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High-end restaurant with innovative, French-inspired locavore fare & seasonal tasting menus.
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Address: 853 Main St, Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 497-5511
Website: http://www.craigieonmain.com/
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Reviews
Bradli
We sat “ringside” and got to see each dish for the evening carefully prepared – really neat! Everyone seemed to be all about “the burger” but don’t miss out on the awesome dinner menu. Our favorite dish was the squid ink pasta – spicy, salty, and savory in all the right amounts. Also enjoyed the rice pudding dessert that ended up being an interesting take on a pavlova, and the chocolate mousse. The mousse had a potentially dangerous combo: mint and orange, but tasted awesome. Will be back.
… moreCraig Kirsner, MBA
This is an amazing French restaurant! The food is out of this World! We had the pork 3 ways and the rib was one of the best ever! The black linguine with clams were great. The beef marrow in the bone was amazing. The chocolate dessert was great! I highly recommend this restaurant. Its not cheap but well worth it!
… moreCaroline Luis
Love this wonderful restaurant. The burger is always worth the hype. The ever-changing menu never fails to bring wonderful ingredients to the table full of flavor and beautifully presented.
The Craigie Next Door patio is an awesome response to the limitations from the pandemic, and the food lives up to the restaurant’s reputation from before.
… moreThe Craigie Next Door patio is an awesome response to the limitations from the pandemic, and the food lives up to the restaurant’s reputation from before.
Charles Lamb
Sigh. Another day, another GREAT MEAL at COM. This place has evolved over several years into a ‘go to’ Boston institution for many (including myself) when in need of a solidly executed, consistently excellent, always creative meal that incorporates complex flavors, ingredients, and textures. The classic burger has attained cult-like status, so much so that it’s hard for locals to snag one unless they arrive early and get in line. The new burger of the month has relieved some of that stress and of the two months that I’ve had them, they’ve been excellent. Restaurant and pre fixe: are always top drawer. Bar food and cocktails: exceptional. Service: always 5/5, never stuffy or pretentious, always helpful and willing to accommodate.
Don’t be afraid of the specials. Example: Recently I had a trout Kama (collar). Wow! There succulent flavor of the meat alone was beautiful. But the complexity brought by the salad and vinaigrette were something to behold. Two different crudo appetizers have been drop dead beautiful.
If you can snag a seat at the ringside, do it. I once saw someone move from ringside to a table. Go figure.
Tony Maws is a Boston icon, if for no other reason than being able to stay at the top of his game for so long with COM and his more casual sibling restaurant Kirkland Tap and Trotter.
… moreDon’t be afraid of the specials. Example: Recently I had a trout Kama (collar). Wow! There succulent flavor of the meat alone was beautiful. But the complexity brought by the salad and vinaigrette were something to behold. Two different crudo appetizers have been drop dead beautiful.
If you can snag a seat at the ringside, do it. I once saw someone move from ringside to a table. Go figure.
Tony Maws is a Boston icon, if for no other reason than being able to stay at the top of his game for so long with COM and his more casual sibling restaurant Kirkland Tap and Trotter.
Siawosh Eskandari
Craigie on Main ranks high on many online as the go-to option for haute cuisine as well as bar food and cocktails. Despite the rave reviews, we felt there are ample other restaurants in Cambridge and Boston that do not succumb to the hype as Craigie did. Though the staff was excellent, the vibe was outstanding, and the whole team was on the same page; the food was just underwhelming. The limited option burger was not nearly as great as advertised (nor even as good as the Craigie-inspired burger restaurant in Fenway’s Time Out Market), and sadly our swordfish entrée tasted solely of the overpowering salt it was seasoned with. Overall, big thumbs up on the ambiance and kind and helpful staff, but the food left much to wish for, especially considering the price point.
… moreOlga Shestopalova
I would say we had a good meal, but not for what we paid for. We came here for the 5 course tasting menu, and still left kinda hungry. The pace and presentation (as well as the wine) we’re great, but the food itself and the quantity was not amazing.
My starter was a single cucumber sclice with roe, and then there were a few mussel dishes, followed by a squid ink pasta dish, and then finally came the single largest dish: three slices of delicious lamb! Honestly the lamb was the only memorable dish, including the dessert.
The wine was another story- we each got two glasses, which were more like 1.5 glasses each time (there was a little carafe for what didn’t fit into the glass). It was incredibly delicious and worth the price!
In short, I had a good evening, but wouldn’t come back here for a tasting dinner again.
… moreMy starter was a single cucumber sclice with roe, and then there were a few mussel dishes, followed by a squid ink pasta dish, and then finally came the single largest dish: three slices of delicious lamb! Honestly the lamb was the only memorable dish, including the dessert.
