Nestled almost in the lobby of an office building, you may walk right past thinking it was tea and coffee only, but you'd be missing out on some tasty lunch and breakfast offerings. It is a small coffee shop with quite a few "community" tables and a few more intimate sized tables if you don't want to mingle, the place is clean and the offerings in the bakery cabinet are very drool worthy, all types of cinnamon cakes, coffee cakes and fruit pastries, etc.. We were there for lunch and were surprised by the selection, we went for on of the rice bowls, brown rice and veggies topped with your choice of protein, we went with chicken which was almost chicken salad, but all was incredibly fresh and tasted fantastic. Lots and lots of loose tea offerings and of course coffee's as well as cold drinks. Prices were reasonable given the location, and service was friendly and prompt. read more

This is the ABSOLUTELY greatest ramen place in the region. It is a local secret and everything is exceptional. I remember when they first opened in 2002 and I had my first cup of their home-made Chai. I moved back home to California, but whenever I am in the Boston area, this is my first stop. NOT TO BE MISSED and you will not be disappointed! read more

Love this place! My brother just started grad school at Harvard, so we make it a point to visit here at least once whenever I visit him, which has been about 4-5 times in the past 3 months. We haven't tried nearly everything they offer, but what we did have, was delicious. Just to name a few... Tea - always made well, whether hot or cold, just the right amount of sweetness (both of us like our beverages lightly sweetened). I like their Thai bubble tea and the hot honey lemon tea. Egg salad wrap - So good! Filled with fresh greens and chunks of mozzarella. I wish I wasn't allergic to large quantities of eggs, or I would get this more often. So I just share with my brother, mostly. Monkey Wrap - Banana and apple with peanut butter...yummy...one of the first things I ever tried here. VERY filling though! Tofu Udon - Also good, chewy noodles, slightly sweet kitsune-style tofu, with just the right amount of spiciness. Turkey Pesto Wrap (I think that's what it's called...): Again, delicious, turkey with pesto, fresh greens, and mozzarella cheese. Steamed Rice with Milk and Honey - Now, I love anything with steamed milk. And eating the multigrain rice makes me feel healthy ;) Pretty filling, and at $3.50 it's pretty worth it. Definitely looking forward to trying their salads and other forms of tea. This wasn't my first visit, and it definitely won't be my last. Only minor complaint is that it IS quite pricey. read more

What this place may lack in atmosphere, it makes up for in flavorful and affordable food. In addition to a variety of sandwiches and wraps, they have a full hot menu including udon and ramen noodles, bi-bim-bap, and rice bowls. They seem to be known for their bubble tea, which is good and is easily the item I get with most regularity, but their food shouldn't be overlooked! I've been happy with everything I've gotten at Dado and appreciate it for being one of the only spots in the immediate area that is fast, healthy, and affordable. The service is friendly and I wish the space was as welcoming as the people that work here. I was very close to giving Dado 3 stars, because atmosphere is important to me and there is definitely room for growth here. In spite of the lack of comfy seating though, Dado has made a special place in my heart (stomach?), so 4 stars it is. The room has great light and could easily be made into a more comfortable space. Just a note, but regardless, I'll be back soon for a piping bowl of ramen and a Thai iced tea. read more

I pass by Dado Tea every day and I'm so glad I finally went in! Dado is a cafe in the front and restaurant in the back. The menu is extensive - ranging from pastries and coffees to bibimbap and noodles. I ordered the Spicy Dado Noodle Soup and it was tasty and incredibly filling. The food is fantastic, but it's really the service that separates Dado from other cafes/restaurants. I walked in 10 minutes before closing (6pm on Fridays) and the two young men working there were incredibly kind and accommodating. They kept the kitchen open for me and let me order anything on the menu, which was incredibly kind since they were about to close up and go home. In addition to what I ordered, they offered me the leftover pastries!! Thank you both for your kindness - I will definitely be back for all types of meals and occasions. read more

Perfect bubble tea! the Boba was just right -- no hard centers and not too soft. Highly recommend the Thai tea bubble tea!! not too sweet, but delicious read more

