Latest reviews from Cambridge
| 68 /100 Russel House Tavern (Restaurant) 14 JFK STREET “Huge pub over two levels. Relatively small tap list but mostly good local brews. Good place for a few beers.“ |
| 72 /100 284 BROADWAY “Midsize place. Small pours available. Good range of beer styles and quality fairly solid. Good.“ |
| 66 /100 92 HAMPSHIRE STREET “Sports bar vibe. Lots of taps, preset flights available. Beer quality was consistently mediocre. Food was fine. Kinda meh.“ |
| 82 /100 Russel House Tavern (Restaurant) 14 JFK STREET “Outstanding tavern with delicious food and decent beer list. Located in heart of Cambridge by Harvard University. Small beer list featuring several local brews. Food was moderately priced and well prepared. Worth a visit if you’re in the area.“ |
| 88 /100 504 POPLAR ST “Wanted to hit this place for a while ... long drive for us (~3 hours) but well worth it! Got here as soon as they opened @ 11am on a Friday and it started to fill up at 11:30am. Beers were what I expected and wanted out of this place and the burger was great too! I wish it was closer.“ |
| 82 /100 110 N FIRST STREET “Our first brewpub stop of the trip, although only on arrival I realised this is not the main brewery location, but a smaller outpost. Smart, shiny place overlooking The Common, with downtown Boston towering in the background. I got a flight of four, all varied styles but all presented with impressive depth of flavour and impeccably balanced. Really glad we stopped off here. Ended up being my favourite brewery of the entire trip.“ |
| 70 /100 438 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE UNIT A “Situated on quite a busy street in Cambridge. Fairly modest sized bar, painted white brick work, bar along one side, seats along the other with some window seats. Decent range of Artifact cider on draft, ten perhaps, with three beers from small MA breweries. Some bottles and cans in the fridge, usual merch range. We took a flight and ordered some gyozas, which were really nice. Cider's all seemed to fit into the safe, pale, clean crowd-pleasing mould but nice enough. Nice simple set-up.“ |
| 52 /100 1 KENDALL SQUARE, BLDG 100 “After visiting Lamplighter this had very much a different feel. Located in a square next to a couple of bar / restaurants, this has a kind of chain-restaurant vibe from the outside, and not the place we'd normally venture in. On entry, a server seemed keen to show us to a table outside but when we asked for a spot in the sun, she turned cold, showed us to a table away from where we gestured and didn't come out to take our order. Very strange. I think we worked it out that the tables that had the sun shining on them were not hers to serve, so she had no reason to be nice to us. Wish we'd just pulled up a stool at the bar inside. After about 15 minutes we caught someone else's attention and managed to get a flight. Beers were decent, but the cold service and 'suit clientele' were a put off and we left as soon as possible.“ |
| 84 /100 Albert's Market (Beer Store) 638 CAMBRIDGE STREET “Stumbled upon this place walking from Boston into Cambridge. Looks like a standard corner liquor / grocery store from the street but venture in and the shelves / fridges at the back house an impressive range of beers, wild ales and natural wines. Whoever picks these breweries definitely knows his stuff. Some euro bottles as well. I challenge any beer geek to leave here empty handed.“ |
| 86 /100 1 KENDALL SQUARE, BLDG 100 “Dropped by finally on route to the airport. Nabbed some gruit rates which for gentlemen like me can’t complain. Nice variety of styles on something for everyone. Nice space. Classy corporate. In Harvard square next to bbq spot and other establishments so imagine it gets busy. Friendly bartender and the linguini and clams special was delicious. No complaints quite enjoyed“ |
| 70 /100 504 POPLAR ST “Downtown Cambridge, parking slightly dicey. Mid-sized taproom adjacent to an associated restaurant. About a dozen drafts, all their house stuff. They don't seem to experiment a ton outside their core offerings, with the exception of a series of sours. Bar fare was solid, atmosphere was fine. Clean place, plenty of space on a Friday afternoon. Decent for a quick stop for lunch and a couple beers on the way to Ocean City.
Service was friendly and efficient.
