Catalyst Cafe

The space is beautiful and clean. The staff is very friendly. I just really wish I the food held up. I ordered the Beet "Poke" Bowl. I liked the concept because I've struggled to find plant-based items on their menu, but it was a poor execution. The rice was very undercooked. It had the texture of rice that was left in the fridge from the day before. Aside from that the other ingredients were very fresh but the bowl could have been enhanced with some crunch.

Trying their avocado toast was my first time visiting the cafe and I must say, IT WAS PHENOMENAL. The nordic nut bread made it so so filling and I love the fact that it's gluten free. Being vegan, it's about the only option on their menu (sadly) but it's still worth trying! Their coffee is pretty great too. I topped the toast off with their picked onions which created good balance for the heaviness of the nut/seeded and also tomatoes which were fresh and delicious. Good place to stop in for a bite in the busy Cambridge area.

The food is good, but almost every order I have placed has had an issue. I work across the street and would go very often. I ordered via the Ritual app and nearly every time they had the order wrong or they missed/forgot to make items. The food is good, but they more often than not mess up your order. I dont go there anymore even though it is so close. Once in a while a mess up happens, but this was honestly like 8 out of 10 orders I needed to go back. It became so common that i would check my order before i left so i wouldn't need to walk back to have it corrected. One time I ordered breakfasts for 5 people and they had forgotten to put the sausage on the egg sandwich. I went back to have that corrected and with all the time added it took about 15 minutes from when i got the sandwich to going back. They only added sausage to the sandwich and didn't make a fresh new one. Due to the egg being on the sandwich, the sandwich was cold and the bread had started to get soft from the egg, So now it was a cold sandwich with a hot piece of sausage on it, as we got the same bread and egg back that the person had taken a bite from when they realised there was no sausage. I feel they should have re-made the whole sandwich since the sausage was on the original order and it was there mistake. That was the last time i went to this place, as it was the last straw.