Alibi, Boston, Massachusetts Restaurant Details

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"Flirtation and flashing of skin" is the M.O. of the "beautiful", well-heeled crowd at this "swanky" lounge in West End's Liberty Hotel (a converted former jailhouse); loyalists praise its "celebrity mug shots" and "glorious" patio but pan the criminally "expensive" cocktails and "life-sentence", peak-hour bar lines.

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Cute theme. But the food was mediocre.

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Great space, good vibe, and attentive wait staff. The food isn't bad either! I liked the fact that it wasn't as loud as some other post-work hang out places.

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Worst Club Ever! Rude, Disrespectful, and overall Bad service

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I would give this place a 5-star for their decor, but not so much for their service. Alibi Bar is located on the ground floor of the Liberty Hotel, which is historic and well known for being a prison once upon the time. We were greeted by a jaded, grumpy manager when us girls came into the bar. You would think he would be a little nicer to us cute girls, umm no!

It's interesting when a waitress doesn't know the menu very well. When I asked for her recommendations, she gave me the generic answer of "All of em' are pretty good", which is not helpful at all. If the staff isn't excited over their own restaurant and menu, how can they expect me to be?!

In the end, I ordered their 'Cold Hand Cuke'-vodka, muddled cucumber & mint, and pineapple. Their drinks were strong ($13 on average) and standard. It wasn't too sweet, which I liked...like I wrote earlier, the drink is standard, but nothing out of the ordinary. We also ordered a magherita pizza, which was also just A-OK since the crust overwhelmed half the pizza...it reminded me of a frozen pizza at home, but not as bad. It is one par above, sad huh? PS, our pizza came out 10x faster than our drinks.

Alibi has a nice outdoor patio area for drinks, but the inside seating is where you get the feel for what you really came here for...brown stones and bars!

Overall, the service was horrible, the drinks were okay, and the decor was fantastic! Can anyone say new management please?

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A jail turned hotel, what better drink to have here then the Dirty Harry which is basically your typical dirty vodka martini with blue cheese stuffed olives. The olives were not so appetizing they looked more like cat food stuffed olives and didn't have that fresh blue cheese taste.

We also ordered white truffle Parmesan fries served in a huge bento box, warm goat cheese cakes, and mushroom and ricotta pizza. The food was outstanding, but the best part of the evening was being able to sit outside under Boston skies during twilight. To continue down the prison theme, we got our bill along with a postcard with Mick Jagger's mug shot. Nice touch.