Ristorante Saraceno

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   OpenTable Diner

   Greater Boston

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Fabulous! Wonderful experience. Food and drinks were delicous!
   

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   Nicole

   Hawaii

   9 reviews

   5.0

   9 reviews

   Dined on February 17, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   A wonderful, thoroughly authentic Italian restaurant in the heart of the North End. This is a beautiful space with an excellent menu and wine list. Very highly recommended for a date night or a small group of friends. I went alone and felt thoroughly taken care of - down to the waiter’s wine recommendation, which was superb. I’m only sorry that I missed the tiramisu – I was just too full after my wonderful meal. Next time. 
   

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   Kyle

   Greater Boston

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on February 16, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Best red sauce ever and you feel like you are in a little corner of Italy
   

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   Sarah

   Greater Boston

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on February 13, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Everything was perfect for our special dinner. Caesar salad was great and the piccata was perfect.
   

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   Alexa

   Unspecified

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on February 13, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   This was a our first time in the north end and we had a great time at this restaurant. The service and food was great. We also had a tiramisu for desert which was delicious!
   

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   Ellen

   VIP

   Greater Boston

   35 reviews

   5.0

   35 reviews

   Dined on February 8, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   One of our favorite restaurants! We are from Boston but learned of this restaurant from a coworker from Ny. We have been going there for many years.
   

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   Cheryl

   Greater Boston

   2 reviews

   3.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on February 1, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 2

   The food was ok, but it was cold. My husband got the chicken parm and I got ravioli. The service was slow, and we were not offered a second drink.
   

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   Stephanie

   Pittsburgh

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on January 30, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent authentic Italian experience. I could eat the pasta I ordered every day it was that good.
   

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   Ignacio

   Greater Boston

   3 reviews

   1.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on January 25, 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 1

   They sat us down in the basement with tacky blue lighting (even though we made the res weeks in advance), to listen to plates being thrown around in the kitchen. Plate was a gray veal cutlet and a bunch of red slop with water oozing out. We’ve been there before and its usually better, but we had a pretty bad experience this time
   

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    Nixie

    Greater Boston

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on January 18, 2025

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 1

    Went here because reviews were positive. Absolutely wrong. Walked in with a reservation, manager/owner shoved us into a table in the corner next to the door. We then proceeded to sit for almost 45 minutes with no server ever coming to check on us, not even for drinks. Mind you, the table next to us and in back of us were being served. I had to get up and ask the manager if they knew who sat us and if they knew we were there. The same waitress serving the other two tables was sweet and apologized for the situation. Food proceeded to be out shortly after and was adequate. The poor service didn’t make up for the food.
    

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