Osteria Posto - Waltham

Seared gnocchi and roasted chicken was good. Drinks were excellent. The chicken parm was really less than average. Wouldn't order that again. But we do want to come back as everything else was great

Osterio is a certainly fine dining but overall we were disappointed for a number of reasons. For each course, one of us was disappointed in what was served. I started with the Caprese salad , but instead of using succulent heirloom tomatoes, the dish used Tiny cherry tomatoes buried in a huge bed of greens, and the supposedly homemade mozzarella looked and tasted more like shaved Parmesan. The dressing was overly sweet, heavy and did not resemble balsamic vinegarette. Nor did the dish resemble any kind of Caprese salad that I ever had been served. It shouldn’t be called a Caprese salad in my opinion. My wife however enjoyed the Harvest salad. The bread seemed not to be fresh, and was on the stale side. For entrees, my wife got the Haddock with roasted mushrooms and potato purée special, which I must say was off the charts delicious. But I was disappointed in the Tuscan seafood stew. It contained shrimp, nicely done, but the rest of the dish consistent of rubbery, tiny calamari, tiny, tiny mussels in the shell, and a tiny piece of white fish, all buried in a spicy sauce with three or four large ciabatta on the top. Visually it was more appetizing than the actual experience of eating the dish. The service was just so so. We had to ask for bread, and it took and overly long time before we were able to place our order. However, someone did come over to take our drink order right after we were seated which was nice. On the plus side, my wife’s drink was superb. She got the Hayride, and it cleverly had a thin apple slice affixed to the lip of the glass with a close pin. Pretty cool. Bottom line for us: This restaurant is not cheap, and we expected a better dining experience for the price. We might return because of the Haddock dish, but otherwise not sure

First time at this restaurant. My biggest complaint I had was I have an allergy and felt the majority of their salads, appetizers, and entrees included these ingredients. Also, I find most restaurants and chefs accommodating and no manager or chef came out to discuss this with me. In addition, the service was slow, and not sure if this is due to the number of staff members working due to the pandemic but overall neither my husband nor I found the food favorable and wouldn't dine there again

Amazing food, excellent service. Great wine. I could not recommend them more highly

The food was very good, and service was good. The prices charged for the meals were higher than the prices posted on the menus. Note that depending on where you sit in the covered patio area, you will have to deal with the overwhelming roar coming from the highway