Smaller portions than what we have been used to eating there. Left hungry. The pre fix menu is not reasonable at all for their tapas style potions. For the money would go else where next time. I'm super disappointed this was my favorite place but not anymore.
Alexandra
very strong flavors, the mafaldine with tripe was unappetizing but all other dishes were very good. delicious fresh bread. The cocktail menu was not very friendly for nut allergies
lucy luo
It's extremely salty, to a level that I can't tolerate. Personally think its overrated. We spend $380 for 3 of us, with no drink. I rather go with fine dining with the price I am paying.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Sheri Galyean
Pammy's is our favorite place in Cambridge. Always delicious. Always excellent service. Always welcomed back like family.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Charlotte Fairless
Food is delicious but small portions. The bread is really really good. Overall nice place but soooo expensive, could get a comparable meal nearby for half the price.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
E N
Expensive but worth every penny. Food is delicious, plated beautifully and accompanied by delectable sides and sauces. Portions may seem smaller than expected, but filling. Go for dessert too! Servers and bar staff are very attentive and pleasant.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Loch Duart Salmon Crudo
Kevin Mastro
I’ve been coming here since Pammy’s opened and it has always been consistently great. Food and cocktails are divine.
I have honestly never done the pre fixe menu since I will saunter in for the bar and order a la carte. They are known for their inventive and delicious pasta dishes but they will often have a seasonal appetizer that is life changing. Currently it’s a choked squid stuffed with cream cheese and crab that changed me.
There is a pasta dish that contains tripe and labneh and I honestly believe it may have achieved one of my favorite bites in all of Massachusetts. It’s one of the few dishes that have been on the menu since the start.
I am lucky that I live not so far away so if you have a chance to swing by, this is one spot that I wouldn’t pass up.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bahar Rahsepar
Pammy’s delivers an exceptional dining experience with a perfect blend of cozy and upscale. The ambiance strikes a great balance between intimate and lively, making it ideal for date nights or special occasions. The menu is creative, with beautifully crafted dishes that highlight seasonal ingredients and bold flavors. Each plate feels thoughtfully prepared, and the pasta dishes, in particular, are standouts. Service is warm and attentive, enhancing the overall experience. Pammy’s is the kind of place that leaves you eager to return for another memorable meal.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Alice Nehme
Definitely the best Italian restaurant in Cambridge Mass . It was a wow experience . Just go , you won’t regret it
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Niles Kuronen
Hard to say with this place. Food was great. Drinks were great. Service was great. Value for the price was not. The ratio of service staff to guests is VERY high, which makes for an overall great experience. However, lots of folks just standing around a lot of the time. My water was refilled every time I took a drink. In comparison the service from the kitchen was a little slow. I don't need my dishes to come out back-to-back rapid-fire, but the cadence could improve. Bar service was also quite slow for cocktails. Lots of nitpicks, but for the prices they're asking it needs to improve. Otherwise, you don't have to look very far in greater Boston to find options that exceed the value at Pammy's.
I was visiting Boston, and stumbled upon this restaurant… We came in for the chef tasting menu, and it was absolutely incredible. I also added the wine pairing with my courses and it was divine. Every glass was enjoyable, different and delicious. Highlights from the tasting menu: Stuffed Octopus/Squid… (AMAZING) & Tuna Tartar. The only dish I wasn’t crazy about was the fish.. it was beautifully cooked, but a heavy portion to end with. Regardless, the dishes are absolutely amazing. Highly highly recommend for you to visit if you are in the area.
Ashley Gill
One of my favorite dining experiences ever! Amazing food (the lasagna was especially incredible) and service. Will definitely come back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Eric Wasson
It might be the best restaurant in Boston, it was certainly the best softshell crab I've ever had.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lumache, Pork Milanese
Andrea Alegre
Not convinced by all of the flavor combinations, but the food in general was quite good. Maitake mushoom risotto(?) was extremely delicious. I asked for a wine pairing and the recommendation was great. Excellent and attentive service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
H C
In town from NYC, brought here by a friend. First off, service was amazing, approachable and insanely friendly. Very genuine and high touch service, and not fake "I'm nice because it's hospitality" level of service. Real "I'm so glad you're here and I hope you love it" kind of vibe.
