DAGNY Astoria

Luis Burgos

I visited a charming cafe that offered a cozy ambiance, perfect for working, reading, or sketching. Their coffee and breakfast options were top-notch. I’m planning to return to experience their evening vibe, where they host live jazz performances and movie nights, all while sipping on a cocktail.

Joey M

Sleek and modern lounge-esque cafe with big tables. Would definitely be convenient for working remotely. I got an oat latte and vanilla donut which were nice and standard. My friend got the grilled cheese which she said liked too. The baristas were friendly and the service was fine too. I plan to stop by for one of their jazz nights at some point!

gyague sonam

The cozy ambiance, comfortable seating, and friendly staff indeed make it a great place to spend time with friends and family. The clean washrooms are an added plus. Overall, it sounds like a delightful spot for both work and socializing.

sienna diaz

Cozy, warm and welcoming ambiance. Staff is friendly and helpful. My go to is an iced matcha. I also really enjoyed their breakfast burrito. For dinner I recently tried their salmon & it was delicious. Def recommend!

Sokol Molla

Best coffee shop in Astoria by far. Coffee and food was amazing. A huge space amazingly decorated. The ambiance/vibe was very welcoming and made you not wanting to leave. The amazing view of the city is magnificent as well. A must visit. They also serve lunch and drinks which we haven’t tried yet.

Suraj Patel

Best Cafe in New York City. The friendliness of the staff is unparalleled and the customer service is top tier. The barista Andy is always greeting me with a smile on his face and making sure we have the best experience. Having this experience has made me a near every day regular, whether it’s to get my morning chai or just strike some small talk with Andy as he always gets me my usual order. The manager is always also happy greeting customers too and I can tell the place is run with an amazing attitude and quality towards employees and customers alike. Their morning croissants and drinks always provide a cozy wake up and their dinners are phenomenal, especially for the price. I highly recommend to anyone going to try the beef short ribs or the vodka pasta. And definitely don’t forget their special tea-based cocktails!

Gene Antsybor

Its an amazing place , cozy place where you can sit down like in a hotel’s lobby and have your nice morning cappuccino ☕️

Carly Luk

Beautiful new bar, cafe, and lounge space with amazing views of the waterfront! There's even a small market with packaged foods. This is a great place for any outing, whether it be grabbing a drink or a meal with friends, quietly getting some work done with coffee, or holding a work meeting in their conference room. The green tea margarita ($15) is absolutely a must-try. So delicious, perfectly sweet, and deceptively strong! All of the dishes were amazing as well. The super grain bowl ($15) was packed with texture. The cavatelli ($18) was fresh and cooked perfectly. The braised beef short ribs ($24) were my favorite, SO tender that the meat fell apart, and the sauce was perfect on the mashed potatoes!

johanna bankston

Really great coffee shop with a lot of food and pastry options. The staff is really nice and they make top-notch espresso drinks. Special shout-out to Andy, who made the beautiful latte art featured below, and who has a knack for making clients feel like part of a community at DAGNY.

Aratrika Debnath

A wonderful cafe/place to work, finally. Witness a view with a coffee, a breakfast burrito and nice gentle music. Plenty of places so that you can be comfortable around other people working as well. Parking is an issue, but not a big one as compared to other parts of the city.

This spot delivered great food on my first visit. The staff support here exceeds all my previous dining experiences. This place creates a contemporary scene. Their cooking combines great flavor and freshness. Our party wants to explore more of the menu.

My curiosity about this place was completely satisfied. Their food has character and depth. The kitchen delivers consistency, the design delivers comfort and the staff delivers attention. The person who took our order had great energy and helped us understand the menu options. This restaurant should maintain its standards.

Stewart Manson

My curiosity about this place was completely satisfied. Their food has character and depth. The kitchen delivers consistency, the design delivers comfort and the staff delivers attention. The person who took our order had great energy and helped us understand the menu options. This restaurant should maintain its standards.

Jude Jhons

This spot delivered great food on my first visit. The staff support here exceeds all my previous dining experiences. This place creates a contemporary scene. Their cooking combines great flavor and freshness. Our party wants to explore more of the menu.

A very beautiful space with cozy sofas, interior and light. The food wasn’t something crazy about: we took potatoes, parsnip soup, and tiramisu latte, they were okay. The place by itself was a little bit dirty on the floor, and some details, as a server that didn’t know that tiramisu includes alcohol in a recipe, and the fact that the same coffee was served in different cups, brought a feeling of mess, however I want to come back for lazy mornings atmosphere. We parked right near the main entrance, however it’s under construction zone now.