Birthday beer trip 2021.“ |
| 74 /100 1 KENDALL SQUARE, BLDG 100 “Old school brewpub vibe. Beers generally decent, flights available (now pick your own). Ate brunch, was good. Place was pretty busy and staff seemed pretty stressed. Not a must visit, but definitely enjoyable.“ |
| 70 /100 284 BROADWAY “Smallish place, industrial decour, flights available, decent beer, retail store next door with cans and bottles“ |
| 64 /100 Grafton Street Pub & Grill (Restaurant) 1230 MASSACHUSETTS AVE “Visited on a weekday evening. Large pub with tables outside, longish bar, a lot of TV screens. Nice food menu, around 15 beers on tap, with a few local alternatives, and more than 20 bottles/cans. Nice, nothing to change your way for.“ |
| 82 /100 Cambridge Wine & Spirits (Beer Store) 202 ALEWIFE BROOK PKWY “Found by chance while shopping at the Whole Foods next door. Quite a large selection of cans and bottles from Massachusetts, as well as other states, and they let you break the six-packs. Very satisfied.“ |
| 76 /100 92 HAMPSHIRE STREET “Visited on a Tuesday night in August, 2017. Wasn't horribly impressed - they had good IPAs but otherwise the beer, while fresh, just didn't sing to me all that much. Perfectly acceptable and possible I just went while they didn't have interesting stuff in the rotation.
Good food though.“ |
| 76 /100 1 KENDALL SQUARE, BLDG 100 “The afternoon that I visited this place it was really busy. Found a spot at the bar and tried some of their beers. I had the taster of the standard 4 beers they provide and when the bar tender realized that I wanted to try more (I bought two more beers in normal size just to try them) he offered me more. The hoppy ones that I tried were so and so to OK but the two sour ones (one of their own and a collab with Jester King) were great! I would like to visit the place again at a time that it isnt crowded.“ |
| 84 /100 284 BROADWAY “Better beers than what I expected. Flights available. Very nice ambiance.. sitting at the bar and watching the brewing equipment through a glass behind the bar was very nice! Good prices, good service.“ |
| 82 /100 92 HAMPSHIRE STREET “Visited on a Saturday night for dinner after visiting Night Shift. Nice ambiance, dark, metal music. 7 house beers on tap. You can have a taster with 5 of them (they choose which ones) for $14. 30+ more taps with mostly hoppy beers (the half of the 40 taps). Prices were average for the area. The burger was nice. Service was good.“ |
| 60 /100 1 KENDALL SQUARE, BLDG 100 “In central Cambridge right on Kendall Square, this is a fun place. Reasonably taplist of their own beers, with only pre-set flights available. Service is a bit cold, but prompt. Beer quality was decent. Not all it’s cracked up to be in my opinion but worth a visit.“ |
| 78 /100 284 BROADWAY “Really nice place in the heart of Cambridge that doubles as a coffee shop. 13 beers on tap when I visited. Pre-set flights available, either the regular beers (4 for $9.50) or the hoppy beers (4 for $11.50). Otherwise, half pours (6 or 8 oz) are available for $4-4.50. Friendly service. Beer quality is quite excellent. Great place to chill at. Highly recommended visit.“ |
| 78 /100 504 POPLAR ST “Came here on 13.5.2018. Nice small brewpub in Cambridge, Maryland close to Choptank River. Highlight is the view to the brewhouse through two open windows. Also liked the bar and the overall ambiance. I had a Pulp American IPA, which was quite good and a Two Hours Parking IPA, which was excellent. 11 beers on tap, a little bit pricy, almost 7$ a glass. Had a very good crab cake. Overall a positive surprise.“ |
| 92 /100 284 BROADWAY “Loved this place! Great atmosphere, really nice staff, great beer... Big pleasent surprise!“ |
| 80 /100 92 HAMPSHIRE STREET “Very dark place. Pretty good tap list with four of their own beers. 3 cask pumps also, not sure are they really used. Hobo burger was OK. And again, too dark for me but I understand some points why this place is so highly rated. Don't expect cheap prices.“ |
| 100 /100 1 KENDALL SQUARE, BLDG 100 “Students life!“ |
| 72 /100 1 KENDALL SQUARE, BLDG 100 “Visited on 5th October 2017. A really large and busy brewpub towards the centre of Cambridge. It's got 2 vast rooms which are airy and light plus a sizeable patio. It was a nice evening so relaxed outside. A solid list of beers with plenty of different and a couple of set flights made choices hard. Didn't bother with a flight and just had a couple of beers. Quality was ok. Prices and service were solid enough. It's an easy 10 or more rates and a nice enough venue.“ |
