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Beatriz P
Lovely bookstore, skip the coffee shop.
Beacon Hill Books & Cafe的点评
点评：2 ⭐️ Lovely bookstore + coffee shop concept in Beacon Hill. 🤎
Let me start this review by saying that I believe that during the dry autumn/winter months, a visit to this place must be so much better and less chaotic than the rainy day we got.
We got there at 10:40 for some cake and coffee on our way to Quincy market and we were met by a 5 minute standing line to get to the front where we were told we had to wait for the shift of “service” from breakfast to lunch at 11am. There is nowhere to stand or sit to wait for a table so we just stayed in the rain until we were called at 11:05am.
A big (HUGE) mistake was not checking the menu beforehand because we knew how much we wanted to make this stop on our journey through boston.
The starters are about $15 each and main dishes are all over $25.
The desserts are also priced at $15 +.
We got their spiced cake at $18 à slice and it was underwhelming both in flavour and in slice size.
We also got two cappuccinos at around $7 each (they are really small cups) and those were really good.
Although the service was nice, there were a lot of things happening around us that left us feeling slightly awkward.
The table next to us was being served by someone who didn’t speak English so they had to repeat themselves 5 times (no exaggeration) and after 5 times the server went to get a colleague because she didn’t know how to work the ordering system.
The coffee is very small and quaint but loses its personality when all you hear is shouting in Spanish coming from the kitchen, including swearing.
The poor ladies next to us found 2 hairs in their food after waiting for a piece of quiche for 20 minutes and the table next to them got their order completely wrong, mind you this is a small seating area with about 10 tables (if that) and about 6/7 servers around.
After paying our humble $38 after taxes, included 3% kitchen gratuity and tip we got in the lift to visit the bookstore and that was lovely and organised, staff was really nice and friendly.
Prices are what you’d expect from a small bookish business but things are so cute it’s almost impossible not to want it all.
We ended up not seeing the remaining floors and left through the second floor because it was extremely chaotic which was expected since it was pouring down.
Overall I would definitely come back to browse some goodies and books at the bookstore but the cafe is a hard pass. There are amazing independent coffee shops in the Boston área and if you take something from this review is that sometimes being a bucket list place does not make up for the money, time and stress put into it.
Let me start this review by saying that I believe that during the dry autumn/winter months, a visit to this place must be so much better and less chaotic than the rainy day we got.
We got there at 10:40 for some cake and coffee on our way to Quincy market and we were met by a 5 minute standing line to get to the front where we were told we had to wait for the shift of “service” from breakfast to lunch at 11am. There is nowhere to stand or sit to wait for a table so we just stayed in the rain until we were called at 11:05am.
A big (HUGE) mistake was not checking the menu beforehand because we knew how much we wanted to make this stop on our journey through boston.
The starters are about $15 each and main dishes are all over $25.
The desserts are also priced at $15 +.
We got their spiced cake at $18 à slice and it was underwhelming both in flavour and in slice size.
We also got two cappuccinos at around $7 each (they are really small cups) and those were really good.
Although the service was nice, there were a lot of things happening around us that left us feeling slightly awkward.
The table next to us was being served by someone who didn’t speak English so they had to repeat themselves 5 times (no exaggeration) and after 5 times the server went to get a colleague because she didn’t know how to work the ordering system.
The coffee is very small and quaint but loses its personality when all you hear is shouting in Spanish coming from the kitchen, including swearing.
The poor ladies next to us found 2 hairs in their food after waiting for a piece of quiche for 20 minutes and the table next to them got their order completely wrong, mind you this is a small seating area with about 10 tables (if that) and about 6/7 servers around.
After paying our humble $38 after taxes, included 3% kitchen gratuity and tip we got in the lift to visit the bookstore and that was lovely and organised, staff was really nice and friendly.
Prices are what you’d expect from a small bookish business but things are so cute it’s almost impossible not to want it all.
We ended up not seeing the remaining floors and left through the second floor because it was extremely chaotic which was expected since it was pouring down.
Overall I would definitely come back to browse some goodies and books at the bookstore but the cafe is a hard pass. There are amazing independent coffee shops in the Boston área and if you take something from this review is that sometimes being a bucket list place does not make up for the money, time and stress put into it.
