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Drink: Wusong Road reinvents paradise for Harvard Square
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Sakurako K. via YelpA Neko cocktail cup is just the start of the Tiki bar aesthetic at Wusong Road in Cambridge’s Harvard Square.
With its many accolades, including most recently being named one of USA Today’s Restaurants of the Year, Harvard Square’s Wusong Road has been on my drink list for quite a long time. Even the entrance was distinct from across the street, adorned with lush tropical leaves and flowers. Inside, Wusong Road is perpetually in bloom.
Wusong Road leans in unwaveringly to the kitsch of a Tiki bar, embodying everything that is so appropriative of the nightlife tradition. There are posters for the film “South Pacific,” Tiki cups and statues galore, and the waitstaff wears floral tropical shirts. Though I can’t say a drink called Love Meow Long Time served in a Neko cup is appropriate in any circumstance, I can respect the incorporation of the cuisine in unexpected ways via a cocktail menu.
I first tried the Mango Sticky Rice Colada, which was as delightful and sweet as it sounds. It includes Tanduay white rum infused with mango sticky rice, carabao mango puree, mango nectar and lime. The rum infusion – like all Wusong Road’s juices and infusions, made in-house – is perfect: milky, sweet and tropical. It pairs nicely with the rum and the flavorful mango puree, making for a dreamy, lush beverage that invokes crashing waves and the sticky humidity of a hot, sandy beach.