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Halal•Back Bay•$$$$
Fenway’s Halal Food
Fenway’s Halal Food suits a night out in Back Bay when you want halal that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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10.0
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Best Rated Restaurants in Boston: 527 Top Picks for 2026
Every restaurant here holds a 4.3+ Google rating with 100+ reviews — the threshold where volume meets consistent quality. Sorted by rating, then review depth.
527 restaurantsMin 4.3 rating · 100+ reviewsUpdated August 2026
Highest-rated picks in Boston
Fast answers from the restaurants that clear the rating and review-volume bar in Boston.
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Mediterranean•Boston•$$
CAVA
Let me be honest about what this is: a walk-the-line bowl shop on Boylston, not a room you linger in.
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9.8
Based on 1810 reviews
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Burgers•South End•$$$$
Burg & Shaw
Burg & Shaw is the kind of concept that shouldn't need explaining but always does — because the mashup sounds like a novelty until you realize it isn't.
date night
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9.8
Based on 823 reviews
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Indian•Allston•$$$$
Tabla Express Boston
Tabla Express landed inside Novo Marketplace — Allston's 20,000-square-foot, sixteen-vendor food hall on Brighton Avenue — and the fit makes sense on multiple levels.
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9.8
Based on 652 reviews
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Restaurant•Boston•$$
O'Cheese
In the North End, where Italian-American dining has been performed for tourists at markup for decades, O'Cheese operates on a different frequency entirely.
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9.8
Based on 559 reviews
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Chinese•Allston•$$$$
B2J Tasty Pot Allston 不二家酸菜鱼 Allston
Harvard Ave in Allston runs on student hunger and cheap thrills, which makes B2J Tasty Pot — 不二家酸菜鱼 — an interesting outlier: a restaurant built around a single, considered northern Chinese tradition rather than the usual scatter-shot me…
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9.8
Based on 448 reviews
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Taco•Back Bay•$$
La Fonda St - Boston
La Fonda Street pitches itself as a passport through Latin American street food — not a single country's greatest hits, but the kind of cross-border cooking you'd find at a busy market stall in Caracas or Santo Domingo.
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9.8
Based on 429 reviews
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Vegan•Boston•$$
Energize
Energize arrived in Boston in 2016 with a mission that felt countercultural for the city's meat-heavy dining landscape: make organic, plant-based eating genuinely affordable and accessible, not aspirational.
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9.8
Based on 233 reviews
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Restaurant•Boston•$$$$
Wa Shin
Wa Shin operates at the far end of the commitment spectrum — ten seats arranged at an L-shaped hinoki counter, a wood sacred enough in Japan that importing it to Stuart Street in Boston's Theater District reads less as décor decision tha…
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9.8
Based on 232 reviews
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Bar•Allston•$$$$
Holdfast Specialty Seafood Co.
Holdfast Specialty Seafood Co.
cocktailhidden gemdate night
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9.8
Based on 182 reviews
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Korean•Allston•$$
Park's Kitchen 박식당
Park's Kitchen 박식당 is a korean pick in Allston in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.8
Based on 171 reviews
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Restaurant•Boston•$$$$
Fenway Grill & Bar
Fenway Grill & Bar opened on Peterborough Street in early 2025, stepping into a space that Thornton's Fenway Grille held for over thirty years — and that lineage matters.
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9.8
Based on 155 reviews
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Japanese•Cambridge•$$$$
YABA sushi
On the Beacon Hill stretch of Cambridge Street, wedged between Mass General and the State House, YABA does something I respect: it treats takeout sushi like it matters.
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9.8
Based on 107 reviews
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Middle Eastern•Back Bay•$$
Bab Al-Yemen Boston مطعم باب اليمن بوسطن
There's a particular pleasure in a room built for lingering, and Bab Al-Yemen — Boston's first Yemeni restaurant — understands it.
date night
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9.6
Based on 4936 reviews
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Brazilian•Boston•$$$
Alma Gaucha
Let's be honest about what a rodízio asks of you: surrender.
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9.6
Based on 3267 reviews
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Bar•Cambridge•$$
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.
cocktaildate night
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9.6
Based on 2691 reviews
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Tapas•Boston•$$$$
Marcelino’s Seaport
Let's be honest about what Marcelino's Seaport is: a waterfront cocktail bar with an outdoor DJ booth, a lighted mirror wall built for your phone, and a 21+ door policy after 9.
cocktaillate nightdate night
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9.6
Based on 1897 reviews
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Italian•Boston•$$
Ciao! Pizza and Pasta
Let's be honest about what Ciao!
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9.6
Based on 1853 reviews
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Pizza•North End•$
Galleria Umberto
Galleria Umberto has operated as a North End lunch institution for decades, and its reputation is the kind that doesn't require a publicist — it runs entirely on word-of-mouth and the line that reportedly forms outside before the doors o…
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9.6
Based on 1307 reviews
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Mexican•Boston•$$$$
Chubbs Taco & Tequila Bar
Chubbs sits on Adams Street in Dorchester, which is where you should adjust any expectations about the crowd — this is neighborhood Mexican with a luchador streak, not a downtown scene tax.
cocktaildate night
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9.6
Based on 1109 reviews
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Restaurant•Boston•$$
Cafe Weekend
Eight tables and six counter stools — Cafe Weekend on Harvard Ave is the kind of Allston room that fits in your palm, and it knows it.
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9.6
Based on 1080 reviews
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Korean•Boston•$$$$
KChickin (Korean, Sushi, Hand roll and Japanese Cuisine)
KChickin moved into 86 Peterborough Street — the former Sushi Kappo space in the Fenway — and made no attempt to quietly inherit its predecessor's identity.
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9.6
Based on 879 reviews
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Breakfast•Jamaica Plain•$$
Mike & Patty's Breakfast | Jamaica Plain
Mike & Patty's on Centre Street is the kind of breakfast operation that earns a neighbourhood's loyalty by refusing to be casual about the small things.
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9.6
Based on 874 reviews
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Ramen•Boston•$
Pikaichi
Pikaichi's story is, in miniature, the story of a certain kind of Boston restaurant: built by an immigrant chef who stayed, absorbed a neighborhood, and got squeezed out by the economics of the city he'd made his own.
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9.6
Based on 749 reviews
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Mexican•Back Bay•$$
El Jefe's Taqueria - Kenmore Square
El Jefe's Taqueria - Kenmore Square is the kind of mexican room in Back Bay you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.6
Based on 696 reviews
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Italian•Boston•$$$$
Via Cannuccia
Via Cannuccia arrived on Dorchester Avenue in 2023 and has spent the intervening years proving that the neighborhood didn't need to look north for serious Italian.
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9.6
Based on 613 reviews
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Mediterranean•North End•$$$$
Mood Restaurant & Cafe
The North End has never lacked for opinions about what belongs here, and Mood — opened on Salem Street — is exactly the kind of newcomer that earns its friction.
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9.6
Based on 569 reviews
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Japanese•Boston•$$
Tori Japan
Tori Japan has built something genuinely useful across Boston — a multi-location Japanese chain (East Boston's Border Street, Boylston in the Fenway corridor, and Central Square) that holds down accessible, mid-price Japanese cooking in…
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9.6
Based on 547 reviews
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Indian•Boston•$$$$
Namastay Boston
Namastay Boston arrived in Kenmore Square in August 2025 with a genuinely unusual proposition: Boston's first superhero comic-themed Indian restaurant, occupying the basement-level space at 636 Beacon St that previously housed Baanga Kor…
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9.6
Based on 514 reviews
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Thai•Boston•$$$$
BOONNOON Market
BOONNOON Market sits on Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington — just outside Boston proper, but well within the orbit of diners who track where the serious Thai cooking actually happens in this region.
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9.6
Based on 436 reviews
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Breakfast•Boston•$$
Sunny Girl
Sunny Girl exists because two fathers wanted to build something worthy of their daughters' names — chef Jesse Rosen (CIA-trained, formerly of Burnt Edge Pizza and Good Life) and co-owner Peter Fiumara named the spot after Fiumara's daugh…
brunch
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9.6
Based on 411 reviews
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Pizza•Boston•$$
Pizzeria Rustico
Pizzeria Rustico, tucked into 85 Canal St in Boston's Bulfinch Triangle, is the kind of pizzeria built around a specific conviction: that the gap between a great New York or Brooklyn slice and what Boston typically offers is worth closing.
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9.6
Based on 365 reviews
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Vietnamese•Boston•$$$$
Banh Mi Ok
Let me spare you the candlelit fantasy: this is not a room built for two.
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9.6
Based on 338 reviews
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Japanese•Boston•$$$$
Mai
Mai arrived in the Seaport on September 10, 2025, carrying a premise ambitious enough to invite scrutiny: Kevin Liu — the owner behind Matsunori Handroll Bar near Fenway — wanted to be the first restaurant in Boston to fuse Japanese simp…
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9.6
Based on 298 reviews
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Vietnamese•Boston•$$
Pho Que Restaurant
Pho Que sits on Adams Street in Dorchester — not the neighborhood you visit by accident, but one you return to on purpose.
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9.6
Based on 278 reviews
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Korean•Boston•$$
Sharon Korean Kitchen
West Roxbury doesn't often make the conversation when Bostonians argue Korean food, but Sharon Korean Kitchen at 1727 Centre St is quietly changing that calculus.
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9.6
Based on 252 reviews
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Japanese•Boston•$$$$
Kenzoku Mazesoba
Kenzoku Mazesoba is doing something that still feels genuinely underrepresented in Boston's Japanese dining landscape: it commits entirely to mazesoba, the brothless ramen style where noodles are tossed with concentrated toppings and sau…
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9.6
Based on 245 reviews
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Vietnamese•Boston•$$$$
Broken Rice Com Tam
Broken Rice Com Tấm is doing something specific in Boston's Chinatown: it's taken a dish that functions as street-food gospel in Saigon — broken rice, the cheaper, slightly nubby cousin of long-grain that absorbs sauce with more aggressi…
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9.6
Based on 192 reviews
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Sushi•Boston•$$
Sushi Guys
Sushi Guys arrived in South Boston in September 2024 carrying credentials that most neighborhood sushi spots can't match: before opening at 283 Old Colony Ave, co-founders Jaimie Thang and chef-partner Cary Wong ran Tobiko Japanese Fusio…
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9.6
Based on 189 reviews
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Vietnamese•Somerville•$$$$
Pound House Coffee
Ball Square in Somerville has been waiting for a spot that takes Vietnamese coffee seriously — not as an afterthought to a pho menu, but as the entire philosophical center of the room.
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9.6
Based on 154 reviews
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Pizza•Boston•$$$$
Gary's Pizza
Let's be honest about what Gary's is not: a room.
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9.6
Based on 131 reviews
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Cocktail Bar•Boston•$$$$
Extra Dirty Cocktail Club
Here's the pitch: a hidden bar inside another hidden bar, tucked behind a heavy curtain in a nondescript North End building, down a carpeted flight of stairs past cherry-red furniture and tassel lamps.
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9.6
Based on 114 reviews
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French•Boston•$$
Cafe Bonjour
Let's be clear about what Cafe Bonjour is: a small daytime room in Downtown Crossing, all bar seating and two-tops, kitchen open so you watch the eggs go from pan to plate.
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9.4
Based on 3153 reviews
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Italian•Boston•$$$
Mamma Maria
Mamma Maria occupies a historic brick townhouse on North Square in Boston's North End, and its reputation over several decades has been built on a specific promise: this is where the neighbourhood's red-sauce familiarity gives way to som…
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9.4
Based on 2134 reviews
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Steakhouse•Boston•$$$$
Rare Steakhouse
Rare Steakhouse occupies the kind of room that announces itself before the food arrives: gold-and-cream rather than the usual clubby gloom, with views over the Harborwalk and Mystic River from inside Encore Boston Harbor.
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9.4
Based on 2108 reviews
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Mexican•Back Bay•$
El Jefe's Taqueria - Boston Common
Here's the thing about El Jefe's on Boylston: it stays open until 2am, which means it exists in two registers.
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9.4
Based on 2048 reviews
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Steakhouse•Boston•$$$$
Eddie Merlot's
Let's be honest about what Eddie Merlot's is: a chain steakhouse that started in Fort Wayne, Indiana back in 2001 and now parks a 260-seat dining room in the Seaport with floor-to-ceiling windows and a lounge built for closing deals.
