trendy urban bar, and its patrons are sketchy, skanky college (BC) kids pretending to be trendy urban sophisticates.The basement is...
yelp.com - user review - 10/05/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
They actually want me to pay to get in here?My god.
yelp.com - user review - 09/08/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
So I was all ready to write a scathing review here, but it seems everyone has beat me to it... not much new to add. Only go if you are feeling perversely curious or big city has burnt to the ground....
yelp.com - user review - 08/19/2008
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-Crappy bartenders, they slow -Sticky dancefloor -Bouncers who tell a group of black kids behind me that the bar is full at 1am (it was maybe 3/4 full) and they wouldn't be letting anyone else in for the...
kudzu.com - user review - 07/22/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Irish Asian fusion?Dragons and shamrocks?What the hell is on my jeans?Carved oak and stainless steel?This place is interesting and filled with questions. Depending on which way you look you're in a...
yelp.com - user review - 07/13/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Like most people who went to college in Boston, I ended up at The Kells once or twice, usually after having consumed well beyond the legal limit of alcohol for a mammal in North America.I equate the...
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I find it interesting that so many reviewers are so shocked by such a variety of things they deem inadequate for a restaurant/bar/lounge such as Kells. Well, aren't we sophisticated? I like to...
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I just want to go on record for saying that my roommates and I used to OWN the Kells. Not in the sense that we actually owned and operated it, but that we always won and the Kells always lost....
yelp.com - user review - 06/26/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This place pretty much offends all five senses. Sometimes, the Aqua di Gio and Smirnoff Ice mixture is so strong you can taste it if a large enough crowd walks by. How about that hot bar festering in...
yelp.com - user review - 06/24/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
If it were not for the fact that I was here... wasted... at the end of a bar crawl... and we had the private room downstairs... this place would get 1 star. Plastic cups for Jagerbombs... dude... my...
yelp.com - user review - 06/17/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
WHATEVER! I went to BC for undergrad! I will heart the Kells and its disgusting, sticky dance floors for the rest of my life. Whenever I hear Hey Ya, I imagine myself back there, wasted and...
yelp.com - user review - 06/03/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I guess when you live in the Greater Boston area, everyone's got to experience the Kells at least once in their life right? Well I got to experience the Kells once and will only be once. Replay of the...
yelp.com - user review - 06/01/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
All I know is that if I need a drink, here is where I find one. The bartenders are very busy, but friendly. And... AND! They like to "accidently" overpour, guaranteeing a good time. 2-for-1 Deals are...
yelp.com - user review - 05/28/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Grope-tastic! OMG the stories I have from the Kells. Having gone to BC undergrad the Kells was the typical Wednesday night hangout ($1 drafts). Then something interesting started to happen, girls...
yelp.com - user review - 05/23/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I agree with a majority of the reviews of the Kells. I would NEVER come back again, if it weren't for the manager Brian. There was a racist, condescending, definitely UNEDUCATED without a degree...
yelp.com - user review - 05/16/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I am drunk and reviewing the Kells. And... wow. SKETCH!!!! Guyys are not HOT. NOT.. HOT.. except Chris and Mike. Other than that NOT HOT. AnD pricing. not so much. COver? Not so much.Guys try...
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I'll keep this short! This is an horrible excuse of a bar. Don't ever go here! Unless you are 21 and just started drinking and think its really cool..... LAME!!!!
yelp.com - user review - 05/09/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I'm currently boycotting The Kells. Why? A couple of years ago, my brother, who was 22 at the time, had his MASSACHUSETTS license taken away from him on a Monday night when there were about 5 people...
yelp.com - user review - 04/28/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
So I know that whenever I end up at the Kells, the next morning I am going to have a major hangover and be ordering Little Pizza King at 11:30AM and watching Lifetime movies all day.I am never in my...
yelp.com - user review - 04/25/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Hey! Who does not want to feel like they are at a college party when they go to the bar?!? Well, clearly not me, but I was all excited to write a bad review about this place, until I saw everyone's...
yelp.com - user review - 04/14/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Only friendly, nice-mannered folk goes to the Kells" my friend Rick told me last year. He must have had one of those brain farts or mental breakdowns or something because it was certainly the worst...
