I can't believe the other reviews! The only way to describe this food was OK-cafeteria food. If your college (or prep school) had decent food in the cafeteria, then you know exactly what you're going to get here. The actual restaurant is quite cute: I liked the ambiance and Chestnut Street is quintessential Beacon Hill. The service was fine, but the food is really sub par - like eating in the suburbs. We had the Boston Bibb Salad with goat cheese, dried cranberries, apples and roasted pecans with a lemon vinaigrette and the steak au poivre. Yelp let me down! read more

Best neighborhood restaurant in the Hill. Awesome bartenders (hi Jason!), awesome managers (yay Betsy), awesome ambiance (the Hill at its most Hill-ish). Old school blue bloods, post-college preppies, and everyone in between can find something they like about 75. Could the salads be fresher, could the menu be more exciting, and could the prices be lower? Sure, but this isn't Cambridge. Get some of the fantastic fries with your Nantucket seafood stew or your roast chicken. Be sure to come on Cookie Night Tuesdays, when you get a free (and usually delish) cookie for dessert! read more

Favorite neighborhood spot since moving to Beacon Hill. Atmosphere and food are great, although I recommend against the filet unless you ask for "no pepper". Pork chops are amazing. Free cheese and crackers is a nice bonus. read more

This is where you want to go if you want that hometown feel. Food is very good, the drinks are above average. For the price I highly recommend. I had the pork entree and it was outstanding. read more

We loved this place and will be back. If you know what you're getting into (solidly decent neighborhood joint) then its a 4/5 for ambiance, menu selection and drinks. 3 stars on an absolute scale. read more

Really good food with a friendly staff and nice atmosphere. We had the clam chowder which was amazing. The chicken panini was excellent too.

My favorite place in our newly adopted town. Had dinner there on a rainy, raw night, but inside was cozy. Fine food, a great martini, a packed house and superb service makes this a good stop for a night. It's weird, but dinner @ 75 Chestnut felt like the season 1 finale of the Sopranos when Artie kept his restaurant open to make dinner for Tony and family and friends during a bad storm. I know; I said it was weird. read more

Food was good but expensive. Service was awful. Server acted like she didn't want to be there. We had to ask several times for water. When we asked if the check could be split was told it would be too much work for our server to do it. Overall I wanted to like this place but the service ruined my experience. read more

Twice now we have been to 75 Chestnut and have had similar experiences. We had to wait for our table for about 20 minutes even though we had a reservation, at one point being asked to sit in the bar and then they forgot about us. Most recent time again waited for 20 minutes before being able to sit at the table even with a reservation. Once we sat down, things were fine and food was good but overall will not be going back there. They seem to be habitually unprepared for their patrons. read more

The food was great. It was pretty busy on a Thursday night. The quinoa special with salmon was delicious. The salmon was flaky. The quinoa was prepared with fresh asperagus, tomatoes. The crusted fresh cod with brown rice, brussel sprouts and mushrooms was also tasty. This restaurant is tucked into the neighborhood. The atmosphere inside is cozy and warm. Staff was accommodating. It was noisier than I expected, however, we were able to carry on a conversation. read more

Service was great. Food was really bad. I will eat pretty much anything. Even if it doesn't taste great, if there is cream or cheese or meat I will probably eat it. I draw the line if there is reasonable certainty that a meal will make me sick. Enter lobster gnocchi. They were dried balls of fishy gummy disaster with a dried out half a lobster tail. I can't believe that it made it out of the kitchen, and the waiter didn't really seem that surprised when I sent it back. I snacked on other people's food (at my table. I'm not an animal) and headed out. read more

Mediocre at best. Got the "Tower" appetizer. Melted cheese on bread, soggy calamari with no marinara and some ravioli. Our food took FOREVER to get. Ordered the quinoa salad with steak tips medium. Steak was cold and under cooked. I've enjoyed their Bloody Mary bar. But I won't return for dinner. Glad it was a company paid dinner. read more

One of my favorites of the favorites. This is a great place for a couple or a group. Consistently great food and a pleasant atmosphere. Highly recommend the steak tips, and the mussels are quite possibly my favorites, ever. Service is friendly and accomodating. read more

