L'Espalier
Mandarin Oriental, Boston
774 Boylston St. (Fairfield St.) 
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Boston, MA 02199
617-262-3023 | Make Restaurant Reservations
Cuisine
Open
Lunch & Dinner daily, Afternoon Tea Sat.-Sun.Features
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Valet parking
- Jackets & ties suggested
Wine
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 Moving around the corner to the Mandarin Oriental, Boston, hasn’t changed much: Frank McClelland’s French-inspired New American cuisine is still exquisitely built from impeccable local ingredients. Patrons still choose from prix-fixe and multi-course lunches and dinners at eye-popping prices, though few would challenge their value given the parade of topnotch local game, fish, shellfish and produce embellished with luxury flourishes like foie gras, all beautifully plated. (Vegetarian gourmands can dine exceptionally well here.) First courses may include chicken consommé with root vegetable chartreuse and black trumpet mushrooms while mains pair rack of Colorado lamb with brown butter gnocchi and parsnip purée, and whole Maine lobster with roasted red potatoes, chorizo and braised greens. Stylishly spare dining areas in austere gray and taupe tones dominate the space, while the book-lined back room provides a library-like oasis. The subtle, highly-polished service doesn’t miss a beat, and a superb wine list and cheese cart round out the kind of experience most patrons reserve for big-number birthdays, anniversaries or business deals. But compared to its intimately scaled former home in a baronial Back Bay townhouse, the space looks luxe-hotel-generic, and the special-occasion atmosphere is marred by hotel guests in artfully distressed jeans and cashmere hoodies. |
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