Madison's Cafe - Jefferson City

Always a great experience! Stopped by for lunch today to celebrate my wife’s birthday. Food was excellent as usual and the wait staff was friendly and helpful.

I love this place's atmosphere. I have never been inside. We always eat on the patio. The street they are on is rather quaint and has lots of pretty flowers. The patio became quite packed after we placed our order. We were there early so must be a very popular place! We are from out of town. Everyone's order was very good. Except for the lasagna being controversial. It has a creamy base sauce that was in the description. It changed the taste from regular lasagna to a different taste. Some may love it. My husband prefers the traditional taste. We had some great salads. Mine was hearts of palm and artichoke hearts. I loved it other than the fact it had zero lettuce! LOL Burger was great. We will definitely be back. The atmosphere was fun and the service, although rushed, was good.

I have been going to Madison 's for well over 15 years, it has been a JC go to for many. I am sorry to say but the service and food has declined over the last 3 or 4 years. I get COVID set many places back, but most have recovered but not Madison 's, at least in my opinion. It wasn 't horrible by any means, but there are now many other places that are better. Give them a try, you opinion may be much different than mine, but the last several times I have been there I have been disappointed.

I never write reviews- BUT We arrived before the lunch hour. It took about 45 minutes to get our food then they brought our niece the wrong meal. It took us about 25 minutes to eat, during which she watched us eat because her correct food never came. Our water was never refilled so we ate without anything to drink. We went to the front to pay cancel the food that never showed up. As we walked away our waiter ran after us to accuse us of not paying. It was just a really awful experience without any real customer service. Sad because I use to like this restaurant.

The owner of Madison's was very helpful in arranging the rehearsal dinner on August 12, 2022. He emailed me the menus, discussed the options and prices. Somebody had school him very well. Big Whiskeys didn't have a room big enough and the wine place across the river didn't ever call me back. The service was outstanding.