Sweet Scene — Restaurant in New York

I'm sharing a detailed review following 2 visits to this cafe because I really believe it has promise. However, the unkindness by the owner and someone I assume to be her daughter, truly ruined this cafe for me. FYI my boyfriend and I came here together both times and we ordered both food and drinks.

1st visit: The older woman who (I believe) owns the shop was training a spanish-speaking woman. She was quite cold to her, but nice to us. Experience was great and we worked peacefully for a few hours, until the owner's (I assume) daughter arrived. She was berating the owner from the moment she stepped in the door and was blatantly scolding her in a loud and rude tone. The daughter took over the shift while the owner was outside and during this time, a painting from the wall fell off (I didn't move at all) and the wood frame landed right on my head. What did the daughter do? Showed zero concern. She walked over, said "oh, sorry," hid the frame, then walked back behind the counter. You'd think if I got hit in the head with a piece of wood, I'd AT LEAST get an "are you okay," but at most I'd be offered a pastry or something. Nope. We left right afterwards with a bad taste in our mouths.

2nd visit: The owner was training a new person, this time a young man. I can understand why it's a revolving door given the rudeness I witnessed the first time. Ordered the usual lunch and coffee. My boyfriend stepped out to get a gyro plate down the street and when he returned, he tried to take a quick bite while the plate was still in the bag. All we hear is, "DON'T DO THAT, DON'T DO THAT!" The voice sounded like it was wrangling pre-school children. We looked up and she yelled it again. We immediately left. It's alright if it was a rule that was being enforced, no hard feelings about that. I think it was the blatant unprofessionalism, plus the first experience we had, that prompted me to write this review.

I really feel that if they were kinder, this would be a 4/5 or 5/5 cafe. And maybe if you're popping in for a quick pastry or coffee, it is a 5/5 experience. But if you sit around long enough, I guarantee you will not have a good experience. I speculate that's probably why it's always empty inside, even though it's a...

We loved that the place is dog friendly and staff seem friendly. We live in Clinton Hill BK and of course expect to pay $10 and up for tiny sandwiches and salads — but we also expect a basic modicum of quality. My salad was literally 1-2 handfuls of wilted / nearly-gone-off greens, with a bit of Parmesan and actually-rotten avocado, and absolutely drowned in what seemed like Trader Joe’s (or worse) bottled “balsamic” dressing. I was starving and accidentally bit into some of the avocado and nearly gagged; realized almost all of the avocado on my salad was black / dark brown. Can’t imagine how the woman who took our order and then prepared my salad right behind the counter didn’t notice this when serving it, and she was nice about offering more avocado (which she threw on top of my drowning leaves and bits of rotten avocado) but we...

Charm, charm, charm , this place has Astoria charm and I loved it. You get a real authentic Astoria feel from this place, which I really enjoyed. There were two ladies running it and they were very nice. I was in the neighborhood for an American Ballet Theater, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School event at Frank Sinatra School of The Arts. I was so happy to find this place nearby. I had their delicious avocado toast. But even better, was their cold brew coffee. WOW, WOW this coffee was so good, that I came back at lunch for more. My little one had their breakfast croissant 3 times and was very happy. So, if you must hang around for an entertainment production, stop here and get some coffee...