Do not eat here . I worked here for about 2 days and the kitchen is absolutely disgusting . The kitchen was gross and looked as if it hasn't been cleaned properly in god knows how long . Egg built up, pancakes built up because nobody scrubs anything and it's always constant cross contamination . It was just absolutely gross , please take this advice and do not eat here if you don't believe me ask to see the kitchen first. read more

Fast service, friendly staff, great food and a very cute rustic atmosphere! Highly recommend their sweet potato fries they were divine! I don't know why it took us so long to visit. Highly recommend checking out! We had a little trouble with parking but we figured out it's a lot behind the building next to the bank. read more

A hole in the wall!!! We are are visiting from California and we found this in Yelp because of the nice reviews. And indeed it's a real nice restaurant, family oriented, clean parking at the back and wonderful food. The prices on the menu would not bore a hole in your pocket. The small fish sandwich was excellent & not small at all and the Reuben sandwich was delightful and delicious. Our server Nicole was very helpful & friendly. read more

The Boondocks - Reasonable - New American Near Me - Berkley, Massachusetts

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I rarely venture out for breakfast which is funny because it's my favorite meal of the day. Found myself up and out early so why not. Stopped in at Boondocks. Breakfast was good. When you can't decide get and sample everything. Eggs, Sausage, Bacon, Toast, Home Fries and French Toast. All hot and fresh. With 3 tables seated and 3 other people at the counter with me, it seemed that it took longer than necessary to get a coffee but maybe that's because I needed coffee lol. But sometimes being a glass half full guy, especially pre-coffee, here is my issue. The busboy was efficient but walked past me maybe 6 or 7 times with the biggest, longest uncovered yawn in history. Now it may be a small thing but it's not what I need first thing in the morning. Anyway, it won't beep me from returning but it really is something that needs to be addressed. (Put your hand or arm over your hole for crying out loud. Just Saying. read more

I have been here for breakfast, lunch and dinner several times and have had nothing but great meals. The service is great and they make you feel welcome from the minute you walk in the door. Check out the special board and they have their local Berkley beer on tap. I wish they were open for dinner every day. read more

Don't go at lunch. Completely different experience. In from Atlanta and excited to come back for fish and chips. Nope. Cranky waitress tossed the menus at us and said "we are serving lunch". Lunch menu very pedestrian and lack luster. We left. Bummed. read more

This is a nice gem-in-the-rough. Good food, great prices. I especially like the Portuguese omelette. (Nice Chorizo.). But you need to work on that "diner coffee"... read more

This place was on our way back to Logan Intl, so we stopped to get Sunday brunch based on the Yelp reviews! We were happy we did, and this place does not disappoint if you are looking for variety yet familiar breakfast food! I went traditional bacon and eggs, but hubby got the vegetarian omelette with hollandaise and he raved about it with every bite! Highly recommend, and we will be back the next time we are in the area! read more

Really good Ruben!! Great environment and the best service!! Would definitely go back.

Customer Service over the telephone is questionable. I currently live in Japan and thought about purchasing a gift card for my mother's birthday. I called to inquire about gift cards and mentioned I wanted to purchase over the telephone because I was overseas. I heard someone in the background say, "She can order over the telephone but we aren't going to mail it"! Geez! I should have told them when I called LeBaron Hills Country Club, in Lakeville they were tickled pink I called from Maryland to make a reservation for a Mother's Day brunch. Also when my mother showed up for brunch, they made a big deal that her daughter called all the way from Maryland- just a few states away. When I called Ella's restaurant in Buzzards Bay from Seoul South Korea, they where happy to mail a gift card for me. In fact, I didn't even ask, Ella's offered. Way not to work the customer service angle Boondocks. read more

