Love this place! There are so many great vegan/vegetarian/pescatarian/GF options for you to find at NU Kitchen, it’s definitely become my favorite spot for clean eating & non stop smoothie runs here in Massachusetts. Can’t wait to come back more often to try this entire menu that’s suitable for my dietary needs!

I was disappointed. After circling for a while trying to get parking, the place was disorganized, the counter person didnt know the menu or the ingredients, the waiting area (because I couldnt find parking and had to get take out) was noisy due to a constantly running blender. When I finally got my order (dropped off by someone with no time for questions) it was HALF a wrap with one piece of sausage, what looked like a single egg instead of the three listed on the menu, topped with grilled onions, mushrooms and pesto. Sounded delicious on the menu board, tasted greasy and wet.Probably wont go back.

Fairly new, vegan friendly restaurant. Have great smoothie fruit bowls, smoothie drinks and more. I dont like their salad bowl, it tastes plain for my liking.

Amazing place! Finally I found a place where I can choose from a lot of vegan/vegetarian options and at the same time my boyfriend can finds something with meat. Gonna be back to taste all menu!

Friendly staff with great food from good paninis to acai bowls to lattes and more!

My first time in this restaurant was a good one . Nu kitchen has a variety of menu which is refreshing . Its located at Washington street in somerville, Massachusetts. The ambience and design of this restaurants makes it easy for gatherings of friends and co-workers. There are charging stations for people who want to chill with thier laptops and have a cool real fruit smoothie. This place can be compared to juice press which is a hot spot for vegetarians and vegans. There is space for parking by the side of the restaurant. Employees are cool and food is prepared timely. You can also place orders online using various delivery apps .

Creative and healthy menu. Outstanding smoothie, and loved the Buddha bowl and delicious sweet potato panini. Nice chill vibe. Be kind to servers out there everyone is short staffed.

The variety of vegan menus available here is amazing. I only got to try their Chipotle Avocado lime bowl with short ribs and it definitely felt like a huge upgrade from Chipotle bowls. All the ingredients were top notch and the optional short ribs that I added definitely enhanced the overall experience. Will return to try their other menus and smoothies.

The food was super yummy but the service kind of sucks. Everyone working was in the back talking while one guy cleaned and he was the person who asked if I wanted to order after waiting 4-5 mins for someone to serve me. Again good is delicious but the staff experience is not ideal

I wish this was better. I have heard such great things and I virtually never leave negative reviews but my girlfriend and I got sandwiches and I have never seen such bad sandwich preparation. There was sauce on perhaps 1/3rd of her sandwich, half an avocado was all the way in the corner and not spread at all, and the chicken was in the other corner in one huge piece. My sandwich was also very mediocre with far too little filling, also concentrated in a big chunk. I hate to seem to nitpick but how the toppings are laid out on a sandwich is pretty much crucial, and for the prices, it wasnt ok. However the beet latte I got was good and service was excellent.

This place has good food / smoothies but their service is honestly abysmal. They advertise an online app to order and collect rewards with the one caveat that they never enable their online app to go live, so it never works.When you do finally get to place your order either by calling in, waiting at the very long line with one cashier, or DoorDash(or similar) it is always late and they tell you to come to the restaurant just to sit around for ten minutes waiting for it.Each time I come in there is at least 3 people waiting for to go orders that they are unable to make in a reasonable amount of time. Service needs serious improvementEdit: just waited fifteen minutes to finally hand me a bag they kept behind the counter instead of on the to go table. Not returning take your money elsewhere

I had my first acai 🥣 bowl and I am forever changed. Is it a smoothie or soup or dessert... who knows but I have found my latest obsession. The fact that its right in my neighborhood makes me all the happier.The staff was super friendly too. I can honestly say that their vibe matched the place if that makes any sense. NU is a new favorite! Ill definitely be back.

Love them, but everytime I go there they say the waffle machine is broken; they’re either lazy or just very clumsy. Also as I am writing this I am drinking a strawberry-banana smoothie from them (a little too heavy on the strabz guys).

Do you like avocado toast???If you do, you gotta come down to Union SQ and get yourself some delicious avocado 🥑🥑 toast from NU Kitchen Cafe!! Sooo worth the drive!!

Great healthy options. Could definitely use more protein on a drink when requesting “extra protein” but overall, great takeout experience!