Food was a prix fix "choose your own adventure" style menu where you pick any 3 dishes. Got the Lumache bolognese, the Mafaldine tripe pasta, and the skirt steak with pineapple confit. All were incredible winners. Lumache bolognese only LOOKS like your typical orechiette bolognese, but it's so much more with the gochujang bringing an insane depth of flavor with a hint of spice and the extra pockets of the Lumache shape squirreling extra flavor in each bite. It doesn't bring the frutiness a Calabrian chili might, but instead a strong and serious study in savory. The intensity is tempered with a basil chiffonade, but I felt it could have used a bit more to give my palate a rest. The Mafaldine was the most fun for me, as it was hard to distinguish the pasta from the tripe. When it first arrived it reminded me so much of the chili oil tripe dishes you get from sichuan/hunan restaurants, and the flavors are definitely there, but again, rocks around with savory flavors instead of the Mala (I don't like Mala) or vinegar from that dish. It's their own interpretation and I love it so much more this way. The labneh underneath upped the game even more though, tempering the spice and savory with creamy tang, just enough to make it interesting, and keep you going. The skirt steak was also amazing. The steak itself was cooked perfectly tender, and retained all that intense beefiness you love and want from a skirt steak without crossing over to too much minerality. The pineapple confit was a nice counter, especially the caramelized bits, though because it was dark I sometimes confused steak with pineapple. This is definitely a dish where you want to assemble your bites to enjoy the Combination of flavors and textures. Pineapple, steak, swipe in Jimmy Nardello peppers. Wonderful. Special shout out for the lasagna bianco my wife ordered. I love layered things, and I've never had a lasagna where I could sink my teeth through every delicious al dente layer of pasta and COUNT them on the way down like you would with an excellent croissant.
I will be certain to come back next time I'm in town. Bravo!
Smaller portions than what we have been used to eating there. Left hungry. The pre fix menu is not reasonable at all for their tapas style potions. For the money would go else where next time. I'm super disappointed this was my favorite place but not anymore.
very strong flavors, the mafaldine with tripe was unappetizing but all other dishes were very good. delicious fresh bread. The cocktail menu was not very friendly for nut allergies
It's extremely salty, to a level that I can't tolerate. Personally think its overrated. We spend $380 for 3 of us, with no drink. I rather go with fine dining with the price I am paying.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Pammy's is our favorite place in Cambridge. Always delicious. Always excellent service. Always welcomed back like family.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food is delicious but small portions. The bread is really really good. Overall nice place but soooo expensive, could get a comparable meal nearby for half the price.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Expensive but worth every penny. Food is delicious, plated beautifully and accompanied by delectable sides and sauces. Portions may seem smaller than expected, but filling. Go for dessert too!
Servers and bar staff are very attentive and pleasant.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Loch Duart Salmon Crudo
I’ve been coming here since Pammy’s opened and it has always been consistently great. Food and cocktails are divine.
I have honestly never done the pre fixe menu since I will saunter in for the bar and order a la carte. They are known for their inventive and delicious pasta dishes but they will often have a seasonal appetizer that is life changing. Currently it’s a choked squid stuffed with cream cheese and crab that changed me.
There is a pasta dish that contains tripe and labneh and I honestly believe it may have achieved one of my favorite bites in all of Massachusetts. It’s one of the few dishes that have been on the menu since the start.