This is my first time going to Dado - and its my last time. I ordered a Potter wrap, the lady ask if I want the lunch special (you pay extras $3 for an apple and a tea) I said sure. She gave me my tea, apple and sandwich. I sat down in a small table (the walls are dirty...like really dirty...and the tables are sticky...) I realized she gave me a Toto wrap instead... I left my drink and apple at the table and bought the sandwich back. The guy say "Potter is not on lunch special" I said, "Its my first time here. Besides, she offered it to me." He then want to charge me more and asked my for my apple back...What the heck?? What kind of customer service is this?? Your employee screwed up, 99% of the restaurant owner would apologize and make the right sandwich immediately... Instead, you threw away the Toto wrap and ask me for the apple back AND charge me more?! For reference, these 2 wraps are both $8.95 - the same price. He did NOT even apologize... I'm not coming back. I would let my friends and coworkers know about my experience also. I did get the Potter wrap, gave him back the apple and I already drank the tea...I already paid for it anyway. I really regret not just ask for a full refund...the wrap was very Meh. Less than 3oz of chicken and the sauce was too oily...not much flavor, don't get why people rave about it. I get twice the amount of food at Life Alive, Boloco or Chopitle...and they give you way better customer service. Avoid this place~ spend your hard earn money else where. read more

I have been coming to this place for over a decade. Sometimes I would stop in daily (when I worked just down the street) and sometimes without popping in for a year (when I quit the down the street job and didn't live nearby). The biggest negative I can say about this place is the cost. It is not cheap. Having said that it's located in an area where nothing is cheap...so it's not like you are choosing between Dado or an alternative that is half the price a couple of doors down. One of the things I like the most is consistency in employees and that they are clearly hired to reflect that the owner cares about the customers (and is often around to make wraps/ sandwiches himself). The food is really good and for the most part makes you feel really good and healthy afterwards (try the dado wrap and the Bibimbap if you want to walk out feeling full, but not too full and feel like you have good, clean energy in your body for a couple of hours after). I am a big fan of the Green Tea and Coffee here. The atmosphere is clean and bright and the place is typically full of respectable patrons. Overall I would highly recommend this place if you are fine with the prices (which are warranted given the location, quality of food and drink and the service). read more

I love Dado Tea! I go there every so often with a friend for bubble tea and the owner is very nice, as is the environment. The natural light is pleasant and it's never very crowded. During COVID times they have a table near the door with hand sanitizer where they put people's takeout orders if they order online, and a plexiglass shield in front of the register should you want to order in person. I would recommend their bubble tea, as well as their shrimp tempura udon and bagel with lox. Also, they have a punchcard system so if you go often you can get your card stamped and then get a free drink once you have ten stamps. read more

Dado Tea - Taro bubble tea with almond milk - Bubble Tea Near Me - Cambridge, Massachusetts

Dado Tea may not be the shiniest and most modern looking cafe, but I was pleasantly surprised by the wide-selection of teas, coffee, and food offered here. I got a latte while my lactose-intolerant friend got a thai tea w/ boba, substituted with almond milk - a nice option for vegans and those with other dietary restrictions. We were both happy with our selections. I didn't order any food, but there was a wide range of heathy sounding wraps, rice bowls, noodle bowls, sandwiches, etc on the menu. Most impressive was the owner? (or cashier), who was very patient and kind and seemed to really care about his customers, as he remembered and acknowledged the regular patrons who came into the cafe. He also immediately came to my friend and gave her the wifi password when she took out her laptop. While the interior was a little drab, the atmosphere was still enjoyably peaceful. I could actually concentrate on the book I was reading, as opposed to studying at Caffè Nero which is just down the street and is often super loud and crowded. Will definitely be coming back to Dado! Note: No stress in finding a table, and there are outlets and wifi read more

