Highest-rated comfort food restaurants in Boston by diners

Comfort food. Just saying the phrase manages to create a feeling of warmth that suddenly envelops you and travels directly to your stomach. It's the small, happy dance you do in your chair as your mom puts your favorite dinner in front of you when you go home to visit. It's the infamous cranberry sauce that your beloved aunt makes every Thanksgiving. It's the inexplicably delicious French bread pizza that makes you remember the nostalgia of childhood when everything was simple and eating pizza for lunch felt like a dream come true.

There's a wonderfully subjective quality about comfort food because when it comes down to it, the only criterion it has to have is that it has to make you feel comfortable when you eat it. It's the dish you eat when you're having a rough day—like a huge bowl of chocolate ice cream—or it's the dish you eat when you have something amazing to celebrate—also a huge bowl of chocolate ice cream.

Whether you're out traveling for work, enjoying a road trip for solely play-related purposes, or just tired of figuring out what to have for dinner tonight, Stacker decided to help you find some of the highest-rated comfort food restaurants in Boston, using Yelp data current as of July 22, 2025. The restaurants that serve the starchy, salty, sweet, greasy, cheesy, flaky, buttery comfort food that hits close to home, exactly when you need it most.

Businesses in the "comfort food" category were selected using Yelp's ranking system, which calculates an adjusted rating value that takes into account the number of ratings as well as the rating score itself. Only businesses with at least 20 reviews and within a 10-kilometer radius of Boston were considered. Also, in an effort to highlight independent businesses and local chains, those with more than 10 locations nationally, based on our Yelp data, were not included.

Keep reading to find out if your favorite comfort spot made it or to find a new favorite!

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Wingz and Tingz

1 / 19

#19. Wingz and Tingz

- Rating: 2.8/5 (52 reviews)
- Address: 94 Shirley St. Boston , Massachusetts
- Categories: Comfort Food, Chicken Wings, fast food
- Read more on Yelp

Fire + Ice

2 / 19

#18. Fire + Ice

- Rating: 3.1/5 (953 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 205 Berkeley St. Boston, Massachusetts
- Categories: American, Cocktail Bars, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

A&B Kitchen • Bar

3 / 19

#17. A&B Kitchen • Bar

- Rating: 3.4/5 (159 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 115 Beverly St. Boston, Massachusetts
- Categories: Burgers, Comfort Food, Sports Bars
- Read more on Yelp

Go Go Curry Cambridge

4 / 19

#16. Go Go Curry Cambridge

- Rating: 3.4/5 (134 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 581 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Categories: Comfort Food, Japanese Curry
- Read more on Yelp

Harrow's Chicken Pies

5 / 19

#15. Harrow's Chicken Pies

- Rating: 3.4/5 (58 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 810 Providence Hwy Dedham, Massachusetts
- Categories: Comfort Food, Chicken Shop
- Read more on Yelp

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Sip Wine Bar & Kitchen

6 / 19

#14. Sip Wine Bar & Kitchen

- Rating: 3.5/5 (374 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 581 Washington St. Boston, Massachusetts
- Categories: Wine Bars, Comfort Food, Cocktail Bars
- Read more on Yelp

Iris Restaurant

7 / 19

#13. Iris Restaurant

- Rating: 3.5/5 (81 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 432 Salem St. Medford, Massachusetts
- Categories: Pizza, Comfort Food, Burgers
- Read more on Yelp

Rising Eagle Publick House

8 / 19

#12. Rising Eagle Publick House

- Rating: 3.6/5 (120 reviews)
- Address: 505 Main St. Melrose, Massachusetts
- Categories: American, Comfort Food, Burgers
- Read more on Yelp

Lucky's Lounge

9 / 19

#11. Lucky's Lounge

- Rating: 3.7/5 (727 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 355 Congress St. Boston, Massachusetts
- Categories: Lounges, American, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

Civility Social House

10 / 19

#10. Civility Social House

- Rating: 3.7/5 (71 reviews)
- Address: 490 Foley St. Somerville, Massachusetts
- Categories: Cocktail Bars, Desserts, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

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Hunter's Kitchen & Bar

11 / 19

#9. Hunter's Kitchen & Bar

- Rating: 3.8/5 (125 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 110 Dorchester St. Boston, Massachusetts
- Categories: Bars, Southern, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

Veggie Galaxy

12 / 19

#8. Veggie Galaxy

- Rating: 4.1/5 (1569 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 450 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Categories: Breakfast & Brunch, Comfort Food, American
- Read more on Yelp

Stillwater

13 / 19

#7. Stillwater

- Rating: 4.2/5 (272 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 120 Kingston St. Boston, Massachusetts
- Categories: Cocktail Bars, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

Cafe Mami

14 / 19

#6. Cafe Mami

- Rating: 4.3/5 (611 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 1815 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Categories: Japanese Curry, Soup, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

Bottega di Capri

15 / 19

#5. Bottega di Capri

- Rating: 4.3/5 (483 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 41 Harvard St. Brookline, Massachusetts
- Categories: Italian, Comfort Food, Seafood
- Read more on Yelp

Rubato

16 / 19

#4. Rubato

- Rating: 4.3/5 (185 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 412 Hancock St. Quincy, Massachusetts
- Categories: Hong Kong Style Cafe, Comfort Food, Cantonese
- Read more on Yelp

Sloane's

17 / 19

#3. Sloane's

- Rating: 4.4/5 (47 reviews)
- Address: 197 North Harvard St. Boston, Massachusetts
- Categories: Cocktail Bars, Comfort Food, Breakfast & Brunch
- Read more on Yelp

Comfort Kitchen

18 / 19

#2. Comfort Kitchen

- Rating: 4.5/5 (149 reviews)
- Address: 611 Columbia Road Dorchester, Massachusetts
- Categories: Comfort Food, Caribbean, Pan Asian
- Read more on Yelp

Jackson's Kitchen

19 / 19

#1. Jackson's Kitchen

- Rating: 4.6/5 (112 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 50 Massachusetts Ave. Lexington, Massachusetts
- Categories: American, Sandwiches, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

This story features data reporting by Wade Zhou and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 95 metros.