The place seems very popular because it got very crowded soon after we arrived. We arrived early because we had to catch a show later. The place is more like a bar and very dark that hard to read the menu. The server who seated us seemed damn care but later another one was lovely. We got Bao and kimchi fried rice and both were very salty. Maybe bad day for us!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Madison Brolly
The kimchi fried rice was delicious. The pork belly was too fatty. The popcorn chicken was fun and gluten free! There was extremely loud trap music playing the whole time, so it was hard to enjoy conversation across the table. Our server was kind and attentive! Glad we tried Shōjō.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 5
Kelly Cambridgeport
I had a great experience overall at Shōjō Boston— the food and cocktails are creative and beautifully presented.
However, I want to share a health caution for anyone with kidney disease (or reduced kidney function). One of their signature cocktails, “Phoget About It”, includes starfruit (carambola) among its ingredients (vodka, basil, pho-spice, starfruit, lemon).
Starfruit can be highly toxic to people with kidney disease — even in small amounts — and can cause serious complications or kidney failure. This isn’t widely known, so I wanted to include this information so others can stay safe.
If you have kidney issues, please mention this to your server or avoid anything containing starfruit.
Otherwise, Shōjō remains a unique and inventive restaurant, and I appreciate their creativity — just wanted to raise awareness about this specific ingredient for those who need to be careful.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Coach T
I really wanted to love this place as everything on the menu sounded great. The staff were kinda mundane and service seemed unusual slow. We try many different dishes and honestly they were fine just nothing really stood out as great. The portions were relatively small but probably fair for the price. Overall maybe I came on the wrong day, but I won’t be visiting again.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
K YW
Food was okay. Service was good. Seating area was a little messy.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Andi Belousek
Searched tapas for some smaller plates, and Shōjō delivered. Had their Edamame dumplings, Fried Eggplant Bao (spicy!), and Taiwanese Basil Popcorn Chicken.
All excellent. Staff was friendly, vibe is chill. Recommend to everyone.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Alexis Morton
Delicious food and exceptional service! Great plates for sharing and the food comes out quickly. They are very accommodating of food allergies.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cindy Huynh
The banh mi is not good at all! Dry not Vietnamese / Chinese infusion.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 3
clara frost
Amazing atmosphere. Such a city vibe, the lighting is sick. The music sets a great vibe. The food is amazing. I mean AMAZING. Everything was so flavorful and delicious. And the staff were super sweet, refilled our water consistently and checked in multiple times. Happy to say I will absolutely be coming back here.
Went on a Saturday afternoon so the menu was limited. Ordered eggplant bao which was good, monkey chicken and chicken and waffle are okayish. Also had mai tai which was very strong. Overall the food was average.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Juliana
I think the marketing is misleading, this is a drinks & apps/ little bites place, not a full meal restaruant - at least not at lunch time. Food was good for what it was, but was not enough for an entire meal. Ended up next door at China pearl hours later and wished we went there in the first place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Ryan Asselin
This was one of the worst restaurant experiences I have ever had. My wife vomited walking back to the car... “Popcorn chicken” is essentially the trimmings, breaded and overcooked, Like rubber.. we weren’t even convinced it was chicken..the fried rice was so salty it was inedible. the food was terrible, insanely expensive. And the service was non existent. 1 guy working the entire front of the house including the bar. Took over an hour to get our check.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Bryan baker
Food was was good, the service was great!
Limited options and seems to be mostly a appetizer/sides menu. They let us try a few extra sauces and were accommodating with seafood/shellfish allergies.
Food: 3
Service: 5
Steven Briggs
Went here on a rainy afternoon the day after I arrived in Boston. No problem getting a table but did get very busy about 15 minutes later. It has more of a bar vibe than restaurant but that was fine. Had a decent variety of dishes and they were all fantastic. The unique drinks were inventive and tasty. Will definitely be back next time I’m in Boston.
Great small plates and cocktails. Fun atmosphere.
The place seems very popular because it got very crowded soon after we arrived. We arrived early because we had to catch a show later. The place is more like a bar and very dark that hard to read the menu. The server who seated us seemed damn care but later another one was lovely. We got Bao and kimchi fried rice and both were very salty. Maybe bad day for us!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
The kimchi fried rice was delicious. The pork belly was too fatty. The popcorn chicken was fun and gluten free! There was extremely loud trap music playing the whole time, so it was hard to enjoy conversation across the table. Our server was kind and attentive! Glad we tried Shōjō.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 5
I had a great experience overall at Shōjō Boston— the food and cocktails are creative and beautifully presented.
However, I want to share a health caution for anyone with kidney disease (or reduced kidney function). One of their signature cocktails, “Phoget About It”, includes starfruit (carambola) among its ingredients (vodka, basil, pho-spice, starfruit, lemon).
Starfruit can be highly toxic to people with kidney disease — even in small amounts — and can cause serious complications or kidney failure. This isn’t widely known, so I wanted to include this information so others can stay safe.
If you have kidney issues, please mention this to your server or avoid anything containing starfruit.
Otherwise, Shōjō remains a unique and inventive restaurant, and I appreciate their creativity — just wanted to raise awareness about this specific ingredient for those who need to be careful.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
I really wanted to love this place as everything on the menu sounded great. The staff were kinda mundane and service seemed unusual slow. We try many different dishes and honestly they were fine just nothing really stood out as great. The portions were relatively small but probably fair for the price. Overall maybe I came on the wrong day, but I won’t be visiting again.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Food was okay. Service was good. Seating area was a little messy.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Searched tapas for some smaller plates, and Shōjō delivered. Had their Edamame dumplings, Fried Eggplant Bao (spicy!), and Taiwanese Basil Popcorn Chicken.
All excellent. Staff was friendly, vibe is chill. Recommend to everyone.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delicious food and exceptional service! Great plates for sharing and the food comes out quickly. They are very accommodating of food allergies.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The banh mi is not good at all! Dry not Vietnamese / Chinese infusion.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 3
Amazing atmosphere. Such a city vibe, the lighting is sick. The music sets a great vibe. The food is amazing. I mean AMAZING. Everything was so flavorful and delicious. And the staff were super sweet, refilled our water consistently and checked in multiple times. Happy to say I will absolutely be coming back here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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Went on a Saturday afternoon so the menu was limited. Ordered eggplant bao which was good, monkey chicken and chicken and waffle are okayish. Also had mai tai which was very strong. Overall the food was average.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
I think the marketing is misleading, this is a drinks & apps/ little bites place, not a full meal restaruant - at least not at lunch time. Food was good for what it was, but was not enough for an entire meal. Ended up next door at China pearl hours later and wished we went there in the first place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
This was one of the worst restaurant experiences I have ever had. My wife vomited walking back to the car... “Popcorn chicken” is essentially the trimmings, breaded and overcooked, Like rubber.. we weren’t even convinced it was chicken..the fried rice was so salty it was inedible. the food was terrible, insanely expensive. And the service was non existent. 1 guy working the entire front of the house including the bar. Took over an hour to get our check.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Food was was good, the service was great!
Limited options and seems to be mostly a appetizer/sides menu. They let us try a few extra sauces and were accommodating with seafood/shellfish allergies.
Food: 3
Service: 5
Went here on a rainy afternoon the day after I arrived in Boston. No problem getting a table but did get very busy about 15 minutes later.
It has more of a bar vibe than restaurant but that was fine.
Had a decent variety of dishes and they were all fantastic. The unique drinks were inventive and tasty.
Will definitely be back next time I’m in Boston.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
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