Astoria Coffee House & Bistro

Had the egg sandwich and the breakfast burrito. The egg sandwich was everything an egg McMuffin should actually be. The breakfast burrito was also excellent. Finished off with the berry hand pie and a couple americanos. Every thing was delicious!

Great experience as always. Bartender Chris is the best in Astoria hands down. Pork Chops are excellent. Actually have not had a bad meal or cocktail here ever!

Upon arrival, I received a weird greeting from the host/cashier, who excessively chewed her gum. She explained their procedure, which entails taking orders and payments before seating, along with a mandatory 18% gratuity. At the same time, it is self-service. While I don't mind giving 18%, I prefer to base it on the service provided. Unfortunately, they didn't give a receipt, and it took an exceptionally long time to receive it. Anyway, I gave their food a chance and ordered the Smoked Salmon and a latte. My food took around 30 minutes to arrive. The cashier mentioned they were busy, but a 30-minute wait seemed excessive, especially with only a few people in the restaurant. I didn’t enjoy the food, and I didn’t like the service.

This place offers lots of baked treats, so we stopped here for a late lunch and afternoon treat. We ordered the soup of the day. Actually, we were there during Happy Hour, we could have ordered the soup and salad if we had known, but since we asked for the larger size of soup, we missed out on the salad :-( The soup was very delicious, and FILLING. We couldn't eat dinner that night. They don't seem to have table service – all orders have to be placed through the cashier – which, I guess, may be a reasonable solution given that everywhere we go, there is a 'Help Wanted' sign on the window. Well, at least the kitchen staff is still very good!

It’s good. The wait is a while but if feel it’s worth it. The lady was nice.