Very quick service on a busy Saturday! I got the Challah French toast and espresso milkshake which were both delicious. Love that you ordered from your phone and it was brought right to you.

Gluten free options!! We went a little crazy for our lunch, we were so hungry. I got the chicken walnut apple salad (GF) and my husband got the prosciutto sub (not GF). We shared the sweet potato fries with aioli sauce and it was so delish!! We couldn’t finish the fries, the food was so filling.We of course left room for the gluten free cake. Ok, it’s not really a cake. I would describe it more of a rich chocolate ganache in fudge form, but it was still delicious (and pricey $$).Customer service is meh, but they make it easy to avoid most contact with the servers since the whole ordering process is done on your phone. One tip to the owner - add a way to order a glass of water with your meal on the app, that way you don’t have to send the server back and forth again once your meal comes.

Food 10/10. Fast service in less than 10 mins your order is ready. Love the ambiance and location. Highly recommended!

Very good food and drinks. Great atmosphere!

Great food and good service. The bookshop is really fun to walk around after breakfast

Really fun atmosphere with lots of delicious options for breakfast and brunch. The book selection is great. There’s nothing like sitting down with a new book while having some delicious comfort food!

The food was 7/10. Probably recommend sitting outside because there were bees around when we eat.

Super cool bookstore and cafe. We ate outside and totally didnt realize how big this place was until we wnt inside after lunch. Looks like a great study spot.

I was invited to a restaurant after my nephews wedding. We all went upstairs to the function room. It was catered by the restaurant Trident. Food was good. We had to line up at the tables to grab our food which was served to us at the tables. The food was good was good and plentiful. Something for everyone. Im a vegetarian and was delighted to find lots of veggies and fruit. All in all a good time had by all.

I have had a wide range of experiences from cafes in Boston...After I found trident I thought I found a new home. Good atmosphere, large selection of books, and good food.......At least thats what I thought. After a recent dispute with the missus I went to Trident to enjoy a nice sandwich and book to clear my mind. When I ordered the sandwich I knew it came with mayonnaise specifically Heinz, my favorite. Im a man who can handle his mayo dont get me wrong but this...this was too much mayo. I dont know if they were trying to off load stock and donned me the mayo king of the day but you can definitely say I will be avoiding any mayo sandwiches from Trident. Overall great store would recommend.

Had to order using the QR code which is standard these days but I had trouble getting mine started. Great menu. I had the skin refresher juice of apple, Cucumber, Celery and pineapple. And the breakfast sandwich of egg, bacon and avocado. Yum. Was so lovely being able to peruse some books whilst waiting and after. Cute location, a Hidden Gem I wouldnt have known about had my colleague not brought me. I hope to return one day.

Food good although slightly pricey- ~15/dish. Wifi is strong and they have outlets by the bar. Relaxed music.

Didnt have time to browse the books, but the lunch was amazing. Very fresh and delicious. Freshly squeezed grapefruit juice added another star. And the service was superb.

Great stop to make while shopping. Ordered a smoothie to enjoy while checking out the bookstore. They have a neat section where they set you up on a blind date with a book. They have books all wrapped up and a drawing relevant to the book underneath. I got myself one and love the idea.

Trident gives off the perfect cozy-hipster vibe as a bookstore alone. Add in a cafe where you can sit down and eat some great food and boom - a great synergy.I had the eggs benedict and breakfast burrito there. Both were very tasty. 4/5 for eggs benedict and 4/5 for breakfast burrito. Ambience 5/5 and service incredibly friendly, 5/5It is a bit on the pricier side, but you are getting what you pay for. If you live in the area, a good place to get brunch or even get pickup and eat it at the waterside.

Got the french dip sandwich and beef chili. Both so flavourful. The sandwich was stuffed to the max. The soup warm and filling.

Amazing have been there 3 times in 2 days.

Wonderful breakfast spot. Creative. Oh, and an outstanding bookstore too!

Trident has a huge selection of books across a variety of genres, which made for a lovely shopping experience. I was particularly dazzled by their large SFF and romance sections. The service was super friendly as well. Ill definitely be back the next time Im in Boston.

The service is efficient but the food was just OK for the price

Nice cafe and book store in Newberry street in downtown Boston, friendly staff and excellent service

Trident has always been one of my favorite places on Newbury Street. Great food, books, & atmosphere.

