Clash of the Ash

Christy, the bartender on a Tuesday night, does it right. She’s friendly, fast, and makes a good drink. This is an Irish bar and a darts bar. All good.

Best bar on the Quincy Center strip. What one would consider a «dive bar» it is completely under rated. Bernie keeps this spot hip and happening. You will always have a good time when you com. Always a hot spot, epically on the weekends. The service here is great no matter who you catch working. Eimear makes the best mixed drinks around. Christy also gives excellent service along with the newbies Shannon and Tara. All are extremely welcoming and can hold great conversation. They always remember their regulars and take care of them. Love this place!!!
Don’t forget to stop in for Sunday morning breakfast when the Gallic football matches are on. Nice Irish crowd.

Bartender Shannon and a few other newer employees changed this from a 1 star to a 5 with there great service

Place isn’t bad for being a part of Quincy center! They play all the Irish Hurling & football games when they are on back home and serve a tradition irish breakfast that pairs well with a ice cold magners!

Pour a fantastic Guinness, great place to catch an Irish sporting event and feel like you are among locals with a very laid back atmosphere and reasonable prices — all reasons I love this place. I have never (and probably would never) come here on a Friday or Saturday night — but definitely a great place to have a pint and watch a match.

Dark, creepy, and smells like stale beer

This is my favorite «end-​up» Quincy bar. My friends and I come here once a month. It’s a small Irish dive bar with a small dance floor and a DJ on Fridays and Saturdays. It has cheap beer and a good selection on draft. The dance floor gets jam packed around 11 because people flock here from other bars to dance. No cover charge. Nice bartenders. Good crowd. Everyone always seems to be smiling and having fun. It’s a Cash Only bar… which I actually like because I can make sure I’m not racking up charges on my credit card. All in all it’s just a wicked fun time!

Dirty bar, tables that don’t allow leg room, snotty crowd, chairs so rickety that you might just break them and look like a fat ass.
Music is wayyy too loud and it’s all kiss 108 specials.
The only reason it got more than one star is because the drinks were so damn strong and affordable.

I’d give it 3 and a half stars. Drinks are great, nothing fancy but not watered down and a decent price, which is exactly what you expect and want. The DJ is great and personable. And plays good music. I’ve never eaten here so I don’t know about the food.
This place really loses the 1 and ½ stars due to the space. It is so crowded that there’s barely room to dance by 12. The dance floor is tiny tiny tiny. It gets absolutely packed with people. Order 2 drinks at the bar as everyone who goes here gets drunk and wants more. You might never see the bartender again. I liked all 4 bartenders who served me. They were all nice and fast, though sometimes you have to try to catch their attention with so many people.
There are so many cute Irish boys too!!! Awesome… all right, never mind what I said, 5 stars!

A true Irish dive in the heart of Quincy.
I went here recently and was told by a dude smoking a cigarette by the door that he would be sleeping with me later that night. And the rest of the night pretty much went like that.
But honestly, this bar is hilarious… filled with old men, Irish lads, girls who just wanna dance, and there’s even a cigarette machine!
The DJ was better the first time I came here than the last. FYI, just because something’s on the radio does not make it good, but otherwise, definitely a fun place to dance or just act like a drunken fool. Take advantage of the kinda cheap drinks because you may not want to be sober once those flashing lights come on after 10…

Everything here was fucking awesome. The bartender was amazing, (and incredibly sexy) the crowd was rad, and drinks were cheap. Had such an amazing time I went back twice.

I reallly enjoy the Clash of the Ash. I have gone there twice and somehow managed to always get there before the huge crowds of people arrive around 11pm/​12am. I get there around 10pm and the dancefloor is empty but my friends and I love that and get the party started!!!
I think my favorite part of the place is just the dancefloor/DJ…the DJ plays the most random assortment of top 40s/​old hits you may know from the 90s that are now remixes… it’s kinda hilarious and AWESOME.
Drinks are typical prices, but CASH ONLY!

I only go to Clash of the Ash on Friday nights to dance, but I love their dance party! It’s a cash only bar, which can be annoying in this age of plastic, but it’s worth it to get out on their dance floor after working all week.

Part 1 — Daylight
My first visit took place during a cold winters day when I was taking a tour of the bars in Quincy Center. This was stop number three, and I ended up going back after I went to the next place. It was just that awesome.
This place had me hooked from the start. I went in around 3pm and they had soccer playing on every TV, and I don’t mean the same game I mean different games on each TV.
I started chatting with the very Irish bartender (thick, thick accent I could almost not understand him), and many of the patrons at the bar (again thick, thick) that I quickly became consumed by the game and the friendly dialog that I lost track of my drink count. Due to my alcohol induced fading math skills, I decided it was time to get the bill and cash out. It looked something like this:
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Patron #1 (That’s me)
Guinness x 4 $ 16.00
Total: $ 16.00
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I asked if they always sold the flagship St. James Gate beer for $ 4 a pint; they sure did. I threw down my credit card down on the bar to pay and I was informed there was a $ 20 minimum.
Things were going pretty well on this day and I was not about to let $ 4 send me packing to the ATM they had in the corner, so I did what any respectable person would do.
I ordered a car bomb. It contained Jameson and Baileys, in a shot glass that was to be dropped into a pint of Guinness. This was a real car bomb, the stuff dreams are made of! Not that «I’ll pour Baileys into a pint glass half full of Guinness and call it a car bomb» trash you see on Boylston Street.
Now that I had been officially bombed I asked for my check once more.
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Patron #1 (Still me)
Guinness x 4 $ 16.00
Car Bomb x 1 $ 5.00
Total: $ 21.00
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My final bill was amazing and tha’ts why this place is should be getting five stars. But its not. Because by night, somewhere between the times of dinner and start drinking the Clash turns into a Pumpkin.
Part 2 — Darkness
After talking A LOT about how I liked the Clash of the Ash I found myself at their front door a week later with my friends in toe. Did I drag them there against their will? Were there other places they wanted to go? I don’t know, I was only a mere ten feet from $ 4 Pints of stout and $ 5 bombs. I didn’t need friends anymore.
I ordered a Guinness and after one bomb for myself (then repeat). I was a little disappointed they didn’t have the Irish whiskey in the shot glass this time, but I thought «Hey the place is packed and I am sure they don’t want people getting too wasted.» They still treated me like an adult and let me drop the shot glass into the pint glass which was good enough for me.
During the night Clash get LOUD. Usually a DJ and lots of people there gyrating around. They call it dancing. I call it not my thing.
Seeing the Clash of the Ash was not going to be as cool during the day as it was during the night (personal preference) I collected my friends and got my tab. To my disbelief it looked like this:
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Patron #1 (Now, and always)
Guinness x 2 $ 8.00
Car Bomb x 2 $ 14.00
Total: $ 24.00
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The bombs went up $ 2! I was as shocked as you are but in all honesty its still a good price for a Guinness and a shot of Baileys. So I made a mental note and placed my plastic on the bar.
«Cash, only.» The bartender informed me. So I paid in cash and was left wondering what happened to their credit card policy. It didn’t just change, it was gone.
Clash you lose one star for your little games you played with me that night regarding my method of payment. But you are still my go to dive bar in Quincy Center.