Nice views of Faneuil Hall and fairly empty on a Saturday afternoon. (Even as you could see the…read moretourists bustling around down in the shopping/food stores across the street) I expect it to probably be busier for happy hour after work on weekdays. The space is completely open air seating alcoves of outdoor furniture divided by plants and shrubbery. The main bar area is a high bar counter in front of a 60's style metal RV. This area is covered by a large overhead tent, and walking through/past it they set up a few small mini golf putting stations; free to putt around. Chill spot to grab a few beers and chill with friends.

I love this place! We walked thru several times over the weekend. Always "hopping"! They have the…read moreCUTEST lemonade stand I've ever seen! Open air (convered), hanging chairs, mini golf... a fun place!

What a great spot on the harbor to enjoy your favorite Beverage or Alcoholic drink!…read moreThe day was over cast but the temperature outside was very nice! You can people watch admire the ocean view and they have a great items on the Menu for your choosing! Enjoy plus Service right on!! After take a stroll on the Northern Avenue!

The view is OK. I do live on the south shore and our water views can't be beat. If you have never…read moreseen water or boats, you'll probably be impressed. The chowder was very good. I would recommend. Do not get the $30 fish n chips. It is 4 tiny fish scraps which are battered like Chinese chix fingers. Thick and pasty. I sent it back and ordered shrimp cocktail for my meal. Husband got steak tips. They were a B-, somewhat bland and tasteless. Ask for bread, it is not offered. It is good bread!! Service was great on a busy Saturday night. Our server was very attentive! Probably will not return. Nothing exceptional or memorable.

Love the interior of Petula's - it is so elegant and beautiful and perfect for a girls night…read more We started with a few cocktails which were all delicious! For appetizers we got the smash burger and the arancini - the smash burger is to die for! The color of the cheese was off putting but the taste was amazing and the pickles give it such a nice crunch. The arancini was good but nothing special - there was no proscuttio in it which would have been the start of the show for us. For entrees, we got the vodka pasta which was so good, we got it extra spicy and it was delish! Portion was huge too. Then we got the steak frites and they were just ok - I have had them in the past and they were so good but tonight they were super chewy and there was more fat on the steak than meat it felt like. The blue cheese butter gives good flavor though. We finished off with the cookie skillet and this is a must have! So warm and gooey with the cold icecream is just to die for! Shoutout to our amazing server Gillian! She was so informative, friendly and gave us the best recs! Will be requesting her if we come back!

I really wanted to like Petula's, especially because I'd heard good things, but unfortunately the…read morefood just wasn't it for me. I ordered the Smashburger and honestly did not enjoy it. I actually ordered a second one to take home for my mom, thinking maybe I just got a bad one, but she had the same complaint I did, the seasoning just tasted off and the overall flavor wasn't good. I can't quite put my finger on what was wrong with it, but something about the seasoning made it taste strange and lackluster. I also ordered the skillet, which had a really unusual salty and sour flavor that I wasn't expecting and didn't particularly enjoy. I did try to make the most out of the meal just because I paid a lot for it so I was like I'm going to eat it and not put it to waste, but I didn't enjoy it. The positives were definitely the drinks and the service. My waiter was very kind, attentive, and checked in on me throughout the meal, which I appreciated and the atmosphere and overall vibe of the restaurant is beautiful. Overall, though, I spent close to $100 and unfortunately didn't feel like the food was worth what I paid. I'm disappointed because I wanted to enjoy the experience, but based on the food alone, I probably wouldn't come back. Update: spoke to a friend and turns out the reason for the sour taste for the cookie skillet is due to rust so that's upsetting. Won't be back.

There are plenty of places in Boston that can make a good burger. What is much harder to find is a…read morerestaurant that feels like it couldn't exist anywhere else. I'd heard Waverly had one of the better burgers around, so when a friend was visiting for Sail Boston, we made the short trip off the more traveled streets to see if it lived up to the reputation. I'm glad we did. Waverly is tucked away on a quiet side street in Charlestown, and that's part of the charm. The dining room is small, warm, and comfortably lived in. Nothing about it feels manufactured. The decor has an old soul without feeling dated, almost like it has been there longer than it actually has. Later I learned that's intentional. The restaurant takes its name from the historic Waverly House, a grand Charlestown hotel from the 1800s, and was designed to capture the feeling of the neighborhood's historic brownstones rather than chase the latest restaurant trend. The room felt like it belonged to Charlestown. Most of the people inside looked like they could walk home after dinner. That's the kind of place I always hope to find when visiting a neighborhood, somewhere that serves the people who live there first, and everyone else second. We asked for a window table, and the staff happily accommodated us. It's a small gesture, but one that made us feel welcomed instead of processed. The burger justified the trip on its own. I added the sunny-side-up egg, but the real star was the bacon-onion jam. It pulled everything together without overpowering the beef. The burger itself was tender, the sesame brioche somehow managed to hold everything together, and I appreciated the choice of Vermont white cheddar and Grillo's pickles. Those aren't flashy ingredients, they're just the right ones. Seeing Downeast Cider on tap certainly didn't hurt either. What impressed me most wasn't that Waverly was trying to reinvent the neighborhood burger. It wasn't. It simply executed it exceptionally well, with enough confidence to let good ingredients and thoughtful choices do the talking. Charlestown wouldn't just lose a burger if Waverly disappeared. It would lose one of those neighborhood places that quietly makes a neighborhood feel like itself. You come for a well executed meal, but you leave feeling like you've experienced a small piece of Charlestown. Places like that are a lot harder to replace than a good menu.

