Gooseberry on the Square

1 S Pinckney St suite 104, Madison
(608) 467-6552

Recent Reviews

Brenda Greehling

Breakfast Skillet is delicious and filling. 0rder of 3 Monster Zero Sugar energy drinks was filled with 1 Monster Zero Sugar Ultra. Order was ready 10 minutes before original pickup time promised. Cellophane wrapped package with plastic fork, spoon and knife plus a paper napkin and 1 packet each of salt and pepper were included with the order without me having to ask.Parking: Several metered spots on East Washington Avenue with 25 minute limit.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Alan Neumann

Tried their new crispy chicken sandwich! It's excellent!! Their salad bar is great too!!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: From the Salad Bar, Breaded Chicken Sandwich

Loretta Westcott

Best local spot for all day breakfast,Fresh salad bar, and hot sandwiches. Highly recommend if you’re from out of town.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

astrid

Excellent salad bar in the city center. Personal composition of salads. The price is based on weight. Other dishes are available (mac’n’cheese, sandwich, etc.). We went back several times during our stay!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cygnus Starz

Careful with your transactions ppl.One swipe & your info is taken...FraudulentIt also could be an Asian store restaurant at the Global Market Eastside.The food here however is tasty...I never been to Canada but I see charges been tried when my card is turned off.

Kyle Segrass

I have wanted to visit this place for a very long time. Unfortunately i was largely disappointed. This place is not very health conscious. Everything in the menu is bacon, sausage, chorizo.It’s also expansive if you ask ,e. Salads are $8.50/lb that is just wow, no unlimited! They. Barge for everything. To wrap it up the staff “looks friendly” but isn’t very friendly. Coffee was cold, hey didn’t have stevia. Just a not so good experience.On a positive note the food was delicious. Atmosphere was not energetic at all very very quiet and sleepy.

Austin Campbell

The food came out within 10 minutes of ordering, which was remarkably fast. I ordered a Swiss and Mushroom Omelette. For a Wisconsin restaurant the Swiss was notably lacking. The mushrooms were slightly undercooked and the whole omelette itself was not seasoned. Dear restaurants, please season your food while you’re cooking it. The eggs were fine but tasted like they had been cooked really fast. It seems like they care more about efficiency than they do about quality.I also had the wheat toast which was pretty decent. They give you for half pieces which is quite a lot and provide jelly and butter options.The coffee is Collectivo coffee which is fine but the house coffee is more expensive than the to go because it’s bottomless. They should add a in house coffee option that’s just one cup and cheaper than the rest as an option to encourage people not to bug the to-go cups even when eating in house.It’s a quick and easy American style breakfast place that could definitely use a lesson in seasoning and slowing down to make better food. I was the only person in the restaurant (as I went when they opened at 7) so they had no reason to rush the order.

Alexandra Yahnke

The food is delicious. Large portions & the owners are two of the nicest people I've met. I highly recommend Gooseberry

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fried Eggplant Sandwich, Pancakes and Bacon, Mac and Cheese, Fried Cod Sandwich, Mushroom

Jacqueline W *plus Ten*

Their zesty sauce was great! {Enjoyed one chicken & one eggplant sandwich that I'd recommend. Honestly, would've probably given "Full Stars" if fruit didn't taste a lil'weird. Maybe just something they can work on w/prep since I often find that the case w/my employer as well ??‍♀️}Vegetarian options: THE EGGPLANT SANDWICH WAS AWESOME W/ZESTY SAUCE!!! & even though I have yet to try their *salad bar* ~ i noticed whilst waiting: looked like a Nice Spread! ?Parking: There are METERED spots in front of their doors! It just depends on what day y'all visit that'll determine the ease of finding an available One [& I imagine y'all won't forget ~ like I first did ?] ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Kyle Thom

Food was good for the price! Not crowed and like how you can get breakfast anytime

Joe Kronforst

Reasonably priced, nice seating area, quick service. The salad bar had a huge selection. My one critique is that the egg and crab salads in the salad bar tasted pretty bad.

Manny “Manny” Duncan

I’ve been going there because it’s convenient. The food is ok and you get very little portions but I will never go back as the owner or man who works there was extremely rude to me and unprofessional. He’s clearly miserable and hates his job, if that’s the case don’t work with people if you don’t know how to treat them or find another job.

Joan D.

The food was great, good portion size, and friendly staff.

Chirag Soni

(chicken/turkey) Sandwiches are okayish (6/10), fries felt really weird and too crisp (double fried i guess) maybe I am not used to it but the fries shouldn't be like that. The ambience and the vibe is really good and the location is right behind the Capitol. Prices are justified for the location and vibe food should be the least priority while coming here. Even the coffee was bad. Never coming back!

John De Block

Great breakfast cafe and sandwich shop! Generous portions of delicious hot and fresh food, freindly service. Basic but good coffee selection…come for the food, not the coffee. Lunch was equal to the task. A somewhat limited but diverse menu, still should be something for just about everyone. I came once, and returned twice on a 4 day visit to downtown Madison!

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