I. Love. NU Kitchen. This place has such yummy healthy salads at very affordable prices. They’re vegan and gluten-free friendly. One of my favorites is the chickpea and parmesan bowl.

Even if youre not in the gluten / dairy /everything free, locally sourced micro greens only set, NU is awesome! If you ARE in the aforementioned dietary restricted crowd, I have excellent news! Not only does NU have your diet covered, they imagined a dish that will have your taste buds dancing to a new beat! This is modern cuisine that pays homage to our old familiar standbys (think scrambles, bowls of oatmeal, etc), but ditches the unhealthy aspects. And it does so with style and grace as well as amazing flavors! You should give NU a try, even if you havent just got out of a hot yoga class. 😉

Got order wrong, long wait and not busy at the time, dude putting the to go orders out was sassy and passive aggressively whispering the order names. Good food despite not getting what is on my receipt

Nu Kitchen or RUDE Kitchen? I went there today and the only staff folding up bags did not acknowledge me as though I was transparent. I asked her very politely about the parking situation because it was a mess outside of the cafe with heavy traffic and construction going on. She replied in a very impatient and unpleasant manner.After parking my car, I went in and saw this staff again. Once again, I was ignored. She seemed to be a manager or a more senior staff busy ordering other staff around. I waited at the counter for a good 5 minutes - again these people were right at the counter but no one seemed to bother to greet their customers.At a neighborhood cafe, on a Tuesday morning (10am April 20), I expected to have a pleasant and personable experience, but it turned out to be rather disappointing. If shes not happy working there and having an attitude already in the morning and ruining peoples days, why bother?On a side note, I did notice her being more polite towards an old white male customer after I got my food. She even went to their table, bent over, listened and nodded ----Wow!And I agree with other reviews, the music was way too loud!

I went in looking to get a smoothie with some protein in it & hoping it would have different varieties. Now it does have different types of smoothies veggie, fruit & protein smoothies. I was going to get a whey protein smoothie but then I asked what kind of protein they had, & unfortunately they only had vanilla which does not really taste as good in smoothies as I take chocolate whey protein myself. Which surprised me as most smoothies places have a different variety of smoothies like vanilla chocolates strawberry & even the plant based protein. I ended up getting a regular fruit smoothie which was great don’t get me wrong tasted great but wasn’t what I really wanted. I also got a buffalo kale chicken wrap & it was actually really good had a real nice kick to it & also appreciated the whole wheat wrap. All in all this place has great service, good food & great smoothies, hopefully tho they do get other flavor whey proteins & then I would consider giving this place a 5 star.

Really tasty food and smoothies! I got a salad bowl that managed to be extremely flavorful w/o being too salty. My partner got the veggie burger which was outstanding! Generous portions too.

Loved this place! We came for Sunday brunch and got two different plates, and everything was so colorful and tasty!

Hallelujah! Finally a place that has healthy food, thats also super delicious. I know there are a small few around the city but this is a good one. When I was not vegan, I didnt really believe I would find vegan/vegetarian dishes that were actually delicious . But now I realize that vegan dishes at restaurants are often the most tasty. Maybe chefs are trying to overcompensate, I dont know. But I do know that the meal I got here was scrumpdiliumptious. Outstanding. Highly recommend.

They need better ventilation for sure.the food is good but you cant stay in there for too long. the vents for the open kitchen for sure dont suck the fumes . the place smells like burnt oil . best to get the food to go

Every time I come to Nu Kitchen I wonder why I dont come more often - their food is delicious and with their outdoor seating now as an option, its the perfect little break that I need in my day. Their egg sandwhich is amazing, as well as their acai bowl which I get either to eat at the moment Im there or take with me for later - its that good. Highly recommend stopping by here, their staff will be able to assist you with whatever you need and do it with a smile. Thank you guys for the lovely place to dine at! :D

Great place to grab a bite and study. Easily accessible outlets all over the restaurant. Turkey avocado wraps were very filling and fairly priced.

I got a chance to try this restaurant today and I felt great. I had Buddha bowl and my wife had the akai bowl. Both were amazing and will definitely go there again.

