Their baguette and pastries are the best you'll find for miles – especially the croissant and pain au chocolat – and the quality is high enough that you'd find them sold a Parisian bakery. I don't visit as frequently for their sandwiches and meals, but the menu does offer many items you'd find all over France (e.g., ham + butter sandwich).
Celebrated here last week and had a lovely dinner. Wait staff was great. Food was hot and delicious. Great wine selection and recommendations from our server. Can’t wait to come back!
This place has gone downhill since they stripped out most of the seating and served everything to go. Food is great but it’s far from a cafe experience.
My standards for French street food may sound high as I've studied in Paris, and spent subsequent trips in the city. I love it, possibly more than the fancier stuff French cuisine is known for, and part of that love is the fairly consistent expectation you can have for quality even if you aren't spending much more than 6 euro.The atmosphere is nice enough, though it is a more contemporary take on American French tourism kitsch. You know it--tons of pictures of Eiffel Towers, prints of old French ads which may or may not have anything to do with that they sell, etc. etc. If you like it you like it, if you don't you don't.The sandwiches hold up to their French cousins they pay homage to.The bread is crusty and fresh, the ingredients on the sandwich are so similar to what I'm used to getting in Paris that if I close my eyes I could forget where I bought it. The big difference is price--the exact same quality sandwich nearly everywhere in the city (bar a few tourist hellholes designed to price-gouge) I'm paying almost double compared to what I'm accustomed. But, I challenge you to find that here. Maybe I'm just shouting at the clouds on this one.I tried an almond croissant there, and I really would recommend just crossing the street for those. It was dry and over-sized. Same with the pain au chocolat--too much pastry, not enough chocolate, and not as buttery as one would expect.Not high in the rotation, but I'll probably still eat there on occasion when the urge to have a jambon-beurre overwhelms me.
I've been lived in Paris for 1 year. I am so glad the Lea made a perfect crossuines.
Thanks for the awesome trade Brett Corey.
Favorite lunchtime sandwich is a tartine, salad, OJ, and chocolate chip cookie. The place and staff are always really nice! Only comment is maybe add more to the salad? The dressing is fabulous though.
Food was good but bathrooms needed attention to make it 5 stars!
Delicious and fresh healthy salads-loved the baguette will be back soon
Great lunch and the service from Langford was top notch.