Nautilus Pier 4 — Restaurant in Boston

I had no idea what to expect when I made a reservation for Nautilus, but I ended up having a quite good experience overall. The one thing that stuck out in a bad way however was that the food was very very salty and would really have gone well with rice (but they don't give any rice or bread and it's not even listed as an optional add-on). I am a fiend for salt, but even I thought that the combination of a lot of the foods that we got were unbearably salty and really took away from the enjoyableness of the experience. Even if we had just had a couple of bowls of rice, the food would have tasted much much better because we would have been able to appreciate the flavors, rather than just have our mouths overloaded with sodium. That being said I really did love the different flavors that we had here and had a lot of dishes that I would want to get again.

Delicious, would get again Korean style short ribs was the showstopper for me. I was worried that it would be sweet because it did say KBBQ style, which can be quite sweet, but instead it was a punch of flavor and the meat was so tender and juicy. It's some of the best short rib I've ever had. It was just delicious. The crab fried rice was delicious. The price is a bit steep and I'm not sure if it's really worth that price, but it is quite good. Very soft, filling, and hits all the right spots. It's not a wok hei crispy sort of fried rice, but more of a soft one with smooth gentle flavors. The crab meat is big and tasty and the egg and crispy shallots are great. I didn't really need the sauce at that point and I kind of wish that we had the rice earlier to go with the other things but unfortunately we did receive the rice last. The tuna with shrimp chips was also really good. It wasn't too salty, the tuna was super super smooth, and the shrimp chips had a nice crunch.

Wouldn't get again/I was too salted-out to appreciate The charcoal prawns were strongly recommended in a lot of food reviews. I can see that it could've been good, but there was way too much seasoning on it, and it was the first item we had that was unbearably salty. The shrimp was also the kind that gets easily overcooked. I wouldn't get it again. I thought the scallops were nicely cooked and tasty with vegetables and creamy sauce but it wasn't anything particularly special so I wouldn't get that one again. The Shanghai pork and chicken dumplings were pretty good but nothing too special and I'm not sure if this price this justified. I did like the crunchy textures of the topping and the sauciness. We also got the raclette peppers which I didn't really like because it wasn't my style of flavors but the other people I was with really liked it. The wok-fried greens I think we're quite good but again because of the salt I just couldn't eat any more of it.

Dessert review The tres leches cake with passion fruit was really unique and tasty and the textures were great. It was almost a bit too much flavor though -- there was a bit of mouth-puckering saltiness and sourness. It was almost too much flavor for me, though I'm not sure how much that was influenced by the other things I had earlier in the evening. The salted chocolate soft serve was nothing special. The tres leches cake is much more special and worth getting.

Takeaways They gave us four of most things so it would be a great place to go with either two people or four people. We did order a bit too much food, and ended up spending over $100 per person after tax and tip. We could easily have cut one or two of the smaller dishes and have been satisfied (closer to $75 per person). Given the serving sizes, the food is quite expensive. But there are some really unique flavor and texture combinations that you can't find elsewhere, so maybe it's worth it! The service was good and it was a really nice ambiance with nice lighting and bathrooms. I can see myself coming back but I would definitely try to get some rice, because I don't think it's possible to get through the...