Amazing Buddha Bowl with Agave Sriracha Tofu, so filling and savory with the garlic ginger sauce. Many vegan options, and lots of things can be made vegan easily.2/23/20 - all the smoothie bowls are amazing, the Maui Pitaya was exactly what I was looking for to satisfy my sweet cravings.

I wish this place were closer to my house! Great bowls, juices, and smoothies. Lots of vegetarian and vegan options. Even açaí bowls!DIY ordering with the toast touch screen system so pretty easy and quick. Food came out quickly and was as ordered.They have a lot of places to sit and the bar style seating along the windows all have plugs for power.Definitely worth a stop!

A great place with wide range of food and drinks, in addition to vegan options! Reasonable prices and a very kind and friendly staff.

Everything i have ever gotten from NU kitchen has been so amazing for breakfast and for lunch! The staff is always super friendly and helpful and the food is always delicious! I highly recommend Nu kitchen

Been wanting to try this spot for a while and it was very good! I enjoyed the chickpea and parmesean bowl with agave sriracha tofu. It was delicious. Their menu has a lot of healthy options and I can’t wait to return and try more!

If you are ever in Boston Nu kitchen is the place to go for amazing food!!

Consistently mess up orders. Beverages except for smoothies are really watery. The food is pretty good, but not worth it for the amount of trouble when they almost always miss items in an order

Great local fresh and healthy options that don’t break the bank. I love their buffalo chicken wrap with romaine and chickpeas for an extra crunch inside. If you have a sweet tooth I definitely recommend their chocolate chip cookie! They do deliver on Uber Eats which is a big plus!

I normally love this place, and it has great service and food. However today when I went my food was still raw despite taking over an hour, the music was so loud I could not hear anything else, and the bag the put my food in had wet ink all over it which ruined my pants and jacket. Very disappointed.

NU has delicious food and smoothies. The atmosphere is great for taking your time and doing work or meeting a small group for a quick meal. The employees are usually super friendly.

Loads of seating right near Union Square. A great mix a of smoothies and super smoothies at 16oz and 24oz. If you are looking for alcohol. Beer, wine, and cocktails can be easily found. Only brewed coffee is available no speciality coffee is sold here. Tea can also be ordered.Breakfast, bowls, and sandwiches are severed here along with a selection of pastries.Prices are standard. Street Parking is available out front.

Five stars all the way! Fantastic service, fresh & delicious food and a welcoming, community feeling. Counter service with eat in or take out available. Tables or bar seating at the window. Take away containers are almost all sustainable & compostable.

Awesome acai bowl and smoothie.

This is our Sunday breakfast joint, hits the spot every time. The Chorizo Brussels Scramble is my go-to choice.

Love it here! Food always fresh and you have the choice of both health conscious and comfort foods. Spacious cafe, great for doing work or reading. Pictured is the harvest tofu scramble.

The place design & atmosphere is great! It has a very nice vibe to it. It has plenty of great seatings too and even has electric plug ins which makes very convenient to study or work there while eating healthy. The food presentation is gorgeous, but the taste is meh.. Both the smoothie bowl & the smoothie taste less than average. Also the chocolate/coco nibs taste like if it was badly stored or expired. The location and surrounding area is not that good either. But I am giving it 3 star for the nice staff and the great atmosphere & seatings.

Absolutely my new favorite spot. So good!Acai bowl is delicious!

I mainly come here for their quinoa bowls, which is one of the best lunch options in the area. They have a ton of options, and pretty much every bowl is delicious. Outdoor seating is limited, and their indoor seating can get a little messy after the lunch rush.

If you don’t know about these açaí bowls, this place is a great start. Great consistency, and those cacao nibs are amazing! Also, one reason I love this cafe is the WiFi and the huge number of plugs for your laptop and phone; it’s a great place for a study sesh.

Wonderful food & coffee! Very nice people and comfortable/eco friendly environment.

I was impressed with the service and quality food. This is THE place togo in somerville if you are looking for a healthy yet delicuous meal

Chicken pesto sandwich was really tasty.

Holy moley!!!! Try a Hawaiian bowl, I dare you. Knocked my socks off. Cold, refreshing with wonderful flavor combinations.

Killer bowls!!! I have to order the waffle every time I go!! Clean and light!!

Organic coffee with domino bleach worst quality sugar is a awful combination. Organic brown sugar next time? Other than that it would have been 5 stars.