yelp.com - user review - 04/14/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Crowd: college students and gross old lonely men trying to pick them up. It is crowded and I can't believe it is a restaurant?!? I did go here a lot when I was younger -but I was also stupid as all...
yelp.com - user review - 02/21/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
They actually call themselves a restaurant? I don't think that I've ever eaten food at this place. All I've ever known The Kells to be was a dirty college bar.Easily one of the sketchiest bars I've...
yelp.com - user review - 02/20/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I've gone to the Kells several times, but I gave it a visit with some of my girls last night. To my surprise, the music was pretty decent (Hip Hop, R&B, Reggae, Top 40s).. but it started to get a...
yelp.com - user review - 02/16/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Where do I even start? This was one of the first places I went out to when I first visited Boston. It reminded me of when I was 19 and used a fake ID to get into places. It was packed with underage...
yelp.com - user review - 01/16/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Ended up here because my friends are slightly dumb and rather new to Boston. Rather than experience all the lovely neighborhoods in this fair city they insist on going to Allston EVERY time we go...
yelp.com - user review - 01/15/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
The Kells is just plain horrible. I won't even delve into the endless reasons why, with the exception of one:The dance floor is like watching a gang bang. Creepy men line its perimeters watching all...
yelp.com - user review - 01/10/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of my least favorite places in Boston. If you're under 21 or would like to pretend you still are and have to go to shitty places then THIS is your place. Not my scene at all - very young...
yelp.com - user review - 01/10/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This bar (read: hellhole) is going through a serious identity crisis. The sign announcing (the invariable Irish name) "the Kells" is flanked by shamrocks, yet the interior is Asian fusion? What the...
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
CRAP.
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Ick. Just...ick. This place is up the street from me. The douchebaggiest douchebags flock toward it like moths to a porch light.And Irish/Asian fusion? With beer pong night? Seriously? I mean, come...
yelp.com - user review - 12/18/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The Kells is a young adult (college) bar/restaurant that is pretty much packed all week. My friend and I tend to towards the tail end of the week and we have a good time. For a Boston bar this place...
yelp.com - user review - 12/11/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It is what it is....This is a college bar and or a last resort when everything else has a line way too long to wait in. Is it a bad place no, but I wouldn't call it good either. I went on a Saturday...
yelp.com - user review - 11/15/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This is a shithole
yelp.com - user review - 11/14/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Waaaaaah a college bar is full of college behavior! I wanted monocles and cosmopolitans!The Kells is a meat market bar. The dance area's usually a little too packed and grindy to run my $$$money$$$...
yelp.com - user review - 11/10/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I hate this place, it totally blows whale penis.Don't go here unless you're a meat head looking to grind on ugly sluts or vice versa and overpay for weak drinks.
yelp.com - user review - 09/07/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I don't like this place. Kells... you might think Irish, right?No. Asian as well? Mmm, no. Scandalous? Affirmative. My ex got kicked out of here several times with his boys. He deserved it, but the...
yelp.com - user review - 09/01/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Seemed pretty standard fare bar/club scene. The bouncer was kind of a dick that particular night, and I've heard of creepy men lounging around the dance floor area. Check it out if you're a BU...
yelp.com - user review - 08/21/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place is bad but we still cant resist..... When nothing else is really going on but you want to go out.... The Kells is a cheap place to go and can be fun or suck!So Fridays Chicks get in free...
yelp.com - user review - 08/07/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Gross. Do I need to write more?I walked in last night to find a Beruit tournament going on in the back and a whole bunch of dudes "scoping" out the place. I left immediately and yet I still feel dirty...
yelp.com - user review - 07/03/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
When I was in college I had the misfortune of living in a sublet one summer across the street from the Kells. The only night I ever got to sleep before 2 am was on Sunday, which (at least at the time)...
yelp.com - user review - 07/03/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I found it hilarious when they did a renovation and it ended up as a Chinese food joint yet still maintained the high sleeze factor. What else to add on top of all the other reviews? Maybe some...