Today was my first time visiting. Absolutely beautiful store with unique and interesting finds. That all came crashing down when I got a pricey, crispy chicken sandwich with Mayo on it. It listed all the ingredients, both in the description and modify menu. Mayo was never listed as an ingredient, so I ordered as is. Very disappointed to see a ton of Mayo on this sandwich. Mayo is a more polarizing ingredient than most people think. I cannot stand it, so I attempted to eat around it. I will be back, but be sure to include Mayo in the description of any item has it.

The food is good but I gave them a 3 for buying into the communist propaganda and perpetuating the COVID fear and government control by requiring masks.

Great place to work, read or meet a friend for a cup of coffee. Great service by using the QR code and doing all the order and payment on my phone.

Love to go to this place, its one of my staples. Who doesnt love getting a meal or coffee in a bookstore? Super fast service as well. Only reason it is a four rather than a five is some things are hit or miss. Id say their lunch is better than the breakfast options Ive had.

Nice place that is a stable on Newbury street. Smoothie was delicious and the staff was attentive and were strict with COVID-19 regulations. Thank you!

Trident is the best place to get a book- with a meal! Serving food around the clock, Trident adds flavor to the bookstore with their dine in experience as well as with their extensive collection of late night events, sale books year-round, and any trinket you can think of. Whether you need a new read, love to compete in awesome trivia, or need a gift- Trident Booksellers is the one stop shop you need to visit.

Came here in three years. Atmosphere was great as always, but the food became a bit mediocre. But the toast and egg benedict are great!

Great place to enjoy a good hearty and healthy breakfast. If youre a book lover like myself you will definitely love the atmosphere and be surrounded by books

This is easy: If you like to see what the rest of the world is thinking and learning, and you like to eat good food - go here if you’re anywhere close by. This has become a regular stop. Good books. Good eats. Good stop.

Such a fun spot. Great, reasonably priced food and great, reasonably priced books. I like to hang out here with friends or on my own. And don’t miss the Skip the Small Talk events held here on a regular basis.

Trident is a bookseller and cafe, in that order. Love that their cafe menu includes an option of ordering a meal and a book, but the book will likely be better than the food. That said, its a unique place and deserves a visit.

Boston classic, great spot to duck into in a rainy afternoon

This place has such a great atmosphere, very knowledgeable staff, adorable gifts, and a range of books. Plus delicious and reasonably priced food at the café!

A lovely place. The folks who work here are so friendly and helpful. I just stopped in for a cup of tea to go but wound up lingering because it was so pleasant. And they have a huge selection of teas, too.

I love visiting Trident Booksellers. There’s always something to buy here. Relax and enjoy the cafe, or find the next book to get lost in. Find a fun puzzle to do, or get a cute and quirky gag gift. It’s a fun place to shop. But the food is also yummy too!

Very average. Best part of this place is it opens early at 8am.It is almost self-service, but that might because of Covid-19.

Great selection and has food! Good place to read/study unbothered when accompanied with a meal.

Trident is a fantastic bookstore and cafe. It’s an excellent spot to grab a quick bite. I highly recommend the sweet potato fries and the pea blossom mimosa. They also serve tea by the pot for all of your reading ambiance needs.

This place is so good! Everywhere else on this street is overpriced and pretentious, whereas this place has a really nice vibe and amazing food. I appreciate it so much as a brunch option whenever I go to downtown Boston area. I got the french toast breakfast sandwich thing and it was so fire! Also it looks like they have some pretty good books.

Ive always enjoyed Trident. Its a cute bookstore and a great place to grab brunch. Even during non-brunch times they have a surprisingly large number of choices stemming between comfort food and smoothies, with all day breakfast available. In general a great place to get items. Their breakfast is slightly expensive but overall all their food is good and Ive enjoyed every meal Ive had there. Ive also enjoyed the books Ive gotten there as an aside.

I have never waited longer than an hour for food. People came in after my party and was served. Although the kitchen was backed up by 30 minutes, we did not receive our food at all after and hour and a half. My guess is that they are also unorganized in the way they bring out food. The table next to us had also been waiting for an hour and was told that there food had been served to another table. Seems like an alright place, though.

Ordering online at the table is ok, but paying for the meal including the tip before eating is not. It was very busy, but service was still slow considering, and we didnt receive our drinks with the meal. I had to go to the counter to ask for them. And not once during our meal did any waitstaff come to the table and ask if we needed anything else.

Amazing coffee and hot chocolate!! ❤️❤️Loved the vibe of the place and the chill staff.

