Bluestone Lane

Brandon is the king of latte art. Totally made my morning! They have Saratoga spring water here… Always a good choice. Open at 6:30am on weekdays. Nice and quiet atmosphere. You can get your coffee to go or they have ceramic mugs if you want to stick around. Definitely better than Starbucks!

I’ve been in everyday while on this trip. The coffee and food is great, and the hospitality is even better. Plus, I want to decorate my house in their décor. Stop on in and enjoy the good vibes from the barristas, coffee, and atmosphere!

Bluestone Lane in NYC is a wonderful place and serves up great food. The Philadelphia location, however, seems to not quite get it yet. Hopefully it’ll get better. The avocado smash was served up on store-​bought, low-​quality wheat bread. Not what the menu indicates. No reason provided by the server. The coffee was, however, as good as always and the space on the inside is nice. Bottom line, if you want a nice place to hang out, grab coffee, and chat with others, Bluestone Lane in Philadelphia should do you well. If you’re looking for food, head elsewhere.

Loooove this place! With everything we already have in Philly, you’d think it would be difficult to open up a unique café here where you can order things you can’t get anywhere else… but that’s exactly what this place has done. Bluestone Lane is extremely popular in NYC and has perfected the super trendy, «did you really eat it if you didn’t Instagram it» avocado toast.
You may think, «Really…$ 12 for a piece of toast with avocado on it? Gimme a break.» But it is so much more than just that. The toast is multigrain and really tasty and then slathered with the most delicious tahini (which is a sesame seed paste). Then, it is piled high with «avocado smash» which is Bluestone Lane’s special avocado mixture. YUM it is SO GOOD. It also has sunflower sprouts, heirloom tomatoes, and feta cheese. All very fresh and complements the avocado very nicely. You can also add a poached egg for $ 2 if you wish.
The ambiance of this little café is so cute and it’s kind of separated from the front where you can walk in and order coffee and the back of the café where you can sit and order with table service. Also, bonus points because it’s nicely decorated with teal and white pillows on the seats for your back.
I ordered the avocado smash (obviously) and a flat white. The flat white was exactly what I expected. It was piping hot with a nice design and had a kind of sweet, acidic taste which I liked. From the time I sat down to the time I got my food it was probably about 6 minutes. They only had one waiter and I sat in the corner so I just got his attention and my food came in no time at all. It didn’t seem like anyone around me waited more than 10 minutes for their orders. I know a lot of other reviews on here commented about the wait but keep in mind, this café is brand-​new and it seems like they’ve fixed the wait time problem already. Pretty great, if you’d ask me.
All in all, I gave ⁵⁄₅ stars for the cute ambiance, amazing avocado toast, yummy coffee, great customer service, and that there was hardly any wait time at all. Will be back again to try the gluten free banana bread!

Awesome café, worth the walk from anywhere in CC. They have most of the drinks you’d expect from a good coffee shop, with a few interesting additions from Australia. Baristas are all really friendly, and obviously enjoy their craft and like talking about it. I usually put sweetener in my coffee, but their house blend has really low acidity and a bright sweet taste. Espresso is also really good; I had the piccolo (cortado) to sample the espresso flavor.
Glad to have this shop in town, after coming to Philly from Australia, via NYC.

If I could leave a no star, I would – that’s how bad my experience at this place was. After, realizing we hadn’t received our breakfast order after 25 minutes, we inquired with the waitress about its status. After being there for over 45 minutes without our breakfast we decided to leave because it was taking way to long to be acceptable. The waitress and the cooks didn’t even seem to be bothered at the fact that they had obviously messed up and that the food was taking WAY WAY WAY too long. There were 2 other tables seated about 20 minutes after us who received their food promptly, maybe 10 minutes after they ordered, but for us after 50 minutes waiting there was no way we were staying. The waitresses were completely oblivious to customer service and had no idea how to handle the situation.

