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Bar•Allston•$$$$
Holdfast Specialty Seafood Co.
Holdfast Specialty Seafood Co.
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Best cocktail Restaurants in Boston: 162 Picks for 2026
The best restaurants for cocktail in Boston, curated by TastyPals editors.
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Top picks for cocktail in Boston
Fast answers for diners searching for cocktail restaurants in Boston. These first picks make the occasion easier to compare.
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Bar•Cambridge•$$
Wusong Road Tiki Bar
Tiki bars usually fall into one of two camps: serious cocktails with sad food, or kitschy rooms where nobody's really cooking.
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9.6
Based on 2691 reviews
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Tapas•Boston•$$$$
Marcelino’s Seaport
Let's be honest about what Marcelino's Seaport is: a waterfront cocktail bar with an outdoor DJ booth, a lighted mirror wall built for your phone, and a 21+ door policy after 9.
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9.6
Based on 1897 reviews
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Mexican•Boston•$$$$
Chubbs Taco & Tequila Bar
Chubbs Taco & Tequila Bar suits a night out when you want mexican that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.6
Based on 1109 reviews
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Cocktail Bar•Boston•$$$$
Extra Dirty Cocktail Club
Extra Dirty Cocktail Club is the kind of cocktail bar room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.6
Based on 114 reviews
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Steakhouse•Boston•$$$$
Eddie Merlot's
Let's be honest about what Eddie Merlot's is: a chain steakhouse that started in Fort Wayne, Indiana back in 2001 and now parks a 260-seat dining room in the Seaport with floor-to-ceiling windows and a lounge built for closing deals.
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9.4
Based on 2028 reviews
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Spanish•Boston•$$
Boqueria Seaport
Boqueria landed in Boston's Seaport as part of a small Barcelona-inspired group that's been doing the tapas-and-wine thing in New York, so there's some institutional knowledge behind the concept.
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9.4
Based on 1672 reviews
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American•Somerville•$$
Highland Kitchen
Highland Kitchen has been a fixture of the Somerville dining scene long enough to have developed the kind of reputation that neighbourhood restaurants either earn or quietly lose — and by most accounts, it has held its ground.
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9.4
Based on 1523 reviews
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Italian•Cambridge•$$$
Giulia
Giulia has been producing what many consider Cambridge's most serious Italian cooking for over a decade, and the consistency of that reputation is, by most accounts, the point.
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9.4
Based on 933 reviews
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Cocktail Bar•Cambridge•$$$
Season to Taste
Season to Taste has one of the more interesting origin stories in Cambridge dining — it launched in 2016 as The Table at Season to Taste, a prix fixe concept from chef Carl Dooley that picked up Beard recognition and stacked Best of Bost…
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9.4
Based on 712 reviews
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Bistro•Cambridge•$$
Oak Bistro
Oak Bistro is a smart brunch call in Cambridge when the morning is supposed to feel a little more like an occasion.
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9.4
Based on 536 reviews
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Vegan•Boston•$$
LULU GREEN
What Mary and Nada Lattouf have built at 246 W.
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9.4
Based on 508 reviews
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Pizza•Boston•$$
Lily's Bar - Pizza - Patio
Lily's Bar - Pizza - Patio is doing something that the Financial District sorely needs: making a weekday lunch crowd feel like they're somewhere worth lingering.
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9.4
Based on 503 reviews
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Sushi•Somerville•$$$$
FUKI-Japanese-Cuisine
FUKI Japanese Cuisine occupies a particular niche in the Union Square ecosystem that's harder to pull off than it sounds: sushi that takes the cooking seriously without pricing out the Somerville regulars who actually live here.
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9.4
Based on 396 reviews
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Mexican•Boston•$$$$
Los Alebrijes Mexican Restaurant
Los Alebrijes stakes a clear identity in East Boston's Sumner Street: this is a Mexican kitchen built around folk-art ambition and genuine co-ownership, not a franchise template.
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9.4
Based on 236 reviews
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Cocktail Bar•Boston•$$$$
Farmacia
Phillip Rolfe built Farmacia around a premise that's harder to pull off than it sounds: a genuinely intimate cocktail bar — nine seats, full stop — where the drinks are the main event and the room earns its keep.
