Garden Fresh Courthouse Cafe

Came in during the lunch hour and was pleased all around. Very friendly service, and great value for my meal. Had the spinach pie and Greek salad. Fresh, crunchy salad. I felt like I shouldn’t eat everyast bite, but I did. Deliciousness for less than $ 8.

It’s ok here. I’ve definitely had better for lunch. I ordered over the phone for takeout today and I have never been here before. The place is large and there is a register when you first walk in… you would assume that’s the register for takeout orders, right? We stood there for 2 minutes without any acknowledgment until my husband saw another register down past the huge menu on the wall so we went down there. The lady behind the counter was sweet but seemed a bit overwhelmed. She was taking phone orders, taking a large order from customers eating inside and trying to get us our order. I ordered a special — Caesar salad with coconut shrimp. The shrimp were very tasty and the lettuce was nice but I didn’t love the dressing. It was just ok. My husband got the Cape Codder — a wrap with chicken salad. He said it had a lot of mayonnaise and didn’t love it. For $ 18 for an average lunch we probably won’t be back.

One of the best breakfasts I’ve ever had. The food is DELICIOUS and cheap !!! It’s the place to go to on a Sunday morning, with your special someone, or special someones.

This is the restaurant I have most frequently been to in Worcester.
I’ve gotten take out the most often but have also dined in numerous times.
I’ve had a lot of their dishes but my favourite is the buffalo chicken wrap with sweet potato fries. You must have their sweet potato fries they’re devine.
The staff is all friendly and their service is quick.
There is also a 10% discount for MCPHS students.
The only problem is they close fairly early.

Great restaurant that you never heard of! Found online and visited today for breakfast. Coffee fresh, really good homefries. Overall very good. Really pretty inside. On Main across from new courthouse. Their lunch menu looks very promising… they have homemade spinach pies!

Confusing experience. I walked into the front door to a list of specials and healthy smoothie drinks on a board by the register. The employee asks if I want to take a seat (this place is for either sit down or take out) so I decide I will. I’m brought a menu that doesn’t mention any of the smoothies and given a specials list that is completely different than the white board up front. I have to get up several times to look at the boards to decide what I want because it’s not in the menu they give you when you sit down. What’s the point in being offered a seat if the customer will need to get up to see the full range of options regardless?

Quick, fresh lunch option in Worcester. Not cheap, but reasonable for the quality. Bonus points for view of cute police officers and lawyers coming in from court. Maybe, if you’re lucky, you get to overhear some CSI-​level stuff, no charge, hold the pickle.

Great healthy, homemade, delicious menu options. Great service. Breakfast menu is out of this world! I have used them for catering parties and corporate meetings. Always flawless, on time and professional.

There are no lots for public parking. EVERY lot stated that if you didn’t have a parking permit, your vehicle would be towed. That said, your only option is to find some metered off street parking. If I recall correctly, it’s $ 0.25 per 15 minutes. Oooh, dear. Worcester, you need to upgrade your parking game!
My H and I had a few things to do while we were in Worcester… and took longer than anticipated. This was convenient and near the shop– so we had to make a stop in.
Upon entering, the café’s a great size for a spot in downtown Worcester. It reminded me of one of UConn’s cafeterias… but with muuuch nicer staff. As soon as you walk in, you’re immediately greeted by a man or woman (family members?) who ask for your order. There were lots of Thanksgiving specials, so I took advantage and got the Thanksgiving Lunch Special for $ 8.99. The turkey was ok– it wasn’t really seasoned but the portions were generous and it was moist. The stuffing was decent– I liked the touch of dried cranberries and walnuts. The red mashed potatoes and butternut squash were the best part of the dish, but how can you really make that wrong? My H ordered a corned beef Reuben and had no complaints.
Overall, if we’re in the area, we’ll definitely stop by again. It’s a great place to get a decent, generous portioned lunch.

I was in town with my family this past saturday. We stayed at the Hilton Garden (2 blocks away), which has an Uno restaurant attached to it; but being from Chicago, we wanted something different. There were other places to choose from, unfortunately none of them opened until after 4pm. It was 130pm while we walked around and found The Courthouse Café.
A previous review stated they were unsure if it was a sitdown with wait service or if you had to order from the line. We were told that on weekends only they have staff to wait in the tables, during the week you order from the line and seat yourself.
In my opinion the food was great. I ordered an egg sadwich with house chips (fried potatoes), which had more eggs than any restaurant from memory puts on a similar sandwich. All the house made muffins (we had cornbread and apple) were delicious. The portion sizes were large enough so we didn’t leave hungry. All the staff was very friendly and the service was excellent. Wait times for food was normal. I’ll say that it wasn’t very busy when we were there, and I haven’t eaten there during a busy week day.
I would highly recommend this place to anyone looking for all day breakfast or lunch. We had a party of 5 and the bill was under $ 50. Great value for the amount of food we got. I look forward to eating there next time I am in town.

I grabbed a breakfast sandwich here today, just egg and cheese on a bagel. Easy, but other places have ruined less. The egg was cooked well, plenty of cheese, and a fresh bagel. The woman taking our order was very friendly and was doing a great job dealing with the full restaurant of people. My husband had a coffee which he said was just regular old coffee.
I’d stop back in to have a sit down meal or try their lunch options.

