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Baraka Cafe

80 1/2 Pearl St, Cambridge, MA | Map it  

02139 42.362700 -71.104300

(617) 868-3951 | View Website

  • Hours

    Tuesday To Saturday From 11:30 AM To 03:00 PM Tuesday To Saturday From 05:30 PM To 10:00 PM Sunday From 05:30 PM To 10:00 PM
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Neighborhoods:
Cambridgeport
Price:
$
Categories:
Restaurants
Cuisine:
French, Mediterranean

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Payment Methods:
Cash
Restaurant Special Features:
Group Dining
General Info:
Open 7 Days

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hosna

Member since Aug, 2010 View Profile
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Joined 2 years ago
5.0
August 25, 2010

wonderful specially the owner. i was served by the owner with so much warmth and class. she had a very strong personality and that is maybe i can see why it will bother some of special kind of man that has made an opinion about a VEILED MUSLIM WOMEN???? WEAK she is not. The food was so well presented, served,and delicious. do not leave until you have the chocolat flourless torte with their home made sorbet...yummy

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hardinghouseinncambrdge

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Joined 3 years ago
4.0
January 21, 2009

Delicious and unique Algerian-Tunisian and North African cuisine.. This cozy restaurant nestled on Pearl St. off Cambridge?s Central Square offers delicious and unique Algerian-Tunisian and North African cuisine. Main courses include wonderful couscous, tender lamb chops, and eggplant stuffed with a tasty concoction of olives, spinach, scallions, and two cheeses. At this hidden gem you will have an aromatic flavorful meal that you will not soon forget.

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tomksmith

Member since Mar, 2008 View Profile
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Joined 4 years ago
1.0
March 19, 2008

Terrible Service. I'm writing to warn everyone not to go to Baraka Cafe. It used to be one of my favorite restaurants in the Boston area but I just can't go back there given the behavior of the owner. It's also interested to see that several other reviews on this site also mention that service is an issue.

As several other reviewers have mentioned, I was initially served the wrong thing. However, the appetizer that she sent me was the same as my entree, so I just assumed that it was coming out in stages. However, when the bill came, I saw that I had been charged for an extra dish because of her mistake. I politely told the owner that I didn't feel comfortable paying for it because I hadn't ordered it in the first place, and because it was her mistake in sending it to my table. Immediately she lashed out at my, raising her voice and yelling at me so that everyone in the restaurant heard her, and telling me that she was on the side of "justice" and that I didn't know what it was like to run a mom and pop restaurant. Later, when we were getting up to leave (having not paid for the extra dish) she turned to me again to yell at me in front of the entire restaurant. All the other customers were pretty much horrified at the scene. I don't recommend this restaurant to anyone - the owner is one of the rudest people I've ever encountered.

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zoechance

Member since Jan, 2006 View Profile
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Joined 6 years ago
3.0
August 12, 2007

Not as good as many other places, but all right if you're in the neighborhood anyway. I had heard and read rave reviews of this place, and we were disappointed when we went. There were three of us for dinner and we ordered pretty much every vegetarian dish they had, and none of them were worth a second trip back to Baraka. We got olives, eggplant, carrots, harissa, soup, salad, and cous cous, and the cous cous was the blandest of all. The rosewater lemonade was interesting, but felt like drinking sugary soap. It's not that Baraka's terrible, it's just that with so many great ethnic restaurants in Cambridge and Boston, there's no reason for me to go back. Try instead: Casablanca (Middle Eastern tapas) in Harvard Square, Helmand (Afghan) near the Cambridgeside Galleria, The Kebab Factory (Kashmiri) in Inman Square, Bengal Cafe (Bengali) between Porter & Davis on Mass Ave, and Sabur (Mediterranean) in Davis Square.

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kgoodfellow

Member since Dec, 2006 View Profile
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Joined 6 years ago
5.0
December 19, 2006

Great vegetarian food in a comfortable atmosphere. I went here the other day after having had it recommended to me multiple times by a good friend. It was not at all what I expected, but I loved it. The restaurant is tiny, warm and full, someplace I'd fall in love with while travelling but never expect to find in the Boston area.

I was actually served the wrong meal. I had ordered an eggplant meal and wondered what I was eating at first when I couldn't find the eggplant, but because it was so good I couldn't stop eating to ask, although the owner did say something about orders being switched. I didn't find out I was eating North African Crepes until our plates were being cleared. Normally that is something that would upset me at any restaurant, but because of the relaxed atmosphere, I was actually happy I got to try something I might not have ordered on my own. My brother got a vegetrarian couscous dish which was also delicious.

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