Oh my gosh! What a hidden gem!…read more The place is nicely decorated with French touch, and the crepes are excellent- best you can find around central IL , and the servers were knowledgeable about the menu and friendly.

The French Press is a real gem in Ottawa. Super cute French decorations and music. Great coffee,…read morequiche (ready by 11), soup and so many delicious crepes - everything we tried was outstanding! Favorites: lemon curd crepes, the parfait (yum!) and any of the quiche. The owner/chef is there every day. We were here 4 out of our 6 day stay; there's no where else like it locally. We're over an hour away, but we'll make the trip for the French Press.

Amazing crepes. The food here is wonderful. We've been here multiple times and it has never…read moredisappointed. The owners put up speciality crepes too. The drinks are delicious as well. When they have it get the biscoff crepes. So good! The ambiance is laid back and quiet.

My friend & I visiting this store on a Friday afternoon. The gentleman at the front counter was…read morevery friendly & helped us understand the crepe building process. The crepes were delicious! And so we're the iced lattes. The environment was very clean. The wall art was gorgeous. This is a great spot to go when you want to switch up your breakfast or lunch routine.

Came here for the first time. With Sparrow coming in, LC moved up the street a bit. It's a small…read morelocation with limited seating. If you plan to eat here, arrive early. The crepes are okay. I ordered the Bed & Breakfast. It's overloaded with eggs and cheese (this is good!), but I'm not sold on the sauce. After each order the cashier asks if you would like to give gratuity to the staff. I think they do that because there's no customer facing terminal? They write down the order, and then manually enter prices inro the POS.

Tiny little spot located in downtown Clarendon Hills. The menu is pretty large with a mixture of…read moresweet and savory crepes. They have a small variety of drinks as well. We visited on a Saturday morning and it was very busy. There is seating for about 12 people max. I felt the plate the crepe was served on was a little small. The crepe I ordered had a lot of mayo on it. Staff was super friendly. Street parking right across the street. If you like crepes, check this place out. Some of their choices are meals and others are a dessert crepe.

Stopped in for lunch on a sunny Saturday and loved it all! The food was delicious. I had the…read morechicken and mushroom savory crepe, my daughter had the Croque Monsieur and we split the Classique for dessert. Everything was perfect. Our server seemed to be working alone but somehow made it all work. Felt like stepping through a little portal to France. Will definitely be back

Super cute restaurant. Feels very cozy. Got the chicken curry crepe and it was salty! If I wasn't…read morewith people, I might have complained but it was borderline fine. So...not sure the food is good. I just happen to think the attitude is a little worse. Came with a group and someone in our party ordered the French Onion Soup and then a Croque Monsieur. No one else in our group ordered a starter. What's weird is for some reason they decided to course the soup with everyone's mains. Normal restaurants, including like....your local suburban Chile's, know not to do that but this place thought that was normal. So already, my friend is a course behind everyone because they didn't serve his starter first. What's worse is when he finishes his soup...he doesn't get his main. We actually FINISH our mains and he still hasn't gotten his. He makes a comment VERY NICELY to our waitress like hey! Just wanted to check on my meal! She responds, "all our meals are timed perfectly." What!! My buddy goes, "Okay...I've just been waiting for 15/20 minutes so I think I'm ready for my sandwich." She responds, "okay....let me alert the kitchen." Wait? You didn't even tell them he needed his meal?? We wait another 15 minutes. We flag the waitress again and ask where his meal is and she responds "everything is made to order so the kitchen needs some time." Okay. This is a Croque Monsieur. Are you....rising bread right now? What is happening? So I get frustrated and jump into this and say, "Ya but we've been waiting over 30 minutes for his main. We've all finished so now you're asking my friend to eat alone." She responds, "everything is served hot so what is the problem??" !! I get annoyed because up until this moment, we've been pretty nice. But this waitress not acknowledging any issue or trying to make it better and talking back to us like this is weird. So I just say, "Bring a manager over." Well...it didn't matter. This lady learned her attitude from somewhere and it was probably from the manager. The manager immediately is on the offense like, "you ordered a soup and we wanted you to have the soup hot. And we want your next meal to be hot. We make everything fresh and we clean our dishes in between." The heck? All we want is for my friend to be able to eat his main. So I say, now rudely, "just bring the food. We have waited 30 minutes now. Everyone is done with their meal. If you haven't made it, cancel the order and we'll go somewhere else." She responds, "we usually serve the starter first. If you didn't like that, then don't order a starter." SERIOUSLY!? What is happening!? I think about telling her that USUALLY even if only 1 person has ordered a starter, that gets served first before EVERYONE gets their mains TOGETHER. Instead I say, "listen, cancel the order or give us the food but we aren't waiting any longer." And she goes, "we can't cancel it. The kitchen has been working on it." So I say "this better be home baked bread because they've been working on it for 45 minutes by now." IT STILL takes another 5 minutes to get this meal. It is cold. It is an average Croque Monsieur. And they probably all spit in it. At the very end, the waitress comes over and says, "I see what you mean and there were coursing issues but we take pride in our food and we weren't going to degrade that so we could serve you faster." This place literally lives up to a Parisian stereotype, I guess.

