Grill 23 & Bar
Venue Brief
Back Bay steakhouse on Berkeley Street serving dry-aged prime beef and seafood across two grand floors, a long-running choice for business dinners and celebrations.
Venue Details
- Vibe
- Chic/LuxuryUpbeat
- Age guide
- 30+
- Dress code
- Smart Casual
- Cuisine
- AmericanSeafood
- Demographic
- Corporate ProfessionalsCouplesTourists
- Music genre
- JazzLounge/Chill House
- Price
- $$$$
- Open season
- Year-round
- Clientele
- LocalsAmerican
- Offerings
- Table ServicePrivate DiningValet
- Open times
- Mon 5 – 10 PMTue 5 – 10 PMWed 5 – 10 PMThu 5 – 10 PM BestFri 5 – 10:30 PM BusySat 5 – 10:30 PM BusySun 5 – 9 PM
- Vibe score
- 7.7 / 10
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About Grill 23 & Bar
Marble columns, mahogany panelling, brass lamp posts and a sweeping staircase to an upstairs dining room give the place a grand, old-Boston formality, with white tablecloths throughout and a busy bar by the door. For more than 40 years the kitchen has built its name on all-natural, dry-aged prime beef: the dry-aged ribeye, cap steak and steak frites lead the orders, with crab cakes, tuna tartare, beef carpaccio and tater tots alongside. The coconut cake is the dessert nearly everyone mentions. A wine list that has held Wine Spectator's Grand Award since 2017 anchors the bar. Service is the recurring headline, with servers requested by name and a valet praised for kindness to a family coming from Children's Hospital. Dinner runs from 5 p.m. nightly, until 10 or 10:30 at weekends and 9 on Sunday. It scores 4.6 across 2,528 Google reviews and tops Time Out's Boston steakhouse list.
