
Scratch kitchen serving all your favorite treats- sourdough bread, breakfast & lunch, croissants, coffee, and more. Come in, slow down, and connect with your friends, your family or just yourself. Enjoy dining indoors or bring you pup to our dog-friendly patio!
Buzzy, farmhouse-style spot for seasonal, self-serve cafe fare & baked goods, plus espresso drinks.
Address and Contact Information
Address: 233 E King St, Malvern, PA 19355
Phone: (610) 296-2534
Website: http://thebutterycafe.com/
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Reviews
Having loved this place for years, telling all my friends how good this place is and urging them to come, although it had only three square tables and a few window seats, at least I respected the old Malvern Buttery – they seemed to care about their pastries. The customers waited for a long time without seats, at least the customers were equally ignored – none was labeled.
Suddenly, either you changed your owner or your owner became ambitious – renovation, new menu and a whole lot more customers. New store opened in Ardmore. One is being prepared in Bryn Mawr. Nice, isn’t it?
Now things become interesting. Your new business move is to label your customers. As a loyal “laptop” customer, I am not welcomed anymore. Oh, “it’s just from 8am to 2pm”. You are pretending that you care about one group while casting out the other. What a beautiful business move. Ah, “back end of the coffee bar” – you mean the 3-4 seats at the doors of the restrooms?it makes me think of the old days when black passengers were only allowed at the back of a bus.
One day I was sitting at the big table, new customers came and squeezed in, what a magical moment! People started to talk to each other and I’ve heard strangers having long and meaningful conversations. I was thinking, wow, this is what a local pastry shop should look like – but now, seeing your new policy, I could only laugh at the naive me.
My advice? Mind your pastries. Let the customers figure out their seats. Then you are still the old good 4.8/5.0 Malvern Buttery not the new fancy Buttery – Malvern.
Don’t be so stupid to group your customers and treat them differently. Laptop users do buy food. Besides discrimination, there are many more better ways such as imposing a universal two-hour time limit for each order – if customers want to stay longer? They order more.
PS: one more thing I hated post-renovation is that you stopped making the coffee chocolate scone.
Noise level can be a bit intense when eating in, but well worth it.
Update: We’ve since recommended The Buttery to several friends. It’s worth checking out!
Parking can be a bit hard to find, but be patient, and drive up and down the main street to find a spot.
We have been here many times during summer and the outdoor seating areas are all full before 10am. There are seating area inside. People working there are super friendly. For instance, I ordered a large Americano, and they told me there are four shots inside and asked me if it is too strong and would like to make adjustments, etc.
Overall, we are so grateful to have something like Malvern Buttery around the neighborhood.
Seating is limited. They have a handful of bar stools and a few tables inside. If the weather is nice, there’s a lot of outdoor seating.
Another thing I noticed in my recent visits is that the flow of service doesn’t make sense. There are usually a few people behind the pastry counter who just look around and avoid eye contact. I’m not sure if I should be ordering with them or at the register. I’ve found that the flow of service is never consistent.
That being said, the buttery’s new space is beautiful and I’m so glad there’s more indoor seating!
Don’t get me wrong, they still make a great croissant and their new pizzas are incredible. I understand the need to change production since they are expanding, but it appears that the expansion is coming at the cost of the creativity and quality of their products.