Menu for Parker's Bar in Boston, MA

I came here for the famous Boston creamy pie. It was closed on Monday and Tuesday, so I got the pie from Starbucks next to the... bar. And I think the pie is okay. Maybe I should dine in someday and see! Read more

Ordered the clam chowder and it was awful. No flavor at all needed salt and it was more like an extremely thick potato soup I... didn?t even taste any clams. The boost cream pie was a cake and very nutty with almonds and flavorless not very sweet at all Iwouldnt bother ordering food from here. Go to Mike?s Pastry for a cannoli it?s great Read more

We had the Boston Cream Pie, which was recommend as something special from Boston, but were very unsatisfied. Obviously the... chocolate pattern on top looks cool, but the taste was really quite boring. We also tried the Fruit and Berry Tart, which was alot better and contained a lot of tasty vanilla cream, of which the pie only had a tiny layer, as well as elderberries,raspberries, strawberries and kiwifruit. Read more

If you're in Boston, you HAVE to go here and have the Boston Cream Pie. If you don't, you messed up big time.

I'm from Boston. I give the Parker Bar an extra star for historic value, as the place that invented Boston Cream Pie, Parker... House Rolls, and apparently, Boston Scrod. If you value culinary history, the restaurant and/or bar are "must visit." If foodquality rates higher, remove that extra star. Service was prompt and Boston's take on friendly. I started with a Cosmopolitan25, celebrating the drink's 25th anniversary with the addition of sparkling rose. The rather expensive cocktail had a slightlytoo-bitter taste but was festive for the winter holiday season and pretty. After considering fish and chips (huge portion), Iordered the Chicken Parmesan Sliders because they feature the infamous Parker House Rolls. My mini-sandwiches had almost nosauce or cheese. The little portions of chicken were heavily fried and dry. It took a few minutes to get the server's attention,then I resorted to requesting a dish of sauce for dipping. I then ordered, of course, the Boston Cream Pie. As pictured, it'san individual round, a reasonable size, not too much (unless maybe you weren't too hungry and ate all the fish and chips). Thechocolate was creamy and delicious. The light yellow cake wasn't overly sweet. The yellow cream filling...if it's authentic,then as the Parker Houae invented the dessert, no one could claim they do it wrong, but it's not the yellow cream that I'm usedto--not the flavorful, clearly yellow Mike's or Modern Pastry yellow cream. It's more like a yellow cream that's been mixed withwhipped cream, which is fine, just not my personal preference. All in all, though, the historic dessert is expensive butdelicious and a culinary "must try." Having seen the dry sliders, the server was kind enough not to charge me for thedessert. I would say that the bar was slightly understaffed for the busy holiday-season Saturday night, but our server did anexcellent job making up for it. After admiring the hotel-lobby Christmas tree, I sat at a high-top by a wind Read more