Last Drop

I love this coffee shop. Great coffee as well as small bites. Tofu curry wrap is my go to. Great ambiance, nice staff, and good location.

You want to avoid the Stabucks down the block? This is your place. It’s got that neighborhood feel, with the big windows, and plenty of youngsters «working.» The fact that I can comfortably keep up my surveillance of Dirty Franks from this location cinches it for me. Excellent coffee. Polite and respectful, if not excessively engaging, baristas. But that’s the way I like them.

Last Drop’s got what you need: Top-​shelf coffee, decent food, and a gracious, unobtrusive staff who let you stay all day long. Also; wi-​fi, outlets, quiet ambience, tall windows, copious seating, and a basement if you really want to get deep and isolated (the photo here is accurate, tho they do have desk lamps). Far as I can tell, Last Drop is also the UArts indy café of choice.
And they’re consistent; you won’t drop in one day and find a new layout, prices, specials, management, or signage — Last Drop is reliably cozy, and you’ll never feel like they’re just waiting to turn over your table to the next customer.
Here’s what makes it better than other cafes, esp. for their neighborhood. Zero hipster hauteur, and fantastic music. The lack of attitude is esp. welcome (and baffling, considering the cool-​cat setting).
The music aspect is to be expected, tho the source isn’t immediately obvious; some of the baristas and many of the patrons are musicians and/​or DJs themselves. In just a few months, Last Drop’s staff has hipped me to Moondog, Alan Vega, David Bowie’s last record, Arthur Russell, and how great all the other songs on Flock of Seagulls’ first record really are. Plus they reminded me of the enduring quality of Television, Joy Division, Interpol’s second record, and a whole bunch of movie soundtracks I’d forgotten about. It’s a modernist, electronics-​heavy, post-​60s palette for certain, but they do it right.

Really great spot. Cozy, great latte, yum muffin, it was so nice to sit by the window on a rainy day, with a view of 13^th and Pine.

Decent coffee but like all the other reviewers, the food is lacking and like some other reviewers say, overpriced.
A decent place to have a cup of coffee and do work. Honestly, I don’t hate this place and I’d come back in the right circumstances but if you want some food I suggest looking elsewhere.

Recently started going here after a friend recommended it. I am pleasantly surprised by this place and glad I have a new quiet spot to go to so close to where I live.
The Last Drop is great for sipping coffee/​tea and reading because the atmosphere is quiet enough that background noise is not overwhelming. That being said, it is not too quiet that it would be awkward to sit and talk with one other person. I’m a big fan of the atmosphere here. The lighting is superb thanks to the giant windows, and the photographs on the wall are intriguing and interesting to me.
Their coffee is good, relatively unremarkable but I have no complaints. I like that they have vegan treat options (which actually are pretty good).
The staff has been quite pleasant and helpful in the few times I’ve been there. I will definitely be returning.

I’m not a coffee drinker, so I’m really just reviewing this for lunch options. Though the food and drink are valid and tasty, they completely over-​priced. The staff is friendly, but I can’t imagine why their wraps cost more than my dinner does most nights. There’s much better lunch options in the neighborhood. I give 3 starts because I do really appreciate their awesome display of local theater and concerts downstairs. Wish it had a less dungeon-​vibe down there though.

I thought this would be a cute place to take a break from my long, hot day to enjoy a cup of coffee and a sandwich, but I thought wrong.
I entered for the first time, taking a little longer to look at the menu, the worker impatiently staring me down, and snapping the answers to my questions back at me. The sandwiches aren’t made fresh, they stick them in the refrigerator and pull them out when they don’t want to do work. Also pricy for the service and quality you receive.
Don’t go here if you’re looking for a great, cute café experience, you’re not going to get it.

Enjoy great light, calm quiet music, and wonderful crowds. The space melts your troubles of the day away

Being going to Last Drop since 1994. It’s a good alternative to your typical coffee snob cafes. When the rent in the area was cheaper this place would be filled with University of the Arts students. I love to sit in the dark graffiti filled basement.

Swung by here for a quick coffee, and the coffee was far from extraordinary. I normally get Dunkin because it’s convenient, and their coffee is significantly better than The Last Drop’s, and that’s obviously not saying much.
On a positive note, the ambiance was nice — decent amount of seating, so if they have reliable Wi-​Fi this may be a good place to read/​study.

This place makes the best latte! Love coming here in the middle of the day to study or catch up on emails.

Conveniently located around the corner from my place. They carry a variety of vegan baked goods and they have hot apple cider which I LOVE. The service isn’t always super friendly, but mostly it’s fine.
It’s a good spot for awkward 1^st online dating encounters, which is probably the most likely reason I’d be in a coffee shop, so I guess I’m a fan.

Small cute shop, the service was a little slow but It was the weekend, coffee was good, I think the cappuccino was a little to milky but overall good. The only issue I had is all the people that sit there with there computers.

