Hand pulled noodle class was amazing, thank you Winston!
ursula alarcon
Food everpriced, the portions are sad looking, no presentation, and so small. Noodles overcooked, saggy with water residual still in the bowl. If you havent try authrntic Japanese and Spanish food, this might be ok. The tomato bread was minusculous, almost offensive. My cocktail glass was the smallest size I ever had. No gastronomic experience in this place, sadly.
This was my second time at Pagu. Just like last time I left disappointed. The meal started off with excellent drinks which was the one bright spot. Service was very slow and it took forever for all of our dishes to come out with very poor pacing in between. When the dishes did arrive. The food was rather bland which was very surprising for how potentially interesting this fusion could be. Finally, the food was WAY overpriced for the quality. This definitely echos my first experience a few years ago and with so many great restraunts in Boston, it's unlikely I will be back.
Jennifer Fang
The menu has real depth and can range from fine dining to home style, from the 48 hour katsu to the deceptively simple pan con tomate, all food and drinks are created and delivered with true heart and soul. Whatever you're feeling that day, or whatever dietary restrictions your friends may have, you're going to feel accommodated and nourished. Whether you want to slurp some ramen or chow down mom's fried rice or have fancy crudo and wagyu, you can trust that Tracy and her team have sourced the finest ingredients, treated them with deepest care and if you ask, be ready to share a story or two behind the dish.
Kristianna Post
Absolutely loved Pagu! The food was delicious, the space is beautiful and most of all the staff were incredible! Not pretentious at all and clearly is a place that wants to serve great food both for the neighborhood and any visitors in town. It’s been a while since I went out in Cambridge due to lots of recent travel, and I’m so chose Pagu recently and have now re-discovered it! I’ll be frequently returning to this lovely spot. Thanks for the delicious food and welcome service!
David Zagwyn
Great, tasty, cozy place!
Jessica Lander
Run don't walk to Pagu for absolutely scrumptious food that weaves together Japanese and Spanish Basques Cuisines! A must order is the Tuna Collar - I've never had anything like it - it's huge, great for a crowd, bone-suckingly good (literally have done that) served with rice and nori! Also make sure you don't miss Tracy Chang's homemade nonalcoholic sparking teas - my favorites are the genmaicha and the hojicha - again I've never tasted a drink like this anywhere else. And then you have to end the night with a Basque Cheesecake - I particularly love when Pagu makes a seasonal Matcha or Ube Basque cheesecake! Pagu's dishes and drinks are across the board innovative but also welcoming and absolutely delicious!
Lori Lander
We return to Pagu again and again . . . and again for the delicious, creative food, warm, welcoming service and lively atmosphere. We always order the wonderful Chicken Katsu (a 2-3 day process prepare from start to finish) and the Roasted Tuna Collar (an incredibly delicious dish) and then try a new dish or two. Shio Koji Roasted Corn is a new favorite. While the cocktails are fun and delicious, we love the new housemade nonalcoholic sparkling teas. The dishes are inspired by chef/owner Tracy Chang’s many cooking experiences - her Taiwanese-American home, her aunt’s Japanese restaurant, working at O Ya in Boston and Restaurante Martín Berasategui in San Sebastián, Spain. If all the good food and drink wasn’t enough - Tracy Chang’s commitment to the community ensures our frequent return. Pagu completely deserves the recognition it has received from the James Beard Foundation - how lucky we are to have this treasure locally.
JH Reeder Lombard
We love PAGU as a restaurant. The menu is full of delightful options and it rotates with some regularity. The cocktails are also consistently really fantastic, and we've loved slowly working through the cocktail menu across our many visits.
Having now gotten married at PAGU, we would also recommend them wholeheartedly as a wedding venue. We held both our ceremony and reception there and cannot imagine the night any other way.
The managers who helped us plan the event were also such a delight to work with. They were responsive and we felt like they really understood our vision. We were so grateful too for how inclusive and allergy-friendly the menu was by default. We also had so much fun designing our specialty cocktails, and getting to do that will always be a cherished memory from the wedding planning process.
We're grateful to have PAGU so close to home. They're simply great!
Decided to hit Boston this weekend and landed on this great find in Cambridge , Massachusetts’s . Pagu is a gem and offers a variety of unique and very tasty dishes with feeling bloated once done . A must try . Their croquettes , fried green beans and lightly battered calamari in a squid ink coulis were fantastic . The veggies Bao was also very flavorful . Melissa our server is an absolute 10 in customer service . Thank you for greeting us and giving us such great service ! 5 star for sure
linda
Pagu is a beautiful restaurant that cares about their customer’s experience. I always appreciate an open kitchen concept seeing the chefs working their magic. However, the food was good, but each dish felt like it was missing something. At the end of our meal, the server asked us for our feedback on the dishes and wanted to assure us that their kitchen is focused on continuously improving. That was the first time that’s ever happened to me and for that reason, I’d give it another shot. Oh, drinks are amazing. None of it was miss, don’t sleep on the white rabbit.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spicy Pork Knife Cut Noodles
Irene Ivanow
Very disappointed on our second visit to Pagu. Food was terrible, we finished with all food and we had to wait for Ramen a very long time. Overcooked noodles, and a $60 wagu steak that looked like a $10 children’s menu dish. Also, in the middle of dinner (we were still waiting for most of the courses) they started closing the restaurant and putting chairs up, we felt really uncomfortable and rushed. This is a $250 dinner so it is unacceptable the way we were treated. Will not come back or recommend
Hand pulled noodle class was amazing, thank you Winston!