Ordered from NU kitchen a couple times and it has been SO delicious and fresh every time. Beginning to become a go-to for a healthy yet filling (big servings!!) option that is going to be so very yummy every time.

A fun and creative food place! The lattes are very good

Hands down the best service, food drink, beer and spirits in the area. Very cool place to hang out with friends.

I ordered a cold brew with oat milk and end up with a Bizzarre smoothie? I keep giving this place chances because I want to like it and the people who work there are nice, but it’s so weird every time. Some of the food is good but I either wait an outrageously long time or there’s just something unexpected and inexplicable about what I end up with. Recommended if you have a lot of time and a sense of adventure.

Good quality food and fantastic smoothies

Healthy options, delicious food & drinks, comfortable atmosphere

Asked for a latte, got a black coffee in a bent leaking cup.

Nice change. A tasty healthy option.

I am never returning here again. They literally cant handle more than 5 orders at a time, otherwise they get swamped and just cant keep up with the demand. We ordered two simple coffees, and they took almost a whole hour, with no indication when they would be done. There is no sense of urgency among the staff when they are obviously overwhelmed with orders, and there is severe disorganization at hand. Go somewhere else, this place is not worth a cent of your money.

Great place for dinner

Their açaí bowls are delicious! And the atmosphere inside is great!

Great juices and smoothies, and a plethora of delicious and healthy food options. Theres also a lot of seating and natural light, great place to sit down and enjoy.

Allison is thee best! ❤️💯💕🌹

Couldn’t be happier to have this restaurant in Union Square. Amazing food, juice, and smoothie selection.

I love going to this spot, very clean, and homey!! This is deff the best juice bar in Boston.. don’t go anywhere else.. I wish they had more selections of juicing, but you can’t have everything.. ❤️

Aside from getting my order wrong and flies everywhere, otherwise very good experience. I had the breakfast indoors at an air conditioned part of their dining area. Ordered the just egg bagel (vegan) with mushrooms and my partner had the tofu scramble wrap.Next time Ill try a bowl.Food was fresh. It was very busy with other customers and online orders. There were hand sanitizers placed everywhere and it was very easy to keep my hands clean.

Tons of vegan and gf options. Healthy, yummy, creative menu, and a pretty space. I wish they had better green drink options on their juice menu. You can get a mix of kale with apple but no spinach and just not much green juice to balance out the fruit juice. Fruit juice is too high in sugar to be all that healthy.

Just really excellent and interesting food. Fresh juice is awesome and high quality. I brought out of town friends here when they asked for a cute place to eat and they loved both the ambience and the food.

Yo if you dont know how nice this place is!!!! You bout to find out ! You bout to learn today !

This was our first time to NU kitchen and we were so impressed. It was delicious & had so many options!

Delicious vegan breakfast options

The food is wonderful and coffee is great even though we ordered Americanos and got Lattes instead somehow. Unfortunately though, the service wasn’t great. We waited for 25 minute for 2 coffees and an Açaí bowl while my sandwich came in first, separately from the rest of the order. Also one of the staff people was really unfriendly with us and made us feel guilty for asking when our order will come, they didn’t really seem to care. It’s a shame cause the food was great and we’d love to come back again if the service would be better and we can get our food and drinks together. We hope this helps to improve the experience for other customers.

Food here is DELICIOUS. One of the best breakfast sandwiches I have ever had. Their honey goat cheese is to die for

We’ve ordered Nu Kitchen a couple times via Caviar for lunch, but today I decided to take a bike ride and go pick up myself. What a mistake!First, you walk into complete chaos. The staff is running around like crazy, there are half a dozen customers milled around the door, none socially distanced, with no designation for where to go (ie. Order Here, Pick up Here). Not having a socially distanced pick-up/waiting area is unacceptable.Second, they forgot to make my order. Ha! I ordered online through their website around 11:30 for 12:30 pick up. Arrived at 12:25. Once I was finally able to talk to someone after 5 minutes of waiting, she explained that my order wasn’t ready and wouldn’t be in the next 5 minutes. Given what I’ve read on other reviews, I’m glad I didn’t try to wait it out. She explained that they had had a lot of orders and hadn’t gotten around to mine. Honestly, despite the chaos, they didn’t seem to be actually moving that much food. I waited with the same customers for the 10 minutes I was in the shop. If you’ve ever been to a Flour or Sweet Green, you know what slammed is. They were just confused and chaotic.It took the woman helping me another 5 minutes to figure out how to refund my order. If you have anything like my anxiety about Covid, social distancing, and cleanliness, stay far away!

