One night I was tired on Friday night. I finished my work at 9:30pm then flown into this place to joined my colleague. I bought 1 round of party of 6. Not intending to be a cheap bastard, but it was just because I got there late and left early. However my tab was still $70. Whoa!! As fellow Yelpers complained, it was indeed pricey. But I didn't feel that it was that outrageous, considering of the venue. Decor was nice. Incredibly tall ceiling with multiple levels of balcony... I enjoyed picturing guards with shotguns walking around on it for the place once used to be jail. Because of enormous space, music remained music to me. Very soothing not blaring. To me, it is good relaxing place. It can be irritating for young folks in their 20's because of expensive drink & calm atmosphere could infuriate them. read more

I took sat in the beautiful lobby area (which though really pretty still feels slightly like a lobby... okay, more than slightly). I was meeting a friend for a few fancy pants drinks and snacks and the Liberty Bar really fits the bill for that sort of outing. We started with one of their "Sleek Cocktails" - giving in to the calorie conscious, they're less than 150 calories per cocktail. Between us we tried the Hydrate and the Rejuvenate. Though they were both quite tasty, I personally think the calorie savings was made in liquor... the buzz factor was pretty low - even on an empty stomach. When we reordered we decided to up the anti with The Pressing Issue (actual calories and actual liquor)... very yummy. You're all smart people so I am sure you can already ascertain that the drinks, though yummy, were not cheap. At all. We also got some snacks. Edamame and a single cheese - yummy. However, the real show stopper were the veal-ricotta sliders. Holy cheese infused ecstasy... I would come back for these alone... and can I have 19? Seriously, amazing. For those little dynamos alone I would give the place 4 stars. Service was good, it wasn't crowded (Monday evening) and the clientele was benignly amusing. Also, there was a monkey. That's right... a mother f***ing monkey. For real. read more

Ambiance is nice, love the mugshot photos on the wall. Went with a bunch of girlfriends because we are staying in the hotel. Overall it was a good experience. Drinks were good but the place was a little too dim. read more

What a fun place to have a drink in the Liberty Hotel that was once a jail. It's right in front of Mass General, so a little confusing to find. The motif is the original jail cells. Look around & take some fun pics. read more

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I went to Clink for restaurant week. I know most places aren't good during restaurant week and hotel restaurants are definitely no exception during ANY week, but after fantastic experiences at Aragosta and Miel, I gave Clink a chance. I knew it was a mistake the minute I saw the all-salad appetizers on their restaurant week menu. Way to be cheap. Turns out, I was wrong about that because their salads were actually the best thing they made. The Summer Salad of Pease, Heart of Palm, and Shiso Vinaigrette was full of crunchy vine-ripened snap peas with crisp palm hearts, probably the best salad I've had to date. It was hard to get excited about the run-of-the-mill Pearl Tomatoes with Aged Balsamic Mozzarella Pearls and Basil, but it was a fresh summer salad so no real complaints. The Swordfish with Succotash was another pleasant surprise. The fish was actually juicy and salted just right. I usually find swordfish bland, but this one was quite good. The Bavette Steak was where the mistakes started. The salsa verde was a hot green mess with a hint of cilantro and very little else. It didn't actually go with anything, including the steak, which was a nice medium rare with a toughness that decorates the nightmares of dedicated dentists. At least the yucca puree was good, but one good side doesn't make up for a plate of atrocity. The most fun part of this meal was the dessert, the best part being the appetizers. The chunks of chilled chocolate in the Mocha Granita will curb any chocolate craving, and the overflowing froth of the Taza Chocolate Ice Cream Float left little to be desired. Unfortunately, Clink just didn't do it for me. There were some highlights, but the steak was the ultimate low. As much as some things pleased me, I think I'd be more pleased in half the restaurants in Boston. read more

