Temptations Cafe

1350 Beacon St, Brookline
(617) 739-4400

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Etel

Our family’s favorite go-to spot for lunch or a coffee/work date 🥪☕️💻. My husband and I take turns coming here when we have to work and it’s too chaotic at home or when we’re meeting up with coworkers. Also, a great brunch spot on the weekends when the in-laws visit, but it’s so popular on Sundays that you have to make sure to get there and grab a table before they’re all full up! Also, they start serving lemonade during the Summer season and it’s perfect for me, not too sweet and not too sour 🍋. Kudos!

Kelly Michael Skelton

Great breakfast spot

Aurora Benitez

Saw Phantom Gourmet decal, I needed to try. Staff was extremely friendly and welcoming as soon as I walked in. Greeted with a smile always puts you in a great mood. Delicious plain bagel, soft and fresh to the bite. Had plain cream cheese, almost whipped like a cloud from heaven. Will be back to try their other items.

Terrance Stapleton

The only 2 (sorta bad) things that I can say about this are that the panini are huge, and the smoothies only come in one size. Other than that, great food fast service.

Cat Jordan-LaRosa

Worst chicken caesar wrap I’ve had. Was falling apart, dressing wasn’t mixed in so lettuce was dry, and I bit into a STAPLE. Nasty. I should have taken a picture but I was so shocked! At least they gave me my money back….after I asked.

Layla

Wheelchair accessibility: Very accessible and has designated tables for wheelchair users both inside and outside

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Pesto Panini, Cubano Panini, Croissants, Classic Bagel w Lox, Chocolate Chip Cookie, Drip Coffee, Hummus, The Breakfast Sandwich

Emily Chang

Watery matcha + room temp “iced” coffee that took 15 mins.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

Benjamin

Had a smoothie, $8, very good!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Bryan D. Hopkins

When your Mexican friend says, “Hey dude! You got to check out their breakfast burrito.” How can you say no? I can confirm the breakfast burrito is brilliant.

Food: 5

Recommended dishes: Pepper Jack Breakfast Burrito

Mayra Rosillo

I am gonna start my review with the service, counter girl was really helpful and nice. I order a BBQ chicken burrito and coffee. The burrito honestly is the worst i ever had it was full of like watery ketchup (not really bbq sauce) lots of rice and pieces of onions, the chicken was ok seasoned but definitely wouldn’t use middle eastern spices on this. I ended up only eating the chicken cause i was starving. Coffee its meh not awful but kind of burnt. Place is nice and it looks like they have good pastries but i don’t think i would be coming back. Just nothing to be remember.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

Brooks Reeves

Stopped in for a breakfast sandwich and a chai latte. I got the “eggs and cheddar” option in an English muffin. I’d say in general this a cut above Starbucks. The breakfast sandwich was decent, though not really seasoned. Same with the chai, essentially slightly above what you could get at Starbucks.

Atmosphere was pleasant and it’s a good location. Overall a very decent quick breakfast option.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Christos Karantais

The coffee gave me a bloating ( it was stale and bitter) plus that was the most sloppy, badly prepared and overpriced sandwich I had in a long time. Also they have a sign on the door saying that the are looking for help but this is just to blackmail the employees so they can feel that they can be replaced any time.
Bad way to manage people I will say. The atmosphere is fine but that has to do only with the employees' hard work.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 3

Nate Hillyer

The food is really great and I have always loved it here. The sandwiches are the best in the area. But drinks are very overpriced for a low quality - the chai is chunky (?) and the matcha powder is poorly mixed. A splash of oat milk is a dollar, which is unfortunate - and also the price of adding oat milk to a latte, not a splash of it to a coffee. I usually grab food here and go elsewhere for coffee. Temptations would be PERFECT if the drinks were finessed a little!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Prosciutto & Fresh Mozzarella, Sandwich with Avocado and Tomato, Chicken Pesto Panini, Pepper Jack Breakfast Burrito, Chicken Florentine Panini, Pesto Chicken, Prosciutto and Fig Panini

Sofia Noyes

Overall good food and drinks, but pretty pricey. Good menu variety.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Joseph Brassard

Great coffee, love the snacks and breakfast items. Nice place to sit down for a few minutes if you're in the area. Plenty of parking at meters all around, you can pay via ParkMobile app.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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