The Coffee Bar

Stopped by for Lunch today. Here’s what I had and what I thought.
We walked in and got seated right away. It’s quite a large space and only 4 tables were occupied. Waitress came over really smiley and happy with menus and started us off with coffee and bread.
When she came back with my coffee in a Starbucks to go cup with a starbucks holder I was taken aback for a moment and thought this is going to be crap. But then I read above the coffee maker a sign saying «We brew Starbucks coffee» I was cool with that.
We shmoozed and then looked at the menu a little. I wasn’t sure what I was in the mood of, so I asked the waitress to call the Chef, Albert out. He came out. I introduced myself, and he was so nice and helpful in suggesting what to order.
So we ordered as follows.
Mac N Cheese Egg Rolls — I know the idea might be cute and probably could work but I took a bite and spit it out. Something was seriously wrong with the flavors and cheese.
Salmon Tartar — Wow! An absolutely amazing dish. I love that it is covered with black salt. It compliments the salmon and gives the avocado flavoring it wouldn’t have. We stripped that dish!
Eggplant Parmesan — Also, really liked this dish. It was big, flavorful, I love that he added the pasta at the bottom of the dish topped with the eggplant. Didn’t go cheap on the eggplant either.
Maple Glazed Salmon — I don’t think I’ve ever had a maple glazed salmon. At first I thought it might be too sweet; but not at all. I do think the dish was more oily than necessary but the salmon was cooked to perfection. The green beans were flavorful and the ginger gave it that extra kick. I didn’t taste the sweet potatoes.
Yuka Fries — Concept is great. The chef sprinkled the fries with thick salt. It was really good but I couldn’t eat more than two as it’s super starchy. But it’s a great side to order to go around a large party.
So, in conclusion, I was really impressed with service and food. And I would recommend it to friends and family in the neighborhood.

I went out for breakfast today, my boyfriend wanted to go to sunflower café but I wanted to go to the Coffee Bar. The bread they serve is usually fresh but this time the bread was very stale. I ordered an omelet which comes with Israeli salad, and the salad tasted old, definitely not fresh. It is not difficult to prepare fresh salad, apparently they don’t respect their customers enough. I will never go back there again.

Coffee bar
they serve toasty fresh bread with garlic butter
generous portions on their egg dishes
knows how to make good coffee be it hot or cold
knows how to present a nice big fresh salad
knows how to make a decent steaming tasty bowl of pasta penne ala vodka is delish
their sushi is edible
but then why only 3 stars?
SERVICE
Oh my goodness what happened?
this place used to be small now its big and its service leaves so much to be desired
I used to love their big muffins toasted, sadly and I kid you not the last 3 times we were here they totally forgot
PS this is my update I actually was served my muffin at my last visit! I ordered it as a joke but it was actually served! and it was very tasty
they have forgotten soups, forgotten that tips are usually left to the diner NOT here
they tack on the tips to the checks a little sneaky
well coffee bar your food is good but your service needs assistance is that why you tack on the tip? Because the angry customers do not want to tip
sorry your food is good and sadly I will only come here when a certain person is in town and wants to have coffee bar

on Sunday we decided to go to coffee bar! the sandwich with the mushrooms is good! give a little too much of the fires. otherwise customer service was good!

Just had the the Cedar Plank Salmon it tasted exactly as described on the menu «cooked to perfection with a bourbon glaze reduction» for desert I had the cheese cake prepared by their in house pastry chef. The waiter kept an eye on our table making sure everything is just perfect. Definitely worth coming from Brooklyn

Really good place for any meal of the day. Great service!
They just renovated the whole place! It has completely different look and they have done a lot of fixing. I recommend to all the reviewers to go check that place again and update the reviews!
Their strawberry slush has so much flavor! This summer I recommend to everyone to try it — best slush I have tasted ever. It should be the first thing to order and it’s just $ 2.50 for medium (before it was $ 5).
It seem like their menu now seasonal, because I saw that it said on it «summer 2014», so it should be interesting to see. I think it’s second restaurant on Central ave. now that has seasonal menu. Will see how it will turn out.
I really like the new design — black, white, and red. It’s reminds me of Sushi Tokio just one store down from them, but hey if it looks good why not. Although it looks similar they got their own touch to it.
Defiantly worth checking out!

amazing restaurant the food is awesome from the bourbon glazed cedar planked salmon to the soups and starters everything was just delicious the service was very good

Would like the price to be a bit lower. The food is great, so far the best pasta in the area I’ve had. The pasta portions are Huge. The service can be terrible, one blonde waitress is the best, genuinely excellent service. Pray they have her train others.

Great food price is decent as well would definately eat here again

I have been to the coffee bar many of times throughout the years.
The problem with the coffee bar is that it is extremely inconsistent.
The food is sometimes really good and other times really bad.
So while I may enjoy coming here, there is only a ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ chance I am going to get what I am looking for.
I was here a couple of nights ago and it was bad.
We walked in and it was still open.
I was with my mother, my sister, and her baby.
We ordered coffee drinks, 2 caesar salads, french fries, kids mac & cheese, a toasted muffin, and a vegetable soup.
The server took a long time to come and take our order.
Finally she came, took our order and brought us some bread.
We were never given water throughout the whole meal.
The waitress brought us our food well some of it and we never saw her again.
We never received the vegetable soup or the muffin.
All I ate that meal was french fries. The portion of fries were huge and somewhat decent tasting. But, I never got my veg soup which is what I was really longing for.
My sister said the kids mac and cheese tasted gross. She urged me to try it but why would I want to try it after she said it was gross?
The caesar salads were good but it is really hard to mess that up.
After the bad service and food we get the check.
They charge an automatic 15% tip
If it was up to me they would have gotten a 0 dollar top considering no service was to be had.
It was a disturbing dining experience.