Wow, I just went there for brunch with friends and I am super happy that we found this little gem on Yelp! Super nice decor, friendly atmosphere, and quiet (but not in an uncomfortable way) in the middle of overcrowded brunch-time Charles Street on a Saturday. Amazing! The brunch menu is very standard (so don't expect anything fancy), but the dishes were perfectly executed, which I find extremely rare, especially for a dish like Eggs Benedict (OMG the Hollandaise tasted like real Hollandaise!). The food is maybe 2USD more expensive than at places like Panificio, but totally worth it! They have a great Bloody Mary bar which I didn't try, but people seemed very happy with it. I will definitely come back here to try their dinner, too (and for brunch of course)! read more

I really want to like this neighborhood restaurant...the location is fabulous and I do enjoy the the seating area -- I don't think there is a bad seat in the place, whether you are by the pretty window or more in the cozy interior (which sometimes smells faintly of bleach). However...every time I get excited to go here (yet again), whether I bring one person or more, half the meals come out cold. I'm not sure why this happens, but half the meals on the table are definitely cold and have been sitting. The food is good, don't get me wrong, but I don't want to pay for it to hang around in the kitchen and get cold. The service is inconsistent, either I would get fabulous service, or they forget I'm there...so I think that depends on who you get. So...would I recommend, probably for a drink as they are good, but I hate being the half with the cold food (or apologizing to the other half). read more

We had a wonderful experience at 75 Chestnut. The food was delicious. We especially enjoyed our server Kaylah. She was very attentive and kind. We felt very special. read more

Amazing food and staff! Service was excellent, food was incredible (recommend the salmon). Great atmosphere where you can actually hear each other talk. Drinks were wonderful - blueberry mojito was especially delicious. $$$ though! read more

Great food and good value in quaint location. Located on a quiet street off of Charles Street, 75 offers a cozy-somewhat 'upscale'-neighborhood dining atmosphere, but at affordable prices. This used to be a white table-cloth restaurant before its renovation last year, so it still has the ambience of fine-dining, but with a more casual feel. Everything on the menu is under $20-including the filet mignon-and delicious. I highly recommend the salmon, the halibut, and scallop/shrimp dish--all of which are amazing and somewhat of a lighter fare. The waitstaff are also very polite and attentive. Is it very small, however, and the wait can be somewhat long even during the weekdays (they don't take reservations for parties less than 6). They do have a tower of cheese and crackers while you wait though! read more

LOVED this place! Very fun, nice open bar area with a great bartender the night we went! The food was incredible, and felt very homey but still with a nice city edge to it. I wish I lived next door and that this could be my neighborhood hangout. read more

I went here for Valentine's Day with my girlfriend and everything was amazing. They had special Valentine's Day menus which included a 4 course meal for $68 per person. The waitress was nice and very attentive. She recommended an amazing bottle of wine and over all the food was good. I highly recommend this place and would go here again for a regular non holiday meal. read more

I waited a long time to get into 75 Chestnut but the food was well worth it! It is a hip atmosphere where a lot of young people go to grab a bite with their friends. The food is a little pricey, but most good food in Boston is. I had marinated sirlion tips and they were full of flavor and perfectly cooked, and pared with a green salad and potato strings. I also split the calamari with the rest of my group and it was some of the best that I have had. The waiter was a little spacey-forgeting our drinks and silverware after we asked many times-but the host was very accommodating and got us anything that we needed! Overall, give it a try! After going only once, I could tell that it is a very popular spot on Beacon Hill. read more

We found this restaurant on Yelp, called at 5:15 on a Friday night and they were able to accommodate us at 5.30 as we requested for 6 people, three of those being children ages 10, 6 & 3. The menu was great and they had a nice kids menu as well. read more

Absolutely outstanding! I took my girlfriend here for our one year anniversary. When I walked in (9pm reservation) , it was a little louder than I expected, but I liked it. We had a nice table in the corner. We ordered a carafe of sangria. She had the haddock and I got one of the specials...lobster raviolli and beef tenderloin. Both our meals were excellent!!! Our waiter was very attentive. The prices were very reasonable. This is a perfect restaurant to bring a date! After dinner we skipped dessert in favor of the sangria. read more

I love the butternut squash ravioli here! It's only offered seasonally though, so I'm looking forward to the start of fall when it is offered again. Nice atmosphere here too. It's pretty small and usually crowded, so it's not the best place to go to with a large party, but a great place for a date night! read more