This place has the best açaí bowl!!! I go there almost everyday now. Excellent menu with vegan/vegetarian option as well as gluten free! Friendly staff and clean place. You can park on the street but is usually full you need to go there right time when it isn’t busy.

I wish I was hungrier because everything looks and smelled so good. Got a healthy smoothie that tasted good and some chocolate chip cookies because its a been a day. Lots of healthy tasty food, cant wait to come back and try more stuff.

Consistently delicious, consistently on time. This place rules. Shout out specifically to the GOAT breakfast sandwich, the short rib torta.

Got the Hawaiian tacos with chicken and a maple latte with oat milk... Delicious

Came in for a quick bite. Had a buffalo/kale chicken wrap and fresh juice. Both were good and seemed fresh and healthy. Service was good, speed was quick. Price, about $20 so not the cheapest but reasonable for the ingredients and quality. Would return.

Delicious!! Perfect place for breakfast lunch or dinner! If youve been looking for a place that go from breakfast to cocktails, youve got it!

Great food

Received a free meal love the owner

Love the smoothies I get from here and the bowls are great as well

Easily the worst service I have ever experienced in a restaurant. Staff doesnt seem to care about people waiting way too long for food that isnt even that good, kitchen takes an hour to make the simplest of bowls/dishes. There are so many better places to eat that are just as healthy as this place, not sure why anyone would ever want to eat here.

Always awesome!

Food was great!! However the wait time is pretty long, probably because everything is made fresh which is amazing. Many vegetarian options

I kinda like this place. Friendly, smoothie was solid, iced tea good. My main issue is the smell I can’t decide between burnt or just garlic/grill smells. There is a small vent above the cooler and it is laden in grease - both times I’ve been here two months apart. They crowd is mixed but good looking nonetheless and it’s quite spacious.If they get that ventilation issue fixed it would be a five.

Great place to eat, amazing food!

Nu Kitchen was ok. It wasnt very busy and took 20 minutes for us to get our food. When we asked if we could have our coffees earlier while we waited they were very confused. The food was good, but didnt blow me away.

I am in love! Im on a very specific diet and the staff was so accommodating. The atmosphere is clean and modern. The food is so delicious and flavorful (even with the restrictions of my diet). If youre looking for a healthy bite thats yummy and filling but doesnt weigh you down- this is the place.

My relationship to this place is ambivalent. It’s a beautiful space, quiet, and you can work all day. The crowd is a really mixed affair — cops, construction workers, nannies, techies, bros, and purple haired queers. It’s a great change from the hyper demographic targeted coffee shops elsewhere in the area and it makes folks really low key and the place is never full. No one is here to be seen or to socialize, they just want a coffee and a salad and maybe a spot where they can work uninterrupted all day. The smoothies are great and the food is that special kind of sad flavorless that health food bars are so good at. The biggest drawback is that their ventilation sucks and so the whole place smells like smoky oil, makes your eyes burn and gets in your clothes and hair so you come out smelling bad. Honestly, the last point keeps me away. I want to like this place more than I do, but I also don’t have the heart to rate it low. If they vented it better it would probably be my second home.

This place is the slowest place in Boston. I have been there at least couple times and there was no customer in there. Making smoothies took 30minutes. They did not even care your order. It was not even busy. If you do not have time to wait, do not stop by here !!

Good,nice people!

Everything on the menu is good.

I am visiting from Australia. Nu kitchen is a delight. Healthy fresh food, but I especially like the smoothies. Attentive friendly staff. Nice clean premises.

I don’t think this place has ever failed me once! Love the locations and the food! 💯

I went for lunch with coworkers, I ordered turkey beacon avocado wrap but before I ordered I asked if the wrap is hot and I was told it was hot. When my wrap come it was cold. I was very disappointed plus the wrap wasnt spectacular..something I could make it at home. My coworkers ordered salads and I was more impress with salads than my wrap. I saw a lot of people ordered smoothies. I guess it must good.

The acai bowl is delicious. So far everything has been five stars. Great find.