20 Popular Boston Market Menu Items, Ranked From Worst To Best

Some days, you want to go out to eat and explore the best food your city has to offer. Other days, you just want to stay home and enjoy a home-cooked meal. But what if you can't seem to muster the energy to get into the kitchen and start whipping up a feast? We've all been there, and it can lead to some pretty sad meals. Instead of eating a frozen pizza yet again, you may want to explore all that Boston Market has to offer. This fast casual chain offers menu items that can easily make a whole meal for your family. Whether you go for the rotisserie chicken or you're more of a meatloaf person, the possibilities are endless.

But if you're not too familiar with Boston Market, you may not know what you're getting yourself into. How do you know which menu items are worth trying and which are worth ignoring completely? It's not always obvious. That's why we've done some digging — we want to point you in the direction of the best and worst Boston Market menu items. Let's take a closer look at what the chain offers and what you should — and should not — order.

We love eating healthy, so we appreciate when a restaurant offers plenty of healthy options so you're not just automatically ordering the fries every time. But just because you're eating veggies doesn't mean that they have to be totally bland and boring. That's just what you're going to get at Boston Market, though. The fresh steamed vegetables there offer a healthy option but not much in the way of flavor. The zucchini, carrots, and broccoli are all fresh, but the olive oil, salt, and pepper they're dressed with certainly aren't anything mind-blowing.

If you're trying to get some extra veggies into your diet, sure, this may be a good purchase. But if you're looking for the very best flavors that Boston Market has to offer, it's clear that you're not going to get that from the fresh steamed vegetables. View these as a necessary side dish to order so you can indulge in more of the cornbread without feeling too heavy or full.

Eating your greens is an important part of staying healthy. And to do that, we love salads and smoothies. But who ever said that dousing your spinach in dairy products was the way to go? Because that's just what you're going to get from the creamed spinach at Boston Market. This dish feels like it came on a time machine from an era past at a time when spinach was deemed undesirable. To make it more edible, covering it in cream was the way to go. But these days, it seems like most consumers would prefer their veggies in a slightly fresher format.

Overall, this dish isn't terrible — it actually tastes kind of decent, if a bit bland. But if you're looking for a reasonable veggie side dish to serve to your family, it just seems like this isn't the way to go if you want something that's actually going to make you feel healthy. We could take the creamed spinach or leave it, but considering all the veggies on the menu that actually taste good, it makes sense to pass if you're not ordering everything on the menu.

We all love a good slice of apple pie. It's one of those desserts that's hard not to love. You have the gooey apple filling, the warming cinnamon and sugar, and a delicious flaky crust holding it all together. Sounds like a dream come true. But not every slice of apple pie you get is created equally, and if you ask us, the apple pie at Boston Market is just so-so. There's not really anything wrong with it, per se, other than the fact that it feels so mass-produced. The apples don't taste fresh, and the crust gets soggy really quickly. There's just none of that homemade feeling you get when you usually bite into a freshly baked apple pie.

This isn't the worst dessert on Boston Market's menu, so you shouldn't hesitate to order it if that's what you really want. Just know that some of the other available desserts are top-notch, so you may be missing out if you choose the apple pie over them. Then again, who said you couldn't order both?

We get that Chipotle has had a lot of success with their famous cilantro lime rice, but that doesn't mean that every fast casual company on the planet has to offer the same thing. In fact, it seems a little strange to us that Boston market carries cilantro lime rice — it doesn't really go with anything else that's served at the restaurant. Nonetheless, you can add some of this flavorful rice to your order if that's what you're going for with your meal.

They definitely did not skimp out on the cilantro or the lime flavoring here, so you know you're not going to get a serving of super-bland rice. If we were evaluating the rice on its own, in fact, it would be a lot higher on this list. But the fact that you're supposed to pair it with the other offerings on the menu make us less favorable toward this side. The cilantro lime rice should be reserved for your favorite Tex-Mex fast food joint — not a rotisserie chicken joint.

Where would we be in life without mashed potatoes? Some may hate on its lack of texture and the fact that it could kind of be considered baby food, but we're absolutely here for it. Take one of our favorite carbs and add cream, butter, and some gravy on top, and it's hard to see how you could go wrong. And we're definitely not disappointed with Boston Market's mashed potatoes. Do they taste homemade? No. If you like your mashed potatoes with some chunks left in them, this recipe might be a little bit too whipped for you.

