Lots to like, with a couple of notes. Good oysters, good beer, delicious pickled mussels. The seafood is our entrees was very fresh and the scallops were standout. The execution of the spaghetti with clams fell a bit short in the execution: The dish was noticeably sandy and had some shards of shell. We also observed our poured beers sitting for a few minutes before someone picked them up and brought them to us. But overall it was a very good meal in a very pleasant, not too loud setting.
Maureen Roberts
Little
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Nikolai Grigoriev
Delicious but pricey. A lobster roll, same as at Quincy Market, for $65! It's across the road from Google, so what did I expect :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: New England Clam Chowder, Ethel's Creamy Lobster Roll
Simons Cat
Excellent place to eat. Flawless and delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Er R.
Beautiful restaurant with fresh food and amazing service. The lobster rolls were super expensive, packed with fresh, large chunks of lobster. Still not sure they were worth the price tag. The lobster bisque was creamy and tasty, not fishy at all! The salmon was perfectly cooked and the truffle lentils were delicious.
SheenaS
We had a fabulous experience at Row 34, the food and service were delicious. We went for a date night, visiting from Toronto Canada and they set the bar high for our first meal of the trip. We had mussles, seafood stew, scallops and for desert shared the blueberry pie and the chocolate cream puff which was incredible.
Michael Y.
$58 for half (!) a lobster roll is pretty ridiculous, so that I was disappointed by. Does it taste good? I guess so? Can't go wrong with lobster. But the sides were a tiny ketchup bowl of cole slaw, and then chips, literal chips! Not even fries. Oysters are around $4 and honestly should've just gotten a dozen of those.
GaryW
Overall, we enjoyed the meal. The cocktails at the bar were great. The apps were great. The meal was good, but not outstanding. The check was $300 for the 3 of us, with tip. So, not cheap. Which is fine, but for $300 I expected a bit more. The kitchen is open, which I like. But, the aroma of burgers on the grill was rather overpowering. Plus, the 3.8% "kitchen courtesy charge" is absolutely ANNOYING. Gimmicks like this are just plain irritating. This alone would make me think about coming again.
Magdi M.
Had dinner there. Some dishes tasted ok, however, very overpriced. For example: A small (bass) fish entrée cost almost $40 (plus 3.5% kitchen appreciation fee, in addition -of course- to the 6.25% tax and the tip). Not recommended for the value. Most likely not going there again
Eliana De Marchi
Very good lobster roll and the menu I even found rigatoni with castelfranco 's radicchio. And i am from.castelfranco:-)
My wife and I went for dinner on Sunday 2/25/24. We thought descriptions we read sounded interesting. We were definitely looking for seafood and oysters. From the start to finish it was excellent. To start we got the shrimp ceviche and 6 of the 34 oysters. We ate those and ordered another 6. Completely delicious!! Our waiter Panos was outstanding!! His knowledge of the menu and wine list was second to none!! We went with all of his suggestions. I had the seafood stew and my wife had the striped bass. She said it was one of the best restaurant experiences of her life!! We will be back!!
Mukund Varma
Great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
MaryL
This was our first time at the Kendall Sq location. We were pleasantly surprised the wide open space (with many hard surfaces) was not overly noisy. It was obvious to us that the designers took care to use elements in the decor to minimize noise, particularly in the bar area. The service was very attentive and informative. The food was delicious and we enjoyed the experience fully.
Rich
I like Row 34 and I've been a number of times the food and service are usually good. We sat in the high-top section that was completely empty since we had an early dinner. For some reason the server was so pushy we considered moving to the empty bar. I would recommend Row 34, but not our server.
Samara
We were a party of 4, 2 had fish and chips and one had the dish with the quail eggs or soft eggs. Everyone except me loved their dish. I had salmon burger. The salmon burger had no taste and was extremely disappointed. I am surprised that they don't have a salad section to the menu, especially since this was in Cambridge and next to MIT.
Lots to like, with a couple of notes. Good oysters, good beer, delicious pickled mussels. The seafood is our entrees was very fresh and the scallops were standout. The execution of the spaghetti with clams fell a bit short in the execution: The dish was noticeably sandy and had some shards of shell. We also observed our poured beers sitting for a few minutes before someone picked them up and brought them to us. But overall it was a very good meal in a very pleasant, not too loud setting.
Little
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Delicious but pricey. A lobster roll, same as at Quincy Market, for $65! It's across the road from Google, so what did I expect :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: New England Clam Chowder, Ethel's Creamy Lobster Roll
Excellent place to eat. Flawless and delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Beautiful restaurant with fresh food and amazing service. The lobster rolls were super expensive, packed with fresh, large chunks of lobster. Still not sure they were worth the price tag. The lobster bisque was creamy and tasty, not fishy at all! The salmon was perfectly cooked and the truffle lentils were delicious.
We had a fabulous experience at Row 34, the food and service were delicious. We went for a date night, visiting from Toronto Canada and they set the bar high for our first meal of the trip. We had mussles, seafood stew, scallops and for desert shared the blueberry pie and the chocolate cream puff which was incredible.
$58 for half (!) a lobster roll is pretty ridiculous, so that I was disappointed by. Does it taste good? I guess so? Can't go wrong with lobster. But the sides were a tiny ketchup bowl of cole slaw, and then chips, literal chips! Not even fries. Oysters are around $4 and honestly should've just gotten a dozen of those.
Overall, we enjoyed the meal. The cocktails at the bar were great. The apps were great. The meal was good, but not outstanding. The check was $300 for the 3 of us, with tip. So, not cheap. Which is fine, but for $300 I expected a bit more. The kitchen is open, which I like. But, the aroma of burgers on the grill was rather overpowering. Plus, the 3.8% "kitchen courtesy charge" is absolutely ANNOYING. Gimmicks like this are just plain irritating. This alone would make me think about coming again.
Had dinner there. Some dishes tasted ok, however, very overpriced. For example: A small (bass) fish entrée cost almost $40 (plus 3.5% kitchen appreciation fee, in addition -of course- to the 6.25% tax and the tip). Not recommended for the value. Most likely not going there again
Very good lobster roll and the menu I even found rigatoni with castelfranco 's radicchio. And i am from.castelfranco:-)
Restaurantji Recommends
My wife and I went for dinner on Sunday 2/25/24. We thought descriptions we read sounded interesting. We were definitely looking for seafood and oysters. From the start to finish it was excellent. To start we got the shrimp ceviche and 6 of the 34 oysters. We ate those and ordered another 6. Completely delicious!! Our waiter Panos was outstanding!! His knowledge of the menu and wine list was second to none!! We went with all of his suggestions. I had the seafood stew and my wife had the striped bass. She said it was one of the best restaurant experiences of her life!! We will be back!!
Great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
This was our first time at the Kendall Sq location. We were pleasantly surprised the wide open space (with many hard surfaces) was not overly noisy. It was obvious to us that the designers took care to use elements in the decor to minimize noise, particularly in the bar area. The service was very attentive and informative. The food was delicious and we enjoyed the experience fully.
I like Row 34 and I've been a number of times the food and service are usually good. We sat in the high-top section that was completely empty since we had an early dinner. For some reason the server was so pushy we considered moving to the empty bar. I would recommend Row 34, but not our server.
We were a party of 4, 2 had fish and chips and one had the dish with the quail eggs or soft eggs. Everyone except me loved their dish. I had salmon burger. The salmon burger had no taste and was extremely disappointed. I am surprised that they don't have a salad section to the menu, especially since this was in Cambridge and next to MIT.