The atmosphere in here was confusing for me, but the food put my anxieties to rest. And I actually mean anxieties because going into this place around lunch time for the first time ever was overwhelming.
It’s crawling with MCPHS students in their summer sessions, but also with other people of Worcester. Word on the street is that they give discounts to MCPHS students? Which is pretty cool. Anyway, it’s confusing when you walk in because their menu stretches as long as their kitchen counter. I felt rushed, not by the restaurant, but by myself to pick something.
The others I was with ordered the steak and cheese and that sounded pretty amazing at the moment. So I ordered it with mushrooms and American cheese with an iced tea. All of the employees behind the counter were super upbeat and helpful, which was surprising for such a humid day. The (I’m assuming) housemade iced tea was satisfying and perfectly sweetened with the sugar I asked for. The steak and cheese was hot and cooked to perfection on a grinder roll! Not bad for a $ 9 meal.
This place confused me only for the fact that I couldn’t tell if it was a sit down and be waited on kind of place or not. It definitely had the potential to be. The food was standard as far as pricing goes and pretty good! My sandwich was only $ 7.

An interesting mix of cafeteria and diner, with breakfast and lunch served all day. Order at the counter and have your food brought to you at the tables. As it was 9am, ¾ of us ordered breakfast food, and one person ordered the molten lava that they claimed was soup. I never heard if the soup she had for breakfast was good, just that it was traumatizingly hot (I was horrified by the idea of soup for breakfast anyway.)
I went with two eggs over medium with bacon (shocker), white toast, and a bottle of water. It rang up to about $ 8 plus tip. First of all, I was so thrilled to actually be served «over medium» eggs! It’s nearly impossible at the finest establishment, yet they pulled it off with ease. Not sure what seasoning they used on it but they were very good. They actually gave me so much bacon I couldn’t finish it all, which is bizarre.
The veggie omelette and a hash omelette were also sampled, both of which I believe were also good.
All in all, definitely worth a stop in.

Grab&go for those busy bee legal types, employed by the adjoining courthouse. And on a sleepy Saturday, when Armsby Abbey has a line out the door for their Founder’s Breakfest celebrating Stoutfest, Garden Fresh is there to take you in.
I was actually surprised at some of the inventive dishes on their brunch menu, which is also their all-​the-​time menu, as brekkie and lunch are served all day, every day. Eyes pulled to the New England Benedict — two poached eggs atop sliced turkey and arugula, finished with a cranberry-​orange hollandaise. Fun, in theory, but here what was served: two over-​poached eggs atop Boar’s Head bird and baby spinach, finished with the same hollandaise you’d find anywhere else. Okay home fries, all for $ 9.
She was lukewarm about her French toast, which she described as too heavily battered and way undercooked. Crispy bacon, fresh from a warming tin.
Perhaps lunch is the sweet spot here, and if breakfast is a bust, you can always grab a smoothie or a bag of Skittles from the make-​shift mart by the register. All the food of a standard diner, none of the boxcar.

Great place to grab lunch. Menu has lots of solid options, and the sweet potato fries are excellent.

Food was OK, the service was awful. I get it you don’t want to be there, no need to be angry about it with customers paying you.

Very good food.
sadly they were out of grinder rolls when I was there but the sandwich was still wonderful. I had their bisque, which totally hit the spot.
+ they have wifi (which is what I am using to write this review)

Just stopped in for lunch for my first time. Will definitely go back! I don’t think the outside appearance gives the best impression of the place. It’s pretty big — lots of seating. Very clean, nice feel to it.
The service was some of the friendliest in Worcester! Everyone working was helpful, in a good mood and fast.
I got the Honey Chicken wrap which was very good. The chicken wasn’t too tough or overcooked like you get in some wraps. Had plenty of veggies. They even had unsweetened fresh ice tea which was very good as well.
The crowd is a good mix of working people on lunch breaks, college kids etc.
Only reason it’s ⁴⁄₅ right now is because I’ve only been once. But will definitely upgrade after I go back a few times if it’s just as good as my first experience there.
Highly recommend for a quick lunch in Worcester. It’s not overpriced. Go to McDonalds if you want lunch for under $ 5.
Also — avoid 1pm! It looks like all the courthouse people etc pile in at 1pm. I got there at 12:15 which was perfect, no line.

We stopped in the Courthouse Café for a quick lunch after hiking through Purgatory Chasm. The service was quick and friendly, and the food is fine. I’d give it a 3.5 sooner than a 4 but… well, you know.
Courthouse Café offers breakfast and lunch all day. The menus are pretty extensive and everything is reasonably priced. I ordered the gyro ($ 6.99) and it was ok. The sandwiches didn’t come with any extras so we ordered a side of fries, which was very generous.
Overall the Courthouse Café was ok but not great. It’s nice inside and very large, but I probably wouldn’t go back. It’s fine if you want something safe but it won’t wow you.

Just came in for brunch had a veggie fritta side of corned beef hash and oj was delicious (notjing too special) but a tad pricey. Would try it again but most likely will go to anthr diner first