Waypoint
Seafood restaurant · Cambridge
1030 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Highlights
Creative seafood, pizzas, pastas, and $1 oysters daily.
Creative seafood, pizzas, pastas, and $1 oysters daily.
"Waypoint in between Central Square and Harvard Square offers $1 oysters from 5 to 7 p.m., every day of the week." - Erika Adams
"Walking into a dark room and having friends and family yell “Surprise!” can be pretty lame three consecutive years in a row. Convince them to take you to Waypoint in Harvard Square instead, where there are much better surprises. There’s a lot of seafood on the menu, but none of it is what you would expect. Order the tuna crudo, and it’ll come with scallions, sesame, and chili crips. The cast-iron salmon is served with cici beans, torched grapes, and lemon. Each dish will keep everyone guessing, and that’s definitely safer when the lights are turned on." - joel ang, dan secatore, tanya edwards
"Waypoint is a big restaurant that always feels like a party. That could have something to do with the fact that it offers at least four different absinthe cocktails every night and the music is always blasting. But it’s really because of their exciting seafood dishes that put classic Boston seafood restaurants (whose menus are inspired from the goopy chowder that was served at the Kennebunkport Yacht Club’s 1989 awards dinner) to shame. Don’t miss the uni bucatini, octopus meatballs, and the wood grilled striped bass." - dan secatore
"Waypoint is a big restaurant that always feels like a party, thanks mostly to all the people drinking absinthe cocktails. It’s a seafood spot, but one where you get things like uni bucatini and octopus meatballs instead of baked scrod, which makes it a great place to take someone who doesn’t think they like traditional seafood. If no one you’re with is into fish and you ended up here by mistake, you’ll still be good if you explore the pizza menu." - dan secatore
"It’s possible that, during your brief time here, someone in your group gets sick of seafood before anyone else does. When that happens, head to Waypoint in Harvard Square, which is one of the most vibrant neighborhoods in the city, and one that you should be trying to see anyway - especially if you’ve ever wanted to visit six different bookstores in one afternoon. Split the clam pizza, uni bucatini, and a lot of absinthe cocktails and everyone will be happy." - dan secatore
