Cookin’ Cafe & Grille

A calm, drizzling morning and we got there before the rush. It was the earliest I’ve ever seen a person order a calzone. As Doug uttered the words, «one pepperoni calzone» a hush fell over the crowd. No one expected this. No one was ready.
The man behind the counter didn’t hesitate. You could tell he was ready to meet the challenge. He met doug’s gaze, asked politely for payment, and got to work.
Time seemed fly by. Before we knew it we had the finished product. Upon opening the box the erotic aroma of cheese and roni! The restaurant erupted in applause as doug took his first bite.
Overall it’s pretty good restaurant.

Perhaps I had a fluke bad experience but here’s my rundown.
Slow service: I ordered a pizza, it took over an hour to arrive
Poor attention to detail: My pizza arrive completely cold– super disappointing
Disappointing taste: My pizza had great cheese but the crust and sauce were below average. Further, the pizza was burnt on one side (and somehow managed to arrive cold??)
Will not order from again– it was that bad

I was a little reluctant to try this place because of the 3 star rating. But after reading the reviews, it seemed many complaints centered around delivery issues. We dined in, so I can’t speak on that subject. However, I must say that certain foods don’t lend themselves well to delivery and most breakfast items just shouldn’t be ordered for delivery.
My daughter and I had breakfast there this morning and we were both satisfied. We were both fairly hungry but decided to split the Special breakfast which consisted of 3 eggs (over medium), home fries, toast, sausage (or bacon or ham) and two pancakes. She thought about ordering a bagel as well but we held off. I’m glad we did.
The place wasn’t especially busy. Our order was taken promptly. The food came out within about 10 minutes.
In my neck of the woods, «over medium» means runny to thick yolks with solid whites. These eggs were a little less done than that, but that may be a regional difference (just like finding sausage patties). They were still certainly edible. The sausage was cooked correctly and was tasty. The pancakes were fluffy and I could definitely taste the buttermilk in them. They were cooked perfectly. And what can you say about good, honest white toast.
Now a word about the home fries. We both liked them. A lot of places cook home fries in a skillet or on the flattop. These appeared to be deep fried. This gave them a delightfully crunchy texture. They were not seasoned which suited us both because she likes S & P and I like to add a little hot sauce.
There was certainly enough food for the two of us, in fact we had to leave a couple of bites. All in all it was pretty close to 5 stars. However, I had to ask to get the coffee I ordered, we had to ask for jelly, and the minor issue with the eggs added up to minus one.

this place just is not good. maybe they have other food that is better, but mine was just plain bad. I ordered bacon, eggs and pancakes via foodler. the bacon looked so gross that I swear to god I didn’t even touch it. the pancakes actually looked like styrofoam on the inside. the eggs were ok I guess. even with a bad experience I rarely would write a bad review, but when I literally throw an entire order of food directly into the garbage after paying $ 20, I don’t feel sorry sharing my experience. sorry cookin café and grill

Absolutely horrible customer service. How long does it take to make and deliver 2 salads? Approximately 2.5 hours at Cookin’ Café & Grille. Called several times, and employee kept giving me false ETA’s after talking with the driver. Absolutely absurd. Manager finally refunded my order, but awful customer service. If you’re hungry, order from anywhere else but here.

I found the steak tip sub to be quite tasty with a generous portion of meat. I recommend.

I ordered pancakes and bacon.
The bacon was microwaved or atleast tasted like it. It wasn’t even very hot. I could do better at home any day.
The pancakes were just poor too.
I didn’t finish my meal. I couldn’t.

Ordered a Garden Omelette breakfast sandwich (omelette with peppers, tomatoes, onions) on a English muffin to-​go. It came in about 5 minutes and they packed it up nicely – wrapped in aluminum foil in a to-​go bag with napkins and ketchup.
I enjoyed the sandwich and it was fairly filling – the eggs were possibly slightly overcooked, but not too noticeably. The onion was the most prominent ingredient, which I loved, but the peppers were also abundant. They were a bit skimpy on tomatoes in comparison and the english muffin either could not withstand the amount of eggs and became soft or it wasn’t toasted much at the start – either way, it was still very tasty.
Overall, this was another good experience with Cookin’ Café and I will continue to go back!

I don’t normally give poor Unilocal reviews, but after the third time in a row of cooking café delivering half of an order, I had to post this.
Sure, I should have simply stopped ordering after the second time, but I like to give people chances. I can’t do that anymore here. When it takes an hour to deliver a couple of omelettes and you only show up with one, you should reexamine the way you do business. Pull it together guys because your food is alright otherwise.

Used to be a huge fan.
Until my order, 3 hours after I ordered it, still hadn’t arrived, after 2 phone calls and an attempt to reach Grub Hub.
Sure, they apologized on the phone, but you need to pick up the damn phone and tell your customers that their food will take 3 hours to get there, and will maybe never arrive, instead of waiting for them to call you, when they’re all already ticked off.
Maddening. And now I’m starving and have to find a Plan B.

