Jay Street Bistro — Restaurant in Town of Bedford

The owner(I think owner)refused to let me sit at an open table on the chance that someone else might come in and need a seat.

I am(was) a fairly regular customer that comes 1-2 times a week to do work for about 2 hours in the cafe and I always order food and leave a good tip. She gave me the choice between the add-on counter by the bathroom that wasn’t large enough for my laptop or to sit in between two completely full tables to the point where our shoulders would have been touching. I asked if I could sit in an open table away from the crowded booth and she said no. The tables are also the kind of tables that can be separated and moved around if another customer did need the seat.

I have never EVER left a negative review about a restaurant before but I’ve ignored the owner’s inhospitable behavior for months now because the place is convenient. The second your food is done she expects you out the door and leaves the check immediately without asking if you want anything else.

I assume this is because I dine alone. I am very aware of the fact that as a solo diner Im taking up more space than necessary but there has not been a single instance where people did not have somewhere to sit because of me.

The rest of the staff is very nice but the owner is an overbearing negative presence that makes me feel like I’m not wanted in her cafe.

Also, complaining inside about customers while they’re dining outside isn’t...

Oct 2021, Could not sit outside due to the Bees buzzing around the tables, however the Hostess told us before being seated outside about the Bees, so we opted to sit inside. We sat in the back by the window, counter style overlooking the street. Before being seated by the window we asked the Hostess to switch out the barstool that had "no back” for the barstool with a back or else we would have to walk out and go to a different restaurant. How does anyone enjoy their meal sitting on a chair without a back, this is not very comfortable for the customer - word to the owner of the restaurant please! switch out the “ no back” barstools for ones with backs. Now for the breakfast that was delicious - we shared the Pancakes (3) and Perfect Plate (eggs, bacon,toast,hash brown). Pancakes we light and airy and large, we really couldn’t eat the 3rd pancake, so we took it home. Also, the service was fast and staff friendly. The coffee in my opinion was a little too strong for my liking, so only had one cup, my friend ordered a chocolate egg cream soda that she enjoyed. All and all this is a great place for breakfast and lunch, but until the Bee problem outside is handled you will need to sit inside, not unless you can stand the bees buzzing around your table. But, breakfast here is not cheap, we walk out...

I love a good small-scale breakfast place. This was a miss. We had breakfast there last week and most likely won't be back. The ambience is very cute but that's were it pretty much ends. Coffee (watery and luke-warm at best) came without a spoon. Trying to get a server's attention proved difficult. We ended up having to get up and get our own spoon from the gaggle of servers milling around the server station. We also had a cappuccino which apparently comes with a fairly large dose of cinnamon - which was not listed. And without spoons, we couldn't take it off... We had the Smoked Salmon Toast which was thick bread (nice), a thick slather of Horseradish cream cheese (emphasis on the horseradish), a slice of salmon and a good handful of capers. I love capers as much as the next person but they were definitely the main attraction on the toast. The Egg Sandwich on the brioche was decent except for the way too crispy bacon. We also had the Stuffed Croissant - it's full of Nutella - so that was great. We were not checked on after having gotten the food. We did comment on it when we got our bill and the response was tepid at best. Overall, a bit disappointing - the menu looked good and could have been great. Maybe we got...