Mt. Vernon Calico Cupboard Café & Bakery

The food was pretty decent but unfortunately the service was rough. We were seated fairly quickly but our server didn't talk to us for like 15 minutes. The hostess did try to get us started with water but that was already after a long wait.

My mom tried to get us some baked goods to go but when we arrived home we noticed they had forgotten 1 of 3 desserts. After she had already paid and tipped the worker.

All around that was the icing on the cake for a disappointing experience.

I hope this can be made right.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 1

I have been here a number of times, food is usually very good but a little on the spendy side. Service is usually good. I've had a couple of experiences with servers that were rude.

Kid-friendliness: Not really designed for kids.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Bakery, Sandwich

Over priced breakfast. It's good, but not $20 for some French toast good or $10 for a coffee. Next time I'll head to Mr. T's I think

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 2

I wait for 30 min and finally when someone go to see the list the girl skipped me no 1 time or 2 she skipped me 3 times is bull**** I don't recommend this place

Service: 1

This is now the 3rd time I've stood at the front counter for over 5 minutes to order a coffee and a bakery item while being ignored. The employees are literally playing patty cake infront of me while I wait for simple service. Note that there is two more gossiping behind the bakery display. They stepped back out of sight when they saw me waiting.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 1

Wow. Where do I start. I am extremely disappointed with the experience I had at Calico Cupboard. I’m going to speak of the entire experience only because I had higher hopes driving 45 minutes away to revisit one of my previously favorite restaurants, and The party I had with me were two women who had never been, also driving 45 minutes away, and I assured them that everything on the menu was fantastic. False. Sure, it was 2pm, but don’t offer all day breakfast if you can’t perfect something as simple as biscuits and gravy throughout the day!! The biscuit was dense, burnt; and dry.. the gravy looked as if someone threw a can of baked beans on top (yeah.. I know.. it did not look right) well, maybe a few tablespoons— it looked unappealing, hardly any flavor, and not nearly enough to hide the disappointing biscuit! The potatoes were soggy and burnt. My friend had to order eggs on the side since the $20 biscuit and gravy order only gave a choice of the soggy potatoes OR eggs. Her favorite item on the table was her fountain soda, and the extra side of eggs. I can’t speak for the third woman, but I can speak for myself— I had the Old Town Lunch, which I usually get— half of a Tuscan turkey and a cup of chili. It was okay. Whoever was in the kitchen put zero love into the food that day. My sandwich had a single piece of turkey on it— one slice of bread was thicker than the filling. So… two slices of bread, as you can imagine.. I had 2 pieces of sourdough toast and a very small cup of chili for $20. I would have said something sooner, but the only time I spoke to our server was when we ordered, when our food was delivered, and when we paid. I would have loved to give feedback and order another beverage, or a different meal for my friend, before we left. Overall… extremely embarrassed and disappointed. I hope this was a one-off because I used to love this place!! Most, including myself, can hardly afford to go out anymore, so to have traveled so far to receive what a got.. was irritating. To say the least.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 2

Vegetarian options: Staff was very friendly and knowledgeable

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Soup, Sandwich

Server was nice & food good, but unfortunately the table was dirty. Under the table was worse with trash, crumbs, etc. Looked like it hadn't been swept in a while :(

We have eaten here a number of times, and the food is generally pretty good. Was a bit disappointed today with the flavors of my meal. I had the Turkey Chutney sandwich with a side of Chowder. There was a lot of Chutney on the sandwich that ended up overpowering all the other flavors of the sandwich. The Chowder was fairly tasteless. I ended up having to add five spashes of Cholula to give it some flavor. Overall I like this restaurant and will probably come back again. Hopefully, this was just an off day.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Bakery

Our server was great. Great food. Everything was great until we were checking out. I grabbed a loaf of bread and asked if she could slice it and the girl scoffed at me she couldn’t get ahold of someone and says “well I guess I just have to cut it myself” very snotty. I also asked if they sold the jam that they give and she goes “you mean the one that’s right here” if you are going to be working at the front of the house at least have some good customer service & be courteous. Definitely not the experience people should be having. With that attitude I’ll just go support another local owned breakfast place.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 2

The food here is always good. Lately, our servers have been outstanding, adding to our great experience.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Bakery

Excellent food, excellent service, excellent atmosphere.
My only complaint is waiting to get someone's attention to find out where the private dining area was. We waited for over 7 minutes (standing at the host station), and not one person looked over or helped/acknowledged us. We ended up finding it on our own.
I understand places get busy, but it was 9am, and there were at least half a dozen staff behind the counter...

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

I wanted to write and say just how disappointing or visit was to your restaurant yesterday. We've been there before, and just loved it. My Mom and Sister are here from out of state and we decided to make the trek up to see the snow geese and have lunch. We arrived and I wrote our name on the sheet per the instructions, then we waited. It was busy and we expected a wait. When we were called, we were asked if we didn't mind the stairs. Unfortunately, my mother is mobility challenged and were told they would wait until a table at door level was ready. So, we waited, and waited and waited. Then we saw parties of 4 coming in and being seated on the first floor. The extremely rude hostess looked at us and asked if we were on the list, I said yes, we were waiting for a table on the first floor, she rudely asked my name, and I told her. She then TOLD ME, That she already called and seated that party. I said there's no way, because we were the party that has been waiting and waiting. We were then told that we HAD to put our name on the list, to which we did. Then someone, out of pity sat us and brought us water and our drinks, then we waited and waited some more. After a while, the server did come take our order. My coffee was empty and water glasses were empty, no offer of refills til later in the meal. I watched our server taking great care of other tables, we were pretty much left to fend for ourselves. When our meals came, my Mother was served a very burnt sourdough roll. I can believe that the kitchen would allow that to pass. Overall, it was the worst dining experience we've ever had in a restaurant. It appeared that we were being treated badly on purpose. My problem did not lie in our names being skipped, the main problem was how rudely we were treated after we spoke up. No offer of an apology, no sympathy, NOTHING!!
We will never return to your restaurant, and will make sure to let people know of the experience we had. I know you probably don't care, but you should. most disappointing!!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

We had the Fisherman bkft and the biscuits/gravy, both were delicious. Serving was generous. Lavender lemonade was great. Service was good, and all the servers worked together ❤️. The bathroom was cleaned. We will return. Has plenty of parking, but in peak hours, you may need to wait few minutes for a spot.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Bland. Overpriced.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4