Rain

Rain was great several years ago. but lately its an over-​promoted and over-​hyped dump with bad entertainment. Some of the acts I have seen are just «bad». Tech problems and tone deaf singers not aware that guests are leaving the club from constant painful feedback whine.
They need to rebuild a shattered image of trying to make a quick buck and re-​start the oldies nights, the karaōke nights, dance music nights and get rid of all the promotions. Nobody cares who the DJ is. When cheap promoters change up the regularly scheduled entertainment — customers like myself won’t be back.

Good place to hangout with friends or make new ones. Fridays are the best days. Casual dress code. Not expensive.

What a disappointment. Used to come here all the time for country stuff, and it used to be great. Now that they’ve renovated everything, it’s such a waste. They put tables and chairs all over the dance floor, don’t do country but once in a blue moon, and the dj mixes and messes up the music. If you’re looking for a place to dance and have a great time, DONT come here. You have a better time at some local dive bar.

This place is creep central.
I have had the great misfortune to be dragged here twice. The second (and hopefully last) time I came here, I was obligated to attend because it was a friend’s bachelorette party, so I very well couldn’t say NO NO NO TURN THIS PARTY BUS AROUND AND DRIVE US STRAIGHT TO HELL.
Let me make this brief: We paid 10 $ to have a couple of ugly, over-​dressed, spray-​tanned broads (trannies?) pick a fight with us in the bathroom. Then some creep LICKED my friend’s bare shoulder while she was on the dance floor. But the woo woos were decent. Sadly, there was not enough booze in the world to make this place awesome. How this place routinely books the semi-​famous pop and hip-​hop acts of yesteryear is totally beyond me. I wouldn’t go back here if God was here in drag riding a fire-​breathing tyrannosaurus and granting wishes.

Came in on a random Friday night. Rain is located inside a bowling alley and at face value it seems like a good setup for a bar and a dance floor. They had live music, which was unfortunately some type of disco, and when they went off stage it would switch to top 40/​pop. Quite an interesting mix of music as was the crowd. The crowd ranged from 21 — 60. The drinks were good and so were the prices. If I was planning a night out on the town I’m not sure I would go here again.

Was so much better when it was The Town Line Lounge, great, live bands, good, cheap drinks and cover. Its a bowling alley in Malden people… This isn’t Boston, South Beach, or Manhattan (which I think the drinks are better and cheaper !!),.ITS MALDEN!.. all the band-​aids won’t fix what you’re trying to be. Sorry but true.

I came due to an invitation from their Facebook site promising a great night at their Country Fridays… well, a great night is the last thing any of the people in my party had!
Our party got to the front door where we presented our ID’s. I was first and was allowed inside, only to speak to the person who was collecting the cover charge because their cover charge was a few dollars more than the invitation has stated. I found that my friends had been detained by the bouncer and owner, who only identified himself as such after I persisted in speaking with someone in charge.
I was speaking with the cover charge counter woman [who was actually very nice] when I heard one of my friends call out to me, I turned around and came back out into the lobby area to find the owner was giving my friends a very difficult time, even at times coming off as a bully.
When I asked what the problem was, the owner informed me that my friends did not look exactly like the photos on their licenses. My reply was «Our licenses are legal, but that none of us truly looks like exactly as their driver’s license photo?»
When he stated that none of my friends would get in, even after only identifying 2 of the 5 people in our party, he then turned to me and said in a bullying manner «You are not going in either!» and then in a loud and threatening voice told us to leave.
When I informed him that his behavior was rude and very discriminatory [these were our government issued legal driver’s licenses, and again, almost no one looks like their license, especially after 4 years. A properly trained doorman is trained to check eyes and face structure for proper ID of any person, male or female… especially on occasions such as their Halloween parties], he then turned loud and in a threatening manner demanded that we leave, which we did.
It is one thing to be cautious, but it is another thing all together to discriminate against and bully people…
The next day, some of our mutual friends who were expecting us at this club asked me where we were that night, and I informed them of the events of the evening. A total fun evening ruined because of one manager and his discriminatory attitude!
Let’s just say that I have taken action against the establishment, where the owner claims to have the incident «on video tape», yet at every opportunity has yet to bring said video to light, citing excuse after excuse! This only serves to show the true colors of this establishment, and I will not recommend it to anyone EVER!
There are much nicer, more classier establishments within minutes of this place that I highly recommend you give your business to instead. At least they will appreciate it and they will certainly work hard to earn your $$$ !!!

