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Restaurant•Somerville•$$
Kush Modern Mediterranean
Kush Modern Mediterranean is an easy restaurant option in Somerville in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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10.0
Based on 41 reviews
Best Restaurants in Somerville, Boston: 31 Picks for 2026
Restaurants in Somerville, Boston — sorted by rating and curated by TastyPals.
Dining in Somerville, Boston.
31 restaurantsAvg rating 9.1Updated July 2026
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Vietnamese•Somerville•$$$$
Pound House Coffee
Ball Square in Somerville has been waiting for a spot that takes Vietnamese coffee seriously — not as an afterthought to a pho menu, but as the entire philosophical center of the room.
brunchhidden gem
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9.6
Based on 154 reviews
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American•Somerville•$$
Highland Kitchen
Highland Kitchen has been a fixture of the Somerville dining scene long enough to have developed the kind of reputation that neighbourhood restaurants either earn or quietly lose — and by most accounts, it has held its ground.
cocktaildate night
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9.4
Based on 1523 reviews
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American•Somerville•$$$
Field & Vine
Field & Vine earns its reputation not by accident of location but by conviction of purpose.
date night
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9.4
Based on 600 reviews
5
Greek•Somerville•$$
EAT GREEK
Davis Square has never lacked for ambition, but Eat Greek at 215 Elm Street makes a narrower, more confident bet than most: this is a gyro shop built around the spit, run by people who have done exactly this in Alicante and Athens and br…
date night
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9.4
Based on 567 reviews
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Sushi•Somerville•$$$$
FUKI-Japanese-Cuisine
FUKI Japanese Cuisine occupies a particular niche in the Union Square ecosystem that's harder to pull off than it sounds: sushi that takes the cooking seriously without pricing out the Somerville regulars who actually live here.
cocktailhidden gemdate night
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9.4
Based on 396 reviews
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Restaurant•Somerville•$$
Viet CITRON @ Bow Market
Viet CITRON @ Bow Market is an easy restaurant option in Somerville in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
hidden gem
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9.4
Based on 71 reviews
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Mediterranean•Somerville•$$$
Sarma Restaurant
Ana Sortun's Somerville mezze outpost has developed a reputation as one of the Boston area's more genuinely joyful dining experiences — and joyful here means something specific.
date night
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9.2
Based on 2784 reviews
9
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American•Somerville•$
The Neighborhood Restaurant
Here's the thing about The Neighborhood Restaurant on Bow Street: the Borges family has been feeding Somerville, and the city literally named the square outside after founder Mario Borges.
brunch
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9.2
Based on 1641 reviews
10
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Spanish•Somerville•$$$
Dali
Dalí has been running the same warmly disheveled Spanish party in Somerville since the late 1980s, which is an eternity in restaurant years and the clearest possible signal that the room is doing something right.
date night
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9.2
Based on 1574 reviews
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Himalayan Kitchen
Himalayan Kitchen is a restaurant pick in Somerville in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
date night
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9.2
Based on 1449 reviews
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Indian•Somerville•$$
Masala Square Indian Kitchen
Masala Square Indian Kitchen suits a night out in Somerville when you want indian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
cocktaildate night
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9.2
Based on 1030 reviews
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Peruvian•Somerville•$$
Celeste
Celeste is what happens when a filmmaker and an architect decide to open a Peruvian restaurant in Union Square and refuse to treat it like a restaurant business.
date night
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9.2
Based on 883 reviews
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Vegan•Somerville•$$
Koshari Mama
Koshari Mama operates from a premise that is both personal and quietly radical: that Egyptian street food, built generation by generation on lentils, rice, pasta, and spice, is vegan by nature rather than by compromise.
date night
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9.2
Based on 544 reviews
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Steakhouse•Somerville•$$
Oliveira's Steak House
Oliveira's Steak House suits a night out in Somerville when you want steakhouse that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
date night
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9.0
Based on 4122 reviews
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Japanese•Somerville•$$
Ebi Sushi
Ebi Sushi is the kind of japanese room in Somerville you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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9.0
Based on 1310 reviews
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German•Somerville•$$
BRONWYN Restaurant
BRONWYN Restaurant is the kind of german room in Somerville you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
cocktaildate night
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9.0
Based on 1251 reviews
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Japanese•Somerville•$$
Sugidama Soba & Izakaya
Sugidama Soba & Izakaya is the kind of japanese room in Somerville you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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9.0
Based on 956 reviews
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Cocktail Bar•Somerville•$$
Saloon
Saloon suits a night out in Somerville when you want cocktail bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
cocktaillate nightdate night
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9.0
Based on 855 reviews
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Brunch•Somerville•$$
Premiere on Broadway
Premiere on Broadway is a brunch pick in Somerville in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
brunchcocktaildate night
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9.0
Based on 649 reviews
21
Ramen•Somerville•$$
Tsurumen Davis
Tsurumen Davis is a ramen pick in Somerville in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
date night
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9.0
Based on 528 reviews
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Wine Bar•Somerville•$$$
Spoke Wine Bar
Spoke Wine Bar is a wine bar pick in Somerville in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
wine barcocktaildate night
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9.0
Based on 426 reviews
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American•Somerville•$$$$
june bug restaurant
june bug restaurant is a american pick in Somerville in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
hidden gemdate night
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9.0
Based on 143 reviews
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Peruvian•Somerville•$$
Machu Picchu Boston
Machu Picchu Boston is a strong brunch move in Somerville in Boston when you want the meal to feel worth leaving the house for.
brunchcocktail
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8.8
Based on 1253 reviews
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Wine Bar•Somerville•$$
Foundry On Elm
Foundry On Elm is a sensible wine bar call in Somerville in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
wine barcocktail
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8.8
Based on 1173 reviews
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American•Somerville•$$
Mount Vernon Restaurant & Pub
Mount Vernon Restaurant & Pub is a sensible american call in Somerville in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
pubcocktail
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8.8
Based on 1122 reviews
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Thai•Somerville•$
Dakzen
Dakzen is an easy thai option in Somerville in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.8
Based on 1059 reviews
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Cocktail Bar•Somerville•$$
Vera's
Vera's is a sensible cocktail bar call in Somerville in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
cocktail
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8.8
Based on 641 reviews
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Seafood•Somerville•$$$
Legal Sea Foods - Somerville
Legal Sea Foods - Somerville suits a night out in Somerville when you want seafood that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
date night
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8.6
Based on 1697 reviews
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Bistro•Somerville•$$
Juliet
Juliet is a strong brunch move in Somerville in Boston when you want the meal to feel worth leaving the house for.
bistrofine diningbrunch
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8.6
Based on 674 reviews
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Restaurant•Somerville•$$
Josephine
Josephine is a restaurant restaurant in Somerville in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
hidden gem
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8.2
Based on 366 reviews
Common questions about dining in Somerville
What are the best restaurants in Somerville, Boston?
The top restaurants in Somerville include Kush Modern Mediterranean, Pound House Coffee, Highland Kitchen. TastyPals curates these picks based on Google ratings and editorial judgment.
What is the highest-rated restaurant in Somerville?
Kush Modern Mediterranean is among the highest-rated restaurants in Somerville with a 10.0 Google rating across 41 reviews.
TastyPals curates picks based on Google ratings, community reviews, and editorial judgment. Learn how we choose →
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