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    Square Cafe - Hanover

    4.2 (91 reviews)
    Closed 11:30 am - 3:00 pm, 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Romantic
    Upscale
    Outdoor seating

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    Creme Brûlée
    Jessie Z.

    This place is amazing! Everything we ate was delicious. The mussels are a must. For our entrees we had the steak frites and a special of the night - Korean short ribs. Both were delicious. Creme brûlée was so good and a wonderful way to end the meal! At first glance prices look high but the portions are huge and well worth it. Great service and a lovely outdoor patio.

    French Onion Soup
    Jessica B.

    SoOoOo...let me start off by saying I love the original location of Square Cafe in Hingham; the vibe, the ambiance, the food. Everything there is perfect. However, the Hanover location has a completely different vibe, ambiance and atmosphere. It feels like they should have made it a sister-restaurant and named it something else. But at last, I digress... My husband and I came here for dinner during the week. We ordered the bread service and french onion soup to start. We didn't appreciate being nickel & dimed (charged) for the bread & oil as normally that is complimentary at establishments of this caliber. However, it was fantastic. As was the french onion soup! It was rich in flavor but still had a light texture which is ideal for this type of soup. For my entree, I ordered the pan seared scallops. Everything about the meal was excellent. The risotto and citrus salad were perfect compliments to the scallops. I tried a bite of my husband's roasted cod and it was just as delicious as mine. For dessert, we shared the bread pudding as we love it from the other location. Even though it was delicious, I swear it didn't taste as good as the other location, but that's probably just my bias showing ;) I would definitely recommend checking this location out for yourself!

    Ben L.

    Recommended by friends and stopped in for dinner. My 3 star rating is the combination of 4 stars for the ambiance, atmosphere and food, "ehh." Restaurant is nicely decorated, clean, well lit and great ambiance. Greeted by hostess friendly and polite. Because it was a nice night, we chose to sit outdoors. Waitstaff was good. Waiter asked if we wanted bread and we said yes. Little did we know, we discovered the bread was not free. $4 chargers for the bread service when we received the bill. We ordered the house made Szechuan pork shrimp dumplings, crispy pork spareribs, Dan Dan noodles for 2 and Caesar's salad with salmon. The dumplings came swimming in chili oil with pork belly. The chili oil was more oil than chili and the pork belly were very tough to chew. The spareribs were also hard to eat, dry but sauce was good. The noodles also swimming in oil and tasted Okay. The Caesar's salad lettuce was a wilted and not fresh. We won't be visiting again any time soon.

    Pan Roasted Chilean Sea Bass (substitute for Halibut)
    Mike K.

    They continue to deliver solid scores from the kitchen. This should be 3 stars due to service and a couple misses on the plates, but I really want this place to succeed as I like the quality of the ingredients and the menu. We were frustrated with the service of our waiter last night as he was just MIA and standing at a computer screen the majority of the night. When he would stop by other tables he would put his head down and just walk right out of the patio without giving anyone an option to even make eye contact. We could have left 30 minutes earlier than we did if he would have come by and packaged up our leftovers and offered us a desert menu. Eventually he got an "excuse me" as he tried to get back to his computer and then we were able to request the leftovers get packaged up and order some dessert. The Steak Frites....Delicious! Cooked perfect and seasoned well. The White Bernaise that came with them was gross though. Truffle Fries to die for and side salad nice and fresh. The Halibut was slightly over cooked as all the edges were hard, but he middle was absolutely perfect. The red curry coconut sauce was on point and the baby bok choy and jasmine rice were the perfect accompaniment. We ordered a coconut cream pie with raspberry sauce and that was delicious as well.

    Arcadian Farm  Avocado | Cucumber | Tomato | Feta Cheese | Beets | Red Onion | Champagne Vinaigrette
    Pito M.

    Food: great Service: amazing (Peter is the best) Ambience: very cozy and intimate Celebrating 5 years of marriage. Square cafe did not disappoint. My wife and I will be back very soon!!!

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    Holy salty chicken parm! I was dehydrated for a full day after that thing. What a shame

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    New favorite on the south shore. Great menu and always friendly service even though it's often quite busy.

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    Outstanding food, service, and drinks. Bar area crazy busy and small so get there early!

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    So excited for Square Cafe yo open in Hanover. The space is comfortable, staff is friendly and the food is consist excellent.

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    Enjoyed a very nice Saturday night dinner. Menu, food, service and ambiance were all top-notch.

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