What a waste of time. Stayed at adjoining Radisson hotel and went to Bluestone Lane for breakfast before our catching our flight. After waiting 45 minutes for toast and poached eggs we couldn’t take it anymore. The staff didn’t seem bothered or interested in the fact that we had been waiting so long. Kept saying the kitchen was slow, but customers who came in after us had already received there food. Gimme a break! The worst

Amazingly cute atmosphere. Remarkably weak coffee.
**If you have a nut allergy, ask about the matcha tea because it uses almond milk and that wasn’t clear.

My wife and I stopped in on New Years day. We were greeted by pleasant staffers and a bright– and quite unique –interior design (take that, brown rustic with over-​hyped edison lamps!).
Our Americanos were just great.
We were even treated to a tasty Aussie bakery item (yum).
Thanks again to the wonderful young manager who shared a window seat with us, and treated us like royalty, despite our small purchase. This gentlemen has worked hard to bring a winning new (and different) coffee theme to Philadelphia– and I hope our town rewards him for his hard work and imagination.
Good luck Bluestone,
We’ll see you again soon.

Ordered a water and coffee and ended up waiting for fifteen minutes despite the fact I was one of the only people in the store. The barista messed up my order twice and ended up charging me twice the amount for it, all while displaying a lack of enthusiasm or even general interest. Will not be returning.

This is a great space for brunch or breakfast. The avo smash is delicious and the granola looked very tasty. The baked beans and eggs were okay, although I found them a bit metallic. I’ve been to a few in New York and was a bit shocked to see that the prices were the same here in Philly, but that wouldn’t stop me from returning.

I’ve been here twice now. Both times I’ve loved it.
This is the same company with locations all over New York. Their gimmick is that they’re trying to bring craftsman Australian coffee culture to the USA, and the quality of their espresso shows it. Sure, you can get cheaper drip coffee at Starbucks or 7 – 11, but in my experience the espresso drinks were very reasonably priced ($ 3.50-$ 4). I’ve definitely paid the same amount, if not more for cappuccinos of much lower quality. (The Australian barista explained they get their espresso imported straight from Melbourne).
They’re more interested in getting people to try their lattes/​cappuccinos than go for the drip coffee, which might have been the issue with the 1-​Star poster. I didn’t try their drip coffee, but I imagine you could get that pretty much anywhere. If you’re looking for latte art, this place has got it down.
The food was delicious, healthy, and simple. Try the avocado smash with a poached egg on top. Super refreshing and goes awesome with an iced latte.
Superb location right near Rittenhouse Square. Very clean décor, friendly service. Not the kind of place you’d bring a laptop and hang out at for six hours, but I think that’s the point of the place. There’s a library for that.
Good luck in Philadelphia, Bluestone. I hope it’s as successful as your New York locations!

This place just opened and despite a bright, cheery interior, I can’t recommend it. It has three strikes against it: 1.) $ 3.23 for a cup of coffee is way too high. It’s about a dollar more than it should be as compared to its competitors; 2.) they offer no wifi. They say to use the hotel wifi (it’s in the lobby of the Radisson Blu Warwick), which requires a password and which they do not have; 3.) they do not have skim milk or Splenda, only the fake Sysco brand, which to me does not taste the same. For crying out loud, if you are going to charge $ 3.25 for a cup of coffee, at least have the decency to provide proper sweeteners and milk/​cream options.
Finally, and most importantly, the coffee is just so-​so. Not very distinctive at all.
Overall, this place fails. Radisson should be ashamed to let their guests/​customers get ripped off like this.

This place just opened yesterday and I went in just hours after opening their doors. They redecorated really nicely from the previous coffee shop. Light bright and inviting with a to go counter and a back seating area to sit down and order some food. I had a «magic» which is espresso drink with very small amount of steamed milk, served in a small cup. Delicious! As it was opening day things were a by chaotic but the staff was super friendly.
My only complaint would be it feels a bit confusing where to go to just order to go coffee when you walk I — they may want to better carve out that spot as it kind of felt like I was ordering from a side counter at a restaurant instead of getting coffee at a coffee shop. Can’t want to come back and try some of the food! Avocado toasts? Yes please!