Best coffee around - hands down. Been coming here for over a decade and the coffee, tea, pastries,…read moreand community are consistently top notch. Coffee: it's rare to find coffee that is good enough to drink black. That said, George Howell's drip coffees, pour overs, and espressos are arguably best enjoyed black. Not to say they aren't delicious with milk - they super are - they are just also easily enjoyed sans milk. The flavors are always balanced and clean. The iced coffee and cold brew is also amazing AND they have decaf cold brew The espresso beverages are amazing - cortado, cappuccino, latte.. yum. All of which can also be decaf or half caf. The syrups are all so, so good (and made in house!). A half-lavender oat milk latte is **chef's kiss** Tea: the tea is also super good (MEM Tea, from Cambridge, MA). Iced blood orange hibiscus is always a winner. And the matcha!! So, so good (and unsweetened). Pastries are also bomb. Cheddar Biscuit FTW. Limited seating and occasional wait when their busily handcrafting various beverages for the masses, but vibes and service are always great, and I always leave w a tasty treat :-)

George Howell is a lovely neighborhood spot with great service. The coffee is excellent. I had a…read moreshaken cold brew and the flavor was bold and rich and made me feel exactly how coffee should! You don't always find that these days. Love it!

Lovely Luna's Cakes & Coffee!…read more Luna's is a newly opened cafe in Newton centre. I work not far from here so it is a great place to grab a coffee, and pastry. I actually like this much better than Tatte. Merely because of the service and quietness the cafe has. It is a great spot to grab a coffee or one of their signature lattes and get some work done. Everyone here is so friendly and helpful. I highly recommend checking them out someday!

The owner and employees are the nicest! On top of that, the coffee is top tier. Their banana bread…read morelatte is the best you'll ever find anywhere. Mocha is also really good. As a plus, they make awesome cakes.

On our way back to NY we stopped here after Boston not expecting much. It ended up being the best…read morehot chocolate, seriously one of the best of my life. Well worth the stop and what a cute place. My son also loved and ate his chocolate star quickly. Service was good. Highly recommend.

" My favorite in town " This place is really good …read more Boastful flavors of chocolate and coffee. The staff is all so friendly. Why wouldn't you want to try this place . It's my favorite in town for authentic chocolate . The vibe is welcoming.

The place is super cute with many different seating options. They make their own syrups which I…read morethink is fun if you care about that. The food was yummy and warm and they drinks were good. If you like sweeter matcha I would recommend asking for some syrup in it, other than that everything was perfect. The staff were super friendly and everything came out at a decent rate. It also wasn't expensive just typical coffee shop prices.

Stopped by for breakfast! Iced latte was really good and both breakfast items were tasty as well…read more Prices were decent. We didn't stay to sit but the cafe space was cute and cozy. Pretty busy, though! I'm guessing it's a popular place to sit and do work, so people probably want to get there early to grab a spot.

Sweet care with really good coffee and light faire. I met someone here and it was a very…read morecomfortable place to sit and chat and have a bite. We each had a sandwich, and an iced coffee, plus we split a sweet. Classical music played and it wasn't too loud. A really good place. Not loads of seats, so I guess we were lucky to grab a table at lunchtime.

the "incredible "bagel sandwich was absolutely the most disgusting breakfast sandwich I've ever…read morehad. The menu says fresh, healthy, etc. etc. the only thing fresh about that bagel was the avocado and maybe the egg. Pretty sure it was Oscar Meyer "bacon" or some other form of microwavable bacon (which isn't really bacon ). Which is totally unacceptable in this day and age. And the sweet sauce they put on it was horrendous. My stomach hurt the entire day. If you're not going to use quality bagels and quality bacon, you should not be charging almost $13 a sandwich. your menu should also list the ingredients line by line. I asked the cashier what was on this and he did not mention a disgusting sweet sauce. It's no wonder there's a line out the door for the café down the street and two people inside this café. Although I did not get anything else, but that sandwich, I will not be returning based on that alone. You should be ashamed for even serving that.

