Enswell
Venue Brief
All-day café and cocktail bar on Spruce Street near Rittenhouse, trading espresso and pastries in the morning for oysters, martinis and dinner at night.
Venue Details
- Vibe
- Chic/LuxuryDate NightChill
- Age guide
- 25-45
- Dress code
- Casual Chic
- Cuisine
- American
- Demographic
- Young ProfessionalsCouplesLocals
- Music genre
- Lounge/Chill House
- Price
- $$$$
- Open season
- Year-round
- Clientele
- LocalsAmerican
- Offerings
- Table ServiceBrunch
- Open times
- Mon 7 AM – 3 PM, 4:30 – 10 PMTue 7 AM – 3 PM, 4:30 – 10 PMWed 7 AM – 3 PM, 4:30 – 10 PMThu 7 AM – 3 PM, 4:30 – 10 PM BestFri 7 AM – 3 PM, 4:30 – 10:30 PM BusySat 8 AM – 3 PM, 4:30 – 10:30 PM BusySun 8 AM – 3 PM
- Vibe score
- 6.6 / 10
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About Enswell
The room is the draw: tall white columns, marble-topped tables, pleated table lamps and a green-tiled bar backed by arched shelves painted with a floral mural. By day it works as a coffee house, opening at 7 AM on weekdays and 8 AM at weekends with espresso, pastries and full American breakfasts that one reviewer ranked the best in the city. At 4:30 PM the lights drop and the bar takes over, with a happy hour of oysters and discounted wine, a cocktail list, ricotta toast and heavier plates such as steak in red wine jus. Dinner runs to 10 PM, 10:30 on Friday and Saturday, and Sunday is daytime only. A few café tables sit outside on Spruce Street. Google reviewers rate it 4.4, praising individual bartenders and servers by name, but recent visits also mention slow service on the patio and a couple of curt exchanges with hosts. The bar itself is small, so seats go quickly at happy hour.