| 84 /100 284 BROADWAY “Visited on 5th October 2017. Really smart looking brewpub in Cambridge suburbia. The feel to the place is really nice with a smart decor and just a nice vibe. It was busy but we managed to get settled. Had a couple of tasting flights here which were decent vue. The beer was good with some interesting styles and a couple of additions to the database. Prices were good. Service friendly. I'd recommend a stop here. One of the nicest venues in Boston for me.“ |
| 78 /100 92 HAMPSHIRE STREET “Visited on 5th October 2017. Got a cab out here and it's a fair ride from the city centre. In a nice neighbourhood sits this place. It's well described as a dive bar lookalike and inside it's smarter and bigger than expected. The place was busy and we sat at a table. A decent beer list with several Lord Hobo beers plus a good mix from across the US. Didn't really examine the bottle menu. Service was good. Prices good. Music a little loud and mostly not to my taste. With a couple of decent brewpubs nearby it's worth the trek out here.“ |
| 60 /100 1 KENDALL SQUARE, BLDG 100 “I liked it a lot last time I was here, but this time it's not hitting. The beers were all duds, which was the big issue. Malts were a mess, and so was the yeast, like almost unprofessional in that sense. Service was ok, maybe a bit sluggish, but really the downturn in the beer since my last visit (2009) is the big story.“ |
| 60 /100 1 KENDALL SQUARE, BLDG 100 “Located somewhere in Cambridge next to a BBQ place. It seems like it's located in the block where Cambridge turns from residential to corporate. Lots of Brick and beams and wood planking which makes it feel like a marketers idea of a brewpub. Of course it's loud and very difficult to hear conversation which makes it the perfect setting for the under 24 crowd. They had 13 on tap but you were only allowed to select from 2 pre-made flights. The food was solid but the fries were weirdly small like I was being served the grandkids of another order of fries. I'm afraid this one's only for the completists.“ |
| 76 /100 92 HAMPSHIRE STREET “Located in a residential neighborhood, good luck trying to find parking. Outside was Dive Bar but inside was more gastro pub. They had a number of regional and national craft taps including 5 of their own. Prices were typical for Cambridge which is to say hella expensive. It's a solid enough neighborhood place but I'm not sure it's a destination place.“ |
| 68 /100 284 BROADWAY “Medium Sized brewpub, providing about 8 choices of beer ( 2 flights of 4 beers each. Set list of beers, but you can replace 1 to your choice ) Service was friendly, even though not very beer-forward. Prices were very good, beers were OK. Best place in the neighborhoud.“ |
| 80 /100 284 BROADWAY “Nice spot, good location in Cambridge. Lots of good brewskis, about 8 on tap when I was there. Also a nice coffee bar in the same area, really good hopped cold brew. Chill spot, also have wi-fi if you want to get some work done while you tick.“ |
| 80 /100 284 BROADWAY “Smaller taproom, some stand up tables, traditional tables and a 6 person bar area. Serves growlers, cans, and on tap. Lots of IPA, sours, then some others available. Very modern and clean decor, fairly trendy, young professional crowd, also functions as a coffee house in the morning, looked like a taco bar was available. Enjoyed all of the beer, was surprised by the quality, knowledgeable and friendly staff, fun place to visit.“ |
| 24 /100 92 HAMPSHIRE STREET “Located about an hour walk from downtown Boston. i saw the bar had a good reputation (before the last rating, that was ) so decided to take the walk. it is, after all, the highest rated bar in the wide area. The place itself is big, with a bar in the middle of the room. Music was extremely loud, and not very suitable for a beer-tasting enviroment. Oh well. The staff was extemely rude, which was totally unacceptable. They asked me for ID, which I provided, but they refused to serve me since it wasn’t a US-ID. Not sure if thats extreme nationalism, or racism, or whatever I should call this in a term that is more balanced than ’idiotic behavior’ . Not only that, but they were very unfriendly as well, so it seems. The menu had some decent beers, but nothign exceptionnal, appart from perhaps the sky-high prices ( a boskeun 33 cl bottle will set you back a whopping 16 dollars + tips , not even sure if tax is included ) . but anyway, like I said, I wasn’t even good enough for them to serve me. Even when I asked for a non-alcohol Drink. Yeah, this is right there in the top 5 worst beer experiences ever. i took the long walk back, in the rain, haven’t been permitted to drink anything on one out of 2 nights I had in boston. thnx a lot. this is a great way to only limit yourself to your regular customers, which is a terrible buisness plan and a pathetic excuse for a bar. Clearly, this hasn’t got much to do with the passion we all feel. As a US citizen, i guess you’ll have a better experience, but regarding the mediocer, overpriced menu, I think there are far better options, like lamplight around the corner, or gingerman in downtown Boston, who at least showed some decency while working. Assholes.“ |