In general, I’m underwhelmed, and don’t believe I’ll be coming back, even though I’ve tried several times to like this place.
I’ve now been here a few times looking for a coffee shop to sit and get some work done in, and each time I’ve been disappointed. Their drinks are fine, but the food is terrible. I was there on a weekday afternoon, and the «grilled panini» was just a pre-​made sandwich warmed up. The bread was soggy and the cheese was rubbery. I paid over $ 7 for this sandwich, and it was very disappointing.
There were only a few people in the place, which seemed promising that it would be a relatively quiet afternoon. However, the baristas were loudly talking about their plans from the previous night with some of their friends who were sitting at the table next to me, which meant they had to talk over me. This completely took away from the atmosphere I was hoping for when looking for a place to do work.
Additionally, the bathroom is located downstairs in a dingy second floor of the place that no one was sitting in. The bathroom was dirty and inhabited by a few large bugs (may have been a small dead cockroach lying next to the toilet).

Let me start by saying that I have given this place many, many chances to redeem itself. I come here 1 – 2 times a month for a group meeting, and each time it gets a little worse.
One pro is that the basement area is quiet, which is why our group likes to meet there. However, it is obvious that they never clean down there. I regularly find old cups of coffee, stale sandwiches lying around, and the long wooden bench by the staircase is structurally unsound and has splinters.
The coffee is fine – it gets the job done but it’s not stellar. But the clincher is the pricing for their baked goods, which on more than one occasion have been stale. Yesterday, I was below the $ 3.50 credit card minimum so I picked up a small raisin bread thinking it would be maybe a dollar. Nope… for something I can devour in two bites, it was $ 3.50. Wayyyy overpriced. When I bit into it, the raisin had a fine white wreath of mold around it.
If I didn’t have to meet here once a month, I would swear this place off forever. As others have mentioned, their staff is surly and seems very unenthusiastic about working there.

I believe this place is best described in a series of small snapshot moments (I was so distraught here that my memories only come back as brief flashbacks…). Please note that any dialogue or personal thoughts portrayed here, though stylistically portrayed, is truthful and completely honest.
Scene 1:
I entered The Last Drop Coffee House on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Bright light permeated this warm and inviting coffee shop through large windows. A quaint row of beautiful white marble tables, spacious benches, and comfortable chairs greeted me, as I approached the counter.
Scene 2:
Me: «I would like a small iced tea please.»
Barista: «One sec… [Checks under counter for long period of time] Unfortunately, we have no iced tea here. Someone didn’t do their job.»
Me: «…um. Small latte, perhaps»
Scene 3:
Barista: That will be $ 13.
Me: [Looks at small latte, looks at small sandwich. Looks at menu and tries to decipher confusing, poorly marked prices on menu. Figured out sandwich is $ 7.50. Could not figure out how a small latte could be $ 5.50, even with tax.]
Scene 4:
I was informed that the restroom was downstairs. Descending the stairs, I found another seating area. This one starkly contrasted the airy room above. The walls and ATM machine were scrawled with graffiti (unclear if it was the artistic kind, but if it was, it was most definitely not aesthetically pleasing). The entire basement was unlit, dark, and dreary. I found the bathroom with some effort, at first mistaking it for a broom closet (it was impossible to see what was in there as it was completely pitch black). After fumbling for a light switch, I was able to light one very, very sad brown lightbulb to find a graffiti scrawled bathroom…
I could barely see the toilet, there were no paper towels, and if my memory serves me right, no toilet paper as well…
Scene 5:
Reading a book, I heard one barista complaining to another in the background:
Barista: «******* shift is so long, 2 more hours.»
[5 minutes later]
Barista: «I can’t wait for this shift to be over.»
[5 minutes later]
Barista: «Thank god, I get off in 2 hours. I hate being stuck here forever»
The amount of complaining was actually quite uncomfortable…
Scene 6:
Customer 1: «Do you have an ATM machine?»
Barista: «Yes, but it doesn’t work. Try the bank across the street.»
Scene 7:
Me: «Mm sandwich»
[Chew chew chew]
[Puts down bland sandwich]
Do not go there.

I actually really like this place. It’s laid back, there’s enough space to sit, there’s free wifi and the chai was good.
Would definitely be back!

So far, every time I drop in, Last Drop Coffee House is always packed, which is a good sign. However, that means I can never really stay there since I usually don’t want to wait around for a table to open up.
They have a nice selection. I wasn’t a big fan of their chai tea — it was too sweet in my opinion. I read a lot of great reviews, but I prefer Chapterhouse’s take on chai tea. I’ll have to try other drinks here next time. Nice café if you find a time when it’s not packed, but there are a lot in the area that always have room for me.

I studied here quite a bit this summer studying for the Bar exam during my coffee shop study spot tour of Philly. Of the probably 10 places I tried, it was good… right until the last drop!
Pros
–Big windows.
–Large tea selection and decent food.
–Rarely had a problem finding a seat and there’s extra seating downstairs.
–Magic gardens-​esque bathroom and generally quirky/​edgy décor.
–I never felt pressured to leave like at some other coffee shops that don’t appreciate studiers.
Cons
–This is a coffee shop that people actually go to, so if you’re trying to study, there might be an old man interviewing a very annoying loud girl for an unpaid art internship next to you.
–The barristas are not *super* friendly, but the one did consistently remember my order after 2 days or so.
–The outlets in the wall don’t work, if you need to plug in, look for the extension cords.
–Some of the tables get super drafty… pack a sweater!
Would recommend as a study spot or a place to grab coffee/​quick lunch with a friend!