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9.4
Based on 213 reviews
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Bar•South End•$$$$
Moon Bar
Moon Bar suits a night out in South End when you want bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.4
Based on 148 reviews
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Cocktail Bar•Boston•$$$$
Equal Measure
Equal Measure is a sensible cocktail bar call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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9.4
Based on 87 reviews
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Sushi•North End•$$$$
Umami Crudo
Umami Crudo is an easy sushi option in North End in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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9.4
Based on 69 reviews
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Pizza•Boston•$$
Regina Pizzeria
Regina Pizzeria's North End location has been operating out of the same brick oven, which makes it less a restaurant than a fixed point in Boston's culinary geography.
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9.2
Based on 7209 reviews
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Seafood•Boston•$$
Boston Sail Loft
Boston Sail Loft occupies a particular and useful position on the Boston waterfront: a no-reservations harbour-view tavern that has held its prices in check while glossier neighbours have not.
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9.2
Based on 6323 reviews
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Seafood•Back Bay•$$$
Atlantic Fish Company
Atlantic Fish Company has held its Boylston Street position in Back Bay for long enough that a reputation this consistent is not accidental.
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9.2
Based on 4213 reviews
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American•Charlestown•$$
Warren Tavern
Warren Tavern suits a night out in Charlestown when you want american that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.2
Based on 2620 reviews
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Steakhouse•Boston•$$$$
Grill 23 & Bar
Grill 23 & Bar has occupied its Back Bay address long enough to become part of Boston's civic furniture — the high-ceilinged, dark-wood room where the city's deal-making and milestone dinners have reliably landed for decades.
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9.2
Based on 2430 reviews
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Pizza•South End•$$
Picco
Picco — the Pizza and Ice Cream Company — has built a quiet but durable reputation as the South End's go-to neighborhood anchor, the kind of unpretentious corner room that manages to draw families, couples, and solo diners in equal measu…
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9.2
Based on 1524 reviews
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Mexican•Boston•$
Cósmica
Cósmica is the kind of mexican room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.2
Based on 1510 reviews
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Brunch•Charlestown•$$
Monument Charlestown Restaurant & Tavern
Monument Charlestown Restaurant & Tavern is the kind of brunch room in Charlestown you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.2
Based on 1193 reviews
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Fish and Chips•Jamaica Plain•$$
The Haven
New England's only Scottish restaurant lives inside the historic Haffenreffer brewery complex in JP, and owner Jason runs it like a man genuinely proud of the cause.
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9.2
Based on 1142 reviews
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Greek•Boston•$$
Krasi
Krasi is a greek pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.2
Based on 1137 reviews
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Indian•Somerville•$$
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.
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9.2
Based on 1030 reviews
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Gastropub•Charlestown•$
Tavern at the End of the World
Tavern at the End of the World is a gastropub pick in Charlestown in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.2
Based on 1004 reviews
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Wine Bar•Cambridge•$$$
Puritan & Company
Puritan & Company suits a night out in Cambridge when you want wine bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.2
Based on 974 reviews
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Tapas•Jamaica Plain•$$$
Tres Gatos
Tres Gatos is a tapas pick in Jamaica Plain in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.2
Based on 968 reviews
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Bar and Grill•Boston•$$
Audubon
Audubon sits at 838 Beacon St in the thick of the Fenway-Kenmore corridor, and it wears that location without apology.
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9.2
Based on 838 reviews
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Tapas•Boston•$$$
Rose - International Tapas & Bar
Rose - International Tapas & Bar doesn't ease you in gently.
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9.2
Based on 790 reviews
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Indian•Boston•$$$$
Ssaanjh Indian
Ssaanjh occupies the old O'Leary's Irish pub footprint beside the St.
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9.2
Based on 733 reviews
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Spanish•Boston•$$
Pintxo Pincho Tapas Bar
Let's get the geography straight first: Pintxo Pincho is in Woburn, not Boston proper — 385 Main Street, a suburb most Bostonians drive through on the way to somewhere else.
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9.2
Based on 599 reviews
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Coffee Shop•Boston•$$
Tradesman Coffee Shop & Pizza Bar
Tradesman sits at 50 Hood Park Drive in Charlestown's Hood Park development — a corporate-campus-adjacent address that could easily trap a restaurant into bland café mediocrity.
