Clover Food Lab - Newton

I love Clover. Staff is great and food is delicious. Prices are reasonable. The seasonal specials are fun. If we lived in the neighborhood we'd eat there a bunch of times a week. Vegetarian options: It's all vegetables. Dietary restrictions: The restaurant is set up to handle most dietary restrictions and the staff is knowledgeable. Parking: Big lots behind, paid street parking in front. Kid-friendliness: Many kids will like the standard menu but there are some kid-specific items.

Got a cortado from the George Howell part of Clover and it was excellent!! Their espresso is one of the best espressos I've ever tasted.

The food I received for the price I paid is an obscene joke. If the price was cut in half, I would be just disappointed instead of angry about it.Dune 2 was less disappointing.I suppose I deserve it for eating rabbit food instead of the rabbit. Thanks to the Bridgewater bowl I just got from these people, I will never attempt to eat vegetarian again.

The last two times I got takeout from Clover in Newtonville, the portions were noticeably much smaller than in the past.The second time I was curious enough about it that I brought the sandwich and fries home, weighed them, and compared the results to the advertised serving sizes in their app. The sandwich was 9% short, and the fries were 31% short .I emailed Clover twice and asked what was going on. I know they received my emails because I got back auto-responses telling me they had received them and would respond in 5-7 days. They never responded either time.I suspect that they are cutting portion sizes as a cost-cutting move (they are in chapter 11 bankruptcy right now).It's deceptive to be advertising serving sizes that are significantly larger than reality. It's kind of rude to reduce serving sizes without being proactively transparent about it; Clover certainly wouldn't be the first company to do that, but it does seem to go against their claimed culture. And it's _really_ rude not to respond to customer emails asking why their serving sizes seem much smaller.

Oof not a great experience today. I use to work at this location as the barista and the food was terrific had to hold back and only eat it once a week. I’ve only been back two or three times since then but it seems like the quality has taken a nosedive. I order the bridgewater which I have fond memories of. Today was hands down the worst sandwich I’ve ever had anywhere. The mushrooms were really mushy there was one onion in the onion and kale which was not prepared correctly and completely lacked the honey sriracha, on top of that instead of the cream cheese spread they just loaded it up with an obnoxiously gross amount of mayonnaise there was literally a huge goop of maya at the bottom of the pita. In addition the fries were overcooked cold and there was a small handful (in the past they would load you up). Honestly glad I’ve only been back a few times and not wasted more money here. They need to get back to the standard Kevin set.