Came here with friends for their Fashionably late Thursdays and to use a Gilt discount. The Gilt discount included a bottle of champagne and two appetizers that were off the Clink restaurant menu. The Liberty Hotel is just a beautiful place to be in. You will seriously feel baller or fancy-schmancy in this place. Drinking champagne doesn't hurt the experience either. It's definitely a nice place to drink and to feel indulgent. I was a little disappointed in the appetizers though. We got foie gras(the most expensive thing on there) and yellowtail sashimi. I've had the fortunate opportunity to eat foie gras from France and the one I got at Liberty just paled in comparison. I really haven't had a lot of foie gras, but I was just really underwhelmed by this dish. The texture wasn't velvety and it had a slightly sweet aftertaste(which I did not expect). I thought the brioche paired with was too thick(and also a little on the sweet side), making the overall appetizer just too sweet to me. The yellowtail sashimi was tasty, but they gave a very small portion of it(about one small piece, the size you'd get at a sushi place) per person. If that's the amount they give normally, then it's quite price too! If you got cash to blow, sure, why not? Overall, would come back to drink at the Liberty Hotel. A little hesitant about coming back for the food. If I'm going to pay a lot, I want to be blown away by it. read more

Good and friendly bartenders who appear to be quite knowledgeable about some of the finer beverage options that the upper class customers request. The overall atmosphere is classy and trendy with a mixture of locals and tourists on a Tuesday night. While not necessarily a place I would go if I weren't staying at the hotel, it is nice and a good place for a nightcap if you're staying at the Liberty Hotel. read more

Food: 4 Decor: n/a Service: 2 Came here to grab some Sunday brunch to go before heading out. 1. GRANOLA AND GREEK YOGURT PARFAIT with Fresh Fruit and Honey ~Pretty good. Generous portion of yogurt. 2. FRESH BERRY BOWL ~Pretty good. Berries were relatively fresh. Service was disappointing. Order took a while, and then I waited nearly just as long for my check. read more

We finally were able to have dinner at Clink thanks to a Gilt City deal. It was definitely fun to go the famed Liberty Hotel - such a beautiful building in it of itself. The interior of Clink is fun, too - we were satisfied with attentive wait staff. The food was what you would expect at that price point. Interesting dishes, generally small portion size, good flavor. (see photos) Didn't blow our socks off but the venue itself made the trip worth it. read more

Clink - sashimi of yellowtail starter - New American Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

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Clink still has the brick walls and iron bars from when the building was a New England prison. It was crazy to think of the history of the building as we ate here, which really added some depth to the venue. We ordered the Yellowtail Crudo, Roasted Salmon, and Pork Chop and Belly. All were delicious and had unique, scrumptious flavors. The pork chop plate had an apple theme to it - the apple flavors seemed to be subtly infused throughout the meat, which worked really well. Clink has mixed reviews on Yelp, but we thought it was fantastic! The prison ambiance works in a very trendy, hipster way, the waitstaff was prompt and friendly, and the food was phenomenal. read more

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Made a reservation for Christmas Day dinner, we arrive a few minutes early and were promptly seated at our table. We started with the Gnocchi to share, and then had the prime ribeye and bucatini for our main courses. The aroma of the gnocchi was unpleasant, one might even say offensive. There were few pieces of lobster and the sauce was unappetizing. For the entrees, I ordered my steak medium rare and it was prepared correctly and I was overall pleased with the dish. My husband ordered the bucatini. On the menu it described a Smokey tomato sauce and that is an understatement. It tasted so heavily of smoke that there wasn't much to take away from the dish otherwise. Our server didn't really seem to want to serve us. I had ordered a Stella when we were seated and I'm not sure what he brought to the table but it wasn't a Stella. The restaurant wasn't overly busy, but steady, and it seems that he just didn't have time for us, which is disappointing. Our water glasses remained empty for most of our meal. The prices were quite steep for the portion size. It was a fun experience, but as others have said, not worth the price. read more

Fantastic We had an excellent meal. Menu was small but both of our meals were fabulous. Possibly the best swordfish I have ever tasted. read more

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We decide to have dinner here on our last night since we were guests of the hotel but honestly It was not worth the money spent. We were better off driving to go have dinner somewhere else. I ordered the salmon and it was over seasoned with salt and pepper. My husband had the sirloin steak and he didn't even bother to finish it. Honestly the best part was my cocktail and that came from the bar outside. Oh and be warned that the bread they bring to the table is so hard that you might break a tooth. I would have given 3 stars but not even the ambiance was nice. The cooks we're talking so loud and joking with waitress one of the guys phone was ringing. My husband and I don't go out without kids often so we were looking forward to a nice dinner out alone. It's a shame we stood at hotel on our last night. read more

