Why dine here
Ask Boston food people where the lobster roll conversation ends and Neptune Oyster is the usual answer: a jewel-box room of perhaps twenty seats in the North End, no reservations, queues forming before opening, and a hot-buttered lobster roll that has anchored best-in-city lists for years. The Irhal framing is straightforward: a mainstream raw bar with wine service and non-halal items on the menu, listed here strictly on the seafood path - lobster, oysters, crudo, and fish mains. Hanafi-following diners should note the menu's shellfish center of gravity and order fin-fish. Go at an off hour, put your name down, browse Hanover Street while you wait, and split the roll - it is richer than it looks.