Fast to-go food with a healthier bent almost reminiscent of a deli counter. They offered cut up fruits, salads, wheat wraps, some noodle and sandwich options. This place has an Asian bent though not authentic. I tried the petit bibimbap which was brown rice, carrots, cucumber slices, bean sprouts, sliced turkey deli meat, black beans on a bed of romaine lettuce with gochujang and sesame oil. It was okay for a healthy fast snack but not particularly tasty. The decaf black milk tea was disappointing. Large bubbles (the boba was slightly better done than Tealuxe). Not much tea flavor, more of a tan colored sugar water, not much sweetness to it. Really...I think water is better. If I was on the to-go, nearby, and needed a fast, healthy snack, this place might be ok. But given other options I would prefer to try elsewhere. read more

8:03 am on an otherwise ordinary Monday except that I am here, and this is not Missoula. The streets of Cambridge are slowly filling with bodies, moving this way and that. Coffee cups in hand, smart phones in hand, iPads in bags, things being eaten on the go, thoughts floating into the chill of a mid-October morning. Time to escape from the sidewalk. Time for breakfast. Time to breathe. Time for tea. The Breakfast Special #1 is attractively priced: $3.50 gets me a toasted everything bagel with cream cheese, a boiled egg, and a pot of Keemun black tea. It's all prepared quietly and efficiently. I sit at a side table next to the windows and gaze outward at the passers-by, then inward, at my book (This is Not the Ivy League, by Mary Clearman Blew). I read. I think. I smile. I sip. I swallow. I spread. I crack and peel and eat egg, bagel, seeds falling on a napkin made of brown pulp on a table made of stained wood as I continue to chew. The tea is brewed right; strong without harsh tannins, the steam rises my mind clears my stomach stops aching it is time to move on to start the day to return to the streets filling with people covered with falling leaves lost in the shuffle of just another ordinary Monday morning it's now 8:23 am yet I am still here (blink), and this is still Cambridge. DA DO : Here's to ten more years. (dedicated to Markus N., Oakland, CA). read more

Dado Tea's original store provides a respite from all the pine tables and vinyl chairs of Mass Ave's furniture ghetto. The Korean couple who founded this cafe have managed to create a nice and calm light-filled atmosphere - something that often is lacking in their more accessible (ie. busy) Harvard Sq branch. I , like countless others, popped in here for rest and refuel on my walk between Harvard and MIT. My engine runs on tea, and in terms of choice, I was not let down - Dado has a long menu, if a little expensive in places. The tea took a while to come and wasn't served very well either. Perhaps our server was having a bad day, she certainly was no help in advising about all the different teas. I really wanted to like this Dado, as I do like their Harvard outpost, but the uncomfortable and rather bland seating ruined it - especially when Mrs Annoying McAnnoyingson on the table behind started banging her chair against the back of mine and then telling me off. Come on Dado - give us more room! read more

Dado tea is a NoGo place! The service was awful. My friend and I ordered 2 bubble tea drinks...one with milk and another one without. When we got our drinks, we had noticed that both had milk. My friend told the women who took our order that she didn't want milk in one of them. The asian women over the counter looked at me as if I had 10 heads and raised her eyebrow a few times until she realized that I wasn't going to go anywhere until this matter was fixed. She kept saying "I don't understand what you are trying to say." Being born here in the states and attended a private university here as well, I assumed that my English was at least understandable and that she was playing stupid with me. She than went to a co-worker of hers to help solve this issue. The Indian women was said "you don't want milk in your tea?" And with the reply of "that is correct" from my friend, she than rudely said "all of our teas have milk in it and if you want it without, than you should have said it louder so we know." And when we got our orders straightened out, our experience of getting a cold drink, left a sour taste in our mouth that we would never go back. Seriously, these new owners need to train their employees to understand that customer service is key or you will not be in business long. If you want to try this place, I hope you get there soon, because I don't see this place lasting long. Expensive, rude service and bad products. read more