yelp.com - user review - 06/28/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
How does this place have ANY stars?? I went with three of my friends that I hardly ever go out with and was so excited about....and was so disappointed. I realize that a lot of bard are meat...
yelp.com - user review - 06/24/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
The Kells is no good. The food is mediocre at best. The bouncers act like the bar is some kind of hotspot for the hip and rich, while everyone in the bar is some loser with a popped collar. I really...
yelp.com - user review - 06/05/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
The Kell's is so bad it's good. I'm not going to give it 5 stars though, because I'm afraid I'll get hunted down and have my house firebombed. Is the Kell's gross? Yeah. Smelly? Yeah. Is it...
yelp.com - user review - 05/22/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Need a shower just thinking about this place. Deafening music that usually plays techno or some other similar crap. packed blobs of college meatheads, middle aged rapists, and girls that either have...
yelp.com - user review - 05/16/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
**NOTE: This review is only for the Kells before 8:30 pm, when it still masquerades as a craptastic and confused Irish-Asian restaurant type place.**Desperate times call for desperate measures people....
yelp.com - user review - 04/24/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
This place is kind of strange all around. You probably wouldn't know its a chinese restaurant/ nightclub when driving by cause they have shamrocks on front sign. The atmosphere is ok, the booths we...
yelp.com - user review - 04/04/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Nothing says Irish like chop suey or pork fried rice. I don't know what's more disgusting, fat frat boys chasing an Asian chick around the bar or fat frat boys chasing an Asian cook around the bar....
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
i went there last week for the first time and also my last. it took forever to get the bartenders attention. every drink took at least 10 minutes to be placed and then another 10 minutes for the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/28/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Eh, The Kells is 50/50. Sometimes its a great time, and sometimes its just weird. I enjoy it on weeknights (Sunday, Monday) cuz it's not as crowded. Fridays there is no cover for girls before 11pm. It...
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Kells has the same effect on me that watching Jerry Springer has:It's really sad...really pathetic and I almost feel guilty watching BUT, I can at least walk away and say, "Well, at least I can be...
yelp.com - user review - 03/22/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Zero stars. This might be the worst bar in the city. If you're a girl, prepare to get your ass grabbed. And if you're a dude, expect to be surrounded by a million really annoying dudes. The fact...
yelp.com - user review - 02/27/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
If you are old enough to drink, you will hate this place.
yelp.com - user review - 02/25/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Only one word comes to mind when I think of this bar: HELL-or identity crisis.Expect to be groped, projectile vomited on (my friend was), and severely creeped out. This joint boasts a far worse crowd...
yelp.com - user review - 02/12/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
My friends and I used to go here the summer we turned 21 (which was actually back when it still resembled an Irish pub....) 'Nuff said.
yelp.com - user review - 02/12/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Hell. On. Earth.
yelp.com - user review - 01/30/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Got bad memories. At least, 100% guest list makes it a lil easier. But, overall a weak experience. The dance floor, whether it is the free-bacardi night or not, is occupied by drunk, ugly, mindless...
yelp.com - user review - 01/21/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
When I lived in Brighton, I used to come to the Kells with my Indian friend Sanjeeb (name changed to protect the innocent).Anyway, as much as I love Sanjeeb, he's a leg-humper. I call it the Sanjeeb...
yelp.com - user review - 01/20/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I don't think there are any recent reviews on Kells Restaurant - only on the club, so for those of you clicking in to find out information about the food and not the bouncers and high priced drinks,...
yelp.com - user review - 01/15/2007
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Doesn't matter what day I go, it's always fun. Great diverse college crowd, always great music and drinks are fairly priced. The dance floor is a good size and there is another one downstairs if the top one...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/11/2006
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The Kells is always a good time. Beer Pong Sundays, Dancing Saturdays & Fridays. . .There's always a slew of things to do at this BU favorite.
citysearch.com - user review - 11/27/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of the places in Boston where you are almost guaranteed to see a fight or receive a racist or sexist comment. People don't come here to drink, they come here to erase their minds and...
yelp.com - user review - 11/09/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
no thanks! I remember when this place used to be a lot better,, what happeend!??! another reviewer said it best: what kind of club is it??