Came here on a Saturday at noon. Love all the plants and decor inside. We shared one sweet and one…read moresavory crepe which is the best way to experience both worlds. Didn't have to wait too long and a table opened right after we ordered. The lox crepe had a good amount of smoked salmon. I also really liked the capers and onions. The matcha crepe had so many strawberries! Both were very yummy and bigger than expected. My friend also got their banana bread latte which tasted just like its name. Very cute place to catch up with friends!

Delicious! Slightly sweet, fresh, perfect texture. The cashier recommended the Wild Berry…read morecheesecake crepe as it was more traditional European style, did not disappoint. Service was so fast, ready in minutes. Beautiful presentation, cute cafe ambience with lots of natural lighting. Would return

Out here in deepest Suburbia, sometimes things present a vaguely Disneyesque artifice, where, if…read morethe fantasy world was more advanced, "Quotation Marks" would appear magically in the air around buildings (and, alas, people) indicating irony should be applied as a mitigating factor. This is not to imply in any way those places (or people) are therefore any less in quality or to be avoided. But I digress... I've driven past the "Paris Bistro" here, since it was established, and, unfairly thought "yeah, right". Why? Route 59 is a 1000% American Commerce Zone, rife with every franchise on the docket, and conformity is securely on the menu. And rightly so. Folks out here may have had their success, but they were raised in front of American TV, and their consumer habits developed accordingly, especially with regard to cuisine and eating habits. There are, of course, bona fide Ethnics in the general area, but those are germane to the Communities in residence. (Some FAB Chinese, Indian and Mexican places-q.v.) I am not aware of a burgeoning French settlement anywhere nearby. Around here "Cooper's Hawk" passes for "fine dining", and if you've ever fine-dined, you'll know Cooper's Hawk may parlay a decent feed, but it ain't Alinea, Bubba. In the far Western and Southwestern Chicago 'burbs, folks' Culinary tastes are as conservative as their politics. So whither "Paris Bistro"? It's a handsome suburban building with inviting signage. When you walk in, you pass a bar having an impressive array of boozes. Keep going west past the bar and you're in a room mimicking a rural setting, if a rural setting had curved leather banquettes. There's a more traditional dining room on the other side of the bar, but I didn't go in there. It was daytime, and bright, but when daylight ebbs, I'll bet both rooms are romantic. The service is reserved and accommodating-you're not going to find a wisecracking "Alice" on the staff. The menu actually is pretty accurate as a French Bistro in the USA. Lots of Français on it (in the titles), but the descriptions are all clear English. You don't have translation to fear.The menu is extensive, and features many traditional "Bistro" faves, along with select "American" choices. I was in for Brunch. Disregarding conformity, I ordered the Escargot for Hors D'oeuvre, not that I wanted to, but because I am pathologically incapable of NOT ordering Escargot if they are on the menu before me. They were yum, but I wish there was a softer bread available for sopping the buttery-garlic goodness remaining after the morsels are consumed. As "they" say, a French Chef is judged by their prowess in cooking a simple Omelette, so that's where I went. "Jambon et Gruyere" to be exact. It wasn't a large beast, but it was tasty, light, and properly prepared. No sign of the Rugby-Ball pancake-batter-enhanced behemoth omelettes you'll find in common Coffee shops. Accompanying was a (very) small salad of nice composition, with just enough fruity vinaigrette to satisfy. Also on the plate were tasty and ultra-crispy "shoestring fries". I'm not a slave to potatoes with breakfast. but these were damned good. The problem at hand (so to speak) was the transport from plate to mouth, as they were very thin and very crisp. Both fork and spoon were inefficient. I thought of using the spoon to crush them, thus rendering spoon a contender to preserve my dining decorum. In the end, I bit the bullet and just picked them up in hand, decorum be damned. I wish I had a bucket of these for movie-watching snacks at home. The coffee was a conundrum. It arrived with a strongish smell, like it was burnt and past its prime, but lacked the acrid flavor such as found in a forlorn brew. It was actually a fine, bold, cup of VERY dark roast. It's a nice, sophisticated (but not snooty) resto, dignified but not stuffy. If you need to have a business breakfast/brunch, this is a perfect place. Also, if you're not in the mood for the hustle and bustle of a noisy coffee shoppe. Prices a bit higher than you might expect, but... I quite enjoyed both the bread and circuses here, and while I never mistook myself from being anywhere else than in Naperville (not Paris), I caught the vibe, and it was nice. I am officially pissed at myself for not stopping here sooner. No "quotation marks" for this place. Throwing 4 stars (for now), and I'll be back here very soon for dinner.