While their grand opening is still upcoming, The Boondocks has been open for a couple of weeks now, and is relying primarily on word-of-mouth. I stopped by for a Sunday breakfast of Steak & Eggs, which featured an 8-oz. steak, two eggs (any style), thick (and tasty) home fries, and toast, all for $9.99. It took 20 minutes to get the food, but everything is made to order, and that's 20 minutes of somebody cooking so I didn't have to! Besides, the place was packed, and I wasn't in a particular rush, anyway. What I received for my invested time was a large plate filled with delicious food. Everything was cooked perfectly. The service was exceptionally friendly. While they are primarily a breakfast/lunch joint (they open at 6 AM), they also serve dinner on select evenings. There is plenty of parking available behind the restaurant in a newly-cleared parking lot (which was an absolute necessity for this venture to succeed). Be aware that the free refills offered on large drinks do not extend to chocolate milk -- it's more of a soda thing. Not knowing what to expect when I came here, I was very pleasantly surprised! Large portions, good food, lots of smiles with the service . . . I highly recommend The Boondocks, at least for breakfast! I look forward to returning, perhaps for lunch or dinner. read more

So far every time I have been to the Boondocks the food has been great. A lot it is made really quick especially at the slow times. Even when it is busy the food only takes 5 minutes depending upon what you order. The waitresses are very nice and courtious. Always checking to see if you need more coffee and how the food was... read more

Finally went here and glad I did. This is a great place. We stepped and inside and were quickly and warmly greeted. My daughter and I selected a booth and our waitress showed up right away taking drink orders and offering menus. I went with eggs, home fries, hash, and toast. My daughter went with the waffle with ice cream. Our wait for food was minimal and it was delicious! Eggs were cooked just as I ordered, hash was great and home fries were nicely seasoned. The coffee was hot and flavorful. Overall this was a great experience. The service was super nice and the food was yummy with nice portions. It is nice to see a place like this in Berkley! read more

02/02/14 - first off let me say I am not in anyway related to the business I am about to review. When I like something I like to share it with as many people as I can. That being said; please read on. I was craving a good Sunday morning breakfast and did not want to be disappointed; I was not. Parking is in the rear of the building and more than enough for the ample seating inside. The interior is clean and well arranged with table, booth and bar type seating. The staff was eager to greet and serve and the coffee was a pleasant change from the usual donut shop offerings. Although the wait from time of order to time of serving of my meal was almost 30 minutes; the wait was well worth it. My order was exactly as i requested. Sunday mornings anywhere, half way decent, will almost always mean extended wait times as breakfast is an art and the Boondocks cooks are budding masters at their craft. The place is fairly new and there are some kinks being worked out but nothing that can't be overlooked. The Boondocks also serves lunch and dinner so my plan is to try each and report back on those. I'll let you know. But in the mean time if you are in Berkley and are craving good food at a good price try Boondocks; you won't be disappointed. read more

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Excellent local go to place. Food is good consistently and the folks who work there are awesome and always busy! Love this place!

We were there for breakfast around 1130 this morning. My fiance ordered the Reuben omelette special, unfortunately he was told they were out, which they could have led with when we were greeted. We both ended up ordering the Celtic Benny. The food came out not to shortly after which was a pleasant surprise until I noticed that my eggs were close to raw... I switched plates with my fiance because the servers that were around were more interested in who would get slapped if they went to school together blah blah blah. Needless to say this was the final straw for my fiance who had been going there for years and noticed a decline in the quality of product served. read more

It was very good ! I love that they served champagne with orange juice in the am!! I took my mom for Mother's Day and she loved it !! Will definitely go again read more

Wow! Amazing food! Large portions! Super friendly staff! Mgr Fred was so kind! Prices are great! I highly recommended this great restaurant!

It's a favorite of mine / close to home, feels like home atmosphere and good ole home style food. There may be a lag out of the kitchen at times, but well worth the wait :) read more

Moved to Berkley in June and this place rocks. Is it five star like Slat Bae? No. Is it five star like your mom opened up a restaurant and told you to bring all your friends and nobody leaves until you're all full? Yes. If you're reading this review wondering if you should go, stop reading and go. It's on the small side and it's self seating so somebody is taking your chair as you sit here all undecided like! read more

Love it here. They treat you like family and the food is always perfect. Coffee never seems to be empty. Just overall a fantastic experience with every visit. read more

Great hole in the wall! Has a really homey feeling and serves food to match that, the clam cakes really didn't have much clams in it but were more like flavorful hush puppies. The Pilgrim Wrap was good as well. I've heard the breakfast is the main attraction and I'll be back for that for sure! The lunch was just slightly above average but very much enjoyable given the homey vibes! read more

