Clio

  • French
  • Back Bay
Eliot Hotel370A Commonwealth Ave. (Massachusetts Ave.)Boston, MA 02215www.cliorestaurant.com
  • 617-536-7200

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Format: 05/09/2013
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86%
Liked it
# of Reviews:
921
French Rank:
4 of 30
Back Bay Rank:
4 of 130
Members Been Here:
39
Member Favorites:
13

Member Reviews

Most Helpful Review

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I can usually rely on Zagat ratings but not for this restaurant. It was way over priced & over rated. Haute Cuisine at its worst. We were deeply disappointed with our entrees after reading the reviews and seeing a 28 Zagat rating. I and my seven guests all agreed that this is one to pass. Cost is not a factor, if the meal is throughly enjoyable, which it was not. The only good thing was the impeccable service.
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Most Recent Reviews

  • Went here for 5-year anniversary dinner with high expectations. The chicken entree was delicious, and the cocktails were amazing, but the experience was underwhelming (but we were unfortunately surrounded with some incredibly rude company at the tables to our left and right). Will be back with better neighbors, hopefully, especially for the cocktails and to try uni.

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    • Foodie

    Uni Clio - This famous restaurant has a sushi bar on one side and a fine dining french restaurant on the other side. It is rare to be able to get good sea urchin prepared in a japanese way in Boston, and hence makes this restaurant a gem in the city. As for the french cuisine, during my trip to Boston in 2008, I was rather impressed by the iron chef's menu of using coffee as theme imbued into the cuisines including coffee venison, coffee lobster.

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    Molecular gastronomy done right. This is one of only a couple world-class restaurants in Boston. When El Bulli's chef came to teach at Harvard, the place he visited was Clio, and that dinner apparently went almost all night. Inventive, interesting - and above all wonderful cooking...

    You have to understand what they're trying to achieve here, and not just go in expecting the usual thing.

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  • A special occassion place. The truffle menu is heaven! Attentive service. Cozy yet chic decor.

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  • Hype-y but a very solid Dining experience all the way around

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Features
Game Served
Private Room Available
Winning Wine List
Meals
Dinner Served
Signature Dishes
Sweet Butter Basted Maine Lobster
Muscovy Duck And Confit

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