Great new business in Templeton. Templeton Café and Pub took over JK Crossroads if you're familiar…read morewith the area. We popped in last night to check out the new changes and really enjoyed our evening. Ambience is great, some changes to decor brightens up the inside and the new furniture is great. Now food. Best burger I've had in a while. I ordered the Maple Bourbon burger (can't recall the exact name) and it was delicious to the last bite. Our party also enjoyed the Buffalo tenders, French Toast chicken sandwich and some chicken wings. The selection of beer could be a little bigger, but we found something we all enjoyed. Have patience as the staff and crew get settled in but rest assured, the food is worth it! We will be back!

We were just looking for a lunch stop along route 2 and we were lucky enough to find the Templeton…read moreCafe and Pub. Everything was great: the food was excellent, the service great, and the restaurant and facilities spotless. We'll keep this place in mind for future trips.

Had my husband's Celebration of Life on Saturday, March 21, 2026. I can not say enough good things…read moreabout the venue, staff and food. I had only anticipated about 100 people and we ended up with almost 200 people. They were so accommodating and very professional in the way that they handled this. Maggie and Anya were amazing with their attention to detail. Aiden, the bartender, was able to handle the bar with ease. The food was absolutely delicious and everyone was raving about it. I would highly recommend this venue to everyone. If I could give them more than 5 stars, I would! Linda Bourgeois

Friendly service with good food and a decent selection of items to choose from…read moreBar with cocktails and beer

The best diner I've ever been to the food is the best and service is fast and happy staff all over…read morethe retro style makes the place beautiful

Local popular establishment with that home-cooked feel. Bring ca$h, as credit cards are not honored.read more

Gardner Ale House at Moon Hill Brewing gave us a nice evening of good music, cold brews, good food,…read moredollar oysters! (Apr 2026). We came here to try out their Monday Blues, and happened on their Monday Buck-a-Shuck oysters! We found a long room with over 70 seats set up at tables for four that looked combine-able, about 20 seats at the bar and at 2-seat hightops, both rooms with a wall of windows. The band set up in the bar window, but sit where you like, we found that we could hear the band everywhere! There's also a small enclosed outdoor patio with about 30 more seats at umbrellaed tables. The Jim Atkinson band is a foursome of Boston-area musicians that has been cranking out great blues, rock, & roots since 2017. We loved them, especially enjoying the creative keyboard and a real live sax! Their music selection was amazing, more their favorite solid blues than old-standbys, so we didn't recognize every song. But that's real music :-) The $1 New England oysters were big and juicy! They started at 4pm before we got there, and they still had plenty for us after 7pm! They say the variety changes with availability. These were not overly salty. This was dinner for us, and we started with their hot-skillet "Mexican Corn Dip" with zingy pico de gallo salsa and fresh crisp corn tortilla chips. We got a "warm energy" bowl of quinoa, fresh tart cranberries, baby spinach, roasted sweet potato, and goat cheese, flavored with some scallions and garlic-butter. Huge, delicious, and very satisfying! The Fish 'n Chips was a full-foot-long full of their own Moon-Hill-beer beer-battered haddock, piping-hot fries, fresh crunchy coleslaw, with tartar sauce. Yep, Huge, delicious, and satisfying! We tried their parmesan-garlic wings, but that wasn't our favorite. They were ok, but not crispy which we expected. Came with crunchy celery and creamy bleu cheese. Of course we leaned on their in-house Moon Hill brewery for several dry IPAs, their luscious Candy Mountain blueberry sour, (which could have been colder), and a very tasty non-alcohol Blueberry (Not)-tini, a bubbly beverage crafted with "Reàl Blueberry Purée", fresh lemon juice and lemonade. This is a nice community bar, brewery, restaurant, and patio. We are already looking forward to their big Octoberfest!

I Visited this restaurant while in Gardner mass. It was an Easy in and out. Came here with only…read moreabout 40 minutes to spare and got to enjoy a drink and an appetizer. I ordered the gluten free Red Apple Farm Cranberry Hard Cider Cider - Other Fruit * 5.7% ABV 16oz Draft $8.50 - 12oz Draft $7.75. Which I enjoyed because it was not too sweet. For our APPETIZER we ordered the Barbecue Pulled Pork Bruschetta Brick oven garlic bread, house made slow roasted pulled pork, bacon crumbles, melted shredded cheese. Drizzle of house made white barbecue sauce, scallions $16.00 and it was delicious! Service was fast and friendly. The atmosphere here was calm and casual.