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9.4
Based on 2028 reviews
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Spanish•Boston•$$
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•North End•$
Theo's Cozy Corner Restaurant
Theo's Cozy Corner earns its name honestly: a galley-kitchen sliver on Salem Street seating about twenty, where you climb through the kitchen and lift a trap door for stairs down to the bathroom.
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9.4
Based on 1653 reviews
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Pizza•Charlestown•$$
Brewer's Fork
Brewer's Fork has built a quiet but devoted following in Charlestown — a neighborhood that rewards locals-only loyalty — as a wood-fired pizza spot with a craft-beer program that does its homework.
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9.4
Based on 1621 reviews
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American•Somerville•$$
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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Mexican•Boston•$
Taquería Jalisco
Twenty years in East Boston and Taquería Jalisco still runs on Ramiro Gonzalez's mother's recipes, which tells you everything about why this eight-table room stays packed.
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9.4
Based on 1509 reviews
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Seafood•Beacon Hill•$$$$
Ostra
Ostra sits in Beacon Hill as one of Boston's more serious fine-dining seafood rooms, though it's worth noting the original restaurant built its reputation in Back Bay — the Beacon Hill positioning is how it presents now, and the distinct…
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9.4
Based on 1328 reviews
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Chinese•Boston•$$
Noah's Kitchen
Noah's Kitchen sits in Brookline Village with a wood-rich room that leans warm and unfussy — metal teapots on the tables, a modest East-meets-West sparseness that lets the food do the shouting.
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9.4
Based on 1268 reviews
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American•Jamaica Plain•$$
Brassica Kitchen + Cafe
Brassica Kitchen + Café occupies a modest, warm room in Jamaica Plain that operates on a split personality the neighbourhood has come to trust: a relaxed café during the day, a more deliberate and ingredient-driven kitchen after dark.
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9.4
Based on 1259 reviews
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Mexican•Boston•$
Angela's Cafe Eagle Hill
Angela Atenco Lopez learned to cook at eight, beside her mother in Puebla, and that lineage is the whole point at this East Boston room on Lexington Street.
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9.4
Based on 1183 reviews
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Indian•Boston•$$
Rassa Indian Cuisine | Best Restaurant in Waltham, MA
Waltham's Moody Street stretch just got a serious South Indian anchor, and Rassa knows exactly what it's doing.
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9.4
Based on 1155 reviews
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Chinese•Boston•$$
Yunnan Kitchen
Forty-nine seats and no pretense of hiding what they're for: Yunnan Kitchen puts the food at the center of a small South End room and lets everything else fall away.
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9.4
Based on 1024 reviews
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Italian•Cambridge•$$$
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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Pizza•Boston•$
FLORINA Pizzeria & Paninoteca
Florina Pizzeria & Paninoteca earns its reputation not through a sprawling menu or theatrical dining room but through something harder to pull off: consistent excellence on a deliberately compressed stage.
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9.4
Based on 806 reviews
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Italian•Allston•$$
Carlo's Cucina Italiana
Carlo's Cucina Italiana has been feeding Allston, which means it predates most of the neighborhood's current residents by several decades — and it has the institutional calm to prove it.
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9.4
Based on 803 reviews
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Cocktail Bar•Cambridge•$$$
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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Turkish•Boston•$$
Dolma Mediterranean Cuisine
Dolma is the kind of project that earns attention before you even look at the menu: a female-owned restaurant built from Yesim's home kitchen, shaped by years cooking in Antalya province, and now settled into a modest Brookline address o…
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9.4
Based on 704 reviews
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Greek•Boston•$$$
Bar Vlaha
Bar Vlaha occupies a particular lane that very few Boston-area Greek restaurants have even attempted: the food traditions of the Vlach people, nomadic shepherds from Greece's mountainous interior, translated into a modern tavern on Beaco…
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9.4
Based on 694 reviews
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Japanese•Boston•$$$$
Matsunori Handroll Bar
Matsunori Handroll Bar is built around a single, disciplined idea: that the handroll — eaten by hand, fresh off the counter, no cutlery required — is worth centering an entire restaurant around.
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9.4
Based on 678 reviews
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Mediterranean•Boston•$$
Chickadee
Chickadee is what happens when a Gloucester-raised chef channels his Sicilian and Portuguese family table through the lens of New England's coastline — and lands it squarely in one of Boston's most self-consciously ambitious neighborhoods.
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9.4
Based on 661 reviews
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Mexican•Boston•$$$$
Taco Azul
Taco Azul opened in fall 2024 on Beacon Hill's Beacon Street, and the context matters as much as the concept: this is Dan Leyva's bet that the neighborhood — old Boston money, State House adjacency, a dining scene that skews toward white…
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9.4
Based on 643 reviews
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American•Somerville•$$$
Field & Vine
Field & Vine earns its reputation not by accident of location but by conviction of purpose.
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9.4
Based on 600 reviews
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Pizza•Back Bay•$$
Union Park Pizza
Union Park Pizza doesn't trade on Newbury Street glamour — it burrows beneath it.
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9.4
Based on 594 reviews
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Greek•Somerville•$$
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…
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9.4
Based on 567 reviews
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Bistro•Cambridge•$$
Oak Bistro
Oak Bistro is a smart brunch call in Cambridge when the morning is supposed to feel a little more like an occasion.
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9.4
Based on 536 reviews
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Steakhouse•Boston•$$$$
Mooo.... Seaport
Mooo....
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9.4
Based on 532 reviews
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Vegan•Boston•$$
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•$$
Lily's Bar - Pizza - Patio
Lily's Bar - Pizza - Patio is doing something that the Financial District sorely needs: making a weekday lunch crowd feel like they're somewhere worth lingering.
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9.4
Based on 503 reviews
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Vegan•Back Bay•$$
Rhythm 'n Wraps
Rhythm 'n Wraps is doing something specific and earned: bringing Le Cordon Bleu technique to Ayurvedic-influenced plant-based cooking, in a room decorated with graffiti murals of old-school rap artists, with hip-hop running loud enough t…
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9.4
Based on 487 reviews
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Indian•Boston•$$$$
Aatma At Widowmaker
Keith Sarasin describes Aatma as a "punk rock Indian restaurant," and that label is doing real work here — this isn't a white-tablecloth subcontinent tour or a tikka-masala-for-the-masses delivery trap.
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9.4
Based on 442 reviews
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Vietnamese•Boston•$$$$
Pho Bar Express
Pho Bar Express on Dorchester Avenue is not trying to reinvent Vietnamese cooking — it's trying to honor it at speed, and that distinction matters.
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9.4
Based on 438 reviews
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Sushi•Somerville•$$$$
FUKI-Japanese-Cuisine
FUKI Japanese Cuisine occupies a particular niche in the Union Square ecosystem that's harder to pull off than it sounds: sushi that takes the cooking seriously without pricing out the Somerville regulars who actually live here.
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9.4
Based on 396 reviews
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American•Boston•$$$$
Yeanie's Burgers and Social - Dorchester
Yeanie's Burgers and Social opened on Savin Hill Avenue in February 2025 with a clarity of purpose that a lot of newer Boston spots lack: this is a smashburger counter with a neighborhood soul, built by the couple behind Bánh Mì Ơi and t…
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9.4
Based on 392 reviews
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Italian•Boston•$$
Tonino
Tonino arrived on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain in 2022 and has spent the years since accumulating the kind of critical density that most Italian restaurants spend a decade chasing — Boston Magazine, Eater, Condé Nast, The Infatuation,…
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9.4
Based on 374 reviews
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American•Cambridge•$$
Urban Hearth
Urban Hearth is, at its core, Chef Erin Miller's argument that serious fine dining belongs in the neighborhoods — not downtown, not in a hotel corridor, but in Inman Square, where Cambridge still operates on human scale.
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9.4
Based on 372 reviews
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Ramen•Boston•$$$$
Miraku Boston
Miraku's backstory is unusual enough to matter: the restaurant traces its lineage to a 2007 original on Rishiri Island, a remote island off the northern tip of Hokkaido, where it earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand in 2012 — recognition for e…
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9.4
Based on 259 reviews
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Mexican•Boston•$$$$
Los Alebrijes Mexican Restaurant
Los Alebrijes stakes a clear identity in East Boston's Sumner Street: this is a Mexican kitchen built around folk-art ambition and genuine co-ownership, not a franchise template.
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9.4
Based on 236 reviews
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Cocktail Bar•Boston•$$$$
Farmacia
Phillip Rolfe built Farmacia around a premise that's harder to pull off than it sounds: a genuinely intimate cocktail bar — nine seats, full stop — where the drinks are the main event and the room earns its keep.
cocktailhidden gemdate night
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9.4
Based on 213 reviews
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Breakfast•Back Bay•$$$$
First Watch
First Watch is a nationally scaled daytime-dining brand that has figured out something most chains haven't: how to feel current without being precious about it.
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9.4
Based on 199 reviews
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Restaurant•Boston•$$$$
Norinori Test Kitchen
Norinori Test Kitchen arrives in Brookline's Cleveland Circle not as a Japanese restaurant in the conventional sense, but as a deliberate argument: that the bento — that workaday, compartmentalized form of eating — deserves a room built…
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9.4
Based on 152 reviews
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Bar•South End•$$$$
Moon Bar
Let's clear one thing up: whatever the listing says, Moon Bar isn't really South End—it's tucked under Mooncusser over on Columbus Ave, closer to the Theater District.
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9.4
Based on 148 reviews
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Japanese•Boston•$$
Jiro‘s Sushi
Tucked at the edge of Chinatown on Kneeland Street, Jiro's Sushi isn't built for lingering—count the seats and you'll find maybe seven spots total, a few at the bar, a couple at a counter, two at a table.
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9.4
Based on 134 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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Vegan•Cambridge•$$
Veggie Galaxy
Veggie Galaxy pulls off the trick most all-vegan diners can't: it doesn't taste like a compromise.
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9.2
Based on 4373 reviews
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Seafood•Back Bay•$$$
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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Seafood•Boston•$$$
Row 34 - Seaport | Boston
Row 34 has established itself as Fort Point's anchor seafood restaurant — the room the neighborhood needed when the district was still figuring out its identity, and one that has held that position long enough to suggest it isn't coastin…
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9.2
Based on 4059 reviews
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Asian•Boston•$$
The Q
There's something about a hot pot table that forces a couple to slow down.
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9.2
Based on 3463 reviews
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Italian•North End•$$
Carmelina's
Carmelina's is the room North End regulars invoke when they want to make the case that Hanover Street hasn't been entirely surrendered to tourist-facing red-sauce production.
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9.2
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Mediterranean•Somerville•$$$
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
97
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American•Charlestown•$$
Warren Tavern
Warren Tavern suits a night out in Charlestown when you want american that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
pubcocktaildate night
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9.2
Based on 2620 reviews
98
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Steakhouse•Boston•$$$$
Grill 23 & Bar
Grill 23 & Bar has occupied its Back Bay address long enough to become part of Boston's civic furniture — the high-ceilinged, dark-wood room where the city's deal-making and milestone dinners have reliably landed for decades.
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9.2
Based on 2430 reviews
99
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Mediterranean•Cambridge•$$$
Oleana
Oleana is Ana Sortun's Inman Square dining room and one of the more consequential restaurants in New England — the place widely credited with showing a generation of Boston cooks what Eastern Mediterranean spice could do when shaped by F…
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9.2
Based on 2254 reviews
100
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Pizza•North End•$
Ernesto's Pizza
Ernesto's Pizza suits a night out in North End when you want pizza that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.2
Based on 2005 reviews
101
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Brunch•Boston•$$
North Street Grille
North Street Grille has been doing the North End thing, and Robin Sidell's "Welcome Home" pitch isn't just signage — it's a 8am-to-4pm room built for the kind of brunch you linger over until someone orders a second coffee.
brunch
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9.2
Based on 1909 reviews
102
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American•Somerville•$
The Neighborhood Restaurant
Here's the thing about The Neighborhood Restaurant on Bow Street: the Borges family has been feeding Somerville, and the city literally named the square outside after founder Mario Borges.
brunch
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9.2
Based on 1641 reviews
103
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Greek•Back Bay•$
GRECO
GRECO doesn't pretend to be a room built for lingering, and that honesty is its charm.
date night
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9.2
Based on 1623 reviews
104
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Spanish•Somerville•$$$
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.
