Reviews for Al Dente Ristorante in Boston, MA
This is a great Italian restaurant. The servings are very generous. I ordered a minestrone soup thinking it will come in a small... bowl but it was a large portion. The taste was refreshing and fresh. I also ordered a fettucine pasta in a pesto sauce. Thisprobably had very little or no salt, so I had to help myself with salt. Looking forward to going here again next time I visitBoston Read more
Both my husband and I said this was our favorite meal during our time in Boston. I got the ravioli with marinara and he got the... shrimp scampi. Cute little place and the staff was very nice. Great amount of food for the price! Read more
Huge portions! Excellent food. The vodka tomato sauce is amazing. Loved the eggplant parmesan. The lobster ravioli was also... excellent. Bread brought to the table complimentary. Moderate size wine list with great choices of Italian wines. Paired/sharedownership with the restaurant next door (sharing a bathroom and kitchen). Same owner for both places. Al Dente is the classicItalian restaurant. Next door is the trendy and upscale restaurant with the same food. Both places feel like somethingspecial-even on a Wednesday. Kitchen is run by cooks from El Salvador who know Italian food and sauces. Portions are huge and Ishould have saved half for later. Complimentary cream limoncello to end the meal. If food is the goal, this place has whatnottakes. Read more
We made a reservation for 19:30, and arrived right on time, we were told to wait a few minutes outside. There were many people... waiting outside some with reservations and others without. It took half an hour until we actually sat down Inside, so I assumethe reservation only puts you first in line when you arrive, this of course Is NOT how reservations should work. The inside ofthe restaurant was packed (Saturday evening) and super loud, we could barely hear each other and the waitress. We ordered foodand wine, pumpkin ravioli as a starter which was very good, and then our main dishes arrived and they were huge. Pretty mucheveryone walks out of here with a doggy bag because of the size of the dishes, too bad most of them aren't really that good. Wegot their house specialty gnocchi and it was like a tomato sauce soup, way too much and not good quality. We also got a chickendish with "risotto" (actually just rice with some red pepper and cheese) on a gorgonzola cream, I could barely taste thegorgonzola in the cream Which was a big letdown. The prices are definitely high but since the dishes are huge it makes moresense I guess? Read more
Amazing Italian food! We loved both dishes we tried, the Gnocchi Al Dente and Tortellini in Vodka sauce. We also tried both the... red and white sangrias, very tasty. Would highly recommend and we plan to return. Read more
food was fresh, tasty, and came in huge portions. highly recommend the bruschetta! i sat outside since the interior ambiance... wasn’t super impressive. the service system was a little strange too. there was a hostess who sat us down and waited outsideto greet customers, but she could not take orders from the customers seated outside? she always had to call the waitress overwhenever we requested something. service was somewhat slow, but not bad. Read more
Get your money well spent at Al Dente! There are definitely many other great Italian restaurants in the North end and I can’t... say that Al Dente has the best pasta ever. But I can say that the service here is absolutely phenomenal!! Staff is very friendlyand your water will always be refilled. Called in advance and they were able to make space and seat my large group of 15. Thereare also so many options to choose from and food is priced reasonably. Food came out quickly and enjoyed my time here Read more
A hidden jewel in the north end! Delicious soup, pasta was very good! The bread was a little hard, such a great service, the... lemon cello was a plus. Read more