"Excellent coffee. Great bakery with many grab-and-go options. You can tell they put a lot of effort into planning the menu options and actually making this an enjoyable dining experience. Try the zucchini pastry!!!"

"We went for Sunday Brunch recently. Brunch is served on Saturdays and Sundays from 8 AM to 2 PM. Like all the other times we've eaten here the food was delicious. Lots of little extra flavor touches that make it tasty and interesting. For brunch, you order and pay at a counter and the food is brought to your table. This time we had a mushroom and cheese omelet, lemon-blueberry pancakes with blueberry coulis and a tuna melt sandwich. An outdoor dining terrace with grill is a lovely option when the weather is suitable. All the staff were friendly and helpful. The place was impeccably clean. The Garden View Café is really a gem. The cost is very reasonable for a "nice" cafe. The only possible downside of eating delicious food in a gorgeous garden is the parking fee. Even though garden admission is free the cost of parking is typically $25 per car on weekdays and $30 on weekends. Less for seniors and free for garden members. Of course, you could Uber here or take public transportation or bike or walk if you lived nearby to avoid the parking fee. But when combined with a nice long garden visit, often with free concerts during the summer, the parking fee for a meal here seems really worth it."

"The food nowadays are crazy you can easily spend 20-30 per person in a cafe for a simple meal, but the grill station outdoor is nice"

"The food here is good. The prices seem high but I don't mind because it's going toward the garden. Unfortunately, our last experience when it comes to the staff here was not positive. I'm not sure if there is new management running the cafe, but a couple of the staff members working there seemed genuinely miserable and treated the customers poorly. We regularly go to the garden and stop for lunch. I'm not sure we will be eating there anymore. There is no reason to look at/treat people the way we and others were treated."

"My partner and I have been to the Garden View Cafe a couple of times this year. We're happy to report that the new food service (Levy), seems to be doing a good job of providing quality foods for acceptable prices. The variety of sandwiches and other freshly prepared dishes is refreshing and satisfying. We have sampled the tuna melt, the black bean soup and the grilled cheese sandwich. All of these dishes were freshly made and tasty. While the portions were not "American super-size," they have been ample. Prices are what you would expect at a venue like the Chicago Botanic Garden. Another improvement that Levy brings to the Garden View is conscientious service. After ordering our food, we took a table buzzer and sat at a table near a window. Minutes later, a Levy server brought our order to the table. She even offered to get us an extra plate and did so promptly. We hope that Levy will continue to provide high-quality foods at reasonable costs at the Chicago Botanic Garden (where visitors are "captive diners")."