Study

Very unique and well thought out food. I think every plate had at least one ingredient I had never tried before. Even things I was familiar with were delicioisly reinvented.
The plates are a little smaller than expected, so make sure to order several per person. Highly recommend!

My new favorite Boston restaurant. We got the pork shank, the sunchoke, oysters, and arctic char. The oysters came with this amazing shaved foie gras topping that perfectly complimented them. Also the sweet potatoes that accompanied the pork shank were incredible and a highlight of an outstanding meal. The cocktails are actually made next door by Ames Deli, with which Study shares a kitchen. She said it was the best Bees Knees she’s ever had. Finally the wait staff was wonderful, attentive, and helpful. This is my favorite Boston spot.

Took my bread away. It was butter than I expected. I got really full at the tail end of that dinner.

We went to Study on NYE to try their 9 courses prefix and it didn’t leave us disappointed. Fun, interesting and DELISH! Plus, easy to park on weekends and holidays and away from the crowd. Check out the pics I took and you’ll know why! :)

I really wanted to write a better review of study but I was disappointed in the overall experience. It had all the makings of a very upscale dining experience but the dishes were too esoteric to be enjoyable. The lions head mushroom plate was served with a nondescript tasteless green foam that was just unnecessary and off putting. The Arctic char came with a scoop of snap pea ice cream and I know savory ice creams are all the rage but snap pea? A vegetal cold and creamy to offset Arctic char sashimi? Eh. worth a try and the intention is good and present but the menu needs fine tuning.

Outstanding! Great service and creative food. They love to spherify everything, so if you’re into that, Study is the place to go. Fun wine list, too. Highly recommended.
Star dishes: sea urchin (persimmon, berries, rice mousse, chive) and chicken (romaine, anchovy, licorice)
Star dessert: potato ice cream! with chocolate, macaron pieces, and basil

I have been to Study for lunch and dinner. Both were fantastic, my only problem with Study is that I wish I knew it existed earlier. I was completely blown away by Study on both visits. The same smallish plates at a much more reasonable price than dinner, all of very high quality and well presented. The bread they serve is outstanding. They also offered some free bites from the kitchen on both my visits. The cocktails are unique, delicious, and inventive.
First, lunch, What a tremendous value, every dish seemed to be under $ 20. The menu for lunch and dinner are similar but dinner is more expansive. I would definitely recommend this place for lunch in the area if you are looking for something more upscale.
Pork Shank w/​Sweet Potatoes, Crispy Pig Ears, and Bourbon Marshmallow — For a dinner visit I went with one of their items designed for 2 people to split. This was outstanding in presentation and taste. The pork was perfectly tender and the pig ears (which taste like bacon) paired with sweet potatoes and bourbon marshmallows was a perfect side dish
Beef cheek — Beef cheek is similar to a short rib if you are curious about the style cut it is. It was a tapas style portion but was perfect for the light lunch I was looking for. The glaze on the beef was delicious.
Chicken Roulette — Usually not a huge fan of roulette’s but this dish may have changed my mind. The presentation was outstanding and it was so flavorful, especially for chicken.
Crab Apple and Black Walnut Ice Cream Dessert — The flavor of the dessert matches the description. Where this dish shined was on the

This place absolutely blew us away. The menu items looked quirky, maybe to the point of being too cute, but every dish won us over. There’s some really impeccable cooking on display here.
The menu is organized into small plates and a few large roasts. A word of warning: the roasts are huge. The two of us could only finish half and ended up taking the rest home. One of the large meat dishes, along with some of the small plates, could serve four.
We had oysters with foie gras and mango, a beef cheek dish, and the pork shank. All were excellent, but the pork shank in particular was great. It was a giant hunk of tender (and yes, fatty) pork on the bone with a sweet-​hot glaze. They served it with sweet potatoes, pig ears, and a marshmallow-​y sauce. Par for the course here: sounded a little crazy, but it all worked perfectly. The sides came in their own dish with some whispy, crispy pieces, soft bulbous bits, and the foamy marshmallow sauce. Assuming the bulbous parts were the pig ears, we tried the crispy strips first. When my girlfriend got up her courage to try the pig ears, it turned out they were actually the sweat potatoes and we had been eating the pig ears already. Anyway, everything tasted great and worked well together.
The cocktails are good but not quite on the level of the food.

