Vernick Coffee Bar - Philadelphia

My favorite spot for civilized, delicious lunch. Food is amazing and mostly healthy

Just came for a simple breakfast with my wife as part of spending the day in the city. The setting was really attractive, the service attentive without being overbearing, and the foodoatmeal souffle and basket of pastrieswas outstanding. We'll be back

Lunch was wonderful. Wild mushroom grain bowl with avocado has great flavor and texture and delicious. Attentive wait staff without being overbearing. Busy but not noisy an unusual combination so that we could talk comfortably. Winwin

The best service because it’s staffed with Four Seasons personnel, Lovely location overlooking the treeladen lobby of the Comcast Tech Ctr. Great server and very good food. Maintenance d, or manager, Theresa is charming and special

The food was good. But there are issues. They serve tiny little greasy Parmesan type crackers as the bread basket but nobody explains what they are when they put them down and when we asked for some more traditional bread or rolls we were given some sourdough a tiny quantity of tiny slices and charged two dollars each. This is at a place where the total lunch bill was for three people charging two dollars a person for mediocre bread is dumb. The menu is limited and the food is very saucy... to get a plain grilled piece of fish was impossible. There are three mediocre wine choices by the glass. There are plenty of waitstaff around but you need to stand up and jump up and down to get their attention. I felt that they were not well trained and yet snooty. A very weird vibe with the waitstaff. In the fullservice fish restaurant vernick fish with the same of ownership the waitstaff is terrific. The napkins are very linty and got white lint on my black outfit I asked ahead of time and the hostess guaranteed me that they are lint free. Also distressing because I saw that they did have some black napkins available. It seems like what I am sure is quite competent management in the company that runs this restaurant has just not really paid attention to details because it’s maybe its stuck over to the side of the Comcast lobby. There’s so much potential with this cute little place but they really have to get it together. The food was delicious, if not over sauced