I came here with some colleagues in the food industry, 8-10 top. We ordered one or two orders of almost everything on the menu. We immediately tasted each dish as it came out. Every single person in my party agreed with my detailed take on each dishes. We all felt the same about the food at Nautilus. The food was all so insignificant that we could not even recall the name or what that nasty taste we had lingering in the back of our throat was even considered to be. I intentionally forgot what I just had and washed it down with water, that's how terrible the food really was. Every dish had a very similar note to it, there's no distinctive flavors to any of the dishes that would make any chef say "wow that tastes phenomenal or unique. It was all just overwhelmingly salty and sweet. How can anybody even mess up Shishito, that was salty as hell, and weird tasting too! The worst interpretation I've seen, hands down. I also remember having some weird sushi-like handroll that was just salty to the point of being inedible. The chef was levelheaded enough to send me a private message on yelp, making presumptions like why I didn't speak up at the restaurant, so they can "rectify". Chef Boyardi, what makes you think I didn't give you the opportunity to rectify the issue in real time? We did man. We sent a few things back and as I already expected, sheet still came out the same, so what's the point after that then, genius? That still doesn't detract from the principle and value of me or anyone from giving their honest opinion as to why the food and service sucked to begin with. Time, money and expectations were spent. That's what review pages are for, good, bad or ugly. To own up, learn, and improve. Not to ignore, downplay, gaslight and then talk about your pointless world travels. Have heard that a million times from aspiring restaurateurs and self-taught amateur chefs alike, so overused and boring it's actually hilarious. Upon reading your reviews from further back, you obviously didn't learn jack. There are many reviews complaining about excessive saltiness dating back 2 years prior to my visit. And you don't think it's strangely high for so many guests to similarly express how super salty their dishes were? For any type of decent restaurant, concept or eatery, that is just simply pathetic, the food couldn't even hold a candle to the food court. More so when you billed yourself as being fine and upscale. What a joke. Don't you think you had plenty of time to rectify that issue before your master paid you a visit? It seems that Asian inspired dishes, "curated" with "fancy" world ingredients is the trend for many new restaurant concepts nowadays. At least for Boston, who always seemed to be a little late to the game with subpar results when it comes to any "new" concept for that matter. I get it, steak and sushi got played out long ago, time for something funky, hip and new. This place reminds me of Tiger Mama and the likes. It's always that intriguing menu and atmosphere that gets your interest. That's great, easy peasy, yet the cuisine itself speaks differently. It's telling me from the sushi to the kitchen, everything is poorly curated and extremely salty for no good reason. Flavors that are just indistinguishably mismatched and yes, it really is outright disgusting. As a hands on globally trained chef of 35 years(retired) in numerous types of cuisines and concepts, I could not for the life of me, sitting there wondering, what the heck is that repetitive, overwhelmingly salty, bitterly sweet taste is coming from, in all of their dishes. As if places like this are just blindly mishing and mashing random Asian ingredients together with global to create that Asian con-fusion inspired dish. No actual working knowledge, proper technique and or pairing of it's ingredients whatsoever. With youtube and insta, any so-called chefs nowadays can easily borrow inspiration and introduce a creative looking menu in their vision, but it's how you interpret it that's...

The food is excellent, but very pricey for small portions. I drank just water. I was a solo diner, so I didn't get the same service as the people sitting near me even I spent more than they did. Robin was my server.

For example, the couple in their 70s who were from Florida, but have a home in Boston, the server had several conversations each time he came back to their table about playing a certain sport in Florida. The server also spoke with the couple sitting across from me who were from San Diego. I hope they tipped him well, but the couple in their 70s didn't have much cash on them and they left a $10. In their defense, they had a hefty gift card and the server wouldn't let them leave tip on the gift card. The server said management policy.

I tipped double what my neighbors did, but the server spent three times attention on my neighbors. Plus there is a 4% kitchen appreciation fee, so really I tipped 20%. Anyways, the tipping culture is out of control. It is one reason I don't eat out as much anymore. I probably overtipped given the service. No one came by my table to ask how was my food.

The food tasted fresh, but the cuisine was standard Asian fusion. The standouts were the gem salad -- every bite was fantastic and crunchy -- and the soft serve ice cream. I got the mixed flavors. I should've started off with the gem salad and then I would've just gotten one entrée but I ordered the salad midway through the meal because I saw someone who had ordered it and it looked amazing. The salad is probably of a few items on the menu that is worth the price you can actually split it with someone in your party. The blue crab fried rice is very small, taking up less than half a plate with half going to the sauce bowls and the lemon. The flavors in that citrusy sauce that accompanied the blue crab fried rice is fantastic. The hot was mild.

I came to this restaurant, because one of my closest friends recommended it. However, she didn't pay for her meal.

A bottle of still water was set on the table so I refilled my glass throughout the dinner service. I did notice there was a party of four on my right -- two patrician-looking grandparents and their teenage granddaughter and grandson -- the server refilled their water glasses from the bottles in the table. The server never refilled my...