Harvard Gardens is many things. For one, it is a local Beacon Hill haunt. During the day, a place where nearby MGH folk enjoy lunch. On the weekends, there is a brunch crowd. Dinner is served here featuring upscale comfort food and American favorites such a delectable pastas and delicate salads. However, the real Harvard Gardens is mostly known for it's great bar scene appreciated mostly by Beacon Hillers. Crammed into the long and narrow bar you will find a plethora of preppily clad 20 and 30 somethings looking for fun and someone fun. The bar is crowded, but the drinks are not that expensive. There is something here for everyone, just remember that unless you get there really early thursday - saturday- it is standing room only! Homemade desserts like a Guinness float or a sinful "chocolate lovers" platter for two are worth a visit alone. With its location across t he street from MGH, the bar enjoys one of the highest ratios of doctors and nurses of any establishment in the city.

Great French food. A must have is the excellent pâté, for a full dinner I recommend the prix fix menu.

The King and I is a local Beacon Hill favorite serving heaping portions of Thai food at reasonable prices. You can enjoy your meal to go (as alot of local Hillers do) or you can dine in their quaint Charles Street location. Appetizers and entrees rarely exceed the $12 mark, and their wine list, though small, is priced just right as well.