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9.2
Based on 1574 reviews
105
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Indian•Boston•$$
Mirchi Nation-Indian Kitchen
Let's clear something up first: despite the Boston tag, Mirchi Nation lives on Harvard Street in Coolidge Corner, Brookline, a few doors from the theater.
date night
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9.2
Based on 1534 reviews
106
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Pizza•South End•$$
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…
wine barcocktail
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9.2
Based on 1524 reviews
107
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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
108
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Seafood•Cambridge•$$
The Hourly Oyster House
There's a specific pleasure in a room that begins with warm salt-and-vinegar chips instead of the usual bread basket — it tells you The Hourly isn't precious about the ritual, only serious about the seafood.
date night
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9.2
Based on 1481 reviews
109
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Restaurant•Somerville•$
Himalayan Kitchen
Tucked into a quiet corner near Union Square, Himalayan Kitchen is small enough — maybe fifteen seats — that the room feels claimed rather than merely occupied.
date night
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9.2
Based on 1449 reviews
110
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Vietnamese•Boston•$
Bánh Mì Ba Lẹ & Bakery
Let me be honest about the room first, because it's the room that shapes the night: there barely is one.
date night
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9.2
Based on 1405 reviews
111
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Italian•South End•$$$
SRV
SRV has built a reputation in Boston's South End around a specific cultural argument: that Venetian bàcaro culture is worth importing with conviction rather than approximation.
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9.2
Based on 1309 reviews
112
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French•South End•$$$
Mistral
Twenty-five years in, Mistral still knows how a Provençal room should breathe.
date night
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9.2
Based on 1302 reviews
113
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French•Back Bay•$$$
La Voile
La Voile operates on a frequency that most Back Bay restaurants don't even attempt to find.
date night
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9.2
Based on 1201 reviews
114
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Brunch•Charlestown•$$
Monument Charlestown Restaurant & Tavern
Monument Charlestown Restaurant & Tavern is the kind of brunch room in Charlestown you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.2
Based on 1193 reviews
115
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Vegetarian•Boston•$$
Red Lentil Vegetarian & Vegan Restaurant - Watertown
Red Lentil Vegetarian & Vegan Restaurant - Watertown is a vegetarian pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.2
Based on 1182 reviews
116
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Greek•Boston•$$$
KAVA neo-taverna
There's a particular kind of small room that works on you slowly, and KAVA neo-taverna on Shawmut Ave is one of them.
date night
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9.2
Based on 1147 reviews
117
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Fish and Chips•Jamaica Plain•$$
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
118
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Greek•Boston•$$
Krasi
Krasi opened on Valentine's Day 2020, which tells you two things: bad timing, and a stubborn kind of romance.
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9.2
Based on 1137 reviews
119
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Thai•North End•$$
Kala Thai Cookery
On paper, Kala reads romantic — seven two-tops, five bar seats, a stylish little box on Hanover Street.
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9.2
Based on 1110 reviews
120
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Mexican•Boston•$
Chilacates Amory St
Socrates Abreu started Chilacates in 2015 because he'd had it with assembly-line burrito shops — he wanted you talking to the person at the register, not a conveyor belt.
date night
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9.2
Based on 1095 reviews
121
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American•Cambridge•$$$
Pammy's
Pammy's has built one of Cambridge's more durable reputations — the kind that accumulates through consistent cooking rather than a single viral moment.
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9.2
Based on 1081 reviews
122
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Indian•Somerville•$$
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
123
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Japanese Izakaya•Cambridge•$$
Izakaya Ittoku
Tucked inside the Porter Exchange food hall, Izakaya Ittoku occupies the largest room in the building—two bars, a full dining room, and a menu that runs well past a hundred dishes, most of them pictured so you can point and nod.
date night
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9.2
Based on 1025 reviews
124
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Gastropub•Charlestown•$
Tavern at the End of the World
The name isn't a bluff.
cocktaildate night
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9.2
Based on 1004 reviews
125
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Wine Bar•Cambridge•$$$
Puritan & Company
Let's get one thing straight: Puritan & Company calls itself a wine bar, but Will Gilson is running a serious kitchen behind that antique gas stove doubling as a hostess stand.
wine barcocktaildate night
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9.2
Based on 974 reviews
126
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Tapas•Jamaica Plain•$$$
Tres Gatos
Tres Gatos is a tapas pick in Jamaica Plain in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.2
Based on 968 reviews
127
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French•Boston•$$
Cafe sauvage
Café Sauvage is the kind of small room that knows exactly what it wants to be.
date night
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9.2
Based on 962 reviews
128
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Italian•Boston•$$$$
Sorellina
Sorellina is a italian pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.2
Based on 924 reviews
129
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Japanese Izakaya•Cambridge•$
Bosso Ramen Tavern
Bosso Ramen Tavern suits a night out in Cambridge when you want japanese izakaya that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.2
Based on 914 reviews
130
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Peruvian•Somerville•$$
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.
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9.2
Based on 883 reviews
131
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Bar and Grill•Boston•$$
Audubon
Audubon sits at 838 Beacon St in the thick of the Fenway-Kenmore corridor, and it wears that location without apology.
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9.2
Based on 838 reviews
132
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Tapas•Boston•$$$
Rose - International Tapas & Bar
Rose - International Tapas & Bar doesn't ease you in gently.
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9.2
Based on 790 reviews
133
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Asian•Back Bay•$$
Bangkok Bento Thai Kitchen and Sushi bar
Bangkok Bento operates out of a basement space on Newbury Street — which, on a block that runs toward the Prudential and draws the kind of foot traffic that turns lunch into a spectacle, means you descend from the retail parade into some…
date night
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9.2
Based on 789 reviews
134
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Indian•Boston•$$$$
Ssaanjh Indian
Ssaanjh occupies the old O'Leary's Irish pub footprint beside the St.
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9.2
Based on 733 reviews
135
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Thai•Boston•$
Cha Yen Thai Cookery
Cha Yen Thai Cookery didn't start with ambition for a dining room — it started with eight seats and a takeout window in Coolidge Square, Watertown, and built its reputation one MSG-free, made-to-order plate at a time.
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9.2
Based on 716 reviews
136
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Peruvian•Charlestown•$$
Peruvian Taste
Peruvian Taste operates out of a former Charlestown diner space on Arlington Avenue — 18 seats, family-run, no fanfare — and that physical reality is inseparable from what it delivers.
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9.2
Based on 708 reviews
137
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Korean•Allston•$
Coreanos Allston
Coreanos landed in Allston in the summer of 2016 with a premise that sounds simple until you taste the logic behind it: Korean food and Mexican form aren't as far apart as the menu boards of most American cities would have you believe.
date night
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9.2
Based on 704 reviews
138
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American•Seaport•$$$
SAVR
SAVR arrived in the Seaport in July 2023 with a clear thesis: that the neighborhood, so often accused of favoring flash over substance, could support a room built around hospitality as a philosophy rather than a brand exercise.
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9.2
Based on 659 reviews
139
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Cafe•Boston•$$
Tatte Bakery & Cafe | Charlestown
Tatte Bakery & Cafe in Charlestown is the story of a woman who redirected her life entirely around a kitchen table.
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9.2
Based on 616 reviews
140
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Spanish•Boston•$$
Pintxo Pincho Tapas Bar
Let's get the geography straight first: Pintxo Pincho is in Woburn, not Boston proper — 385 Main Street, a suburb most Bostonians drive through on the way to somewhere else.
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9.2
Based on 599 reviews
141
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Vegan•Boston•$$
Zhu Vegan
Zhu Vegan suits a night out when you want vegan that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.2
Based on 578 reviews
142
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Vegan•Somerville•$$
Koshari Mama
Koshari Mama operates from a premise that is both personal and quietly radical: that Egyptian street food, built generation by generation on lentils, rice, pasta, and spice, is vegan by nature rather than by compromise.
date night
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9.2
Based on 544 reviews
143
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Coffee Shop•Boston•$$
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.
cocktail
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9.2
Based on 534 reviews
144
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French•Boston•$$$
Nightshade Noodle Bar
Chef-owner Rachel Miller's James Beard-nominated noodle bar operates out of Lynn, Massachusetts — a deliberate step outside the Boston dining core that turns out to be entirely the point.
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9.2
Based on 529 reviews
145
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Italian•North End•$$
Euno
Euno has operated on Salem Street, which in the North End — a neighborhood where Italian restaurants open and close on the tide of tourist seasons — is a real credential.
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9.2
Based on 527 reviews
146
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Ramen•Boston•$$
Zuru Zuru Ramen and Donburi
Zuru Zuru sits in Malden's Pleasant Street corridor — technically outside Boston proper, but functionally a Greater Boston ramen destination for anyone who takes the craft seriously.
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9.2
Based on 513 reviews
147
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Restaurant•Boston•$$$$
Rose Town Kitchen & Bar
Rose Town Kitchen & Bar earns its position not through neighborhood obscurity but through an unusually clear sense of occasion.
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9.2
Based on 506 reviews
148
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Breakfast•Charlestown•$$
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…
brunchcocktaildate night
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9.2
Based on 494 reviews
149
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Italian•Cambridge•$$
Gufo
Gufo arrived in East Cambridge in 2023 with a clear thesis: Italian food as a genuine neighborhood anchor, not a destination restaurant performing for out-of-towners.
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9.2
Based on 477 reviews
150
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Burgers•Boston•$
Wheelhouse Boston
Wheelhouse is Abby O'Donnell's original play — the Milk Street concept that launched in 2014 before the newer High Street Place location gave it a nationally recognized food hall address.
date night
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9.2
Based on 464 reviews
151
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Ramen•Allston•$$
Isshindo Ramen
Isshindo Ramen earns its place in Allston's dining landscape not through novelty or spectacle, but through the kind of deliberate, process-driven ramen that the neighborhood — dense with students, Japanese expats, and people who take noo…
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9.2
Based on 460 reviews
152
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Greek•Boston•$$
The Greek Gyro
On Peterborough Street in the Fenway, The Greek Gyro operates with a clear and unapologetic brief: gyros, done properly, at a price that makes daily loyalty possible.
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9.2
Based on 434 reviews
153
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Breakfast•Boston•$$
Sunnyside All Day Brunch Cafe
Sunnyside All Day Brunch Cafe, tucked into Hood Park Drive in Charlestown at the edge of Boston proper, has built its identity around a proposition that's rarer than it sounds: an all-day brunch spot that goes genuinely playful without s…
brunch
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9.2
Based on 431 reviews
154
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Steakhouse•Boston•$$$$
Masons Steakhouse
Masons Steakhouse arrived in Quincy's former Free Masons Lodge on Hancock Street in late 2024 with an ambition that outpaces most South Shore steakhouses: this is a multi-floor, grand-marble-pillar kind of room that is explicitly reachin…
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9.2
Based on 430 reviews
155
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Sushi•Back Bay•$$$$
Blue Ribbon Sushi
Blue Ribbon Sushi isn't a Boston original — it's a New York institution's first move into the city, and that lineage matters.
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9.2
Based on 415 reviews
156
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Indian•Boston•$$$$
Crystal Spoons
Crystal Spoons arrived on the South End–Roxbury border at 1950 Washington Street carrying a specific thesis: that Mughlai cooking — the imperial, cream-enriched, slow-cooked tradition that defined northern Indian court cuisine — has a pl…
fine diningcocktaildate night
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9.2
Based on 413 reviews
157
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Ramen•Boston•$
Ebisuya Japanese Noodle House
Ebisuya Japanese Noodle House operates out of a deliberately spare room on Summer Street in Malden — bar seating only, no frills, a format that signals exactly where the kitchen's priorities lie.
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9.2
Based on 347 reviews
158
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Thai•South End•$
Bangkok Pinto
Bangkok Pinto opened in January 2016 with a name that doubles as a manifesto: Bangkok for the capital, Pinto for the traditional Thai lunchbox — the stacked lacquerware container that working people once carried to hold meals cooked fres…
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9.2
Based on 331 reviews
159
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American•Charlestown•$$
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…
wine barbistrococktail
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9.2
Based on 330 reviews
160
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Japanese•Boston•$$
Somenya Boston
Somenya occupies a suite off Hudson Street in Chinatown, and its whole identity is built around something Boston has chronically undersupplied: serious, house-made udon and soba.