Was in town for the marathon. Went a bit out of our way to visit this restaurant for brunch on…read moreSunday, the day before the marathon as part of my carb loading plan for the race. I really, really, REALLY wanted pancakes. The website said brunch goes until 3. We get there at 2:50. They said they were no longer serving brunch and they've moved to their limited menu, because brunch ends at 3. You can imagine the puzzled look on our faces when they told us it ended at 3pm but it's still 2:50pm. They said we would have been fine if we were 5 minutes earlier. Weird that 2:45 is fine but 2:50 is not. We were annoyed, to say the least. But we were hungry, we didn't know what else was around, we needed to eat, and it already took us 30 minutes to get here in an Uber. Two guys came in after us, also before 3, who were also really excited for brunch. They too were shut down. We ordered off the limited menu. It was okay. It was fine. But that's not the point. If brunch ends at 2:45, then say it ends at 2:45. Don't say it ends at 3pm and then shut people down because it secretly closes earlier. I get that you guys want to switch the kitchen over and prep for dinner, but serve the food you say you're going to serve at the time you're going to serve them. Nobody came in after us and the other party that was also in before 3, so it's not like there was some never ending rush of people trying to get brunch. I also don't recall anyone else coming in before we left probably an hour. Poor communication and poor customer service.

I ordered the brussel sprouts, grilled chicken sandwich and a salmon sandwich…read more All of the food was average, nothing was over the top. The brussel sprouts were not good as it tasted like someone put an entire lemon on them. It was also outrageous to charge an 18% service charge and a 3% admin fee on food that I picked up from the restaurant. I have no idea why you have to pay over 20% in fees for food that you are taking to go. I would not recommend dining here.

Rating: 3.5 Stars…read more Lifted is on the fifth floor of the OMNI Hotel. My friend and I stopped by around 8 PM on a Wednesday night. We went up to the hostess stand and were seated right away. Our server came by and was very friendly. However, as the night went on the service became quite slow. It took a lot of time for our food to come out and to get our to-go boxes as well. For a drink, I ordered the PINA-NO-LADA. It is basically a virgin pina colada. Very delicious and they added some nice cherries on top. For the food we shared: -CEVICHE: Great flavor and very fresh octopus. Went well with the tortilla chips it came with. -SHRIMP SCAMPI: The pasta was cooked perfectly as were the shrimp that were big and juicy. However, the sauce was overly acidic. There was way too much lemon in it. I do also wish they had more than just 4 shrimp on top of a $30 bowl of pasta. -BRUSSEL SPROUTS: Was good brussel sprouts. All in all, while the food was pretty good (with some hit or miss elements), it is such an expensive meal especially for the portion and service you are getting.

LOVE this place. The Gordita crunch is to die for. I've been before for dinner, but I tried the…read morebrunch recently and it was delicious. I ordered the chorizo burrito and it was so flavorful! It was my partners birthday and I was able to opt into their birthday package which comes with a cupcake and balloon for $10. It was worth it! The cupcake was gorgeous and my partner said it was very good quality cupcake. The ambiance was also gorgeous as always. I love how they decorated the restaurant! Perfect for an event or gathering. Totally photo worthy.

Great meal and service…read more Our waitress was phenomenal and extremely accommodating for our kids regarding food they'd eat - getting us a plate of off menu chicken fingers. The food was very good. Octopus - Octopus is my favorite meal, and this is one of the best examples I've ever had. Steak tips - cooked perfectly medium rare, overall dish great Oysters - shucked clean and fresh Chips and salsa were great, no notes. Lobster empanada - crispy on the outside, soft and creamy inside, very good Fish Tacos - good fish tacos, nothing earth shattering to write home about - paled in comparison to the tapas. Dole Whip - great Churros - very good, they were small donut things not the traditional long churros, the mezcal chocolate was great and the vanilla cream too.

Very fun. Excellent service. The food was really good. Drinks were pretty good. Beautiful view of…read morethe city.

This was one of the many recommended rooftop bars of Boston. We were able to get a reservation here…read moresame day so we came here. The patio is nice and the view of the skyline is pretty! We wanted to start with the frozen espresso martinis but they were out so we ended up trying different drinks- I had a spritz that was refreshing and my friends had the coco Rita & the lemon blueberry Tini- we had two rounds of drinks before the frozen drinks were ready again. They tasted like a mudslide/milkshake so was a nice finisher to our night here. We had snack throughout our time here. The mezze platter was OK, the cauliflower was gross and flavorless, the cheese was iffy. Really we just munched on the hummus and the pita bread. The oysters were decent! And the spinach artichoke dip was also fine- not the best but not the worst. I did really enjoy the pita bread. Really people come here for the view and a drink- I would skip the food and eat elsewhere. Sidenote- the bathroom lighting was immaculate lol

Stopped here during a tour of the seaport and got a taste of their oysters and a frozen hibiscus…read moremargarita. It's a cool outdoor space, perfect for daytime drinks and small bites or as I imagine the people who work in seaport go for a nice social hour. It wasn't too busy on a Friday afternoon but I heard it could get pretty crowded. The seaport has a lot of nice little spots like this.

The food was very good! It's a fun environment, sitting outdoors just adds to it. The service was…read moregood, very quick for as busy as they were