Milk Street Cafe

Worst chicken caesar salad ever. Flavorless chicken and dressing. Croutons were the only good part.

We spent a week visiting Boston recently and this restaurant was amazing!!! For anyone who eats kosher it is a godsend. It's right in the middle of the city, so the location is super convenient, and they have both a dairy section and a meat section. However, even if you do not specifically eat kosher, the food is so good (especially the pulled brisket 😋) it's worth a visit. Furthermore, the owner and all of the employees were a delight! Highly recommend! A gem in the heart of Boston!

Amazing food, I’ve never had anything bad here. Great location, great facility, lots of comfortable seating. Jonathan greeted my party as soon as we walked in and was incredibly helpful. All the other staff were very nice. Would definitely recommend

Great option for kosher food in downtown Boston. We came here for breakfast and really enjoyed the food. Service was quick and very pleasant.

Cafe is huge. Lot of seating, efficient service, super clean and nice staff. The location is also nice. I really can't complain. A good place to come grab a quick lunch or coffee. Most dishes that offer were more towards healthy side rather than fatty, so that's also a plus. Hi guys recommended. Location: 8/10 Staff: 10/10 Cost: 9/10 Ambience: 10/10

Great restaurant with a delightful selection of salads, sushi, hot food, cold food, coffee, and more. More than enough options for dairy eaters, fish eaters, meat eaters. Cafeteria type service and kosher

Everything about this place is excellent. Food is exceptional. Service is top notch, people are friendly. Very efficient as well. Their catering is easy to use and very reliable. Just order online and there are never problems. (Honestly, I wish they could cater my event in the NY area)

My office just moved to about 400 ft away, so I had the chance to eat here for the first time in ages. Not very crowded at all at 1:00 p.m., and my buffalo chicken wrap was excellent. I look forward to future visits!

The best bran muffin I ever had. It does not taste like a piece of cake for breakfast, as some muffins do. My colleagues always called them colon cleansers. I wish I had a photo. I hope they haven't changed them or been bought out my some national chain in the last few years.

Went for lunch recently. Ordered the chicken peri peri which was a special for the day. It came with rice and mixed cooked veggies. Chicken was a large boneless breast which was nice. It was supposed to be hot but was lukewarm. Who wants to eat lukewarm chicken? Yuck! Chicken was also bland in taste. Rice and mixed veggies were lukewarm. Taste and preparation of this whole dish (chicken, rice, vegetables) was extremely boring. I also got a small beef and barley soup. The soup had pieces of beef, barley, mushrooms, etc. Soup was a good hot temp and tasted good. This place has a variety of hot and cold offerings, sandwiches, sushi, salads, bakery items, coffee, and other drinks. Maybe I'll try something different next time.

Last resort ....maybe. For sure one of the worst catering services in Boston. Never impress me at all. I had this Roast Beef Roesco sandwich. I bit in and was like what is that tough chew? Oh, it's grizzle and fat on the roast beef. Beige roast beef , bread was OK...... should have opted for turkey. Next time FLOUR all the way.

Had the worst Chai Latte of my life and a very watery oatmeal here this morning. It he prices weren't bad, so I'm glad I didn't waste much on the food/drink. Two stars are made from an incredibly friendly staff, clean bathrooms, and plenty of seating. It's a very functional space and I had plenty of table options for my breakfast chat here. I would return to use it as a venue for another work chat, but I would avoid ordering things.

We ordered the special of the day hot meat dish. The plastic knife could not cut the meat as the meat was quite tough. We ended up eating the meat pieces by using our hands. Keep away from their meat specials!

My job hosted a luncheon for us for Nurse's Week and it was hosted by this cafe. I'm not a sandwich person but I opted for the chicken pesto sandwich and I've gotta say that it was pretty solid. I don't really enjoy chicken either so I was pretty impressed. The sauce used in the sandwich was delicious and that sandwich turned out being a popular choice amongst many of my colleagues.

I usually order the hot chocolate and a croissant. It's pretty good. The hot chocolate is a little too sweet for my taste but other than that it's pretty good. The croissant is pretty good as well. There is a lot of seating which is nice. There are also a wide variety of other things to get like breakfast sandwiches and things of that nature. Overall, a nice establishment.