Cannot recommend this place enough!!! Great food and coffee drinks. Contactless ordering. Amazing selection of books and odds and ends. Good prices!

Really good food and cute bookshop. I only took a star off because it was kind of difficult ordering on my phone with the digital menu but I understand its more sanitary during covid.

Great place to grab a bite to eat, Good selection of literary gifts & books & cards and truly the last independent bookstore in the greater Boston area. The entire vibe here is cozy, vibrant and just the whole atmosphere makes you want to come back and kill an hour on a rainy day eating great food and picking up the latest novel.

Love this bookstore with all the latest, curated staff picks, and fun categorized displays.

Food was super yummy. The bookstore is really great! They have an incredibly diverse selection. Very happy there was a Black non-fiction section and a LGBTQ+ section!

Well I like it the coffe inside the Decoration of the stair was wonderfull.

Can here for trivia and dinner and had so much fun! I could get lost in this bookstore for hours. Support independent!

Okay I have never written a review before, but I seriously felt the need to about this place. I’ve been coming here for years and have always wanted to love it and give it the benefit of the doubt, but most all of my experiences have completely sucked. The waitstaff is rude most of the time, they don’t pay attention to your table, there is always at least one mistake (or an item forgotten) with your order, and they NEVER apologize for it. I was just waiting for an order of toast for an entire hour; when I finally went to ask about it, the toast they brought me was the old, c o l d BURNT toast. Im just so disappointed. Have always thought this place has the cutest atmosphere, but the staff, management, and food just can’t live up to it. So sad.

Great book selection, very cute atmosphere and awesome staff. Definitely a must stop if you are a book lover.

The cappuccino milk shake was just chocolate milk. My wife got the apple ginger lemon thing which was pretty good though.

Wonderful independent bookstore---such a luxury to browse a well-chosen selection of books, some autographed and some on sale.

Forgot juice that I ordered. Corned beef hash was not good and mostly loaded with carrots and other vegetables. Corned beef was dry. Scrambled eggs were overcooked and cold along with not so great tasting home fries that were also cold. Toast was cold as well and there was no butter on it. So since they serve it that way (no butter on it) yah, tough to butter cold toast.Cute business thinking and good idea to have a place where you can eat along with a bookstore ... however, they need to serve food that is hot rather than food that has been sitting and waiting for someone to come and serve it to you.Also sad to see that the employees are still made to wear masks which makes it difficult for you to understand what they are saying when theyre talking to you.

The whole experience was simply awful, except for the phone ordering system; it was functional. Drinks came promptly, but the food was left behind for an hour. When we finally inquired about our orders, it came out cold and soggy. During the waiting period, the servers could be overheard many times apologizing for various things to other customers. The whole operation seemed entirely disorganized, understaffed, and overwhelmed.I will likely not return again...

I am so impressed with Trident. I live in VA and my daughter lives in Boston, and Michael went above and beyond today and delivered books to my daughter. Thank you so much. I love supporting local bookstores and I am so happy to have found you, and I can guarantee she will become a regular customer, especially since your food looks amazing, too. Thanks again! I will definitely visit once I am able to do so.

What a cool place. The food was delicious, friendly staff and the bookstore is filled with trinkets and books that will beg you to stay for 5 more minutes.Blind date with a book definitely caught my attention! I got one and Im absolutely thrilled with what I got!I enjoyed this place a lot!

The good: all day brunch, service, foodThe bad: Please dont buy the drinks for your own good...The coffee is weak, thin, and dilute. The hot chocolate is similarly thin, and tastes exactly like Swiss Miss in water with a little creamer.The Vietnamese coffee came with liquid dripping over the edge of the cup into the saucer, so when you pick it up the coffee at the bottom of the cup drips onto you.

I’ve been here twice now. Once dined in and the second ordered takeout. Cute book store environment and a great breakfast!

If you love books and diner food this is your place. Great customer coffee and the place is surrounded by warm light, books and great staff. The prices are just right for the area and while you wait for your table you can browse for a new book or quirky gifts.+ Public restrooms 1st and second floor+ Outdoor eating area in front

Trident is my favorite spot on Newbury Street and one of my favorite places in Boston. Its the perfect place to find any book you could ever want (if it isnt on the shelf, the wonderful employees will always help you order it. Even obscure random books). Every time I go in I end up having conversations with the employees about books we love and making recommendations to each other. You can really tell they love what they do. Beyond the amazing selection and phenomenal staff, theres the outstanding food. I have never been disappointed. They think of everything- when I ordered a breakfast plate/type thing, the english muffin comes in a separate container so it doesnt get soggy. So thoughtful and the food is always so delicious. Theres nothing better than getting breakfast and buying a book and sitting inside or outside. In my opinion, a real Boston institution. For a bookworm, its the perfect place.