After living in Beacon Hill for 2 years, my neighborhood place to head where everybody knows your name is 75 Chestnut. The environment is amazing! Nestled into a quite neighborhood street, 75 Chestnut is a warm and welcoming restaurant with the most attentive staff I have yet to encounter in Boston. The bartenders are passionate about the drinks they serve and the ingredients use. If your puzzled as to what a Spicy Dirty Martini is? Just ask! Actually don't ask, just order because it's delicious! The food is all around good including a great American menu, with seasonal offerings. I just adore their BLT Wedge Salad, Mussels and Pumpkin Ravioli. The crowd which frequents this restaurant is local and lovely! The hostess, will do her best to make sure everyone is seated and comfortable, but be sure to call ahead for a reservation or most likely you will be turned away. The Sunday brunch menu, bloody mary bar and and live jazz concert... is not to be missed also! Thank you 75 Chestnut for being such a wonderful neighborhood establishment, you have converted me to a loyal customer! read more

I love this place so for my birthday this is where I wanted to go! We went there last night a party of 5. Two people ordered the steak tips...one got 3 steak tips, the other got 4! It looked like a kids meal with all fries!!. My salmon was luke warm. We were very disappointed in the meal's. I should of said something at the time but didn't. Very disappointed! read more

Yum - perfect lunch spot. Quiet, but lively and great service. Tucked away and a great place to duck into. I had the Mexican omelet and it was spot on. read more

Really disappointed, I expected better from 75 Chestnut. I arrived early for my reservation and stood at the front door for 15 minutes before the host decided to get up from his seat at the bar to welcome me. I then was seated in the very corner of the restaurant, next to the kitchen, even though the entire place was empty. My server was OK, ignored me until the other person in my party arrived. She ordered sparkling water, only to be told midway through the meal that it was a bottle of Perrier, at $7 per bottle. Our food was great, she ordered the Cod while I had the Chicken Autumn Salad (absolutely delicious). Our server accidentally added the wine from the table next to us to our tab, which I didn't appreciate. He was really apologetic but then again... wouldn't anyone? I just really expected more, I love Beacon Hill and the quaint family feeling I get when I am there. read more

Dinner new years eve. Nice venue, food ok, nothing special. bartender had limited knowledge of specialty drinks. Waiter was good. Bathrooms had no toilet paper!! Could have dealt with all that but restaurant was about 80°, so hot and uncomfortable. Couldn't wait to get out to fresh air. read more

We were visiting Boston for the first time and our tour guide recommended 75 Chestnut. We did make a reservation and were seated as soon as we arrived. The drinks and the food were great. We also had a very good waitress Samantha! read more

Showed up at about 7:00 on a Saturday night without a reservation, so I was prepared for a bit of a wait. However, the friendly hostess seated the two of us right away at the bar. This turned out to be just as convenient as a table, as the bar staff was very attentive. Still, a reservation is probably a good idea if you plan to go on a weekend, given that it is a fairly small place. The atmosphere was lovely, and while I cannot speak to the drink selection, the menu was surprisingly large and diverse. My seafood stew was fantastic, as was the chocolate cake desert. It is a somewhat pricey night out, but it is absolutely worth it if you're looking for an intimate, elegant dinner in a quaint neighborhood. read more

I have had great experiences both times I went. The first time my bf and I went and sat at the bar for dinner. It was quiet around 6:30pm but gets busier around 7-7:30. We had the bruschetta which was good, but it is made with ricotta cheese instead of mozzarella, which is a bit interesting. I don't think I would get it again. Their bread is excellent though and came out warm. Then my bf had the steak tips which were cooked perfectly and served with a side salad and french fries. I had the mussels which were INCREDIBLE. I wanted to drink the sauce that the mussels were in. It was served with bread on the side, and it was a very large portion. The bartenders were nice and friendly and very helpful. The second time we went, we sat at the tables in the bar area. Same thing- very friendly servers. The extra benefit is the cheese and crackers which is constantly being replenished! It's a little appetizer so you're not starving, and my bf loved it! Overall, enjoy going there and it's perfect for a weekday or weekend night. I just prefer the bar area. read more