| 84 /100 92 HAMPSHIRE STREET “Nice little beer bar. The ’biance is great, a very cozy pubbish feel. Lots of bar and table seating. I came here on a business trip creepily sitting off in the corner by myself ticking beers on my phone, and felt reasonably welcome. The bartenders were helpful even though I was giving that "I’m a creep, I’m a weirdo. What the hell am I doing here? I don’t belong here" kind of vibe. Food is pretty good, had the burger and was happy with it. Value is average for the area. Would tick here again.“ |
| 66 /100 1 KENDALL SQUARE, BLDG 100 “Large, airy space plus outdoor sitting. Two set flights available. Service was better when the bar sitting was mostly empty, once it filled up it was hard to get bartender’s attention. The beers are competent if unexceptional. Food was average. Flights are unlabeled, based on the menu, but the menu was taken away without asking in the middle of the tasting....“ |
| 78 /100 1 KENDALL SQUARE, BLDG 100 “Large industrial style brewpub with 14 of CBC beers on tap and the brewing paraphernalia at the back of the bar, in a very convenient location. Good food menu, knowledgeable staff, nice place to visit overall.“ |
| 80 /100 92 HAMPSHIRE STREET “This is a fascinating, late night Cambridge beer bar with a "first come first serve" seating and fitting arrangement at their bar and parking lot. Unbelievably dim. I felt like everything was being illuminated by candlelight while waking through a scary dungeonous cave. The tap list really has been incredible. I don’t like their house beers, but their food and their beer selection are solid.“ |
| 82 /100 1 KENDALL SQUARE, BLDG 100 “Visited on a friday afternoon. Sat outside. The weather was perfect for it. I had a flight and a pint. There are two flight options. A brewers choice, and a standard flight. Both are set for you. That was a bit of a let down, because there were a few I didn’t get to try that I wanted to try. Prices were at least decent. I would come back again.“ |
| 86 /100 92 HAMPSHIRE STREET “Visited on a friday afternoon. Sort of off the beaten path and by itself as far as beer places go. Inside is charming and old timy. Lots of wood fixtures. Fancy bar area. Good draft land bottle list. The only way to do a flight is with their own 4 beers, which are good, but are all pale ales. Half pours are available for everything else, though. Bottle prices are a bit ridiculous. If you stick to half pours, it isnt bad, though. I would happily come back here.“ |
| 66 /100 1 KENDALL SQUARE, BLDG 100 “Visited May 2016. Stopped by while waiting for Lord Hobo to open. Decent food, brews, and service. Flights and tasters offered. Might be worth a stop if you’re in the area, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to visit...“ |
| 86 /100 92 HAMPSHIRE STREET “Visited May 2016. Excellent tap list, good music, and great service. Didn’t try the food, but it looked very good. Wanted to go back a second time, but didn’t get the chance.“ |
| 78 /100 504 POPLAR ST “Centrally located in Cambridge’s historic downtown with other shops, galleries and restaurants close by. Quirky, restored tasting room with open seating behind an average size bar. Friendly, attentive bartender. Counted about 12 tap selections including an imperial porter and oyster stout. Limited food menu, nothing expensive, but everything we had was tasty and well prepared. 6 packs, growlers and crowlers available. Worth a short detour off Rte 50 if in the area.“ |
| 96 /100 504 POPLAR ST “Pros: Beer. I have tried many of their hop variations and haven’t found one that isn’t top notch. Food is all very very good. Pulled pork sandwich was terrific.
Middle: Too far from the Western shore (because I want to be there more).
Food is great but don’t expect large variety. What they have is good. Stick with it.
Cons: If coming for can releases get there really early. They cap purchases but will sell out in the first 2 hours. It is that good.“ |
