2/5 Yaron F. 1 year ago on Google • 131 reviews
I
wish
I
could
give
this
cute
place
more
stars.
Sadly,
I
can’t.
It
misses
a
lot
of
it’s
potential.
With
the
right
management,
this
place
could
be
a
true
landmark,
and
not
just
a
well-known
café.
I
had
searched
for
a
place
with
Wi-Fi
where
I
can
sit
with
a
cup
of
coffee,
and
found
this
bookstore-café.
First
the
good
stuff:
the
ambiance
is
nice.
The
staff
is
super
friendly
and
eager
to
help
(which
usually
means
that
the
management
treats
them
with
respect).
The
setting
with
all
the
books
is
charming.
The
mid-century
furniture
makes
it
funky.
They
offer
free
Wi-Fi.
And
the
piece
de
resistance
is
the
funky
outdoor
seating
area
in
the
back.
The
not
so
good
stuff:
the
place
is
filthy
and
dusty
(by
my
standards).
It
seems
like
the
staff
has
hardly
ever
picked
up
a
rag
to
clean.
The
food
-
I
had
the
cauliflower
with
tahini,
which
is
hard
to
get
wrong,
but
they
somehow
did.
It
was
tasteless
and
thoughtlessly
prepared.
I
shudder
to
think
about
the
level
of
cleanliness
in
the
kitchen.
The
vegan
banana
bread
was
okay,
nothing
to
write
home
about.
The
lighting
-
for
a
bookstore
cafe
-
is
much
too
dim,
and
customers
struggle
to
read.
It
seems
to
defeat
the
purpose
of
this
type
of
establishment.
The
playlist
caters
to
the
staff’s
taste
in
music.
Sometimes
it’s
fun
and
easy
to
listen
to,
but
sometimes,
not
at
all,
like
the
misogynistic
rap
playlist
they
pretend
to
understand.
It’s
ironic
that
a
place
that
is
accepting
of
all
people,
plays
rap
with
words
like
“cr*zy
b**ch.”
People
May
say
that
I’m
not
cool
because
I
don’t
like
that
kind
of
language
in
music,
but
I
believe
that
respect
is
still
a
virtue,
especially
in
art.
The
coffee
is
some
of
the
worst
I’ve
ever
had!
It
was
made
carelessly
and
without
any
passion.
And
that
just
may
be
the
problem
of
this
place:
the
staff
lacks
passion,
which
makes
the
place
uninspired.
The
bathrooms:
in
my
opinion,
the
bathrooms
are
not
up
to
par
with
what
should
be
in
a
popular,
heavy-traffic
café.
There’s
absolutely
no
real
air
circulation
and
no
scented
air
fresheners.
Also,
the
bathrooms
open
right
into
the
bookstore.
This
place
is
very
unique
and
I’m
guessing
it
operates
by
it’s
established
reputation
on
automatic
pilot.
Too
bad,
it
has
lots
of
potential.
Regretfully,
for
all
the
Little
Prince’s
seeming
character,
it
falls
short
on
substance.
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