Yuliia S

A very beautiful space with cozy sofas, interior and light. The food wasn’t something crazy about: we took potatoes, parsnip soup, and tiramisu latte, they were okay. The place by itself was a little bit dirty on the floor, and some details, as a server that didn’t know that tiramisu includes alcohol in a recipe, and the fact that the same coffee was served in different cups, brought a feeling of mess, however I want to come back for lazy mornings atmosphere. We parked right near the main entrance, however it’s under construction zone now.

I really want to love, support, and patronize this place, but they make it so hard! Let's start with the good. The space is very clean, organized, comfortably furnished, and generally elegant. There are few spaces like it in Astoria. Most other cafes and restaurants around here are small and crowded. The menu is elevated comfort and diner food. The food is consistently good, and there's something for everyone. It's a good spot for brunch, or lunch, or a very early dinner, because they close pretty early, like 5-7, that seems to change often. Now the bad. Every time I have been there, the music is excessively loud, converting an elegant space into a hostile atmosphere. And every time I have asked the waiter or manager to please consider turning it down, especially when there are few other customers, they have deflected in one way or another. One time, a very friendly waiter said it was unfortunately not up to them, and she profusely apologized that the manager would not turn it down. Another time, a male server behind the counter said he would turn it down, but then he did not. My friends and I could not enjoy our conversation over there, the music was so overbearing, so we went back home to hang out. So long story short, 1) great space and 2) solid menu, but 3) excessively loud music creating a hostile atmosphere :-(

Food is definitely overpriced for what you’re getting. Side salad is just a box of spinach. nothing else. coffee is okay!! syrups taste a little artificial. vegetarian/vegan options could use some help. other than the menu, staff is great! Super kind and nice experience with them.

The vibes are definitely off in this place. The more recent reviews describing the rude behavior of the staff are accurate. There are separate areas and ordering systems for eating and drinking coffee which is confusing, and they seem angry if you just want to order a coffee? The whole place just felt a bit hostile which is a shame because it looked so cozy online. The coffee itself was mostly lukewarm milk. Had high hopes this could become a regular spot for me, but will not be returning.

Caitlin C.

The vibes are definitely off in this place. The more recent reviews describing the rude behavior of the staff are accurate. There are separate areas and ordering systems for eating and drinking coffee which is confusing, and they seem angry if you just want to order a coffee? The whole place just felt a bit hostile which is a shame because it looked so cozy online. The coffee itself was mostly lukewarm milk. Had high hopes this could become a regular spot for me, but will not be returning.

Ana V (ana)

Food is definitely overpriced for what you’re getting. Side salad is just a box of spinach. nothing else. coffee is okay!! syrups taste a little artificial. vegetarian/vegan options could use some help. other than the menu, staff is great! Super kind and nice experience with them.

Dylan Hummer

I really want to love, support, and patronize this place, but they make it so hard! Let's start with the good. The space is very clean, organized, comfortably furnished, and generally elegant. There are few spaces like it in Astoria. Most other cafes and restaurants around here are small and crowded. The menu is elevated comfort and diner food. The food is consistently good, and there's something for everyone. It's a good spot for brunch, or lunch, or a very early dinner, because they close pretty early, like 5-7, that seems to change often. Now the bad. Every time I have been there, the music is excessively loud, converting an elegant space into a hostile atmosphere. And every time I have asked the waiter or manager to please consider turning it down, especially when there are few other customers, they have deflected in one way or another. One time, a very friendly waiter said it was unfortunately not up to them, and she profusely apologized that the manager would not turn it down. Another time, a male server behind the counter said he would turn it down, but then he did not. My friends and I could not enjoy our conversation over there, the music was so overbearing, so we went back home to hang out. So long story short, 1) great space and 2) solid menu, but 3) excessively loud music creating a hostile atmosphere :-(

My boyfriend ordered an iced mocha and they forgot to put espresso in it. You can see in the picture that the color is lighter than normal. He also asked for extra chocolate but she didnt really put much. The barista looked very busy to accommodate the incoming orders coming in. We usually come in often but the drinks being made have been inconsistent. Paid 8$ for a chocolate milk.

Tried it out of curiosity since I saw the lobby was relatively full so I had some expectations but I was greatly disappointed. I got the matcha latte and the everything bagel croissant. There two baristas, and no one was in line. They were fast but what the point if the "toasted" croissant not even room temperature warm, filling of it wasn't bad just not my taste. The latte was just tasted like milk in all honesty, asked to add some syrup to my order but they forgot to do so it was basically cold milk :/ Spend

The coffee is solid and the staff are super friendly but otherwise this place sucks. Half the time I have tried to go when they're listed as being open, I'm greeted to a closed restaurant yet again. The food is overpriced and not good whatsoever. If you're looking for a place to avoid, this is definitely it.