Dado Tea was the shining soothing light of an otherwise dour day. First thing in the morning I slipped and fell down the stairs, which did something to my right leg, causing me to limp for two weeks. (Up to now) Parking was tough to find, so I decided to take a shortcut through a parking lot, but due to my useless leg, I failed in getting over a chain-link fence, and got my favorite pair of jeans ripped. So I had to limp on a descending foot-thick wall to get down in front of Dado. But, once that was all over, and I went into Dado Tea, everything got better. The decor is peculiar, it's very clean and stark. But in a moment, the Asian styling becomes clear. As others have pointed out, very "Zen". Me and my companion ordered a pot of white peony tea (a.k.a Bai Mu Dan), I got a chicken salad sandwich on french bread, and she got the multi-grain rice dinner (Vegans gotta eat, too). I also had a carrot-cake for desert. Needless to say, everything was superb. The food was great, the tea was just right, plenty of leaves, and a lot of water to add. The leaves were of high quality, as well. The carrot cake was above my expectations. As a tea aficionado who admittedly hasn't sampled many of the local tea houses (I usually brew for myself), this is definitely a place to which I shall return. T info: Red Line - It's marked as Central Square, but it's closer to Harvard. So get off at Harvard, and walk south on Mass Ave. It's on the east side of the street, and a little bit hard to spot. read more

My go-to place if I'm looking to hunker down for at least a few hours to work/study, don't want to go to a library, and need the following: - Free, (generally) reliable wee-fee (aka, WiFi) - Conflict-free access to outlets - Plenty of seating with different table sizes according to your wingspan/sociability needs (I've never had an issue with finding preferred seating unlike at other cafés) - A wide assortment of drinks, including coffee, tea, bubble tea, smoothies, etc. - A wide assortment of (generally Asian-themed) sustenance, including sandwiches, wraps, salads, noodle bowls, rice bowls, etc. - Something sweet for my sweet tooth, including pastries, chocolate, etc. - Wall-length windows for natural lighting and people-watching for when I need entertainment - Clean bathroom - Affordable prices - Friendly service Other Notes: - The older Asian gentleman (the owner?) is incredibly nice - tolerated my paying in excessive change (gotta lighten the load somehow) by reassuring me that he needed change anyways, read my mind when he saw me squinting at the walls for the wee-fee password, and immediately came over to flip on the surge protector when I plugged in my laptop and failed to notice that the switch was off (hadn't had my caffeine yet). - Cheap breakfast ($4 for a choice of drink and pastry from 7:30 - 11:30 AM) and lunch specials ($8.50 for a choice of drink, sandwich, and snack from 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM) during the weekdays. - Interesting and varying music selection. Sometimes calming, sometimes not so much (e.g., Requiem for a Dream's Lux Aeterna - great instrumental but not really easy listening, y'know?). Just bring your headphones in case. Time for a coffee refill! read more

The reason this Dado Tea is better than the one literally a mile away in Harvard is that the tables are huge - HUGE, I say - and as I mostly stalk this place because I need wifi and a place to study. It was the dead of finals time and anyone who knows anything knows that grabbing a spot at a place with free wifi is horrendous. So anyway, it's a big place with big tables, free wifi, coffee/tea/smoothies and random treats. I'm not the biggest fan of the fare at Dado, but that's not to say it isn't good. Oh, and if you're there hella late, scones become half off. read more

A new cafe with free wifi and good coffee and decent food that is even pretty healthy?? Yes, Please! Being a nerdy grad student I am always looking for new cafe spots to well, be a nerd and do some work! And Dado Tea was one of those places we stumbled upon during our current housing search in that area, and it is a nice little place. Not only is their coffee pretty tasty, but they have a huge selection of teas too, so if you are feeling adventurous this place should have something new for you to try! And if you are hungry, they have some cheap lunch specials where for about $8 you get a sandwich, chips or fruit and coffee. And it is all made fresh too. One of our sandwiches was a miss though--the tofu pesto just wasn't too flavorful so Matt J and I were both pretty pumped to know that we had a chicken salad sandwich too with that olive spread and it definitely left our mouths a little more excited! But food aside, there are definitely enough tables here between the front and the back for a small group, but it is a quiet cafe...so if you are like me and enjoy a little more noise while you work, this might not be it, but hey free wifi is everyone's friend! read more