You know, I want to love Clink. I really do. But I can't do more than 3 stars for this little place. My partner and I stayed at the Liberty and had to check out very early in the morning to drive back home and get to work on time. We got downstairs and seated at 6:30am and were seated quickly. The waiter was friendly and told us repeatedly to "enjoy." We ordered quickly. I got a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich and my partner blew my mind by not getting the Benedict (he got an omelette). We waited. And waited. And waited. Probably around 7:10am we had our breakfast and then it took longer to get the check. We were on a tight timeline. The food was good and the sandwich was one of the better ones I've had. The English muffin it was on was delightful. My partner enjoyed his omelette. I will say, if you stay in the hotel, grab a cup of complimentary coffee. It's a hell of a lot cheaper than their literally $5 coffee inside Clink. Walked it right in and sat at the table. The waiter also called our car up from the valet, and that was appreciated. But overall, was frustrated with the length of time we waited for our food. read more

Meh. If I wasn't staying in the hotel, I wouldn't have eaten here given all of choices on Beacon St. I had the salmon. It was o.k. I can't remember everything that went into the dish. All I can recall is that I thought they were trying too hard. It had a glaze that was too sweet and the food underneath it was unremarkable. It's got a bit of a pretentious atmosphere, so I guess that was included in the bill because the salmon didn't warrant the menu price. read more

A fun place to go out and celebrate with friends! Note: Make sure to follow their dress code, I watched a group get turned away at the door because of their attire. It was a bit confusing to get in- don't use the gps address for clink, but for the hotel and go through the hotel lobby entrance. My Uber driver had us going in circles trying to find the restaurant entrance! The drink menu looked amazing, and the dinner entree list was half the size but still had great options. The waiter was helpful with alerting us to allergy info, and the chef accommodated a dairy intolerance for my meal, which is always appreciated. I had a chicken dish, and two guests had the most amazing things to say about the lobster dish. The hotel was incredibly decorated for the holidays, and I would highly recommend going to get a drink on a date here! read more

My night was ruined when the bartender accused me of not tipping him on my $18, TGIFridays quality margarita (which I obviously did). Never again will I spend my time and money at an establishment that treats customers so poorly. My sincerest wishes to the bar staff here. They are either being treated unfairly themselves, or the hiring standards are bottom of the barrel. Either way this was my first and last time setting foot in the Liberty Hotel. read more

Yeeesh....This place defies the statement: "the customer is always right" and possibly "chivalry is dead". Now, I'm not one to stand by old mainstream mottos that prioritize customers over other people... but this place certainly doesn't have an ounce of customer satisfaction part of their culture. It's certainly a shame because the restaurant is inside one of the nicest buildings I've seen in Boston - keeping all of the original architecture from the old jailhouse (hence the name Clink). So 6 of us gathered for overpriced lunch. I ordered a cheeseburger that had 6 little bugs on the lettuce. My uncle had a nice curly black hair on his plate. After telling the waitress, she was apologetic, but never told one of the 3 managers who were aimlessly walking about the deserted restaurant. We received our bill that had 18% gratuity on it, and no comps on any of our meals. The added gratuity is fine, but it was wrong of the waitress to not speak the manager about the situation. She probably thought the problem would die when we left, but she doesn't know my family.... After the meal, my father confronted the manager about the ants and hair, and the unmannerly manager smirked and condescendingly said "thanks for your feedback sir". This pushed my father to get a little more frank with the guy, and we were then escorted out of the premises. I suggest not going here, unless you like overpriced food accompanied by bad service and a side of ants! read more

Cool bar, even cooler drinks , but can't get 5 stars in my book unless a love can afford the prices! $17 cocktails...I will tell you this...it was delicious! I had the TEARS drink which had smashed grapes & basil ....and I LOVED it! Worth it to come see the old jail cells. Also check out the ballroom...kind of cool. read more

#Overprice #NiceAtmosphere #FairFood #RestaurantWeek Fair place. Been here for the Restaurant week the hotel looks nice but the food was just average and definitely not good for the price. The roasted chicken had a weird taste with squash and the alcohol was overpriced for sure. read more

Clink - New American Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

We sat at the bar for a nice cocktail and snack. The drinks were delicious, the service was great, but the ambiance eclipsed everything else....wow what a beautiful space! read more

My boyfriend and I came here to celebrate our anniversary and they treated us like VIP. We mentioned in the comments section on open table (while making a reservation) that it was out anniversary, and from the second we arrived everyone was so cheerful and wished us a happy anniversary. Our waiter, Lundy, brought us complimentary champagne to begin and made sure we were taken care of the rest of the night. The food was spectacular - we had the wild boar polenta and the beef tartar to start and they were out of this world. For dinner, my boyfriend had the pork chop and I had the swordfish- everything was fresh and seasoned perfectly. For dessert, the apple cobbler did not disappoint. We will definitely return to clink and we recommend it to all those celebrating special occasions or a night out on the town! read more

