This is my go-to place. Meeting friends, after-dinner coffee, need to catch up on some work, Sunday brunch. Best coffee around. Always consistent. Good food: sandwiches, salads, yogurt, bagels, pastries. I highly recommend.

This place has potential, unfortunately the rude staff ruines every visit. I live in the area and have tried it out many times and it's not an outlier experience. Every visit is the same. I wish they would change and tone down the attitude and I would come there every day, not once a quarter as now is the case. I doubt they will though considering that the place is always packed.

The coffee is not all that great, for the price, and, the staff is VERY rude!! the music is very loud and you have to scream in order for your friends to hear you! Don't even waste your time.

71 is another place that has been over-hyped and overrated. The coffee is above average but not worth going out of your way for if there is a Starbucks closer. As for the menu items, they are way over-priced and of meager portions. As for the decor, the room is dark, small, and uncomfortable. Service is at the counter and basic. I guess this place is popular for those working on their resumes and looking to be seen but this is not a place to go if you are looking for a coffeehouse and a place to relax and read the newspaper in comfort.

It's nice to have a place like this in the neighborhood, but my experience did not leave me with that warm, fuzzy "neighborhood coffee shop" feeling. It's cute inside and outside, but the latte I had was poorly made and partially spilled on the saucer. Staff was a little "too cool," but I'm finding that this attitude is common in New York. The girls talking loudly nearby discussed how all their friends are "European." On the whole, it gave me uncomfortable flashbacks to my student days in Paris. Quel dommage.