Airy, industrial-chic cafe serving baked goods and coffee, plus breakfast, dinner, and weekend brunch.
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Address: 420 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446
Phone: (617) 505-6363
Website: https://tattebakery.com/
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Tatte Bakery & Cafe | Coolidge Corner – Brookline, MA – joe coffee
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That said, the staff are often strangely standoffish and touchy, while also being oddly expectant. You’re clearly supposed to be very pleasant and upbeat, but that energy isn’t exactly returned. The replies can be curt, the tone a little sharp — and then you’re immediately presented with the tip screen. Exhibit A.
At a certain point, it’s like: just let me order my overpriced latte and scone and move along without making it a whole emotional exercise. I’m happy to be polite, but the interaction doesn’t need to feel this awkward and transactional at the same time.
During COVID, the service was honestly outright rude, so I guess this is an improvement — and yes, it’s been five years, I’ll let that go. Still, the general attitude hasn’t fully recovered.
And let’s be honest: this place is expensive. Ten dollars for a brownie is unnecessary. You can call it whatever you want, but that’s still a brownie.
We ordered a black sesame latte, a simple latte, passion fruit krembo plus a chickpea and fava plate (served with Pita bread). Loved everything we ordered and I can still recollect the flavour of the black sesame latte.
Will surely recommend this place if you happen to visit Boston.
With not particularly helpful staff, the vibes of this bakery/restaurant does not fit the terms of a true cafe.
In a cafe, we are often greeted at the front, asked whether this is our first time and given some recommendations raving about the food, dessert or drinks. None of that happened here.
The drink you receive is mediocre at best. With no latte art, poor milk froth with large bubbles and no regular/zero sweetener available to add behind the bar…this was not a great “cafe”experience. The matcha is also watered down. Yes, it is green but is it giving umami, delicious matcha notes? No. And for $6-7 dollars a drink, I expected better. The cortado is THE barista drink that can tell if the coffee and milk fares well together. And the cortado as very very poor. The chai was okay.
I would also argue this is not a very good restaurant/bakery experience. There are no waiters to serve on you like a restaurant, the round tables make it hard for space for two individuals with food and drink, and the seats are not particularly comfortable.
A true cafe has comfort as well as aesthetics. Not just aesthetics.
The entire floorplan separates 50% out to the kitchen, bakery, and a separate rounded drinks bar including common walkway. It is intended to be an experience, but misses the target. Larger tables, more heavy wooden chairs + cushions, and more seating would help even this experience.
The condiments station is against the wall with plastic tubs for dishes under it giving waitress station. For consumers, a larger condiment station is needed for space to place your drinks, and add any creamer or sugar. Dishes and trash should be placed at a different location from condiments. Or trash hidden from the condiments and dishes in a separate rack.
For the average consumer, this can be seen as good enough so a 3 stars is what I would rate it as. If these improvements were made, imagine how much more popular this place would be?
-proper coffees with latte art + more syrups options + offering sweeteners behind the bar
-full bodied matcha
-better furniture
-separation of condiment station from the trash and dish station
-helpful staff that gives great recommendations to food, drinks, and bakery pairings