No Name Restaurant

Doesn't Recommend

Pat H.

Joined 1 year ago

Pass on this one ....really!!!. The local tour guides recommend this restaurant. The seafood chowder was packed with bland mushy over cooked white fish and two small shrimp. The coleslaw had no flavor; the grilled seafood platter was disappointing with one scallop, two small shrimp, over cooked small pieces of sword fish, scrod and salmon. The 12 oz. can of diet coke was warmer than the french fries. The kid’s hamburgers appeared to be a Sysco Food product, they were large, reported to be dry and bland.

This is your classic tourist trap restaurant, the locals push and promote it, few locals ever eat there, this place is all about quick through-put, friendly enough employees, remember to bring in your parking lot ticket in for validation.

Doesn't Recommend

Gina M.

Joined 2 years ago

The worst restaurant I've ever experienced!!!. My sister was in town and suggested we go to the NO Name restaurant as she hadn't been there since she moved out of Boston and bragged about how awesome the food and service was. Since I've never been I was looking forward to a nice meal and couldn't wait to check it out. Upon arrival we were told "go upstairs the downstairs area is closed". Okay...... on our way upstairs there was a very fowl odor that turned my stomach and I knew this was a bad idea. Why did we not go to Anthonys ??? We were greeted by the staff having lunch and was told to sit anywhere we wanted. Extremely UNWELCOMING and RUDE. Eventually a waiter came over and handed us our menus. My menu had grease stains on it and when I brought it to his attention he just looked at me and shrugged his shoulders. The floor was filthy with napkins everywhere. After receiving cold and stale bread we ordered our meal praying it would be fine. My salmon was awful. Very slimmy and fatty. I had to argue to get a piece of corn with it as it ONLY COMES WITH THE LOBSTER!!! We had enough and paid our bill. Of course, as most people do, we went to the restroom before departing and it was just as dark and gloomy as the restaurant. The icing on the cake was that only one sink had water. This place should be on punked!!! DO NOT DINE AT THE NO NAME RESTAURANT!!! YOU'LL BE SORRY..........

Doesn't Recommend

James Hui

Joined 2 years ago

No name , No return. We were there from New York at yesterday, I was thinking about Boston lobster is best than New York,but that make me feel bad , after I order the lobster at No Name.That was a "water lobster",that mean when you open that lobster , a lot of water will be come out from the lobster,that was a really bad feeling to me from No Name.

That seafood plate was bad too , don't feel that taste good.

Never think you will get the Good seafood at No Name.

The last thing,The order of steak is good for me,that still have one think that make me feel good !

Doesn't Recommend

gn100

Joined 2 years ago

Basic Seafood - Interesting atmosphere. I have taken the family there many times. We always get the fried fish and chowder. The fish is just ok but the chowder is better. I would like to see it more clean.

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Joe from Iowa

Joined 2 years ago

In the Mid '80s. I haven't been to 'No Name' in Boston since the mid '80s when I worked for Digital Equipment. Today my wife and I were watching 'The Best Places I've Eaten' on Travel Channel. My wife asked me of the best place I had eaten and "No Name" was the first and ONLY place I thought of. A bunch of us guys from DEC school would load up and drive in from the housing complex Digital rented for us engineers. I went there at least once every year when the company would send me to the Boston area for trainning.

Doesn't Recommend

SuburbJack

Joined 2 years ago

Long Walk off Short Pier. In a city with so many great restaurants, how has this place hung on for so long? Let's cut to the chase...

Pros : Fish chowder, French fries, Friendly Waitstaff, Availability

Cons : Bland fried food, dry broiled fish, Found hair in coleslaw

Tourists beware...so many to chose from, you might want to take this one off the list.

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jubelint

Joined 3 years ago

The Best Seafood. I enjoy taking my mother to the restaurant. I always had good food. I will be coming next month. See you soon.

Doesn't Recommend

reenie52

Joined 3 years ago

No Name, No Return. I was looking forward to eating at this well-known place. The fish chowder was delicious. I would have preferrred some oyster crackers with it instead of the loaf of garlic bread I was given. I was extremely disappointed with the fried seafood platter. I thought the breading used was very strange-too heavy and tasteless. The scallops and shrimp were very small, dry and tasteless. The oysters were good, despite the breading, because they had some juice and at least still tasted like oysters. The fish was okay, a bit dry, but tastier than the scallops and shrimp (usuall,y it's the other way around in a seafood platter). I also found the tartar sauce very strange as it was heavy on mustard and sweet pickles and more suited to a hot dog than to seafood and fish. The cole slaw could have used more chopping and shredding so as to fit better on a fork. Finally, I didn't consider the prices were any bargains compared with other simple places on the Mass. and NH waterfronts offering similar menus but far more taste.

Doesn't Recommend

hungrylikethewolf

Joined 4 years ago

Awful. Stay away from this terrible tourist trap at all costs. We were a party of 6 and only 1 of us was able to finish their meal (we were starving when we arrived)...for a restaurant situated on the water and on an actual dock where they pull in fresh seafood every day, this is the worst fish I've tasted in years. We couldn't even identify the swordfish as it was such grey, fishy slop. The staff seemed completely detached and couldn't care less about any questions or requests. I've never had such a terrible experience at a restuarant in Boston. We left No Name feeling sad for wasting a beautiful Sunday evening in a crummy food factory, angry at the exorbitant cost of such disgusting food, and physically uncomfortable from the little food we did eat. You couldn't pay me to eat here again.

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ildivofan

Joined 3 years ago

No Name Restaurant. Tried this restaurant for the first time and loved their

seafood chowder. Had to go back a second time

for more of this wonderful chowder. I wish I could get

it sent to me and some of their other fish entrees.

Sometimes simple is "best." Hope I can get back to Boston to visit this restaurant again.