Great soups salads just about everything kosher which just means clean and milk and meat separate halal is very similar blood is removed from meat because it spoils faster good alternative to roll ups and chicken and rice get the soup

Good kosher food in Boston Come here for some fast service and nice service very welcoming

Because of how busy this place gets during peak lunch hours, I went around 1:15pm and it was way less busy than if I went at 12-1pm time. I was able to get my buffalo chicken wrap right away and they put a good amount of chicken in it. I was able to substitute spinach for the carrot slaw. The chicken was spicy and flavorful. It was not fried which is great. For a $10 wrap, I was actually very full. There were plenty of seating this time because I didn't go when it was busiest. I would say this place is a good lunch place when it is not chaotic.

We came here to meet a friend who is Kosher. It was busy and had outdoor seating but we chose to sit inside. We took turns getting food and figuring out the layout (pick the line with lemonade samples if you can) but everyone was friendly and helpful. I got the Milk Street Cobb salad (turkey bacon or tofu bacon) and it was good. Watching them prepare it was a treat too. IF we are in Boston again I'd love to try a dessert. Sitting was more of a challenge, they need more space between tables, I agree it's kind of cramped if you are not a kid or super small. The goals most places is MORE people, not more comfort. The Women's Room was clean and spacious. It seemed to be a good work space too, as i saw a few people on computers.

The best kosher business lunch place in the WORLD. Good prices, fresh ingredients, a creative menu, food is ready in a reasonable amount of time, the staff are amazing, and you can get milk, meat, or fish from separate stations. If you are visiting Boston, THIS is Boston's best kosher restaurant. Their catering is wonderful, as well!

While visiting Boston. I realize that Milk Street Cafe is like one of their chain coffee store like Starbucks. Since DD and Starbucks the line were extra long in the morning. Me and my friend decide to go to a little bit quieter coffee shop and sit there to find some activities to do. They do sell some bakeries good at the cafe. Overall, I would come here again. A little bit more quieter and the food/drink are good as well.

Milk Street Cafe is huge and the staffs are super friendly. I got pastries from here and they were delicious.

Solid kosher food, worth 3 1/2 stars, nice and welcoming owner and Mashciach bumps it up to 4

If you try calling they will just hang up on you. Poor customer service - wouldn't recommend.

Milk Street Cafe has reopened with a joyful, hopeful celebration! I just happened to walk down milk Street during an overnight visit in town. Musicians were out and staff was bustling, so I changed my plan and stopped in. Yum!! Scones fluffy and flavorful and the breakfast sandwiches/wraps are so much better than standard fare! I hope they make it! Highly recommend!

This is my go-to cafe for days that I forget lunch and I need a very quick bite for sustenance. It's like a mini cafeteria that offers a variety of food options -- from salads, to sushi, to sandwiches, to coffee. As a result, it's efficient and serves your basic lunch needs, but the food itself is average. I usually get the soups, which are unremarkable. My latest order is the winter vegetable soup, which has squash and other vegetables. Soups come with free bread. Seating is ample. There are crowds during lunch hours but lines move fast. I don't have much more to add!

Really close to my work place. Great for quick desert or sugar craving. It has good bars and cheesecakes. I love their 7 layered coconut bar and strawberry cheesecake.

I have been dining here for lunch in the financial district. Wonderful and healthy cuisine. Back in 80's, I was meeting a friend for lunch. I placed my handbag over back of the chair, under my jacket. Before I knew it, a thief grabbed my bag and ran out. The manager ran after him, very bravely,and apprehended him as the police arrived. I got almost everything back. Talk out customer service. Thank you!

