Great food. Full menu with varied choices. Unique ingredients that come together to form combos that work. Turkey and cheddar quirks well with slaw and slices of apple. Noise level can be a bit intense when eating in, but we'll worth it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dymon Diggs
Such a lovely location! Beautiful place to get your work done, food is wonderful, and drinks are made with care!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
K S
Excellent stop for lunch and snacks! It was slammed when I was there but the line moved quickly. Very loud and not great for working if it’s busy but when it’s quieter I did see people on their laptops.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bakery
Elizabeth A.
I was introduced to Malvern Buttery early start of winter 2021. Ever since then I’ve loved them. I moved an hour away from this place and I would still make the drive. I’ll look forward to their pastries so much. Now with the new renovation they have a rule of no screens 8am-2pm on the dining tables. I understand from a businesses perspective you want more people to come in, eat, sit, leave instead of a laptop user just ordering once or twice and staying. But it’s unfortunate because some of us put so much time and effort to get to your business and then we can’t do what we had to do in the first place. It left me disappointed today and I realized all the time, effort and gas I put to get there wasn’t worth it. I can’t work at the “coffee bar”. It’s crammed, where else is one supposed to put their bag, what they bought, jacket? Also, your pastries have gone down hill as well. I found a hair in my cake slice ($10). Ordered an everything bagel- very hard and salty. It seems that your guys are very successful and maybe this review won’t do anything to you but I wanted to share my opinion. I hope you can fix your screen rule, less salt on the everything bagel and please… better coffee.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
David Chuang
When a pastry/coffee shop starts to do business, it stops doing their pastries. Then it loses its businesses.
Having loved this place for years, telling all my friends how good this place is and urging them to come, although it had only three square tables and a few window seats, at least I respected the old Malvern Buttery - they seemed to care about their pastries. The customers waited for a long time without seats, at least the customers were equally ignored - none was labeled.
Suddenly, either you changed your owner or your owner became ambitious - renovation, new menu and a whole lot more customers. New store opened in Ardmore. One is being prepared in Bryn Mawr. Nice, isn’t it?
Now things become interesting. Your new business move is to label your customers. As a loyal “laptop” customer, I am not welcomed anymore. Oh, “it’s just from 8am to 2pm”. You are pretending that you care about one group while casting out the other. What a beautiful business move. Ah, “back end of the coffee bar” - you mean the 3-4 seats at the doors of the restrooms?it makes me think of the old days when black passengers were only allowed at the back of a bus.
One day I was sitting at the big table, new customers came and squeezed in, what a magical moment! People started to talk to each other and I’ve heard strangers having long and meaningful conversations. I was thinking, wow, this is what a local pastry shop should look like - but now, seeing your new policy, I could only laugh at the naive me.
My advice? Mind your pastries. Let the customers figure out their seats. Then you are still the old good 4.8/5.0 Malvern Buttery not the new fancy Buttery - Malvern.
Don’t be so stupid to group your customers and treat them differently. Laptop users do buy food. Besides discrimination, there are many more better ways such as imposing a universal two-hour time limit for each order - if customers want to stay longer? They order more.
PS: one more thing I hated post-renovation is that you stopped making the coffee chocolate scone.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 2
Evelyn Omana
Sorry but I didn’t even get to order. I’ve never been there before and didn’t know how the ordering worked. I went through the pastry line and everyone was at the register so I thought you order at the register. Went to the register and once they were done taking the orders from the people in front of me they moved away to the pastry line without even asking if I needed help. I asked how to order and by that time I’ve been in front of the register waiting to order for a good 3 minutes so when they told me I had to go through the line AGAIN (now full of people) I just walked out. I went through the line and was just waiting for someone available to help but they saw me and walked away. I did ask but I’m not going through the line full of people again at that point. Everyone had to order at the register, so I wasn’t sure why they couldn’t just take my order, I wasn’t even jumping the line. The pastries looked yummy though.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 1
akshay jain
Never disappoints. Best bread, pastries, and coffee.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Meredith Tuohey
Employee's Re great. Everything is fresh!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amanda S
Wow wow wow!!! I stumbled upon this place on my way to the turnpike and I can't wait to go back. The caramelized croissant deserves an award! Wonderful pastries, great atmosphere and lovely customer service! 10/10
C. Park
Kicks out laptop users without prior notice online. I drove half an hour to go here, and after waiting 15 minutes in line to get my morning coffee and pastry, they essentially kicked any laptop users out of their restaurant. They expected me to sit in 40 degree weather outside to use my computer. Felt incredibly unwelcome and don’t intend on giving them my business again. It’s a shame.
