Comfort Kitchen

I love this place especially for treating myself to a WFH lunch or meeting someone...

I was finally able to score a reservation (8pm on a Tuesday), but it was totally worth it. The food and drinks were fantastic and service was attentive and thoughtful. It's street parking, but there's a city lot around the corner. My only complaint is that it's small, which coupled with the recent James Beard means reservations are apparently tough, and if a table is loud, the whole restaurant can hear it. Parking: It's primarily street parking, but there is a free municipal parking lot at 19 Hamlet Street (basically behind the building across the street from the restaurant).

This was genuinely the best meal I’ve ever had in Boston, and one of the best of my life. My husband and I split the okra, jerk roasted duck, and za’atar brown butter trout. I could have licked the eggplant puree under the trout off the plate, and the rice and peas served with the duck may have been the best part of the whole meal. Each item was perfectly seasoned, had layers of flavor, and was absolutely delicious. The service was wonderful too, and the atmosphere was lively and warm (rather than the stuffy feeling I get at most fine dining establishments). I will absolutely be back.

The hype is well earned and well deserved. This restaurant is actually exceptional. The drinks were impressive. The dinner was indescribably good...it was like...that scene in Ratatouille when Anton Ego eats Remy's cooking. It didn't just taste good (which it did). It was also deeply emotionally good. The desert wasn't too sweet. It was just right. The portions of everything were not too much or not enough. They were just right. The price point was fair. The decor and ambiance were nice. The staff were friendly. The service was fantastic....I don't know what else to tell you. This is just a damn good restaurant. I can't recommend it enough.

Such a cool spot! Came here for breakfast, our group got The Dot sandwich, Papa’s Burrito and Red Line sandwich— we all loved the food! The service was fantastic. All of the servers were so nice and helpful, in fact, one of them went out of their way to make us some simple syrup when they saw us adding raw sugar to our coffees! The iced coffees also had great quality ice so they did not dilute at all which was nice!

We absolutely loved our food choices, short ribs, monk fish and trout BUT our cocktails although delicious were very minute in size, no more then 3-4 oz. (1 in bc a million) for $18. Please be considerate of your patrons and give us a fair dose for what we pay for!

Great flavors, smaller portion sizes

Overpriced over hyped

Overall, a little underwhelmed on food and quality didn’t seem to match price. Service and presentation were top notch. Wish the cocktails were a bit more affordable, at $17 a piece they weren’t approachable, but I’ll admit they looked great. Some of the okra was inedibly fibrous, over fried, and just way too much mucilage (love okra and thick gumbo). Jack fruit sliders were great. The trout on eggplant puree was just too subtle on flavors for me. Partner said her jerk duck was amazing. Truthfully left disappointed, but desperately wish there were more places like this. I will say it’s incredibly hard to marry such disparate cuisines, and this place did it well, though I think I would have preferred more focus. Tossup if I’d come again.

My wife and I loved everything about our dining experience and have already made reservations to go back.