However, when you add on the gravy that will come with your order, you'll see that it's a solid side dish. It may not be the most exciting thing on the menu, but because it's a staple, we think it's something you should add to your order if you're trying to build a complete meal. Because what would a complete meal be without plenty of potatoes?

If you want to enjoy the best meat that Boston Market has to offer but you want it on a sandwich instead of a platter, we have just the thing for you: the chicken carver sandwich. With the chicken salad sandwich, all of that delicious chicken is hidden under tons of other flavors. But when you go with this option, you know that every bite is going to focus on the moist, flavorful chicken above all else. Plus, you get a really generous serving of meat in this sandwich, so you can rest assured that it's going to fill you up — even if you decided to skip breakfast.

It has the same toppings as the chicken salad — cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, red onion, and herbed mayo — but all of those toppings go way better with the plain chicken. It's nothing too out of the ordinary, but it tastes great. If you're looking for a reliable sandwich that's going to taste great and fill you up while allowing you to relish in the joy that is Boston Market's chicken, you know just what to order.

Wondering what the best dessert at Boston Market is? Well, if you ask us, it all comes down to the chocolate cake. This cake is shockingly moist, and since it comes in such a large serving, that's a good thing — you don't want it to feel too heavy before you're even halfway done. Of course, the icing is sweet (like any icing on any cake you've ever had), but despite the rich chocolate flavor, it's not too sweet to be enjoyable, even if you want to finish the whole thing.

The crowning jewel on this slice of cake, though, is the chocolate chunks. They don't add much in the way of flavor since the entire cake is chocolate-flavored, but they do add a much-needed textural contrast that makes every slice just a bit more interesting. In fact, it all comes together so well that this cake almost tastes like it's homemade. Don't worry about whipping up dessert after you're finished with dinner — Boston Market has you covered on that front as well.

We all need to eat something comforting now and then, which is why we love a good bowl of soup. The only problem is that it always seems like you need soup when you feel the least capable of making it. Therefore, we feel lucky that it's easy to head to Boston Market at any time to pick up some of their rotisserie chicken noodle soup. Just like with every chicken dish on the menu at this place, the chicken itself is out of this world. Juicy, tender, and moist, every bite of chicken you get in your soup will put a smile on your face.

A soup is about more than protein, though, and Boston Market makes sure to pack this one with plenty of other nourishing ingredients, like carrots and celery. Our favorite part, though, has to be the dumpling-style noodles. They're thick and chewy and basically everything you want in a good noodle. Take a bite of one of them and the chicken together, and you'll get to experience a match made in culinary heaven. Perhaps the secret to why the soup is so good — it's one of two Boston Market foods based on a family recipe (the other being the oatmeal cookie which is sadly no longer available).  

Speaking of the cornbread at Boston Market, you should find a location right now so you can try this one, solitary menu item. That's just how good this cornbread is. In fact, we would venture to say that it almost tastes like it's homemade. It's nice and rich, but it still has a fluffiness to it that keeps it from being quite so dense and heavy. And while it's definitely something you would pair with savory foods, it has a sweetness to it that contrasts nicely with everything else on your plate. Despite the New England-centric name of the restaurant, this cornbread tastes like it's straight out of the Deep South.

The golden, crispy crust encases the bread perfectly, but the inside is perfectly fluffy and moist. Basically, it's everything you could ever want in a piece of cornbread and more. Do not forget to add some of this stuff to your next Boston Market order.

Finally, we've arrived at the best of the best, the most delicious (in our opinion) menu item that Boston Market has to offer: the rotisserie chicken pot pie. Really, any pot pie is good. But when you add in rotisserie chicken, it's clearly going to be even more delicious. That's just what's happening in Boston Market's take on the classic dish. Moist chicken and tender veggies mix and meld together under a roof of flaky, crispy crust. Be careful when you open it up — it's hot. Our favorite part is when the crust gets bathed in the juices from the rest of the pie ... how are you not drooling yet?

While this dish may not be the purest presentation of the delicious rotisserie chicken you'll find at Boston Market, all the different components coming together in one dish makes it something special. Think of it as the ultimate fast casual feast for a cold winter day (or really any day).