I stopped in this morning and ordered an avocado sandwich at a price of $9.00..I got to my office and opened the container and imagine my disgust because there's no avocado but it has and a thin slice of tomato and pieces of red onion. I basically paid $9.00 for 2 pieces of bread. Never again!

quick and reasonably priced place to grab lunch. love the roast turkey avocado sandwich

Its time I finally write a raving review for Milk St. Café! I order from here often to cater work lunches, events, meetings, etc. and I have NEVER been disappointed. Everyone always loves their sandwiches and cookies. Their salads are great too! No matter what sandwich, salad, wrap, etc. I try, I'm always satisfied. Additionally, they are very accommodating to almost all dietary restrictions, preferences, and allergies. Whether someone is vegan, gluten free, or kosher, Milk St. is able to adapt their menu items to fit specific needs. The service at Milk St. cannot be beat. A huge reason I continuously use them for their catering services is because their employees are incredibly friendly and a pleasure to work with. Milk St. employees are extremely helpful and kind whether they are on the phone taking my order or delivering the food the day of. They always provide quality food and help with set up. I have never had any issues with them. It is so refreshing to work with Milk St. employees and every interaction I have had with them has been a positive one. I highly recommend people use them for any event that requires versatile and casual catering. Milk St. truly cares about their customers and offering high quality service.

It was absolutely freezing cold and we had walked several blocks to go to a different salad joint , called Tossed. When we got there, they had decided to close early so we bent our heads to the wind and headed back to the hotel, quite unhappy. When we got back to Devonshire, we saw Milk Street Cafe and decided to go there instead. Great choice! The servers were friendly and efficient and the salad was amazing. I still tell everyone I talk to about the chicken -- the quantity and quality! My daughter ordered a Buffalo Chicken sub and had to remove some chicken just to be able to eat it. Lol Overall, I was impressed. In fact, I will visit again given he opportunity.

I eat there a few times a week. Most because it's convenient. Salads and sushi are reliably good. I never get entrees but they look good and I hear good things about them. Breakfast is also quite nice., The ambiance it somewhat chaotic. Every station has it own cue line and registers are separate. First few time it was confusing but most peeps are regulars so they know the drill. Although I have eaten at their tables once or twice, it's loud and a bit cramped. Better to bring food back to office and spread out.

The worst thing about Milk Street cafe is that they close at 3pm. Everything else is either fantastic or par for the course with a cafe-style eatery of this high caliber and excellence. The fantastic things are the selection and the quality of food. From the bakery up front and the "hot selections" in the middle of the cafe, to the sushi and deli selections towards the back of the cafe, you will have a pretty hard time deciding what to try when you first get in. My recommendation? Start with one of their always-delicious soups and then continue your culinary journey from there. You will not be disappointed by how flavourful, filling, and, oftentimes, healthy these things are. Now, the "par for the course" things: seating can be a little limited. So, if you are expecting to just walk in during lunchtime (or almost anytime, really) and not have to search for a seat, I encourage you to lower your expectations. Also, some patrons may balk at the prices. Perhaps it's my own privilege of being able to regularly eat healthy foods (and I recognize that privilege) but MSC is actually very reasonably priced for the area. Also, spare your diet and spoil yourself with one of their desserts. Go for the chocolate peanut butter bar for something super-rich or the pecan bar for something with a sweet, sticky edge to it.

Very disappointed in my most recent visit to Milk Street. I heard they were serving the Impossible Burger, which is made with no animal products for a reason. When I went to grab one, they only had it with cheese on it. I asked for one without cheese, waited for the chef who told me it was too difficult to cook without cheese. I'm incredibly puzzled because it is made to be eaten with absolutely no animal product and if anything, the cheese is the special circumstance. Regardless of other food options, this was handled poorly and I didn't want to go back after this.

I just dropped in. I wanted soup for lunch. I had Milk Street Cafe's quinoa vegetable soup (beef vegetable soup was also available.) Outstanding! And, I don't like vegetable soup or quinoa, honestly. I am just trying to get more vegetables into my diet, so-- I gave it a shot. Wonderful! This soup will make getting veggies into my lunch a snap! So easy! Try it!

Best Coffee and breakfast food! Intelegencia cafe rocks ! Go in there and enjoy your morning ! Nice clean atmosphere and friendly staff.