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9.2
Based on 534 reviews
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Breakfast•Charlestown•$$
Waverly Kitchen & Bar Charlestown
Waverly Kitchen & Bar arrived in Charlestown not as a brunch afterthought but as a deliberate act of neighborhood revival — an homage to the old Waverly Hotel, one of Charlestown's grandest lodgings in the late 1800s, now reimagined as a…
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9.2
Based on 494 reviews
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Italian•Cambridge•$$
Gufo
Gufo arrived in East Cambridge in 2023 with a clear thesis: Italian food as a genuine neighborhood anchor, not a destination restaurant performing for out-of-towners.
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9.2
Based on 477 reviews
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Indian•Boston•$$$$
Crystal Spoons
Crystal Spoons arrived on the South End–Roxbury border at 1950 Washington Street carrying a specific thesis: that Mughlai cooking — the imperial, cream-enriched, slow-cooked tradition that defined northern Indian court cuisine — has a pl…
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9.2
Based on 413 reviews
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American•Charlestown•$$
Dovetail Restaurant
Charlestown has a way of feeling both frozen in time and quietly ahead of the curve — cobblestone streets, the shadow of the Bunker Hill Monument, and a neighborhood that's been gentrifying slowly enough that the good spots still feel ea…
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9.2
Based on 330 reviews
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American•Jamaica Plain•$$
Vee Vee
Vee Vee has been a Jamaica Plain institution, when Dan and Kristen Valachovic opened what is essentially a 35-seat neighborhood living room off Centre Street — unhurried, art-lined, and deliberately unpretentious.
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9.2
Based on 264 reviews
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Thai•Boston•$$$$
Merai
Merai is a thai pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.2
Based on 198 reviews
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Mexican•Back Bay•$$$$
Sabina Mezcaleria
Sabina Mezcaleria is a mexican pick in Back Bay in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.2
Based on 156 reviews
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Cocktail Bar•Boston•$$$$
nine
nine is the kind of cocktail bar room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.2
Based on 102 reviews
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Brunch•Boston•$$
The Friendly Toast
The Friendly Toast suits a night out when you want brunch that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 5498 reviews
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Italian•South End•$$
Maggiano's Little Italy
Maggiano's Little Italy is the kind of italian room in South End you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.0
Based on 4916 reviews
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Spanish•South End•$$
Barcelona Wine Bar
Barcelona Wine Bar is a spanish pick in South End in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.0
Based on 3256 reviews
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Steakhouse•Back Bay•$$$
Abe & Louie's
Abe & Louie's is a steakhouse pick in Back Bay in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.0
Based on 2931 reviews
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Sports Bar•Boston•$$
Bleacher Bar
Bleacher Bar suits a night out when you want sports bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 2063 reviews
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American•Back Bay•$$
Parish Cafe & Bar
Parish Cafe & Bar suits a night out in Back Bay when you want american that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 1972 reviews
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Lounge Bar•North End•$$
Wicked Craft Co.
Wicked Craft Co. is a lounge bar pick in North End in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.0
Based on 1581 reviews
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French•Back Bay•$$
Rochambeau
Rochambeau is a french pick in Back Bay in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.0
Based on 1458 reviews
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Cocktail Bar•Boston•$$
F1 Arcade Boston
F1 Arcade Boston is a cocktail bar pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.0
Based on 1431 reviews
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Burgers•Back Bay•$$
The Capital Burger
The Capital Burger is the kind of burgers room in Back Bay you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.0
Based on 1397 reviews
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Vegan•Back Bay•$$
Seasons 52
Seasons 52 is a vegan pick in Back Bay in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.0
Based on 1394 reviews
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German•Somerville•$$
BRONWYN Restaurant
BRONWYN Restaurant is the kind of german room in Somerville you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.0
Based on 1251 reviews
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Italian•Boston•$$
Fox & The Knife
Fox & The Knife is a italian restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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9.0
Based on 1216 reviews
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Cocktail Bar•North End•$$
Parla
Parla is the kind of cocktail bar room in North End you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.0
Based on 1140 reviews
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Irish Pub•Jamaica Plain•$
Galway House
Galway House suits a night out in Jamaica Plain when you want irish pub that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 1111 reviews
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Seafood•Boston•$$$
Select Oyster Bar
Select Oyster Bar is the kind of seafood room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.0
Based on 1010 reviews
63
Bar and Grill•Back Bay•$
The Avenue Bar Allston
The Avenue Bar Allston is a bar and grill pick in Back Bay in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.0
Based on 989 reviews
64
Italian•Back Bay•$$$$
Deuxave
Deuxave suits a night out in Back Bay when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 861 reviews
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Cocktail Bar•Somerville•$$
Saloon
Saloon suits a night out in Somerville when you want cocktail bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 855 reviews