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Stayed at the liberty hotel and had breakfast at clink in the morning. My bfast was comped with Amex fine hotels and resorts. I ordered the 3 egg omelette with sausage, mushroom, spinach and goat cheese. It came with a side of potatoes and wheat toast. Pricey breakfast at $28, but was very good. Solid coffee as well and great service. Wouldn't have wanted to pay this much if it wasn't comped but typical luxury hotel pricing. read more

We were extremely disappointed with the service, which, in reading through the hundreds of complaints on Yelp, lets us know that our experience wasn't a one-off. The server showed zero warmth - not a single smile. It was very transactional. As this was Christmas Eve, we were surprised to not even receive a "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays." Just flat and cold. The first course was a seafood platter, which was wildly overpriced at $40. The platter only contained a few small oysters, a couple of tasteless slimy lobster claws, tuna tartare and 2 or 3 jumbo shrimp. That's it. For $40. Ridiculous. The rest of the food, however, was very tasty. Our entrees never arrived. Even though we were among the first people to be seated, for some reason our order took a very long time, and the server wasn't anywhere to be found. He never checked back with us even once to ask about the food or if we needed anything. Finally he sauntered by, not looking at us, and I managed to flag him down and ask the whereabouts of our entrees. I had to ask a bus boy the location of the restroom, and he had the same indifferent, unsmiling attitude of the server. In thinking back, I first noticed this when we pulled into the Liberty Hotel and had to wait for valet service. The valets seemed arrogant and happy to keep you waiting and waiting without explanation. It was a sneak preview of the kind of service we would receive in the restaurant. I would not recommend Clink, which is a shame because the food is good and the hotel and ambiance were lovely. In my opinion the poor service cancels all of that out. read more

Let me start off by saying that yes, I know and understand that mistakes happen. However, my time at Clink was terrible and here's why. The two of us had reservations for a Saturday morning brunch(10:45.) It wasn't busy, there were plenty of tables available when we arrived. We were seated promptly, had the menus given to us, and had ordered a western omelet each. All was fine. However, 30 minutes go by and still no food. Still not busy. The family of 4 sitting who came in after us had their food brought out 10 minutes ago---what gives? The waiter, who we hadn't seen since he brought us our ice water and poured a coffee, comes up to our table and asks "have you had food yet?" We respond "no." He disappears to the kitchen, comes back 5 minutes later and asks what it was we had ordered. He walks off again and then returns and asks if we'd like a free drink from the bar and that our food will be out in "2 minutes." We each order a mimosa. Our omelets come out 10 minutes later. It was good, but nothing to write home about. Especially not something to wait 40 minutes for. We finish up and again, our waiter is nowhere to be found. We wait for 15 minutes trying to spot him to ask for our check(by this point we were just fed up and ready to get out of there.) I finally decided to just get up and go find him and ask for our check. Found him hanging around the hot lamps in the kitchen and ask for the check. I imagine he had realized by this point he wasn't getting much of a tip so he had stopped putting in any effort. So, in the end, 40.66 for 2 omelets, a few potatoes, toast, and atrocious service. Probably the worst service I've ever experienced hands down. Won't be back and won't be recommending Clink to anyone ever. read more

Meh. It was alright. Not much to say here other than the meal was decent but I wouldn't actively seek out the place again. First - the positives. The host and servers were great. Very professional, very quick, and just all-around great service. 5/5. The ambiance was great and made me feel at home. 4/5 The there's the food. There was nothing wrong with the food per se. I ordered the oysters (which were good but incredibly expensive at $4 each), the beet salad (with great dressing but not enough beets to call it a beet salad), the poached lobster, and the chocolate tart for dessert. The food quality was decent. The taste was average. I also ordered 2 cocktails (which were again, average). Nothing stood out or was exceptional in my experience here. Just average food at a high price ($168 with gratuity). So, bottom line, nothing wrong with eating here but no real reason to eat here either. read more

Our breakfast wasn't great here, but in the end the manager made it right, thanks Fernando.