I’ve been to Rain many (maybe to many) times and on any given night it can be a 1 star or 5 star experience.
Pros:
–Great shows and theme nights! They have some of the best older acts and the ticket prices are always reasonable. I just went to see the 80s/​90s King of Freestyle Stevie B. (I’ve been to see him a few times). They recently had SWV, and upcoming shows with Bret Michael and Bell Biv Devoe.
–Nice setup and décor. Their is tons of seating and 3 different bars nicely spread out across the place. The décor overall feels a little upscale (it’s nice!)
–Free Parking
–Outdoor smoking area that is covered and heated, and you can bring your drinks.
–Woman walking around selling pizza by the slice. I’ve only seen her earlier in the night (maybe I’m to drunk to notice later). Some people laugh at it, but you never know when you can use a slice :)
Cons:
–Drink are priced a little to high, especially when you get a bartender with a light pour
–The employees can be assholes sometimes. I was dancing next to a girl that dropped and broke a glass. She just moved away, so I told one of the big burly bouncers (thinking that, oh I don’t know, they might want to clean it up before someone falls and hurts themselves). His response was «what do you want me to do about it, you shouldn’t have dropped your cup». I didn’t drop shit, I was just being nice, but whatever
–Bathrooms are to small and almost always running low on soap
There is definitely a good amount of older people, but I love it. Watching them party like it’s 1979 gives me something to laugh at (not to their faces, I’m not that much of a bitch!)

I went there a couple of times for country night. I thought it was mediocre at best on my first visit. but I decided to try it again since I live so close to it.
This place is mostly a «click» type crowd. Many of the regulars know each other. but if you’re not part of that regular crowd. it’s not very welcoming. On both nights that I attended. the bands were kind of crappy. I’ve definitely seen much better bands at other venues around new england.
The bartenders were kind of rude. And overall, I felt like I was in a shady, drug infested, dirty, dive bar.
Next time I’m in the mood for some good country music. I’ll definitely look elsewhere. This place just doesn’t cut it.

Country Line dancing night is a lot of fun. You can’t let the «trashy» look of the bowling alley next door scare you away, once in RAIN the crowd is a lot nicer.

Been long time since I’ve been here !!
When we first arrived we notice right away that they had remodeled which gave the place a fresh new look, it was same 10 dollar cover charge, and it was eighty’s night so music was awesome fun to dance to !!!
Friendly wait staff came and filled are drinks as needed, pizza was also available the wait staff walked around with trays as, to satisfy your munchies !!
Also jello shots if so desired were also available !!
It was also brought to our attention they have country night and many other themes to keep you coming back, I was sold I would definitely be coming for another visit great nite with friends even ran into old friends and that was awesome !!!
Smoking area is in back !!!
Lots of parking ‚
Great bartenders they made the best drinks, and the Dj had us dancing all night long I would definitely recommend rain great nite !!!

I was dragged here by my roommates one night. I was told that it is a great dive to go to when you live in Malden, FIrst off there was not a single person in the bar (we arrived at 11:15 on a friday) paid $ 6. when i found out if you know the people at the door you can get in for free. Got some overly priced drinks at the bar $ 8 for 12 oz of pretty much just soda no liquor i had to ask the girl 3 times to put more in…
the only reason why I gave this place 2 stars is they had a nice atmosphere if more people were there and there was this crazy woman dancing by herself on the dance floor and I was told she comes every friday. the crazy woman alone would be why I would every pay $ 6 again otherwise ill stick with going anywhere else