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Sushi•Boston•$$
Fuji at Ink Block
Fuji at Ink Block suits a night out when you want sushi that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 801 reviews
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Brunch•Somerville•$$
Premiere on Broadway
Premiere on Broadway is a brunch pick in Somerville in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.0
Based on 649 reviews
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Thai•Allston•$$
Thonglor
Thonglor is the kind of thai room in Allston you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.0
Based on 446 reviews
69
American•Boston•$$$
Troquet on South
Troquet on South is the kind of american room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.0
Based on 442 reviews
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Wine Bar•Somerville•$$$
Spoke Wine Bar
Spoke Wine Bar is a wine bar pick in Somerville in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.0
Based on 426 reviews
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Cocktail Bar•Boston•$$
OFFSUIT
OFFSUIT is a cocktail bar pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.0
Based on 326 reviews
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Pub•Boston•$
Sullivan's Public House
Sullivan's Public House is a pub pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.0
Based on 123 reviews
73
Steakhouse•Boston•$$$$
Vermilion
Vermilion suits a night out when you want steakhouse that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 122 reviews
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Japanese Izakaya•South End•$$
Zaku Izakaya
Zaku Izakaya suits a night out in South End when you want japanese izakaya that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 118 reviews
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Cocktail Bar•Boston•$$$$
Temple Records
Temple Records suits a night out when you want cocktail bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 112 reviews
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Wine Bar•Boston•$$$$
The Block at Woods Hill - Seaport
The Block at Woods Hill - Seaport is a wine bar restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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9.0
Based on 54 reviews
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Pub•Boston•$$
Cheers
Cheers keeps showing up in the right conversations when people want a reliable pub plan.
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8.8
Based on 9886 reviews
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American•Boston•$$
Bostonia Public House
Bostonia Public House is a strong brunch move in Boston when you want the meal to feel worth leaving the house for.
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8.8
Based on 3836 reviews
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Burgers•Boston•$
Tasty Burger
Tasty Burger is a sensible burgers call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.8
Based on 3725 reviews
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American•South End•$$
Beehive Restaurant
The Beehive occupies a basement space in Boston's South End with the kind of deliberate atmosphere that most restaurants attempt and few actually achieve: properly dim lighting, live jazz on a regular schedule, and a room designed to ext…
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8.8
Based on 3430 reviews
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American•Back Bay•$$$
Buttermilk & Bourbon - Back Bay
Buttermilk & Bourbon doesn't position itself as Back Bay's most experimental room, and that restraint is the whole argument.
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8.8
Based on 2936 reviews
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Food Court•Boston•$$
Time Out Market Boston
Time Out Market Boston is a sensible food court call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.8
Based on 2592 reviews
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Spanish•Boston•$$$
Toro
Ken Oringer and Jamie Bissonnette's South End tapas bar has been one of Boston's most talked-about rooms since it opened, and the conversation hasn't cooled.
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8.8
Based on 2444 reviews
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American•Cambridge•$$$
Alden & Harlow
Alden & Harlow is the kind of american room in Cambridge you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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8.8
Based on 2424 reviews
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Pizza•Cambridge•$$
Area Four
Area Four arrived in Kendall Square with a specific point of view: naturally leavened dough, a wood-fired oven, and an in-house bakery operating not as a side project but as the structural argument for everything else on the menu.
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8.8
Based on 2382 reviews
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Cocktail Bar•Cambridge•$$
Little Donkey
Little Donkey is a sensible cocktail bar call in Cambridge in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.8
Based on 2143 reviews
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Italian•North End•$$$
Bricco
Bricco is the kind of italian room in North End you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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8.8
Based on 1900 reviews
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American•Cambridge•$$
The Tip Tap Room
The Tip Tap Room is a sensible american call in Cambridge in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.8
Based on 1737 reviews
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American•Cambridge•$$
Cambridge Common Restaurant
Cambridge Common Restaurant is an easy american option in Cambridge in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.8
Based on 1585 reviews
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Steakhouse•Boston•$$$
Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse
Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse is the kind of steakhouse room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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8.8
Based on 1530 reviews
91
Italian•Back Bay•$$
Piattini
Piattini is a italian restaurant in Back Bay in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.8
Based on 1404 reviews
92
Seafood•South End•$$
Bootleg Special Kitchen & Bar
Bootleg Special Kitchen & Bar is a smart brunch call in South End when the morning is supposed to feel a little more like an occasion.
