Best Fun Restaurants in Ayer

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1. Lucia's Tavola

4.7

Exceptional(1566)

€€€€Price: Expensive

• Italian • Ayer

Booked 19 times today

Chef owned and operated Lucia's Tavola is a fine dining Italian restaurant. Lucia's features a menu comprised of Chefs family favorites, Chef originals, traditional Italian & local ingredients creating unique Italian inspired cuisine. Lucia's also offers an extensive cocktail menu and a complete, well balanced wine list.

2. Markoh's On Main

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4.0

Excellent(78)

€€€€Price: Moderate

• Contemporary American • Ayer

Booked 1 time today

Step into Markoh's on Main, where creativity meets comfort. Our eclectic eatery serves up chef-inspired American cuisine in a vibrant, yet relaxing atmosphere that's as colorful as it is inviting. By day, our cozy coffee shop fuels your mornings and afternoons with specialty brews and delicious, hearty, and healthy breakfast & lunch options. As night falls, our dinner menu, weekly rotating specials, craft cocktails, and local draft beers take center stage. But that's not all - every Friday, our window stage comes alive with live music from talented local artists, spanning a multitude of genres. Explore our walls, where stunning works by local artisans await discovery - and maybe even take a piece home! Join us for craft nights, Silent Art auctions, and a dining experience that's fun for all ages. At Markoh's, we're proud to support local distributors, ensuring every ingredient is fresh, sustainable, and full of flavor. Come taste the difference for yourself!

3. Forge and Vine

4.6

Exceptional(3186)

€€€€Price: Moderate

• Contemporary American • Groton

Booked 46 times today

Forge and Vine is a fun place to dine with its lively atmosphere, delicious food, and friendly service. Reviewers rave about the 'fun atmosphere' and 'beautiful environment'. The restaurant's creative cocktails and ever-changing dessert menu add to the fun vibe. The staff's warm and inviting demeanor also contributes to the overall enjoyable experience.

4. Prima

4.7

Exceptional(872)

€€€€Price: Expensive

• Italian • Charlestown

Booked 91 times today

Located on the edge of City Square Park in Charlestown, Prima is an energetic Italian celebration of reimagined classics. Our beautifully restored grand bar and dining room – which overlooks the park as well as the city skyline – strives to honor our building’s past and its prestigious placement at the gate of this historic Boston neighborhood.

5. Krasi

4.9

Exceptional(1887)

€€€€Price: Expensive

• Greek • Back Bay

Booked 62 times today

Krasi is love. Krasi is life. Krasi is wine, literally.Krasi is about conversations and the people immersed in them. It’s about new friends, old friends, and turning strangers into friends.With a Greek wine list of over 180 all natural and biodynamic selections, every pour tells a story. Our menu of regional Greek meze set the stage to feast like the gods. Uncover and rediscover Greece with us. Krasi is Greek, differently.

6. The Red Fox

4.5

Awesome(216)

€€€€Price: Expensive

• Italian • North End

Booked 54 times today

The Red Fox is an Italian American restaurant and lounge brought to you by All Day Hospitality Group (Tony & Elaine's, Ciao Roma, Farmacia, Ward 8). The focus of the menu is on handmade pasta and a mix of throwback dishes and Italian classics, with a fantastic cocktail menu with nostalgic martinis and high quality seasonal cocktails, and an excellent wine list. Located in The North End, The Red Fox pays homage to the Italian American neighborhood and some of the great old school establishments in the city.

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7. The Venetian Restaurant

4.4

Awesome(1290)

€€€€Price: Moderate

• Italian • Hingham

Booked 9 times today

Partners, Eric Papachristos and Chef Paul King have brought The Venetian back to its glory days. Chef Paul focuses on the classics of neighborhood Italian American cuisine, homemade pasta, steaks & chops straight from the butcher, Craft cocktails, and an impressive Italian & American wine list. A fresh renovation has brought 1950’s elegance of black tin-ceilings, red leather tufted booths, and chandeliers to the South Shore.The Venetian – A Weymouth Tradition, Reimagined.

8. Uni

4.6

Exceptional(2293)

€€€€Price: Very Expensive

• Contemporary Asian • Back Bay

Booked 39 times today

Serving inventive Japanese cuisine using the freshest seafood from Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji market and local New England fishermen, and borrowing influence from the streets of Tokyo, Shanghai, Singapore, Bangkok and Bangladesh, Uni is the evolution of Ken Oringer’s intimate sashimi bar of the same name, which expanded into the former Clio space in 2016. UNI is currently helmed by Executive Chef David Bazirgan.

9. Giulia Restaurant

4.8

Exceptional(1824)

€€€€Price: Expensive

• Italian • Cambridge

Booked 29 times today

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.

10. Grill 23 & Bar

4.7

Exceptional(8891)

€€€€Price: Very Expensive

• Steak • Back Bay

Booked 151 times today

Brandt family beef, New England seafood, seasonal produce, decadent desserts, a world-class wine list, outstanding service and warm hospitality. A truly American experience. Boston’s top steak and seafood grill for more than 30 years. Consistently named Boston's Best Steakhouse by The Improper Bostonian Magazine and Boston Magazine. A 2000+ bottle wine list that encompasses wines from around the world and is the only Boston recipient of Wine Spectator’s Grand Award.

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Nikhil
Greater Boston •1 review
5.0
Dined 2 days ago
Krasi exceeded my expectations with its bold Greek flavors and incredible wine selection. The crispy chicken skin was a highlight, pairing perfectly with the htapiti. The charcuterie board was outstanding, and both the apaki and patates were flawlessly prepared. The wine menu is exceptional, offering an impressive variety of Greek and orange wines, making for a truly elevated dining experience. A must-visit spot for anyone looking to explore Greek cuisine and wine at its finest. I’ll definitely be returning!
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KrasiPrice: Expensive• Greek• Back Bay
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4.9
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RobertVIP
Greater Boston •40 reviews
5.0
Dined 3 days ago
wonderful experience all around -well made creative cocktails, tasty entrees and great service
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PrimaPrice: Expensive• Italian• Charlestown
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4.7
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TraceyVIP
Greater Boston •25 reviews
5.0
Dined 5 days ago
The food is always delicious and our server, Robert, was fantastic! We enjoyed our evening very much. Thank you!
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Forge and VinePrice: Moderate• Contemporary American• Groton
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4.6
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Nancy
Greater Boston •6 reviews
5.0
Dined 7 days ago
Food was excellent. Service was exceptional. Our waitress Trisha was by far the best server we've had in recent dining experiences (at other restaurants)
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Lucia's TavolaPrice: Expensive• Italian• Ayer
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4.7
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Clint
Greater Boston •2 reviews
5.0
Dined on 14 Feb 2025
We always enjoy Markoh's for cocktails and dinner. The food never disappoints, and the atmosphere is cozy and comfortable. Depending on the size of the crowd, it can range from very quiet to boisterous.
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Markoh's On MainPrice: Moderate• Contemporary American• Ayer
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