Woods Hill Pier 4: Seaport Farm-to-Table Menu, Prices and Hours

Photo: Edward Orde, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (file photo). The Pier 4 building and Harborwalk, where the restaurant sits at street level, in August 2019.

Woods Hill Pier 4 is a farm-to-table restaurant at 300 Pier 4 Blvd. in Boston’s Seaport District, on the harbor-edge site once occupied by Anthony’s Pier 4. Owner Kristin Canty supplies much of its meat and produce from her own farm in Bath, N.H., and the dinner menu leans on shared small plates, house-made pasta and raw-bar seafood. This guide covers the hours, menu prices posted on Nov. 1, 2026, and what critics have said since it opened. It is based on published sources, not a visit by The Boston Report.

Hours and Location

Dinner starts at 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and half an hour earlier on weekends. Dinner service runs until 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, according to the restaurant’s website. Weekend brunch runs from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

The restaurant occupies the ground floor of the glass residential tower at the tip of Pier 4, along the Boston Harborwalk. The Institute of Contemporary Art is next door, and the dining room looks out over the inner harbor. If you are planning a night around the waterfront, our guide to Moxies Seaport’s menu, prices and brunch covers a larger, more casual option a short walk east on Congress Street.

Woods Hill Pier 4 Menu and Prices

The dinner menu changes with the seasons and is built around plates meant for sharing. On Nov. 1, 2026, the restaurant’s online menu listed these dishes and prices:

• Raw bar: six East Coast oysters for $19 or a dozen for $37, and a shellfish tower for four to six people at $138.
• The splurge: a 30-gram “Pier 4 caviar service” with warm popovers, crème fraîche and shallot for $130.
• Small plates: grass-fed steak tartare ($24), crispy lamb ribs with Urfa pepper ($26), charred broccoli with cheddar and smoked garlic aioli ($21), and smoked ham hock croquettes ($19).
• House-made pasta: bucatini all’Amatriciana with house-cured guanciale ($23) and squid ink casarecce with lobster and crab ragù ($25).
• Larger plates: grilled grass-fed hanger steak ($35), dry-aged duck breast ($35), seared scallops ($35) and butter-poached lobster with popovers ($52).
• Cheese and dessert: a board of raw-milk cheeses ($26 for three, $35 for five) and desserts from $9 for ice cream or sorbet to $15.

The menu tags dishes that are gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free or vegetarian. A 20% gratuity is added for parties of six or more.

The Farm Behind the Food

Canty opened the restaurant on Nov. 26, 2019, as a Boston expansion of Woods Hill Table, which she has run in Concord since 2015, Boston Magazine reported at the time. Executive chef Charlie Foster, who previously cooked at Toro, Clio and DBGB Kitchen & Bar, runs the kitchens at both restaurants. The menus draw on The Farm at Woods Hill in Bath, N.H., and on other small producers, with an emphasis on grass-fed meat, raw-milk cheese and organic produce.

Eater Boston reported that Canty describes her restaurants as a way to support farmers. It also noted that she directed the documentary “Farmageddon,” about small family farms. Boston.com reported that the restaurant opened with 186 seats. It took over the location of Anthony’s Pier 4, a waterfront landmark for about 50 years that closed in 2013. Boston Magazine reported that the opening menu included an updated lobster Newburg inspired by the old restaurant.

What Reviewers Say

Critics have focused on two things: the view and the sourcing. The Boston Globe called the harbor views the best reason to visit. It said the restaurant brought upscale, sustainability-minded dining to its corner of the Seaport. Condé Nast Traveler’s review called it among the best dining the Seaport has to offer. It singled out the lamb ribs, the bucatini made with guanciale from Woods Hill pigs, the charred broccoli and the caviar service with popovers. The magazine also praised how carefully the staff handles allergies, which it tied to Canty’s start in organic farming.

For other Seaport seafood with a view, see our guides to Legal Harborside and Row 34 in Fort Point.

Sources

• Woods Hill Pier 4: location, hours and owner information
• Woods Hill Pier 4 dinner menu and prices
• Boston Magazine: Woods Hill Pier 4 opens in an iconic Boston waterfront location (Nov. 25, 2019)
• The Boston Globe: At Woods Hill Pier 4, farm-to-table with a water view (Dec. 5, 2019)
• Condé Nast Traveler: Woods Hill Pier 4 review

Additional sources

• Eater Boston: A truly farm-to-table restaurant arrives in the Seaport District (Nov. 20, 2019)
• Boston.com: Woods Hill Pier 4 lands in the Seaport (Nov. 22, 2019)
• Wikimedia Commons: Pier 4 Boston Seaport photo by Edward Orde, CC BY-SA 4.0