Teatro Restaurant

The whole experience at Teatro was excellent. The portion sizes are pretty average, and the price is reasonable for the quantity and quality. The service is good, visiting often to refill water or offering to get more drinks. We came in on a Saturday evening around 5:30 pm with no reservation, and they were able to seat us immediately (group of 3). They started us off with some bread and a delicious dip, presumably a chickpea based hummus (I think!). Their bread is great - filled with bubbles indicating good fermentation. It had a crunchy outside and a relatively soft chewy inside. We ordered calamari to share, which was phenomenal. Well cooked and crunchy on the outside. It came with a lemon aioli and tomato coulis. I was a big fan of the lemon aioli. I got the linguini for my main dish, served with a shrimp scampi, tiny tomatoes, and garlic bread crumbs. It was phenomenal. I think it could use a hair more sauce, but I would definitely order it again. My all-time favorite dish of the night was what my boyfriend ordered - the special that night, a carbonara. It was a pasta, much like my own, that had bacon and used egg yolk in the sauce. I wish I knew how to make this one at home!! I didn't taste the chicken parmigiana my friend ordered, but he described it as "one of the best chicken parms" he has ever had. It looked like a well-balanced serving size. My boyfriend ordered the "Hot Tub" cocktail, which he's had before, and it's great! The flavors all blend really well together. I ordered the "white grape cosmo," which was very strong (stronger than I was in the mood for, but I still enjoyed it). For dessert, the guys both got tiramisus, which were decadent and gobbled right up. It's definitely some of the best tiramisu I've ever had. I irdered the homemade gelato, which comes with three scoops. I got two scoops of vanilla and one scoop of the salted caramel. I love a classic flavor like vanilla, but the salted caramel was soooo good. My boyfriend absolutely loved it as well. The bathrooms are downstairs - not handicap accessible as far as I am aware - so please keep that in mind. They were single stalled, so there's privacy and relatively clean.

Myself and five of my friends went there after a musical. All I have to say the food was outstanding!! The service was outstanding as well. The bread was fresh and perfect. The calamari app was cooked to perfection. The sauces were great. The chicken Parm was one of the best I’ve ever had. We also had the Pasta Boganese. To top it off the Tiramisu was the best I’ve ever had. Run don’t walk to this Italian restaurant outside the Northend

Food was good, service was excellent, and the atmosphere had a great vibe. Just didn't wow me overall. Started with antipasto where several items were excellent and a couple were good. Then salads; arugula and ceasar - both solid. Entree; salmon and a rigatoni. Salmon was overcooked and meat sauce on rigatoni was ok. Overall a good experience and would go again if in the area.

This restaurant is special. The food was delicious. You kinda knew it would be, but the atmosphere was really a great way for us to have a last night dinner in Boston. I like those blue lights and I liked the pasta dish I had. If you are looking for a nice dining experience, Teatro is worth the try. If I lived in Boston, it would be one of my regular places.

Teatro is a great spot for Italian outside of the north end. I’ve been a few times for drinks and for dinner and am generally pleased. The pasta portions are a bit small, but the pizzas are great. I really enjoy the ambiance of the restaurant, but I haven’t found the staff to be the most friendly either time I’ve dined.

The octopus entree is different, fresh and well balanced, the combination of flavors is perfect, the octopus is grilled to perfection. The spaghetti carbonara is good too despite the fact they used an excessive amount of butter. The service is also good and the food came fast from the kitchen. A beautiful place to have a nice dinner.