Take-out: Yes Accepts Credit Cards: Yes Bike Parking: Yes Good for Working: Yes
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$ Price range Inexpensive
3 reviews
Felipe Stehle
For some weird reason, the area between 14th and 7th street on first avenue is almost devoid of anything resembling a Starbucks or comfortable cafe that you can sit in and chill out with a nice drink, so after some running around on a hot day I needed some a/c and an iced coffee. Fortunately I ran across this DD on first avenue before I went mad.
I'm sort of surprised I like this place so much. It's rather tiny with only three tables and six seats. It's more of a hallway than a cafe, but it's almost never crowded and the place is really nice and clean. I've been to DD's with flies buzzing around but this place was spotless. The service is quick and friendly as well. What prompted me to write this review was how the staff interacted with each other while servicing their customers. The two workers were super friendly with each other (I believe one of them was the manager) and they were joking around a lot, but whenever customers showed up, they snapped to attention and got down to work. It was very good to see.
So if you're looking for a clean, comfortable spot to take a load off for a bit and you need coffee, ice cream or donuts to do it – drop by this place to chill.
I was sad when Riese replaced all of their Midtown DD with Tim Horton's. But the sadness was contained because I have this DD near my place and the Midtown DD near my office always made my coffee too sweet. I come here for the French Vanilla with bagel or donut whenever I have to commute outside of Manhattan via rental car for work at the crack of dawn… or on weekends when I'm not quite in the mood for Mud or Ninth St Espresso.
On an interesting note, I was once pushed by an old lady during a weekend visit. The space is quite narrow with tables and she chose to sit at the table right behind the register even though the other tables were empty. She decided I was in her way and shoved me! I was flabbergasted.
get your mind outta the gutter yo–not those type of double deez. nuts rights! this is your typical Dunkin Donuts establishment that serves coffee, food, DD brand merch, and has the sister co. Baskin Robbins ice cream display next to the doughnut set up.
looks are deceiving bc this Dunkin Donuts space is fairly narrow, but it looks larger from the outside. there are two entrances one on 6th street. & another on 1st avenue that has wheelchair accessibility ramp. single file store, so it can be a tight squeeze in the morning or afternoon coffee rushes. my advice to you: hit this place only during off hours.
the food and drink offerings are pretty standard at the DD location. variety of doughnuts from crullers to the knockoff cronut to munchkins. once the doughnuts are done, that's it for the day. crullers go fast at this location, but the cronut knockoffs not so much. munchkin varieties are slim. there are the typical breakfast-y/hot sandwich offerings. always check the DD app for deals on food and coffee as you can earn Dunkin Donuts reward points and earn free cups of coffee. of course, you need to load cash into the app. the app works way faster than cash/debit/credit card in terms of paying.
coffee is brewed fresh. they do have a heavy on sugar, so be aware. and of course they have all the flavored syrups. they offer coolatas, hot chocolate, and all those dessert-y drinks. they do offer the Dunkin Donut iced teas. however the green tea option is often out, but the black iced tea if typically available.
i never really see anyone partake of the Baskin Robbins. yeah i know it's winter (time of this review), but even in the summer…people don't come here for ice cream. i think BR ice cream ain't so great to begin with…wish they'd get rid of the ice cream and open up more space for coffee and seats. they have a freezer with those pre-made Baskin Robbins ice cream cakes for birthday/office/etc. celebrations. however i think BR ice cream cakes are on par with most supermarket offerings.
speaking of space…there are two tiny two person tables for sit-n-drink. but meh, it's not that kind of coffee place.
the staff is quick n attentive, but this place can get slow bc of the way the place is laid out. again, i'd avoid during morning and afternoon rushes.
For some weird reason, the area between 14th and 7th street on first avenue is almost devoid of anything resembling a Starbucks or comfortable cafe that you can sit in and chill out with a nice drink, so after some running around on a hot day I needed some a/c and an iced coffee. Fortunately I ran across this DD on first avenue before I went mad.
I'm sort of surprised I like this place so much. It's rather tiny with only three tables and six seats. It's more of a hallway than a cafe, but it's almost never crowded and the place is really nice and clean. I've been to DD's with flies buzzing around but this place was spotless. The service is quick and friendly as well. What prompted me to write this review was how the staff interacted with each other while servicing their customers. The two workers were super friendly with each other (I believe one of them was the manager) and they were joking around a lot, but whenever customers showed up, they snapped to attention and got down to work. It was very good to see.
So if you're looking for a clean, comfortable spot to take a load off for a bit and you need coffee, ice cream or donuts to do it – drop by this place to chill.
I was sad when Riese replaced all of their Midtown DD with Tim Horton's. But the sadness was contained because I have this DD near my place and the Midtown DD near my office always made my coffee too sweet. I come here for the French Vanilla with bagel or donut whenever I have to commute outside of Manhattan via rental car for work at the crack of dawn… or on weekends when I'm not quite in the mood for Mud or Ninth St Espresso.
On an interesting note, I was once pushed by an old lady during a weekend visit. The space is quite narrow with tables and she chose to sit at the table right behind the register even though the other tables were empty. She decided I was in her way and shoved me! I was flabbergasted.
Double Ds please, FTW!
get your mind outta the gutter yo–not those type of double deez. nuts rights! this is your typical Dunkin Donuts establishment that serves coffee, food, DD brand merch, and has the sister co. Baskin Robbins ice cream display next to the doughnut set up.
looks are deceiving bc this Dunkin Donuts space is fairly narrow, but it looks larger from the outside. there are two entrances one on 6th street. & another on 1st avenue that has wheelchair accessibility ramp. single file store, so it can be a tight squeeze in the morning or afternoon coffee rushes. my advice to you: hit this place only during off hours.
the food and drink offerings are pretty standard at the DD location. variety of doughnuts from crullers to the knockoff cronut to munchkins. once the doughnuts are done, that's it for the day. crullers go fast at this location, but the cronut knockoffs not so much. munchkin varieties are slim. there are the typical breakfast-y/hot sandwich offerings. always check the DD app for deals on food and coffee as you can earn Dunkin Donuts reward points and earn free cups of coffee. of course, you need to load cash into the app. the app works way faster than cash/debit/credit card in terms of paying.
coffee is brewed fresh. they do have a heavy on sugar, so be aware. and of course they have all the flavored syrups. they offer coolatas, hot chocolate, and all those dessert-y drinks. they do offer the Dunkin Donut iced teas. however the green tea option is often out, but the black iced tea if typically available.
i never really see anyone partake of the Baskin Robbins. yeah i know it's winter (time of this review), but even in the summer…people don't come here for ice cream. i think BR ice cream ain't so great to begin with…wish they'd get rid of the ice cream and open up more space for coffee and seats. they have a freezer with those pre-made Baskin Robbins ice cream cakes for birthday/office/etc. celebrations. however i think BR ice cream cakes are on par with most supermarket offerings.
speaking of space…there are two tiny two person tables for sit-n-drink. but meh, it's not that kind of coffee place.
the staff is quick n attentive, but this place can get slow bc of the way the place is laid out. again, i'd avoid during morning and afternoon rushes.
brightly lit location and relatively clean.
dropz mic, so i can cruller n coffee with ease.
i out!