The 38 Best Restaurants Around Boston

Put on your shiniest shoes for a night out at La Padrona, the glitzy Italian newcomer inside the luxury hotel and residency Raffles in Back Bay. Named Eater Boston’s best new restaurant in 2024, this showstopper has just about everything you want in a big, spendy night out: A sexy dining room buzzing with energy, extravagant entrees to share with the table, and ice-cold martini service to boot.