Delicious bloody marys. I took my girlfriend here and she really liked it too. It's not that expensive and worth it. Great place for a sunday morning drink! read more

My husband and I live nearby and have eaten here on multiple occasions. It's a nicer casual restaurant...I wouldn't feel comfortable going in with shorts on but you don't need to dress really fancy, although you won't stick out if you do as it is on Beacon Hill (if you're not from Boston this is one of the fanciest neighborhoods). The food is American for the most part and they rotate many of their dishes seasonally. I am a vegetarian and have always had a few options available. My husband is not a vegetarian and has always enjoyed his meal. The beer selection is good. The quality of our meals from one visit to another has not been consistent. We have noticed the meals have been prepared better when we have gone for an early dinner when the place was empty. If you're going on a Thursday-Sunday during peak hours you should make a reservation. If you're going with a large party at anytime on any night you should make a reservation because the restaurant is not huge. For the neighborhood this is definitely one of the more affordable places we have eaten. I would rate 3.5 stars if half stars were allowed but will give a 4 star review as for the neighborhood and price point we have never been disappointed. read more

What a great meal! I was in town on business and went for dinner on a Sunday night. We didn't have a reservation and grabbed a table at the bar. My coworker and I both ordered from the specials menu and our meals (seafood pasta and steak) were prepared to perfection. Great cocktails, too. Very cozy setting in a lovely neighborhood. read more

Great place to catch up with a friend. Warm and classy atmosphere without being too pricey, and the fall drinks are absolutely delicious. Loved the Apple Cider Au Cognac drink! read more

This is a great, cozy spot for dinner or brunch. I have been here a few times and while the meal can be hit or miss, it is often really delicious and the atmosphere is wonderful. My brother and I shared the Caesar salad and lamb burger and both were very good. I've also had the chicken which is wonderful. I've never tried one of their cocktails but from what I can tell, they look great. The only knock I have is the seating hostess. The last two times I have been there she has tried to rush us with ordering our meals. I was having dinner with two other people, one of whom ran 15 minutes late and she came by and asked if we wanted to order dinner for them. I told her that we still did not have drinks and were talking our time but she kept pushing and asking when we would order even though the waitress assured us to take our time. I understand that when it's a Saturday night you need to keep an eye out on tables, but she was very pushy and made the night uncomfortable. Feeling rushed while you're trying to have a relaxing meal can put a damper on everything. The last time I went she continuously kept walking by and looking at our table to see if we were finished and once again, we weren't and it was not even an hour and a half into our meal. I think it's important for the business to understand that people want to come and relax over a nice meal, and not feel pushed out or rushed. read more

This place was awesome. Great location, great service and terrific food. Will 100% come back.

When we don't want to leave the neighborhood, this is our go-to spot. Love the friendly neighborly feel. The food is always good and reasonably priced (except brunch is too expensive). Love that they have cheese and crackers when you walk in. The bar is great for just a casual drink late at night. Fave foods: pumpkin ravioli & steak tips. read more

I can only attest to the cocktails here, but they were fantastic! After a long day of showing visitors around, we all decided a martini or good cocktail was in order and stumbled upon this place thanks to yelp. It's a smaller venue, but according to the number of people coming through the door after we arrived it must be pretty good food. Our group of four was seated by a window and the server delivered extremely prompt service. It's a quieter spot, at least earlier on, which we all appreciated. Nothing is worse than trying to catch up while simultaneously having to yell to hear each other. The drinks list is fairly impressive. Full bar, but the icing on the cake is that they infuse their own vodka which gives the drinks that something extra. One member of our group had the strawberry mojito and judging by how she sucked it down you knew it was good. When she knocked over her second glass (after it was empty) her glass was quickly replaced with a plastic cup which the rest of us thought was hilarious. The rest of the group tried the Red Grapefruit martini first which was really refreshing. The big slice of fresh red grapefruit really made it a masterpiece. In fact, that drink was so good we had to go ahead and try their Pineapple Cosmo....and now it's all I can do not to go running back to 75 Chestnut. I'm fairly positive that's happiness in a glass. I liked the atmosphere, the friendly staff, great service, and obviously, the drinks. I thought it was very reasonably priced (~$12 for a martini) which isn't too bad considering the neighborhood. Worth every penny. After reading the rest of the reviews I think I'll head back and for more than just drinks! read more