The wine was another story- we each got two glasses, which were more like 1.5 glasses each time (there was a little carafe for what didn’t fit into the glass). It was incredibly delicious and worth the price!
In short, I had a good evening, but wouldn’t come back here for a tasting dinner again.
Jay Keyes
One of my favorite places to eat in or around Boston. I have been coming here for many years with my wife, and we leave delighted each time. While Craigie has aged since the initial wave of excitement, it has aged well — still a must-visit restaurant if you’re going to be in Boston for any lengthy period of time.
… moreDaniel Hashimoto
Fantastic service, delicious food, and superb cocktails. We sat in the COMB area and found it to be perfect for what we wanted – low key, cozy, but with access to the full restaurant and bar menu. Not surprisingly, they were sold out of their famous Craigie burger (one day l’ll hopefully try it), but we tried their weekly special burger as an appetizer (dont judge). It was fantastic!
Followed that with sirloin and oxtail as one main while my wife got the sole. Both dishes were flavourful and complex. A real delight. The real star was the bone marrow side dish that was to die for.
Best of all, service was top notch!
… moreFollowed that with sirloin and oxtail as one main while my wife got the sole. Both dishes were flavourful and complex. A real delight. The real star was the bone marrow side dish that was to die for.
Best of all, service was top notch!
Alexandry Calisto
The food was amazing last night. Service was impeccable. I strongly recommand the pork. It was slow cooked and smoked with a bacon flavor. Cocktails were very good. The wine choice is vast and of quality. The only thing I would upgrade is the coffee offering. In that kind of restaurant, you expect an espresso machine.
… moreJames Fitzpatrick
This is a review of the Chef’s Whim tasting menu that is offered on Sunday evenings. We’ve dined at Craigie’s a few times in the past and have had great experiences, but it’s been a while since our last visit. Overall our experience this visit wasn’t exceptional. The meal was inconsistent with both service and food.
There were minor issues with pacing that aren’t a big deal, but the meal did feel a bit rushed with the first course hitting the table before our drinks made it. The opening courses showcasing New England seafood (both raw and cooked) were excellent. Craigie utilizes it’s full staff to assist with service – this means you can have 5 different people bring a dish out. This caused some inconsistencies as some servers were great about explaining what’s been put in front of you, while others were not (“what is this black sauce?”)
The fish dish incorporated more shellfish (muscles) and cod. My wife’s plate was cooked perfectly, but my cod had a very tough piece of fish muscle (or skin?) that made half of the cod incredibly chewy – not in a pleasant way. The meat dish consisted of venison two ways – half of the dish (and including the sauce) was super salty (and we have salty palettes). The venison sausage was great – tender, juicy, and flavorful.
The final dishes included a palate cleanser and a gingerbread dessert course, both were very good. Since we had ordered a 6-course tasting, we were a bit surprised to be receiving the gingerbread dessert thinking it was our fifth. We asked one of the servers and they mentioned that the palate cleanser was the 5th course. A thumbnail-sized ball of sorbet was a full course – that was a first for us! I wouldn’t advertise it that way – luckily the upcharge from 4 to 6 courses isn’t too drastic, but we still don’t think we’ve seen a palate cleansing component treated as a dinner course before.
Hoping this was an off-night as we’ve had great experiences here, unfortunately this wasn’t one of them.
… moreThere were minor issues with pacing that aren’t a big deal, but the meal did feel a bit rushed with the first course hitting the table before our drinks made it. The opening courses showcasing New England seafood (both raw and cooked) were excellent. Craigie utilizes it’s full staff to assist with service – this means you can have 5 different people bring a dish out. This caused some inconsistencies as some servers were great about explaining what’s been put in front of you, while others were not (“what is this black sauce?”)
The fish dish incorporated more shellfish (muscles) and cod. My wife’s plate was cooked perfectly, but my cod had a very tough piece of fish muscle (or skin?) that made half of the cod incredibly chewy – not in a pleasant way. The meat dish consisted of venison two ways – half of the dish (and including the sauce) was super salty (and we have salty palettes). The venison sausage was great – tender, juicy, and flavorful.
The final dishes included a palate cleanser and a gingerbread dessert course, both were very good. Since we had ordered a 6-course tasting, we were a bit surprised to be receiving the gingerbread dessert thinking it was our fifth. We asked one of the servers and they mentioned that the palate cleanser was the 5th course. A thumbnail-sized ball of sorbet was a full course – that was a first for us! I wouldn’t advertise it that way – luckily the upcharge from 4 to 6 courses isn’t too drastic, but we still don’t think we’ve seen a palate cleansing component treated as a dinner course before.
Hoping this was an off-night as we’ve had great experiences here, unfortunately this wasn’t one of them.