Party City

This is a terrible place to shop for Halloween & Party Stuff. They do have a great selection, but the employees and the manager are terrible. We went in to return gloves and wristbands that were poorly made. The manager’s explanation was that those were only made for Halloween so we shouldn’t expect to use them long term. On top of that one of the employees blamed my mom for stealing a hat! Supposedly he saw her getting rid of the tag and putting the hat on. That was the hat we bought for her 2 days ago. It was on the receipt! We had to show them the pictures we took earlier to convince them. Horrible customer experience!!! Take your business elsewhere if you want to be treated just!

Awesome customer service and they had everything I walked in for and a little bit more for a bachelorette weekend. Scored lots of color coordinated party favors including some $ 5 purple sunglasses for the bridal party. Several staff members offers to assist and helped me find things in this store. Great for gift wrap too! $ 4 a roll for some nice prints.

It’s ok if you don’t have the costume someone is looking for, which is extremely surprising that a dog costume is so far «fetched» (get it?). But at least, when prompted, help me come up with an alternative solution instead of just telling me it’s an unusual request. Where has customer service gone?

So I think that this place used to be iParty before Party City. That being said, I was a little unimpressed with the merchandise that they carried — although it was also explained to me that the switch was just made to Party City and that their inventory was all over the place. That I understood.
I put myself in charge of decorations for a bridal shower, and decided to come here because a) I don’t have a car to go anywhere else and b) this was on my way home to the south shore. I had a ton of questions because like I mentioned above, the inventory was all over the place — things were missing in places where I wanted to get matching things for table decorations, cutlery, e.t.c. On the flip side though, customer service was awesome — they had no issues answering my questions or pointing me in the right direction. The one thing that surprised me a little was that they didn’t carry a Congratulations sign at all — but they had congratulations balloons. Yeah… try seeing a 5’0″ gal carrying balloons on the T. Funny right? Hahaha. No siree.
I ended up going with pink everything, and then my coworker picked up a Congrats sign at another Party City. All was good :)

I just enjoyed this place when I wandered in off the street for its selection of sports toys, pez dispensers and party cups, etc. (also an excellent source for sports specific party cups, plates and piñata’s)
Great selection of inexpensive candy, etc. and balloons for that special occasion.
I didn’t end up buying anything, but the staff seemed friendly, and were available for questions.
If I ever go back, I’m getting that Red Sox piñata in the form of a Red Sox jersey.
That’s not for hometown fans. That’s for enemies.

Good selection, but be very careful about their return/​exchange policy. I bought a costume for $ 40 on Friday afternoon thinking that I had 7 days to return it. I went back on the next day (Saturday morning) because it didn’t fit and they would not exchange or refund. Apparently all sales are final as of Oct 21.

Walking distance to the Green line.
That really says it all for me. at first I thought I would have to go to Target or rent a car to be able to get some stuff for my daughter’s B-​day party and then I saw this place while walking around. as a bonus, when I stepped out, I saw that they are across the street from the Arlington T Stop. The selection of party goodies is good as expected. Sure, there probably are better places around, but accessibility and just sheer amount of stuff equals win win for me.

This place is pretty cool. My one gripe is that some things are pretty pricey. $ 10 for a cute little turkey decoration? No thanks. But I did manage to find some cake decorating items that I’ve been looking for. It’s quite a mess during Halloween time, I’m curious to see if it will be better at other times of the year. Definitely would give this place another try if I’m looking for random trinkets and items.

Every time I’ve been to an iParty I’ve been disappointed. I often think I’m going to find what I want but it’s always «almost, but not quite». The stuff they sell is pretty generic, cheaply made, and surprisingly expensive. I couldn’t find a decent serving tray that wasn’t «plasticky» and overpriced. Even the price of a simple cardboard gift box is beyond belief. It just doesn’t seem right to me. For party decorations Party Favors in Brookline has a much better selection, and for costumes and accessories you’re way better off going to Boston Costume in Cambridge.

I needed a hard hat and I needed it within 12 hours. I was walking home through Bolyston and remembered this place was here. Sure, the store carries low quality items meant for one time (or at most, several time) use, but thats what a party supply store does. I was able to find a «hard hat» in a few minutes, for two bucks. I’m not sure how they stay in business, but its convenient to have. The cashier guy (who seemed to be the only person working in the pretty large store) was really friendly and upbeat.

I was all set to hightail it to Target to get goody bag supplies when I came across iParty. I must’ve walked by a thousand times — I assumed it was filled with stuff for raunchy bachelorette parties and ‘over-​the-​hill’ birthday parties.
And I was right. They have all that stuff. But in addition to the headstone ‘40^th birthday’ candles and penis-​shaped cake pans there are tons of candy bags and trinkets and toys and all things childish.
If the Childhood part of my brain could be recreated, it’d look like this store.
The staff seemed weird, but what staff doesn’t? My cashier was nice and could count — that is all I ask.

I was so excited to walk by and see an iParty in the city! So many kinds of confetti, cute little bachelorette party section (original reason I came here) and very nice employees.
It’s surprisingly big and I love all the local team stuff for you Sox, Celts, Pats party. Yay!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
iparty has found its way to boston proper !!
if you are like me (wear cheap costumes as day wear and frequently attend theme parties) you will understand my wetness in finally having a huge (HUGE) party store to attend.
i randomly happened to walk past this store the other, the day before leaving for vegas and bummed about not having anything for a disco themed celebration. HELLO iparty !! this place is gigantic and most accomodating to disco themed parties.
ok ok. support your local businesses. dorothy’s, copley flair, sweet n nasty… but come here when you are still searching for that defining piece to your party.
a million points for no more making the hellacious drive down route 1 :D
minus some for destroying any effort i have to be green :(or fiscally responsible for that matter.
now. where’s the frequent buyer card…