First time for breakfast there today! Excellent food, good service, reasonable price! Wife enjoyed cinnamon swirl French toast, plate cleaned! Eggs Boondocks for me, hollandaise sauce & poached eggs were perfect. Also cleaned the plate! Be back soon! read more

Been in a handful of times now and LOVE everything!!! Fish n chips, chowder, soups, stuffed quahogs, burgers, baked scrod....all excellent!! The wait staff are great, very personable and attentive.... Only thing we are missing is their breakfast...gotta make it in for that!!! read more

The Boondocks - Baked scrod with butternut squash and zucchini medley....perfect....and $8.95!!! - New American Near Me - Berkley, Massachusetts

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This restaurant is a long time coming for Berkley! Friendly staff and amazing food!! I was so surprised by the size of the restaurant inside. Great made from scratch soups and a great menu. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner amazing! I will definitely be back soon. Eat local! read more

The Boondocks - Best shrimp cocktail - New American Near Me - Berkley, Massachusetts

The hits just keep coming. The pizza is ridiculously good. I haven't had crust this good outside of NY. the ingredients are amazing too. Who puts chopped ham and a pizza instead of deli ham? Everything is amazing. I'm so happy to have this place and just hope it doesn't get too busy as people figure out just what a gem is here. This place has really stepped up its game since our last visit. The seafood last week was amazingly fresh, the sandwiches are perfect and made with fresh sliced meats. Service is great and you won't find anywhere else in the area that competes. Just wish they did dinner more frequently. Happy to come here over and over going forward. read more

This is the only place we'll come for breakfast. Their menu bas something for EVERY appetite, my favourite being the red quinoa hash patty number. Their staff is out of this world and Don't forget to try their drink specials or their "adult iced coffees". A great way to start the day. read more

This place is legit. Breakfast is solid. Lunch is good. Dinner is awesome. Amazing for a breakfast, lunch, dinner spot. Alcohol is served and servers are great. Worth the trip!! read more

Just left there with 2 friends. We had the clam stew; perfectly seasoned and a bowl was plenty! Also had 1/2 doz. clam cakes, not greasy and actually had clams. One had the stuffie, a little overdone but still good. It was very busy. We had a little wait. The service was prompt and the staff attentive. We will definitely be back! read more

Slow service even with only two tables of customers. Food was subpar, "clam boil stew" was some sausages and hotdogs in some broth. Smelled strangely of a bathroom... Wouldn't recommend. read more

Service isn't the greatest, but food is absolutely amazing and the staff is very kind, great place to go!

Great no frills breakfast, friendly staff, clean bathrooms. Very hometown feel w great photos of local landmarks.

Love their breakfast, so great! I haven't had one breakfast meal i didn't love. Just as a warning, their lunch and dinner is not very good at all, i only recommend going for their breakfast. read more

I cant even begin to say how much I love this place! Its our favourite cozy breakfast knook with amazing staff and friendly faces. They have something for everyone on their menu from benedicts to pancakes to even healthy choices. you haven't tried it, youre missing out. read more

It was nice to try a new place when there are not many others in the area. My omelette was flat and forgettable. My friend's pancakes were very good. Plenty of good service and coffee refills. Dining room was very loud. read more

