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A Night Out in Beacon Hill
Out and about on a Friday night....
My sister took me out for sushi at Ma Soba in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood. You can read my original review here. 
A summary of my experience from last April: With eight individual rolls per order we had plenty to eat and for the most part tasty palatable combinations. Overall, taking into account the non existent hard alcohol drink menu, the lackluster edamame and miso soup, and the poor execution of the maki, Ma Soba leaves much to be desired. It pains me to say, knowing the praise received by others in the past, I have tasted much better sushi in this city. Unfortunately, they didn't live up to the hype and I see no real reason why a return trip would be warranted.
Yikes, I was harsh! So why did I return? Because my sister had a Groupon and I believe everyone deserves a second chance. The edamame and miso soup were served hot, so the expediting of the plates went in our favor this round. Yet the service was still painfully slow; they were super busy and it is obvious how severely understaffed they are. My opinion still stands, the sushi at Ma Soba doesn't live up to favorites. I still feel as though they don't serve as high quality of fish. 
The expectation wasn't high going into the meal and the second time around, they didn't exceed by any means. But for an incredibly inexpensive meal and multiple carafes of hot sake with my sister, we still managed ourselves a good time. 
Afterwards, we made our way down the street to The Liberty Bar. We stayed at The Liberty Hotel back in December, and you can read all about the hotel, the bars, and our stay here. 
Besides a local overnight indulgence, it has become quite the nightlife scene for upper-twenty-somethings plus to mingle over cocktails. If you're past the club scene, the intense nightlife of a crowded bar, or looking for a low key evening (relatively speaking) you can come here! We were carded at the door of the hotel and planted ourselves on an empty couch in the far side of the lobby to sip expensive cocktails (all $15) and take in the scene. 
Quite the people watching experience it is. And apparently a good spot if you're playing the field aka single and ready to mingle. Which we are not. But just throwing it out there, in case you are. 
We thoroughly enjoyed our corner of the lobby and our first round of drinks, a Sapphire Darling Bombay Sapphire, Patron Citronage, Vanilla Bean Syrup & Lime for me and a French Kiss Grey Goose La Poire with Cassis, Pineapple & Champagne for Leah. 
Drink envy prompted a second round, this time with Leah ordering the Sapphire Darling. It is quite a tasty drink, but I was content to move onto the Winter Sangria Calvados, Local Apple Cider & Red Wine at the waitresses recommend, who by the way was attentive and super nice.
This was after our "we can only afford one drink here" statement. Seems we've made ourselves right at home.
Adam met up with us for a nightcap, which for me was a Stella Artois ($7). 
It was a slow start to my Saturday, but I managed to be productive and a post on the days adventures is sure to come!
My sister took me out for sushi at Ma Soba in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood. You can read my original review here. 
A summary of my experience from last April: With eight individual rolls per order we had plenty to eat and for the most part tasty palatable combinations. Overall, taking into account the non existent hard alcohol drink menu, the lackluster edamame and miso soup, and the poor execution of the maki, Ma Soba leaves much to be desired. It pains me to say, knowing the praise received by others in the past, I have tasted much better sushi in this city. Unfortunately, they didn't live up to the hype and I see no real reason why a return trip would be warranted.
Yikes, I was harsh! So why did I return? Because my sister had a Groupon and I believe everyone deserves a second chance. The edamame and miso soup were served hot, so the expediting of the plates went in our favor this round. Yet the service was still painfully slow; they were super busy and it is obvious how severely understaffed they are. My opinion still stands, the sushi at Ma Soba doesn't live up to favorites. I still feel as though they don't serve as high quality of fish. 
The expectation wasn't high going into the meal and the second time around, they didn't exceed by any means. But for an incredibly inexpensive meal and multiple carafes of hot sake with my sister, we still managed ourselves a good time. 
Afterwards, we made our way down the street to The Liberty Bar. We stayed at The Liberty Hotel back in December, and you can read all about the hotel, the bars, and our stay here. 
Besides a local overnight indulgence, it has become quite the nightlife scene for upper-twenty-somethings plus to mingle over cocktails. If you're past the club scene, the intense nightlife of a crowded bar, or looking for a low key evening (relatively speaking) you can come here! We were carded at the door of the hotel and planted ourselves on an empty couch in the far side of the lobby to sip expensive cocktails (all $15) and take in the scene. 
Quite the people watching experience it is. And apparently a good spot if you're playing the field aka single and ready to mingle. Which we are not. But just throwing it out there, in case you are. 
We thoroughly enjoyed our corner of the lobby and our first round of drinks, a Sapphire Darling Bombay Sapphire, Patron Citronage, Vanilla Bean Syrup & Lime for me and a French Kiss Grey Goose La Poire with Cassis, Pineapple & Champagne for Leah. 
Drink envy prompted a second round, this time with Leah ordering the Sapphire Darling. It is quite a tasty drink, but I was content to move onto the Winter Sangria Calvados, Local Apple Cider & Red Wine at the waitresses recommend, who by the way was attentive and super nice.
This was after our "we can only afford one drink here" statement. Seems we've made ourselves right at home.
Adam met up with us for a nightcap, which for me was a Stella Artois ($7). 
It was a slow start to my Saturday, but I managed to be productive and a post on the days adventures is sure to come!
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