Banyan Bar + Refuge

Banyan Bar + Refuge reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   Andrea VIP

   Greater Boston68 reviews

   4.0

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   Fun vibe. Pretty loud music. Salt and pepper shrimp were fantastic. Lamb very so so. Dumplings pretty tough. Drinks were excellent and fairly priced as was the food. Service was terrible. We were completely ignored for the first 20 minutes. Finally we flagged down Manuel, who took really good care of us from that point on.
   

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   Lawrence

   Greater Boston17 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on April 19, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The food is wonderful. Excellent service. Fun atmosphere. A bit absurd that they ran out of their signature dish by 6:30pm on a Saturday evening, but otherwise a great meal.
   

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   Kory

   Greater Boston4 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on April 18, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Majority fried and unhealthy foods. Ambiance and quality is good though
   

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   Chunhui

   New York City4 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on April 18, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   Food is not very good, although they are creative but loss the good coordination of the ingredients
   

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   Tom

   Greater Boston6 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on April 11, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We loved this place! Food, crowd, service and atmosphere. (E.g., The ceiling is lightly covered with tree branches populated with flowers and you could run a scavenger hunt in the place just searching out the cool details.) Before you go, take the time to check out their menu, a wonderful collection of disparate choices. We loved the place and it was a great place to eat (and have a drink) before going to the theatre at the Huntington Calderwood (same block.) If you're novel-food-timid, get help from the wait staff to pick out seductive dishes that will encourage you to be less timid in the future. And the drinks menu? Daring! Fun and worthy sharing with your dinner partner(s) who are 21 or over.
   

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   Geralyn

   Greater Boston20 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on March 29, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Our waiter was fantastic. Food was good, as always and they were even willing to turn down the music when we asked. Felt a but more like a dance club than dinner at first but they were great…
   

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   Zachary VIP

   Greater Boston6 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 28, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Overall excellent. We have dined across the city and it was surprising that just in our backyard there was a spot like Banyan. Do not overlook.
   

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   Sean VIP

   London2 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on March 26, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Truly great service (attentive, kind, fast) but the food was only okay for the price. Good place to meet up with a friend but a special treat, not a restaurant I’d frequent for dinner.
   

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   Dnmrj

   Greater Boston6 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 12, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The food is exceptional. We’d been before but had forgotten just how good the food is. A definite 5 star experience!
   

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    Daniel

    Greater Boston1 review

    5.0

    Dined on March 8, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Great food and service Love the miso ceasar salad!
    

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