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    3.6 (74 reviews)
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    Chocolate Almond Croissant $9

    The best $9 chocolate almond croissant I had. Customer service was a bit awkward, but the moment I bit into pastry that's all that mattered

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    Ayana A.

    Cute little bakeshop that makes fresh pastries. I ordered the chocolate croissant and asked for it to be warmed up. It was really delicious and fresh. Every time I am in here, someone is purchasing freshly basked bread so that might be my next stop.

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    Fawn G.

    After my Thai lunch I decided I needed coffee, my first cup of the day. I Yelped places on Franklin Avenue and Bien Cuit popped up. I have visited Bien Cuit at Grand Central Market and remembered its fabulous breads. The inside of Bien Cuit is charming and warm although I didn't smell freshly baked bread. I wanted a sweet treat with my coffee and stared at the assortment of sweet and savory. There was a nice assortment of cookies, croissants and danishes. I decided on a medium cafe au lait and chocolate chip cookie. I found a seat opposite door that leads to their garden. If it wasn't so windy I would have preferred to eat Al fresco. My coffee was prepared swiftly and I took my first sip and it was warm and soothing.. The cookie was good but I think I'm over sea salt as an ingredient in cookies. The ambiance here is calming and a nice break between a busy day. Here's the disconnect: I'm really tired of surcharges for milk varieties. Almond, soy and oat are not extravagant milk choices. Any coffee shop catering to diversity in food preferences should offer different varieties as part of your service. The customer shouldn't have to pay for that, iMO. Thus paying close to $10 for a little cup of cafe au lait and a cookie certainly isn't worth it. Added in is the 80 cent surcharge for oat milk.definitely not worth it. As for the service, like the cookie a mix of sweet and salty. The three stars are really for the charming atmosphere. Franklin Avenue, I'm probably sounding like a broken record, has a wealth of coffee places that are a bit better than this.

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    Jenn T.

    There are so many coffee shops on Franklin Street but this one is a cut above the others... 1. The pleasant and smiley gentleman working on weekday mornings! 2. The ample seatings in front and out back. 3. The breakfast sandwich with a croissant as the bun. The croissant was buttery and flaky. The egg was custard like! I haven't had an egg that good in a long time. Overall it had a great balance of traditional flavors of a breakfast sandwich with a hint of sweetness.

    This place is quite expensive, but everything I had here was very good, including the apricot tart ($13) the ginger molasses cookie($4.25), And salted chocolate buckwheat cookie ($3.25).

    Gabriella N.

    3.5 rounded up -- I came in here for a loaf of bread and it was pretty expensive ($15) but it was exceptionally delicious. I asked for assistance and while the gentleman working gave me some tips about which bread to get, I wouldn't say it was the friendliest customer service. I wish I remembered what bread I got, but I was very happy with what it was. The gentleman said it was one of the best sellers so I hope that I'll be able to get it again next time I go in.

    Brandon Y.

    I had the chocolate almond croissant here, and holy fuck, it's so unbelievably good. It looked alright and I wasn't expecting much tbh,but it hits on every single note just right. The pastry is flaky, buttery, and decadent in all the right ways, the chocolate is good, and the almond filling is delicious but not too sweet. Usually, my hangup about "Pain Au Chocolat" is that they just put one sliver of chocolate in the pastry, and that's it, and it always kind of feels a little lackluster overall? But here, the bites that don't have the chocolate have the almond filling in them, and like my gurl Hanna Montana said, it's the best of both worlds LOL. This pastry can be a lot so it's probably a "treat yourself" kind of thing every once and a while but damn, is it good. I haven't gotten to try their other items but I can say this is very good. (Ask them to warm it up a little if you can)

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    Erin C.

    Mid-day Thursday. Mocha - was divine and strong. Will order again. Chocolate chip cookie - stale. Disappointed here because they usually offer fresh pastries but my tooth almost broke when I tried to bite into it. Hopefully it was only a one time thing.

    Tamara J.

    Walking in the place looked very nice and quaint. I saw the options in the display case and fell in love with all that I saw. The young lady that was at the counter was very helpful. I bought two things even though I wanted all lol.

    Croissant from heaven.
    Marlena K.

    When it comes to buttery flaky delicate and purely delicious croissants this place delivers. I think this has to be the best croissant I've ever had. The buttery soft fluffy pillow like texture is everything crossaint dreams are made of. They have an open window storefront where they begin working very early in the AM, and you can watch them make everything from scratch. I really suggest paying the price tag for this croissant because there really isn't a question with this type of quality. They have a large selection of other items and they all look delicious. Cash and credit accepted, try that croissant !

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    George L.

    This is an amazing experience I came here on a recommendation, I ate the ham and egg quiche and it was amazing. The staff is real friendly help me pick out a to go order/gift bag. One of the ladies even wanted to help me conquer my fear of bugs. I will be coming again. The bread selection is huge, and award winning.

    Paper stuck hard on pastry (plus other smushed pastries in the back)

    The drinks are above average (3.5 stars), the pastries are good (4 stars), and the bread is great (5 stars). Location is convenient, and they even have a spacious backyard sitting area. However, the service is somewhat lacking. Just today, I purchased over $40 worth of pastries and bread only to find that the cashier had placed them all UPSIDE DOWN and stacked one on top of the other. Because we asked to heat two of the pastries, they all stuck to the paper and all the powder and sugar came off the ones which had it. There have also been other service issues in the past, but this one is what's leading me to write this. I'm so annoyed lol!! To me, it seems like an issue of understaffing. Most of the times I'm there, I see just one person behind the counter running the register, drinks, and bread/pastries. For that reason, I will chalk it up to the owners to do better and properly staff and train employees. Do not put them in positions where they'll have to take shortcuts which damage the customer experience. Anything you make can be the greatest in history, but it will not be perceived as such if it's not properly taken care of. Honestly, I'll probably buy bread from there again (my girlfriend loves it) but I think I'll check out other places on Franklin for the foreseeable future because I know I'll say something I go back too soon to BC. Thanks for reading, Kevin.

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