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La Padrona
Italian
A grand staircase leads you from the ground-floor bar up to a high-ceilinged dining room of globe lights, gold accents, and big windows that have clearly been briefed on the assignment. Inside Raffles Boston, La Padrona is an opulent, high-energy Italian restaurant where the pastas are made in-house and the plates are sized for sharing. The New York Times put it on their restaurant list, and the chef is a James Beard Northeast semifinalist.
Seven honors, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- Eater Best New Restaurant
- The New York Times The Restaurant List
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Boston Magazine #7 · Top 50 Restaurants in Boston
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Boston
- Boston Magazine 2025 · Best Italian Restaurant · Best of Boston
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · Amarilys Colon
One number, weighted & current 85
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
- Cheese and fennel breadsticks Michelin Guide
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