This was a place I was looking to be a once/twice-a-week stop late at night or very early morning, but it looks like their priorities might be mixed up. Just after placing my order for a coffee and omelette, a woman who seemed to either be an off-duty employee or a friend of the house was intermittently blaring her smartphone from several booths away. I asked the waitress if that was allowed or authorized, and she seemed to not want to answer or suggest that it was in her nonverbal response. So, I canceled the order, got up and left. Doesn't need to be a library, but the store already has (pleasant) ambient music, and it's never okay to crank (tinny, piercing) electronic noise as nuisance to other customers: not remotely the same as having and audible conversation (normal in restaurants). Earphones exist for a reason, and it very much is the restaurant's job to avoid unnecessary costs that cost them steady revenue from a would-be regular customer (who has basic, reasonable expectations about diners). read more