Excellent chicken salad and squash soup for lunch.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Camie L
Get the mango-passion ice cream! Very bold in flavor đđŒ. Clean and the people are really nice.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Paula H
Based on another reviewerâs recommendation, I went to try and get some work done on a Saturday. My Verizon phone was getting 4G and 2 bars and could not hot spot, which is a problem if youâre not allowed to go on public wifi for security reasons. Several people had laptops out. There are plugs under the counter. The space is competitive because most people working there need at least two seats to make it work, and it was very busy at lunchtime and 1 hr before closing. I was there for 3 hrs. I ate the whole time. They make their caesar salad with chicken salad instead of chicken strips, which I think is brilliant. I also had a margherita focaccia which was very good. The sorbet did not impress me, which made it feel expensive - almost $5 for a scoop of syrupy coconut water. The soup looked good. I should have gone with that instead.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Max Cassidy
The food is over priced and of poor quality, I get it, itâs a museum cafe, but have some pride.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
Sarah Lee
The food here is simply microwaved when you order and the pizza is $4-$7 a sliceđŹ but all of the staff is super helpful. Donât eat here and think youâll be able to see the rest of the gallery with leftovers. They are super strict about it in the beck building specifically.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Kevin Wang
Poor quality coffee and service in a nice environment
Visited a weekend afternoon and tried their coffee, which is served in paper cupsâŠ. They charge specialty coffee prices and while the art museum decor matches, the service and coffee is poor and mediocre.
Itâs a convenient place to grab coffee and food if youâre visiting the museum though.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 1
Sarah Rynja
Great service and beautiful atmosphere. Friendly staff and nice wines to enjoy
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Katherine Houston
Service, atmosphere and quality are terrible
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Patricia Blanco
Food is quite regular. I would not say it is good. The service is super inefficient. When we sit the food was already cold. The best thing is the carrot cake
Arad Eduard Spitzer
Had mushrooms and Margaretha pizzas here, very good! They let me order even though I arrived at closing time
The cafe has a nice ambiance but that's about as much good as I can say about it. All I wanted to order was 2 Americanos. The line was quite long because we all had to wait for patrons to have their pizzas reheated and others who were trying to determine which gelato flavors they wanted. The couple in front of me was in the same predicament I was and we asked the staff if we could just go up to the register and order our coffees. He told us no. So it took 15-20 minutes to order a coffee. When I finally got to the register and placed my order, it took another 15 minutes for me to get my coffee because the lady at the register was the only one preparing the coffee orders. This has to be the most inefficiently run cafe in Houston. The staff seem like they don't know how to handle the larger crowds or help each other out when they're not doing anything. I noticed that when people in the line were all done ordering food, the person who was taking their orders didn't go to help the cashier prepare the coffees. Thus, you have the cashier juggling 2 tasks: ringing people up and preparing the coffees. Management should look at 1) retraining staff, 2) maybe adding a 2nd register, and 3) adding a separate line for coffee and desserts. If all you want is a coffee and cookie, you shouldn't have to wait 15-20 minutes behind people who are trying to get their food reheated or others trying to figure out of the 6 gelato flavors they want. Also, more gelato flavors would be greatly appreciated. We ended up driving to Sweet Cup for gelato instead of ordering at the cafe. Probably saved ourselves time and there was more variety to choose from.
To make matters worse, the plating was incredibly sloppy. It genuinely looked like someone just scooped whatever was left in the pan and dropped it on the plate with no care whatsoever. Iâve never received something so carelessly presented at a restaurant before. It felt rushed, lazy, and frankly, disrespectful to me as a customer.
What made the situation worse was that the person who took my order and the person who scooped and handed me the lasagna were different, yet neither of them seemed to notice â or care â how unacceptably small and poorly presented it was. When the staff member gave me the plate and we briefly made eye contact, I felt an uncomfortable, unsettling vibe that hasnât left me since.
As an Asian woman dining alone, I couldnât help but wonder if I was being dismissed or treated differently. I sincerely hope that wasnât the case, but the experience left me deeply disappointed and honestly, offended.
I paid $12 for this, and receiving something so incomplete and thoughtlessly prepared was completely unacceptable. This restaurant clearly needs to retrain its staff. Every customer whether dining alone, a minority, or otherwise deserves to be treated with fairness and respect.
This wasnât just a disappointing meal it left me feeling angry and disrespected, and I truly hope no one else has to go through the same experience.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Martha Roberts
Service completely botched my order, charged me extra for their misinterpretation, and completely abandoned me after I clicked tip despite there being no other customers. My experience included horrible service, overpriced blandness, and intentionally deceitful practices. As an employee it should be your priority to ensure the customer is served the food they want for the price it's offered at, and these employees did not meet those standards. Do NOT come here if you had the presence of mind to be cautionary and look at reviews. The food is bland at best as well, and you're flushing money down the toilet if you decide to eat here. If I could rate zero stars, I would!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Adrian Herrera
Rude staff, spend 37$ on a small salad half a sandwich bad coffee chips & a slice of cakeâŠ.dirty tables and unorganized line nothing was available it seemed like and I have dietary restrictions and still the staff couldnât care to understand
Rumply âRumplyChickenâ Chicken
Don't bother, overpriced for the portions you get. Inconsistent.