Had an awesome experience here while visiting Boston with my boyfriend. There is a crazy lack of kosher restaurants so we were really happy to go here for lunch. We decided to start off with some dairy stuff before getting a meat lunch, so we got coffees and a sticky toffee bun and a s'mores bar. Sooo good, and incredibly reasonably priced! ($5 for a coffee and dessert). Then we moved on to the "real" food but we were so stuffed from that. I got a large chicken rice soup, which was great and filling. We came back the next day around 10am - we wanted an earlier start because we had a lot of sightseeing to do. Unfortunately, everything but the breakfast station is closed until 11, which is kind of annoying. We ended up getting prepackaged sandwiches, so not as good of an experience, but there were definitely breakfast options for those who pop in before lunch becomes fully available.

I order from Milk Street for meetings/events at least once a month, and more frequently during the summer. I'm definitely swayed by their brownie point reward system, I haven't found any other places that offer perks for using their services. The Kosher kitchen is great, I need Kosher meals for a lot of events so Milk Street is my 1st choice. Regarding their food- Hot food - all pretty good, sometimes lacking in flavor. I loved the harvest chicken but that was removed from the menu :(. Sandwiches- all the signature sandwiches are pretty good, and the salads/dressings are great too. The sides I could do without - potato salad, pasta salad, and bread (doesn't come with butter, only margarine is allowed). Desserts- GREAT. Love them all. I tried the gourmet granola bars a few weeks ago and they were amazing! Breakfast- the smoked salmon platter is to die for..the cheese plate and all the other breakfast combos are great too. The bagels do not come toasted so that is the only item I try not to order. Overall, I like Milk Street a lot. It's pricey but they are always on time with deliveries and they always include free totes (only for orders over $200)/small gifts for whomever places the order.

Don't go if you have allergies. Went there for breakfast because my friends said it was a good place though they could not tell me what had nuts/peanuts and what didn't. They were also out of most foods. I tried to order a bagel and they only had 1 of 3 different types. They all looked disgusting. They could only promise that a plain egg was allergen friendly and it tasted like a moist sponge with hard cheese on top. The meat side however had better tasting food but same allergen issues.

Ordered a turkey wrap and wanted cheese on it only to be told that they won't put cheese on it because it's kosher. They shouldn't dictate how people want their food in this day in age especially with the price they charge. I wouldn't give this place another 2 cents.

As a coffee snob, I can report that their cold brew coffee is remarkable. It's rich, smooth, and flavorful. Moreover, the return on your investment is sizeable. At MSC, a small is the size of a grande at Starbucks, and it just so happens to also be cheaper than a tall Starbucks cold brew. Buy. Local.

Love it, this is going to be one of my new regular lunch spots! Its a new, clean and modern design inside with lots of tables to sit and eat for a relatively small space. Each type of food has its own counter (sandwiches, sushi, salad, breakfast etc.) which is nice so its not one massive line for the whole cafe to pay for their lunch. You can make combo meals with some of the items, for example: a half panini and cup of soup, to get some variety. The baked goods are to die for, and I can't wait to go back and try the sushi! The blow average prices are also a huge perk (compared to many of the other local cafes and lunch spots). I did notice that the service was just a tiny bit on the slow side in some sections, but that is because they only had two people working the busiest counter. The less busy counters there were no issues and every staff member I encountered was extremely courteous and friendly. Will definitely be going back to milk street cafe!

