Review - Odd Fellows Cafe

1201 Spruce St
484.897.0633
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M - W: 7am - 10pm, Th - Su: 7am - 11pm

From the owners of Spruce Street Espresso, Odd Fellows is an odd cafe. Like Gold Standard in West Philly, it's a combination of cafe and casual dine-in restaurant. I want so much to like Odd Fellows for what it is, but I can't.

If it were a dine-in restaurant, it would be great. If it were a cafe, it would be great. But it fails at trying to be both. There's nowhere to sit if you just want to drink a cuppa and read a book. Unlike Gold Standard which clearly separates the cafe from the dining room, Odd Fellows has just one open space. I found it confusing.

It could have been that I went on a off-day. It was a weekday evening and the weather forecast called for heavy rain. I entered only to discover I was the only customer there. A friend was meeting me, so I ordered an iced tea. I've been on a rooibos kick lately and theirs hit the spot. But still, I felt uncomfortable. The service was great, but the hour or so that I was there, no one else came in. I noticed two or three single patrons sitting outside, but that was it. Just two or three odd fellows. The cafe certainly lives up to its name.

Coffee: 3 beans
Atmosphere: 2 beans