Radius Restaurant

Discover one of the top-rated French restaurants in Boston

The sleek, stylish exterior of Radius Restaurant in Boston's Financial District gives you just a hint that you're about to experience of the best as well as most interesting French restaurants in Boston.

Radius celebrates sophisticated modern French cuisine while incorporating both traditional and contemporary dishes. 

Radius has been one of the most popular Boston French restaurants in the city since it first opened to rave reviews.

You'll see why once you savor a meal prepared with the seasonal ingredients, classical techniques, and flavored oils, emulsions, juices, and reductions favored by Radius Restaurant's talented and award-winning chef/owner Michael Schlow.  In fact, you'll start planning your return visit before you finish dessert.

Why is Radius one of the best French restaurants in Boston?

That's easy to answer:  the fabulous food!

The menu changes seasonally and to some degree daily, depending on what's best in the markets and the chefs' visions about how best to prepare it.

The lunch menu tends toward French bistro favorites . . . Soup de Poisson, Steak Tartare, and Bouillabaisse. 

You'll even find fabulous French renditions of American favorites - one of the best burgers in the city, and a club sandwich with shrimp, pancetta, tomato jam, and arugula that redefines this classic.

At dinner, you can typically choose a first course from French cuisine favorites such as Fois Gras, Golden Beet Salad with raisins, pistachios, ricotta, and endive, and Duck Breast glazed with tamarind.  

Main courses emphasize local and organic ingredients in dishes such as Slow-Roasted Salmon served with crispy mushroom cannelloni, turnips, apples, and lovage . . . Lamb with spiced eggplant, braised greens, and a mint yogurt sauce . . . Red Snapper with clams, zucchini, escargot, and saffron.

Vegetarians will find a number of yummy options.  Several first courses will suit vegetarians and vegans.  At dinner, a 5-veggie plate features fabulous preparations of seasonal offerings. 

Desserts also change seasonally - but you'll always find standouts in this part of the menu.  A well-loved local favorite is the signature Radius "Boston Creme Donuts" - a riff on Boston Cream Pie that features dark chocolate ganache and vanilla cream. 

Other mouth-watering treats that you may find on the dessert menu include Walnut Cranberry Cake with warm butterscotch sauce, a Mascarpone and Sesame Torte with espresso ice cream and touches of molasses and chocolate, and the classic French restaurant favorite, vanilla creme brulee.

What else should you consider at Radius?

In addition to the regular lunch and dinner menus, Radius Restaurant offers several other options that you may want to consider.  At Radius, like most other French restaurants in Boston, a memorable meal can put a dent in your wallet. 

Happily, you'll find a relative bargain - especially considering that this is one of the top Boston French restaurants - in the mouth-watering 3-course prix fixe menus for lunch ($29) and dinner ($45). 

But if you're in the mood (and financial condition) for a splurge, do consider the chef's special 7-course tasting menu, available with or without wine pairings.  The fabulous memory will linger long after you've paid the check.

Speaking of wine . . . you'll enjoy marvelous regional French wines and other specialties such as Armagnac to complement the flavors of the food.  The wine list is superb.

Details and directions for Radius Restaurant

Cost range:   $$$$
Meals served: Lunch and dinner
Address:  8 High Street; Financial District, Downtown Boston; Red Line/South Station
For more information and menus:  617-426-2526; website