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8.8
Based on 1357 reviews
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Peruvian•Somerville•$$
Machu Picchu Boston
Machu Picchu Boston is a strong brunch move in Somerville in Boston when you want the meal to feel worth leaving the house for.
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8.8
Based on 1253 reviews
94
Italian•North End•$$$
Lucca Restaurant
Lucca Restaurant is a italian pick in North End in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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8.8
Based on 1230 reviews
95
French•Back Bay•$$$
Bistro du Midi
Bistro du Midi suits a night out in Back Bay when you want french that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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8.8
Based on 1217 reviews
96
Wine Bar•Somerville•$$
Foundry On Elm
Foundry On Elm is a sensible wine bar call in Somerville in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.8
Based on 1173 reviews
97
Seafood•Cambridge•$$$
Waypoint
Waypoint suits a night out in Cambridge when you want seafood that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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8.8
Based on 1128 reviews
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American•Somerville•$$
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.
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8.8
Based on 1122 reviews
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American•Cambridge•$$$
Harvest
Harvest is the kind of american room in Cambridge you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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8.8
Based on 1107 reviews
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Italian•Boston•$$
Coppa
Coppa occupies a well-worn corner of Boston's South End that has long rewarded restaurants willing to commit to a neighborhood rather than a destination-dining thesis.
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8.8
Based on 1089 reviews
101
Cocktail Bar•Back Bay•$$
Hopewell Bar & Kitchen
Hopewell Bar & Kitchen is a cocktail bar restaurant in Back Bay in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.8
Based on 1073 reviews
102
Vegan•Boston•$$$$
Pressed Cafe
Pressed Cafe is a smart brunch call when the morning is supposed to feel a little more like an occasion.
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8.8
Based on 1024 reviews
103
Greek•Boston•$$$
Trade
Trade is a greek pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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8.8
Based on 980 reviews
104
Mexican•Allston•$$
Lone Star Taco Bar
Lone Star Taco Bar is a mexican restaurant in Allston in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.8
Based on 933 reviews
105
French•South End•$$
Petit Robert Bistro
Petit Robert Bistro is a french restaurant in South End in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.8
Based on 917 reviews
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Lounge Bar•Beacon Hill•$$$$
Alibi
Alibi suits a night out in Beacon Hill when you want lounge bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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8.8
Based on 897 reviews
107
Italian•Beacon Hill•$$$
Toscano
Toscano is the kind of italian room in Beacon Hill you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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8.8
Based on 851 reviews
108
Greek•Cambridge•$$
Desfina Restaurant
Desfina Restaurant is a greek restaurant in Cambridge in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.8
Based on 846 reviews
109
Spanish•Back Bay•$$
Tasca Restaurant
Tasca Restaurant is an easy spanish option in Back Bay in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
cocktail
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8.8
Based on 787 reviews
110
Noodle Shop•Boston•$$
Mecha Noodle Bar
Mecha Noodle Bar is an easy noodle shop option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
cocktail
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8.8
Based on 772 reviews
111
Gastropub•Cambridge•$$
Source Restaurants
Source Restaurants is an easy gastropub option in Cambridge in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.8
Based on 688 reviews
112
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Vietnamese•Cambridge•$$
Cicada
Cicada is an easy vietnamese option in Cambridge in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
wine barcocktail
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8.8
Based on 673 reviews
113
Cocktail Bar•Somerville•$$
Vera's
Vera's is a sensible cocktail bar call in Somerville in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.8
Based on 641 reviews
114
Italian•Charlestown•$$
Prima Boston
Prima Boston is a italian restaurant in Charlestown in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
fine diningcocktail
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8.8
Based on 638 reviews
115
Live Music Venue•Boston•$$
Hobgoblin
Hobgoblin is a live music venue restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
cocktail
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8.8
Based on 492 reviews
116
Hotel•Beacon Hill•$$$$
Beacon Hill Hotel
Beacon Hill Hotel is an easy hotel option in Beacon Hill in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
cocktailhidden gem
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8.8
Based on 332 reviews
117
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Burgers•Fenway•$$
Wahlburgers
Wahlburgers is a burgers restaurant in Fenway in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.6
Based on 4573 reviews
118
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Vegetarian•Fenway•$$
Yard House
Yard House is a sensible vegetarian call in Fenway in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
pubcocktail
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8.6
Based on 4013 reviews
119
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American•Back Bay•$$
Joe’s on Newbury
Joe’s on Newbury is a strong brunch move in Back Bay in Boston when you want the meal to feel worth leaving the house for.
