Little Donkey
New American restaurant · Neighborhood Four
505 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
Highlights
Globally inspired small plates, craft brews, and cocktails
Globally inspired small plates, craft brews, and cocktails
"How many luxe ingredients can one burger hold? According to Central Square mainstay Little Donkey, a bunch — and somehow, it all works out well in the end. The dry-aged beef patty is coated in cheese, onion soup mayo, buffalo pickles, with a few crispy jalapeño chips tucked in, too. It’s decadent, and it’s well worth the $17. Insider tip: This Central Square spot can get slammed on the weekend, but a weekday walk-in table is easier to score." - Erika Adams
"For a brief Katz’s pastrami takeover I observed that chef Jamie Bissonnette planned to serve pastrami sopes topped with habanero salsa, cotija, and pepitas at Little Donkey’s weekend brunch (Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.–3 p.m.) for $13, with the dish appearing at the Central Square location and the recipe made available as part of Katz’s summertime “Pass the Pastrami” series." - Eater Staff
"Little Donkey is a really fun tapas restaurant, although it stretches the definition of “tapas” away from its proper home in Spain and takes it all around the world. This Central Square eatery serves up everything from manti with red pepper butter to ramen cacio e pepe to burgers with foie gras." - Erika Adams
"Someone in the group wants Thai, another wants a burger, and someone’s new significant other says they’re “just having drinks.” You can satisfy everyone at this place in Central Square, which specializes in global tapas - meaning you can have a fried chicken sandwich, Bangkok street noodles, pupusa, and a caviar sandwich all in the same meal. Definitely check out the cocktails too - especially the one served inside a grapefruit, which is helpfully labeled on the menu as “The One in the Grapefruit.”" - dan secatore
"Little Donkey is a big place that hits the sweet spot between bar and restaurant. It’s also got a really broad menu of small plates that covers everything from Italian to Thai food, so it’s a great place to bring a group that can’t figure out what they want to eat before heading out for the night. The drinks are especially fun." - dan secatore
