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“The dining room is maybe not as cozy as other restaurants, but the food and attentive service make up for it.”
“had the delicious crab cakes benedict which was high on crab, and low on breadcrumb filler - just the way I like it!”
“we sat at the bar and had a great bartender.”
“Our flatbread and mediterranean salad were fantastic as well.”
“few more high top tables would be good, but otherwise a nice place to go for a drink and casual dinner.”
“Great to sit at the friendly bar after work and enjoy the company of the bartenders and locals.”
“Cocktails are pricey but also very good.”
“The manager told us that the reason our service seemed slow was that we had not ordered an appertizer.”View Less
Delicious spot for a dinner date!. Tryst is a real neighborhood gem with great food and service. I went last weekend for dinner with my boyfriend and had the seared scallops which tasted amazing! My boyfriend had the pork, which he said was really good too. I’m planning to convince some friends to try this place for brunch soon – I looked at the menu online and it looks delish!!…
Every kind of occasion Dining. Tryst Restaurant is the perfect place to go with a new friend, an old friend, or for date night. The food was amazing, the ambiance was perfect and I had the best Espresso Martini yet! Definitely going back there as soon as I can. Also- I saw that they’re running $10 specials on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights—the menu selection looked just as good as their regular menu! Seems like a really great deal..…
Close, But No Cigar.
Tryst is an elegant and much needed restaurant in Arlington Center. The menu is well crafted and executed, the service is top notch, the decor is sophisticated. It is all quite urbane, without being
pretentious.
My recent Saturday night there was typical of a Tryst experience. Fantastic food and service, but NO atmosphere. And on a Saturday night! The place was 3/4 full and should have had an energy and pulse about it. But it was standard Tryst, very quiet and kind of boring.
Then it hit me: There was no music. At all. None. For this place to truly shine, they need to find an employee with a decent iPod or something, because the atmosphere sucks.
I think people in Arlington and Lexington might just skip Tryst and continue into Cambridge, where it feels like there is some life.
I'm not asking for a party-bar scene. I'm just asking for some Billie Holiday, some Ella Fitzgerald, some Latin Jazz, some old soul music.....something AURAL to match every other sense that is aroused here.
Good music is such an important element of a dining experience. And it doesn't have to be loud.
Does Arlington have a NO MUSIC policy?
Come on Tryst, get hip!…
Nice restaurant. Just tried Tryst for the first time last week....we sat at the bar and had a great bartender. The food was great and service was good. We would like to have sat at the tables in the bar area, but it was crowded. A few more high top tables would be good, but otherwise a nice place to go for a drink and casual dinner.…
if you want a drink in Arlington.
Arlington being a "dry" town doesn't have any bars, per se, but if you want a drink you can get one with a meal - or just an appetizer- so one heads to Tryst. At lest that is what most Arlingtonians
that I know say to do . . . I'm new in town & I have been a few times with friends who wanted a drink.
The drinks are fine. The appetizers are good. the service is not what it should be. There is a difference between an unobtrusive server and one that ignores her/his customers.
I recently went f or a meal with friends. Do not s it in the back area. It is a dead zone. Uncomfortable booths. Unattractive decor. Stick in the front & sit at one of the small tables or at the bar. The back dining room looks like an after thought. And we sort of felt we ere too while having our meal there.…
