Prezza Restaurant

09/18/09

Easily Top 3 Restaurants I've Ever Been To

by Sassafrass

My guy lives in Boston, I'm here a lot and we've had dinner countless times. We popped in Prezza on a whim and were blown away. Every bite of every plate was delectable, and the wine list was impressive. We have pretty high dining standards, but were blown away by the offerings here. Will definitely be coming back.

• Pros: Incredible Food, Fantastic Wine List
• Cons: Parking (Like Any NorthEnd Spot)

02/25/09

Beautiful place

by gopfod

I travel alot and end up checking out places by myself. I ate at one place in the North End and walked over to this place after getting a recommendation from a guy on Hanover. This place is beautiful. Great wine list and the menu looked good. I was full from my other stop, but I had a Valpoli-somethin'. This place is down one of the side streets and a little hard to find. Thought it was great. Love the North end.

• Pros: Beautiful interior, service
• Cons: Hard to find

09/24/08

Awful Waitstaff, Food sub par

by JessBoston

This is the first review I have ever written and I am compelled to write it because it was SUCH AN AWFUL experience. Let me preface this by saying that my husband and I go out for dinner a lot and have eaten at many fine restaurants, so after reading the reviews for Prezza, I was excited to give it a try. I was sorely disappointed. When we asked our waitress for meal recommendations, she shrugged and said that "everything is good". When asked about the Bolognese and if it contained veal, she responded that she "didn't think so"...after ordering it, she came back and told us that "oops..it does have veal in it." I then ordered the halibut, which was raw in the middle...which I had to send back. (that was the first time I have ever sent back a meal) She came back to me with the original fish that I sent back, and it clearly had been MICROWAVED!!! We spent over $200 for this meal!!! Overall the food was average, but the service was some of the worst I have ever experienced...Skip this place and go to Mama Maria's instead.

• Pros: Atmosphere
• Cons: Service and Food

09/12/08

Excellent...One of the Best in the North End.

by jkboston1050

Let me start with the negatives... it's loud especially during peak times. Parking is next to impossible, however, that is almost to be expected in the North End (but they do offer valet parking). It's tough to find (the signage is understated on a side street off of Hanover).

That being said, I found the food to be excellent. Keep in mind, you're in an Italian restaurant, so plan ahead and loosen the belt a little (and more importantly...don't be that person who orders wrong. Just because the restaurant offers a steak...doesn't mean you should order the steak).

The pastas are excellent. Their sausages are simply awesome. The eggplant parm topnotch. My favorite was the gnocchi. Little potato pillows! The caprese salad was very good. The zucchini flowers were good (but they were a little soggy).

Unfortunately, my wife and I were too stuffed to have desert. We had to walk it off before we stopped by Cafe' Vittoria.

As for the staff, they were fine. Polite and friendly...but they seemed that they were a little frantic. Although when we made requests, they would handle it quickly (but at times they would disappear).

Also on cool sidenote: the owner of the Red Sox sat one table over.

I highly recommend Prezza. We will definitely go back!

• Pros: Food - Pastas / Gnocchi, After Dinner Walk, Valet Service
• Cons: Loud, Hard to Find, Parking, Peak Times (Very Hectic)

07/12/08

Skip it.

by JJandJ

Don't bother. Food was spotty - appetizers good; preparation was nice but swordfish VERY rubbery; pasta good. Waiter cursory. LOUD, LOUD, LOUD!!! Atmosphere weird, almost like like a Sat. Night Live Skit. Waited despite reservation. Lots of air kisses, and kisses between those in the 'In Crowd' and Maitre D', waiter, etc. Waiter alternated between okay and surly. Large, super loud party who seemed to 'own the place' - maybe they did. They were all that mattered while they were there. Lots of drunk people, screaming to be heard over each other. Two men in tank tops - tank tops???? Ick. Customer complained, then a small scene at the door re. his waiter (who he said 'sucked'), then went back in for 'justice' - and to 'get his money back' - we did not stay to see the result... Argument outside between one of the hostesses and manager - guess they did not think that we could see through the window. Large, drunk boisterous crowd in the parking lot. Goofy customers - almost charactures... Lots of yelling... No one/staff acted like they could care less that we were there or whether we came back - 'NEXT'. No one ever asked if anything was okay, not attentive.

Al hype, nothing felt real, nothing exceptional or even very good.; the sum of the parts was all around lousy... We are very frequent diners in Boston and beyond. Don't get Prezza at all....

07/08/08

Excellent Chowder!

by cookrussell

Visiting from New York City for the weekend I celebrated by birthday at Prezza on a Saturday night. Overall the meal was excellent and we both enjoyed the experience. The clam chowder was excellent with whole clams and fried clams on top. For an entree I tried the swordfish which was grilled and served with a chorizo and shrimp sauce. The dish was excellent and definitely met my expectation. I would definitely return to Prezza during my next trip to Boston.

04/30/08

HORRIBLE!!!!!!

by JohnM2

Worst food and service I ever had. I swear the staff at Wendy's burger joint is more courteous. The food is no better than a Papa Gino's. Actually I take that back, Papa Gino's is better than this dump. Do not waste you money, and I mean lots of money, on this want to be Italian restaurant.

• Pros: None
• Cons: Price, Food, Atmosphere....everything!

09/25/07

best ever

by blofrog0

I loved this restaurant, best place for great rustic Italian food. It is off the beaten path and great place to take our the spouse!! The dessert menu was amazing, the chocolate cake was probably the best flourless I have ever had. We had the corn ravioli and it was perfect, my boyfriend had a steak that was cooked perfectly. Our server was very knowledgable about the menu and was willing to substitue anything as long as they had it in house. Great place to eat!!!

• Pros: food and service

07/16/07

Horrible

by bostong

My family took my mother to celebrate her 60th birthday, as it WAS her favorite restaurant. I cannot imagine worse service. From the very beginning it was obvious they wanted us to eat and get out. We were going to grab a quick drink before sitting down but the Host insisted we sit right away. The waiter asked us three times in the first 5-10 minutes if we were ready to order and the rest of the night didn't get any better. Taking away plates (or trying to anyway) when there was still food on the table and not asking if people were done. I can't make it any clearer, the service here is abysmal and I am very glad to see a number of other posts saying the same thing.

When you go to a restaraunt as nice as this, and spend the kind of money we did, you should not feel as though you need to rush through dinner.....they completely ruined our night.

There are so many other options for good food, where they appreciate your business....Prezza is NOT one of them.

• Pros: None
• Cons: Horrible Service with an Attitude

07/13/07

Staff with attitude

by fayenikolis

The decor ,bar and food are all great at Prezza. However, the young staff has attitude and gave poor service. The hostess was rude and the waiter purposely added items to our bill that were not ordered.