The Hempest

Favorite shop in Boston thus far. They carry the typical glass etc that you’ll see in most places but also super cute and comfortable hemp clothes for men and women. Also a few accessories, CBD oil and hemp skincare products that are a little harder to find.
I went here to find a birthday present for my husband, who already has a pretty extensive collection of glassware etc. Great place to find a gift for the already well-​equipped aficionado in your life.

Clothing looks good and I get in the store to see if I could buy a dress. I ask the girl that was there what is size 36 in American. She ask me where I was from? I said Conneticut and she ask me very sarcastically and rude if they have size 6 in Conneticut. Rude and inappropiate comment. I dont recommemd going to that Hempest at all. I would have bought few things but no thank you. I don’t deal with rudeness.

I am rating this place based on their customer service. They were extremely helpful and got me exactly what I needed. I left very happy and even got a deal.
The cashier Ramona was such a doll and if it weren’t for her help I would probably still be facing my dilemma.

Sadly this is the best excuse for a head shop in the city of Boston. They have some good quality stuff and good names like Toro and some legit roors. But that’s only if you come in during the 2 weeks a year they re up their inventory. If you don’t come during that time all you will find is extremely over priced unimpressive pieces and a ton of overpriced help clothing and products. Anytime of year you will find more clothing and help products than actual pipes. They don’t carry space cases and one time they tried to charge me $ 23 for a bottle of ozium. Keep the pipe shopping where it should be down in providence and youll find what you actually are looking for priced decently

Cool to look through but i think its a little overpriced. Alot of things that are «new and in», they carry. If your around here you have to at least look!

The staff at the store was not very friendly. In fact they seemed annoyed that someone was bothering them by shopping. This was on the bottom floor because they people on the top floor seemed more friendly. Also, their customer service is AWFUL! I have bought many gifts there for the past three years and have spent hundreds of dollars. Then I bought something online and the website was being difficult (probably because it was Black Friday and everyone was online). The website messed up my order and they shipped my package to an old address. When I told them about the mess up they told me I would have to pay for it to be reshipped to me! That ended up costing me over $ 20. The woman I talked to on the phone seemed annoyed that I had her working and make comments about how due to my predicament I was making her stay later than scheduled. I was very offended and I asked if I could just return the items and she said I would have to pay for shipping back to warehouse and then a 10% restocking fee. I got the package, but I was not happy with the service. This is the last time I get any gifts from The Hempest.

So I’m not really knowledgeable on all things Hemp… but I do like me a colorful pipe or two. and this place has them all. Glittery Hello Kitty? Check. Gaudy Bob Marley? Check. Forget the papers and run to the Hempest and get yourself a sparkly glow in the dark pipe to toke on!

Wow
They can make clothing out of everything now!
Still a little ways to go in the way of style before I buy anything but a really cool idea and a lot of neat T-​shirts etc.
Lots of young kids hangin out which was a little scary to see — should be 18 and over for sure

Beautiful clothing… great selection! Love this store, def the go-​to shop for hemp fashions in Boston!

I’m not into the whole glassware /​paraphernalia thing, I just came here because they sell hemp and organic cotton clothes. I really hate clothes shopping, but this place was a delight!
After I realized I’d have more options in the upstairs location, I started to find a bunch of shorts which I really needed. The sales woman helped me get different sizes and even took out some cute cargo shorts that weren’t out on the racks yet for me to try. I haven’t purchased new shorts since I was an undergrad, and now I have 4 new pairs that my mom hasn’t patched up three times each!
I also wanted to get some pants, but, unfortunately, Hempest seems to only buy pants from designers who don’t believe that women can have large thighs and butts and small waists. Boo.
Also, I almost considered docking this place 1 star for not having AC on a 90 degree day. Not even fans. It’s hard to try on clothing when you’re dripping sweat. Gross.

Great atmosphere, amazingly unique and intricate, with many to choose from. They also sell smoking accessories, and clothing. Though very expensive, it is worth it for the hand made glass work and the employees attitude.

Good hemp selection. A little pricey though, otherwise I would have bought a few clothing items from there. I remember this place primarily as where I got the wallet I still use today

This place is for any one who has never been to a decent head shop or just has a lot of extra money to through away. The most expensive head shop in the city by far, people in there really don’t know that much about glass. Bottom of the barrel for glass IMO. They do have a pretty cool selecting of hemp products, but they too are super expensive.

