lovely cafe my wife and i have fallen in love with - it's delicious and a great vibe…read more i just rented the space out for a baby shower and it was a tremendously fun time with delicious snacks and drinks the owners are fantastic - highly recommend!

I came here for lunch on a Sunday afternoon. I ordered the turkey, provolone, and pesto sandwich,…read morewhich was served on a baguette. It was good, but not much different than anything purchased from Au Bon Pain or Starbucks. The inside of the cafe felt a bit run down.

Its hard to find a solid bakery nowadays in NYC. A lot of the really good ones have closed down,…read moreand it makes it really difficult to find a quality bakery without all the fluff. The 7 layer cake is a beautiful work of art and the taste marches. Its a vanilla cake with chocolate frosting topped with strawberry and chocolate mouse. Note to the wise, don't make the same mistake I did. Always look at your cake once it is placed in the box. The display cake looked good, then I did not get to inspect the cake before it was placed in the box. Once I arrived home, I saw that the top part of the cake had a dent in the mouse and strawberry covering which made it look messy. It was an embarrassment to present it as such so I improvised by using the mother's day signage to cover up the blip. When I called to speak with the location about it they dealt with it very professionally and were apologetic about the situation and offered a comp. It was such a relief to have customer service go right after experiencing that.

TLDR: Surprisingly good vanilla lobster tail…read more Schmoop and I came here to check out the lobster tails, which is an Italian pastry we both love. We had low expectations, realizing it was in the middle of Times Square, assuming it would be a tourist trap like most places in Times Square. We were pleasantly surprised! It had really good crispness and delicious filling, which was vanilla forward (used to normal custard). Didn't try anything else except the lobster tail. They have other flavors as well -- we will try the Nutella flavored lobster tail next! AMBIANCE: Super small place (expected) so it's take away only. Would come back if I'm in the area again, although I tend to avoid due to crowds.

This is a terriable place!!! One of my family member was told she is blocked by this store and the…read morereason is she applied refund many times. I was astonished by this! This is bullshit! We never applied any refund in any food store. We never appied refund in this fucking terrible store! I ask you show the evidence of the "applied refund" here. And we still have gift card bought here, now they do not allowed us to buy here. I ask you investigate this and apologies. This is disgusting! Edited: Contacted the customer service team, after about 10 days still not receive any response, this is "IMPRESSIVE"! I also find that I can not find my review on Google map, so I rewrite this here again.

The popularity of this place keeps growing day by day, and I'm really enjoying it. We stopped by…read morefor a quick bite--bun roll, some pastries, and coffee. It's not as big as the one in Morristown, but hey, it's New York! We spent about 30 minutes here. The service was quick, and we got our coffee right away. They have a restroom available too.

We stopped by Julien Boulangerie on our way back from our baby's pediatrician and hubby's been…read morewanting to try this spot as anytime he sees baguette it brings him back to his time in Paris. We grabbed a spinach/mushroom quiche and a prosciutto baguette sandwich. The quiche was ok, however it did have a really nice croissant crust. But the sandwich was definitely the better choice. The baguette was really delicious, a crispy hard baguette, not the mushy ones you normally get at other places. Overall, pretty good spot and on top of it, looks like they make everything fresh in the back so I like that. We will likely return.

There's never anyone here and that's why I'm not surprised they're currently closed. You can come…read morein at any time during the day and if they are open then that person is hanging out in the back and you have to wait for them or call out for them to get help. You can literally walk to the back and grab your own stuff and they probably wouldn't notice, that's how unattended this shop is. Not worth the money or your time, get pastries elsewhere!

We love Padoca Bakery! We've used them for my daughter's birthday cake the last two years because…read moreshe has an egg allergy and both times has been amazing! Not only does the cake still taste good but they look amazing! The service is also amazing. I usually create a customer order and communicate via email with Megan and she is just the best! She was so helpful in giving me some great options to decide from based on what my daughter likes and the amount of kids we were serving. I would recommend this bakery every time. Multiple people have asked where I got the cake from as well.

We love this quaint local spot and were excited to try it when our favorite neighborhood cake maker…read morewas overbooked. In the end, we left both impressed and a little bummed by the experience -- impressed by the reliable execution and beautiful presentation, but missing some of the warmth and guidance that make a custom cake feel truly bespoke. The cream cheese frosting was excellent, and seeing our daughter's face when she saw her chess cake was a highlight of the day. The orange olive oil cake itself was fine -- not dry, but not especially moist or memorable -- and the decorative buttercream was greasy enough that most of it went uneaten. The process was very self-service and entirely email-driven, and at this price point (~$170 after tax and delivery), some additional guidance on flavors, sizing, and design choices would have been appreciated. It's understandable that they choose not to maintain a phone line for custom cake orders, but that choice inevitably shapes the customer experience. Overall, this was a dependable and efficient option that delivered a lovely-looking cake, but the experience felt closer to a polished, high-volume cake operation than an artisan custom bakery experience. We'll definitely continue to stop by for coffee though -- and we still love the back patio.

Anthony F was our server and Jackson T. Was also helping and he was wonderful and he packed up the…read moreaoli that I asked for and was so kind. Beautiful inside Great service Hospitality was great Food was delicious and cooked amazing. All food accommodations were taken into consideration. Drinks were good. Place was very clean and the server Anthony even wiped the table after we got some sauce spilled which was so kind. If I ever visit again I will definitely come back here!

The chicken pot pie is out of this world. The chili is…read moresensational and the Cobb salad with chicken is a great summer dish not to mention the best coconut cake I've ever had.

On our way to the Met and decided to pop in to treat our boys to a tasty goodie we first…read morediscovered in Geneva - the chocolate cramique, a fluffy brioche made with dark chocolate chips As the boys wolfed down the pastry in mere moments, I will conclude that the reviews were all positive In My more measured approach, I will also say that the cramiques have been successfully transported to New York. Although, for both my wife and I, we felt that the version from Geneva tasted just a bit better. Perhaps it's the water. Perhaps it's our romanticized recollection. Ah, well, we continue to enjoy Aux Merveilleux de Fred!

The service was a turn off. The gentleman working behind the register/counter never said anything…read moreto us. Didn't ask if we needed help while we were deciding. Definitely didn't greet us. I don't feel bad that customers walked out while he was taking our order. We ordered a caramel and a pistachio merveilleux and a raisin bread. The caramel was too sweet. The pistachio didn't have much pistachio flavor. We thought it was a shame the service was so bad because our coffees were pretty good!

I stumbled upon Patis Bakery on my way back from The Museum of the City of New York. I popped in to…read morecheck it out. I purchased a plain and an everything bagel. When I got home, I toasted the everything bagel, and put some butter on it, and I am happy to report, it was delish. Their bagel is really more of a roll with a hole, but still very good, I recommend.

The soup plus half pizza is a fun deal for $9.99. The pizza is about 10-11 inches in diameter. The…read morecrust was really good and not as soon as I would've liked all around, but the inside middle was very thin and crispy and chewy, but the outside crust is very thick and I wished that the cross didn't have so much dough and more pizza and thinner. The pesto pizza was too soggy so the cost no longer had that chewing us, but the mushroom pizza was very good. The vegetable soup that they had today on February 7, 2025 was very good even for a vegetable soup. I would say it's kind of pricey for half a small pizza and a soup but it's still a fun meal that you don't have to cook and clean after on a Friday afternoon. Parking on the meter so watch out for your car if you're parked here because you'll get a ticket. The upper east side has a lot of food and it's a nice quiet residential area so enjoy.