High Street Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in Philadelphia

If you want to just buy coffee, sit down and stay for 15 mins or more like any other cafe.. go elsewhere.

Bought a croissant and tea at 9:16am on a Wednesday morning and left by 10am. Sat down in one of their two available tables. Older lady at the counter, believe her name was Barbara, asked me four times while I sat there for 50minutes, whether I needed any food. I mean.. I had a croissant but is there an unwritten rule that I needed to order a full breakfast plate to sit down? If that’s the case, it should be written somewhere that that’s the rule. I tipped on my croissant and tea so I thought it would be OK to sit there for less than an hour, it’s a cafe I thought. Being asked the fourth time the same question, every 10 mins.. was just a bit much. I told her on the third time that I’m just waiting for a friend to wrap up her appointment nearby. On the 4th time I said the answer hasnt changed and I’m leaving in a few minutes.. maybe she didnt hear me but she ignored my response. She also asked the table sitting next to me the same question once or twice to which the guy said “no but do you need the table?” Bc there was a couple who came in and asked if there were more tables and we heard her loudly reply, “No, but that table is leaving soon”.. and they hadn’t verbalized this fact prior to her comment.

Anyways..she generally had a bad attitude- Two times I saw her roll her eyes at a few people who came in and left deciding they didnt want anything on the menu. The other counter lady at least said “Have a good day” but this woman just shrugged her shoulders and made a face each time. I also caught her staring at me a few times and it was quite uncomfortable. There was no one else waiting for tables and the table next to me opened up but she proceeded to stare at me and ask me twice more if I needed any food. I got the message lady you don’t want anyone sitting down without bigger ticket items.. got it. Generally a very...

I'm always looking for a spot to convince me to enjoy a brunch menu. Ultimately, this spot did not do that.

The menu itself seems pretty diverse but as I was looking at it, there was not so much I was interested in. We ultimately went with the Dutch baby and the Caesar salad.

Started off with the Kouign amann, which was lovely. Flaky, good amount of sesame cream. Aesthetically pleasing. We were torn between this and a donut and at the advice of the waitress got this, to our advantage.

The Dutch baby we got because it looked good when someone else did. This was a miss, for sure. The outside was flaky where I feel like it could've been crispy. But the real problem lay in the middle, which was far too eggy (the dough, not the actual egg). The best ingredient was the mushroom, which couldn't really save this dish in the end. And it was physically difficult to eat.

The Caesar salad was nice. There is a LOT going on in it, though. Seeds, cheese, crouton. Very busy salad. What bothered me the most about this are two things: 1) it's hard to justify a Caesar salad without meat that is $17 and then to ask for $6 more to add meat and 2) when we asked why the chicken had to be fried (don't get me wrong the fried chicken was actually really tasty) and why it couldn't be grilled, we were given a kind of shrug answer (who wants a default fried chicken Caesar salad?).

The experience itself was also not the greatest. The food itself took a strangely long time. I imagine it was the Dutch baby as it probably didn't take 40 minutes to make a Caesar salad. We sat at one of the high tops and this may be because I'm on the taller side, but the stools are either too tall or the table is too low, as it was weirdly uncomfortable how much I had to bend over to eat the food.

Ultimately, this place is surrounded by other brunch options and it's so hard to find parking in the area that I wish we had just gone...

Wow. My friend and I visited the new High Street Restaurant on this rainy evening. We were so happy to see a beautiful bar from the entrance, opting to dine there rather than a table. From the start we felt welcomed and loved the ambiance; cozy lighting and a mix of charming vintage-styled acoutrements on the walls. We knew we were in for a nice evening-and then the food came! The seasonings really made every dish come to life. Brussel sprouts with hoison and peanuts, and a medley dish of mussels and fingerling potatoes in a broth that you just want to soak up with some bread. This also goes for the poached shrimp with pistachios and greens that were so ultra fresh and still linger in my mouth hours later - no kidding. The dishes were just so flavorful. Some had a sort of salty brine to them, but a saltiness that was welcome.Others had a fresh lemon or spot of acidity that made them shine. The pistachios and nuts added to a couple of the dishes, gave it a kind of Middle Eastern flair. I just kept wanting more of the flavors, so fresh and unique. So, for dessert? We shared a cannoli with lemongrass - totally unexpected, a creamy type of texture and the fresh lemongrass tasted amazing. I also paired it was a nice sherry. Oh wait, I forgot the allium pizza, which is one of my fav pizzas in the city. They changed it up with chives and took our 'well done" request seriously - it came hot with big crispy bubbles on the crust. Way to go. So, what can I say. My new fav place. Somehow, we came away from eating pizza and these amazing side dishes, and dessert - feeling light- and- dare I say - it somehow felt...