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Giulia Restaurant, Cambridge, MA

Giulia Restaurant

4.8
4.8
1800 Reviews
$31 to $50
Italian

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2 people
19:00
Booked 4 times today
  • Neighbourhood gem
  • Good for special occasions
  • Charming
Giulia is a chef-owned regional Italian restaurant located between Harvard and Porter Squares in Cambridge. It is the first restaurant of award-winning Chef Michael Pagliarini. Its reputation has spread nationally with frequent out of town guests as well as Boston area locals.

Giulia puts a particular emphasis on hand-crafted pastas, made each day on our custom-built chef’s table adjacent to the open kitchen.

Best of Boston Italian Restaurant. All Italian wine list with unique Italian varietals. Local purveyors, dry aged local beef, burrata di andria, stone milled flours, vegetarian options.

Giulia is currently open for indoor dining and limited outdoor dining. We accept reservations up to two weeks in advance. To reserve a patio table, please call us at 617-441-2800. All reservations made online are for indoors only. Kindly note that our patio is uncovered so reservations there are weather dependent and will be canceled in the event of inclement weather.

Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    Italian
  • Hours of Operation
    Dinner Mon–Thu 5:30 pm–8:30 pm Fri, Sat 5:30 pm–9:30 pm
  • Phone number
    (617) 441-2800
  • Payment Options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Executive Chef
    Michael Pagliarini
  • Private party facilities
    You can book our Chef’s Pasta Table for a semi-private, celebratory dinner for up to 12 people. Both early and late seatings available.
  • Area
    Cambridge
  • Parking details
    Street Parking
  • Public transit
    Harvard Square and Porter Square T stops
  • Additional
    Beer, Cocktails, Full Bar, Non-Smoking, Wheelchair Access, Wine

What 1,800 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

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4.8
4.8 based on recent ratings
  • 4.8Food
  • 4.7Service
  • 4.8Ambience
  • 4.5Value

NoiseModerate

Review summary

AI-generated from verified diner reviews
Giulia Restaurant is a culinary gem in Boston, renowned for its "innovative" and "phenomenal" Italian dishes. With "exceptional" service and a "warm atmosphere," it's a favorite for diners seeking an authentic experience. While reservations are challenging to secure, the "delicious" food and "outstanding" ambiance make it well worth the effort.

1,800 Reviews
  1. JM

    Greater Boston

    3 reviews

    vip
    2.0

    3 reviews

    Dined 4 days ago

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 3
    Too noisy, far too noisy. Altho food and service was great.

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  2. Paula

    Los Angeles

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined 4 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    What a wonderful experience of professional service and incredible bites of food. Highly recommend

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  3. Charles

    Chicago

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined 5 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 3
    Unique ingredient combos that worked great together. Loved the flavors. Loved the wine the waiter recommended.

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  4. Martin

    Greater Boston

    12 reviews

    5.0

    12 reviews

    Dined 5 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Top notch service; great foot; lovely ambience; everyone at our table could hear each other without a problem. Just a lovely experience.

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  5. Noelle

    Greater Boston

    65 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    65 reviews

    Dined 6 days ago

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 4
    As always, the food was amazing! Unique ingredients and wonderful flavors. Our server was a bit OCD and ruined our experience. We ordered several (5) plates to share and wanted them all at once. We were unable to do that because she felt the table would be too crowded. We didn’t care. We were ok with the table being crowded. We also noted two different 4 top tables with 2 people at each. One was open when we arrived and after ordered, we asked if we could move to the larger table to accommodate the 5 dishes all at once. We were told no. I don’t know why? We ordered and paid for enough food for 4. Then to find out the four top table was only for 2 was disappointing. We ate our first 3 plates, because that was what we were “allowed” to have and then decided to pack the rest up and leave. It was all very bizarre.

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  6. Nicholas

    Nashville

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on 8 December 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    The food was wonderful and staff was top notch, very knowledgeable, helpful, and friendly. Wish we would have made our first trip to Giulia a long time ago. We will be coming back.

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  7. Joel

    Greater Boston

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on 6 December 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    It's been some years since our last visit to Giulia. Great to see and taste that the restaurant still delivers wonderful food, ambiance, service.

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  8. Chuck

    Greater Boston

    25 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    25 reviews

    Dined on 30 November 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Giulia is my family’s go-to restaurant to celebrate occasions and it never lets us down. Last night, as usual, the food was delicious, the service was friendly and helpful, just perfect. Can’t wait for the next occasion to send us there.

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  9. Christopher

    Dallas

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on 26 November 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    My wife and I reserved the recommended two weeks ahead of time. I was not able to find the exact time we wanted (6 PM) but we were able to accommodate the 8:15. We showed up a little early. Everyone was great. Food was awesome. My wife had the pasta and scallops. I had the rare dish, wild hare. We shared the affogato. All of it excellent!

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  10. Aidan

    New York City

    2 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on 24 November 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 5
    The food is quite good, being a pasta restaurant I was not pleased when the bucatini came out over cooked for the second time (different visit). The staff scoffed when I asked to cook the pasta al dente but still the bucatini was mush. Otherwise the food was quite good, and I even loved the sauce of the bucatini. Sad that the staff was so arrogant and avoid the bucatini!

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Giulia Restaurant is rated 4.8 stars by 1800 OpenTable diners.

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2 people
19:00
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Google Map for Giulia Restaurant

1682 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138

Additional information

  • Area
    Cambridge
  • Hours of Operation
    Dinner Mon–Thu 5:30 pm–8:30 pm Fri, Sat 5:30 pm–9:30 pm
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    Italian
  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Parking details
    Street Parking
  • Public transit
    Harvard Square and Porter Square T stops
  • Payment Options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Executive Chef
    Michael Pagliarini
  • Additional
    Beer, Cocktails, Full Bar, Non-Smoking, Wheelchair Access, Wine
  • Phone number
    (617) 441-2800
  • Private party facilities
    You can book our Chef’s Pasta Table for a semi-private, celebratory dinner for up to 12 people. Both early and late seatings available.
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