CLINK - Because what every girl is their mid-20s is looking for is a 50 year old man with his shirt unbuttoned down to his navel. First I will start with the good, because after all I gave Clink 4 stars. Because Clink is in the lobby of the hotel, it stays open later than two, so I get to spend more time watching Balison get crazy on strangers. Also, large glasses of wine. And people come here to act pretentious, so you know you will meet some characters. And honestly, cool scene. But let's get down to the good stuff. Sometimes when I'm getting ready to go out, I look in the mirror and think - "Man, Jen S...you know what you haven't done in a while? You haven't gotten hit on by a really old man who will blatantly attempt to use his money to attract you. I'm talking OLD man...dentures wearing, almost-in-adult-diapers old man." Then I put on my best standing around shoes and hop the nearest Boston Cab to Clink. This bar never ceases to disappoint. Below are some of the men that you will literally find at this bar every time you go. (1) The Radiologist aka Dr. Steve. The first time I met Dr. Steve, I was with my friend Crazypants. Balison and I have been hanging with Crazypants (CP to make it easier on my typing fingers) and she fits in well with us - see the nickname. This guy sidled up to us, bald head glimmering in the dim lighting, paunch hanging aggressively over his belt buckle, and coolly informed me that he makes over $500,000, and is in fact a doctor in private practice. Were I not a nice young woman, I would have inquired why he didnt use some of that hard earned dough to get hairplugs, liposuction, and some class. Thankfully, I bit my tongue because moments later he invited us to attend one of his "parties" frequented by over 300 influential people. CP and I will surely be banging down the door of that party this summer. Unless I have my frontal lobotomy scheduled for that day. (2) Dr. Steve's friend, "The Bulgarian" Because we are the luckiest women in the world, Dr. Steve introduced us to his friend, after he asked CP if she liked Bulgarians (apparently he had his sights set on me - YESSSSSSSSSSSS) and she replied no. That didn't dissuade Dr. Steve...he wanted to hook his boy, The Bulgarian, up with CP. No wonder - her pants were looking particularly crazy on this night. Naturally, CP ignored The Bulgarian. But two weeks later, at this very same hotel "lounge", The Bulgarian appeared as though from nowhere to ask my group of friends "May I ask you a question, as females?" to which my friend replied "None of us are female" to which The Bulgarian - seemingly unphased - replied "you all look like females to me." Astute. (3) The hot bartender from Harvard Gardens who had to clean up Balison's puke (by the way do you think there's any way he reads these?) Okay, technically he doesnt work at Clink, but he works downstairs at Alibi (no longer at Harv Gardens) and his name is Justin. Seriously, go check him out. (4) The Man With the Fake Tan and His Shirt Unbuttoned to His Navel, showing off Considerable White Chest Hair Because he is ONE HUNDRED AND TWO YEARS OLD. Oh Im sorry. Did I say "The MAN" SINGULAR? Don't you worry - Jen S. and Balison wont be monopolizing all of these fine specimens - there are plenty to go around. Most recently I went out with Balison, CP, and Balison's roommate The Melestor and there was a swarm. Balison and The Melestor settled on talking to two "pilots" who were furiously showing off chest hair and looked like they had been tanning on the surface of the sun before jetting back to earth to arrive at Clink and pursue us. Thankfully, the night ended with only the Melestor exchanging digits, which is okay, because she likes a crusty old man. In conclusion, go to Clink, drink their large glasses of wine, and say hello to the old people for me - just make sure you speak loudly and into the ear with the hearing aid. read more

If you are impressed with middle-aged men buying bottles of Veuve Clicquot to attract mid-twenties females with their baller status, this is the place for you! If you think the see-and-be seen crowd consists of juiced up suits having virtual pissing contests with one another via how many buttons they have undone on their shirts relative to how many bottles they've bought that evening divided by the date of their last eyebrow wax appointment, then try Clink. And finally, if you enjoy hanging out in hotel lobbies, being oggled by men who are your father's age (or at least an uncle), rubbing elbows with millionaires (or so they say, very loudly, in slurred speech) and lounging around on overstuffed velvety couches, head on over to the Liberty Hotel...Clink is where it's at. If you're into that sort of thing. read more

