Vicki Lee’s

So, I went to get a couple of salads today and to try something different. The staff was very friendly and my takeout order did not take very long. When I got back to my work, we opened the bag. I was shocked at the size of the salad due to the fact that they were $ 15 a piece. The lettuce was a little wilty but that could have been from the drive. Otherwise, they were very tasty. I just felt that if they are going to charge that amount, the portion ought to be a bit bigger. I’m still hungry!

Great local place for fresh ingredients presented generously and ornately. Slightly pricey but excellent value. Great bakery goods and small selection of casual gifts make this an ideal place to stop in. Very attentive service too!

I love this place (the food is awesome) Jason is an amazing Chef, and the menu continually changes (so you always have something new to look forward to). I also have nothing but praise for the staff (they make you feel right at home). In my book Vicki Lee’s is the best restaurant /​café /​bakery in the Belmont area and i am so thankful that i have a place like this near my home.

After reading wonderful reviews about cakes, lunch and catering, my wife and I went to this place for lunch during work. The food was average but expensive, my one star is based primarily on poor service…
1. The service was extremely flaky. There was only one server scrambling to attend all tables, what put us off that despite there being other employees around no one came by to help her. We ended up being very late because of this.
2. From the get go we had told the hostess and the server that we needed a catering estimate for 40 people and wanted to place a cake order. Apparently the manager was supposed to come to talk to us but he/​she never showed up during the course of our lunch. Who does not like getting more business in? Guess they didn’t care.
3. My wife is over 7 months pregnant, while looking at the cakes the lady behind the counter didn’t answer any of our questions about customizations rather made it a point on how big her belly looked and how big the baby would be.
No points for guessing that we are never going back.

The food is pricey and the quality is hit or miss. Their egg sandwiches are good but about $ 9 or more for one. The scones are a bit soggy, rather than buttery and crisp. Their muffins are not great either. Mochas are delicious. Service is slow and NOT the most customer-​oriented and accommodating. If you make a small change to your order, they will charge you more.

This place is one of my favorite brunch place. Staff are nice and friendly. My favorite menu is banh mi!!!

We frequent Vicki’s, one of our favorite places for lunch or Sunday brunch. Savory dishes, bakery items, you can’t go wrong. (My personal favorite is the chicken picatta sandwich).
I also recommend their cakes! We chose Vicki over several other local shops for our wedding cake last summer and couldn’t have been more pleased.

My boyfriend and I live in Watertown and love brunch, and have been eyeing this place for a bit of time. From what I could gather from their Unilocal photos, Vicki Lee’s is a catering company in addition to having their bring and mortar. The décor is very cute and girly. Almost looks like a baby or bridal shower should be taking place there.
We both had the crab cakes eggs benedict. I’d consider these one of the more flavourful eggs bene I’ve had in Boston. Hollandaise sauce was perfect and the side of roasted potatoes were cooked appropriately and tasty as well.
The only thing about that this place that took us by surprise was the overall cost of our meal. For 2 orders of crab cake bene, 2 capuccinos, and a specialty drink to go, it cost us nearly $ 50. But despite this, the food was definitely good enough to warrant a repeat visit during dinner. I’d also like to go again to try their pastries. They have giant cookies and lots of cakes.

Doesn’t get much better than Vicki Lee’s. The savory tarts that the bakery puts out are incredible in flavor and always pair nicely with a hot cup of coffee. Service is always very helpful and are always willing to assist. The Italian lemon meringue cake along with the savory/​sweet raspberry puff pastries are some of my favorites. The pastry display window always full with a beautiful medley and assortment of pastries. The caramel/​chocolate bark is a must try!

We decided to get a wedding cake from here. I got some great response to my emails and we set up a tasting. The tasting was very helpful. We were given some coffee and slices of 7 different cakes to try and decide on flavor. Then we were given a big binder of pictures of previous cakes to choose a decoration and style from. I’m not really into this kind of wedding stuff, but this was painfree and enjoyable.
Vicki delivered our cake and it came out really nice. It was much bigger than we needed and after everyone had some, there was plenty left. There was some really nice fruit to decorate it and add some nice flavor.
I can’t say I would buy another wedding cake from here as I hope to never get married again, but this was a great cake.

I love Vicki Lee’s. If it’s a bit of a trek out to Belmont for you, it’s well worth the effort. I’ve loved everything I’ve had there: various pastries, brunch, espresso drinks, and lunch. The cappuccino and eggs Benedict at brunch on Sundays is one of my favorite meals. I’ve had a few of the cookies, nothing super special there, I’d say spend a little more and get a special piece of cake. Better cookies can be found elsewhere.
The quality is very high, and the portions are reasonable, but not on the large size. If you’re a big eater, you might want to get a cinnamon roll AND your breakfast plate.
They kind of have weird meal hours, so check before you go.
I hope to try one of their seasonal special dinner parties in the future, they post the menu in advance and they always look delicious.