yelp.com - user review - 10/29/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This place is the most culturally confused piece of crap I've ever been to. Are you a club? An Irish pub? A Chinese restaurant? A whorehouse? Make up your goddamn mind already and while you're at it...
yelp.com - user review - 10/24/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It's the best "hip/hop type club" bar in Allston. That's not saying much because it also happens to be the only one. Don't believe the nonsense that it is an Irish bar because it doesn't retain much...
yelp.com - user review - 10/23/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Summary: If you don't CURRENTLY go to BU or BC, don't botherI'm going to have to go ahead and agree with another reviewer about this place...it's a sausage fest! Mostly wanna-be frat boys doing...
yelp.com - user review - 10/18/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
WORST PLACE EVER. Seriously. Unless, of course, you like paying way too much for watered-down drinks in small plastic cups and getting harrassed by EVERY single guy (young or old, date or no date) in...
yelp.com - user review - 10/18/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Skeevy, sleezy factor off the charts with this place. Never was a favorite place of mine to go...If I wanted to go dancing, I'd hit the clubs, not a loud bar filled with scary peeps. I suppose if you...
yelp.com - user review - 10/16/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Always good nights to be had at the kells. Good atmosphere, good crowd , good food and lots of nice ladies......and if you want some good dancing, just go round the side of the bar, through the 'magic...
yelp.com - user review - 10/13/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
My roommates love this place but I just don't get it. Every time I've gone I've had an awkward encounter with someone creepy. Usually a drunken Carmine Gotti / Armani Exchange brand of creepy. And...
yelp.com - user review - 10/01/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Blah blah blah!I used to go here back when it opened in the early 90s and had a blast. It used to be a fun, happenin' place that actually resembled an Irish bar. What happened? Now we all call it the...
yelp.com - user review - 09/06/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Not so impressed, folks.Very collegey meat head scene. Dj was decent, but the crowd gave me sort of a sleezy feeling (you know, the stop staring at me, I'm not for sale type of feeling?). Yeah, that's...
yelp.com - user review - 08/22/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Can't say I was ever a big fan of this place. I went to school in the area, so the whole 'college student/frat' crowd was expected...but the staff, particularly bouncers, were always quite rude. In...
yelp.com - user review - 07/26/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I'd consider giving this place another star...but I just can't. I mean everytime someone said we're going to the kells, i'd make a face. extreme BU crowd. the cool thing is that they had a beer pong...
yelp.com - user review - 06/28/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Went here last night (Friday night) expecting a trashy bar with a decent dance floor and good pop/hip-hop dance music. This place is definitely a trashy sweaty meet-market, which is fine, but the...
yelp.com - user review - 06/17/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Can you spell meat market? Even as a member of the male contigent, I found the attitude of many of the guys here offensive - I don't know how the girls put up with it. Add floors sticky with spilt...
yelp.com - user review - 06/11/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
If you want a clubby club to dance at, go here. If you're not into loud hiphop, sweat, and thinking about asking that other person to dance, then The Kells is not for you.
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Oh my oh my...I've spent many a Thursday night here. Cheap drinks and plenty of semi-sleazy men who are eager to buy you drinks makes this place great fun, albeit not very classy. One night we...
yelp.com - user review - 05/24/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Aaah the Kells. Well what can I say... its so awesomely bad. What can be better than getting extremely trashed, shaking it to raunchy hip hop while trying to avoid creepy old midget men and drunken...
yelp.com - user review - 05/24/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
this place is gross, wet, spills everywhere, long lines everywhere, inside and out, overpriced, crowded, and not fun.i wish i could have given it a 0.oh yea, why is it called the kells restaurantit's...
yelp.com - user review - 05/23/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
this is basically what my gentlemen friends call a 'sausage fest'. i went there when i lived in oak square and couldn't be bothered to go all the way into town, but after 3-4 visits i gave up. i'd...
yelp.com - user review - 05/23/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Not a fan.Could it be the fact that they charge something like $7 at the door on weekends? Did they forget they all in Allston? Not worth it at all. Or perhaps maybe the reason I don't like this place...