The Buttery in Malvern is a charming café with a cozy atmosphere and excellent food. The coffee is rich and smooth, and the menu features fresh, flavorful dishes perfect for breakfast or brunch. Staff are friendly and attentive, making it a great spot to relax and enjoy a quality meal. A local favorite for good reason!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
R Frey
Very nice coffee and café.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Emmett Gross
Summary of the below: If you haven’t gone GO, Try the amazing new brunch menu, enjoy and savor all of the baked goods/pasteries. BUT can’t recommend the coffee
Malvern Buttery (The Buttery) was the best bakery outside of the city, and now it might be the best breakfast/brunch restaurant. They offer a renewed take on some traditional breakfast and brunch items and I look forward to working my way through the ENTIRE menu. What was once a Sunday morning grab and go is evolving into a first date spot where you can sit down, order made to order food, and enjoy a great meal not just a pastry. Interested to see how this new set up evolves. NOTE: The automatic espresso machine is SO SOOOOOOOO sad. They have a beautiful new coffee bar set up but got rid of their real espresso machine. Perhaps this is just customer’s demand for speed and I’m just a coffee snob, but it’s both aesthetically and tastefully disappointing. But most people probably don’t even care!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jaye V
An overpriced, full of itself place where it’s hard to say which is more mediocre - the service or the food. I had a dry morning bun that was basically tasteless. It took them 3 tries to get my coffee order correct. But the one thing they excel at is being totally full of themselves. Honestly you’d do better at Nudy’s or EJ’s.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 2
Haig C. Didizian
Currently under renovation, so seating was outdoor only and food selection was limited.
Great food. Full menu with varied choices. Unique ingredients that come together to form combos that work. Turkey and cheddar quirks well with slaw and slices of apple.
Noise level can be a bit intense when eating in, but we'll worth it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Such a lovely location! Beautiful place to get your work done, food is wonderful, and drinks are made with care!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent stop for lunch and snacks! It was slammed when I was there but the line moved quickly. Very loud and not great for working if it’s busy but when it’s quieter I did see people on their laptops.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bakery
I was introduced to Malvern Buttery early start of winter 2021. Ever since then I’ve loved them. I moved an hour away from this place and I would still make the drive. I’ll look forward to their pastries so much. Now with the new renovation they have a rule of no screens 8am-2pm on the dining tables. I understand from a businesses perspective you want more people to come in, eat, sit, leave instead of a laptop user just ordering once or twice and staying. But it’s unfortunate because some of us put so much time and effort to get to your business and then we can’t do what we had to do in the first place. It left me disappointed today and I realized all the time, effort and gas I put to get there wasn’t worth it. I can’t work at the “coffee bar”. It’s crammed, where else is one supposed to put their bag, what they bought, jacket? Also, your pastries have gone down hill as well. I found a hair in my cake slice ($10). Ordered an everything bagel- very hard and salty. It seems that your guys are very successful and maybe this review won’t do anything to you but I wanted to share my opinion. I hope you can fix your screen rule, less salt on the everything bagel and please… better coffee.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
When a pastry/coffee shop starts to do business, it stops doing their pastries. Then it loses its businesses.
Having loved this place for years, telling all my friends how good this place is and urging them to come, although it had only three square tables and a few window seats, at least I respected the old Malvern Buttery - they seemed to care about their pastries. The customers waited for a long time without seats, at least the customers were equally ignored - none was labeled.
Suddenly, either you changed your owner or your owner became ambitious - renovation, new menu and a whole lot more customers. New store opened in Ardmore. One is being prepared in Bryn Mawr. Nice, isn’t it?
