Breukelen Coffee House

Reviews

• Leland S.

  star star star star star_border 18 July 2026

  I just Lelanded from Kennedy airport, I couldn't sleep so I figured to try to stay up for the rest of the day. Needing a kick this was near my Air Bnb, here was our experience on a mid Friday morning.
  
  AMBIANCE:
  Parking: Generally street parking but it's Brooklyn so good luck.
  
  Seating:
  Seating was further up. A lot of pair seating for maybe about 20 people.
  
  Feels:
  It's a casual neighborhood with your every day shops. The spot itself was pretty neat. The name pun had me. The music was helping as I digged the R&B/Hip Hop remixes. The smells of coffee were pleasing and the lite chatter happening. Great place for studying, frolicking or chopping it up.
  
  Food
  Nutella Coffee (Recommend)
  Something so simple yet genius. A good kick of caffeine and that pleasant sweet nutella taste to it was perfection... yes!
  
  CUSTOMER SERVICE:
  Solid. Polite peeps and quick service.
  
  TL; DR OVERALL:
  4 Stars. Clever hipster pun, reasonable price, good coffee, and vibes. I'm a fan of this spot. If I'm in the Brooklyn or should I say Breukelen and in need of a spot to get work done. I can see myself coming here again for my next visit.
  
  Tips:
  * Come early for seats

• Ryan R.

  star star star star star 12 July 2026

  Some context: I just moved to Brooklyn 6 weeks ago without a job lined up. But I also didn't want to apply to jobs from home. I mean, I'm in New York, I need to explore...right? So I decided to hunt for the best, laptop friendly, cafe in the city. Manhattan cafes were small, overpriced, and a pain to get to from my apt. In fact, all cafes are overpriced in NY..(I come from SF so that's saying something).
  
  Alas, I searched All of Brooklyn and found Breukelen Cafe (which I call Berkeley, but that's a different story). It doesn't have the best drinks, or the best prices, but what it does have is the best workspace for fellow laptop-weilding caffeine junkies.
  
  The drinks Are good though. But if you're like me and want a 4-shot iced mocha that'll come at the steep cost of $1.50 per shot. Also, they use nutella instead of chocolate syrup...which I actually came to love. But a heads up if you're especially snooty about your liquid sugar.
  
  Anyway, I give them 5 stars because after all my exploring I couldn't find a coffee shop I'd rather spend my time working from.

• B V.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 5 July 2026

  Minus five stars for the sucky baristas and plus two just because they have a lot of seating. It's not hard to acknowledge other people's existence-especially when you're being paid for it. I watched numerous people walk into the place and promptly be ignored by the girl behind the bar who was on her phone or talking to someone in the back. As someone who works in the food industry myself, this was sad and honestly embarrassing to see.
  
  Also the cold brew was stale tasting and there was not a huge selection of pastries or snacks in general which could be easy to overlook if it weren't for such bitter acting people behind the counter.
  
  Come here if you have a lot of work to do but don't mind being treated badly and washing down poor customer service with mediocre beverages. Some people might be into that sort of thing?
  
  Really wanted to support a local business, but finding in this case it's not worth it. Little Zelda's is well worth the extra block walk.

• Moon Michelle S.

  star star star star star 3 July 2026

  Their Breakfast cups are really yummy! It's basically grits layered with cheddar cheese, with kale and bacon on the top with a soft boiled egg! (7$) Their latte was just a normal maple latte ($5.5) Nothing special.
  It's a nice cafe to work in. Lots of tables with outlets. I was able to watercolor and also work on my laptop here. Which is kind of hard to find when your in NY. They have a nice vintage hipster vibes. But my total $ came out to be 13$ which is a bit too much for me so I probably will not be back! (I only go more than once if it's on the better value side because there's no point in repeating twice if there's a lot of cafes in NY to explore to.) . And also I just like my food costing below if it's just a cafe. But that's just my opinion.

• Aysja J.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 2 July 2026

  I didn't end up getting anything here because I got such a bad vibe from the employees. It took awhile for them to even acknowledge I was there and when they did and I asked the cashier how he was doing he looked down at his phone for a few seconds, looked back up and said 'what do you want?' without acknowledging that I had said anything. That interaction, plus the latte being more expensive than other places around, caused me to leave without ordering.