brunchcocktail
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8.6
Based on 3665 reviews
120
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American•Cambridge•$$
Russell House Tavern
Russell House Tavern is a american restaurant in Cambridge in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
cocktail
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8.6
Based on 2919 reviews
121
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Steakhouse•Boston•$$$$
Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse
Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse is a steakhouse pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
fine diningcocktaildate night
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8.6
Based on 2019 reviews
122
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Barbecue•Back Bay•$$
Sweet Cheeks Q
Sweet Cheeks Q is an easy barbecue option in Back Bay in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
cocktail
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8.6
Based on 1941 reviews
123
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Mexican•Boston•$$$
Citrus & Salt Boston
Citrus & Salt Boston is the kind of mexican room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
brunchcocktaildate night
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8.6
Based on 1869 reviews
124
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Seafood•Charlestown•$$
Pier 6
Pier 6 is an easy seafood option in Charlestown in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
cocktail
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8.6
Based on 1480 reviews
125
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Mexican•Boston•$$
Loco Taqueria & Oyster Bar
Loco Taqueria & Oyster Bar is a mexican restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.6
Based on 1436 reviews
126
Lounge Bar•Boston•$$
Lucky's Lounge
Lucky's Lounge is a lounge bar restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
cocktaillate night
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8.6
Based on 1415 reviews
127
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Bar and Grill•Boston•$$
jm Curley
jm Curley is a strong brunch move in Boston when you want the meal to feel worth leaving the house for.
brunchcocktail
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8.6
Based on 1394 reviews
128
Asian•Boston•$$
Shōjō Boston
Shōjō Boston is an easy asian option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
cocktail
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8.6
Based on 1390 reviews
129
Cocktail Bar•Back Bay•$$
The Citizen
The Citizen is a cocktail bar restaurant in Back Bay in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
cocktail
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8.6
Based on 928 reviews
130
Cocktail Bar•Boston•$$
French Quarter
French Quarter is a cocktail bar restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.6
Based on 860 reviews
131
Colombian•Jamaica Plain•$
JPizle Kitchen
JPizle Kitchen is a smart brunch call in Jamaica Plain when the morning is supposed to feel a little more like an occasion.
brunchcocktail
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8.6
Based on 779 reviews
132
Mexican•Boston•$$
Casa Verde Taqueria
Casa Verde Taqueria is a sensible mexican call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
cocktail
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8.6
Based on 763 reviews
133
Seafood•Boston•$$$$
The Banks Seafood and Steak
The Banks Seafood and Steak earns a weekend detour when you want brunch that beats the usual default.
brunchcocktail
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8.6
Based on 740 reviews
134
Pub•Beacon Hill•$$
The Sevens Ale House
The Sevens Ale House is a sensible pub call in Beacon Hill in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
pubcocktail
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8.6
Based on 707 reviews
135
Burrito•Jamaica Plain•$
The Purple Cactus
The Purple Cactus is a sensible burrito call in Jamaica Plain in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.6
Based on 590 reviews
136
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American•Boston•$$$$
1928 Beacon Hill
1928 Beacon Hill is a american restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
late nightcocktail
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8.6
Based on 553 reviews
137
Beer Garden•Charlestown•$$$$
The Anchor
The Anchor is an easy beer garden option in Charlestown in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
cocktail
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8.6
Based on 515 reviews
138
Spanish•Boston•$$$
Taberna de Haro
Taberna de Haro suits a night out when you want spanish that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
cocktaildate night
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8.6
Based on 475 reviews
139
Indian•Back Bay•$$
Sarva Indian Cuisine
Sarva Indian Cuisine is a indian restaurant in Back Bay in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
cocktail
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8.6
Based on 438 reviews
140
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American•Back Bay•$$
Sonsie
Sonsie earns a weekend detour in Back Bay when you want brunch that beats the usual default.
