Bukowski`s Tavern in Cambridge

Bukowski`s Tavern in Cambridge
4.4 / 5
50 reviews

1281 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02139-1338, Cambridge

Overview

Cuisine
  • American
  • Bar
  • Pub
Features
  • Seating
  • Waitstaff
  • Serves Alcohol
  • Wheelchair Accessible
Good for
  • Bar scene

Restaurant Hours

Monday

11:30 am

Wednesday

11:30 am

Friday

11:30 am

Sunday

11:30 am

Is it always crowded there???

Only at peak hours friday/saturday, most of the time its pretty tame

Review

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Bukowski`s Tavern
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Lyric Porter
google
04.29.2024
5/5

Definitely a place worth trying, the food is fantastic and well prepared, the prices are reasonable and it is consistently neat here. Kudos.

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Ian Marling
google
11.07.2018
4/5

Great beer bar, decent food selection. Very popular so it can get crowded during peak hours. Some table service as well.

Bukowski`s Tavern
DR
Daniel Rego
google
10.14.2018
5/5

Love this place! Great atmosphere for chillin with friends and having some drinks. Food is always amazing too! Bar none my favorite spot in Inman!!

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BW
Beryl Wong
google
10.13.2018
4/5

The little leaguer, old town dog, holy aioli, and hangover are delicious, just started working around here and enjoy this place, also am happy that they offer the yucateco habanero sauce

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JG
Jeremy Gartland
google
09.25.2018
4/5

Good beer and cover selection, food is really good as well

Bukowski`s Tavern
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Aritra Bhattacherjee
google
08.18.2018
4/5

Good cocktails. Fun food menu, will come back to try some.

Bukowski`s Tavern
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M Lincoln
google
07.15.2018
5/5

Peanut butter hamburgers and a reward for drinking loads of beer. That's what makes this place a fantastic place.

Bukowski`s Tavern
FO
Faye O
google
07.14.2018
3/5

Ok cocktails. Good dumplings.

Bukowski`s Tavern
CM
Clarke Morrison
google
05.24.2018
5/5

Had a great lunch today, first visit here. Brisket burger with brussel sprouts, and a Scorpius Morchella IPA from Toppling Goliath. Both were phenomenal. Nice service at the bar. I'd recommend this to anyone!

Bukowski`s Tavern
TJ
Todd Jamieson
google
05.06.2018
4/5

Fantastic beverage selection. Best list of gluten free beers in the metro area.Really good bar food too. Service can vary, but it is generally very good as well. Skilled mixologists combined with a great bar menu and still remains true to its original vibe, the kind of place where modern poets might want to hang out. Unpretentious, yet substantive.

Bukowski`s Tavern
Angelo
google
05.01.2018
3/5

Do you like tater tots? Do you like early 2000s screamo music? Do you like condescending bartenders? Then Bukowski's is the place for you. If you answered "No" to any of the above questions you will have an okay time too. But not an excellent time.

Bukowski`s Tavern
RE
Robert Emery
google
03.22.2018
5/5

Love this place. They have an amazing tap list and the bartenders are always willing to help you make a choice or offer a taste. The burgers are spectacular. Each one is made with a different meat and crafted with unique toppings to match flavors. I highly recommend the duck burger and to pair it with whatever the vegetable of the day is.

Bukowski`s Tavern
WD
William Dale
google
02.01.2018
5/5

Huge beer selection (along with burgers and cocktails) and there is always an awesome crowd to keep you company

Bukowski`s Tavern
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Richard Graham Richgraham617@Gmail. Com
google
11.11.2017
5/5

Fun bar, great beer selection, very cool staff who knows a lot about the each beer. Loud music and cold beer... what else can you ask for? Great food... yup, they got that too.

Bukowski`s Tavern
AW
Andreas Weber
google
10.20.2017
4/5

Great selection of beers, standard pub fare, very pleasant atmosphere. Attentive service, nice local crowd.