Great concept, nice ambience, and very accommodating staff.
Concept | As you might expect, you won’t be hitting any type of caloric surplus at Study — the experience is more geared towards intriguing fare and their innovative play on New American. The food itself is always a conversation starter; I’ve found myself constantly amused by the way ingredients are manipulated and married into plates.
Ambience | The interior design has made the establishment a favorite to visit. The décor exudes a semi-​rustic demeanor in a uniquely modern way, with its own unique charms and quips. Take advantage of perusing the tables’ scribble pads — there are some definite gems in there.
Staff | Long story short, a friend and I were late to a last minute reservation at 10PM — they still honored our appointment and served us an impromptu degustation menu. Also to note, although both of us were taking a break from alcohol, they custom-​made cocktails for us, to their own volition.

Would I call this one of the best meals I had in Boston. Coming from a land where there are many American (new) places I was excited to come here for lunch after walking around MIT
Elite buddy and I was seated and we were greeted by the host and quickly seated. Ambiance is of a more hipster natural feel. Loved the seating arrangement, we were seated by the dessert cart. Love the dessert cart.
I was really taken back by how impressive the dishes we had for. Since my arrival in Boston, I really wanted/​craved for something that reminded me of a peice of home (seattle) I was plesantly surprised by this place, as it was a «by chance» place we picked.
We had 2 dishes: Scallops and beef cheeks
scallops were on POINT. not over done, not rubbery. you can taste the sweetness of the scallop. in essence they were perfectly ripe tasting. i have a thing for scallops and loved it.
the beef was a hearty dish, it wasn’t overly salty and came with roasted potato and onions that were pickled. i loved how the meat was braised and how it fell apart in your mouth. Granted this felt more liek a fall dish (I WOULD TOTALLY HAVE IT AGAIN) but it was a delish.
i will make it a point to stop by here again to see how much this place has grown. Extremely affordable for the quality of food provided.
thanks for reminding me of home! Circa Summer of ’ 15

I really wanted to love this place, and despite wait-​service being some of the best I’ve found in Cambridge, the food fell short of expectations. Our server, our drinks, and the table bread were excellent. On the downside, I’m normally happy to spend $ 14 for 4 spoon fulls of corn-​flavored foam if it blows me away, but this just didn’t. We tried 5 dishes, and not one of them stood out as having remarkable flavor combinations. The food was interesting and beautiful, yet it tasted just okay and simply was not worth the money spent. We normally enjoy ordering several small courses, but regrettably, we left Study still hungry.
I am shocked by the 5-​star reviews posted here. If a restaurant in Cambridge is quiet and half-​full at 8:00pm on a Saturday night then there must be some room for improvement.

This was one of the best meals I’ve had in a long time. Study is the perfect combination of excellent service and creative, modern food.
I had the oyster, which was garnished with an incredible confit and mango pearls. I would go back just to eat this oyster again. Also the beef tendon, which was a small plate of beef tendons that had been puffed with a delicious horseradish foam. Lastly the duck which was incredibly flavorful and served with an excellent small portion of whole-​grain pasta and braised turnips. I finished my meal with a small selection of cheeses and the waitress kindly brought me fresh bread to have with them.
Now that was just the food that I ordered. They also brought out two small bites courtesy of the chef, the first Crabapple with a tea meringue, then a beat and kombucha jelly. Both were incredibly innovative, and surprisingly delicious. After I asked for my check I was also brought a small plate with four bite-​size desserts, a vanilla cookie, a caramel macaroon, an espresso truffle, and a great fruit jelly.
My waitress was also incredibly sweet, attentive, and knowledgeable. She gave me lots of additional information on the menu, and made sure my water glass was never empty.
All this for $ 75? Not a cheap meal for one certainly, but for the value, an absolute steal.

Oh my yum! In from Houston on business (we know good food in Texas). Did a quick search of the area and Study was the only with 5 stars, and we happen to be here for a research study so figured it was in the stars. A quick walk from the hotel, we arrived and were seated in a nice and modern dining to room. There are not many menu options but the options are excellent. In addition, we were served an amazing white gazpacho with almonds soup and bread with a buttery cheese that was equally delicious. I had the Beef Cheek that literally fell apart when my knife touched it (I didn’t need a knife — just used it). The portion was small, but with the soup and bread it was more than filling and we fat Americans would do well to eat this way. My coworker had the fish and was equally pleased.

I pass by Study everyday on my way to work, so when Gilt had an offer I decided it was a sign that I should finally go.
The food was amazing. Super interesting and perfectly executed. I actually thought overall the dishes were better than at Journeyman!
Everyone was super friendly and happy to entertain my boyfriend suggesting you can sous-​vide chicken in a dishwasher.
Definitely worth checking out!