If u want to go shake ur booty then this place will do… I luv the Grey Goose & Monster drinks I get… yummm DJ Billy Costa is so nice {took pic with him :)} Great time if ur with the right ppl. Luv all the Old School they play… Hip Hop, Freestyle (yes they play all the good Freestyle music), Rap, Techno, Pop, Top 40 etc… I like this place :)

Good place if you dont want to go into Boston and deal with all the hassle. The bartender was AWESOME! drinks were high (10 bucks) but really strong and the bartender was really attentive and we never had to fight for her attention. a little bummed at the cover, i thought most clubs let you in for free before ten. dancing was fun, we had to snicker at the girls dancing in uggs and booty shorts on the little stages. the guys? some wierdos, but you get that anyplace. bathrooms were ok. plenty of security. had fun, didnt have to fight to sit down or get drinks and free easy parking. dj kept cutting the songs in the middle and mixing the choruses which was kinda dumb. but i had fun!

i give it 4 stars!!! this club is great. great people great music great drinks!!! it is worth a try and you“ll enjoy yourself. yea there are 65 year old people there but who says they cant enjoy it too. hahahaha
i used to go every friday night but i stopped bec of work schedule. its awesome!!! saturdays are the best days to go :)

YIKEZZZZZZZZZ!
Armani Exchange OVERLOAD. Paintings of Bob Marley and Janet Jackson (w/​exposed nipple). $ 10 cover chargez. Attached bowling alley. A girl walking around with a tray of pizza vs. cktlz. Juggalo bumper stickers on cars in the parking lot.
There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home…

If you don’t mind dancing next to 65 years old people, drunk? Then this place is for you! I’m very honest about my reviews and I don’t like people that writes bad reviews based on one experience. So that being said, rain nightclub in Malden is probably the worst place to go in mass any day of the week. Saturday nights, Billy costa shows up and goes to the mic for some bs, the dj plays 50 songs in 8 minutes, horrible drinks, the entire place is just bad. The people that goes to this place are people that can’t get in anywhere else, don’t have a car to go somewhere else, are really drunk to make decisions, or are 65 and just don’t care about life so if you fit in any of those categories go to rain :)

I love to dance.
That being said, if I’m spending more of my time with my booze and cigarettes outside, there’s something wrong. If you’re a smoker, you’ll love that it has an outdoor area completely closed in, with heaters for those cold New England winters. Five stars for that.
But only for that. Drinks weren’t great. I don’t feel this place is quality enough to be charging such a cover to their male patrons. If you’re going to charge a man $ 10, you better provide some sweet looking ass. Not a bunch of middle aged women trying to dance to the latest reggae song like it’s 1977.
I do always get a pretty good laugh out of this place though. Who can’t have fun watching other people make fools of themselves?

Picture every «North Shore» stereotype, young and old, in a large, tastefully decorated warehouse with alcohol and Billy Costa. What two words come to mind? People watching. Which happens to be one of my favorite things to do. That and the free parking are the two things going for this place.
If you are looking for Kiss 108 music, expensive drinks, and foolishly drunk folks, then this is the place for you. However, I would recommend just driving the extra 7 minutes into the city to get the whole experience.

I’ve been here twice and really enjoyed the experience.
Here’s what Rain has going for it…
1.The cover charge is cheap. The first time I went, I paid about $ 10 and the second time I paid 5. If I’d been a girl, my second visit would have been free. That’s a deal.
2. Parking lot. Free. Enough said.
3. The music is great. On my first visit, the soundtrack of the evening was like the soundtrack of my life. It was like the DJ (forget who) was finely in tune with all my favorite songs, starting with Jr. High and ending in the present. On my second visit, Jim (gay Jim from KISS 108) played more stuff I love and I really liked about 90% of the music
4. Bar-​good stuff
5. The crowd– No one seems terribly judgmental or pretentious. I like that. I can just go dance with my friends and have a good time.
All in all, an excellent venue for busting a move, just a bit north of Boston.