The Westland — Restaurant in Boston

March 2020: I was disappointed with the main entry short ribs, I thought it was a bit too salty for me. Crab cakes are still good. Please bring back Beef Burgoyne, it was your best dish. Note: automatic faucets in the bathroom are not very sensitive, you need to get your hand right next to the stem of the faucet. December 2019: I had crab cakes and scallops. The were okay, not as good as Beef Burgoyne which was my favorite and sadly us not on the menu any more. September 2019: the menu has changed significantly, a couple of my old favorites are gone. I tried filet mignon and it was very good. May 2019: We have had a dinner here four times because location next to Symphony is so convient. The quality of food preparation varied from excellent the first time, ok the next, barely okay, and very good today. One thing that is consistent is that the service is slow and not stellar. January 2019: This restaurant opened December 31, 2018 and is located right next to Symphony Hall. Everything we had tasted very good: French opinion soup and beef bourguignon. The flavor of the broth was excellent, prepared with croutons. The meat of beef bourguignon was very tender and the source had just the right amount of sweetness. The sides were excellent, I am not a big fan of carrots but they made them so deliciously that I kept raving about them. I liked that the had Washington state oysters as well as local Massachusetts oysters. The service was fairly slow, not sure if they would have been faster if we told them we we're heading to a concert. Our appetizers arrived about 25 minutes after order. However the pause between dishes was not long. The desert menu...

We really wanted to love this place. We live nearby and have been waiting for it to open for a very long time. The food was hit or miss. Crisp salted lavash before the meal was awesome, but the hummus is a bit too strong a flavor and didn’t go with our cocktails or sit on our palate well. Cauliflower was great, but the crab stuffed mushrooms tasted a bit off. Beef bourgignon was amazingly tasty and tender, but the scallops tasted just as off in the same way as the mushrooms, they were also seared on just one side and not quite done. The cocktails we tried were all great—especially Helen’s punch which mixes mezcal with a huge bunch of fresh thyme in such a way that made a mezcal-hater like me love it! The really disappointing part was the service. We were so excited to try our new neighborhood ‘go to’ spot, and our server was just not friendly and barely smiled. Her lack of energy and personality really dragged our mood down. She forgot to ring one app, and blamed it on the kitchen, then forgot to ring the entrees and again blamed it on the kitchen. Each time our table was empty she would come and ask if the food had come out yet. The answer was always no, but I found myself annoyed by the fact that she didn’t know the answer herself. The manager bustled by many times with a very serious expression on his face, but didn’t seem to engage with any guests, and certainly didn’t check on us. All we needed was someone with a smile on their face to come by and say hello, but sadly the meal wasn’t all it could have been. I really hope they get some of these kinks worked out because we’d like to come back, and come back often, as long as there is a more...

The ambience was nice. The place was huge so it's a good place to meet up with a large group of friends. The prices are somewhere along the middle but considering the portions I guess it's worth it.

We ordered the truffle fries for an appetizer and they were delicious but I don't know how they are different from regular fries because the taste wasn't anything different. I originally ordered a braised short rib and made sure it was beef but the waitress failed to tell me that there was bits of ham cut on it which I ended up eating. That upset me a lot but the waitress was very nice about it and I was fully compensated but I would have really preferred if that issue hadn't come up. I ordered the brick chicken instead and the chicken was nicely flavored and cooked but the mash potato was average at best and I think it would have been much better if the huge pieces of asparagus weren't on it. The plating overall was nice. My friend ordered a cajun chicken linguini which both tasted good and looked beautiful. However, neither of us could finish our food and felt an uncomfortable feeling in our stomach after leaving there. I did have a chance to look on the next table over because the tables are situated so close and noticed they too left a large portion of their food behind.

I don't think I would go back there but it was a nice place to try once. It's obvious they pay a lot of care to each individual dish and care that their guests have a pleasant experience but ours were laced with a bit...