LOVE!!! I used to come here a lot when I worked a block away. Somehow, having moved 3 blocks down the street, it fell off my radar. I need to start going back! Great Americanos and decent prices. I'm an Americano girl so I can't comment on the coffee. AWESOME sandwiches. Not cheap, but fresh and healthy and tasty and made to order just how you like them. I used to get the one with fresh mozz and pesto a lot. They had really good soup WARNING: The bi bim bab salad is highly disappointing. If you love the 'bab, pass on it. The atmosphere is lovely and soothing. It's actually a good place for a business meeting too, some good sized tables and bright enough to get things done, but still relaxing. read more

I love Dado Tea. They have a nice selection of green and black teas, and a fantastic hot honey-fresh ginger-lemon tea that is just the thing if you feel a sniffle coming on. Their food is also very good -- fresh salads, wraps, and sandwiches that are filling but never heavy. Lots of vegetarian options, but they also have a nice chicken salad. This is a great place for a light meal. read more

For a coffee man who only drinks tea when he's sick, I may not be the one to comment on their tea. I am a sandwich lover, though, who is very opinionated about bread freshness, quality of ingredients, and price. To that end, I have a great deal of praise for Dado. Their Chicken Salad is delicious. You can tell that it's all white meat by its consistency. Not overly-Mayo-tasting. The fresh greens included are a crunchy counterpoint to the chicken salad and hearty, yet moist, multi-seed bagel that was my bread. Cozy atmosphere. Soothing music with lots of ethnic variety. $7.10 including tax seems a tad much for a bagel sandwich. But you can tell that the extra cost is due to the high quality of ingredients, not just because they are charging whatever they feel like. read more

This place is a crazy mishmosh of Asian culture; There's Korean music, Korean masks, and Bi Bim Bab. And then there's the Japanese name, the Chinese teas, and the boba (originally Taiwanese). I came here with a Korean student who said, "Maybe they can't tell us apart..." I don't really think that's the case because I think the owner is actually an Asian woman (though I don't know specifically from which country). I do, however think that Dado has a lot to offer in the way of fresh salads, sandwiches, and tea varieties. The service is not excessively friendly, which feels appropriate somehow, and they never have a problem when I come in here with a larger group. It's also the perfect kind of quiet place to meet up with a friend. I hate boba with a passion for it's phlegm-y texture but I was almost able to choke down one of Katie F.'s tapioca balls, without spitting it into a napkin. That's sayin' somethin. read more

I went here to try their bubble tea, and I was disappointed. I tried their white tea bubble tea, and there was way too much ice (about 2/3 of the cup), which made the bubbles hard and the tea watery. The flavor was lacking as well. In the end, I had to throw it out before I could finish. If you're in Cambridge, I'd suggest going to Leisure Station instead. They make the drinks with much less ice, and the bubbles are more chewy. read more

Weak teas, I'm not even convinced there was any tea in the tea. I went with two other people and we each got a boba tea for four bucks. (We'd walked from MIT and were thirsty and wanted something fun to drink.) Not one of them had flavor. This place is pretty expensive too. Yes, one person can eat here for under $10 dollars, but that will get you only a tea and a cookie. read more

To be fair, I have only ever gotten Thai and Chai tea at both locations of Dado Tea. Oh yeah, and I got a sandwich once, which was delicious. Anyway, what I mean to say is that the sweet Japanese man who works here (and presumably owns it from the way he directs around everyone else) can tailor the concentration and sweetness of these teas to your taste if you just ask him. I am pretty poor and I don't live in Cambridge anymore, so I have been making my own masala chai (where the ef can you find thai tea to brew yourself?) which costs much less than $3.84 for a medium. But yes, since one of my three life goals is to become a chai guru, I highly recommend stopping by this place and ordering the chai tea. Plus there is outdoor seating for those of us who enjoy getting some sunlight (granted there are only two tables, four chairs total, in direct, unshaded sunlight in front of a rather unremarkable building on a rather unremarkable stretch of Mass Ave where quite a few unremarkable people often walk). read more