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9.2
Based on 325 reviews
161
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Mexican•South End•$$$$
Desnuda cocina & bar
Desnuda Cocina & Bar opened on Tremont Street in late 2024 with a premise that few Boston restaurants have attempted seriously: pair a kitchen rooted in Latin-Asian fusion with a proper listening lounge — audiophile sound system, lower-l…
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9.2
Based on 322 reviews
162
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American•Jamaica Plain•$$
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
163
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Vietnamese•Boston•$$
Gạo Vietnamese Kitchen
Gạo Vietnamese Kitchen on Dorchester Avenue is making a specific argument: that Vietnamese cooking doesn't have to choose between authenticity and a room that feels contemporary.
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9.2
Based on 263 reviews
164
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Greek•Boston•$
Zo Greek Cuisine
Zo Greek Cuisine is the kind of greek room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.2
Based on 250 reviews
165
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Korean•Allston•$$$$
SANBADA
Sanbada arrived in Allston in early 2026 as the first outpost of a three-restaurant Korean project, and it immediately drew a Boston Globe rave along with lines down Brighton Avenue — an opening that, by most accounts, represents the mos…
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9.2
Based on 203 reviews
166
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Thai•Boston•$$$$
Merai
Merai is a thai pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
cocktailhidden gemdate night
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9.2
Based on 198 reviews
167
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Restaurant•Allston•$$
Sloane’s
Sloane’s is the kind of restaurant room in Allston you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.2
Based on 195 reviews
168
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Vietnamese•Boston•$$
Huong Que Vietnamese Restaurant
Huong Que Vietnamese Restaurant is the kind of vietnamese room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.2
Based on 185 reviews
169
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Vietnamese•Boston•$
Linda Bánh Mì
Linda Bánh Mì is a vietnamese pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.2
Based on 182 reviews
170
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Thai•Boston•$$
Thai Oishi
Thai Oishi is a thai pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.2
Based on 175 reviews
171
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Mexican•Back Bay•$$$$
Sabina Mezcaleria
Sabina Mezcaleria is a mexican pick in Back Bay in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.2
Based on 156 reviews
172
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Restaurant•Boston•$$$$
Willow & Ivy | Back Bay Boston
Willow & Ivy | Back Bay Boston suits a night out when you want restaurant that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.2
Based on 135 reviews
173
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Japanese•South End•$$$$
311 Omakase Boston (Three 1 One)
311 Omakase Boston (Three 1 One) is the kind of japanese room in South End you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.2
Based on 131 reviews
174
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Restaurant•Allston•$$$$
Ama at The Atlas
Ama at The Atlas is the kind of restaurant room in Allston you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
hidden gemdate night
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9.2
Based on 104 reviews
175
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Cocktail Bar•Boston•$$$$
nine
nine is the kind of cocktail bar room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.2
Based on 102 reviews
176
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Brunch•Boston•$$
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
177
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Italian•South End•$$
Maggiano's Little Italy
Let's clear the air first: the brief says South End, but Maggiano's actually sits at 4 Columbus Ave in Park Square, a comfortable stumble from the Theater District.
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9.0
Based on 4916 reviews
178
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Seafood•Boston•$$
James Hook & Co
James Hook & Co 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 4653 reviews
179
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Seafood•Boston•$$
Yankee Lobster
Let me set your expectations about the room before your heart does: Yankee Lobster is a counter-order operation on the Seaport waterfront, not a place built for lingering across a candlelit two-top.
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9.0
Based on 4646 reviews
180
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Pizza•Boston•$
Santarpio's Pizza
There are rooms that perform their history and rooms that simply refuse to change, and Santarpio's, on Chelsea Street in East Boston, is emphatically the latter.
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9.0
Based on 4306 reviews
181
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Steakhouse•Somerville•$$
Oliveira's Steak House
A rodízio lives or dies on two things: the meat and the pacing.
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9.0
Based on 4122 reviews
182
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Fine Dining•Boston•$$$
Yvonne's
Yvonne's occupies the bones of Locke-Ober, the 1862 institution where the mahogany bar dates to 1886 and women weren't admitted to the dining room until 1971.
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9.0
Based on 3633 reviews
183
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American•Back Bay•$$
Boston Burger Company - Boylston St.
Let's be clear about what this room is and isn't.
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9.0
Based on 3502 reviews
184
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Spanish•South End•$$
Barcelona Wine Bar
There's a marble horseshoe bar at the center of Barcelona's South End room, and if you know what's good for you, that's where you sit.
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9.0
Based on 3256 reviews
185
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Ramen•Cambridge•$$
Hokkaido Ramen Santouka Harvard Square
There's a sliver of window at Santouka's Bow Street spot where you can watch seven kettles of pork-bone broth simmering, and that view tells you everything.
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9.0
Based on 2986 reviews
186
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Restaurant•Boston•$$
Gordon Ramsay Burger - Boston
Let's be honest about what this is: a celebrity burger house wrapped in floor-to-ceiling glass, tucked beside the Boston Public Market.
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9.0
Based on 2976 reviews
187
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Steakhouse•Back Bay•$$$
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
188
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Mexican•Boston•$$
La Hacienda East Boston
East Boston has a Latin heart, and La Hacienda has been feeding it since Jose Callejas and Maria Salgado turned a food truck into a Meridian Street institution — Mexican and Salvadoran cooking side by side, the way the neighborhood actua…
brunchdate night
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9.0
Based on 2510 reviews
189
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Taco•Boston•$$
bartaco
Let's be honest about the Seaport: it's a neighborhood built for corporate expense accounts, which makes bartaco's whole premise—$2-to-$4 tacos handed to you on a metal tray—feel almost subversive.
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9.0
Based on 2459 reviews
190
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Steakhouse•Allston•$$
The Stockyard Restaurant
The Stockyard Restaurant suits a night out in Allston when you want steakhouse that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 2389 reviews
191
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Italian•Boston•$$$
Limoncello
Tucked at 190 North Street, Limoncello sits just far enough off the North End's tourist tide to keep its own tempo.
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9.0
Based on 2270 reviews
192
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Hot Pot•Allston•$$
Spring Shabu-Shabu
There's a particular kind of intimacy in a table where you each mind your own simmering pot, and Spring Shabu-Shabu leans into it.
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9.0
Based on 2185 reviews
193
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American•Boston•$$$
Eastern Standard Kitchen and Drinks
There are rooms that make a case for coming back before you've ordered, and Eastern Standard—reopened around the corner from its old Kenmore Square address in October 2023—is one of them.
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9.0
Based on 2153 reviews
194
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Sports Bar•Boston•$$
Bleacher Bar
Bleacher Bar suits a night out when you want sports bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 2063 reviews
195
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Chinese•Boston•$$
Myers+Chang
Myers + Chang is the South End project from Joanne Chang — of Flour Bakery fame — and her husband Christopher Myers, and it has held a genuine place in Boston's casual dining landscape for well over a decade.
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9.0
Based on 2053 reviews
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Italian•Boston•$$
The Salty Pig
The Salty Pig is an easy italian option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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9.0
Based on 2017 reviews
197
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Ramen•Boston•$$
Ganko Ittetsu Ramen
Ganko Ittetsu Ramen suits a night out when you want ramen that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
date night
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9.0
Based on 1986 reviews
198
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American•Back Bay•$$
Parish Cafe & Bar
Parish Cafe & Bar suits a night out in Back Bay when you want american that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
cocktaildate night
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9.0
Based on 1972 reviews
199
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Ramen•Boston•$$
Hokkaido Ramen Santouka Back Bay
Hokkaido Ramen Santouka Back Bay is the kind of ramen room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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9.0
Based on 1852 reviews
200
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Steakhouse•Boston•$$$$
Ruth's Chris Steak House
Ruth's Chris occupies Boston's former City Hall in Downtown Crossing — a National Historic Landmark whose nineteenth-century beechwood detailing has been carefully restored.
fine diningdate night
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9.0
Based on 1833 reviews
201
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American•South End•$$
Milkweed
Milkweed suits a night out in South End when you want american that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
brunchdate night
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9.0
Based on 1783 reviews
202
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Lounge Bar•North End•$$
Wicked Craft Co.
In a neighborhood where saying "pasta" is practically a religion, Wicked Craft Co.
late nightcocktaildate night
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9.0
Based on 1581 reviews
203
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Ramen•Back Bay•$$
REDWHITE BONELESS RAMEN
On Newbury Street, where the shopping crowd rarely slows down for a proper bowl, REDWHITE makes a quiet case for stopping.
date night
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9.0
Based on 1569 reviews
204
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Hot Pot•Allston•$$
Shabu-Zen
Hot pot rarely reads as romantic — steam, roiling broth, the faint chaos of cooking your own dinner — but Shabu-Zen has spent over twenty years figuring out how to hold the shape of an evening.
date night
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9.0
Based on 1528 reviews
205
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French•Back Bay•$$
Rochambeau
Rochambeau is a french pick in Back Bay in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
cocktaildate night
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9.0
Based on 1458 reviews
206
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Steakhouse•Boston•$$$$
Mooo.... Beacon Hill
At the top of Beacon Hill, tucked inside the XV Beacon Hotel, Mooo....
date night
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9.0
Based on 1446 reviews
207
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Cocktail Bar•Boston•$$
F1 Arcade Boston
F1 Arcade Boston is a cocktail bar pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
cocktailpubbrunch
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9.0
Based on 1431 reviews
208
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Burgers•Back Bay•$$
The Capital Burger
The Capital Burger is the kind of burgers room in Back Bay you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
cocktaildate night
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9.0
Based on 1397 reviews
209
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Vegan•Back Bay•$$
Seasons 52
Seasons 52 is a vegan pick in Back Bay in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
wine barfine diningcocktail
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9.0
Based on 1394 reviews
210
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Taco•Boston•$
El Jefe's Taqueria - Symphony
El Jefe's Taqueria - Symphony is a taco pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
brunchdate night
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9.0
Based on 1388 reviews
211
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Steakhouse•Boston•$$$$
Mastro's Ocean Club
Mastro's Ocean Club occupies prime Seaport real estate on Fan Pier Blvd, and it knows it.
fine diningdate night
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9.0
Based on 1386 reviews
212
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Chinese•Boston•$$
Fuchun Ju
Fuchun Ju is a chinese pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
date night
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9.0
Based on 1369 reviews
213
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Japanese•Cambridge•$
Yume Wo Katare
Yume Wo Katare suits a night out in Cambridge when you want japanese that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
date night
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9.0
Based on 1348 reviews
214
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Japanese•Somerville•$$
Ebi Sushi
Ebi Sushi is the kind of japanese room in Somerville you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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9.0
Based on 1310 reviews
215
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Pizza•Back Bay•$$
Dirty Water Dough Company
Dirty Water Dough Company is the kind of pizza room in Back Bay you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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9.0
Based on 1301 reviews
216
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German•Somerville•$$
BRONWYN Restaurant
BRONWYN Restaurant is the kind of german room in Somerville you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
cocktaildate night
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9.0
Based on 1251 reviews
217
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Steakhouse•Seaport•$$$$
Morton's The Steakhouse
Morton's understands a thing most steakhouses forget: the night needs a shape, and the room should hold it.
date night
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9.0
Based on 1248 reviews
218
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French•Cambridge•$$
Ma Maison
Ma Maison is the kind of french room in Cambridge you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
bistrodate night
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9.0
Based on 1242 reviews
219
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Italian•Boston•$$
Fox & The Knife
Fox & The Knife is a italian restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
wine barcocktail
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9.0
Based on 1216 reviews
220
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Cocktail Bar•North End•$$
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.
cocktailbrunchdate night
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9.0
Based on 1140 reviews
221
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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.
pubcocktaildate night
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9.0
Based on 1111 reviews
222
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Book Store•Beacon Hill•$$$$
Beacon Hill Books & Cafe
Beacon Hill Books & Cafe is the kind of book store room in Beacon Hill you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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9.0
Based on 1088 reviews
223
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Seafood•Boston•$$$
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.
