understanding that the café gets very busy at times I was happy to have made a reservation for two. The hostess  and servers were friendly, polite, and efficient. The kale chicken salad was abundant and flavorful.  The vegetarian rapini Panini with side salad were enjoyable.  To my liking, the coffee is robust.
Daniel
As always, the food and service were wonderful. The only down side was that it was chilly, given winter temps and winds outside the large glass walls. Of course, the cafe folks could do nothing about Mother Nature out there.
Keri
This is perfect for a business lunch. It's upscale without being pretentious, the food is fantastic as well as the service.
Catherine
To be honest, the food was terrible. My chicken schnitzel was impossible to eat. It was over cooked and hard.
Ashley
The Café Carnegie was a great lunch while visiting the museum! The server was very friendly! She recommended the chicken pot pie which was DELICIOUS!! This spot is a high recommend when you're visiting the museum or just around the area!
Robyn
Great Atmosphere, convenient location. Perfect to have a lovely meal before or after touring the museum.
Linda
I wish you would add omelettes or frittatas to the menu. Also pulled pork sandwiches would be a nice addition. Please bring back the cinnamon rolls. Thanks.
Mary
An excellent experience--good food, ambiance, immediate seating despite our arrival before our reservation --was diminished by having to wait a loooooong time to get our check. Did she forget us? Had to ask the host to find her for us, and we still had to wait.
Anthony
I had a business lunch yesterday at the Carnegie Cafe, the service was excellent, food was good two of the salad selections that were delicious. Our server was johnny on the spot with getting us drinks and clearing our table.
Maureen Monhollen
Very interesting menu! Great service, excellent affogatto (ask for with chocolate ice cream!)
Nice Staffa me nice location but food was mediocre. I couldn't tell if the bred on my turkey club was toasted ( there was no color) or just stale but in any event was dry and tasteless. Barely any tomato or lettuce and the little lettuce they used was limp. Tomato wasn't even a slice and it was paper thin. French fries were cold and stale. Frittata on focaccia was bland and lacked any kind of seasoning
JitkaKac
Amazing service by Megan! We chose seating outside which is very nice and not noisy at all. They have unique dishes, we enjoyed the vegetarian agnolotti pasta, chicken crepes and a very filling chocolate mousse.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
daisyjames999
Lillian made the best espresso martini I've ever had
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Amanda Steele
Stopped in for lunch and ordered the roasted chicken salad with a side of soup. Flavors were clean and well put together, though the portion felt on the lighter side. The space carried a bright, modern energy that made it an easy mid-day stop.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Elena Kirioukhina
I would like to mention that my review is not about the food itself, but about communication.
This afternoon (8/14/2025), I visited a restaurant and ordered a beer and a burger (I had been driving all morning from NYC and was very hungry). I asked for the burger to be cooked medium. The one that arrived was burned and overcooked.
When I shared with the café manager that, if the burger was premade (which is usually why they come in a “well done” version), the server should have informed me—because, as everyone knows, the difference between half-cooked and fully cooked meat is significant—the manager assured me that the food is freshly prepared and that they only offer well-cooked burgers. This, however, was never communicated to me.
I can’t insist that the food is premade, but you can try it and judge for yourself. The beer was great.
 understanding that the café gets very busy at times I was happy to have made a reservation for two. The hostess  and servers were friendly, polite, and efficient. The kale chicken salad was abundant and flavorful.  The vegetarian rapini Panini with side salad were enjoyable.  To my liking, the coffee is robust.
As always, the food and service were wonderful. The only down side was that it was chilly, given winter temps and winds outside the large glass walls. Of course, the cafe folks could do nothing about Mother Nature out there.
This is perfect for a business lunch. It's upscale without being pretentious, the food is fantastic as well as the service.
To be honest, the food was terrible. My chicken schnitzel was impossible to eat. It was over cooked and hard.
The Café Carnegie was a great lunch while visiting the museum! The server was very friendly! She recommended the chicken pot pie which was DELICIOUS!! This spot is a high recommend when you're visiting the museum or just around the area!
Great Atmosphere, convenient location. Perfect to have a lovely meal before or after touring the museum.
I wish you would add omelettes or frittatas to the menu. Also pulled pork sandwiches would be a nice addition. Please bring back the cinnamon rolls. Thanks.
An excellent experience--good food, ambiance, immediate seating despite our arrival before our reservation --was diminished by having to wait a loooooong time to get our check. Did she forget us? Had to ask the host to find her for us, and we still had to wait.
I had a business lunch yesterday at the Carnegie Cafe, the service was excellent, food was good two of the salad selections that were delicious. Our server was johnny on the spot with getting us drinks and clearing our table.
Very interesting menu! Great service, excellent affogatto (ask for with chocolate ice cream!)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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Nice Staffa me nice location but food was mediocre. I couldn't tell if the bred on my turkey club was toasted ( there was no color) or just stale but in any event was dry and tasteless. Barely any tomato or lettuce and the little lettuce they used was limp. Tomato wasn't even a slice and it was paper thin. French fries were cold and stale. Frittata on focaccia was bland and lacked any kind of seasoning
Amazing service by Megan! We chose seating outside which is very nice and not noisy at all. They have unique dishes, we enjoyed the vegetarian agnolotti pasta, chicken crepes and a very filling chocolate mousse.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lillian made the best espresso martini I've ever had
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Stopped in for lunch and ordered the roasted chicken salad with a side of soup. Flavors were clean and well put together, though the portion felt on the lighter side. The space carried a bright, modern energy that made it an easy mid-day stop.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I would like to mention that my review is not about the food itself, but about communication.
This afternoon (8/14/2025), I visited a restaurant and ordered a beer and a burger (I had been driving all morning from NYC and was very hungry). I asked for the burger to be cooked medium. The one that arrived was burned and overcooked.
When I shared with the café manager that, if the burger was premade (which is usually why they come in a “well done” version), the server should have informed me—because, as everyone knows, the difference between half-cooked and fully cooked meat is significant—the manager assured me that the food is freshly prepared and that they only offer well-cooked burgers. This, however, was never communicated to me.
I can’t insist that the food is premade, but you can try it and judge for yourself.
The beer was great.
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