(617) 227-3838
296 State St
Boston,
MA
02109
42.3598
-71.0511
Neighborhoods: Central, North End
Oceana
What People Are Saying About Oceana
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The Scene – Located in one of the city's biggest, busiest hotels, business travelers and tourists fill the majority of the tables in the semicircular, nautically-themed dining room. For those not interested in dinner, there's a terrace bar that sits just outside of the dining room and has the same panoramic view of the harbor and its vessels. The spacious indoor bar has a good selection of beers and an extensive wine list. Service in all quarters is friendly. – – The Food – Spare preparations of fresh fish and steaks are of decent quality. Starters include fresh salads…
05/11/09
Great location, mediocre food & service
by cdcny
I went to Oceana last Saturday night. Surprisingly even at 7PM the place was dead. We were one of only about 4-5 groups in the entire restaurant. View was nice. My food was below average but in Oceana's defense everyone else in my group liked their food. So maybe I just got a lot. Service was OK but not very friendly or overly helpful. Unles this night was an exception, I don't think they will be in business for much longer.
- Pros: Harbor view
- Cons: Overpriced food that IMO is not very good
05/11/09
VERY Disappointing Mother's Day Brunch
by 22Foodie22
I was VERY disappointed in our Mother's Day Brunch. After being shut out of Henrietta's where we went last year, I had hopes of entertaining my mother and father with a worthy dining experience. This was DEFINITELY not worth the price we paid and was below average hotel dining. The waitstaff was sloppy and the food was even more disappointing with overcooked fish, greasy sauces, tasteless waffles and limited appetizer offerings. The salad consisted of just lettuce and 2 choices of dressings. The shrimp cocktail and the raspberry lemon cake, however, were delicious. Stop in for dessert but make a reservation elsewhere for the main event.
- Pros: Waterfront Location
- Cons: Terrible Food and Service
11/04/06
Abusing the costumer
by liveinboston
I reserve at Oceana for a Saturday night for 3 reasons: 1. My father, would not stand in a restaurant in South End to wait for a table for 1hr 2. My grand-mother will be present, and she can not wait for a table for 1 hr. 3. Oceana offers 2 hrs free valet parking! We arrived on-time for our early, 7:00 pm reservation, but had to wait 15 minutes to be sat although there are obviously free tables, and we have an old person with us. So we find place at the bar, and wait forever to be served, while there was no other costumer to be served at that moment. Once were finally sat at our table, we made up our mind quite fast and ordered. Nothing comes, not even bread! Its already 7:35 pm. We ask for bread, and we had to ask for the wine list, that they forgot to give us. We order the wine, which comes immediately, and have to wait for the bread still, so we asked for it again. Finally, by 7:45, the bread comes, then only at 7:55 comes the appetizers (raw oysters and fried calamari why did it take so long?). I asked them to speed up for the entries, which were OK but nothing unforgettable, then asked them again to speed for the check. At this point, we waited a lot, were not impressed by the food, and were closing on those two hours of free valet parking, and franckly, it was not worth staying there any extra minute. We finally made it out close to those 2 hrs, unfortunately 2 minutes late for the valet parking, at which point they were trying to make us pay an extra hour, and its $25.00 per hour, this parking. We negociated away. In conclusion, avoid the place: the staff is going out of its way to do whatever they can to ignore you so you get over the 2 hours free parking, and the food has absolutely nothing special to it. Now, if you just want to have a nice view during the day while eating, sure, no problem, but this place is definitely not for a dining experience.
- Pros: 2 hrs free parking, view during the day
- Cons: wait, staff, mediocre quality of food
The Details on Oceana
Parking:
Patrons of the main dining room are entitled to valet their car for two hours in the hotel parking lot.
Save Money:
There's a separate lounge menu that features appetizers and smaller, more modestly priced items, such as sandwiches and soups.
Smoking Permitted:
On patio
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