We at our lab in MIT in Cambridge have suffered for years under the tyranny of cardboard cooking by Milk Street. They have made a model where they've convinced administration personnel that they can make it convenient to order by just "sending a one line email with the number of people" and then they send you back a prefab menu. (notice how all the other reviews are from the people ordering Milk Street, not necessarily people EATING Milk Street). So it's VERY convenient. What they don't tell you is that your guests are going to be eating is so bland and jellylike in texture, and loaded with fillers that your people will doze off mid meeting and wonder why they are chewing on baseless calories. Also it's expensive. Let's go through a typical menu 1. Sushi platters are exciting for everyone! Until you realize the avocado is tasteless and the rice is overfill. You can have a more delectable and complex tasting at Costco. 2. Chicken. You know the old saying, "well it tastes like chicken" but then again these folks have perfected the art of how chicken then doesn't taste like anything and functions as a vehicle for whatever sauce you spread on it. Makes you pine for even the fast food convince of Cane's Chicken or even the freshness of Cafe Luna. 3. Rice. There's a commercial with Uncle Ben's rice where the grains flake off mid air like happy little white flecks. Now imagine, a slop of brownish goop not quite risotto and not quite grainy so that in the end every bite basically tastes like starch thanks to the accumulate gelatinous film that each grain of rice carries --- which makes you full faster even if you don't know why. I think this is a way for them to save money on food. 4. Sandwiches. The sandwiches are generous but again, fairly bland. The chicken, the tuna, the ham, all taste the same. The bulk of the sandwich is made of the lettuce and tomato filler. It's not hard to make a good sandwich. Ask the people at Al's Cafe. Also $12 a person? You can get two sandwiches for that price at Al's 5. See #4. Except swap the bread for cardboard. 5. Desserts. They have some brownies which are ok. The cookies seem to be gotten from your average industrial cookie place. Again, here filler is the key. Don't be deceived by the size of the cookie. Go get a cookie at Flour Cafe to taste what a real cookie should taste like.

If you're ever in need of a delicious tasting chocolate cake that is just the right amount of sweetness, you can not go wrong by going here. Their chocolate majesty cake is delicious. The fruit cakes are also fabulous. I recently had a wedding and I can tell you what, you can never go wrong with ordering their chocolate cake. I had guests asking me who did the cake and where they could get another. It is a chocoholics dream!

If you want to seem important as a business person, this is a good coffee cafe. If you want a breakfast place to start the day off right, this is the wrong place. I had the breakfast burrito, sounded delicious. Except the ends were heated and the egg/cheese inside were still cold. Would not recommend it. It got two stars because I like sweets and they have those too.

I come here a couple of times a week, since they are in my building. The salads, sandwiches and soups are great. But the people are even better, with attentive and friendly service. I've never been disappointed. Good values too. And a special thanks to Keeya for making my day better with every visit!

"Our famous tuna salad" sandwich. Challenge accepted. Hmm...watching the man behind the counter create my sandwich...doesn't look like anything out of the ordinary...maybe there's crack in the salad? Back in the office eating the sandwich...nom nom nom...tasteless bread begins to break apart and the innards of my sandwich are plopping all over. The tuna tastes like tuna. I don't taste the famous. Just some chicken of the sea and mayo on top of lettuce and tomatoes...waiting...waiting....OOOooo pickles in my bag! The complimentary pickles hiding in my to-go-bag have stolen the show. Sorry Milk Street, but mom's tuna has ya beat. There are plenty of lunch joints around my office that are equally priced and way more delicious. Talk to ya never!

I can't believe the positive reviews here. My work caters a lot - and when I see bags of sandwiches from this place, my heart (and stomach) drop. Hands-down, the WORST sandwiches of all the places we regularly order from. I would call their food edible, at best. When I get a sandwich from this place, I eat it only to sustain my body - there is no pleasure given by the food they make here. There isn't much to their sandwiches - meat and cheese on bread - maybe lettuce - maybe dressing. Dry bread. Dry meats - especially the chicken. You could make a better sandwich than this at home. One time I bit into a chicken sandwich and got a CRUNCH as I bit into a nice chunk of cartilage. Put me off my "food" immediately. Yech.

Located right next to my office, Milk Street Cafe is a lunchtime treat. I come here for the usual lunch favorites-- healthy salads, wholesome soups, hot entrees, and giant chocolate chip cookies. Their prices are very reasonable, and the food is all good, soups in particular. And all food is ORC Kosher certified. Now here's a special hint: Since they close at 3:00 PM, all food is discounted 20% off after 2 PM. Double yum! Take a late lunch here. For the record, this is the location that handles all of Milke Street's catering. At my old job, we used them for pretty much all of our catering needs, and it was always delicious and on time! Highly recommended.

My office gets breakfasts from here for meetings sometimes, I really dis-like what they offer. I am just not a fan but they are always so busy, especially at lunch time. The muffins, danish, breakfast sandwiches are nothing to write home about and are usually dry. They offer plenty of seating inside and there are what seems to be two entrances but there is really only one public entrance. The other one is for the people who work in the building above, they get some special, secret door that looks like it should be the main door. That's whatever.

