Restaurant Review #1 Top of the Hub

Yesterday was the first day of restaurant week. I went to the highest point restaurant in boston, Top of the Hub!!! I had never been so I took one of my friends from Culinary school and we tore it up, and be tearing it up I mean ate our faces off.

The way I will rate each course is by *,  1 * being the worst and 5 * being the best. I will also comment on the course afterwards. At the end I will comment about restaurant appearance and service. Just remember I am not a professional food critic. I am just a foodie!

Restaurant week offers a 3 course pre fixe menu for $20.09 for lunch and $33.09 for dinner. A new addition to this restaurant week is a 2 course menu for $15.09, but really I look forward to the dessert so I did not opt for that.

Top of the Hub

Appetizer: Roasted Potato Soup *****

~ Came out extremely hot. (Love that!)

~ Not to thick or heavy, it was perfectly nape with a very nice smooth consistency.

~ Nice roasted flavor

Entree: Roasted Lemon Chicken with sweet potato puree and cranberry gastrique ****

~ Beautiful presentation

~ Chicken was perfectly cooked

~ Very small portion of chicken (I understand it was for restaurant week but it was tiny)

~ It took everything Gina and I had not to lick the sweet potatoes and cranberry gastrique off the plate in the very high end restaurant.

~ Sweet potatoes were very smooth and velvety

Dessert: Creme Brulee *** and Honey Yogurt Parfait ***

~ Gorgeous presentation

~ Both desserts had great texture

~ Creme brulee "brulee crust" was not very hard. Did not have the usually "crack" when you go to take a bite.

~ Creme brulee looked like it was starting to seperate.

~ Honey yogurt parfait had good flavor but the butter cookie in between layer was a little too buttery.

~ Passionfruit, raspberry and lemon sauce for parfait were delicious

Restaurant Appearance: High end *****

~ Best view from a restaurant in Boston.

~ Extremely clean, modern look.

~ 360 view of the city

~ Very nice dark bar

~ Huge wine selection displayed in very sleek organized wine closets

~ Piano on one corner of restaurant

Customer Service: Perfect *****

~ Drinks were refilled often

~ Server was extremely friendly and knew his menu with detail

~ Our seats were pulled out for us when we got there and napkins put on our lap

~ Table was kept cleared off, no clutter

~ Courses came out after we were finished with previous course and all came out hot and fresh.

Overall I would give Top of the Hub ****

The place was beautiful, the service was amazing. I am just not sure I would go back there if it wasn't restaurant week. The average check per person is above $50 on any regular day and I am not so sure the food is worth that. I would definitely recommend the Top of the Hub it is definitely a Boston must see.

Next Up: The Melting Pot!