Vaidehi K: Yum cortado. Love the library style seating in the back.
Jeff Tomczek: Drip coffee, fresh bakery and even almond milk. Communal table in front great for meetings. Back library perfect for relaxed reading. Could use more seating, but for Midtown East this is a real cafe.
Serious Eats: This coffee shop carries a greatest hits list of pastries from great bakeries around the city.
2. Blue Bottle Coffee
8.6
10 E 53rd St (5th Ave), New York, NY
Coffee Shop · Midtown East · 18 tips and reviews
Chele Rocks: New Orleans cold brew with oat milk is a delicious, energizing start to your day! Love Blue Bottle!
Emily Giglierano: When entering from 52nd St, do your fellow cafe visitors a favor and enter via the interior passageway door! The door to the outside is WICKED DRAFTY.
Mary: The latte with oat milk is magical.
5. Cafe Grumpy
8.3
89 E 42nd St (at Lexington Ave), New York, NY
Coffee Shop · Midtown East · 107 tips and reviews
Kim Barke: Excellent coffee and gluten free pastries to go. Very limited seating.
Project Latte: a NYC cafe culture guide: The latest branch of this fast-growing local chain / coffee roaster, a favorite of ours, is located in a former Starbucks and joins Joe the Art of Coffee in Grand Central Station. (5/14)
Project Latte: a NYC cafe culture guide: The Grand Central Station branch of this fast-growing local chain / coffee roaster, a favorite of ours, is on the soulless side, with decor that nods toward the Grumpy identity via the color orange.
6. Bluestone Lane
8.4
1120 Avenue of the Americas (at W 43rd St), New York, NY
Coffee Shop · Midtown East · 82 tips and reviews
Sharon Tsao: the "avo smash" which is avocado mix w feta cheese on break -- is AMAZING
Timelessnomad: Cold brew, soy milk, almond milk, and delish avocado toast. Nice location on the back of the ICP school. Premade salads and vegan baked goods! What!!!!
Kevin Keating: Decent little place in an area lacking in decent little places. Better than the Starbucks on surrounding blocks.
PSU-Lion Di: Coffee Oasis! The Rose Coco made with mocha, milk, espresso and rose syrup, topped with rose petals.
Chloe: I wish all coffee shops look like this. Plant is quite pricey if you look forward to buy.
Alyssa B.: The rose latte was not just hip, but also hit the right notes on rich taste.
13. Pennylane Coffee
7.9
305 E 45th St (at 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Coffee Shop · Turtle Bay · 44 tips and reviews
Terry Chen: Delicious Vegas chocolate chip cookie, better than I ever expected from vegan baking!
Maria M: Stumptown coffee? Yes please!!! This place might save UN peeps from horrible cafeteria coffee!!
Project Latte: a NYC cafe culture guide: A much needed Turtle Bay shop, this design heavy shop serves Stumptown to consulates, the UN, and nearby residents that previously had to make do with Jittery Joes.