I get that this place is Vegetarian and Kosher, but why is there no flavor? The food reminds of what you have to look forward to when you are in a nursing home. If you are with people and they suggest you go here, run.. run as fast as you can. It is clean, the staff is friendly, but when I eat, I want to taste my food. Avoid this place, since there is to many good places in the area.

MSC is, in the parlance of someone's time, the bee's knees. My judgment may be clouded based on finding my perfect sandwich here and ordering it every single time I go. So, I'm leaving room to improve. Thus, the four stars. The roasted tomato sandwich, my friends. Get it. Ask them to add goat cheese to it. This will turn an excellent sando into an epic delicious "OMG PUT IT IN ME" sando. They put it on the sandwich press, so hold your horses, cool your jets, kick up your heels. I went from full to starving just thinking about it. Another high point: this place is kosher. Not only that, but it's smack dab in the middle of downtown Do you know how hard it is to find a bona fide kosher restaurant outside of Brookline? Maybe not. But I do! Finding vegetarian fare outside of JP and Cambridge has been a little easier of late, but what if you're friends with a vegetarian who keeps kosher? Seriously, this place is an oasis for going to lunch with my sole kosher veggie friend. And really, harping on the veg.options--if you're tired of eating at Clover, clogging your arteries on pasta, and eating salad, this is such a nice alternative.

One of the greatest crises of conscience when you work in a nonprofit is the free lunches provided by drug reps. My moral half feels more than a little icky at the thought of getting fed on the fat of the pharmaceutical companies; my fat-kid half rejoices. Quandary. Wait, what's quandary mean? That said, Milk Street Cafe is the bombz0rz. We have a drug rep who comes to the clinic quite often to sponsor diabetes medical groups and "provider lunches", where guest speakers sponsored by the drug rep company come and, well, speak to us while we eat free food. This particular rep we deal with always gets food from Milk Street, and it never disappoints. Yummy sandwiches, fresh fruit, salads, cheese and cracker platters, and occasionally some scrumptious baked goods rock my face off. Add that to the fact that there's always an asston of food to go around, and you've got yourself some (somewhat healthy) glutton heaven. So while my conscience might cry out at accepting free food from drug companies, my belly sure won't be any time soon.

Had the roasted cauliflower wrap which tasted like turmeric, turmeric, and more turmeric. That's all I could taste, and it was dry.

My office is a big fan of these guys, ordering from them fairly frequently. The food is good. They have standard fare stuff, lunch meats, chicken/tuna salads, hummus and some weirdly pesto mix sandwich too. All taste good but don't come with condiments on them - little plastic ones come with the sandwich. That annoys me. At least offer some specialty condiments if you're not going to put them on yourself? fancy mayo? It's always fresh tasting, pretty to look at on platters, giant ass cookies and brownies, bags of carbs. It occurs to me that they probably offer much more interesting fare, but trying to appeal to a large group its not offered as much. Probably not their fault at all, and the quality of taste is good.

I've used Milk Street for both catering for my office and as a spot to grab a bite on my highly theoretical breaks. In both capacities, Milk Street is kind of indispensable. The catering is always on time and now that I'm the Joan Holloway of the office (minus, you know, the sex appeal and the pen necklace, plus jeans and a cubicle) I can't even tell you how miffed I get about late deliveries. Also, Milk Street is kosher and very particular about separating the vegetarian food from the more carnivorous fare. (AHHHH MY ROAST BEEF SANDWICH IS EATING THE MUSHROOM WRAP!) I appreciate that, because you never, ever want to piss off a hungry vegetarian. They turn into little celery-chomping, anemic gremlins. The seasonal salads are pretty bomb; I like that they offer something other than the requisite Caesar/Cobb/garden trifecta of lame. And at the cafe location itself, the soups are quite tasty, too. I have to say, I like Milk Street much more than Sebastian's, but both are the inbred cousins to Viga: Where Waistlines Go to Expand into Infinity.