Clink is the lobby bar in the Liberty Hotel, which was built inside a former prison. I see what they did there. Achingly clever names aside, this was a great place to have a late brunch while visiting my friends. First off, the space is INCREDIBLE. The exposed-beam ceilings soar 4 stories up, with iron balconies circling the lobby, presumably preserved from its time as a slammer. There are giant macabre iron chandeliers hanging from the ceiling that look straight out of a medieval dungeon, and on the landing of each balcony are what eerily resemble electric chairs. Normally I scoff at such self-conscious theme-y-ness, but they managed to get it just right. And seriously, I challenge you to argue that hanging out in an old jail isn't REALLY FREAKING COOL. We started with a round of Crystal Marys, which even after reading the ingredients on the drink menu we weren't sharp enough to realize didn't have tomato juice, just tomato vodka. This meant that the drink was basically vodka and horseradish with a hint of tabasco and cucumber slice, and it was not all that great. If I'm going to drink vodka, there pretty much needs to be tomato juice. Our food, though....I have absolutely nothing bad to say about the food. Excellent Cuban sandwich grilled on an inside-out baguette, filled with tasty meat, cheese, pickles and a spicy aioli, and a buttery 3-cheese grilled cheese on thick sliced bread. Both were served with a generous helping of some of the absolute best sweet potato fries I've ever had, seriously. I don't always love SPFs, but when they're done right, look out. Look out for what, you ask? I'm not exactly sure, but you'll know it when you see it. If you're a real high-roller, you can order the first item on the menu, The Key (GET IT???). For a mere $500 you can have 2 Gran Patron Platinum Cocktails, 2 Oysters, and 1 "Fantastic" room with "Intimacy Kit". The three of us debated splitting it just to find out what was in the intimacy kit. But alas, our lunch alone was not exactly recession-friendly (though worth it for getting to sit in that gorgeous lobby), so we had to pass. Next time we're in the Clink though (oh! ha!! hahahaha! Do you see what I did there?) with fatter wallets, it's on. read more

Having drinks at Clink is like negotiating an Italian bus station full of pick pockets. Clink sells glasses of wine in three different sizes. Baby Bear wine is cheap, and just gives you a taste. Mama Bear is mid sized, and mid price range. Papa Bear is huge and expensive. So you get the Baby Bear wine. You finish it. You like it. The bartender says "would you like another glass?" and you say "yes." Except they bring and charge you for the Papa Bear glass of wine. Which was, say $20 more than Baby Bear. You get a $100 check when you were expecting $30. Not cool. I've fallen for this more than once and I always leave feeling like I've been swindled. So, to reiterate, Clink is much like a dirty foreign bus station. read more

Clunk. Expect not to be wowed by the food. Take in the ambiance. Expect to be impressed by the way an old jail has been transformed. . Show up with a dear old friend. Expect a table in an awkward corner. Arrive with with your generous father and your adorable old uncle. Expect a much better seat. Order lobster rolls- get Lays potato chips on the side. Expect familiarity with junk food from a bright yellow plastic bag. Try to find absent minded waiters. Expect delays. Lack fresh utensils for dessert. Expect to end up licking your soup spoon. No cream and sugar for coffee. Expect serious hand waving. Need lemon for tea. Expect to go without. Order desserts that look pretty but taste just ordinary. Expect knowing there are better options nearby in the North End. Drink up. Expect decent drinks with hefty price tags. Keep coming back. Expect to try again. read more

