Swallow Cafe — Restaurant in New York

The cafe itself is quite nice inside, though the atmosphere is let down by being yet another place where people are bedecked in laptops and “working” remotely. Outdoor tables are nice, though be aware you are on the corner of Atlantic Ave and Clinton St, so a fair bit of traffic noise. The coffee I had was decent (cold brew) so plus points there. Baked eggs were fine, though nothing special. The two girls serving were pleasant enough but I was irritated to find out that, for some unexplained reason, use of actual crockery, cutlery, and glasses is not allowed if you are sitting at one of their outdoor tables! Instead, you are forced into being non-environmentally considerate and using wasteful plastic cups, cutlery, and take out containers. NYC cafes seem to love using wasteful packaging rather than reusable wares, with most customers happily using plastic cups even when sitting in. A shame, as it is a nice enough place let down by all the...

TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!!! Jeffrey the waiter was so mean to me. I had to call 3 times to get my order which I had to wait 40 minutes for. The first time I called they told me that it was already in progress and would be a couple of minutes. 10 minutes later the Second time I called they said they just received the order and would be another 10 minutes. I waited 10 minutes and watched people that had come before me, walk out with my food. Then I called a third time, Jeffrey hung up on me, and then came out 5 min later with my food and did not make any eye contact with me and just brushed past me, not saying anything. Also my smoothie was completely melted, so I am pretty sure it was ready 20 minutes before he brought it out. Ill be making a formal complaint with the owner as well since this place is clearly lacking any sort of good management, both with the servers...

Stopped in the other day to warm up a little while shopping in the area with my partner and had a lovely baklava latte in the little loft area. Coffee was bold, rich, and delicious, and you could definitely pick up on the nuts and honey taste they were going for with the baklava flavor! Hypnotically creamy foam head on the latte that dazzled both my partner and I. The interior design and vibe is intimate and vintage cozy, with some lovely vintage impressionist maritime themed paintings on shiplap panels on the wall. The only caveat I will say is that the benches in the loft seating area badly need a reupholster and those lovely paintings ought to be restored a little and given a better layer of protective coating so that they can be the statement pieces they deserve to be. It's sad to see such lovely pieces scuffed in spots and chipping without any kind of...