Pros: Once I heard people discussing/singing an opera in the making? Very funny. Managed to keep a straight face. I mean... They have seating enough for larger groups... It is nice and sunny and very clean in here. They sell fruit. My vegan cousin can eat lunch here. Cons: Things seem to be overpriced. Their bubble tea made me feel like I was sucking phlegm through a straw, I was off bubble tea for a LONG ASS time. My vegan cousin can eat lunch here, so mostly things do not look delicious to me. read more

Dear Dado Tea, This $2.50 cupcake I'm not eating tastes like cigarette smoke smells, and the icing - where very lovely - is easily a close cousin to a car's tire, based on the flavor and the fact that it's unruffled, nevermind that the woman who packaged it nicely dropped it upside down into the bag. You are a disappointment. I think it's time for me to start seeing other teahouses. ANY other teahouses. Love, Me read more

Dado Tea is right around the corner from my apartment, so I have to restrain myself from coming here every day for tea and snacks! I love their daily lunch special, particularly Tuesday when my favorite roll (turkey, apples, mozzarella, greens) is the star. As others have mentioned, the staff is super friendly and they really take pride in their handiwork, making each drink or sandwich with great care. Not much else to say! Tasty drinks (bubble tea!!), tasty snacks, nice staff, cozy atmosphere. read more

Dado tea is a peaceful place -- the almostCentral Sq. location is generally pretty quiet. The staff plays good music (sometimes jazz, sometimes classical), and serves delicious salads and sandwiches. For me, highlights include the delicious tea blends (like the serenity blend), the honeydew bubble tea, and the chrysanthemum tea. Also, their peppermint tea is delightfully strong, and I swear it cured me of a sinus infection. Oh- and this location is infinitely better than their Church St location which feels kind of cramped and uncomfortable. read more

I love Dado! I go there almost every day. The owners are great, food is lovely. Recommend!

I don't think the atmosphere is as good as it should be, but it's a lot nicer and better and fresher than it's copy-cat on Church Street. Today I stopped in for bubble tea and tried one of their "special" teas -- jazzermelon -- watermelon mixed in with jasmine tea non-dairy smoothie with tapioca. Yum, yum! Deelish! It certainly tasted good for a crisp fall day, and it made my cold feel better. I would recommend this place to those in the area. It's great to have more neighborhood hang-outs. I only wish there were more near Central/Harvard area -- like a nice old-fashioned bakery or deli. read more

This place is owned and run by a gentle Nepalese man. The atmosphere of the location resonates with that Zen-like, at ease, and spiritual ambiance you associate with that side of the universe. Exotic and traditional types of drinks, many specialities and bubble teas, GREAT sandwiches, everything a bit on the more expensive side but absolutely worth it. This is my favorite laid back date spot. read more

I was craving a good cup of tea so I stopped at Dado. I knew I wanted something with ginger. I asked the guy working at the counter if he could make me something with ginger. He made me an Indian Chai. Now I have had chai before and this was nothing like that. Indian tea with fresh grated ginger and ginger extract with a teeny tiny bit of milk then sweetened with honey. Wow this tea had bite! If I lived near here I would go broke from drinking tea all of the time. Lot's to choose from and they also carry a great selection of loose tea. read more

Dado Tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Cambridge, Massachusetts

i loooooovvveeee this place, its so delicious! My dad and i really like to get the Thai bubble tea. It's good! i also love the pork dumplings, usually we get 2 orders of dumplings because their that good! We also get the tofu ginger salad, it's really good. The tofu is great! i always love all the sweet goodies they have their. i love this place soooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! read more

YAYAYAY-- This is my 100th review! Dado Tea has a neat atmosphere-- typical cafe in the front, tea house in the back. Better yet, it has an awesome 7-ingredient tea, whose name escapes me now (but I'll look it up), that includes dry raspberries and rock candy. I highly recommend it! read more

