Black Lamb

Food was amazing! The artichoke dip was very tasty and had a sense of chewing chicken.
While I'm generally not fond of goat cheese due to its strong flavor, their Basque cheese was delightful, with just a hint of the characteristic goat smell that I found tolerable.
However, their basque cheese was delicious with only a little flavour of the goat smell, which was tolerable for me.
Moving on to the lamb rib, I particularly enjoyed the combination of the red cabbage and the tangy sauce drizzled over it.
The meat itself was tender and easy to cut, making for a satisfying dish overall.
The waiter was very nice no complaints on that either. Regarding the bill, I don't have any complaints about the food, but I found the 4% administration fee added to the total bill alongside the tip a bit puzzling.
It feels like an additional tax on top of federal and state taxes.
While I understand the need to cover costs, it might have been simpler to adjust the selling price instead of introducing this additional fee at the end.
I suspect they're trying to convey that the price hasn't been increased by tacking on extra fees, but it's something to keep in mind when settling the bill, as this 4% also factors into the overall tip percentage paid. I couldn’t find the reply option so I’ll just comment on here.
I’m not from Boston but for a person who lived in Canada for some time, tipping is a norm which I get it.
But adding some additional fee like this means that the kitchen staff was kept being underpaid.
This adm fee is like a band-aid way of using customers’ money to pay for their underpaid staff.
During the pandemic, the Quebec gov was compensating 4-8% more to health workers in private and public sector to cover those gaps.
Hopefully, the gov here would do something with the minimum wage so people wouldn’t just rely on those surcharges to cover the cost.

Owner response

Oysters and cocktails — what better way to start a Monday? Black lamb certainly knew how to craft a delicious menu! While the servers weren’t the most welcoming the atmosphere and food made up for it!

Owner response

The lamb burger was excellent.
Went in for a quick bite and our waiter was kind enough to split our shared meal - the lamb burger and fries with truffle - on two plates and maintained the presentation and quality of the food.
But the real winner of the night were the two homemade cookies we took home.
My only complaint of the evening was the back corner of the restaurant we were seated in was a little too dark for my liking.
Overall though, a solid place for dinner.

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