I am lucky that I live not so far away so if you have a chance to swing by, this is one spot that I wouldn’t pass up.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Pammy’s delivers an exceptional dining experience with a perfect blend of cozy and upscale. The ambiance strikes a great balance between intimate and lively, making it ideal for date nights or special occasions. The menu is creative, with beautifully crafted dishes that highlight seasonal ingredients and bold flavors. Each plate feels thoughtfully prepared, and the pasta dishes, in particular, are standouts. Service is warm and attentive, enhancing the overall experience. Pammy’s is the kind of place that leaves you eager to return for another memorable meal.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Definitely the best Italian restaurant in Cambridge Mass . It was a wow experience . Just go , you won’t regret it
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hard to say with this place. Food was great. Drinks were great. Service was great. Value for the price was not. The ratio of service staff to guests is VERY high, which makes for an overall great experience. However, lots of folks just standing around a lot of the time. My water was refilled every time I took a drink. In comparison the service from the kitchen was a little slow. I don't need my dishes to come out back-to-back rapid-fire, but the cadence could improve. Bar service was also quite slow for cocktails. Lots of nitpicks, but for the prices they're asking it needs to improve. Otherwise, you don't have to look very far in greater Boston to find options that exceed the value at Pammy's.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
I was visiting Boston, and stumbled upon this restaurant… We came in for the chef tasting menu, and it was absolutely incredible. I also added the wine pairing with my courses and it was divine.
Every glass was enjoyable, different and delicious.
Highlights from the tasting menu: Stuffed Octopus/Squid… (AMAZING) & Tuna Tartar.
The only dish I wasn’t crazy about was the fish.. it was beautifully cooked, but a heavy portion to end with.
Regardless, the dishes are absolutely amazing.
Highly highly recommend for you to visit if you are in the area.
One of my favorite dining experiences ever! Amazing food (the lasagna was especially incredible) and service. Will definitely come back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It might be the best restaurant in Boston, it was certainly the best softshell crab I've ever had.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lumache, Pork Milanese
Not convinced by all of the flavor combinations, but the food in general was quite good. Maitake mushoom risotto(?) was extremely delicious. I asked for a wine pairing and the recommendation was great. Excellent and attentive service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
In town from NYC, brought here by a friend. First off, service was amazing, approachable and insanely friendly. Very genuine and high touch service, and not fake "I'm nice because it's hospitality" level of service. Real "I'm so glad you're here and I hope you love it" kind of vibe.
Food was a prix fix "choose your own adventure" style menu where you pick any 3 dishes. Got the Lumache bolognese, the Mafaldine tripe pasta, and the skirt steak with pineapple confit. All were incredible winners.
Lumache bolognese only LOOKS like your typical orechiette bolognese, but it's so much more with the gochujang bringing an insane depth of flavor with a hint of spice and the extra pockets of the Lumache shape squirreling extra flavor in each bite. It doesn't bring the frutiness a Calabrian chili might, but instead a strong and serious study in savory. The intensity is tempered with a basil chiffonade, but I felt it could have used a bit more to give my palate a rest.
The Mafaldine was the most fun for me, as it was hard to distinguish the pasta from the tripe. When it first arrived it reminded me so much of the chili oil tripe dishes you get from sichuan/hunan restaurants, and the flavors are definitely there, but again, rocks around with savory flavors instead of the Mala (I don't like Mala) or vinegar from that dish. It's their own interpretation and I love it so much more this way. The labneh underneath upped the game even more though, tempering the spice and savory with creamy tang, just enough to make it interesting, and keep you going.
The skirt steak was also amazing. The steak itself was cooked perfectly tender, and retained all that intense beefiness you love and want from a skirt steak without crossing over to too much minerality. The pineapple confit was a nice counter, especially the caramelized bits, though because it was dark I sometimes confused steak with pineapple. This is definitely a dish where you want to assemble your bites to enjoy the Combination of flavors and textures. Pineapple, steak, swipe in Jimmy Nardello peppers. Wonderful.
Special shout out for the lasagna bianco my wife ordered. I love layered things, and I've never had a lasagna where I could sink my teeth through every delicious al dente layer of pasta and COUNT them on the way down like you would with an excellent croissant.
I will be certain to come back next time I'm in town. Bravo!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lumache
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