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Ariadne Restaurant & Bar
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“The dining room has ample space to provide a quiet romantic diner or and the bar can get quite lively to match the great burger.”
“Having been in the wine business for many years I get a chance to dine all over the country and this was one of the best experiences I have ever had.”
“Love the food and the wine list is great”
“After my dinning experience which was mediocre at best I will say the food shined creatively above the service and the poor wine selection.”
“I'd love to have a great eating establishment to go to locally in Newtonville, the town needs a place that is reasonable, fun, has good food and pleasant service.”
“The bartender was attentive, personable and creative (mojito making skills).”
“The best ever - generous seafood, cilantro, in a risotto like stew was full of flavor.”
“Happy New Year plus 30 minutes!”View Less
yummy mediterranean. Great atmosphere and fish dishes. I really like how they make a special neighborhood menu with everything under 20 bucks. They also recycle their waste vegetable oil and thats always good!
Wish it were better.
I'd love to have a great eating establishment to go to locally in Newtonville, the town needs a place that is reasonable, fun, has good food and pleasant service. Ariadne is currently not the place.
Historically the food has been good, and even excellent at times. However have found that the food has dropped in quality and for the pricing is not up to par. The service is lacking and personally witnessed an extreme lack of attention and bad attitude to customers. This has been taken to extreme at times where the wait staff is serving themselves food and drink before tending to dining customers.
The location is not easy and am sure can be slow at times, but that doesn't make poor service, OK food, and an overall bad time acceptable.…
Well Done!.
Stopping in for a casual meal, we sat at the beautiful, under-lit marble bar top enjoyed a cucumber mojito and the perfect martini. The Mediterranean Plate app. was all we thought we would have,
delicious tastes of Greece with other Arabic influence, lovely bread. We couldn't stop - we ordered the Seafood Paella. The best ever - generous seafood, cilantro, in a risotto like stew was full of flavor. So we had to try the Bolognese -
OFF THE HOOK! Fresh pasta, light meaty sauce....rich and delicious, quite possibly better than Bolognese I ate in Bologna. For dessert we had the Peach Chrisp with a late Harvest Chardonnay. My wife had to pull me out, I was ready to keep going - after all I hadn't tried the Lamb!
Christos - owner/chef was on the bar last night and we had very attentive and helpful service - it actually felt as if the man who built the restaurant with his hands, designed and made the food - I just assumed he made the wine and brewed the beer too - was giving us insight into his finest work.
I dont remember what I cost - it was the type of place where you sign the bill without looking, because whatever it cost it was worth it. I look forward to returning! This place is a gem, don't tell anybody.
Michael Fitzpatrick…
Substandard at best. Highly overrated and unreasonably overpriced. Inattentive "service" -- if you can even call it that. Don't waste your money here. Sure to disappoint....
Pleasantly Surprised!!!.
I must start by saying, I am a restaurant BRAT! Initially, I was not sure how I would like the restaurant based on curb appeal alone (I know, shallow, but true). The curb appeal is not by any means
poor; however, it does no justice to the interior of the restaurant. We walked in to a cozy bar area with an even cozier dining room off of it. It is quiet and the color choices are soothing. Ambiance?10 +. The majority of the seating in the restaurant are booths (big plus). In addition, they are big, round, private booths. My boyfriend and I opted to sit at the bar. The bartender was attentive, personable and creative (mojito making skills). He was happy to make recommendations and made good ones at that. The wine?amazing, the food?AMAZING! I had the grilled squid for an appetizer and a chicken sausage and gnocchi dish as an entree.
It is a little pricy if you are looking for a quick bite out; however, it is worth every penny. Dinner was about $75 and that included 2 appetizers, and a main entree (which we split), two mojitos and two glasses of wine.
I would say that the menu is designed for a more sophisticated palate. I will go back to this restaurant and encourage all to give it a try.…
