Place is great, people are great, food is great. Go out of your way to come here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mike
This place is great but their hours are terrible. Used to go there on weekends and sometimes after work. Now they are closed weekends and open after I get to work and closed before I get out of work. Seems crazy to me that a restaurant is only open 35 hours a week. Food is awesome but a bit pricey. Would definitely go back if I can ever catch them when they’re open
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 2
Chrissy Valdez
I recently visited Somebody's Place in Andover, drawn in by a Facebook post about their malassadas, especially since the owner has Portuguese roots. As someone who appreciates authentic Portuguese pastries, I was excited to find a local spot offering them. I was happy to see the owner himself in the kitchen, which gave me confidence in the authenticity of the food. I ordered a malassada and, despite the $6.50 per malassada price tag, decided to get a dozen for the family, bringing the total to $83.50. They came out hot, which was great, but the owner did mention they had run out of lemons, implying the taste might be a bit different. I was a little disappointed there was no discount for a dozen or for the missing ingredient, but I hoped the taste would make up for it. The service was definitely 5-star – very friendly and attentive. However, the malassada itself was a 2-star experience for me. It was far too dense and lacked the airy texture I expect; I think the recipe could benefit from more yeast. My husband, on the other hand, gave the Boston cream donuts (which my sister bought for $4 each) 4 stars, noting they were fresh and larger than typical donuts. Overall, I'm giving Somebody's Place 3 out of 5 stars. The service was excellent, but the pricing felt high for the malassadas, and the malassada recipe needs some tweaking. I'd be willing to revisit in the future if the malassada recipe is adjusted and perhaps a slight discount is offered for bulk orders.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Donuts
As K
Good donuts for a fair price.
Elie Elkhoury
Cool local place. Breakfast sandwiches can get a bit pricey but you get what you paid for.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 5
Mark Yates
The best donuts around. I love the Portuguese muffin sandwiches as well. Coffee is premium. Only feedback would be to manage your Google business page better as this is the primary place your customers go to see if you're open. I just drove 20 minutes to find you closed despite Google saying you're open.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Mathew Farber
Best donuts around!
Vikki DiCredico
Love this place. The owner is always friendly, staff was great. Donut & coffee- delicious!
Parking: Plenty of parking
Kid-friendliness: Lots of tables, inside or outside.
THE best donut's i've ever had, not even close. The jelly donuts they have are to die for. DO NOT MISS getting a donut here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ellen Mandel-Steiner
The donut was delicious, but the bill was a bit steep when I included two iced coffees.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fiona Potts
Had an omelette for our breakfast, but it was quite oily an me had to mean my onions.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 4
Robert Lacroix
Food was good the couple of times I got it but the prices are super high for what you get and the place is closed more often than it's open. Been trying to order online for a few weeks and it's never accepting orders and no one picks up the phone. If you can order I get the House Egg on either a Portuguese muffin or croissant with either bacon or sausage but it's going to cost you.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Fred Georgoulis
Unfortunately, everything is wrong about this place, the coffee sucks food way over priced service awful. However, with proper management and wait staff, this could be a gem.
Greatfood
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best donuts I have had in years.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Donuts
Place is great, people are great, food is great. Go out of your way to come here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place is great but their hours are terrible. Used to go there on weekends and sometimes after work. Now they are closed weekends and open after I get to work and closed before I get out of work. Seems crazy to me that a restaurant is only open 35 hours a week. Food is awesome but a bit pricey. Would definitely go back if I can ever catch them when they’re open
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 2
I recently visited Somebody's Place in Andover, drawn in by a Facebook post about their malassadas, especially since the owner has Portuguese roots. As someone who appreciates authentic Portuguese pastries, I was excited to find a local spot offering them.
I was happy to see the owner himself in the kitchen, which gave me confidence in the authenticity of the food. I ordered a malassada and, despite the $6.50 per malassada price tag, decided to get a dozen for the family, bringing the total to $83.50. They came out hot, which was great, but the owner did mention they had run out of lemons, implying the taste might be a bit different. I was a little disappointed there was no discount for a dozen or for the missing ingredient, but I hoped the taste would make up for it.
The service was definitely 5-star – very friendly and attentive. However, the malassada itself was a 2-star experience for me. It was far too dense and lacked the airy texture I expect; I think the recipe could benefit from more yeast. My husband, on the other hand, gave the Boston cream donuts (which my sister bought for $4 each) 4 stars, noting they were fresh and larger than typical donuts.
Overall, I'm giving Somebody's Place 3 out of 5 stars. The service was excellent, but the pricing felt high for the malassadas, and the malassada recipe needs some tweaking. I'd be willing to revisit in the future if the malassada recipe is adjusted and perhaps a slight discount is offered for bulk orders.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Donuts
Good donuts for a fair price.
Cool local place. Breakfast sandwiches can get a bit pricey but you get what you paid for.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 5
The best donuts around. I love the Portuguese muffin sandwiches as well. Coffee is premium. Only feedback would be to manage your Google business page better as this is the primary place your customers go to see if you're open. I just drove 20 minutes to find you closed despite Google saying you're open.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Best donuts around!
Love this place. The owner is always friendly, staff was great. Donut & coffee- delicious!
Parking: Plenty of parking
Kid-friendliness: Lots of tables, inside or outside.
Wheelchair accessibility: One level , no steps.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Donuts
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THE best donut's i've ever had, not even close. The jelly donuts they have are to die for. DO NOT MISS getting a donut here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The donut was delicious, but the bill was a bit steep when I included two iced coffees.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had an omelette for our breakfast, but it was quite oily an me had to mean my onions.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 4
Food was good the couple of times I got it but the prices are super high for what you get and the place is closed more often than it's open. Been trying to order online for a few weeks and it's never accepting orders and no one picks up the phone. If you can order I get the House Egg on either a Portuguese muffin or croissant with either bacon or sausage but it's going to cost you.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Unfortunately, everything is wrong about this place, the coffee sucks food way over priced service awful. However, with proper management and wait staff, this could be a gem.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
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