I've been in Boston about 18 months and had heard various opinions about No 9 Park so thought I'd check them out on a 3rd date (my date was raving about the place as well). We were there on a Thursday night - I'd tried for a table at 7:30 but was told they were fully booked but could do 8:45 instead. We got there and the place was pretty busy. We were seated in a couple of minutes, given a couple of menus and then ignored for the next 20 mins so we didn't get round to ordering cocktails and just dived straight into the menu. The food is pretty good although the portions are fairly small. It's quite rich though so even though you don't get that much it still seems to fill you up. I sense the place is trying to be very high end because of the location but it doesn't quite manage to pull it off. The service is polite enough but grindingly slow - we waited about an hour between appetizers and our entrees arriving which is just too long. Also the cheeseboard had about 15 cheeses on it which is fine but when the waiter is giving you a 60 second biography on each cheese it's going to take a quarter of an hour just to order some cheese so you get the picture. We left the restaurant at 11:30 having arrived at 8:45 (and this is a Thursday). I've eaten in quite a few similar places cost-wise in London and New York and the experience here was nowhere near as good. Basically they need about twice the number of staff who, to their credit, were very friendly and plenty busy all evening.
Pros: Location, ambience
Cons: Service
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