Love the shop (books and restaurant). A little disappointing by the trivia... host reads a game someone else created, and is not invested in the game (and it shows). For a crowd that size, get a serious trivia host.

My favorite bookstore in Boston. Has great outdoor seating. But the best place for peace and quiet is the second floor dining area!

Nifty place for unusual, fun gifts and cards. Very good selection of fiction, poetry, and spirituality titles in back, history and kids books up stairs.

I was there for their queer womens speed dating. It was a blast, and super affordable. I also bought a shopping bag that supports Planned Parenthood. I ate fries and one of the ladies I was with ordered the tater tots. They are huge and have cheese in them! So much more than a book store.

Cute books but AVOID the food. The lemon ricotta challah French toast was dry and cold. The momos were $18 for 4 dumplings!! They were doughy, chalky, cold, not steamed at all, and the filling was watery mush. Overpriced and not good.

Trident is a nice bookstore with a small cafe which serves diner style food. Ordering food and paying your bill all virtually is nice during this time as well.

Decent food, but expensive for brunch.$25 for a pancake (+$1.65 for a tablespoon of blueberries), eggs, home fries, toast, impossible sausage (+$1.65) and a smoothie.they automatically added 20% tip as well.so $29 for breakfast.it was decent but better can be had elsewhere for less.

Nice outdoor seating. Cafe inside on 2nd-floor bare bones decor.book store well organized, nice flow and sections tucked in amongst walls and corners.

A restaurant in a bookstore! We had breakfast here the first morning of our visit AND the last! The food is great and the staff is super friendly. Example: I thought I ordered a matcha but accidentally chose the mocha (you place your order via your phone via a QR code). When the mocha arrived, I said it was wrong but when we checked it was my fault. No problem the server said, and in no time she brought the matcha—no extra charge even though I caused the mistake. She even whispered that the staff has made the same mistake. 😁Well definitely go back whenever were in Boston! ♥️

Great place with good service and you could visit the bookstore before and after your meal

Beautiful bookstore in a brownstone with an extensive menu including breakfast (had the savory crepe of the day) and lunch items. I highly recommend it.

A bit pricy but interesting location. currently you order from your phone and pay as well which means staff isnt super attentive. the menu is large and you can modify anything. the food was good and all around a good experience

Amazing service and good food but the staff were alil bit busy about something

Excellent food, yummy coffee drinks, kind staff, and *books.* In other words, Paradise.

Beautiful place with great food and a great atmosphere. Loved visiting here and would come back again.

Delicious brunch (huge portions!) and a well-curated selection of books with lots of fun gift items.

Our experience was cold food, inattentive staff. Too bad you have to decide to tip up-front.

Good food. Service is bad, which seems to be a problem everywhere.

Great breakfast and a fun place to shop for books. Love the combination!

I went there to buy books. Nice place to hangout if you are a book lover!

Trident, do you respect your Asian customers? No, you don’t. My family and I had the worst dining experience here ever. Having been frequent customers at this place, we were completely disgusted by the service we received this day. We were the first party to sit down at the restaurant (every other table was empty). We were of course the first to order. After us, people started to trickle in, and we noticed that people who came after us had already gotten their drinks and food, while we had gotten nothing yet, not even the simple cups of hot coffee we ordered. After other tables have gotten their main courses served, we had just gotten the coffee, and both cups were cold. This tells us that the kitchen workers had poured the coffee the second they received the order, but the waitress had refused to deliver the cups to us, instead prioritizing other customers who had arrived way after we did. We had also ordered a hot chocolate, and what we got was a sunken cup of “hot” chocolate that had gone cold with melted whipped cream and chocolate splashed all over the mug and the dish on the bottom; it looked like it was someone’s leftovers. As we continued to wait for our food, people who came after us had already finished eating, and had started to leave. We were still sitting there, our table empty. When we went to check on what was going on, we saw plates of food sitting on a counter, and they were exactly the dishes we had ordered. Our food had been ready who-know-how-long ago, and again, the waitress had refused to serve us. The plates were just sitting there getting cold while the waitress did everything OTHER than serving us the food that had been ready ages ago. It is not a stretch to view this as an act of discrimination against us Asians. Everyone else in the restaurant were white, everyone else got their drinks and food in a timely manner. We were denied service by the waitress as she deliberately decided to NOT serve us the food that had been ready for over half an hour. We requested a refund, told a manager about the situation (he didn’t even seem to really care), and left. It is completely disgusting and unbelievable that such treatment would happen here in Boston, a supposedly liberal and accepting city. We are never coming back to this restaurant again after this appalling instance.

