Tresca - Boston

Best restaurant in the North End. I've tried over 15 different restaurants in the North End and have reached this conclusion. The food, location, ambiance, and excellent service are all what make a great restaurant in my opinion. When our order was wrong, the owner came out and personally apologized, corrected the meal and sent us free dessert. The next day we came again for dinner and he gave us a table outside during the Italian Festival and we told him it was so great we had to come back. It's a favorite pre-airport meal, a must pre or post Bruins game spot as the bar is always showing Boston sports, and a wonderful date night. Check it out!

Tresca is about 5-10 minutes from the Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market area and maybe 3 minutes from Paul Revere's house. It's one of many Italian restaurants along Hanover Street. We'd strongly advise walking as parking in the area appears sparse. Tresca is a two-story restaurant and we'd suggest going to the second floor. We were seated by a window with views of the street, which was great for people watching. There is something of a family feel about the place, including a very large family group seated next to us. We visited on a Saturday night. Reservations are essential as we saw many people turned away. I would rate our service as OK. It was a busy night and things were a bit slow. It wasn't that the service was bad, but it was basically what you'd expect and not much more. Those around us seemed to be enjoying themselves. Our food was very good. We had the arancini as an appetizer and pasta for our main courses (one carbonara and the other the black tiger shrimp). This is a good choice for an Italian meal.

Food was terrific- mushroom gnocchi. Great atmosphere and though they were busy it wasn’t crazy loud.

This place is incredible. Rich the owner is a great guy. Very friendly and the food is absolutely amazing . Have eaten in the north end and this is bye far the best food

Food was delicious. We loved it The waitress was excellent and the owner was very attentive. We loved the wine, it wasn’t super expensive but was very tasty. We’d definitely go back