翻译：2 ⭐️ 比肯山上一家超可爱的书店兼咖啡馆。🤎
在开始评测之前，我想说：在干燥的秋冬季里，来这里游玩的体验肯定会比我们遇到的雨天要好得多，也不会这么混乱。
我们10点40分到达那里，打算在去昆西市场的路上吃点蛋糕、喝杯咖啡。结果看到前面排着一条队伍，我们排了5分钟左右才走到前面，这时才得知必须等到上午11点，店里的服务才能从早餐时段转换到午餐时段。根本没有可以站着或坐着等候空桌的地方，所以我们只能站在雨中，直到上午11点05分才被叫到。
没事先查看菜单真是个大错特错的决定，因为我们原本就十分期待能在波士顿之旅中光顾这家店。
前菜每份约15美元，主菜则全部在25美元以上。甜点的价格也在15美元上下。我们点了每份18美元的香料蛋糕，但无论是口味还是分量都让人大失所望。我们还点了两杯卡布奇诺，每杯大约7美元（杯子真的很小），味道相当不错。
虽然服务态度不错，但周围发生了很多事情，让我们略显尴尬。
我们旁边的桌子由一名不会说英语的服务员接待，于是客人不得不再三重复自己的需求——足足重复了5次（绝无夸张）。重复5次之后，那位服务员还是去叫同事过来，因为她不会操作点餐系统。这家咖啡馆虽小却别有一番风情，可当厨房里不断传出夹杂着脏话的西班牙语叫喊声时，它的独特魅力便荡然无存了。
我们旁边的几位女士等了20分钟才拿到乳蛋饼，结果在食物里发现了两根头发；而她们隔壁桌的订单则完全弄错了。需要说明的是，这家店的用餐区很小，也就10张左右的桌子，却有6到7名服务员在服务。
付完税后的38美元后……费用中已包含3%的厨房服务费与小费。我们乘电梯前往书店，整个过程井然有序，工作人员也非常友善热情。
价格符合一家小型书店的定位，不过店里的商品实在太可爱了，让人几乎忍不住想全部买下。
最后我们没能参观完其余楼层，由于二楼人潮拥挤、混乱不堪，我们便直接从那里离开了——下着大雨时出现这种情况也在意料之中。总体来说，我肯定会再来这家书店逛逛，挑选些心仪的商品和书籍，但咖啡馆我绝对不会再去了。波士顿地区有很多很棒的独立咖啡店。从这次体验中，我能得出的结论是：有时候，即便某个地方被列入了“必去清单”，它也未必值得你为此花费金钱、时间和精力。
在开始评测之前，我想说：在干燥的秋冬季里，来这里游玩的体验肯定会比我们遇到的雨天要好得多，也不会这么混乱。
我们10点40分到达那里，打算在去昆西市场的路上吃点蛋糕、喝杯咖啡。结果看到前面排着一条队伍，我们排了5分钟左右才走到前面，这时才得知必须等到上午11点，店里的服务才能从早餐时段转换到午餐时段。根本没有可以站着或坐着等候空桌的地方，所以我们只能站在雨中，直到上午11点05分才被叫到。
没事先查看菜单真是个大错特错的决定，因为我们原本就十分期待能在波士顿之旅中光顾这家店。
前菜每份约15美元，主菜则全部在25美元以上。甜点的价格也在15美元上下。我们点了每份18美元的香料蛋糕，但无论是口味还是分量都让人大失所望。我们还点了两杯卡布奇诺，每杯大约7美元（杯子真的很小），味道相当不错。
虽然服务态度不错，但周围发生了很多事情，让我们略显尴尬。
我们旁边的桌子由一名不会说英语的服务员接待，于是客人不得不再三重复自己的需求——足足重复了5次（绝无夸张）。重复5次之后，那位服务员还是去叫同事过来，因为她不会操作点餐系统。这家咖啡馆虽小却别有一番风情，可当厨房里不断传出夹杂着脏话的西班牙语叫喊声时，它的独特魅力便荡然无存了。
我们旁边的几位女士等了20分钟才拿到乳蛋饼，结果在食物里发现了两根头发；而她们隔壁桌的订单则完全弄错了。需要说明的是，这家店的用餐区很小，也就10张左右的桌子，却有6到7名服务员在服务。
付完税后的38美元后……费用中已包含3%的厨房服务费与小费。我们乘电梯前往书店，整个过程井然有序，工作人员也非常友善热情。
价格符合一家小型书店的定位，不过店里的商品实在太可爱了，让人几乎忍不住想全部买下。
最后我们没能参观完其余楼层，由于二楼人潮拥挤、混乱不堪，我们便直接从那里离开了——下着大雨时出现这种情况也在意料之中。总体来说，我肯定会再来这家书店逛逛，挑选些心仪的商品和书籍，但咖啡馆我绝对不会再去了。波士顿地区有很多很棒的独立咖啡店。从这次体验中，我能得出的结论是：有时候，即便某个地方被列入了“必去清单”，它也未必值得你为此花费金钱、时间和精力。
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