If 0 stars were possible, that’s what I would give. While in Boston on a family vacation, we came here highly recommended from our hotel concierge. We thought it would be cute, quick & good but it was nothing of the sort. Thirty minutes plus later we got our food...three COLD egg dishes, a COLD french toast and COLD & fatty turkey bacon. We were even willing to reorder but the manager told us we would have to wait a while or he would pack up our food. You have to prepay when you orders so needless to say, we took a refund and walked out.

I truly enjoy places that I can both sit and enjoy my book and also drink my coffee. I loved this place. It had a nice atmosphere with friendly staff.

My then boyfriend and I used to come here back when we lived together in Boston in 2009 usually to read some books while sipping coffee or tea and share dessert. We just came back after 8 long years and stopped by to relive those memories.The place has become super crowded and loud with a happening new upstairs area. Not sure how suitable is to have a quiet moment with your book if its that crowded - probably not so much during the week though.We shared an apple cobbler with vanilla ice cream which was ok, nothing great and way too big for one person. My friends enjoyed their teas and chai, on the other hand I wasnt super impressed with my hot chocolate which was quite milky and sweet.All right place to stop by if you want to read something and sip something hot or munch on something - careful what your order as sometimes portions are super huge.

Service was good. I chose the Crepe special and the presentation was excellent. The flavor profiles could of had a little more spice. Healthy and well preapred, the meal was cooked to perfection.I would return for another selection from the main menu.

A really cool concept to integrate the cafe and bookshop together. The bookshop has a range of cool edgy items. The food in the cafe was really delicious

A bookshop with an urban flair. Solid food selection as well.

One of my favorites in Boston. So many options and the amount of different variety is pleasing

Hidden gem! Staff was awesome. At the time, doing everything possible to protect staff and customers by following covid-19 guidelines.

Either this place really downgraded so badly or its been my luck during last trip, but I wont recommend it either to a friend, nor even to a stranger. Ive ordered a Salmon burger, that tasted nothing more, than a raw barely thawed mess of smth resembling meaty, not even hot or warm enough, but definitely not a taste of a Salmon or even some sort of a fish youd expect. Obviously, after few bites Ive left it intact and even mentioned it to a waitress, who instead of offering smth else, just said: Sorry that its not to your liking :-) Thats both hilarious and frustrating :-( :-( :-( but definitely not going back to Trident, b/c its a total waste of money. To add to the frustrating customer experience, in less than 15 mins Ive also felt stomach aches, that was just another proof to STAY AWAY from this place and their food. Too bad, b/c its in a convenient location, right on the street I work at and frequent a lot, but food poisoning isnt worth the convenience and I dont want to waste my money anymore for such a low grade food, which they seriously need to improve to stay competitive, unless they are Ok to sell books and coffee Only, that any Starbucks does way better in every Barnes & Noble. As such 1 star, which is still a generous grade.

Got the Lemon Ricotta Stuffed French Toast and it was so good! Im usually not a huge fan of lemon in sweets but this had a good balance with the blueberries. It quite a lot of food and you can definitely split it with someone. Pretty cozy/laidback atmosphere.

Great food great atmosphere.

I had the chicken and waffles, which were unusually prepared with some type of gravy on the tenders. However, this part was great. The only part that wasnt that great was the waffle actually, and I only had just enough syrup to cover the parts of the waffle that arent topped with the chicken. The meal was decent and my servers were awesome, and the water is free. Stay away from the juice! They charge 5 dollars for a TINY glass, and its served from a gallon bottle of concentrate oj. For five dollars I expected it to be freshly squeezed! The shop portion is also decent and they have a large selection of books as well as games and souvernirs for sale.

This is a deightful way to spend an afternoon. Just browse the bookshelves and you can do it on a full stomach after you have lunch in the cafe. It is such a nice departure from the hectic every day life that we all find ourselves in.

It’s so pretty i love it and everyone just seems so nice like it’s very positive

Nice bookstore & cafe, food is really good. Love the ambience.