Bukowski`s Tavern
MN
Michael Nolan
google
10.18.2017
4/5

I'm here a lot.The rotating tap selection is fresh and unique, and the bottle selection is massive. The fancier "craft" beers are a bit pricy, but you pay the same for a gansett here as you do anywhere else.The food is fantastic. If it moves, they make a burger or a dog out of it. Bison, Duck, Elk, Boar, Kangaroo, Croc, Emu, Camel - the list goes on, and it's all delicious.I don't know about the cocktails, but people seem to like them.If you're concerned about things like "atmosphere" or "decor," this place is nice. Clean, polished steel bar top, mirrors circling the walls, large tables, chalkboard paint on the bathroom walls (at least in the mens' room) and the whole front wall is a windowed garage door that they roll up on nice days - like today.Come on by, the bar staff is friendly.

Bukowski`s Tavern
AL
Adaline Lining
google
08.15.2017
5/5

The best beer bar in Cambridge. Also, great burgers and awesome staff. Sometimes they'll do movie marathons too!

Bukowski`s Tavern
RS
Roy Shilkrot
google
08.08.2017
4/5

Early evening bar experience. Got a beer and a couple of “kimchi hot dogs”. Beer was great (local lager) but dogs were disappointing, just plain hotdogs with green “kimchi” sauce (I thought kimchi is red??). Table got side of nachos with cheese, nothing to write home about. Waiter doubled as bartender, but wasn’t neglecting and was engaged. Could be better on all ends, but not a bad experience.

Bukowski`s Tavern
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Marshall Schurtz
google
07.14.2017
2/5

Overall a decent bar but the "hobo special" is just too weird a name and they actually put it in a paper bag. The special was actually a good deal! $9.95 for a 40 and a hot dog (which was actually tasty!). Draft beers very delicious and burger very good. Please just change the special name to "Allston Special!" Or something less weird. Then it would be 4 stars!

Bukowski`s Tavern
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Ben Nash
google
07.09.2017
5/5

Great deals on great beers.

Bukowski`s Tavern
tk
tony khoury
google
06.14.2017
5/5

Good food and great place

Bukowski`s Tavern
AK
Alex Kallimanis
google
06.13.2017
5/5

Hands down, one of the best craft beer selections in Boston and you can try before you buy. Awesome selection of quality exotic game burgers too. Ate a tasty and interesting camel burger here for the first time. Good, but my wife's elk burger was outstanding! Solid and efficient service. And the best tater tots we've ever eaten, by a landslide. Strange to compliment tots, as I've eaten excellent food all over the world, but it was gourmet stuff. Affordable high quality Boston experience.

Bukowski`s Tavern
TO
Tiarnan O Hagan
google
06.12.2017
5/5

Quirky menus will give you a chuckle! Good range of booze and the food hits the spot.

Bukowski`s Tavern
OL
Oscar Lee
google
04.09.2017
5/5

If you're looking to get some large portions of crazy bar food with plenty of selections of craft beers with a good group of friends along Inman Square after a long busy week, this is the place to go to relax. As you can see nachos are huge and should be shared as well as the burgers are creatively thought out. The Big Bukowski is something to prepare for though, that burger isn't just a Big Mac doopleganger, it should be the original standard. Lastly the sauces are worth trying creamy and even spicy - goes well with almost anything they have on the menu

Bukowski`s Tavern
JL
Joe Lopsang
google
03.20.2017
4/5

Good service, great music, food is on par with other pub restaurants in area. Wouldn’t go out of my way for it but for a beer and burger it meets the mark.

Bukowski`s Tavern
HH
Hunter Herman
google
03.04.2017
5/5

This place has a wide variety of craft brews, the sours are amazing! They even have a hobo special which is a hotdog and an old English 40oz 😂 (Destihl lynbrook)

Bukowski`s Tavern
JB
Jason Bonneau
google
03.04.2017
4/5

Good cocktails. Great beer selection. In the heart of Inman Sq. Pretty good place to grab a bite to eat and a drink with friends.

Bukowski`s Tavern
BB
Ben Black
google
11.11.2016
5/5

Great food and a unique atmosphere. Definitely with checking out

Bukowski`s Tavern
SA
Sam Atwood
google
10.27.2016
3/5

this place has a lot of beer and pretty good food. I have always found the service to be surprisingly lacking. it's a fairly large restaurant/bar set up with a big emphasis on beer in the decor. there have been servers that are great but it has never seemed like service has been a big focus of this place. on a busy night you have a good chance of being forgotten about after a single drink order.