Excellent chicken salad and squash soup for lunch.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Get the mango-passion ice cream! Very bold in flavor đđŒ. Clean and the people are really nice.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Based on another reviewerâs recommendation, I went to try and get some work done on a Saturday. My Verizon phone was getting 4G and 2 bars and could not hot spot, which is a problem if youâre not allowed to go on public wifi for security reasons. Several people had laptops out. There are plugs under the counter. The space is competitive because most people working there need at least two seats to make it work, and it was very busy at lunchtime and 1 hr before closing. I was there for 3 hrs.
I ate the whole time. They make their caesar salad with chicken salad instead of chicken strips, which I think is brilliant. I also had a margherita focaccia which was very good. The sorbet did not impress me, which made it feel expensive - almost $5 for a scoop of syrupy coconut water. The soup looked good. I should have gone with that instead.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food is over priced and of poor quality, I get it, itâs a museum cafe, but have some pride.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
The food here is simply microwaved when you order and the pizza is $4-$7 a sliceđŹ but all of the staff is super helpful. Donât eat here and think youâll be able to see the rest of the gallery with leftovers. They are super strict about it in the beck building specifically.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Poor quality coffee and service in a nice environment
Visited a weekend afternoon and tried their coffee, which is served in paper cupsâŠ. They charge specialty coffee prices and while the art museum decor matches, the service and coffee is poor and mediocre.
Itâs a convenient place to grab coffee and food if youâre visiting the museum though.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 1
Great service and beautiful atmosphere. Friendly staff and nice wines to enjoy
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Service, atmosphere and quality are terrible
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Food is quite regular. I would not say it is good. The service is super inefficient. When we sit the food was already cold. The best thing is the carrot cake
Had mushrooms and Margaretha pizzas here, very good! They let me order even though I arrived at closing time
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
The cafe has a nice ambiance but that's about as much good as I can say about it. All I wanted to order was 2 Americanos. The line was quite long because we all had to wait for patrons to have their pizzas reheated and others who were trying to determine which gelato flavors they wanted. The couple in front of me was in the same predicament I was and we asked the staff if we could just go up to the register and order our coffees. He told us no. So it took 15-20 minutes to order a coffee. When I finally got to the register and placed my order, it took another 15 minutes for me to get my coffee because the lady at the register was the only one preparing the coffee orders. This has to be the most inefficiently run cafe in Houston. The staff seem like they don't know how to handle the larger crowds or help each other out when they're not doing anything. I noticed that when people in the line were all done ordering food, the person who was taking their orders didn't go to help the cashier prepare the coffees. Thus, you have the cashier juggling 2 tasks: ringing people up and preparing the coffees. Management should look at 1) retraining staff, 2) maybe adding a 2nd register, and 3) adding a separate line for coffee and desserts. If all you want is a coffee and cookie, you shouldn't have to wait 15-20 minutes behind people who are trying to get their food reheated or others trying to figure out of the 6 gelato flavors they want. Also, more gelato flavors would be greatly appreciated. We ended up driving to Sweet Cup for gelato instead of ordering at the cafe. Probably saved ourselves time and there was more variety to choose from.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 2
After enjoying the museumâs beautiful exhibitions, I stopped by CafĂ© Leonelli in a great mood and ordered the Lasagna Bolognese with an iced Americano. Unfortunately, everything changed the moment I received my food.
The lasagna I was given was shockingly small, especially when compared to the plates I saw other customers receive.
The portion looked to be about half the size of what others were served.
Iâm not someone who eats a lot, but even after finishing the entire dish, I was still hungry thatâs how little it was.
Honestly, it didnât even seem like a proper, intentional dish from a cafĂ©.
It looked more like scraps thrown together, not something that should be sold as a main.
To make matters worse, the plating was incredibly sloppy.
It genuinely looked like someone just scooped whatever was left in the pan and dropped it on the plate with no care whatsoever.
Iâve never received something so carelessly presented at a restaurant before.
It felt rushed, lazy, and frankly, disrespectful to me as a customer.
What made the situation worse was that the person who took my order and the person who scooped and handed me the lasagna were different, yet neither of them seemed to notice â or care â how unacceptably small and poorly presented it was.
When the staff member gave me the plate and we briefly made eye contact, I felt an uncomfortable, unsettling vibe that hasnât left me since.
As an Asian woman dining alone, I couldnât help but wonder if I was being dismissed or treated differently.
I sincerely hope that wasnât the case, but the experience left me deeply disappointed and honestly, offended.
I paid $12 for this, and receiving something so incomplete and thoughtlessly prepared was completely unacceptable.
This restaurant clearly needs to retrain its staff.
Every customer whether dining alone, a minority, or otherwise deserves to be treated with fairness and respect.
This wasnât just a disappointing meal it left me feeling angry and disrespected,
and I truly hope no one else has to go through the same experience.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Service completely botched my order, charged me extra for their misinterpretation, and completely abandoned me after I clicked tip despite there being no other customers. My experience included horrible service, overpriced blandness, and intentionally deceitful practices. As an employee it should be your priority to ensure the customer is served the food they want for the price it's offered at, and these employees did not meet those standards. Do NOT come here if you had the presence of mind to be cautionary and look at reviews. The food is bland at best as well, and you're flushing money down the toilet if you decide to eat here. If I could rate zero stars, I would!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Rude staff, spend 37$ on a small salad half a sandwich bad coffee chips & a slice of cakeâŠ.dirty tables and unorganized line nothing was available it seemed like and I have dietary restrictions and still the staff couldnât care to understand
Don't bother, overpriced for the portions you get. Inconsistent.
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