McLain's Market - Lawrence

I like McLains and that bothers me quite a bit. The atmosphere is nice, the pastries are very good and it's a nice place to hang out. The food, though, isn't that great for the price. It's too pricey for the quality.The location is nice and I do like the interior. It is fashioned to be very neo-quaint (I made that up). Everything is very eye catching and pleasing. They sell t-shirts, caps, dry tea and coffee. You can get all sorts of knick-knacks at this restaurant. The food is order at the counter style and they bring it to your table. I was here with a friend and we told the cashier we were eating in the restaurant. The funny thing is they brought us all disposable utensils. People at other tables had glass drinking cups but we had paper. Very odd and my friend was not too happy about us being singled out in this manner.I love biscuits and gravy and I thought the McLain's version was both good and bad. The biscuits and gravy were good but it came with a scrambled egg and hash browns. They were terrible. Microwave oven best. They don't give you a choice of egg- which is telling. You automatically get scrambled. I guess that's the best the microwave could off up. The total price on the biscuits and gravy and microwaved scrambled egg and hash browns was almost $10. Not worth it at all.My friend had the Farmer sandwich. It looked good and it was very big but my friend was unimpressed. All the items on their menu seemed overpriced. Bottom line for me is that it's just OK, nothing special.The restaurant is easy to access and visually appealing. There are no issues with staff and everyone seemed pleasant enough. I just think this place could be better.

Stopped here recently for lunch and a sweet treat. I ordered the grilled cheese and tomato soup. The soup was a major disappointment. First of all it was barely lukewarm. I don't think it was soup. The consistency and taste was of a marinara sauce. It was unlike any soup I had ever had. The grilled cheese was a mess. I will never order that again. The sugar cookies were good. But overall this was a disappointing experience.

Avoided the Sunday rush hour... and the staff are delightful, professional and customer service oriented Ted. I appreciated that staff were cleaning and disinfecting various spaces. Coffee is always percolating, and the sandwiches fresh. The bakeries items were going quickly... the macarons were nit as overly sweetened as the chocolate peanut butter balls.

fantastic coffee. best cinnamon roll ever. breakfast is clean and well done. great spot!

My go-to spot in Lawrence during my college years and after! Love going for a mimosa and brunch on the weekends (my personal favorite off the breakfast menu is the market bowl with ham--sooo good), and I also find myself there at least once during the week for a cortado and salad while I work. Very study-friendly with lots of outlets, the food and coffee are always delicious no matter what I get, and I feel like everyone there always has smiles on their faces. And they have gluten-free cookies, which is always exciting for me. Highly recommend!

Baked goods here are amazing, and I love the unique offerings they have for cupcakes especially. The coffee and matcha are good as well, and the breakfast and lunch items I have tried have always been decent if not great.It's on the pricier side for food -- a coffee and breakfast burrito could be close to $15. But, the interior is cute and customer service here is generally good. I will be back on occasion to see what seasonal items are available.

I concur with the Yelp community that this is a three star destination. The facility itself was a former chain that dealt in some kind of chicken products, like they weren't enough of them already in town. The atmosphere is pleasant and inviting and there's a large patio which is getting most of their business during the pandemic.Two things already kind of a big turn off for me about this location: almost total absence of mask wearing by the staff. I'm aware this is optional but the brazen don't care attitude is more than I wish to tolerate.We got vegan wraps and at $9.50 apiece plus tax I felt that they were somewhat overpriced. They came with what looked like housemade potato chips, good enough. The wrap itself was not bad but generally uninteresting, and certainly not much thought put in the plate presentation. For a $20 plus meal, not impressed. Also, we ended up going back inside to get our own silverware and napkins even though a wait person came to our table outside. Oh well.So kind of like the location on campus, overall I'm underwhelmed with what this company is doing in Lawrence. I wish them luck but I don't think I would revisit this location

Cutest coffee shop in lawrence, can only hope they come back to KU's campus some day. Pastries, coffee, sweet treats, everything is amazing. Staff is super sweet and they have great hours. Inside is so cute and has lots of different options for seating. They even sell sweets and merch and other items right in the front door. Love this place and endless matcha lattes!!

This is a nice cafe/bakery. It looks stylish on the inside, the service is kind and helpful. I haven't experienced any problem having eaten there. It's a good place to be or connect with family and friends, while enjoying a nice beverage or food item too. The place is a little on the small side, but it's still comfortable enough. They have reusable plastic cups that you can serve yourself water with. Their baked goods are quite delicious. And one time a server had given my table a free cafe drink that they had made extra!

this is the best place I've ever eaten the cinnamon roll is so gooey and delicious! their pastries, the aesthetic just everything about this restaurant is magical bacon snd eggs are on point! couldn't be any more satisfied. delicious! 5 stars totally would come back!