Snag a pierogi and a coffee (they have any option you can think of a signature poetica drink). Great atmosphere with exposed brick, greenery & book pages as decor. They have great wifi and a few outlets as well. There are 8ish small tables, but I went on a Sunday morning and found a spot no problem.

Delightful Literary Coffee Spot in New York: I stopped by Poetica Coffee on a rainy New York morning. I’d seen the quaint spot several times riding the bus to the lower east side of the city. It looked so very inviting and true enough to my very good culinary instincts, so it was! I had a very nicely brewed cappuccino and their vanilla yoghurt pots were delicious. They have an assortment of pastries and several served up just for the vegan palate. The macaroons looked inviting : ) The cafe has a somewhat European feel to it and is small with only 9 tables. It’s the perfect spot for a coffee and good newspaper /book read or for me a place for a teacher to mark papers or a journalist to write a review on the weekends or quiet day in the city. Chill music makes for a very relaxed atmosphere in this sunlight lofty feel cafe, which seemed to me like a literary dinning reservoir for residents of the area. The service and staff are extremely warm and friendly which made my morning visit perfect - relaxed and very peaceful indeed - just the way I like it. Enjoy your time at this delightfully oh so cute cafe!

Good coffee with indoor places to sit and work (always a major plus for me). There’s a 2 hr time limit on laptops, which is more or less observed and keeps tables more or less open. Great atmosphere, and pretty quiet. Love working here.

Honestly the coffee was a good price and solid. They filled my reusable mug which I really appreciated. They have lots of place to sit. Wifi. Just a solid simple cafe. Croissants and other snacks. They look very normal lol.

Beautiful space: exposed brick, plant plentiful, and ornate with a variety of old time artwork. Good amount of seating with solid variety: cushioned booths, square wooden tables, stools by the bar, and mini picnic tables outside. A bit dark on the interior, which gives off a cozy and artsy feel. Almost like a college study lounge. If you’re there between 10am and noon you’ll get sunlight by the windows. Lovely! Poetica roasts their own beans near Brooklyn. They feature their beans on the shelf. Only two options: dark roast or medium dark roast. They were serving the dark roast for their drip coffee. It was fine: a bit overextracted. Still better than diner coffee. Other amenities: water on tap. Coffee score: 3.5/5. Everything else score: 4.5/5. Overall score: 4.5/5.

Affordable coffee and a lovely seating area! It can get crowded, but I spent roughly 2 hours and there were moments when the cafe would suddenly become vacant, providing ample space for newcomers. Furthermore, buying something allows you to utilize your laptop for 2 hours, after which you need to make another purchase. Their croissants are also priced reasonably, the butter croissant was scrumptious! A friend of mine had a blueberry croissant which was equally superb!

yummy vanilla iced latte and strong straw randomly walked by one day and decided to step in since having another location’s of theirs in brooklyn was also a good yummy drink time.

Lovely local-feeling coffee shop with the reliability of a “Starbucks”. Strong wifi, clean tables, good for laptop / coworking / studying. 2h table time per purchase (super fair). No bathroom/restroom. Poetica latte - brown sugar vanilla - was too sweet for me in the hot form. Maybe would be nicer as an iced drink. Perogi / pastry was ultra mid tho. Would not order their baked goods