Best Restaurants for a Quick Bite in Beacon Hill

Always enjoy Banners before a game at the Garden. Even when it’s packed, servers manage to get to you, get your meal and drink, and the check so that you’re not late to the game.

This was my second time dining at Ostra and it will not be my last! I was with my mother to celebrate her birthday with a quick dinner before seeing a show nearby. Everyone on the staff made us feel like celebrities! The service was amazing and the food was the highlight! We enjoyed a dozen of the most delicious freshly shucked oysters I’ve ever had outside my own home. Not wanting to be too full while sitting through a show, we shared the ricotta gnocchetti first course and the grilled Faroe Islands salmon entrée. Both were delicious and the kitchen took the time to individually plate our portions. It was truly first class! They were so sweet to recognize my mother‘s birthday with a delectable scoop of vanilla ice cream and a delicious meringue hidden at the bottom. We wish we could have lingered over dinner longer, but we certainly will on our next visit! Do not miss this Boston gem with its stunning dining room and en vogue ambience.

A wonderful experience. The food is creative, beautifully presented, and delicious, and the service is extremely professional without the slightest bit of pretension. Consistently one of our favorite restaurants in Boston!

what a lovely restaurant. Beautiful decor and branding with the littlest but perfect touches. They had an extensive wine and cocktail menu. The wine that Sarah got was lovely. The two cocktails that I got were fabulous. started with the strait of Messina Which was a calabrian chili-infused tequila, prickly pear, lemon. perfect balance of spicy, but sweet yet still refreshing. The next drink I got was the improved spritz. This I think was an aperol spritz with olive juice. It was great. It had a perfect mind of the salty olive brine and the sweet aperol. I’ve had something like this once before, and I am a fan. This came in a tall rocks glass, which isn’t very cute, but at least it wasn’t a coupe glass. The focaccia was so mid. i was not a fan of this. the bottom was sooooo hard, and the bread itself was not light a fluffy. kinda dense and not enough salt in my opinion. It had rosemary on top, but the rest of the bread besides the top was very bland tasting. The next dish we had was the shaved Brussel sprout salad with roasted hazelnuts, pickled red onion, dried cranberries, and a Caesar vinaigrette dressing. This was yummy. It reminded me of a chopped salad the way that everything was very small and you could get every ingredient in the salad in one bite. then for mains, we both got the Bolognese tagliolini. This was a fabulous Bolognese sauce. You could tell that it had been cooking for a while. The spices were complex and it had a note of sweetness, which was surprisingly nice. The noodles were not al dente, but still very good. they were the Perfect size for me, as I don’t like a thick noodle. This was probably top 10 Bolognese that I’ve had in Boston for sure. we finished the night with a tiramisu. This is a delightful tiramisu. It was chocolate heavy without being overwhelming. All of the components were very well done and not one overshadowed anything else.

Excellent service and food. I would definitely return.