Box Cafe

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2025-03-01

Love the place! Our new found cozy place! People are all great plus they have live band too every Friday! The food is great too! Will definitely come back!

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2025-03-22

I reaaaaally want to love this place since we desperately need more cafes and restaurants in the area! But after coming 3x (2x for brunch and 1x for a Friday dinner), I feel very sad that this place misses the mark :( The highlights: 1- Friday night live music was a real treat! Again, we need more of this in the neighborhood! 2- Our server was extremely friendly, welcoming & the best part of this dinner! 3- it's BYOB if that matters to you Lots of room for improvement: - it was $60 for 2 mains - their burger & chicken breast, both served with a couple potatoes and broccoli. For $10 more on the burger, you could get a 1* Michelin burger in the city. The prices just don't reflect the cooking nor presentation. It was certainly homemade, but the quality reflected that - & while it's very tough to own a business in this economic climate, it just wasn't worth the $. - the menu said to inquire on dessert & when we did, it was clear the chef hadn't thought about it that evening. We were offered an impromptu apples tossed with cinnamon and caramel dessert which we declined. - strangely, the female owner was just sitting down at a table. There were only a few guests, and the server was attending to a coffee order. Just felt a bit odd (often you'd see owners really engaged when it's quiet, or helping the staff out). It's just not the kind of place that warrants the prices it's charging. It's the kind of place you'd see Gordon Ramsey in, whipping into shape. Gulp. But the live music is nice!

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2025-03-22

I genuinely don't understand how this place has 4.8*. Are these other reviews fake? Is it because this is the only coffee shop/restaurant within quite a walking distance? Either way, with the exception of the lovely waitress, this is comfortably the worst value meal I've had in a very long time... To the degree that I feel kind of annoyed on reflection and a bit taken advantage of. The bizarre thing is it's served with a genuine smile... Which is so confusing as they HAVE to realise how bland and over-priced this food is? I came in for the evening meal on a Friday and had the burger. I would literally prefer any number of burgers over this. Just go to Marty's. Or white star bar. Or the Franklin. Or literally anywhere. Sorry, this place has a lot of work to do and someone has to say it :( this area is crying out for a decent restaurant too, and it just feels like these guys aren't even trying :'(