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Bisuteki Japanese steak house is an unusual place. Where else can you watch the chef slice and dice your dinner in front of your eyes and get a facial at the same time? This humid but incredibly popular restaurant – where patrons arrange themselves around a grill for dining and dinner theatre – offers all that and some very good food. Regulars gun for the hibachi chicken, shrimp and beef and Bisuteki’s homemade ginger salad dressing is a perennial favourite. Service is consistently attentive and the festive atmosphere is particularly well-suited to groups.
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Widely considered one of the best sushi restaurants in Boston, Fugakyu is worth the inevitable long lines. This crowded restaurant counts on a steady stream of regulars who are drawn to its off-beat offerings such as ostrich steak and its spirited cocktails including the pear saketini. As much a magnet for patrons in the Disneyworld-esque scenery that includes a moat around the sushi bar filled with food-bearing wooden boats, and screened off tatami rooms, perfect for a group.
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This ultra-hip new entrant to the Westin Copley mall is fast gaining popularity among both weary shoppers and hot young things searching for a light bit before a night on the town. Waits are long on weekend evenings, and the floor to ceiling windows affording views of Copley Square are utilised to best advantage during the day. No matter what time you arrive, go for some Osushi’s inventive hallmark rolls such as the shrimp tempura and avocado-filled crazy maki roll or the spicy salmon with hot sesame oil-stuffed TNT maki roll, and pair it with a sake from the restaurant’s impressive list.
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Not content simply to enumerate accolades for his New French-inspired Clio restaurant, Chef Ken Oringer recently opened the tiny Uni sashimi bar in the lounge of the famed boite as his experimental lab. The results have been as positive as they are pricey. Don’t expect to make a meal of rolls at this chic, 22-seat lounge, which emphasises exotic sashimi and raw dishes such as octopus ceviche, and toro tartare, and don’t expect to fill-up. But if melt-in-your mouth seafood and sexy drinks with [name]s such as Enter the Dragon are the order of the night, you may want to slither up to the bar with the rest of the cognoscenti.
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