yelp.com - user review - 04/11/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Really only one reason to come here, and that is to get drunk and laid.
yelp.com - user review - 04/04/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
You certainly have to be ready to party to have a good time here. Loud music, lots of bumpin and grindin--not for the laid back folks.The bouncers tend to be quite pricks so play it cool at the door.
yelp.com - user review - 03/09/2006
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i myself have never eaten here, but ive heard the food is good. on the weekends though, the scene is weak. very young, college crowd. overly crowded...
judysbook.com - user review - 12/15/2005
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The Kells has decent cheapo Asian food, reasonably priced drinks, and is right in the heart of Allston. But there's always a game on (something I disdain) and I've never come dancing here. I'll never...
yelp.com - user review - 12/12/2005
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Once a quality Irish bar, now its a stuck-up "meet market" for preppy students with plenty of their parents' cash to spend. The dance floor is small, the DJs are terrible, and the drinks are...
yelp.com - user review - 08/30/2005
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Eh, bring your dancin' shoes & your boxing gloves. There is always a fight breaking out at this place. The line is super long to get in on weekends.
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have fun every time I go to the Kell's. Sometimes it takes a while to pick up, but once it does, it is a great time if you like dancing. Every once in awhile, it gets a little too crowded and some...
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The Kells can be pretty fun, but I recommend having a few drinks first so you can get into it. There are 2 dance floors (on different levels) which is fun and gives you some variety, though it gets a...
yelp.com - user review - 08/18/2005
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3.0 of 5 stars.
when i went it smelled like sweat and BO. didn't appreciate the long wait for a long island ice tea. admittedly, the crowd is pretty fun mainly because they're college kids.
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2005
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The place is easy to get to because it is right on Brighton Avenue. However, it has no parking..at least to my knowledge. The food is good. However, they just added the Asian section where you can...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/05/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I like this place a lot. There's a lot of dancing happening (full floor downstairs, half upstairs) and I have always met really interesting people when i go here. I also usually don't get charged...
yelp.com - user review - 07/23/2005
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I went on a Wednesday night for a friend's birthday, and my guess is, because college was out for the summer, it wasn't that lively. There was probably more staff than patrons there! However, it does...
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The Kells is a favorite amongst BU students. Good drinks, great beer, decent prices, and a usually packed dance floor on Friday and Saturday Nights. This is a bar where you are guaranteed a good...
yelp.com - user review - 07/11/2005
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2.0 of 5 stars.
If overcrowded meat-markets filled with sweaty college kids is your thing, then the kells is the place to go for you! prepare to sweat your brains out in the summer for overpriced drinks. godforbid...
yelp.com - user review - 06/29/2005
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Every song that came on was my favorite. The service was very fast which is great considering how crowded it was. And the dance floor was crowded enough to make it fun, but not so many people you have a panic...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/02/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
For a long while, The Kells was a middle-class Irish bar, hence the name. Then Allston-Brighton changed, and in 2003 the Kells gave itself a complete makeover- went upscale, introduced a new Asian...
yelp.com - user review - 04/28/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It's a bar...with dancing. Lots of college kids, some creepy older men, but I always end up having a blast. They play great music there. It's just a great time for drinking and dancing without the...
yelp.com - user review - 02/25/2005
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This is one of the hottest spots in Boston. Thursday are unbelievable. Fridays and Saturdays the DJs play all you favorites. None of this snotty crap that goes on at the other clubs. This is now my favorite...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/09/2003
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After living in Allston for a summer, there was one consistent event: wednesday night at the Kells. Miller lite drafts for $1...usually a radio station (wbcn, waaf) having contests.
citysearch.com - user review - 08/20/2002
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If you're looking for a traditional Irish pub, this place ain't it. No pint glasses for the Guinness, and food and drink are pricey. Good place to go clubbing and meet people, but bad place if you just want to...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/17/2002
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Wednesday nights have become a tradition at The Kells. How can you beat $1 drafts on Humpday?! Granted, it is only for Miller Lite. . . . but hey, you drink Busch light and Naty light at parties don't you?
citysearch.com - user review - 06/12/2002
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