Now things become interesting. Your new business move is to label your customers. As a loyal “laptop” customer, I am not welcomed anymore. Oh, “it’s just from 8am to 2pm”. You are pretending that you care about one group while casting out the other. What a beautiful business move. Ah, “back end of the coffee bar” - you mean the 3-4 seats at the doors of the restrooms?it makes me think of the old days when black passengers were only allowed at the back of a bus.
One day I was sitting at the big table, new customers came and squeezed in, what a magical moment! People started to talk to each other and I’ve heard strangers having long and meaningful conversations. I was thinking, wow, this is what a local pastry shop should look like - but now, seeing your new policy, I could only laugh at the naive me.
My advice? Mind your pastries. Let the customers figure out their seats. Then you are still the old good 4.8/5.0 Malvern Buttery not the new fancy Buttery - Malvern.
Don’t be so stupid to group your customers and treat them differently. Laptop users do buy food. Besides discrimination, there are many more better ways such as imposing a universal two-hour time limit for each order - if customers want to stay longer? They order more.
PS: one more thing I hated post-renovation is that you stopped making the coffee chocolate scone.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 2
Sorry but I didn’t even get to order. I’ve never been there before and didn’t know how the ordering worked. I went through the pastry line and everyone was at the register so I thought you order at the register. Went to the register and once they were done taking the orders from the people in front of me they moved away to the pastry line without even asking if I needed help. I asked how to order and by that time I’ve been in front of the register waiting to order for a good 3 minutes so when they told me I had to go through the line AGAIN (now full of people) I just walked out. I went through the line and was just waiting for someone available to help but they saw me and walked away. I did ask but I’m not going through the line full of people again at that point. Everyone had to order at the register, so I wasn’t sure why they couldn’t just take my order, I wasn’t even jumping the line. The pastries looked yummy though.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 1
Never disappoints. Best bread, pastries, and coffee.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Employee's Re great. Everything is fresh!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wow wow wow!!! I stumbled upon this place on my way to the turnpike and I can't wait to go back. The caramelized croissant deserves an award! Wonderful pastries, great atmosphere and lovely customer service! 10/10
Kicks out laptop users without prior notice online. I drove half an hour to go here, and after waiting 15 minutes in line to get my morning coffee and pastry, they essentially kicked any laptop users out of their restaurant. They expected me to sit in 40 degree weather outside to use my computer. Felt incredibly unwelcome and don’t intend on giving them my business again. It’s a shame.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
Restaurantji Recommends
The Buttery in Malvern is a charming café with a cozy atmosphere and excellent food. The coffee is rich and smooth, and the menu features fresh, flavorful dishes perfect for breakfast or brunch. Staff are friendly and attentive, making it a great spot to relax and enjoy a quality meal. A local favorite for good reason!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very nice coffee and café.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Summary of the below: If you haven’t gone GO, Try the amazing new brunch menu, enjoy and savor all of the baked goods/pasteries. BUT can’t recommend the coffee
Malvern Buttery (The Buttery) was the best bakery outside of the city, and now it might be the best breakfast/brunch restaurant. They offer a renewed take on some traditional breakfast and brunch items and I look forward to working my way through the ENTIRE menu. What was once a Sunday morning grab and go is evolving into a first date spot where you can sit down, order made to order food, and enjoy a great meal not just a pastry. Interested to see how this new set up evolves. NOTE: The automatic espresso machine is SO SOOOOOOOO sad. They have a beautiful new coffee bar set up but got rid of their real espresso machine. Perhaps this is just customer’s demand for speed and I’m just a coffee snob, but it’s both aesthetically and tastefully disappointing. But most people probably don’t even care!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
An overpriced, full of itself place where it’s hard to say which is more mediocre - the service or the food. I had a dry morning bun that was basically tasteless. It took them 3 tries to get my coffee order correct. But the one thing they excel at is being totally full of themselves. Honestly you’d do better at Nudy’s or EJ’s.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 2
Currently under renovation, so seating was outdoor only and food selection was limited.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 5
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