Lock me Up and Throw Away the Key I recently had the pleasure of spending a couple of days in jail. Seriously, a jail! The Liberty Hotel is the former Charles Street Jail and is one of my favorite places in Boston. I checked-in on a Monday afternoon and didn't leave until 48-hours later. I was able to relax, workout, eat very well and party without having to leave the building. I found it difficult to decide where to eat first with so many options: - Alibi - Catwalk - CLINK. - Liberty Bar - Scampo After much deliberation, I was sentenced to serve my time at CLINK. After I was processed and settled into my quarters--which were quite comfortable--I rushed downstairs to participate in one of the many Liberty Affairs held for the inmates. Margate Mondays Every Monday at 4PM in CLINK. Executive Chef Joseph Margate holds a cooking demo not just for the Liberty inmates but for anyone interested in good food and making new friends. Margate Mondays are complimentary but have limited availability but all you have to do is RSVP at margatemondays@libertyhotel.com. My class had eight very interesting people who all appeared to frequent Clink. just for this occasion. I was surprised to learn that I was the only guest of the hotel present and everyone else lived in the surrounding Boston area. We learned how to make Pho Bac which was fantastic and I learned that I do not have the patience for the 3 hours it takes to make it. Thank goodness Chef Margate was able to give us the Cliff Notes version. I also learned that you can use Thai Basil to make a very good Mojito! You really can't go wrong here. Breakfast I was so pleased with my Pho Bac, I could not wait for breakfast. I knew I had a lot more eating to do during my sentence so I decided to take it easy and have a light breakfast. Winter Omelet Shrimp, brie, and spinach omelet served with breakfast potatoes and toast. I opted for the fruit cup instead of the toast since I had no plan for holding back at dinner. Quick. Clink. Lunch I did not have much time for lunch since I had a hearing so the Quick. Clink. Lunch was the perfect option for me. This comes with a sandwich, soup and sweets! - Soup: Seafood Chowder with brown bread crumbs - Sandwich: Crispy Nantucket Bay Scallop Roll with Chorizo spice pickled broccoli and Grainy Mayo Grillo's Pickle - Sweet: Chocolate Chip Cookies with Chef Margate's recipe Dinner My last meal in jail was well worth it. I was fortunate to have cellmate there to share it with. The Starters So many choices but we narrowed it down to three: - Foie Gras Torchon with Arrope and Brioche - Burrata Cheese with local apples, fennel confit and apple balsamic vinegar - Sashimi of Yellowtail with fried Quinoa and Aji Panca The Last Meal Believe it or not I still had room for more--it was my last meal. The Seared Scallops were perfect and I don't have anything else to say other than that! Sleek Cocktails I decided to pass on the dessert so I could sample some of the 150 Calorie and under cocktails. Very tasty minus the guilt and Clink. & Liberty Bar have a nice selection: - Harvest Margarita - Don Julio, lemongrass, agave & lime - Indulge - Chocolate Godiva Vodka, pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger rimmed & a ginger snap cookie - Late Harvest - Reyka Vodka, red apple, Thyme, Honey - Besame - Elderberry, raspberry leaves, ginger & topped w/ prosecco - Blackberry Jasmine Sangria - Red wine infused with jasmine, blackberry & cinnamon - Inner Glow - Veev Acai, nutmeg, sage, plums & topped with prosecco I was released for good behavior but I have to admit that I would not mind if someone wanted to lock me up and throw away the key--as long as it is at the Liberty Hotel. If I ever get locked up again in Boston, I will have to venture out to some of the other restaurants in the hotel. read more

Certainly the Boston 'see or be seen' establishment of the week. Food was absolutely delicious - really does range the spectrum from some of the best tuna tartar I have ever had to delicious cheese plates with interesting accompaniments (grappa soaked grapes?). We also had some delicious scallops, lobster risotto, fingerling potatoes fried in duck fat (wow) and beet salad. Really thought this place would be tacky and the jail theme a bit overplayed, but it was exactly the opposite. The Liberty Hotel was a great blend of the historic jail and a nice, modern hotel. While the waiters wore jail house numbers for uniforms, the menu did rely on prison puns for naming items. The 1 star is missing due to the price. I felt as if the menu was set up in order to get that extra $5-$10 at every turn. Steakhouse style a la carte entrees between $22-36 needed at least 1-2 $8-15 side orders to share. Other than that - meal was great. read more

So there's the "fashion show" that happens here every Thursday. But other times I've been here just to lounge around on a couch getting pleasantly inebriated, usually on weekend afternoons, a regular client (or maybe hotel guest) or two takes it upon him or herself to treat the whole lobby/bar area as his or her runway, and proceeds to strut back and forth ad nauseam. In other words, parking yourself on a couch with a drink and some friends can be an entertaining way to spend a few hours especially if you enjoy mocking strangers for no reason in particular, or even if you enjoy such a past-time more reasonedly. The food in the actual restaurant here also isn't so bad, although neither my dinners nor brunches (for the latter, it's mandatory buffet) have been especially memorable. I come for the bar (and the building itself), and if I order food it's just a side-effect of imbibing. Also, if your liver fails you during all that drinking, Mass General Hospital is literally attached to the hotel. If you aspire to drink so much that you become hospital-worthy, however, expect to spend a lot of cash; the drinks here are on the expensive-side--many of the standards will cost you $15-16. read more

