Restaurant & Bar Reviews

Towne is the latest addition to the Lyons group of restaurants in Boston . It is located in Back Bay in the Hynes Convention centre.

The restaurant has not one but 2 of Boston’s celeb chefs, Lydia Shire and Jasper White.

There are 3 bars located on 2 floors and a great outside dining area.

I had the salmon which was excellent.

Deffo worth a visit.
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Sonsie is a Boston institution. Located at the funky end of Newbury Street this hip watering hole was very much the epicenter of Supershag,s formative years.

This was deffo the place to be scene

The restaurant became the place for the beautiful people of Boston to hang out but it also had really good food.

As I had not been there for about 5 years I was very interested to see if anything had changed.

So the menu has changed a bit but the peppercorn steak is still there.this was their classic dish and is really good.

I had the tuna sashimi which really is tuna tartar. It was fantastic.

The chicken was also very good.
Sonsie has free Wi-fi and it is great fun to sit in the front of the reatauant and watch Newbury Street go about it’s business.
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The Wythe Hotel has been getting some rave reviews recently in magazines that matter. Located in Williamsburg it is a bit out of the way and not in the most desirable place .It is however well worth the trip for a couple of reasons .

The food is very good and very different.

Seafood salad was really good

Arctic Char was served sushi style with yoghurt giving it flavor . Sounded really awful to me but it actually really worked.

The lamb special once again had a lot of exotic combinations none of which I now remember but it was delicious.
The actual restaurant is very cool but unfortunately the acoustics are pretty awful.

The dress code is very casual. If however you did want to dress up you would not feel out of place.

While the wine list is good the beer list I pretty stellar.

If you are lucky enough to visit between Wednesday and Sunday you really do have to visit the roof-top bar.

The view of Manhattan is spectacular and the music is loud.
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Americano is located in the Hotel Americano which is a new boutique hotel in the west village .

Nothing very out of the ordinary in the layout of the place. Usual chrome ,glass minimalist look. It does however have a very pleasant small outside patio.

The food was excellent and well priced for new York.

Beef tartar was as good as I have tasted.

Chicken Paillard was interesting while the steak frites was good but nothing special.

The overall experience was very pleasant and the service was very good. Also it is located very close to the new York high line which is well worth having a walk along.
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The flag ship of the Todd English empire has reopened in Charlestown . Not too different from the original but I wonder if anyone else has noticed how the new layout has increased the noise levels. Time for some sound proofing me thinks.

So even though the place is loud the food was great. Very rich a la Todd English but really good . In fact I forgot to photograph the food so it must have good. Please make do with the menu.

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This place is not cheap but Definately worth a visit.
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The Bistro quite possibly the best restaurant in the world .

Veal pork chop magnificent.

Scallops really good.

Hanger steak superb .

Salmon simply breathtaking.

Peeper Ale from Maine a classic.

Chimay the Daddy of them all.
Great food ,prices and friendly atmosphere .
3 thumbs of from me.
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Juvia is actually located in the funkiest car-park I have ever seen. It is located at the end of Lincoln Road that is furthest away from the beach.It features
Inside and outside dining.

Hard to describe the atmosphere. It is cool and funky but really feels like an upmarket beach bar/restaurant. Now do not take this the wrong way the place is fantastic and you could wear your tux or shorts( actually don’t know if there is a dress code) and be totally comfortable here.
So what about the food. It was fantastic. Everything we had was excellent and the prices while not cheap were not outrageous.

Cerviche

Salmon rolls.

Tuna

Lamb chops

Short ribs.
Once again make this one of your first stops on your next Miami visit.

I suggest before you leave grab a mojito and savor the night time beach view.

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Fig and Olive in Melrose Place is the latest offshoot of the famous NewYork
eaterie.It is well worth checking out the neighborhood as Melrose Place is really happening at the moment.

Decor is very cool and the outside tasting bar looks like a fun place to hang out.

Food was excellent.

Tuna carpaccio was so good nearly forgot to take a photo.

Tuna and scallop salad was also great.

Veal wonderful

So was the Branzini.

Coffee great as well.
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Anchor and Hope is located in an old mechanics shop in San Fran.(very like most of the restaurants in Palermo Soho Buenos Aires)

The space is actually very cool.

The menu was supposed to be an Oyster and Stout happy hour as enjoyed by the good ole Irish folks at home on the old sod. With these prices however I do not think that many of them would be too happy.

Sat at the bar which gave me a good view of the oysters being prepared.

Food was good.

Fish and chips anyone.

Salmon.

No Chimay but this stuff was very good.
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Another must see in L.A.I don’t really get this place. Looks like my grandmothers front room and not really the friendliest of greeters.

The place does have some history though.

When we did get seated even though we were told we may be removed in an hour the surrounding were pleasant enough.

Had a great bottle of champagne which nearly took up the hour on our meter, but thankfully we finished before we were forcibly removed.

A lot of famous people have stayed here and some have actually ended their party here.

Not somewhere where I shall rush back but the guy getting us a cab was great.
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