Clover Food Lab

496 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge - 02139
137 reviews
Fast Food American

The food is delicious and the prices are great. I was incredibly disappointed to find out the staff automatically charged me for a 25% tip. It would be one thing if was given a choice, but I was not given the option and did not see a disclaimer anywhere that an automatic tip would be applied.This felt predatory.

All gloss, no service. Far too much invested in the look and the vibe, but not at all backed up with service. Essentially it took 20 mins to prepare a drip filtered coffee in an off peak moment, meanwhile the kitchen had prepared, and I had finished eating my breakfast sandwich before the coffee arrived.I walked in hoping to support local business who appeared to be genuinely supporting sustainable practices, but walked out disgruntled and feeling like I had been greenwashed by a company more interested in cashing on the idea of ethical and sustainable without investing in service and humanity aspect of it all.

Super tasty eggplant and egg platter. I like the vinegar kick in the lentils and potato salad. The tomato cucumber salad was very good. We got a side of hummus with oil and zaatar that was very creamy and flavorful. The staff are very friendly. There was not a long line.

A place were you are treated with respect, kindness and the food is really good. MAKE SURE YOU ASK FOR A BROWNIE!Tell them Israel sent you; THEY'LL GET A LAUGH OUT OF IT!

Tries too hard to be cool and hip. Focused all resources into looking nice, but lost all functionality.They don't give actual customer receipts, just lists of things you order without costs listed.Portions are pretty small, food is not that bad.Lime soda is 0/5, no carbonation, the lime flavor was bitter and had little to no lime flavor.Friend with egg allergy felt a minor reaction from a blt even after letting them know of allergy.They didn't finish the order before letting us know abt our order being ready.It was difficult to communicate with the staff as to what we wanted.

Innovative local vegetarian chain that focuses on sustainability and local sourcing.Recently had the chance to try some of their platters and sandwiches, and most items I got were pretty impressive. I’m normally not a huge fan of vegetarian fast food chains, but they did a great job with getting the flavor combinations right. In house brewed vanilla soda was superb, and the impossible meatballs were the best vegan meatballs I had, and with the tomato sauce, it tasted more authentic than the non-vegetarian ones. The bbq seitan was the only item that wasn’t appetizing.For the price, the portions for each were smaller than I expected, but it was definitely worth a try.

chickpea fritter sandwich was good, would rather get falafel at a real halal place for cheaper. i wish the sandwich descriptions were on the menu. vanilla soda tasted and looked like dirty sink water honestly. didn’t really want to finish it but it was $4

Clover's food is always really neat in its unique construction, but in exchange for this one does end up paying quite a lot for the amount of food received. I would recommend the BBQ Seitan sandwich the most. Back before the pandemic started, the Central Square Clover was easily the best Clover due to being open 24 hours. It no longer is, though.

Great vegetarian & vegan options! I always love their BBQ Seitan. Their “meatball” sub is good as well, according to my boyfriend!

After tasting falafel in Jersey, this place's tasts was bit different or tasteless? However, it seemed more healthy. Would try it for once..