Not sure how or why this place doesn't have better ratings. Everything was 5 stars here.. the…read moreservice, all the food, drinks and the setting of the restaurant was so nice. My boyfriend, 1 year old daughter & I came in to try the food as we were staying less than 10 mins down the road at Great Wolf Lodge. The pecan rolls & corn fritters were amazing!!! Especially dipped in the maple syrup! We got a kids chicken tenders & fries which was a great portion! Fish & chips & teriyaki steak tips with fries. We were starving after swimming all day and ate every bit because of how great all the food was. Nice beers to choose from & I had a yummy pomegranate marg. They were so accommodating of our overtired toddler as well. Thank you to our server Cera for doing a great job! When we're in the area, we will definitely return. We almost didn't come here because the reviews didn't all look great but we are SO glad we tried it! If you have a good experience here definitely urging you to leave a nice review (: Also love the ambiance of downstairs with cozy tables , warm lighting and the nice fireplace. Beautiful little spot in the winter and if you listen you can hear the brook running outside

Just a gem of a spot. From the gorgeously maintained historic property, to the pecan rolls,…read moreeverything was just amazing for our Mother's Day lunch. Our server, Justin, was fantastic and made it an even better experience! It was well worth the drive. Chicken vegetable pie was fantastic.

Very cute breakfast and lunch restaurant. Staff are very personable and capable. They clearly have…read moretheir ;regulars'. Nice music piped in too. The ambiance is very low key, easy to keep clean tables, chairs and floor. The coffee is good. Pancakes are huge. I asked twice for real maple syrup but unless she forgot to charge me for it, I think I got 'pancake' syrup, which is made of corn syrup and I'm not supposed to eat that. Note to self, if you have a food sensitivity or allergy, be sure they know it because I just tried to order according to my needs and didn't spell it out as I should have. The full order of Irish breakfast - an eggs bene over corned beef hash - is HUGE. A half order is absolutely enough for your average size breakfast. I ordered two pancakes, and one would have been enough for my appetite. Another note to self - portions are big. On street parking. Single restroom off dining area. Friendly staff. Good food and coffee. Definitely worth a stop for a home style breakfast.

well it is just outside of "downtown" gardner and it isn't too much to look at BUT if you want a…read moregreat generous breakfast with friendly service, go here!! first time for us and it was full this morning, fortunately we got lucky and a couple was just leaving so we were seated quickly.....menu is pretty typical but it was interesting...my date loves pancakes so she ordered the triple, the waitress warned her that that was a lot so she only ordered 2....and we came home with one!!! i had the Irish benedict, yes full size, and they do order a half so I also have dinner tonight....food was great AND GENEROUS, and service pleasant!!

Service was friendly and speedy. We were seated right away. The menu was so varied and so many…read moreoptions were tempting. We settled on Boston Cream French toast and then garlic shaved steak omelette with cheddar. We shared. Both were delicious!! Orange juice was refreshing! The choices we made were from the specials menu but we plan to go back and try more options. If you go there - it's set back from the street and looks like a brown house at first.

Food is always good and they always have great specials!!!! The price is so reasonable as well and…read moreit's always busy.

Growing up in this town made this visit feel extra special. While visiting family, I stopped in to…read moregrab dinner to go and immediately felt welcomed. Sitting at the bar looking over the menu, the atmosphere had that comfortable local feel that makes you want to stay awhile. I ordered a margarita while waiting for my food, and the staff was incredibly friendly and social, they made me feel like a regular from the moment I walked in. My order came out quickly and was packaged carefully, which made it perfect for traveling. I chose the steak tips and shrimp cocktail special with two sides, and everything was excellent. The steak tips were tender and cooked perfectly, and even in a to-go container the shrimp cocktail was beautifully presented and tasted very fresh. Overall, it was a fantastic experience with great food and genuinely welcoming service.

Yes I know. It looks like an ice cream stand at first, but you can walk inside on the right. The…read moredining room is small, decorated, with just the perfect amount of room to feel comfy. The food is fantastic! Their meatball appetizer alone was better than the entire meal we ate in my last review. The Reuben sandwich was perfect, and the mac and cheese with brisket was so good, I ate it until I almost died (happy). It had more of an American cheese flavor, with rotini. Brisket was smokey, sauced, and chopped making it easy to eat. Every single thing we ordered the past few times was delicious and flavorful. Great, now I have no idea what to order. I want one of everything! Prices may be a bit steep for some, but 100% worth it. We are always too full for the ice cream. Many flavors. Plenty of parking. Service staff are excellent. Fast and friendly. I hope they never change.

Service is always on point. It's a loudish bar scene and if there's music be prepared…read more The food is very reliable. Great tacos (not at all authentic, but very tasty), the burgers are delicious and the impossible option is a huge plus! Over all this place rocks! Good food, great service, good value.

We eat here 6-7 times a year, more than anywhere else. Always great food and even better service…read more Love the chicken parm. Decent beer prices. Large bar and plenty of TVs. Always accommodating as well.

Food is good, waitress was attentive and friendly. We sat on deck overlooking golf course, very…read morepeaceful and pleasant. We were party of six and all enjoyed the evening.

This is basically the country club Restaraunt. Stick with the chips (don't substitute potatoes) and…read morechowder...