Genuinely one of my favorite bakeries in the Boston metro. Salt has a fantastic chewy chocolate…read morechip cookie, a ginger cookie with a good level of ginger flavor and truly one of the best croissants in town. I love chocolate croissants and this is one of my go tos for it. I've never had anything here I didn't enjoy and the prices are reasonable. So worth the visit if you're in the area, I come by every time I'm near Newton. I came around 1pm on my most recent visit and they still had a good stock of baked goods. It can get busy here but the staff do a good job moving people along. Some seating but definitely hard to get a spot during peak times. Street parking mostly so it can get hard to find a spot.

My sister & I came here before the Boston Marathon and there wasn't a line which was a pleasant…read moresurprise. We saw the spinach artichoke pastry and COULD NOT resist, the flavor and the flakiness were unmatched. The plain hot cappuccino was perfectly foamy and warm (next time I would order a flavor but I forgot), the vanilla matcha had the most perfect real vanilla flavor! The space is absolutely with beautiful booths but also an abundant amount of outdoor seating, too.

This place has the worst matcha latte I've had. It was bland and watery, thinner than skim milk. I…read moreordered a 16oz drink, but the cup felt unusually light, and when I opened the lid, nearly half of it was foam. The floor was also dirty. Def not coming back.

Great chicken pesto sandwich and deserts such as cinnamon buns, monkey bread and cookies.read more

My Rancillio Silvia expresso machine stopped working, and I was unable to repair it myself, nor get…read moreit to work by pressing the internal reset button. I dropped the machine off, and asked the repairman how long I would have to drink instant coffee. He smiled and said he would give me a call when it was ready. In 48 hours it was ready for pick-up. He also said the if I could wait an extra day, he could replace the badly worn group gasket, but that he had to get one locally since he was out of stock. I was ecstatic to get the machine the next day. They put it in my car, and included a small zip-lock bag with the old thermostat and gasket. Exceptional service!

From the owner: As leaders of the industry through recent decades, Espresso Express has set the standard in quality…read morecoffee services. Offering only the finest coffees and tea, including our award-winning Kahvé espresso, we provide nothing less than the best. Our optimal brewing systems and experienced technical support caters to all your coffee needs - from product to equipment sales, maintenance, and repair. We proudly offer exceptional coffee service, from bean to brew.

Thought of coming here since we were at the area. I saw some posts online about this new place (not…read moresure how new it is) so decided to stop by to see what's up. It was pretty quiet when I got inside. There was only one person I saw watching the store. The selection was not too bad I would say and they had cute decorations on the wall. I ordered a 4 pack of mochidonuts, and also ordered 2 drinks, I looked up the menu prior to going there and they lady that was watching did not know those drinks and they don't even offer some of it. I was kind of disappointed at that since I was expecting so much more. The mochi donuts I got was also ok, I would say I've had better donuts. The drinks were too sweet. I barely even dranked mine.

All donuts that I got were good but the Dubai donut and cookie it had way too much pistachio on top…read moreof the donut and inside the cookie overpowered the chocolate. Might want to put less pistachios and more chocolate on both.

Fun place to get a snack and drink, or light lunch. The vegetable bun was nicely fried on both…read moresides, with nice insides. The taro cream puff was tasty as well, though perhaps too small for the price. Check it out!

This morning I stopped in to Fika for the first time. They have been open for 5 years but…read morerebranded about two years ago according to Jesse, one of the owners. I was on the hunt for a delicious hot latté with whole milk. I twisted my own arm and ordered a delicious looking lemon and ginger scone to accompany the latté. The ambiance is inviting, welcoming you to relax and breathe restfully. It exudes notes of namésta : ) I opened my book and enjoyed my latté and the warm scone (Time to breath out a nice long ooohhmmm). The latté was ecerything I could hope for, but wait there's more. They serce the latté frothy just like a traditional Itlian serving. I like it creamy with a heart - I'm sensative Jesse said, next time it will be ceeamy All I had to do was put on my big boy pants and ask for it that way : ) I can't wait for my next visit. Secret tip, Jesse suggested, try the beef bun, next time.