The origin of the word "restaurant," I read is from the French, meaning, "to restore." Never before in the gastronomical history of this big blue marble has a food-serving enterprise so aptly earned this title, than in the case of The Boondocks. I refer specifically here to the Sunday morning experience, as I have not visited this establishment at any other day or time. My routine is to drive 45 miles from Boston to pick up my parents (and the occasional hangers-on) and after exchanging familiar pleasantries and inter-generational embraces, we fire up the wagon and head over to the intersection of N Main and Locust. The parking lot is unpaved, and also unmarked. Park your car a good two feet from the next one, and rest assured that the next driver will afford you the same courtesy. The niceness of this place apparently pervades its clientele. Walk through the back entrance, and wait a few moments (never more than a minute) to be warmly greeted by a perpetual motion machine posing as a hostess, before she hustles off to clean a table (probably yours) or toss two tables together for a large party, with so little effort you can hear the Popeye music playing. Be seated, and don't even bother to look at the menu. Chances are, there are enough people eating enough goodness that would not look out of place in the Errol Flynn version of Robin Hood, or any TV commercial where they make food look impossibly tasty. Point at what you want. Or, heck, ask one of the infinitely friendly waitstaff what they suggest. Be prepared to banter, and maybe volunteer some info about where you're from. Even if you have ZERO charisma (points at self), they'll make you feel like the funniest and most interesting person on the planet. If you like coffee, then you're all set. They don't have a pipe that constantly fills your cup, but the next best thing is a benevolent army of double-fisting servers who have somehow tapped into the psychic energy of the universe (or maybe just the local vicinity of Berkley) to develop clairvoyance enough, not only to detect the level of the brew in your cup, but more skillfully, to detect when it matters to YOU. And we're not talking ham-fisted hovering either...no no no that is amateur hour. If I prefer my coffee to be refilled when it's at a 2/3 level, you can bet that I will NOT be bothered with an attempt to refill until my cup reaches THAT point. Those goofy blue "learning" thermostats have got nothing on these people. The food? Sometimes it takes a minute. Sometimes it takes 10 minutes. Expect it to get delivered by three different people. Ask for anything you don't have, and it will come in a heartbeat. Make sure you're hungry. If you don't like something, make noise (don't stew in your seat and internally complain!) and it'll get fixed. Immediately. Tastewise? I can only speak for the omelettes (which are huge and good and sometimes go great with Franks (you narcissist!) Hot Sauce and sometimes as is. The French toast comes in a bunch of different styles, and they are all great. If you like something more sweet, more drowned, more whatever... just ask for it and they'll accommodate. If you kind of want to try a bunch of stuff not on the menu... one egg plus this plus that... they'll do that as well. I've not tried this, but I suspect that if you sat down with a sign draped around your neck saying, "MAKE ME THE BEST BREAKFAST EVER! I HAD A ROUGH WEEK." you'd be happy with the results. I am thinking of trying that next week. Vegetarian? No problem. Be prepared to be called "hon" or some other kind of name that you'd secretly hope to be called when you visit a casual dining establishment on a Sunday morning. Expect some loud(ish) families, but nothing that would make it on to Boston.com. There are three TVs, and they all play some kind of news... generally NECN. So you get to eat an awesome breakfast and catch up on stories about how some deer rescued some dog from some flood in some town you've never heard of, or how two kids are trying to raise awareness of videogame addiction by throwing water balloons at each other. You know the kind of low-cal TV I'm talking about. Chill. The only way your blood pressure will go up in THIS place is from the breakfast food indulgence you will experience. Raise your ears and you'll hear all manner of conversations, from the Pats to family gossip to poorly referenced and PG13 profanity-laced discourse on geopolitics or higher education (but only if I'm there). My only request? When you've finished your breakfast, please don't dawdle. One final awesome thing about this place is that everyone appears to be really sensitive about the line that forms in the waiting area. So do the right thing... when you're finished, pay yer bill, tip like you have something terminal, and go enjoy the rest of your day. And ENJOY you shall. This place will literally RESTORE your will to live, if you let it. read more

Great breakfast place. Staff is extremely friendly and helpful. Portions are plenty, selection is varied, and food was fresh delicious and prompt. Would definitely come back again read more

I love this place! They are accommodating and everything is made fresh on location. They source from local farms and they support the community. I love breakfast and dinner at this location. The manager also walks around to each table to make sure that everyone is satisfied. That's a huge plus for me.. read more

Breakfast is great. Reasonable portions and not disgustingly greasy like a lot of breakfast places can be. I had the most delicious Belgian waffle the other day. Also love the potato shreds! Lunch/dinner is good. The Portuguese steak plate and turkey dinner were so/so, would not order again. The fish and chips are great. Love to order them with a cup of chowdah! I like their sandwiches, too...tuna, turkey club, steak and cheese, etc. Prices are definitely reasonable and the service is good. Really glad to have this place close by and wish they were open for dinner every night! read more

Food tasted good, too bad it took 1 hour and 20 minutes to get food. We watched other tables come in after us and leave before we got our food. Waitress didn't seem concerned. 2 kids chicken nuggets, a sandwich, and entree. Shouldn't take 80 minutes. Poor service read more