wine barcocktaildate night
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9.0
Based on 1010 reviews
224
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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.
cocktaildate night
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9.0
Based on 989 reviews
225
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Italian•North End•$$
TABLE
TABLE suits a night out in North End when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
fine diningdate night
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9.0
Based on 959 reviews
226
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Japanese•Somerville•$$
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
227
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Thai•Boston•$$
Laughing Monk Cafe
Laughing Monk Cafe suits a night out when you want thai that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
date night
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9.0
Based on 955 reviews
228
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Italian•Back Bay•$$$$
Deuxave
Deuxave suits a night out in Back Bay when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
fine diningcocktaildate night
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9.0
Based on 861 reviews
229
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Lebanese•Boston•$$
anoush'ella
anoush'ella is a lebanese pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
date night
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9.0
Based on 858 reviews
230
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Cocktail Bar•Somerville•$$
Saloon
Saloon suits a night out in Somerville when you want cocktail bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
cocktaillate nightdate night
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9.0
Based on 855 reviews
231
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Sushi•Boston•$$
Fuji at Ink Block
Fuji at Ink Block suits a night out when you want sushi that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
cocktaildate night
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9.0
Based on 801 reviews
232
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Thai•Boston•$$
Mahaniyom
Mahaniyom is the kind of thai room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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9.0
Based on 798 reviews
233
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Ramen•Boston•$$
Tora Ramen
Tora Ramen suits a night out when you want ramen that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
date night
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9.0
Based on 797 reviews
234
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Vegetarian•Boston•$$
Green Leaf Vegetarian & Vegan Restaurant
Green Leaf Vegetarian & Vegan Restaurant is the kind of vegetarian room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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9.0
Based on 773 reviews
235
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Chinese•South End•$$$
JiangNan Boston
JiangNan Boston is the kind of chinese room in South End you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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9.0
Based on 753 reviews
236
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Cambodian•Boston•$$
The Elephant Walk South End
The Elephant Walk South End is the kind of cambodian room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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9.0
Based on 751 reviews
237
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Seafood•Jamaica Plain•$$
JP Seafood Cafe
JP Seafood Cafe suits a night out in Jamaica Plain when you want seafood that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
date night
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9.0
Based on 743 reviews
238
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Mexican•Boston•$$
El Centro Mexican Restaurant
El Centro Mexican Restaurant is a mexican pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
date night
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9.0
Based on 732 reviews
239
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Mediterranean•Boston•$
South End Pita
South End Pita suits a night out when you want mediterranean that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
date night
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9.0
Based on 719 reviews
240
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Vegan•Allston•$
Grasshopper Vegan Restaurant
Grasshopper Vegan Restaurant is the kind of vegan room in Allston you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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9.0
Based on 693 reviews
241
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Mediterranean•South End•$$
ilona
ilona is the kind of mediterranean room in South End you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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9.0
Based on 681 reviews
242
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Brunch•Somerville•$$
Premiere on Broadway
Premiere on Broadway is a brunch pick in Somerville in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
brunchcocktaildate night
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9.0
Based on 649 reviews
243
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Japanese•Boston•$$$$
o ya
o ya is a japanese pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
fine diningdate night
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9.0
Based on 648 reviews
244
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Breakfast•Jamaica Plain•$$
Evergreen Eatery & Cafe
Evergreen Eatery & Cafe is a smart brunch call in Jamaica Plain when the morning is supposed to feel a little more like an occasion.
brunch
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9.0
Based on 573 reviews
245
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American•Cambridge•$$$
Forage
Forage suits a night out in Cambridge when you want american that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
date night
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9.0
Based on 542 reviews
246
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Vietnamese•Back Bay•$
Pho Viet’s
Pho Viet’s is the kind of vietnamese room in Back Bay you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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9.0
Based on 538 reviews
247
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Ramen•Somerville•$$
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
248
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Japanese•Back Bay•$$
Sakabayashi Sushi Tavern by SUSHIRO
Sakabayashi Sushi Tavern by SUSHIRO is a japanese pick in Back Bay in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
date night
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9.0
Based on 505 reviews
249
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Restaurant•Jamaica Plain•$$
The Joint
The Joint is the kind of restaurant room in Jamaica Plain you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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9.0
Based on 472 reviews
250
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Thai•Allston•$$
Thonglor
Thonglor is the kind of thai room in Allston you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
cocktaildate night
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9.0
Based on 446 reviews
251
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American•Boston•$$$
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.
cocktaildate night
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9.0
Based on 442 reviews
252
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Wine Bar•Somerville•$$$
Spoke Wine Bar
Spoke Wine Bar is a wine bar pick in Somerville in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
wine barcocktaildate night
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9.0
Based on 426 reviews
253
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Ramen•Cambridge•$$
Waku Waku Ramen Harvard Square
Waku Waku Ramen Harvard Square is a ramen pick in Cambridge in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
hidden gemdate night
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9.0
Based on 393 reviews
254
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Vietnamese•Boston•$
Banh Mi Huong Que
Banh Mi Huong Que is a vietnamese restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
bistrohidden gem
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9.0
Based on 363 reviews
255
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Vegan•Boston•$$
Cocobeet | Government Center
Cocobeet | Government Center is the kind of vegan room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
brunchhidden gemdate night
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9.0
Based on 337 reviews
256
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Cocktail Bar•Boston•$$
OFFSUIT
OFFSUIT is a cocktail bar pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
cocktailhidden gemdate night
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9.0
Based on 326 reviews
257
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Greek•Boston•$$$$
Kaia
Kaia is the kind of greek room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
hidden gemdate night
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9.0
Based on 307 reviews
258
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Basque•Beacon Hill•$$$$
ZURiTO
Zurito is a Toro sibling, which in Boston carries genuine weight.
hidden gemdate night
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9.0
Based on 251 reviews
259
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Restaurant•South End•$$
Life Alive Organic Cafe South End
Life Alive Organic Cafe South End is the kind of restaurant room in South End you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
hidden gemdate night
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9.0
Based on 227 reviews
260
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Mexican•Boston•$$$$
El Barco – Mexican Restaurant & Tequila Bar in Boston’s Back Bay
El Barco – Mexican Restaurant & Tequila Bar in Boston’s Back Bay is the kind of mexican room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
hidden gemdate night
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9.0
Based on 218 reviews
261
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Thai•Allston•$
Thai Place Restaurant
Thai Place Restaurant is a thai pick in Allston in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
hidden gemdate night
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9.0
Based on 218 reviews
262
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Italian•North End•$$$$
Little Sage
Little Sage suits a night out in North End when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
hidden gemdate night
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9.0
Based on 160 reviews
263
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Meal Takeaway•Boston•$$$$
Koro Ramen & Sushi
Koro Ramen & Sushi is the kind of meal takeaway room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
hidden gemdate night
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9.0
Based on 158 reviews
264
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American•Somerville•$$$$
june bug restaurant
june bug restaurant is a american pick in Somerville in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
hidden gemdate night
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9.0
Based on 143 reviews
265
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Restaurant•Boston•$$$$
Dalia
Dalia is the kind of restaurant room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
hidden gemdate night
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9.0
Based on 136 reviews
266
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Pub•Boston•$
Sullivan's Public House
Sullivan's Public House is a pub pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
pubcocktailhidden gem
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9.0
Based on 123 reviews
267
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Steakhouse•Boston•$$$$
Vermilion
Vermilion suits a night out when you want steakhouse that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
cocktailhidden gemdate night
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9.0
Based on 122 reviews
268
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Japanese Izakaya•South End•$$
Zaku Izakaya
Zaku Izakaya suits a night out in South End when you want japanese izakaya that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
cocktailhidden gemdate night
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9.0
Based on 118 reviews
269
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American•Cambridge•$$$$
Fallow Kin
Fallow Kin is the kind of american room in Cambridge you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
hidden gemdate night
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9.0
Based on 118 reviews
270
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Cocktail Bar•Boston•$$$$
Temple Records
Temple Records suits a night out when you want cocktail bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
cocktailhidden gemdate night
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9.0
Based on 112 reviews
271
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Fine Dining•Boston•$$$$
Lenox Sophia
Lenox Sophia is the kind of fine dining restaurant room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
fine dininghidden gemdate night
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9.0
Based on 112 reviews
272
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Pub•Boston•$$
Cheers
Look, you already know why you're going.
pubcocktail
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8.8
Based on 9886 reviews
273
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Seafood•Boston•$$$
Legal Sea Foods - Harborside
Legal Sea Foods - Harborside suits a night out when you want seafood that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
date night
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8.8
Based on 6598 reviews
274
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Seafood•Boston•$$$
Saltie Girl
Saltie Girl has spent years accumulating one of the most devoted followings in Back Bay, and the case for its reputation rests on a clear, disciplined concept: serious seafood in a room that seats far fewer people than want to be in it.
date night
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8.8
Based on 4092 reviews
275
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American•Boston•$$
Bostonia Public House
Bostonia Public House is a strong brunch move in Boston when you want the meal to feel worth leaving the house for.
brunchcocktail
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8.8
Based on 3836 reviews
276
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Fine Dining•Boston•$$
Lolita Back Bay
Lolita Back Bay is an easy fine dining restaurant option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
fine dining
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8.8
Based on 3771 reviews
277
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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.
cocktail
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8.8
Based on 3725 reviews
278
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American•South End•$$
Beehive Restaurant
The Beehive occupies a basement space in Boston's South End with the kind of deliberate atmosphere that most restaurants attempt and few actually achieve: properly dim lighting, live jazz on a regular schedule, and a room designed to ext…
brunchlate nightcocktail
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8.8
Based on 3430 reviews
279
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Italian•North End•$$
La Famiglia Giorgio's Restaurant
La Famiglia Giorgio's Restaurant is an easy italian option in North End in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.8
Based on 3331 reviews
280
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American•Back Bay•$$$
Buttermilk & Bourbon - Back Bay
Buttermilk & Bourbon doesn't position itself as Back Bay's most experimental room, and that restraint is the whole argument.
cocktailbrunchdate night
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8.8
Based on 2936 reviews
281
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Food Court•Boston•$$
Time Out Market Boston
Time Out Market Boston is a sensible food court call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
cocktail
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8.8
Based on 2592 reviews
282
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Meal Takeaway•Boston•$
hunan cuisine
hunan cuisine is a meal takeaway restaurant 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 2460 reviews
283
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Spanish•Boston•$$$
Toro
Ken Oringer and Jamie Bissonnette's South End tapas bar has been one of Boston's most talked-about rooms since it opened, and the conversation hasn't cooled.
cocktaildate night
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8.8
Based on 2444 reviews
284
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American•Cambridge•$$$
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.
cocktaildate night
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8.8
Based on 2424 reviews
285
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Pizza•Cambridge•$$
Area Four
Area Four arrived in Kendall Square with a specific point of view: naturally leavened dough, a wood-fired oven, and an in-house bakery operating not as a side project but as the structural argument for everything else on the menu.
cocktail
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8.8
Based on 2382 reviews
286
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Vietnamese•Boston•$$
Pho Basil
Pho Basil is a vietnamese restaurant 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 2272 reviews
287
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Chinese•Cambridge•$$
Dumpling House
Dumpling House is a chinese restaurant in Cambridge in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.8
Based on 2186 reviews
288
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Cocktail Bar•Cambridge•$$
Little Donkey
Little Donkey is a sensible cocktail bar call in Cambridge in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
cocktail
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8.8
Based on 2143 reviews
289
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Fine Dining•Boston•$$$
Ruka
Ruka is a fine dining restaurant pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
fine diningdate night
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8.8
Based on 2075 reviews
290
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Seafood•Boston•$$
Luke's Lobster Back Bay
Luke's Lobster Back Bay is a seafood restaurant 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 2055 reviews
291
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Breakfast•Cambridge•$$
Cafe Luna
Cafe Luna earns a weekend detour in Cambridge when you want brunch that beats the usual default.
