This venue is trash at best. Yeah it looks nice inside but their dress code is unbelievable strict, the drinks are outrageously priced (for 3 drinks i paid $68), and there's ZERO places to sit or stand. So unless you have money to throw in the trash for a $1,000 - $2,200 VIP table, I HIGHLY recommend going somewhere else. Oh not to mention, no matter where you stand (if you're not VIP) you get told you're in the way and need to move. The dance floor is obnoxiously small and while I was there the other night I was told "you can't stand here" or "you need to move that way" by security about 15 times.
I went to the grand this past Saturday and had the worst experience. I was hanging out a group of my friends and my boyfriend, the whole night I ordered seltzers with limes because I didn't feel like drinking. I went to the bathroom and came back to stand with the group and a women who worked there in a black jacket came up to me and told me to come with her. I figured I may have left my phone in the bathroom, but that was not the case. She brought me into a back room and she then lead me to an elevator down to the street. I asked her what the issue was and she just kept saying "I think you need to leave". I kept saying I wasn't drunk and was confused as to where we were going. She walked me out of the club through the front doors and just kept walking down the street. I was uncomfortable and sat down in a busy area. I asked again what the problem was and she ignored me and just kept saying "just stay here you need to go home". She walked away and left me. Lucky enough my boyfriend was following me the whole time. He didn't like the situation and neither did his friends. We thought maybe it was because I wasn't ordering drinks, but I still felt weird about the situation. The fact that I was removed from a group of people and escorted into a random room, into an elevator and left outside alone is UNSAFE! We will never be going back to this club and I warn every girl who plans to go, to be aware of your surroundings. I don't want to think what could have happened if I didn't sit in a crowded area and kept following her down the road. Please stay safe if you ever go to the Grand.
I’m giving this place 2 stars because the manager D (that’s all I remember honestly) and an African American Guard with curly hair, spoke to me and helped me calm down after I had a panic attack. A guard by the name of Sal, I believe, was so disrespectful. He constantly pushed me back aggressively. There was people behind me and on both sides of me so there was really no where for me to move. When I told him to stop pushing me, he told me “I’m not pushing you” as he continues to, what I felt, assault me. You weren’t allowed to sit, you weren’t allowed to even lean on the DJ table just to rest your feet. I felt super overwhelmed that I had to be escorted out. They only cater to VIP who weren’t even there to enjoy the show. They just kept leaving their booth. I didn’t even enjoy my time with Krewella for the last 20 minutes of the show. If you’re an artist, stay away from this venue. It’s definitely not worth it.Can we talk about dress code? We were supposed to be dress in business casual or whatever and then there were girls dressed like they were going to a rave (which is fine but this isn’t a place for rave parties).There were people smoking either from a vape or marijuana. People were lazy and decided to throw drinks at people.
The staff didn’t seem to know how to run the club. They kept being rude pushing their way when their could have been a bar in the front to keep the audience back from the stage. Their was one security with curly hair that was very rude didn’t seem to care about others just seemed to only care about the twig females . He pushed my arm violently out of the way when I was trying to get videos . You guys need to figure a better way to keep guest from getting pushed around. I feel I was going to get trampled half the time . I thought you were supposed to keep your guest safe but seems another AstroWorld will happen >:( honestly feel half the crowd wasnt there to listen to the music just be stupid and drink . The people that ACTUALLY wanted to listen got pushed around . We paid good money .
I decided to give this place a shot since they brought in Krewella and I was fresh from EDC, but they definitely only cater to the VIPs. There's a strict dress code as well. You cannot have a tanktop on, no shorts, and no hats as well.They seem to oversell general admission as the dance floor will be packed to the brim and when a VIP table orders a drink you will be SHOVED out of the way by security so they can deliver. The place only offers seating for extra as any table or sofa is for the VIP experience.My guess is they sell general admission as a courtesy so their more wealthy guests can feel like they're experiencing a real life party.Only advice I can offer is to avoid this place unless you feel like dropping at least a few thousand for a VIP table. I can say I was treated rough enough that I won't be coming back.
This place is the worst designed club and has the tiniest dance floor of any club I've ever been too. And it's shrunk even more because the security constantly push people away from the edges to make room for the bottle service parade that comes to the tables right next to the floor--and do so even when there is no parade! And there were like 10-12 VIP tables so there were lots of parades. It was so obnoxious esp when the floor was packed tight that we couldn't even stay on the floor. Thankfully there was some room in the back along a rail for real dancing but it was smallish and the only reason it worked for us is that there were only 6-8 people there. The drinks were so overpriced ($34 for a well whiskey/soda and rum and coke) that we stopped drinking. Astonishingly, the place literally only has two toilets for the entire club (unless there are VIP-only ones I didn't see) and there was NO WHERE to sit other than the VIP tables--literally not a single chair even in the very very back. WTH? The cover was an outrageous $40 at the door but if there's a ticketed show, you should be able to get a cheaper ticket through Ticketmaster which I had when I went. I would never pay $40--or probably even $10--for this tiny overly pretentious place. The only reason I gave it two stars instead of one is that the DJ played a great mix and we ultimately had fun dancing in the back of the room, but I don't plan to go back unless there's a big name DJ and it's not sold out--because selling out would probably mean the back of the room would be so crowded that there would literally be no where to properly get down. They really need to redesign the whole place.
Best club in Boston! The sound system is amazing.. always good vibes! Love coming here for big name DJs but also love the open format Saturday night DJs! If you haven't been here yet, you are missing out!!
Great place but very inconsistent with security allowing some items in for people but not others. Two of my items (goggles and spiked choker) were confiscated and I had to tuck in my belt chain? Overall a great experience and the staff were very friendly.
TLDR: bad experience because of the wait to get in, then once inside the crowd was hardly dancing.40+ minute wait in 20 degrees to get in to a concert that I have a ticket for because of the coat check line. Really need to fix the logistics to speed up getting people inside. The bouncers were friendly enough but the layout of a dance floor that is sunken in is dumb because the stairs cant be occupied so a large area is just unusable. The location is pretty inconvenient. Just go to a different venue that is more fun.You have lost a customer
This place really is about the VIPs. General admission looked fun too but you spend most of the night either on a crowded dance floor or getting yelled at because you are in the way. But as a VIP the service was top notch and they have it set up beautifully. Showed up early and our table got upgraded to right in front of the stage. Great DJs and having Brianna Chicken Fry there made the whole thing even cooler.