Aubergine Cafe — Restaurant in New York

What started as a joyful day for my mother, wife and 10 month baby ended in a very unpleasant experience because of the owner of this place. My family went to the library for story time/singing activities for babies. After that they went to this café to eat something; while seating at the café they were watching the videos they had taken only to be told by the owner of this place that it is not allowed to watch videos there because it would disturb the other customers, really? There were only like 2 or 3 one minute videos playing in my mom's cell phone that is very outdated and is anything but loud, you could barely hear it. Unfortunately I have been to this café many times (I now regret every single penny that I have spent there) and I have heard, people speaking and laughing loudly all the time. I have also seen people playing videos on their laptops on a regular basis. It is obvious that what bother this man was not the 'noise', it was something else, would you tell us what it is? He ended up by saying that the café is not a public place and that he basically could implement any policy he wanted at any time, at least for 'some' people; keep it...

I really enjoyed this coffee/dessert shop. Was walking through the neighborhood the other night (at 10 at night. love the hours of this place) in 30 degree weather and they had a board outside advertising hot chocolate and of course we had to grab some. We walk in and a huge dessert case is displayed and everything looked so good. I had the carrot cake and my friend has pumpkin cake. Both were delicious. Service was great but awkward. Even though my friend and I were very open and relaxed our server was like a robot. Still friendly, helpful and courteous but very stiff. Besides the great atmosphere and delicious food my one issue was it was cash only place. I had to walk a block and then back to find a ATM which is the only reason it's...

I used to love this place, but lately the service hasn't been as good as it used to be. I used to be very warmly greeted by welcoming baristas. Both my friend and I had a very negative experience with one particular barista over the past two weekends. When we brought to her attention that our drinks were made incorrectly, she got very defensive and really embarrassed us. I never complain. We were both polite. I used to be a barista. I get it. It is annoying when people aren't happy with the drink you made. However, my friend and I were so turned off by her very defensive and dismissive response that we no longer feel comfortable in this cafe or supporting this business. It makes me sad. It was my favorite and a real...