M.J. O’Connor’s Waterfront

M.J. O’Connor’s Waterfront is a Seaport pub with an Irish soul, inside The Westin Boston Seaport District. Friends gather here to linger over lunch, dinner and late-night bites from a menu that mixes classics such as fish and chips and meatloaf with dishes inspired by the New England seasons. Cocktails and draft beer round out the bar, and the room doubles as a game-watch spot for sports fans.

The pub is one of two M.J. O’Connor’s locations in Boston, and the company says both have become neighborhood institutions for locals and travelers. It sits about a tenth of a mile from the Menino Convention and Exhibition Center, and it bills itself as a place for a quick lunch between meetings, after-work drinks with colleagues or a nightcap with friends.

What to Know

• Event spaces can host anything from small gatherings to full buyouts for social or corporate groups.
• The Blue Hills Bank Pavilion is about 0.6 miles away.
• The other M.J. O’Connor’s is in the Park Plaza Hotel in Back Bay.
• The pub is listed in the Boston Seaport directory as good for groups.