Lone Gull Coffee House — Restaurant in Gloucester

Ok. This is one of my favorite places.. So it makes me really sad to give only two stars. I guess I just got them at a bad time... I went in for an iced coffee in the midst of our heat wave. The menu on the board said large brewed coffee, hot or iced, $2.40. Honestly, what a great price! I kinda couldn't believe my eyes! Just what I wanted! Sugar and X cream plz. Got my coffee. In a paper cup. I had wanted a clear plastic cup. So I can see how much sugar is in the bottom of the cup. But plastics cups are killing Loggerhead turtles and everything other damned thing in the ocean so... Paper cup. Cool. Cuz I love those f'ing turtles! No straw... Ok.. turtles win again. No biggie. $3.50 please. Hunh? "Oh.. It's cold brew." Oh I didn't want cold brew. That's why I ordered the brewed coffee. Whatever. Barista was charming... Sat down in the ice cold AC. Awesome. Feels like 100 outside. Take my sip. Yuk! What the?? No sugar, cream is just on the edge of sour. Coffee really isn't very good. Ugh. Almost no ice. Ok I'll get a straw, stir up the sugar from the bottom. No straws to be found. Anywhere. Place is mobbed. I'll ask later. Sit back down in huge leather chair.. so comfy! Swirl the cup. A little better. Ice water drips on me from AC on ceiling... Really? It's ok. It was funny. Struggling with my coffee. What can I say? I'm a junkie. I need my fix... I'll drink anything with caffeine! Another ice water drip from the AC. Yeah. Not really another place to sit. Another couple drips. ... Ok. I'm out. Sit outside in the heat. Guy comes out behind me with his coffee. "God! That took forever!" He says. "Yeah," I say. There's something going on in there." "This is actually my favorite place," he says. "Nobody can get enough help these days." Sad but true. They weren't even open one day a few days ago. Turns out the guy behind me was super nice. We had a really cool convo while we drank our coffee. Like I say, I love this place... Went to Dunks the other day. That was worse. Shore Nutrition next time, across the street. Haven't tried them yet. Oh btw, I won't mention the dead seagull outside stinking up the place. Hope he wasn't The Lone Gull... Sigh. Hope this...

Really terrible way to start the morning. The worst part is the employees watched us get harassed then had the nerve to thank the man as he left. I thought after he left an employee would apologize or at least tell us of course a pregnant woman and her toddler are welcome in the cafe - this did not occur.

My husband was looking forward to visiting this coffee shop, we walked 10 minutes out of our way to get there. Only two chairs remained in the entire place, luckily they were next to each other.

I am 20 weeks (visibly) pregnant. I sat and my husband parked our one year old's compact stroller next to me. We saw a backpack on the table across from us but we planned to only grab cups of coffee therefore we did not intend to use the table and did not want to stay more than 15 minutes.

As we were discussing what to order a tall, grown, forty-something man came over with his hot coffee and shook it around in the air as he exclaimed, raising his voice for the entire cafe to hear, "Wow! Love you guys, aren't you all cute! Well I actually haven't been able to sit in this seat for months! Not that you care I was really looking forward to it but no, you go right ahead and TAKE IT!

My husband tried to tell him he could sit there & I tried to acknowledge his upset as we saw his backpack there but it's the only seat and we won't bother you or your table. Our existence had already offended him.

As my husband said "sorry but.." This older man yelled, "Well you should be!" He waved to the employees, "ok, thanks!" To which they replied, bye, thank you!

After the employees ignored us and thanked him, I was shaken. We decided not to spend money in an establishment that supports the aggressor and chooses not to offer families a safe space to drink their lattes.

This man took a patio seat outside and as we walked on the sidewalk past him he let out a loud, angry spitting noise toward us. At this, I realized, maybe the employees were afraid of such an unstable grown man. Unfortunately, that did not excuse them saying nothing to us after he walked out; or even as we started...

Nice coffee shop in the north shore! My wife and I were searching for a coffee shop where we could enjoy a coffee and pastry in a nice and comfortable atmosphere and Lone Gull ended up meeting both of our criteria. We ordered a medium coffee, medium vanilla latte and a sugar cookie that had white chocolate chips. Everything was good and the vanilla latte and the right amount of syrup in it. The cookie was fresh and oversized. It was a nice treat. The service was friendly and the atmosphere was cozy. I felt that there were a lot of regulars in there as there was conversation between a few of the patrons. The pricing was very reasonable as our bill came to less than $9 which would normally be closer to $15 if we placed the same order at a Boston-located coffee shop. Nice place and...