Kestra

450 Summer St, Boston
(617) 476-6664

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Caitlin Peterson

This restaurant, in the Omni Seaport Hotel, is fantastic for breakfast! They have a great cup of coffee and great granola breakfast! Also, in the evening, great drinks and jazz music, on certain nights.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Prasanth G S

Their Turkish delight was super good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Dawn Michaud

Eggs were cold, high priced food. Although the coffee was awesome!

mike martinez

I had breakfast there twice, very fast service and the food was good. Here is Boston for AORN

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Cecilia Holland

Located inside the Impressive Omni hotel. I chose a gourmet breakfast Shortrib hash which was delicious! The portions were very large. Server: Bill was very friendly, professional, and perfect! Highly recommended!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Pamela

An otherwise unassuming hotel lobby bar, Kestra offers live jazz several nights a week. We live in the neighborhood and were passing through the lobby as a shortcut on a rainy night, and noticed the music emanating from the lounge so made a plan to return to try their menu and musical offering. Kestra's menu is limited but not unusually so for a lobby bar. We had their charcuterie board, the delicious chili cheese biscuits, and a prosciutto flatbread, all of which were satisfying. Where Kestra exceeded expectations that evening was in the music. A trio of local musicians included bassist Jon Burr, guitarist Sal DiFusco, and violinist Mark Russell. All were exemplary, in particular Russell, whose career has been inspired by Stephane Grappelli, one of my long-time favorites. What a treat, to happen upon such high-caliber talents in a hotel lobby bar (and with no cover charge)! Besides wishing for a few more choices on the menu, we'd have loved to get a table closer to the musicians. For whatever reason, tables for diners are amassed around a fireplace and far removed from the entertainment, as if to relegate the music to the background. All that said, we'll be keeping Kestra on our radar as an easy-going option for casual bar snacks and top-flight local jazz.

Roger Cruz

Stopped in during the Nike Volleyball tournament across the street for a quick lunch at the Omni hotel. I found Kestra right at the lobby and sat the bar where one of the happiest people on the planet helped us: Jia. She made our day with her humor and smiles.

Now, on to the food, the salmon was super delicious. I even asked Jia to get me the trick on how they got the skin so crispy (and she did!)

The meze and the red lentil soup were also incredible. I highly recommend this place. And make sure you ask for Jia!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Saira Keval

We ordered two chocolate cakes and they gave us two tiny rock solid muffins that tasted awful. Also charged our hotel room without asking when we wanted to pay for it right then and there when we specifically said not to. Looked like the type of muffins you buy in bulk and heat up. We were also called and told that WE not them, forgot the sauce as if it was our fault it wasn't put in the bag. Order total was $33 for two “cakes” that weren't even the size of my palm would never order from there again.

Atmosphere: 3

Service: 2

R. M.

The restaurant is located in the Omni Hotel. We experienced a wait of over 40 minutes for brunch. The food was good, with the Smoked Short Rib Hash and build your own omelette being particularly enjoyable, although both dishes lacked salt. The short rib was slightly greasy and featured a higher fat texture than I typically prefer. However, the turkey bacon and berry banana smoothie were pleasant, with the smoothie boasting a robust banana flavor. Unfortunately, the crispy potatoes did not meet expectations, lacking crispiness and flavor. The mimosas were satisfactory. A significant drawback was the extended wait for our meal, which exceeded our anticipated timeframe. Additionally, the price was higher than expected for the quality of food provided.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Oran Koren

Mediocre food and overpriced. The salmon dish was a tiny portion, extremely hot (clearly microwaved), and not worth the cost. Service was painfully slow—definitely not worth the wait. Wouldn’t recommend.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 2

Michael Currie

This is a very comfortable space inside the hotel and I had probably the best breakfast I've ever had. It was called the Turkish breakfast which comes with an egg the way you want with vegetables, a giant block of feta, pita and olives with pickled beets

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jacqueline

We ate there twice both times the food was great portion size and very fresh and tasty. I had the Kestra Sampler for dinner my husband had the salmon good size. The next day we went for breakfast, Turkish breakfast I took more than half of it with me large portion size and my husband had the Kestra breakfast. Fantastic service and food.

Annie Yang

I had a room reservation with the hotel, was given $25 credit to spend at this restaurant. I ordered take out and upon paying the gentlemen told me that 15% gratitude was added to the bill. But it was take out…. So beware.

Oatmeal was too sweet. The omelette was ok. The pancake was not bad.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 1

Sayed Mousawi

i had food poisoning here. reporting them to the health commissioner. first time in my life getting food poisoning in the states and it happened to be here. never coming back again.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

Karen

Best server ever! She kept the whole place humming smoothly, even though it was very busy on a Friday night.

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