Great shop with lots of nice smoking accessories and clothing. My girlfriend got a sweet dress that she looks über hot in, and I got myself a nice little $ 35 hookah. They have an amazing range of products. Glass pieces abound on two floors and many different displays ranging from $ 10 to $ 1k in all sorts of beautiful colors, shapes and sizes. They also have papers, vaporizers, dugouts, onies etc. Prices did not seem as bad as people make it out, I mean, do hookahs get cheaper than $ 35? They have guys clothing downstairs & womens upstairs with a relatively nice selection of styles. A bit more upscale than your average headshop, but hey, its newbury st. Staff was super nice & helpful and gave me some interesting info about hemp clothing. Looking forward to the next trip.

The staff is super friendly, knowledgeable and not condescending if you (like me) ask lots of possibly stupid questions about some of the items for sale. They were totally nice, took time to explain things to me, answered all my questions, and were awesome. I never knew buying a hemp tank top could be so easy and worry free!
Ok, truthfully, I think this is a nice pseudo head shop/​clothing store. Yeah it’s overpriced (but, um, so is Sugar Daddy’s), yeah this probably means I’m more of a yuppie than I think I am, but whatever. It’s convenient, it has a large selection of pipes, small selection of grinders, I think I saw one water pipe, and a lot of really pretty clothing. It feels very «After I made my first million, I moved to Vermont and opened a head shop» yup-​hippie organic feel to the place.
I also totally loved some of the hemp clothing there. However I was at the store during a massive deluge and didn’t really feel it was appropriate to try something on, considering I was soaked to the skin.

I went here for a drug detoxifier /​cleanser. One of the only places in town that carried them. Reasonably priced and knowledgeable staff.
As far as hemp products go, I can’t really afford em. But they did seem to have a decent selection of hemp attire and consumer staples.
Here is the thing about hemp. Its outrageously priced and it only costs so much because of the heavy gov regulations imposed on growing it. Its a bummer hemp has been grouped together with cannabis because they are completely different plants. I do believe it is a superior product to cotton and puts less stress on the env. I wish I could support the hemp movement with my pocket book, but it just isn’t practical.
Until it becomes a viable/​affordable alternative to cotton, I’ll just continue to fight scenesters at the recycled clothes store.

More than great hemp clothing, original and national designs. Most clothes are 55% hemp and 45% cotton. Some are 100% hemp though. Great if you like hippie culture. I just bought a «MAKE NO WAR» shirt.
Way more than clothes, amazing place for pipes and bongs, made of decorative glass (see my photo for a little preview). Rolling paper and other smoking paraphernalia also available. The staff is nice too.
They really go the distance with the hemp pride. My 8 dollars in change came as one each $ 5, $ 2, and $ 1, just so that they could give me a $ 2 bill with stamp near Jefferson’s head that reads «I grew hemp». Maybe it’s incentive to pay in cash.

I went in here today to buy a present, and while they have some nice products, it’s definitely a mob scene of teenagers with wads of saved up cash waiting to buy glass pipes. I had to wait for a stupid girl to move and get off her cell phone (she was discussing, probably with her dealer, the pros and cons of the pipe she was buying) to look at anything in the cases. Minus one star for that, and her not being asked to move when therre’s more peeps checking out stuff.
Not a bad place, and it has all the basic head shop needs. Lots of stinky incense, unattractive clothes, and things that seem like a good idea when purchased and then just aren’t. Needed a beaded roach clip? Yeah, me neither. There’s some nice «glass pipes», you know, for tobacco. That’s what I was looking for, and I found a pretty one for a present. They also sell hookas, which are more spendy, and those fancy water pipes… not «bongs», as those whipper snappers might call them.
Props for taking credit cards, particularly Amex.

I thought it’d be appropriate to dedicate my 420^th review to a truly green shop, a store that realized and capitalized off the multitudes of uses of cannabis. While they have a pretty sweet selection of casual wear (such durable fabric), they also carry skin/​bath products (great stuff for the derma) and accessories. Even cooler is that much of their merchandise uses bamboo and soy fibers as well. And their staff is always kind and chilled out. Hmmmm?

I love the warmth and softness of hemp clothes. They’re really durable, and they dye very attractively.
The Hempest is pretty much the only name in town. I like some of the styles, but I honestly wish it wasn’t so hippy-​hip-​hop styled. For a man of slight build, you swim in the size small t-​shirts. The pants, likewise, are all baggy cut.
I’d really love to have some tighter hemp tees and better cut hemp pants, especially considering how damn expensive the merchandise is.