Referred by a friend as a must go. I was disappointed by their immensely slow service the first time to say the least. However after receiving an extremely considerate Unilocal response from my initial review from the manager, tried it once again and brought my parents. The floor employees were a lot more attentive, fast, and accomodating. I even saw someone from the back helping out. The food was great by the way. Had kale salad, sweet potatoe soup, and roast beef sandwich. The portions seemed bigger as well. Kudos to the improvements, service, and food. I was especially impressed by their management’s willingness to take a sour review and turn things around with a very humble, positive attitude.

Stopped in for a cup of coffee and ended up staying for breakfast. I had ‘the savory’ breakfast sandwich (scrambled eggs with fontina cheese and bacon on a house made biscuit) with a side of fruit salad. I’ll admit the food is slightly overpriced but quite delicious. The staff is friendly and accommodating and the restaurant itself is very clean and welcoming. I’ll be back to try the pastries.

Their very consistent in their food quality and freshness. They have a wonderful hand made drinks, lime Ricky, cappuccino, and an amazing orange juice that has a mixture of multiple types of oranges.
Their food is always good, great presentation and complex. From the beef to their in house made turkey club. Their deserts are very good without using an overpowering amount of sugar.

If you can get pass the crowds you’ll find solid pastry and OK coffee at Vicki Lee’s.

I’ve been living in Belmont for almost 5 years and today was the first time I set foot at Vicky Lee’s. I was in Cushing Square with my sister in law, it was lunch time, we looked around and Vicky Lee’s made sense. Plus my sister in law remembered Vicky’s restaurant in Needham years ago, so we checked it out. The restaurant is very bright and there are lots of food options.
There were two blackboards with all kinds of lunch items in addition to the regular menu. We ended up ordering Veggie Paninis and coffee. The sandwiches were very good and came with a side of string beans w/​shallots and feta. The coffee was okay. The service at the restaurant seemed a little off. First of all, there were lots of older patrons occupying most tables, but the food kept coming out strangely. The last two people seated were served first. Waitstaff didn’t notice people waving at them, I don’t know, it seemed a bit strange. Our service was fine, I just kept observing other people.
Anyway, now that I finally dined at Vicky Lee’s, I’ll keep it on my list of lunch spots in town, the food was really good.

I really like this place! I like the atmosphere, the food, and the presentation of the food.
The meringues are also very good!
The service could be better though… There was no host, we thought it was seat yourself and got scolded by the owner…
They did give us a free cookie for being a first timer though:)
Will be back again!

Ambiance is my favorite part of this place. The place feels bright, airy and the staff is friendly and good. Both times I have come have been at off hours so I did not have to wait and they let us stay there for awhile.
Coffee is great.
Food/​Brunch was only okay. Tofu is a great option to have but a little bland. Not memorable food but its a cute spot and I don’t know many places like this so I would come back.

I really wanted to like this place a lot. I really did however my experience there yesterday was quite underwhelming.
The wife and I made our way there for a last-​minute meal and arrived around 1:30PM for what we were hoping could be a late brunch/​lunch type of meal. We parked across the street in the public lot and walked in, to a bustling place. Every single table, a dozen or so, was busy with people and their counter service had a few patrons there as well. We were told that we’d have to wait about ten minutes and we were eventually seated.
The place is quirky and uniquely decorated and has all kinds of little knick-​knacks for sale on the shelves, near the entrance, as well. I can’t quite describe the décor but it somehow kind of works I guess? It’s bright, it’s open and most definitely unique.
We were seated by the window and after glancing at the menu were able to place our orders with our waitress. I decided to try and order some quiche Loraine but they were apparently out, leaving with an option to try their roasted tomato quiche ($ 8.50) — so I ordered that and it came with a side of greens. The wife got some crab cakes benedict ($ 14) and about ten minutes later, our food arrived.
My first thoughts were that I got screwed on the portion size here. My piece of quiche was miniature. Tiny. Liliputian. Microscopic. It was a nano-​slice of quiche. Seriously folks, I’ll upload a picture, you’ll see your yourselves. The Frenchman in me shrugged it off, as it tasted decent but three bites later, my stomach wasn’t exactly satisfied. The greens were fresh, tasty and well dressed.
The wife enjoyed our crab cakes benedict but none of our food was stellar or amazing in any way. I dropped about $ 28 for those two plates and found the value to be pretty horrendous considering that I left there hungry and unimpressed.
Service was confused but attentive at times, and it was painful to try to read the special’s board from across the room. Not sure what the deal is here, it could be a great place, but the lack of good value completely turned me off. If you’re going to charge those prices, I’d better damn well be the best brunch menu items we’ve had, or pretty damn close. Nope. It wasn’t.

If service was better I would have given them five stars. The service was just awkward, not awful just awkward. My co-​workers and I came here for lunch and we were not disappointed. We tried out the fresh squeezed lemonade and the raspberry lime rickey. Both were great, although I wish the lemonade was a touch sweeter. For lunch between the three of us we got the roasted tomato quiche, tarragon chicken salad sandwich, and the chicken piccata sandwich. I got the chicken piccata sandwich and was really impressed. The lemon aioli was delicious and the chicken was moist!
I told everyone before we even sat down to save room for dessert because they looked awesome! The chocolate symphony cake was amazing, the strawberry dacquoise was also quite good but, that cake just really stole the show.