brunch
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8.8
Based on 2016 reviews
292
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Italian•North End•$$$
Bricco
Bricco is the kind of italian room in North End you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
fine diningcocktaildate night
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8.8
Based on 1900 reviews
293
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American•Cambridge•$$
The Tip Tap Room
The Tip Tap Room is a sensible american call in Cambridge in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
cocktail
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8.8
Based on 1737 reviews
294
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Steakhouse•Boston•$$$$
Smith & Wollensky - Boston
Smith & Wollensky - Boston suits a night out when you want steakhouse that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
date night
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8.8
Based on 1679 reviews
295
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American•Cambridge•$$
Cambridge Common Restaurant
Cambridge Common Restaurant is an easy american option in Cambridge in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
cocktail
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8.8
Based on 1585 reviews
296
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Chicken•Jamaica Plain•$
Alex's Chimis
Alex's Chimis is a chicken restaurant in Jamaica Plain 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 1538 reviews
297
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Steakhouse•Boston•$$$
Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse
Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse is the kind of steakhouse room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
cocktaildate night
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8.8
Based on 1530 reviews
298
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Brunch•Allston•$$
Lulu's Allston
Lulu's Allston is a strong brunch move in Allston in Boston when you want the meal to feel worth leaving the house for.
brunch
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8.8
Based on 1434 reviews
299
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Italian•Back Bay•$$
Piattini
Piattini is a italian restaurant in Back Bay in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
wine barcocktail
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8.8
Based on 1404 reviews
300
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Seafood•South End•$$
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.
brunchlate nightcocktail
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8.8
Based on 1357 reviews
301
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Restaurant•Seaport•$$
Grace By Nia
Grace By Nia is an easy restaurant option in Seaport in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.8
Based on 1337 reviews
302
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Japanese•Boston•$$
Douzo Sushi
Douzo Sushi is a japanese restaurant 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 1277 reviews
303
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Peruvian•Somerville•$$
Machu Picchu Boston
Machu Picchu Boston is a strong brunch move in Somerville in Boston when you want the meal to feel worth leaving the house for.
brunchcocktail
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8.8
Based on 1253 reviews
304
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Italian•North End•$$$
Lucca Restaurant
Lucca Restaurant is a italian pick in North End in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
cocktaildate night
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8.8
Based on 1230 reviews
305
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French•Back Bay•$$$
Bistro du Midi
Bistro du Midi suits a night out in Back Bay when you want french that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
cocktaildate night
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8.8
Based on 1217 reviews
306
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Wine Bar•Somerville•$$
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
307
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Seafood•Cambridge•$$$
Waypoint
Waypoint suits a night out in Cambridge when you want seafood that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
cocktaildate night
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8.8
Based on 1128 reviews
308
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Breakfast•Cambridge•$
Brookline Lunch
Brookline Lunch earns a weekend detour in Cambridge when you want brunch that beats the usual default.
brunch
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8.8
Based on 1124 reviews
309
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American•Somerville•$$
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
310
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American•Cambridge•$$$
Harvest
Harvest is the kind of american room in Cambridge you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
fine diningbrunchcocktail
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8.8
Based on 1107 reviews
311
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Korean•Boston•$$
Kaju Korean Cuisine — Allston
Kaju Korean Cuisine — Allston is a korean restaurant 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 1097 reviews
312
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Restaurant•Back Bay•$$
Life Alive Organic Cafe Back Bay
Life Alive Organic Cafe Back Bay is an easy restaurant option in Back Bay in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.8
Based on 1093 reviews
313
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Italian•Boston•$$
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.
italianwine barcocktail
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8.8
Based on 1089 reviews
314
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Cocktail Bar•Back Bay•$$
Hopewell Bar & Kitchen
Hopewell Bar & Kitchen is a cocktail bar restaurant in Back Bay in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
cocktail
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8.8
Based on 1073 reviews
315
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American•Cambridge•$$
Harvard Gardens
Harvard Gardens earns a weekend detour in Cambridge when you want brunch that beats the usual default.
brunch
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8.8
Based on 1063 reviews
316
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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
317
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Japanese•Boston•$$
Tora Japanese Restaurant
Tora Japanese Restaurant is a japanese restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.8
Based on 1039 reviews
318
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Korean•Allston•$$
Seoul Jangteo
Seoul Jangteo is a sensible korean call in Allston in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.8
Based on 1032 reviews
319
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Vegan•Boston•$$$$
Pressed Cafe
Pressed Cafe is a smart brunch call when the morning is supposed to feel a little more like an occasion.
brunchcocktail
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8.8
Based on 1024 reviews
320
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Greek•Boston•$$$
Trade
Trade is a greek pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
late nightcocktaildate night
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8.8
Based on 980 reviews
321
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Mexican•Allston•$$
Lone Star Taco Bar
Lone Star Taco Bar is a mexican restaurant in Allston in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
cocktail
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8.8
Based on 933 reviews
322
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French•South End•$$
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.
cocktail
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8.8
Based on 917 reviews
323
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Lounge Bar•Beacon Hill•$$$$
Alibi
Alibi suits a night out in Beacon Hill when you want lounge bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
cocktaillate nightdate night
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8.8
Based on 897 reviews
324
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Italian•Boston•$$$
Bar Mezzana
Bar Mezzana has built a reputation in Boston's South End on a premise that sounds obvious in retrospect but required real conviction to execute: that Italian coastal cooking and New England seafood are natural partners rather than uneasy…
italian
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8.8
Based on 895 reviews
325
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Italian•Beacon Hill•$$$
Toscano
Toscano is the kind of italian room in Beacon Hill you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
cocktaildate night
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8.8
Based on 851 reviews
326
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Greek•Cambridge•$$
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.
cocktail
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8.8
Based on 846 reviews
327
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Italian•Beacon Hill•$$$
Scampo
Scampo is a italian pick in Beacon Hill in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
date night
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8.8
Based on 790 reviews
328
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Italian•North End•$$$
Terramia Ristorante
Terramia Ristorante suits a night out in North End when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
date night
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8.8
Based on 789 reviews
329
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American•Boston•$$
75 Chestnut
75 Chestnut is an easy american option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.8
Based on 788 reviews
330
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Spanish•Back Bay•$$
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
331
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Thai•Back Bay•$$
Brown Sugar Cafe
Brown Sugar Cafe is a sensible thai call in Back Bay in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.8
Based on 776 reviews
332
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Noodle Shop•Boston•$$
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
333
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Japanese•Boston•$$$
Oishii Boston
Oishii Boston is a japanese pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
fine diningdate night
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8.8
Based on 743 reviews
334
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Middle Eastern•Boston•$$
Sufra Mediterranean Food
Sufra Mediterranean Food is an easy middle eastern option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.8
Based on 710 reviews
335
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Gastropub•Cambridge•$$
Source Restaurants
Source Restaurants is an easy gastropub option in Cambridge in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
cocktail
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8.8
Based on 688 reviews
336
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Vietnamese•Cambridge•$$
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
337
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Cocktail Bar•Somerville•$$
Vera's
Vera's is a sensible cocktail bar call in Somerville in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
cocktail
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8.8
Based on 641 reviews
338
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Italian•Charlestown•$$
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
339
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Cafe•Jamaica Plain•$$
Ula Café
Ula Café earns a weekend detour in Jamaica Plain when you want brunch that beats the usual default.
brunch
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8.8
Based on 619 reviews
340
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Italian•Boston•$$
Serafina Seaport
Serafina Seaport is an easy italian option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.8
Based on 584 reviews
341
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Vietnamese•Jamaica Plain•$$
Noodle Barn
Noodle Barn is a sensible vietnamese call in Jamaica Plain in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.8
Based on 565 reviews
342
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Ethiopian•Boston•$$
Blue Nile Restaurant
Blue Nile Restaurant is a ethiopian restaurant 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 539 reviews
343
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Spanish•Boston•$$
Estragon Tapas
Estragon Tapas is a sensible spanish call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.8
Based on 518 reviews
344
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Live Music Venue•Boston•$$
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
345
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Sushi•Back Bay•$$$$
Sushi by Bosso Ramen Tavern
Sushi by Bosso Ramen Tavern is a sushi restaurant in Back Bay in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.8
Based on 457 reviews
346
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Korean•Allston•$$
Seoul Topokki
Seoul Topokki is an easy korean option in Allston in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
hidden gem
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8.8
Based on 386 reviews
347
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Vietnamese•Boston•$
New Saigon
New Saigon is a sensible vietnamese call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
hidden gem
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8.8
Based on 383 reviews
348
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Indian•Boston•$
WOW TIKKA
WOW TIKKA is an easy indian option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
hidden gem
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8.8
Based on 356 reviews
349
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Hotel•Beacon Hill•$$$$
Beacon Hill Hotel
Beacon Hill Hotel is an easy hotel option in Beacon Hill in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
cocktailhidden gem
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8.8
Based on 332 reviews
350
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Korean•Boston•$$$$
Omi Korean Grill
Omi Korean Grill is an easy korean option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
hidden gem
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8.8
Based on 283 reviews
351
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Mediterranean•Boston•$$
Servia
Servia is a sensible mediterranean call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
hidden gem
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8.8
Based on 274 reviews
352
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Vietnamese•Cambridge•$$$$
Saigon Babylon
Saigon Babylon is an easy vietnamese option in Cambridge in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
hidden gem
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8.8
Based on 203 reviews
353
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Seafood•Boston•$$
Union Oyster House
Union Oyster House keeps showing up in the right conversations when people want a reliable seafood plan.
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8.6
Based on 10995 reviews
354
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Seafood•Boston•$$$
Legal Sea Foods - Long Wharf
Legal Sea Foods - Long Wharf suits a night out when you want seafood that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
date night
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8.6
Based on 6406 reviews
355
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Seafood•North End•$$$
Neptune Oyster
Neptune Oyster has held its position as the benchmark North End oyster bar long enough that the reputation no longer requires hype to sustain itself — the line outside most evenings makes the argument more plainly than any critic could.
date night
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8.6
Based on 4850 reviews
356
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Burgers•Fenway•$$
Wahlburgers
Wahlburgers is a burgers restaurant in Fenway in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
cocktail
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8.6
Based on 4573 reviews
357
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Vegetarian•Fenway•$$
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
358
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Fine Dining•Boston•$$$
Lolita Fort Point
Lolita Fort Point suits a night out when you want fine dining restaurant that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
fine diningdate night
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8.6
Based on 3984 reviews
359
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American•Back Bay•$$
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
360
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Italian•North End•$$
Giacomo's Boston North End
Giacomo's Boston North End is a italian restaurant in North End in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.6
Based on 3225 reviews
361
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Seafood•Boston•$$$
Chart House
Chart House suits a night out when you want seafood that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
fine diningdate night
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8.6
Based on 3099 reviews
362
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American•Cambridge•$$
Russell House Tavern
Russell House Tavern is a american restaurant in Cambridge in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
cocktail
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8.6
Based on 2919 reviews
363
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Vegan•North End•$$
Antico Forno
Antico Forno is a vegan restaurant in North End 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 2600 reviews
364
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Mediterranean•Boston•$$$
Committee
Committee is a mediterranean pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
date night
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8.6
Based on 2536 reviews
365
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Seafood•Cambridge•$$
Summer Shack
Summer Shack is a seafood 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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8.6
Based on 2240 reviews
366
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Restaurant•Beacon Hill•$$
The Paramount
The Paramount is a sensible restaurant call in Beacon Hill in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.6
Based on 2077 reviews
367
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Steakhouse•Boston•$$$$
Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse
Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse is a steakhouse pick in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
fine diningcocktaildate night
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8.6
Based on 2019 reviews
368
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Barbecue•Back Bay•$$
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
369
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Mexican•Boston•$$$
Citrus & Salt Boston
Citrus & Salt Boston is the kind of mexican room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
brunchcocktaildate night
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8.6
Based on 1869 reviews
370
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Seafood•Somerville•$$$
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
371
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Seafood•Charlestown•$$
Pier 6
Pier 6 is an easy seafood option in Charlestown in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
cocktail
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8.6
Based on 1480 reviews
372
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Mexican•Boston•$$
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.