Perfect place for a quick meal. Their menu is ridiculously large and every item I’ve ever gotten has been pretty good.
Not the classiest place ever, so don’t bring your dates here, but holds its own against any of the casual, cheap dining places in Packard’s Corner.

I really want to make this four or five star place, but its inconsistencies make them impossible to rely on.
I have been here multiple times on the weekend to grab a breakfast sandwich. I order online and for some reason, they didn’t get it. I then wait twenty minutes for a egg and cheese on an English muffin. I order over the phone, am told ten minutes, and I still end up waiting a half hour when I walk in. I used to get bacon egg and cheese until they put sausage on my sandwich instead of bacon.
If they were busy when I went in I would understand, but I‘m there when its too early for the college crowd and the shop is empty– these guys are so nice when you come in, but the kitchen is just dysfunctional and inefficent.

Ehhhhh. Ordered breakfast delivery to my hotel, took an hour and 45 minutes, and arrived cold. Im sure it wouldn’t be bad if it was warm. I ordered through grub hub before seeing the Unilocal reviews lol. The toast was so stiff I had to bite and tear pieces off like some kind of creature, eggs were rubbery. Home fries were good, just frozen! For 16 dollars I wouldn’t order again. Should have just waited a few hours and gone to chipotle.
Oh and after an hour and 20 minutes I called to check on my order and the guy says «you’re 80 _​_​_​_​_​street right?»
And I wasn’t, the street was right the number wasn’t, I think this aided to the slowness. Probably started to get delivered somewhere else lol.

If I could give this a –5 stars I would! We ordered delivery for a bunch of people, and they forgot an order! And we had to wait another hour for that order, but when they finally delivered that order, IT WAS THE WRONG ORDER! They still wanted the wrong order back, even though we already opened and touched it! THEY WERE GONNA SERVE YOU THE FOOD OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TOUCHED!

Props for delivering breakfast! That’s awesome.
But… it’s kinda meh. Unlike previous reviewers, we got perfectly-​cooked pancakes – golden on both sides. But they were dense, and heavily-​vanilla-​scented– not thick and fluffy; almost spongey in texture. Delivered still warm, so no major complaints there.
One friend got «Texas French Toast» and there was nothing «Texas» about it… it’s just regular white Wonder bread. Even with the thinner bread, however, the custard didn’t soak all the way through to the middle. Just slightly egg-​coated toast, with no powdered sugar to hide the «griddle grease» taste.
We also ordered a breakfast sub, which is probably the best deal, economically speaking, for the amount of food… but the cheese on the «Ham, egg, and cheese» was a very thick, white pasteurized goop. Probably white American triangles or something, applied way too liberally for my liking.
Does the job, if you’re really hungover, probably… but I’ll probably just crawl over to the Allston Diner with sunglasses and a Snuggie on, or something, next time.

Ordered delivery from here and it was SO BAD. The potatoes were undercooked and the steak and cheese was so bland, no melted cheese and on a plain untoasted white roll. Not ordering from here ever again.

If you’re hungry, don’t want burnt food, and hate being lied to DONT ORDER HERE.
8:43: Order processed by Foodler
9:25: Received order of coffee, soggy home-​fries, and burnt pancakes. The pancakes looked burnt but I tasted just to be sure they weren’t just a little brown. Definitely burnt.
9:36: Informed whomever answered the phone. Respone“No kidding. I can send you another order or give you credit.” I requested another order considering it’s basically all I ordered. Was told it would be there as soon as possible.
10:10: No food. Called and was told it should be there any minute.
10:41: No food. Called and told the driver would be getting a call.
Here’s the thing. Cookin Café and Grille sent out burnt pancakes. They then lie twice about what’s going on.
I still have no food and it’s 10:46.
I wouldn’t give them zero (the foods usually a 3) but it’s definitely a one now.

Horrific. Ordered breakfast for me and my mother only to receive it 96 munutes later, and only one of the two came in the bag. When I called to complain they told me it was not their problem and to call the website I ordered from. No interest in helping, or fixing the issue at all. Bad service, bad delivery time, and happy to rip you off. Use caution if ordering delivery…

The egg white was burnt at some parts and on others was over cooked.
For the first third I thought they sent me the wrong order cause there was no veggies
Pancakes were full of vanilla and a bit dry on the edges
In conclusion: not ordering from here again

I ordered breakfast delivery (!!) and got their chocolate chip pancakes and a froyo milkshake. Delivery took a while (over an hour) but it was worth the wait. The chocolate chip pancakes were DELICIOUS. A stack of four for $ 8.99 — more than your average pancakes but definitely worth it. The froyo milkshake wasn’t bad, but tasted more like milk than a shake. Oh well, still alright.
If I’m ever craving a breakfast delivery again, this place is at the top of my list.