bistrobrunchlate night
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8.4
Based on 2064 reviews
141
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Chinese•Cambridge•$$
Sumiao Hunan Kitchen
Sumiao Hunan Kitchen is a chinese restaurant in Cambridge in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
cocktail
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8.4
Based on 1579 reviews
142
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American•Boston•$$
The Buttery
The Buttery earns a weekend detour when you want brunch that beats the usual default.
brunchcocktail
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8.4
Based on 1444 reviews
143
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Brunch•Boston•$$
Loretta's Last Call
Loretta's Last Call is a strong brunch move in Boston when you want the meal to feel worth leaving the house for.
brunchcocktail
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8.4
Based on 1443 reviews
144
Japanese•Back Bay•$$$
Hojoko
Hojoko is a japanese pick in Back Bay in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
cocktaildate night
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8.4
Based on 1093 reviews
145
Gastropub•Charlestown•$$
Blackmoor Bar and Kitchen
Blackmoor Bar and Kitchen is an easy gastropub option in Charlestown in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.4
Based on 948 reviews
146
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Sushi•Back Bay•$$$$
Uni
Uni is a sushi pick in Back Bay in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
cocktaildate night
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8.4
Based on 936 reviews
147
French•South End•$$
Aquitaine
Aquitaine is a smart brunch call in South End when the morning is supposed to feel a little more like an occasion.
wine barbistrobrunch
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8.4
Based on 925 reviews
148
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Cocktail Bar•Boston•$$$
Carrie Nation Cocktail Club
Carrie Nation Cocktail Club is the kind of cocktail bar room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
cocktailwine barbrunch
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8.4
Based on 899 reviews
149
Wine Bar•South End•$$$
Frenchie Wine Bistro
Frenchie Wine Bistro suits a night out in South End when you want wine bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
wine barbistrobrunch
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8.4
Based on 650 reviews
150
Cocktail Bar•Boston•$$$$
Chemist Cocktail Bar
Chemist Cocktail Bar is an easy cocktail bar option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
cocktailhidden gem
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8.4
Based on 172 reviews
151
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Mexican•Seaport•$$
Rosa Mexicano Boston
Rosa Mexicano Boston is an easy mexican option in Seaport in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.2
Based on 3151 reviews
152
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American•Boston•$$
Back Deck
Back Deck is a sensible american call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
cocktail
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8.2
Based on 1608 reviews
153
American•Back Bay•$$
Back Bay Social
Back Bay Social is a american restaurant in Back Bay in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.2
Based on 1277 reviews
154
American•Charlestown•$$
99 Restaurants
99 Restaurants is a american restaurant in Charlestown in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
pubcocktail
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8.2
Based on 1068 reviews
155
Thai•Boston•$$
Montien Thai Restaurant
Montien Thai Restaurant is a thai restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.2
Based on 1019 reviews
156
Chinese•Boston•$$
China Pearl Restaurant
China Pearl Restaurant is an easy chinese option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
cocktail
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8.2
Based on 885 reviews
157
Korean•Allston•$$
Myung Dong 1st Ave
Myung Dong 1st Ave is a sensible korean call in Allston in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
cocktailhidden gem
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8.2
Based on 369 reviews
158
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Cocktail Bar•Boston•$$$$
Wink and Nod
Wink and Nod is a cocktail bar restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
cocktaillate nighthidden gem
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8.2
Based on 304 reviews
159
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American•Boston•$$
Joe's Waterfront
Joe's Waterfront is a sensible american call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
cocktail
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8.0
Based on 2203 reviews
160
Sports Bar•Boston•$
Cheeky Monkey Brewing Company
Cheeky Monkey Brewing Company is a sensible sports bar call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
pubcocktail
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8.0
Based on 722 reviews
161
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Irish Pub•Boston•$$
Lansdowne Pub
Lansdowne Pub is a sensible irish pub call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
pubcocktail
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7.8
Based on 1708 reviews
162
Italian•Back Bay•$$$
Terra
Terra is a italian pick in Back Bay in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
wine barbrunchcocktail
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7.8
Based on 1060 reviews
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The top restaurants for cocktail in Boston include Holdfast Specialty Seafood Co., Wusong Road Tiki Bar, Marcelino’s Seaport. TastyPals curates these picks based on occasion tags, Google ratings, and editorial judgment.
What is the best cocktail restaurant in Boston?
Holdfast Specialty Seafood Co. is among the top-rated options for cocktail in Boston, with a 9.8 Google rating and 182 reviews.
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