YiDing Yu

Review of Ostra Boston

First, Excellent service and Covid precautions. We...

First, Excellent service and Covid precautions. We dined indoors. The truffle fries and rhode island calamari were well done. The crab risotto was rich and a bit tangy. Tangy was a surprise and would be fine... Except that the spanish octopus and shishito peppers we also got were both much more sour/lemony than we would have liked, so lemon sour overpowered the other appetizers as well! We thought that detracted significantly from both dishes.

There were some tiny pieces of crab shell in the risotto and some straw like inedible pieces in the calamari. Didn't cause problems for me but just took the polish off the dishes.

We got the paella. A different style than we've ever had before. It was sweet and smoky. Not our favorite version, though the seafood was nicely done and not overcooked.

Lastly, had the lemon white chocolate panna cotta. Like the theme of the night, the lemon overpowered everything else. So sour! Otherwise, a beautifully presented dessert.

Servings were generous.

I would recommend the fries, calamari, crab risotto, and octopus if you asked them to put lemon on the side.