Updating my 5 star rating from 3 years ago to 2 stars. This place is truly fumbling itself into the ground and is completely oblivious to what the demographic of their customer is: people looking for a nice space to get some work done solo or in small groups. They seem resentful of this demographic. Everyone here is with their laptop looking to work, study, or connect with 1-3 other people with coffee and pastries. Yet, they are blasting reggaeton and tiktok songs with free Spotify ads at *truly* incredible volumes throughout the place – they can see everyone is using noise-cancelling headphones to try to get work done (and it still isn’t enough to block the noise). They close at 3pm on weekdays and 5pm on weekends for some reason, forgoing many primetime hours for their young working demographic with a dearth of “third spaces” in the area, but serve wine & beer? And there are not nearly enough outlets for all of the people on their devices. They are charging $18 for a small omelette with spinach and tomato. You pay $9 to wait 15-20 minutes for a single employee to make a pretty bad coffee for you along with the 7 other people on line. They used to ask if you were staying and give you mugs; they used to have more food and quality drinks in the to-go area – now it’s just sodas and beers and the food is often empty. And the pastry quality/selection is so bad. They completely removed the back glass-enclosed room for public use, and roped off more than half of the back area as “dining only” (the only area that has any backs to any of the chairs). And they’re all empty/unenforced anyway. The manager will pressure you to try ordering something from the menu (the kitchen stops serving at 3pm and the places closes at 5pm, but the place is still mostly “dining only” from 3pm to 5pm. It makes no sense.), but will make sure to let every single table know at 3:45pm that the place closes at 5pm and try to take a cup you are actively drinking from. It used to be a great “third place” I would recommend to everyone. Now, it reminds me of a chain hotel lobby. The place doesn’t know if it wants to be a café, a bar, a restaurant, or a venue, and it is doing all of them badly. I truly loved this place so much, and it is a shell of the potential it once had. [Entirely my own opinion: just abandon the entrée food entirely. Lean more into café and bar as the only other major option nearby is Chateau Le Woof and that is a very distinct niche/demographic. Turn down (or off) the music. Add extension cords. Make it so you can order with a table number with a QR code directly from the table instead of the confusing system currently in place. Maybe experiment with a ‘day/evening pass’ if you cannot be profitable with that alone and you don’t want people using the space without larger purchases – Astorians are desperate for the type of place you have the potential to be with some thought & care.]

Jason Ziegler

The coffee is solid and the staff are super friendly but otherwise this place sucks. Half the time I have tried to go when they're listed as being open, I'm greeted to a closed restaurant yet again. The food is overpriced and not good whatsoever. If you're looking for a place to avoid, this is definitely it.

BD

Tried it out of curiosity since I saw the lobby was relatively full so I had some expectations but I was greatly disappointed. I got the matcha latte and the everything bagel croissant. There two baristas, and no one was in line. They were fast but what the point if the "toasted" croissant not even room temperature warm, filling of it wasn't bad just not my taste. The latte was just tasted like milk in all honesty, asked to add some syrup to my order but they forgot to do so it was basically cold milk :/ Spend

Let's get into it. We sat down and ordered our matchas and hot coco. About 10 minutes later we order apps and mains. When the "For The Table" apps come, they do not give sharing plates(pictured). This is also for crispy bread and burrata, crumbs and cheese obviously spilling from my bites, so I had to use my napkin as a plate. About halfway through the apps I get my hot cocoa but we are still waiting on 3 matchas. Then our food comes out at various different times, I would like about 10 minutes between the time the first person got their plate and the last(pictured). By the time the first person finished their big breakfast, one my friends goes up to the coffee counter to get our drinks because there is only ONE WAITRESS in the whole place for Sunday brunch. Turns out they made the wrong ones. By the time the matchas got the table, the mains were finished(pictured). We finished our drinks, paid , and left. They comped one matcha, how kind

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Let's get into it. We sat down and ordered our matchas and hot coco. About 10 minutes later we order apps and mains. When the "For The Table" apps come, they do not give sharing plates(pictured). This is also for crispy bread and burrata, crumbs and cheese obviously spilling from my bites, so I had to use my napkin as a plate. About halfway through the apps I get my hot cocoa but we are still waiting on 3 matchas. Then our food comes out at various different times, I would like about 10 minutes between the time the first person got their plate and the last(pictured). By the time the first person finished their big breakfast, one my friends goes up to the coffee counter to get our drinks because there is only ONE WAITRESS in the whole place for Sunday brunch. Turns out they made the wrong ones. By the time the matchas got the table, the mains were finished(pictured). We finished our drinks, paid , and left. They comped one matcha, how kind