Hawksmoor Boston

We’re Will Beckett and Huw Gott, childhood best friends who started Hawksmoor in London in 2006. At the time, we were two slightly naive twenty-somethings who decided to try opening the steak restaurant we wished existed. Somewhere with brilliant beef, proper drinks and a room that felt warm, lively and welcoming. The kind of place we would be excited to visit on our night off.

From the beginning, we became a bit obsessed with beef. Where it comes from, how cattle are raised, how the meat is aged and what happens when it finally meets salt and charcoal. We work closely with farmers who rear cattle properly and ethically, and we care a lot about sustainability and long-term farming. Great steak starts long before it reaches the grill.

Over time, the little restaurant we had in a cool, up and coming neighborhood in London grew into something bigger than we ever expected. And Boston has long been a dream of ours. Boston felt like the sort of city where Hawksmoor might feel at home. A place that appreciates craft, quality and a good time around the table.

At heart, that is still what we are trying to build. A restaurant you can call your own.

Just as important to us is the kind of company we are. Hawksmoor has been named one of the UK’s Best Companies to Work For for fourteen years running. We became the first restaurant in the UK to be a certified B Corp because we believe businesses should try to be a force for good. Today, we are carbon neutral and constantly working to reduce our impact and do things the right way, not the easy way.

We’re serious about the craft and relaxed about everything else.

Our approach is simple and has never changed – Buy the best and don’t mess it up.

That means proper food, done properly. At the center of it all is the steak. Proper beef from well-reared cattle, dry aged with care and cooked over real charcoal by people who know when to leave it alone. It is the thing we have obsessed over since the beginning and still the thing we care about most.

But the rest of the table matters just as much. Sustainable seafood, generous sides that get passed around and fought over, and puddings that are properly indulgent. Just wait until you try our Sticky toffee pudding (an iconic British dessert), or the peanut butter shortbread, our desserts will make you find room that you didn’t know you had.

We’ll bring a few habits from home. Proper Sunday roasts with Yorkshire puddings that barely fit the plate. Martinis so cold they sting. And a firm belief that a great steak and a good bottle of red can sort most things out.

Just as important as the food is how it feels to be here. The room will have warmth and energy. A bit of buzz, the clink of glasses, music you can tap your foot to. You can come dressed up, dressed down or somewhere in between and feel completely at ease.

Our team know their craft but never make a fuss about it. Friendly, knowledgeable and happy to help when you need it. The kind of service that feels natural rather than rehearsed.

We can be your place for celebrations, midweek pick-me-ups and long evenings with friends.

One thing we are especially excited to bring to Boston is the Sunday roast. In Britain, it is something of a weekly ritual, and has been for centuries. Think of it a bit like Thanksgiving dinner, but every Sunday.

Across the UK, rain or shine, people gather around the table each week for a proper roast. Families, friends, whoever happens to be around. It is the sort of meal that is meant to take its time. Plates piled high, gravy passed around, second helpings encouraged, and the afternoon stretching on longer than expected.

A proper Sunday roast usually means roast beef at the center of the table, served with crisp roast potatoes, towering Yorkshire puddings, seasonal vegetables and plenty of gravy. Simple things done really well, cooked with care and served generously.

It is a tradition we take very seriously at Hawksmoor. Our Sunday roast has twice been named the best in the UK, which is not a title people hand out lightly.

For us, it is about more than just the food. It is about the ritual of it. Slowing down at the end of the week, gathering the people you like best and settling in for a long, relaxed meal.

We cannot wait to introduce Boston to it.

Hawksmoor is about creating something special for the people who come and eat with us; the communities we live and work in; our teams; and the wide-reaching network of people who play a role in making Hawksmoor happen.

We’ve always tried to build the kind of business we would be proud of. Of course, that means serving great food and giving people a brilliant time when they visit, but it also means trying to do things the right way behind the scenes. We look after our teams because we believe that when people feel supported, respected and happy at work, they pass that feeling on to our guests. We work closely with farmers who raise cattle properly and sustainably, focus on responsible sourcing across everything we buy and are proud to be a certified B Corp, which holds us to high social and environmental standards. We are also carbon neutral and constantly looking for ways to reduce our impact further, while supporting charities and community partners doing important work. We know we will never get everything perfect, but the aim is simple. Run great restaurants, look after our people and suppliers and try to leave things a little better than we found them.