New American Cafe

Very impressed with Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, and always try to visit when I'm in town. But you can't call yourself a good museum without offering a good museum lunch. We opted for the New American Cafe and were not disappointed ... sophisticated, calm, intelligent, and exceptional quality. I had the grilled sirloin steak (sliced) on summer vegetable risotto, which was very good, and the desserts did not disappoint. FYI - it is a little pricey, but you're paying for the meal and the experience.
5 8 years ago (19-04-2018)

It is a nice convenience to be able take a lunch break in the middle of your museum tour. New American Cafe provides it. As you can expect from an inside of the MFA cafe, the food is beautifully presented. Unfortunately, it is pretty expensive and of average quality. An $18 dollar burger I had could have greatly benefited (both tastewise and visually) from a much fresher green leaf lettuce. So you are pretty much paying a premium for convenience.
3 8 years ago (28-03-2018)

This is a beautiful restaurant in a beautiful open-air space. The problem is that the restaurant isn't actually that good. The menu is limited, but I had sweet potato soup (amazing!) and a hamburger (tasteless!). But while the food quality isn't perfect, the service was downright bad. We were ignored for much of the meal, food took forever to arrive, and when it came time to order dessert, the waitress took so long to actually come see us that we had to leave since there just wasn't enough time left to eat it. As museum cafes go, this isn't bad... but it strives to be more and comes so close. I hope they improve in the future.
3 9 years ago (04-02-2018)

Varied menu, fine wine menu, friendly wait staff! Great site to practice your Spanish!!
5 8 years ago (21-05-2018)

I don't know how this gets the current 3.3 rating. The food is great and the service is great. I hope they dont change or get flustered by the phony, lower than they desrve, rating. Right on the edge of the dining area is a glass blown sculpture by Dale Chihuli that's 40 feet tall. At nite it's lit. Striking atmosphere.
5 8 years ago (05-05-2018)