Tapastre - Somerville

Awesome local restaurant for winding down with friends or family after a long week. Food and drinks were delicious! The atmosphere was a little loud, but it is... read more Awesome local restaurant for winding down with friends or family after a long week. Food and drinks were delicious! The atmosphere was a little loud, but it is a pub, so that should be expected and is definitely dependent on the other patrons.

The food is stupid-good. Not much else to say. The cocktails are also amazing. It's very popular, seek reservations in advance. read more The food is stupid-good. Not much else to say. The cocktails are also amazing. It's very popular, seek reservations in advance.

First time visiting Tapestre. Surprised to see happy hour menu on a Saturday. Food, drinks and atmosphere were excellent. Best Ruben sandwich around. Will defin... read more First time visiting Tapestre. Surprised to see happy hour menu on a Saturday. Food, drinks and atmosphere were excellent. Best Ruben sandwich around. Will definitely go back.

This place NEVER disappoints! We always order the same dishes.. we go in saying we’ll try something new and can’t bear to not get out favorites… duck fat fries,... read more This place NEVER disappoints! We always order the same dishes.. we go in saying we’ll try something new and can’t bear to not get out favorites… duck fat fries, drunken clams on fire, truffled pork pizza. The drinks are always on point as well. It’s a very warm family friendly place. It feels like you’re in someone’s basement .. in a good way.

I don 't like leaving bad reviews of local spots but I have had nothing but bad experiences here with the hostesses and I 've give the restaurant 3 tries. The f... read more I don 't like leaving bad reviews of local spots but I have had nothing but bad experiences here with the hostesses and I 've give the restaurant 3 tries. The first time we went was last year for New Years Eve. We came to have dinner and had a dinner reservation at the Tapastre and the hostess had her back turned to us and would not turn around to acknowledge us. Thankfully a waitress came over to help us and got us seated. Then we went during the summer for their happy hour menu which they posted on Instagram and specifically asked for the happy hour menu but the hostess just said to pull it up on Instagram so we did and ordered food off of it. When the bill came, we were charged full price for all the items. When I asked the hostess why, we were told it 's because Happy Hour ended at 6pm and even though we ordered all the food before 6pm, we didn 't ask for the check till 6:15pm. So then we went yesterday since it was too cold to watch the parade. We tried going to Project Pub upstairs and there wasn 't a hostess or waiter in the front so we waited a bit to see if anyone would come out but nobody did so we went to go to the bar. The hostess comes running over out of nowhere and just repeatedly says The bar is downstairs, go downstairs. I was trying to ask for a table but she just kept saying to go downstairs. On our way out, we heard a couple of women at a table ask if they needed to leave and the hostess said No you guys are good. The food here is really amazing and we live just a few blocks away so we were hoping to make this our go-to spot since we 're new in town but it 's terrible to have these types of interactions.