Balance Patch
1031 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
PCs
5
exact count · venue site
Rate
n/a
no rate published
Open
16:00–00:00
varies by day
Rating
4.8
394 reviews
About this gaming cafe
104 words · editorialBalance Patch works out of Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, next to the Boston University campus, and splits a small floor between formats: five gaming PCs on RTX 3080 cards, consoles, VR, racing seats and retro machines, plus private space and tournaments.
No hourly rate is published. Doors run from 16:00 to midnight, and both Boston venues on this list stay open that late.
The rating is 4.8 from 394 Google reviews. Across the 56 reviews read for this page, food and drinks lead with 17 mentions, ahead of the staff (8), value (8) and the atmosphere (7) — for a room this size, the cafe half carries as much weight as the gaming half.
Setup
5 gaming PCsGraphics card
RTX 3080
Features
6 listed by the operator.
- private rooms
- consoles
- VR
- racing sims
- tournaments
- retro / arcade
What reviewers mention
56 reviews read. Complaint topics — lag or tech issues, staff complaints, pricey — are outlined in pink and never hidden. 1 appear here.
- food and drinks17
- friendly staff8
- good value8
- atmosphere7
- tournaments4
- clean space4
- pricey3
- good for groups2
Where this data comes from
Last checked
- Listing Google Maps — name, address, opening hours and rating
- Website balancepatch.com — the operator's own pages, read for PC counts, prices and hardware
- PC count as stated on its own website
- Reviews 56 Google reviews read for the topics on this page
Check before you go. Prices, hours and machines change without notice, and a directory only knows what was true on the date above. Confirm with Balance Patch directly:
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PCs
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Rate
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Open
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00:00 (varies)
Rating
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