Mclain's Market - Lawrence

My Market Wrap was meant to feature falafel, but it had barely 5% falafel and about 90% feta salad instead. I ended up eating what felt like a salad wrap. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but there was far too much feta, and I didn’t even request it. I also didn’t ask for my fries to be sprinkled with sugar. It tasted like I was having dessert. Not a great experience. It was really odd.

The staff is polite and attentive. The drinks are delightful. The food was served quickly, was tasty, and satisfying.

My favorite place in Lawrence, both during my college years and now! I love visiting on weekends for a mimosa and brunch (my top choice from the breakfast menu is the market bowl with ham—absolutely delicious!). I also find myself stopping by at least once a week for a cortado and a salad while I work. It's a great spot for studying, with plenty of outlets, and the food and coffee are consistently tasty, no matter what I order. The staff always seem to have smiles on their faces, which adds to the experience. Plus, they offer gluten-free cookies, which is a delightful bonus for me. I highly recommend it!

Burrito hits every time. Also coffee is pretty good too when I pick it up.

I like McLains and that bothers me quite a bit. The atmosphere is nice, the pastries are very good and it's a nice place to hang out. The food, though, isn't that great for the price. It's too pricey for the quality.The location is nice and I do like the interior. It is fashioned to be very neo-quaint (I made that up). Everything is very eye catching and pleasing. They sell t-shirts, caps, dry tea and coffee. You can get all sorts of knick-knacks at this restaurant. The food is order at the counter style and they bring it to your table. I was here with a friend and we told the cashier we were eating in the restaurant. The funny thing is they brought us all disposable utensils. People at other tables had glass drinking cups but we had paper. Very odd and my friend was not too happy about us being singled out in this manner.I love biscuits and gravy and I thought the McLain's version was both good and bad. The biscuits and gravy were good but it came with a scrambled egg and hash browns. They were terrible. Microwave oven best. They don't give you a choice of egg- which is telling. You automatically get scrambled. I guess that's the best the microwave could off up. The total price on the biscuits and gravy and microwaved scrambled egg and hash browns was almost $10. Not worth it at all.My friend had the Farmer sandwich. It looked good and it was very big but my friend was unimpressed. All the items on their menu seemed overpriced. Bottom line for me is that it's just OK, nothing special.The restaurant is easy to access and visually appealing. There are no issues with staff and everyone seemed pleasant enough. I just think this place could be better.