Eastern Standard

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   Kathy

   Greater Boston

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Thoroughly enjoyed our delicious prefix Christmas luncheon. Lovely menu, excellent service, delicious cocktails and food. Thank you!
   

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   Susan

   VIP

   San Antonio

   27 reviews

   3.0

   27 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We went on Christmas day therefore our choices were limited to the fixed menu. Although they gave some of the food French or gourmet sounding names- the pasta dishes were dry and fairly flavorless even though the servings were ample . The golden beet burrata was delicious as was the prime rib, but the lobster pasta had only 3 tiny bites of lobster in it . The bread brought before the meal was absolute perfection as was the creme brulee. The brownie with gingerbread ice cream was way too dark and rich to be served with such sweet ice cream although the portion was huge ! Our server was fantastic and kept our sodas full all night. The restaurant was beautiful and filled with a snazzy crowd- I felt like we could've done a chain restaurant for half the price and equal taste
   

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   Carlos

   Greater Boston

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   Food was just OK, prices were reasonable. At first they wanted to seat us by the restrooms, that is really not so good, we ended up sitting by the entrance. This was a little bit better in my opinion but then servers never came by to refill water or check on us, that was really disappointing. It is also a shame that plates and silverware were dirty and stained. I think we really expected a lot from this place. We liked many things but there were details that made a special night more of a regular “standard” night.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   Greater Boston

   3 reviews

   1.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 1

   We were seated next to the main door with cold air blowing into our face every 5 minutes. They should not be offering reservations for this seating.
   

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   Kevin

   Greater Boston

   2 reviews

   3.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   Good potential with this still relatively new restuarant.
   

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   PATRICK

   VIP

   Greater Boston

   33 reviews

   1.0

   33 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 2

   ES presents itself as an upscale French restaurant. It is pricy. Te interior of the restaurant is pleasant. It is noisy enough that it's difficult having a conversation across the table. The food is bad. Three of us ordered the "plat du jour " for Saturdays - braised short ribs. The point of braising meat is so that it is TENDER when eaten. In our cases, we got three hockey pucks of beef that we could not slice with the table knifes provided. We borrowed another persons steak knife so we could saw through the beef. Chewing the beef was an Olympian task. None of us finished our short rib entrees. The chocolate cake for dessert was good but I assume it was from an outside bakery. Very disappointing experience.
   

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   Elizabeth

   Greater Boston

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Fantastic dinner-food was excellent, the environment was very festive and our service was top-notch!
   

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   Robert

   Chicago

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great food and service, great location a lovely evening!
   

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   Nicole

   VIP

   Greater Boston

   12 reviews

   5.0

   12 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The service was exceptional! The meal was great and it was a great venue for our dinner with friends.
   

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    Katherine

    Greater Boston

    4 reviews

    2.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on December 17, 2024

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 2

    Meh. Food was OK; cocktails were excellent. Service was spectacularly awful. We had a waitress introduce herself as our waitress—“I’ll be right back for your drink order”—and she never returned to our table. Another waitress picked up for her but appeared to spread the table to 4 others. Ordered a cheese plate; it was dropped off without explanation. Was asked if we wanted more crostini at one point: said yes, 20 minutes went by (I finally got up and asked someone else to please send it—along with our drink order). I could give many more examples but bottom line: we were a party of two—so, not a large group—and we struggled across 2.5 hours to get drinks, food and dessert (had to ask if there was a dessert menu, etc.). The restaurant was INSANELY hot (I stripped down to a tshirt and was still very, very warm) and loud. Such is life in a busy restaurant, but worth mentioning as overall—the basic food (salt cod fritters; dry rigatoni; cheese platter) and terrible service combined with the sweltering room makes us strongly avoid recommending it. Maybe just go to the bar for a drink and pick a better food/service spot nearby?
    

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