Clink is more like a STINK. The restaurant is situated in a former prison-turned-trendy and chic hotel now known as The Liberty. The ambience has a sexy vibe and could be a great choice for a girls night out, especially with the lounge right downstairs. However, the food was more than disappointing, especially after being left feeling famished after eating an appetizer AND an entree. We ordered the charcuterie dish to share, which was nothing special. It was a plate of mixed pork meats, but it was something I could have made at home. Usually I expect a little more from a $25 appetizer, but it was just slices of salami and proscuitto with some mustard (something I could have bought from Trader Joe's for $7 and put on a plate myself). Clink could have spiced up this appetizer a little more by putting something original on the plate that would be worth the price they charged for it. For my entree I order the ricotta gnudi, thinking that this would be a filling dish. When the waiter brought it out, it was like fancy-French restaurant portions. It was interesting to try something new, but the dish was too salty, and the portion was incredibly small. I could have eaten it in four bites and it was not worth it for $21. I would have expected this dish to be more of an appetizer than an entree! Lastly, the waiter was nice, but he was really slow. The restaurant was pretty empty so I would have expected him to come around more, but I felt like we were waiting around for a while for him to come back and take our order. I only gave this restaurant an extra star because my friend got the pork loin/belly dish and I know she really enjoyed it. Perhaps I ordered the wrong dish, but I still felt ripped off. read more

Let's just say my blah experience at Clink just brought me back to Yelp after a decent hiatus. To start I ordered a Cosmo. And got a vodka martini. No complaint on my end- hey could have been a simple mistake; the drink did it's job. After that our waiter just disappeared. And well that is how the experience ends. We were there for dinner. Didn't happen. read more

Went here tonight for restaurant week. There were 8 of us. 6 of us ordered off of the restaurant week menu, two did not. All was going fine up until the entrees were delivered. After the entrees our waiter whose name was Gumby or Grundly or something like that vanished. We were never offered another bottle of wine or other drinks, we were never asked if everything was ok, nothing. The 6 desserts that had been pre-ordered as part of the restaurant week menus were delivered. But the two of us who had not ordered from the RW menu were never offered a dessert menu, coffee, or more drinks (all of which I would have said yes to). In fact, we asked three different bus boys to send the waiter over. He never appeared. Well, that's not true. Once he started walking toward our table and then turned around a la a Pac-man ghost. The second time he walked to the table next to us to pick up their check without even looking our way. It became comical and my friend joked, in keeping with the jail theme, that we were in solitary confinement. The waiter definitely missed out on increasing the bill significantly. An extra round of drinks for 8 people plus two desserts and coffee could be upwards of $100 on the bill. I guess he saved me some money. When he finally brought the bill, he said 18% tip had added. I guess we know why he disappeared. Just didn't care. He didn't come back to pick p the credit cards in a reasonable amount of time, so one of the guys in our party ended up taking the bill to the front to get the credit cards run so we could head out. It's too bad, we were really enjoying ourselves. We got a kick out of mocking how terrible the service was. it really was laughable. The restaurant was not event crowded by the time we were leaving. The food was generally pretty good. The two of us who didn't get restaurant week menu were happier with our meals. There was kale or some leafy green veg in two different meals at our table. We both noted that it was gritty/sandy. Weird. Desserts didn't get great reviews. My companion, however, said the pork was the best ever. I liked my salmon quite a bit and my scallop app was good. Duck egg got good marks. So, that's it. I'm big on service, so this was a pretty big black mark in my mind. Bummer. I've really enjoyed my RW meals in the past. read more

Menu and food just alright. My salmon was undercooked. Atmosphere was just ok as well. The bar directly below Alibi is much cooler and the drinks were good there. read more

I was really excited to come here for dinner because I've heard such positive things, mainly in regards to the atmosphere. I have to say I was a bit disappointed. While the restaurant looks really cool, it was incredibly loud. I could barely hear my dinner companion who was sitting directly across from me. They did have a decent wine list, and I was happy with my glass of wine. My bf didn't love his first cocktail (ordered off the menu), but the old fashioned he ordered was good. None of the appetizers jumped out at us, so we both attracted to the duck for our entree. The duck was amazing. It seriously turned everything around. It was served with their version of "gnocchi", which was essentially a stick of mashed potato with a crispy shell. DELICIOUS! If all I had to have were these gnocchi sticks for the rest of my life, I think I would be just fine. So why the 3 stars? The big draw of this place seems to be the atmosphere, and the atmosphere was really not my scene. Places where you can't hear the other person speak are not at all appealing to me. For that reason, despite the delicious dinner entree, I will not be back to Clink. read more