Food everpriced, the portions are sad looking, no presentation, and so small. Noodles overcooked, saggy with water residual still in the bowl. If you havent try authrntic Japanese and Spanish food, this might be ok. The tomato bread was minusculous, almost offensive. My cocktail glass was the smallest size I ever had. No gastronomic experience in this place, sadly.
Fantastic food, awesome atmosphere, superb service!
This was my second time at Pagu. Just like last time I left disappointed. The meal started off with excellent drinks which was the one bright spot. Service was very slow and it took forever for all of our dishes to come out with very poor pacing in between. When the dishes did arrive. The food was rather bland which was very surprising for how potentially interesting this fusion could be. Finally, the food was WAY overpriced for the quality. This definitely echos my first experience a few years ago and with so many great restraunts in Boston, it's unlikely I will be back.
The menu has real depth and can range from fine dining to home style, from the 48 hour katsu to the deceptively simple pan con tomate, all food and drinks are created and delivered with true heart and soul. Whatever you're feeling that day, or whatever dietary restrictions your friends may have, you're going to feel accommodated and nourished. Whether you want to slurp some ramen or chow down mom's fried rice or have fancy crudo and wagyu, you can trust that Tracy and her team have sourced the finest ingredients, treated them with deepest care and if you ask, be ready to share a story or two behind the dish.
Absolutely loved Pagu! The food was delicious, the space is beautiful and most of all the staff were incredible! Not pretentious at all and clearly is a place that wants to serve great food both for the neighborhood and any visitors in town. It’s been a while since I went out in Cambridge due to lots of recent travel, and I’m so chose Pagu recently and have now re-discovered it! I’ll be frequently returning to this lovely spot. Thanks for the delicious food and welcome service!
Great, tasty, cozy place!
Run don't walk to Pagu for absolutely scrumptious food that weaves together Japanese and Spanish Basques Cuisines! A must order is the Tuna Collar - I've never had anything like it - it's huge, great for a crowd, bone-suckingly good (literally have done that) served with rice and nori! Also make sure you don't miss Tracy Chang's homemade nonalcoholic sparking teas - my favorites are the genmaicha and the hojicha - again I've never tasted a drink like this anywhere else. And then you have to end the night with a Basque Cheesecake - I particularly love when Pagu makes a seasonal Matcha or Ube Basque cheesecake! Pagu's dishes and drinks are across the board innovative but also welcoming and absolutely delicious!
We return to Pagu again and again . . . and again for the delicious, creative food, warm, welcoming service and lively atmosphere. We always order the wonderful Chicken Katsu (a 2-3 day process prepare from start to finish) and the Roasted Tuna Collar (an incredibly delicious dish) and then try a new dish or two. Shio Koji Roasted Corn is a new favorite. While the cocktails are fun and delicious, we love the new housemade nonalcoholic sparkling teas. The dishes are inspired by chef/owner Tracy Chang’s many cooking experiences - her Taiwanese-American home, her aunt’s Japanese restaurant, working at O Ya in Boston and Restaurante Martín Berasategui in San Sebastián, Spain. If all the good food and drink wasn’t enough - Tracy Chang’s commitment to the community ensures our frequent return. Pagu completely deserves the recognition it has received from the James Beard Foundation - how lucky we are to have this treasure locally.
We love PAGU as a restaurant. The menu is full of delightful options and it rotates with some regularity. The cocktails are also consistently really fantastic, and we've loved slowly working through the cocktail menu across our many visits.
Having now gotten married at PAGU, we would also recommend them wholeheartedly as a wedding venue. We held both our ceremony and reception there and cannot imagine the night any other way.
The managers who helped us plan the event were also such a delight to work with. They were responsive and we felt like they really understood our vision. We were so grateful too for how inclusive and allergy-friendly the menu was by default. We also had so much fun designing our specialty cocktails, and getting to do that will always be a cherished memory from the wedding planning process.
We're grateful to have PAGU so close to home. They're simply great!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Tapas with a Japanese touch. Original and very good. Nice wine list.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
There for a private event. The staff were the best I've encountered in a very long time. The food was among the best I've had in Cambridge.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Katsu, Tempura String Beans, Noodles
Decided to hit Boston this weekend and landed on this great find in Cambridge , Massachusetts’s . Pagu is a gem and offers a variety of unique and very tasty dishes with feeling bloated once done . A must try . Their croquettes , fried green beans and lightly battered calamari in a squid ink coulis were fantastic . The veggies Bao was also very flavorful . Melissa our server is an absolute 10 in customer service . Thank you for greeting us and giving us such great service ! 5 star for sure
Pagu is a beautiful restaurant that cares about their customer’s experience. I always appreciate an open kitchen concept seeing the chefs working their magic. However, the food was good, but each dish felt like it was missing something. At the end of our meal, the server asked us for our feedback on the dishes and wanted to assure us that their kitchen is focused on continuously improving. That was the first time that’s ever happened to me and for that reason, I’d give it another shot. Oh, drinks are amazing. None of it was miss, don’t sleep on the white rabbit.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spicy Pork Knife Cut Noodles
Very disappointed on our second visit to Pagu. Food was terrible, we finished with all food and we had to wait for Ramen a very long time. Overcooked noodles, and a $60 wagu steak that looked like a $10 children’s menu dish. Also, in the middle of dinner (we were still waiting for most of the courses) they started closing the restaurant and putting chairs up, we felt really uncomfortable and rushed. This is a $250 dinner so it is unacceptable the way we were treated. Will not come back or recommend
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 5
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