cocktail
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8.6
Based on 1436 reviews
373
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Lounge Bar•Boston•$$
Lucky's Lounge
Lucky's Lounge is a lounge bar restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
cocktaillate night
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8.6
Based on 1415 reviews
374
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Bar and Grill•Boston•$$
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
375
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Asian•Boston•$$
Shōjō Boston
Shōjō Boston is an easy asian option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
cocktail
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8.6
Based on 1390 reviews
376
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Burgers•Back Bay•$$
Crazy Good Kitchen
Crazy Good Kitchen is a burgers 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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8.6
Based on 1310 reviews
377
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Thai•Cambridge•$$
Sugar & Spice Thai Restaurant
Sugar & Spice Thai Restaurant is an easy thai option in Cambridge in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.6
Based on 1282 reviews
378
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Restaurant•Boston•$$
Boston Burger Company
Boston Burger Company is a restaurant 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 1184 reviews
379
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Seafood•Boston•$$$$
The Oceanaire Seafood Room
The Oceanaire Seafood Room is the kind of seafood room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
fine diningdate night
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8.6
Based on 1160 reviews
380
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American•Boston•$$
Estella Restaurant
Estella Restaurant is an easy american option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.6
Based on 1121 reviews
381
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Italian•Cambridge•$$$
Sulmona
Sulmona is the kind of italian room in Cambridge you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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8.6
Based on 1069 reviews
382
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Restaurant•Boston•$$$
OAK Long Bar + Kitchen
OAK Long Bar + Kitchen is the kind of restaurant room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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8.6
Based on 1064 reviews
383
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Vietnamese•Boston•$
Pho Le Restaurant
Pho Le Restaurant is a sensible vietnamese call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.6
Based on 1048 reviews
384
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Chinese•Boston•$
Gene's Chinese Flatbread Cafe
Gene's Chinese Flatbread Cafe is an easy chinese option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.6
Based on 970 reviews
385
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Ramen•Boston•$$
Waku Waku Ramen Chinatown
Waku Waku Ramen Chinatown is an easy ramen option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.6
Based on 966 reviews
386
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Cocktail Bar•Back Bay•$$
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
387
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American•Cambridge•$$$
Henrietta's Table
Henrietta's Table is a american pick in Cambridge in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
date night
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8.6
Based on 915 reviews
388
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Greek•Boston•$
Saloniki Greek
Saloniki Greek is a sensible greek call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.6
Based on 914 reviews
389
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Pizza•South End•$
Crispy Dough Pizzeria
Crispy Dough Pizzeria is an easy pizza option in South End in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.6
Based on 902 reviews
390
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Vietnamese•Boston•$
Pho Hoa Restaurant
Pho Hoa Restaurant is a vietnamese restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.6
Based on 895 reviews
391
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Seafood•Boston•$$
The Daily Catch Waterfront
The Daily Catch Waterfront is a seafood 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 872 reviews
392
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Cocktail Bar•Boston•$$
French Quarter
French Quarter is a cocktail bar restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
cocktail
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8.6
Based on 860 reviews
393
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Pizza•North End•$$
Beneventos
Beneventos is a sensible pizza call in North End in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.6
Based on 857 reviews
394
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Japanese•Boston•$$
Zuma Boston
Zuma Boston is a sensible japanese call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.6
Based on 793 reviews
395
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Italian•Cambridge•$$
Antonio's Cucina Italiano
Antonio's Cucina Italiano is an easy italian option in Cambridge in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.6
Based on 786 reviews
396
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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
397
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Mexican•Boston•$$
Casa Verde Taqueria
Casa Verde Taqueria is a sensible mexican call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
cocktail
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8.6
Based on 763 reviews
398
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Seafood•Boston•$$$$
The Banks Seafood and Steak
The Banks Seafood and Steak earns a weekend detour when you want brunch that beats the usual default.
brunchcocktail
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8.6
Based on 740 reviews
399
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Pub•Beacon Hill•$$
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
400
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Italian•Boston•$$
Joia Restaurant & Lounge
Joia Restaurant & Lounge is a italian restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.6
Based on 703 reviews
401
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American•Beacon Hill•$$$
CLINK.
CLINK. suits a night out in Beacon Hill when you want american that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
fine diningbrunchdate night
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8.6
Based on 686 reviews
402
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Bistro•Somerville•$$
Juliet
Juliet is a strong brunch move in Somerville in Boston when you want the meal to feel worth leaving the house for.
bistrofine diningbrunch
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8.6
Based on 674 reviews
403
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Burrito•Jamaica Plain•$
The Purple Cactus
The Purple Cactus is a sensible burrito call in Jamaica Plain in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
cocktail
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8.6
Based on 590 reviews
404
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American•Boston•$$$$
1928 Beacon Hill
1928 Beacon Hill is a american restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
late nightcocktail
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8.6
Based on 553 reviews
405
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Thai•Boston•$$
Rod Thai Family Taste
Rod Thai Family Taste is a sensible thai call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.6
Based on 524 reviews
406
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Indian•Allston•$$
Vaisakhi Indian Kitchen
Vaisakhi Indian Kitchen is a sensible indian call in Allston in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.6
Based on 516 reviews
407
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Beer Garden•Charlestown•$$$$
The Anchor
The Anchor is an easy beer garden option in Charlestown in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
cocktail
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8.6
Based on 515 reviews
408
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Seafood•Boston•$$
Limani Grille Seaport
Limani Grille Seaport is a seafood 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 499 reviews
409
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Spanish•Boston•$$$
Taberna de Haro
Taberna de Haro suits a night out when you want spanish that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
cocktaildate night
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8.6
Based on 475 reviews
410
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Mexican•Boston•$$
Alma Cantina
Alma Cantina is a sensible mexican call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.6
Based on 452 reviews
411
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Indian•Back Bay•$$
Sarva Indian Cuisine
Sarva Indian Cuisine is a indian restaurant in Back Bay in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
cocktail
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8.6
Based on 438 reviews
412
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Thai•Boston•$$
Pad Thai Cafe
Pad Thai Cafe is an easy thai option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.6
Based on 427 reviews
413
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Italian•Boston•$$$$
La Padrona Boston
La Padrona Boston is a sensible italian call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.6
Based on 418 reviews
414
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Asian•Cambridge•$$
Jahunger Cambridge
Jahunger Cambridge is a sensible asian call in Cambridge in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
hidden gem
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8.6
Based on 359 reviews
415
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Korean•Boston•$$$$
HAJU Kitchen
HAJU Kitchen is the kind of korean room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
hidden gemdate night
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8.6
Based on 329 reviews
416
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Cantonese•Boston•$$
Dynasty
Dynasty is a sensible cantonese call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
hidden gem
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8.6
Based on 321 reviews
417
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American•Boston•$$
Teddy's on the Hill
Teddy's on the Hill is a sensible american call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
hidden gem
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8.6
Based on 278 reviews
418
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Korean•Boston•$$$$
Somaek Korean
Somaek Korean is an easy korean option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
hidden gem
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8.6
Based on 274 reviews
419
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Vietnamese•Boston•$$$$
Lê Madeline
Lê Madeline is an easy vietnamese option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
hidden gem
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8.6
Based on 244 reviews
420
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Vietnamese•Boston•$
KingDo Restaurant
KingDo Restaurant is an easy vietnamese option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
hidden gem
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8.6
Based on 220 reviews
421
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Italian•Boston•$$$$
Grana at The Langham, Boston
Grana at The Langham, Boston is a sensible italian call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
hidden gem
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8.6
Based on 176 reviews
422
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Restaurant•North End•$$
Pink Carrot
Pink Carrot is a sensible restaurant call in North End in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
hidden gem
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8.6
Based on 174 reviews
423
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Restaurant•Fenway•$$$$
Shy Bird - Fenway
Shy Bird - Fenway is a sensible restaurant call in Fenway in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
hidden gem
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8.6
Based on 156 reviews
424
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American•Back Bay•$$
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
425
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Thai•Boston•$
My Thai Vegan Cafe
My Thai Vegan Cafe is an easy thai option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.4
Based on 1928 reviews
426
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Korean•Cambridge•$$
Koreana
Koreana is a sensible korean call in Cambridge in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.4
Based on 1625 reviews
427
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Chinese•Cambridge•$$
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
428
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American•Boston•$$
The Buttery
The Buttery earns a weekend detour when you want brunch that beats the usual default.
brunchcocktail
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8.4
Based on 1444 reviews
429
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Brunch•Boston•$$
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
430
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Chinese•Boston•$$
Five Spices House
Five Spices House is a sensible chinese call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.4
Based on 1147 reviews
431
Google
Tapas•Cambridge•$$$
Pagu
Pagu is a sensible tapas call in Cambridge in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.4
Based on 1124 reviews
432
Google
Japanese•Back Bay•$$$
Hojoko
Hojoko is a japanese pick in Back Bay in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
cocktaildate night
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8.4
Based on 1093 reviews
433
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Oyster Bar•Back Bay•$$$
Eventide Fenway
Eventide Fenway is the kind of oyster bar room in Back Bay you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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8.4
Based on 1085 reviews
434
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Mexican•Boston•$$
Casa Romero
Casa Romero is a sensible mexican call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.4
Based on 985 reviews
435
Google
Vietnamese•Cambridge•$
Le’s Vietnamese Restaurant
Le’s Vietnamese Restaurant is an easy vietnamese option in Cambridge in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.4
Based on 957 reviews
436
Google
Gastropub•Charlestown•$$
Blackmoor Bar and Kitchen
Blackmoor Bar and Kitchen is an easy gastropub option in Charlestown in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
cocktail
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8.4
Based on 948 reviews
437
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Japanese•South End•$$
Genki Ya - Boston
Genki Ya - Boston is a japanese restaurant in South End in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.4
Based on 946 reviews
438
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Sushi•Back Bay•$$$$
Uni
Uni is a sushi pick in Back Bay in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
cocktaildate night
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8.4
Based on 936 reviews
439
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French•South End•$$
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
440
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Korean•Back Bay•$$
Seoul Soulongtang
Seoul Soulongtang is an easy korean option in Back Bay in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.4
Based on 911 reviews
441
Google
Cocktail Bar•Boston•$$$
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
442
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Mediterranean•Back Bay•$$$
Eva
Eva suits a night out in Back Bay when you want mediterranean that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
date night
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8.4
Based on 781 reviews
443
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Indian•Boston•$$
Shanti
Shanti is a indian restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.4
Based on 765 reviews
444
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Seafood•Boston•$$
Saigon Seafood
Saigon Seafood is an easy seafood option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.4
Based on 695 reviews
445
Google
Wine Bar•South End•$$$
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
446
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Brunch•Boston•$
@UNION
@UNION is a smart brunch call when the morning is supposed to feel a little more like an occasion.
brunch
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8.4
Based on 594 reviews
447
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Restaurant•Jamaica Plain•$$
Top Mix Bar & Kitchen JP
Top Mix Bar & Kitchen JP is an easy restaurant option in Jamaica Plain in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.4
Based on 493 reviews
448
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Thai•South End•$$
House of Siam
House of Siam is a sensible thai call in South End in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
hidden gem
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8.4
Based on 302 reviews
449
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Mediterranean•Beacon Hill•$$$
Peregrine
Peregrine is a mediterranean pick in Beacon Hill in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
hidden gemdate night
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8.4
Based on 230 reviews
450
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Cocktail Bar•Boston•$$$$
Chemist Cocktail Bar
Chemist Cocktail Bar is an easy cocktail bar option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
cocktailhidden gem
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8.4
Based on 172 reviews
451
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Seafood•Boston•$$
The Barking Crab
The Barking Crab keeps showing up in the right conversations when people want a reliable seafood plan.
