WatchHouse Midtown East

This place is incredible. Outside looks like a super swanky retail store. Inside feels like a serene Japanese sepia toned cafe. Coffee is smaller but very reasonably priced and incredible flavor. Even the straw is premium and is this textured sturdy black plastic. Best part, the dark chocolate sea salt cookie. It’s $6. It’s not cheap. But wow is it the best cookie I’ve had in a long long time. Get a coffee and a cookie and work here for a few hours. This place is special.

Such a lovely location with kind staff! Had to share this beautiful seahorse by Greg…

Croissant very buttery and flaky but not too flaky, tasty fresh and delicious. The iced americano not so much. The pulls of the two shots (i assume it’s two bc honestly tasted like one)are not nearly long enough to make a 8-12 oz iced drink. Tasted watery. Nonissue to pay 5 dollars like most places charge, but in reality Matto’s iced americano for 3 dollars is way better…robust and strong with long pulls that keep a strong complex flavor that stands up to the water added and ice. Need to improve upon that to have a regular customer. Also need more non-bakery breakfast items in NYC like Egg sandos etc. but that is probably coming. Lastly a small but very important point. The barista was very kind but the idea of writing the name on an iced beverage in some kind of white marker pen resulted in a white mess coming off on my hand as my entire name wiped off upon holding it due to condensation on the plastic cup. Just silly and semi-irritating to have to wipe your hands off immediately after holding cup which if i had already walked out the door would have been even more irritating. Needs improvement all the way around.

Best coffee I have had in NYC. They put alot of care and attention into every aspect of this Cafe. Service was incredible.