Study is quite possibly my new favorite restaurant in Boston. A hidden gem that is not to be missed. The staff is so friendly and works so fluidly with one another to provide the best service possible. The menu changes regularly, but I can guarantee you won’t be disappointed. Fresh flavors, unique textures, and the most beautiful plating. You can tell that the chefs care about every detail here.
I highly recommend you take the plunge and go for the 10 course menu. Not only is it the most reasonably priced tasting menu I have seen, but the food is just delectable. I used a Gilt City voucher for a 4 course meal. I enjoyed those courses so much I ordered 3 more and the cheese cart :) My favorite bite: OYSTER– foie gras, surf clam, pepper leaf. Savory and salty, unlike any I have had before.
A winning combination put together by the owners of Journeyman and Backbar. Backbar is one of my favorite spots for cocktails and after trying Study I am RUNNING to Journeyman.

Our first visit here was for an anniversary dinner, and my wife and I decided to go for the tasting menu.
A good tasting menu is like a culinary version of the home run derby. Bring perfect technique to bear on every course, and repeatedly hit it out of the park. The folks at Study were masters of this game.
Some stand-​out dishes included a serving of rare bass with yuzu sorbet which contrasted very subdued color with a vast variety of flavor and texture, a preparation of sunchoke with onion and egg that arced across the plate like a shooting star, and mackerel with a few different preparations of snap peas and a savory sweet sorbet.
They seem to be quite fond of the ice cream maker (no surprise in this weather). In addition to two of the savory courses, sorbet or ice cream showed up in both of the desserts: Fennel ice cream with a dried banana bread crumble and candied fennel made one of the best sundaes I’ve ever had, rose ice cream in a nest of honey crumble was also a winner.
The usual delicacies made an appearance: Foie gras showed up seared in one course and in little rolled up morsels adorning an oyster in another. The meal was rounded out with a duck neck confit with pasta (very delicious, and somehow reminded me a bit of pastrami on rye), a roast cauliflower served with mushroom and candied tofu (an odd but amazingly beautiful dish with a presentation that reminded me of a Zen garden), and a shrimp and peach dish with cream that swirled into a rich broth added tableside.
The meal started with an interesting amuse (beet, smoky jelly, frozen blueberry, shot of kombucha), concluded with a few sweets (a cranberry jelly and a macaron were the stand-​outs). Excellent bread and butter, too.
The décor is minimal, but I can say nothing bad about that. The art is on the plate.
Service was great, everything was fantastic. I’ll have to check out their lunch offering sometime as well.

The plate is the canvas and they paint with their ingredients. I am not sure how else to describe them other than art on a plate.
Their approach is inventive and creative, but not simply for the sake of being different or standing out. There is a clear and meticulous appreciation and understanding of each ingredient.
There are the elements of fine French dining (the cheese cart, bread and butter, multi-​course options) but they are clearly not trying to be anything other than themselves.
I was tempted to try some of my familiar spots during this visit to Boston but am so glad I ventured out. They are a gem.
The only downside is their location is a bit corporate.

Study is a relatively new addition to Cambridge. My friend and I were visiting from Seattle and Chicago, and we stumbled upon Study while we were nerding out at MIT. The Unilocal reviews seem to lean toward dinner and happy hour, but KL and I came for lunch.
When we arrived, we had to wander in and find the host, but as soon as we saw him, he greeted us and seated us immediately. He asked if we had a preference for sparkling or still water (sparkling water is complimentary). Water service was on-​point, and the host explained the menu and the cooking technique to us when asked.
We ordered the beef cheek and scallops. Beef cheek is braised, and a little on the sweet side, but tender. Scallops were a sheer joy to consume. The scallops were pan-​seared, but not to the point where they were over-​cooked and one forgets they are eating seafood. KL and I commented that you could still taste the sea in each bite. The flavor was not masked. The scallops came with a mussel and quinoa cake. I liked the lightness of the quinoa cake, and it complemented the scallops and mussel well.
Lunch included complimentary bread and butter, and an onion soup that seemed to bring together many flavor profiles, including sweet and salty.
This was by far the best meal I had in Massachusetts, and if I went to school in Boston, this would be my spot. Lunch was easily under $ 20 with tip.
Kudos to the chef and his team for representing East Coast seafood at its prime to two girls from the Pacific Northwest, where King Crab, salmon, and walnut-​encrusted halibut cheeks are well-​loved and well-​eaten. The East Coast has game as long as its at Study.