Bukowski`s Tavern
BE
Ben Echevarria
google
10.02.2016
5/5

Good food great beer

Bukowski`s Tavern
JP
James Protopapas
google
09.27.2016
5/5

Really enjoyed dinner here. Great selection of beer and burgers! I got the brisket, my wife had the black bean, and our son tried the bison. All were excellent! The waitress was also great and brought me some samples of beer I wanted to try. Will be back!

Bukowski`s Tavern
GP
Guillaume P
google
09.11.2016
5/5

Amazing burgers, nice drinks menu, great atmosphere.

Bukowski`s Tavern
JC
James Carr
google
08.21.2016
5/5

Great hole in the wall, unique dishes and very friendly staff.

Bukowski`s Tavern
EA
Erik Antelman
google
08.17.2016
4/5

Service was good, very quiet and sparse for lunch. Burgers good but fairly expensive at $15 for basic burger w/ fries.

Bukowski`s Tavern
SC
Simon Chan
google
08.11.2016
1/5

The critics falsely over rated Bukowski TavernMenu was so boring with twisted name, overly priced menu for badly tasted foodserved, an ego maniac bartender - receipe for disaster businesses with very few patrons on weenend. Mmfew patrond on weekend

Bukowski`s Tavern
KP
Kirsten Page
google
07.20.2016
5/5

Dane Murphy. To my Love: You know a truly free soul when you see them, they just make you feel better. Best Guy.

Bukowski`s Tavern
JW
Jeff Wilson
google
07.15.2016
5/5

Best veggie dogs. Black bean burger is great too. Staff is nice and beer is always changing. I go here all the time

Bukowski`s Tavern
CE
Carolyn Elya
google
06.04.2016
5/5

Great food, great brews. I didn't realize how much I missed tatertots until I started eating here. As a non-mammal consumer, the veggie burgers and veggie dogs are my delicious go to.

Bukowski`s Tavern
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Tim Rollick
google
05.17.2016
5/5

Always a great place when you get a free beer for finishing your burger! The Bukowski burger was a Americans mans burger and the tots were excellent. I would so go back !

Bukowski`s Tavern
NM
Noel Morales
google
04.24.2016
4/5

Friendly neighborhood bar, impressive beer selection... drink one of each in 6 months to get on their mug club! Get a 40 and a beer for cheap, "Hobo Special"

Bukowski`s Tavern
VP
V Parker
google
04.15.2016
5/5

Great space with lots of tables and attentive service. Three of us split a plate of nachos which were generously topped with guacamole, fresh salsa, jalapenos, and grilled chicken for a little over $15. Good selection of craft beers which you can get as 8oz or 12oz pours, which helps when you want to try everything on the menu! Would recommend.

Bukowski`s Tavern
CC
Chiko Cordero
google
04.12.2016
5/5

Nice place and very good food

Bukowski`s Tavern
KO
Kevin O'Connor
google
03.16.2016
5/5

Fantastic rotating beer selection. Food is great and the staff is friendly . Been here multiple times and always have a good time

Bukowski`s Tavern
OD
Olga D
google
03.08.2016
5/5

Good, menu is pretty funny with f-words Ahaha, food is good, and interior too

Bukowski`s Tavern
AW
Adam Wong
google
02.21.2016
5/5

Excellent vibe, 7 bucks for the rye and hamm, perfect place to hang with the bois

Bukowski`s Tavern
PL
Paul L
google
02.01.2016
5/5

Great selection of craft beers.

Bukowski`s Tavern
IA
Ivan Asem
google
01.16.2016
5/5

The staff are extremely helpful and if you're there, definitely try the hobo special.

Bukowski`s Tavern
CT
Carmela Tedder
google
01.12.2016
1/5

One of the worst bar/restaurant experiences I’ve ever had! Servers were rude, inattentive and insulting. Food was cold and orders were incorrect. Absolutely ruined a night out with friends. We’ll definitely never be coming back to this place again.

Bukowski`s Tavern
JF
Jacob Farlow
google
01.07.2016
5/5

This is my favorite bar. The music doesn't get super loud, the food is very tasty, and the beer selection is super.

Bukowski`s Tavern
SB
Steph Barnaby
google
01.02.2016
5/5

Vegan options! Also love the chalkboard walls!

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