Alt Eats Cafe

Satisfying atmosphere, especially for northern New Jersey. This cafe is centrally located on Maple Ave, and offers the usual coffee-shop fare of caffeinated drinks, sweet or savory snacks, and salads. It did take quite a while for my coffee to be prepared, but nothing atrocious. I would recommend this spot for a leisurely visit, though to be fair there is very little competition in this segment (well decorated and inviting, modern cafe) in the immediate area. Glad it’s here!

I've tried this place from doordash. I ordered the truffle mac n cheese, the gyro and the chick pea tuna. Starting with the truffle mac n cheese, I was really expecting something wow from the reviews, but honestly it was just okay. The cheese sauce is more like cheese liquid. When you get your box, the bottom seems to be wet with water, but it turns out that its the sauce. Very runny, most of your spoonfuls of macaroni will taste just like plain pasta, but theres a truffle aroma. I'd say it was underwhelming. The gyro was the most surprising dish. At first I didn't know it was the gyro because I expected a wrap of some kind, but instead its just a stiff flat bread with ingredients on it, you had your lettuce and then in each corner there was a thick slice of cucumber and tomato and then 4 triangles of falafel. The thing couldn't really be folded or wrapped cause it would break if you bent it so you kinda had to pick the ingredients out of it. The falafel... wow that was good. It was crispy, flavorful, delicious, but you had to pick it up and eat it like a chip rather than as a whole dish. The sauce that came along with it was certainly not tzatziki sauce. It was.. like a cucumber water. So watery, it tasted like ground up cucumber in some milky liquid, BUT i'll say it didn't taste too bad to dip the falafel in. But overall, for its presentation and the expectation you have, i'd give it a 2. The chick pea tuna was the best of the 3 dishes, tasted good, melded together; quite delicious! Overall, I'd say its an okay place. It's quite pricy for the portion size. Didn't feel that it was worth the cost. I hear a lot of praise for the avocado toast so perhaps those would have been a better experience.

Avocado toast was delicious. Coffee...not so much. Wasn't even hot enough. Also the lady at the counter was new and didn't know few details on the menu. Prices looked a little on the higher side to me as compared to other cafes. The ambience inside the cafe is very nice. Pretty decor. Street parking available. But there's a trash bin right outside and foul smell is noticeable (at least I noticed it when I visited, might not be a concern for others).