Hobbs

Hobbs is a neat café, and on the bigger side. I found this place on my recent summer café obsession where my wife and I have been searching for a new place for coffee every week to two weeks. We have been pleasantly surprised to find a great variety and way more than we thought after moving here from Philly several years ago, and Hobbs certainly doesn't disappoint. While I will say that their espresso is not the absolute best I have had in Delco, their drinks are top notch, and are brewed to perfection; shots pulled perfectly and crafted exactly as asked. I have had a cappuccino on each occasion here, and while each barista has their own very slight variation on the classic drink, it is delicious every single time, regardless of who is steaming the milk. What I have found to be even more of a draw is the people who work here and their commitment to great service, as well as their ability to remember who comes in, even if it's only been once or twice, as after only a single visit, we were remembered weeks later by those behind the counter. Not a small feat when you have hundreds of patrons daily. However, despite the coffee, the service, the fact that it's on a corner in cute little Swarthmore, I have to talk about the soup! First, let me say that I am a soup freak. Like insane for soup. I would eat soup for every meal of every day, regardless of season, and be completely content....no....extremely happy for the rest of my life. Hobbs has soup. Good freakin' soup. They have soup for breakfast, even. Which is fine with me. What's more, is that it is completely obvious that their soup is homemade on-premises, and someone who works there loves soup just as much as I do, and is pouring their heart and soul into the pots of soup like Beethoven did to his original 11 symphonies, or with the emotion felt from the paintings towards the end of Van Gogh's career. These are masterpieces of chopped vegetables, stewed with broth from scratch........and they rotate so frequently I cannot keep up. It is hopeless for me to even try, despite the fact that I want to try every single soup one, because I don't live next door. Otherwise I would be in here every day to check on the soup for the day and.get it piping hot. One day soon, I will find out who their soup maestro is and give them their due credit. Until I do, you should come here and taste for yourself. It's never too early for soup season to start, even if it's in the middle of summer.

Love Hobbs! Their latte consistently tastes great. Additionally their breakfast sandwiches are made to order and are just what you need to start off the morning right. Good vibes, good service and nice place to sit, chat, do work or just do take out.

Order an avocado toast and all they did was mashed avocado on a bread and gave it to me. Egg and cheese sandwich was salty and coffee was ok, I had coffee better at a gas station. Not sure how this place got 4 stars.

Traveling through the area and stopped here for breakfast. The cold brew was excellent, the sausage, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwich was delicious, and the team was very friendly! Would definitely come back if I was in town again!!

Definitely a good option in Swarthmore town. The mocha was delicious. The breakfast sandwiches (pork rolls) were tasty but not spectacular. The breakfast burrito was probably the best part. The staff was very nice. There's parking in town but very limited on the weekend due to the farmers market. I'm posting a picture of the current menu because I couldn't find it anywhere online.Just amending my review as I've been there a few times... the above still holds true but I took away one star because the last three times we've gone, the breakfast sandwiches and burritos have been burned. Not tasty char but actually a bit burned. Still edible but seems like something easy to fix.

Tough to go less than a full throated rating. After all, it's a coffee shop with good coffee, cute menu and space to sit, all in proximity to the train to Philly and adjacent to a top university in the US.

The service is excellent, and pre-pandemic, they had a great amount of quality options. Present-pandemic, there are not so many great options, but their food is quality.I tried their local kind of "news" of hard to order Divine's pizza as you order it through Instagram or a different phone number, but you pick it up at Hobbs itself. It's a nice pizza, but I still like Rize better for something more local. I was glad to try it once and support a local business though.

SO GOOD BAGEL YUUUMYUUUM. seriously one of the best bagels i've ever had in my life. vibe very cozy coffee shop. love it

Service could be faster but it's probably a function of the small cute town vibe. Breakfast sandwiches are great.

we love the location. we've been coming here a long time. as a a suggestion, the shop could use a little splash of style, and bring back the lithographs and stickers that you used to sell for local artists. also, our coffee/chai was cold the last two times we visited.