Visiting Lucid Cafe

What to order at Lucid Cafe on a first visit

Published 3 min readBy the Murray Hill Cup Notes team

Short answer

The Lucid Cafe menu, as third-party listings show it, covers espresso drinks, specialty lattes, avocado toast, French toast and vegan muffins. Prices are not published, so the sensible first order is one drink and one baked item.

The Lucid Cafe menu is short and easy to read, and the items below are the ones that appear on third-party listings as of 11 November 2026. This guide is independent, so it cannot take an order or tell you what is available today. It can help you pick a first order before you reach the counter.

What is on the Lucid Cafe menu?

Listings group the menu into four parts: coffee and espresso, specialty lattes and hot drinks, breakfast and toast, and vegan muffins. The names come from Spinach.guide and Atly. No official ordering page or posted menu was found, so treat everything here as a partial list. The full set of names is on the menu page.

A simple first order

Most first visits work with three choices: a coffee drink, a flavored or specialty drink, and something to eat. The table sets out a few combinations using only names that appear in the listings.

If you want Drink Food
A classic start Flat White or Cappuccino Chocolate Walnut Muffin
Something floral and lightly sweet Lavender Latte Oat Cranberry Muffin
A breakfast stop Latte Avocado Toast
A spiced, non-coffee style drink Golden Turmeric Latte French Toast
Something cold Iced Matcha or Iced Coffee Blueberry Muffin

These pairings are suggestions from the guide, not combinations the cafe promotes.

Which drink should you try first?

If you usually drink espresso, begin with a Flat White, Cappuccino or Latte. These are the simplest way to judge the coffee itself, because there is little else in the cup.

If you want something less standard, the specialty list is where the cafe stands out. Listings name a Lavender Latte, a Vermont Maple Latte, a Golden Turmeric Latte, a Matcha Latte and two chai lattes, one called Lucid Chai Latte and one called Homemade Chai Latte. A Belgian Dark Chocolate Hot Cocoa and a Mocha are also named. Listings describe the specialty drinks as vegan-friendly, so plant milk is an option. Oat milk and house-made almond milk are both mentioned.

What about food?

Two hot food items are named: Avocado Toast and French Toast. The avocado toast is described as organic sourdough with olive oil, parsley, pumpkin seeds and red pepper flakes. Six vegan muffins are listed, in oat cranberry, chocolate walnut, cranberry, blueberry, chocolate and cranberry walnut flavors.

For allergies or ingredient questions, ask the staff directly. A third-party listing is not a safe source for allergen information.

Prices, payment and timing

No prices are confirmed, so none appear in this guide. Cards and mobile pay are reported as accepted, with a $5 minimum on card purchases noted by a directory listing and a 2013 review. That is a reported detail, not a posted policy, so it is worth asking.

Hours as shown on Google Maps on 11 November 2026 are Monday to Wednesday 7 AM to 3 PM, Thursday and Friday 7 AM to 4 PM, Saturday 8 AM to 4 PM and Sunday 8 AM to 3 PM. See hours and location for the address and phone number.

What to know about the space

Sources describe a very small shop with a few seats inside and a couple outside, so many visits are takeout. Plan a quick stop rather than a long sit-down. Google Maps lists dine-in, takeout and delivery as service options, though no delivery app listing was found.

If you want to check anything before you go, the cafe’s phone number is (212) 867-3490. More answers are on the FAQ page.

Common questions

Does Lucid Cafe publish its prices?

No price list was found. The listings used for this guide name items but do not give confirmed prices, so this guide states none.

Is there a minimum for paying by card?

A directory listing and a 2013 cafe review both mention a $5 minimum for card purchases. Policies change, so ask at the counter.

Can the specialty lattes be made vegan?

Spinach.guide lists the specialty lattes as vegan-friendly, which means they can be made with plant milk. Ask the staff which milks are on hand that day.

Is the menu complete?

No. It is a partial list built from third-party listings, and the cafe may serve more or less than shown. See the menu page for the full set of names.


This article is general information from an independent guide, not from Lucid Cafe itself. For the store’s current details see hours and location.

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