Skip! I went here with my friend on a Friday night while waiting for dinner reservations somewhere else. We had smoothies and they were fine - totally average, nothing to complain about, nothing special. Overpriced though for that quality... The staff was unfriendly. I asked if I could replace the milk in my smoothie with juice or something else and apparently that was one question too much for them. It's a shame cause this looks like a cool place near my work. But the average quality of their drinks and the unfriendly staff definitely makes me skip it every time I pass by. read more

Only been here once. They wisely have a no-cell phone policy. Ordered a sandwich with hummus, feta, and olives...it was decent. Their chais taste more indian, than say, any chain coffee shop, but not quite in the style of the "indian chai" they claim. The decor seems to lack personality--a bit sterile, but they have great window seating and a few outside tables. read more

I like patronizing this little tea/coffee place by work. I've also been to the Harvard Square location and like it equally well although this one is a little more tucked away and thus a bit less busy. The coffee and tea drinks are good. I've tried both lattes and the homemade chai bubble tea. They have a respectable pastry selection, the same types of scones, brioches, muffins that seem to proliferate between petsi's, 1369 and the former Toscannini's cafe that's on Kirkland and now called something else. The food is quite good for a lunch stop. Its on the lighter side, I've had the salad with marinated ginger-soy tofu. It was simple, not exactly something you couldn't make at home but it tasted good and with marinated ginger carrots was light and refreshing. I've also had the Potter wrap which is huge and will fill you up for the rest of the day. Its an unusual combination of cool chicken salad in a wrap with tomato, field greens and warm mixed grain rice. It was very tasty and I could barely finish. They also have daily lunch specials with a sandwich of the day and drink and chips or fruit. This place is soothing, calm, and unpretentious. Its worth stopping by. read more

I went to this place to study for exams and I ended up staying all day! Well, mostly because it was freezing outside so I didn't want to move. First, I ordered a slice of cappuccino cake. It tasted pretty good except it was a bit dry and had a dried film over it like a skin from sitting in the display window for so long. Perhaps they should cover their pre-sliced cakes with saran wrap to prevent from drying out. But then it wouldn't look as appetizing, so I can understand why they don't. Later on, I got the bi bim bap which was basically a salad of mixed greens, cucumbers, sprouts, mushrooms, shredded carrot, and multi-grain brown rice. The rice was delicious! I ordered it with turkey, which sucked because it was just sliced deli turkey. But when you put their hot sauce on it and eat everything together, it was yummy! They also put a healthy amount of sesame oil which makes it very aromatic. Their dinner special is the bi bim bap (or a sandwich or wrap) with a tea and a treat (cookie) for just around $9. I ordered it with meat, so it was a dollar more (without meat is $8 and change). They give you a large portion so I was able to take some home and a made ramen the next day and added my leftovers in. It was really good that way. I also got a slice of banana nut bread, which was really good because I took it home and microwaved it. It was steaming hot and tasted like it had just come fresh out of the oven. I also got a cornmeal cookie, which was ok. The atmosphere is nice. The music selection is a great variety, but they do play it too loud sometimes. There are a decent number of outlets for your laptop, but only if you sit near the walls. There are a good amount of chairs and tables, but just be aware that around dinner time, it gets packed. There is a bathroom down the hall, but you have to borrow their key to use it. The place is kept clean and the people that work there are pretty friendly. I would definitely go back there again and try their wraps or sandwiches. Their tofu looked good (at least what looked like tofu). By the way, they only take credit cards if you purchase over $10. A big plus is that they have free wi-fi! read more

Such a relaxing spot! A great place to hang out to read, or even to work, because it's so quiet. They have fair-trade coffee, which is neat (although it doesn't taste any better IMHO). Their lunch specials are a good deal with a different sandwich every day of the week. Bi-bim-bop (Korean cold salad with spicy sauce on the side) is good but more expensive (more than $10). I guess it's OK for them to charge more since they are a locally-owned business. If you're on a budget try the Greater Boston Buddhist Cultural Center across the street, for cheap, non-profit, decent vegetarian fare. read more