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8.2
Based on 6813 reviews
452
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Diner•Boston•$
South Street Diner
South Street Diner is a strong brunch move in Boston when you want the meal to feel worth leaving the house for.
brunch
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8.2
Based on 4165 reviews
453
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Mexican•Seaport•$$
Rosa Mexicano Boston
Rosa Mexicano Boston is an easy mexican option in Seaport in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
cocktail
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8.2
Based on 3151 reviews
454
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Vietnamese•Boston•$
Phở Pasteur
Phở Pasteur is a vietnamese restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.2
Based on 2824 reviews
455
Google
Indian•Cambridge•$$
The Maharaja
The Maharaja is a indian 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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8.2
Based on 2185 reviews
456
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Restaurant•Boston•$$
Mariel
Mariel is a restaurant restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.2
Based on 1892 reviews
457
Google
Italian•North End•$$
Quattro
Quattro is a italian restaurant in North End 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 1621 reviews
458
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American•Boston•$$
Back Deck
Back Deck is a sensible american call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
cocktail
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8.2
Based on 1608 reviews
459
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American•Back Bay•$$
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.
cocktail
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8.2
Based on 1277 reviews
460
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American•Charlestown•$$
99 Restaurants
99 Restaurants is a american restaurant in Charlestown in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
pubcocktail
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8.2
Based on 1068 reviews
461
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Thai•Boston•$$
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.
cocktail
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8.2
Based on 1019 reviews
462
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Korean•Cambridge•$$
Seoul Restaurant
Seoul Restaurant is an easy korean option in Cambridge in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.2
Based on 896 reviews
463
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Chinese•Boston•$$
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
464
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Seafood•Back Bay•$$
Shaking Crab (Boston Common)
Shaking Crab (Boston Common) is a sensible seafood call in Back Bay in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.2
Based on 791 reviews
465
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Fine Dining•Boston•$$
Coquette
Coquette is an easy fine dining restaurant option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
fine dining
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8.2
Based on 785 reviews
466
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Chinese•Allston•$$
Dumpling Kingdom
Dumpling Kingdom is a sensible chinese call in Allston in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.2
Based on 763 reviews
467
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Korean•Boston•$$
Korean Garden
Korean Garden is an easy korean option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.2
Based on 612 reviews
468
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French•Cambridge•$$
Batifol
Batifol is a french restaurant in Cambridge in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.2
Based on 612 reviews
469
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Korean•Back Bay•$$$$
Naksan Korean BBQ
Naksan Korean BBQ is a sensible korean call in Back Bay in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.2
Based on 561 reviews
470
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Korean•Allston•$$
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
471
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Restaurant•Somerville•$$
Josephine
Josephine is a restaurant restaurant in Somerville in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
hidden gem
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8.2
Based on 366 reviews
472
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Japanese•Boston•$$
Nagomi Izakaya
Nagomi Izakaya is a sensible japanese call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
hidden gem
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8.2
Based on 329 reviews
473
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Cocktail Bar•Boston•$$$$
Wink and Nod
Wink and Nod is a cocktail bar restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
cocktaillate nighthidden gem
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8.2
Based on 304 reviews
474
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Cafe•Beacon Hill•$$
Cobblestones a Beacon Hill Eatery
Cobblestones a Beacon Hill Eatery is an easy cafe option in Beacon Hill in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
hidden gem
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8.2
Based on 262 reviews
475
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Chinese•Boston•$
Hei La Moon
Hei La Moon is a sensible chinese call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.0
Based on 2794 reviews
476
Google
American•Boston•$$
Joe's Waterfront
Joe's Waterfront is a sensible american call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
cocktail
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8.0
Based on 2203 reviews
477
Google
Italian•Back Bay•$$$$
Contessa Boston
Contessa sits atop the Newbury Street corridor in Back Bay, and the rooftop position is the first thing anyone researching the place will notice — because it is also the last thing that leaves a diner's memory.
date night
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8.0
Based on 1674 reviews
478
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Meal Takeaway•Boston•$$
Madras Dosa Company
Madras Dosa Company is a meal takeaway restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.0
Based on 1111 reviews
479
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Restaurant•Back Bay•$$
India Quality Restaurant
India Quality Restaurant is a restaurant restaurant in Back Bay in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.0
Based on 1019 reviews
480
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Asian Fusion•Back Bay•$$
SOJUba
SOJUba is an easy asian fusion option in Back Bay in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.0
Based on 990 reviews
481
Google
Chinese•Boston•$$
Peach Farm
Peach Farm is a sensible chinese call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.0
Based on 870 reviews
482
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Sports Bar•Boston•$
Cheeky Monkey Brewing Company
Cheeky Monkey Brewing Company is a sensible sports bar call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
pubcocktail
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8.0
Based on 722 reviews
483
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Restaurant•Back Bay•$$
Gopchang Story Boston
Gopchang Story Boston is a sensible restaurant call in Back Bay in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
hidden gem
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8.0
Based on 389 reviews
484
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Chinese•Boston•$$
Asian Garden Restaurant
Asian Garden Restaurant is a chinese restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
hidden gem
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8.0
Based on 387 reviews
485
Google
Irish Pub•Boston•$$
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
486
Google
Indian•Boston•$$
Mumbai Spice
Mumbai Spice is a indian restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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7.8
Based on 1321 reviews
487
Google
Indian•South End•$$
Mela Modern Indian Cuisine
Mela Modern Indian Cuisine is a indian 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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7.8
Based on 1102 reviews
488
Google
Italian•Back Bay•$$$
Terra
Terra is a italian pick in Back Bay in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
wine barbrunchcocktail
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7.8
Based on 1060 reviews
489
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Thai•Back Bay•$$
Thai Basil
Thai Basil is a thai 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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7.8
Based on 993 reviews
490
Google
Indian•Boston•$$
Vaanga Boston
Vaanga Boston is a indian restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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7.6
Based on 1419 reviews
491
Google
Dim Sum•Boston•$$
Empire Garden Restaurant
Empire Garden Restaurant is an easy dim sum option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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7.6
Based on 996 reviews
492
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Chinese•Boston•$$
Jade Garden
Jade Garden is an easy chinese option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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7.6
Based on 801 reviews
493
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Cantonese•Boston•$$
Hong Kong Eatery
Hong Kong Eatery is an easy cantonese option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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7.6
Based on 400 reviews
494
Google
Japanese•Boston•$$
Momosan Ramen Boston
Momosan Ramen Boston is a japanese restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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7.6
Based on 323 reviews
495
Google
Burgers•Back Bay•$$$$
7th Street Burger Newbury
7th Street Burger Newbury is a burgers restaurant in Back Bay in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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7.6
Based on 115 reviews
496
Google
Indian•Back Bay•$$$$
Don’t Tell Aunty
Don’t Tell Aunty is an easy indian option in Back Bay in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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7.4
Based on 472 reviews
497
Google
Middle Eastern•Boston•value
Bread Thyme
Bread Thyme is an easy middle eastern option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Boston diningdinnerconsidered
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5.0
Based on 203 reviews
498
Google
Indian•Brighton•moderate
Thewitchez Restaurant
Thewitchez Restaurant is the kind of indian room in Brighton you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Brighton diningdinnerconsidered
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4.9
Based on 724 reviews
499
Google
Indian•Brighton•moderate
Flat Iron Brighton
Flat Iron Brighton is a indian pick in Brighton in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
Brighton diningdinnerconsidered
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4.9
Based on 559 reviews
500
Google
Indian•Brighton•moderate
FURNA
FURNA suits a night out in Brighton when you want indian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
Brighton diningdinnerconsidered
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4.9
Based on 531 reviews
501
Google
Indian•Brighton•moderate
Dilsk
Dilsk suits a night out in Brighton when you want indian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
Brighton diningdinnerconsidered
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4.9
Based on 284 reviews
502
Google
Indian•Brighton•moderate
Embers
Embers is the kind of indian room in Brighton you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Brighton diningdinnerconsidered
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4.8
Based on 1078 reviews
503
Google
Italian•East Boston•moderate
Mario’s Restaurant
Mario’s Restaurant is the kind of italian room in East Boston you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
East Boston diningdinnerconsidered
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4.8
Based on 659 reviews
504
Google
Chinese•Boston•value
Novo Lantern 燈火阑珊
Novo Lantern 燈火阑珊 is a chinese restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Boston diningdinnerconsidered
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4.8
Based on 136 reviews
505
Google
Italian•East Boston•moderate
Pazza on Porter
Pazza on Porter is a italian pick in East Boston in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
East Boston diningdinnerconsidered
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4.7
Based on 1311 reviews
506
Google
Vietnamese•Dorchester•moderate
Moonshine 152
Moonshine 152 is the kind of vietnamese room in Dorchester you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Dorchester diningdinnerconsidered
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4.7
Based on 1156 reviews
507
Google
Indian•Brighton•moderate
Palmito
Palmito is a indian pick in Brighton in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
Brighton diningdinnerconsidered
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4.7
Based on 297 reviews
508
Google
Indian•Brighton•moderate
The Coal Shed Brighton
The Coal Shed Brighton suits a night out in Brighton when you want indian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
Brighton diningdinnerconsidered
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4.6
Based on 2646 reviews
509
Google
Italian•East Boston•moderate
Next Door Speakeasy
Next Door Speakeasy is a italian pick in East Boston in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
East Boston diningdinnerconsidered
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4.6
Based on 643 reviews
510
Google
Vietnamese•Dorchester•moderate
Comfort Kitchen
Comfort Kitchen suits a night out in Dorchester when you want vietnamese that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
Dorchester diningdinnerconsidered
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4.6
Based on 605 reviews
511
Google
Middle Eastern•Quincy•moderate
Off the Hook Bar and Grill
Off the Hook Bar and Grill is the kind of middle eastern room in Quincy you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Quincy diningdinnerconsidered
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4.6
Based on 488 reviews
512
Google
Japanese•South End•moderate
Metropolis
Metropolis is a japanese pick in South End in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
South End diningdinnerconsidered
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4.6
Based on 447 reviews
513
Google
Wine Bar•Boston•moderate
haley.henry
haley.henry is the kind of wine bar room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Boston diningdinnerconsidered
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4.6
Based on 432 reviews
514
Google
Caribbean•Cambridge•moderate
Margeaux Supper Parlor
Margeaux Supper Parlor is a caribbean pick in Cambridge in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
Cambridge diningdinnerconsidered
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4.6
Based on 283 reviews
515
Google
Middle Eastern•Quincy•moderate
Quincy Market
Quincy Market is a middle eastern pick in Quincy in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
Quincy diningdinnerconsidered
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4.5
Based on 14013 reviews
516
Google
Cafe•Boston•value
Flour Bakery + Cafe
Flour Bakery + Cafe is a sensible cafe call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
Boston diningdinnerconsidered
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4.5
Based on 2200 reviews
517
Google
Italian•South End•moderate
MIDA
MIDA is a italian pick in South End in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
South End diningdinnerconsidered
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4.5
Based on 1407 reviews
518
Google
Middle Eastern•Boston•value
Moona
Moona is a sensible middle eastern call in Boston when you want something that usually lands well.
Boston diningdinnerconsidered
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4.5
Based on 741 reviews
519
Google
Italian•Boston•value
Bar Volpe
Bar Volpe is an easy contemporary option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Boston diningdinnerconsidered
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4.5
Based on 469 reviews
520
Google
Ethiopian•Boston•value
Fasika Cafe
Fasika Cafe is a ethiopian restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Boston diningdinnerconsidered
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4.5
Based on 259 reviews
521
Google
Brazilian•Boston•value
Sabor do Brasil
Sabor do Brasil is a brazilian restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Boston diningdinnerconsidered
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4.5
Based on 255 reviews
522
Google
Cafe•Boston•value
Tatte Bakery & Cafe | Back Bay
Tatte Bakery & Cafe | Back Bay is a cafe restaurant in Boston that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Boston diningdinnerconsidered
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4.4
Based on 2730 reviews
523
Google
Middle Eastern•Quincy•moderate
Bay Pointe Waterfront Restaurant
Bay Pointe Waterfront Restaurant is the kind of middle eastern room in Quincy you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Quincy diningdinnerconsidered
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4.4
Based on 1957 reviews
524
Google
Vietnamese•Dorchester•moderate
Lower Mills Tavern
Lower Mills Tavern is a vietnamese pick in Dorchester in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
Dorchester diningdinnerconsidered
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4.4
Based on 727 reviews
525
Google
Vietnamese•Dorchester•moderate
224 Boston – Italian American Comfort Food, Steaks & Seafood | Dorchester, MA
224 Boston – Italian American Comfort Food, Steaks & Seafood | Dorchester, MA is a vietnamese pick in Dorchester in Boston when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
Dorchester diningdinnerconsidered
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4.4
Based on 572 reviews
526
Google
Cafe•Boston•value
Mike's Pastry
Mike's Pastry is one of the better-known cafe spots in Boston, which makes it a practical place to start.
Boston diningdinnerconsidered
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4.3
Based on 6304 reviews
527
Google
Caribbean•Boston•value
Blue Mountain Jamaican Restaurant
Blue Mountain Jamaican Restaurant is an easy caribbean option in Boston to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Boston diningdinnerconsidered
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4.3
Based on 204 reviews
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