I honestly didn’t think anything could beat my Journeyman experience, and who knows if this actually did, but at the very least it matched it completely.
The service is simply BEYOND outstanding. From excellently crafted custom cocktails, to mario kart at the bar while you wait for your extremely late friend; from their holding your table for 45 minutes and not making you feel the least bit bad about it, to constant but not overbearing attention and information — this is the type of place where the experience is just as impressive as the food.
And the food… boy is it impressive. There were numerous times when my friend and I mentioned things we wanted to do to the food and/​or plates, and told each other we wouldn’t judge but that everyone else would (and so we didn’t do said things).
Yes, it is one of those places where you don’t know much about exactly what’s going to be on the plate, but when you give yourself over to them and simply TRUST that they know what they’re doing (and they do), it makes the experience that much better. The element of surprise!
Everything we ate was great to phenomenal. A few standout dishes:
Lion’s Maine Mushroom, walnut, kale, jalapeño — my friend actually ordered this one (we got everything to share) — I hadn’t really noticed it, and don’t often go for dishes where mushroom is the star, but this dish was INCREDIBLE. So many layered flavors — creative amazingness in your mouth.
Fois Gras, dulse seaweed, parsnip, mutsu apple — I mean, it’s foie gras. Right there this dish hits a 10. But everything else… god I don’t even have the WORDS.
Cauliflower, tofu, mushroom, green garlic — another dish where the ingredients list didn’t piqué my interest, but I love cauliflower so I thought — eh, what the hell. This might have been my favorite dish of the night! The tofu was candied, the cauliflower was amazingly flavorful, and getting a full bite with everything on the plate just blew my mind. Also, the plate itself looked like it should have been in the MOMA.
But — I think probably my favorite part of the night was when we were waiting for our final dish, the flat iron & bone marrow (a larger sharing dish), and the two top next to us had the oxtail brought to their table. As my friend had warned me — no joke — this thing LOOKS like a tail, and it’s gigantic. Neither us nor them could hold back our admiration as it was placed on their table, and we chatted just briefly before they instantly offered us a plate of it. How could we refuse?! It was insanely good — potentially the best oxtail I’ve ever had. A few moments later when we received ours, I put a little plate together for them to try it. The best of both worlds for sure. Our server commented that he doesn’t think he’s ever seen two tables (of strangers) share their food before. While understandable, that makes me so sad! What is there to do with amazing food if not to share it?
They have a great cheese cart so while my friend snagged a few kinds to try, I went for the dessert that said something about coconut… I can’t remember what else. It was very fancy schmancy creative, beautiful, and perfect. Light flavors, not too much, sweet, interesting, and creamy and crunchy all at the same time.
The bottom line for 3 drinks, an amuse bouche (of course), 9 dishes (one large), cheese, 1 dessert and a complimentary glass of madeira was $ 190. Pretty freakin’ reasonable for the experience and quality if you ask me! Can’t wait to go back… perhaps I’ll alternate between Journeyman and Study a couple times per year…

Study was the dinner of choice on Valentine’s Day this year. I was excited because the year before, I had a pretty amazing meal at their sister restaurant (Journeyman). During the 8 — course meal, I had everything from «Mmm okay» to «Wow!» To begin, this newly established restaurant is small, or should I say narrow. The décor is very minimalist. To this day, all I remember is white and concrete gray walls. So unfortunately, the restaurant itself is not very memorable. The service is attentive and friendly.
Raw scallop sashimi sitting on top of oyster mousse, with a scoop of yuzu sorbet.
This was a great starter. They took a simple scallop sashimi and dressed it with unpredictable sauces and taste. The oyster mousse was salty and a undeniable taste of fish. The yuzu sorbet was mouthwatering refreshing. I definitely loved this course.
Rabbit loin and confit leg, smeared liver and brussels sprouts.
Not a whole lot of meat on this dish. By this plate, I see that Study takes an ingredient and transforms it into a different state. Oyster mousse. Now Smeared liver.
Sweet potato with fried pig ear.
This might sound a little revolting to some people. The pig ear is sliced ultra thin and fried. So all you can taste is really the crisp. The sweet potato (which is already sweet) is topped with peanut and sweetening. It made it too sweet for my liking.
Squid ink gnocchi, squid, and mushroom sauce.
Another transformation of ingredient. Not just mushroom, but mushroom SAUCE. This was another dish I thoroughly enjoyed. The squid ink gnocchi was cooked to chewy, not soft. The mushroom on the side was charred. Everything went well together.
Monkfish, golden beets, grapefruit and lobster sauce.
This was another hit. Golden beets were sweet and delicious (cooked slightly raw so there’s a bite to it). The monkfish was a small portion, but cooked well and fluffy.
Duck heart with duck belly.
This was the most meat course of the night. The duck belly was scrumptious and fatty.
The last two were desserts — too sweet for my taste so that was a let down. Not on their part, but just a personal preference. Study was most definitely creative in the way they prep their ingredients. The plates were presented well. The food was diverse and innovative. It is a very fair 4 star for them and I hope more people go in and try their take on food. They had their stand out courses that night, but overall I wasn’t completely over the heels with each dish. That can selfishly be my own over-​expectation.