I recently went to Paris Bistro for a Galentine's Day tea with my Pilates friends. We were a group…read moreof five. We were shown to a table in the room to the right of the host stand. That room is usually where they sit families. It was not our choice and we voiced our opinion to sit in the dining room. The staff immediately switched everything to the warm and inviting dining room. The food provided was tasty from the mini sandwiches to the tartines to the sweet treats. I have to say there was an inconsistency with sizing. Some were generous and some were lacking. They could've done a better job with consistency so we all got the same sizes. The tea service was very cute but you were only able to choose a couple teas. I've been to other teas at Suzette's and Pinecone Cottage where the tea is unlimited, as well as they ask if you would like another tasting of something that you really liked. I felt for the money this tea service was limited as well as not consistent. It was a great way to spend time with my Pilates friends, though. I could see myself doing this again if there were improvements made and they were more generous by offering an additional taste.

Located in Oak Park, this boutique restaurant is decorated with care and detail. It is appointed…read morewith gold and bronze finishes, shiny mirrors, fiberglass egg toothpick dispenser,bunny statues, clean tables, and tasty food. The bar is fast and furious with milk shakes, drinks, and juices. I had to enjoy the chicken crepe shaped like a pie. I want to come back. The Cafe is decorated every month with a theme. Its great for holidays.

Came to Crepas Culichi in Oak Park for brunch. The space itself is really pretty, with both indoor…read moreand outdoor dining, and an ambiance that feels very French provincial and upscale. Every detail, down to the cutlery, is very well thought out. Our drinks came with stickers, flowers, and glitter, which didn't quite match the atmosphere for me. The service was definitely the highlight, with everyone friendly, helpful, and on top of everything. Overall, it's a beautiful spot with great service.

RUN! Don't even think about walking. Get to Crepe it Up as soon as you can! This family owned and…read morerun business is wildly perfect in every way possible. As soon as I walked in I felt the love from the staff members. This cafe is designed beautifully with a kiddie play corner. They also have outdoor seating when weather permits. Staff members are extremely kind and made me feel like family. The food and drinks? STOPPPPP! I started with the tiramisu coffee and it was game changer. The right amount of sweet with the perfect amount of coffee flavor as well. For my crepe I had the Mediterranean bliss and there's a reason why it's their best seller. SO DELICIOUS! Everything is made with high quality ingredients and prepared carefully and with all the love. The way they even present everything is wonderfully beautiful. The portion is very generous and pricing is fair. It took about 10-15 minutes for everything to be prepared and it is absolutely worth the short wait time.

Plenty of parking in the area! We drove past the place twice since the address puts you at an odd…read morespot. It's at the corner of the plaza so make sure you keep your eyes peeled for it!! There are outdoor and indoor seating available. We sat indoors. I love how they have a small kid area inside. They also have a bathroom available if needed. If you are in a super rush then I would recommend ordering for pick up to ensure you give them ample time to make your fresh dishes and drinks. If you have enough time to wait then dine in and enjoy!! They do make things upon order so you can see as they make your food and drinks. The staff were patient and nice while we ordered our food. We ordered the peppermint white mocha (came with a biscoff cookie), pistachio frappe, crepe it up signature, and Balkan style. There were 2 of us so perfect option to go sweet and savory route but the savory was so delicious that we ate it all with ease!! The crepe it up signature was delicious too but between both and the drinks, we were stuffed! I highly recommend stopping in if you love crepes!

I've visited this quaint little French bistro many times over the years, for brunches, lunches,…read moreChristmas teas, sometimes with company and sometimes happily solo, and I'm delighted to say they've truly elevated their game. There's a quiet pride in the air now, a sense that the place knows it has blossomed. Today's tea service was an absolute treat: elegant, cozy, and full of small delights that made the whole experience feel like a gentle exhale. Every morsel was beautifully balanced, from the crisp, refreshing cucumber canapés to warm flaky scones to the indulgent sweets served with a bright sherbet to cleanse the palate. The pumpkin soup was exquisite, velvety and comforting, and the trio of teas were brewed with the care of someone who respects the leaves. Service was excellent: friendly, attentive, warm without being intrusive, exactly what a tea service deserves. This is a special time of year at Suzette's, when you step in from the cold and are welcomed into a space that feels elegant, glowing, and lovingly kept, a perfect little escape, wrapped in French charm and good company. Oh, and don't leave without taking a few of their goodies home... I will surely enjoy mine during the next few days

This review is based solely on the Christmas Tea that Suzette's hosts. I'd like to start by…read morementioning - we have about 20 years of Christmas teas behind us. My Mom and I celebrate this tradition yearly. And usually, they all are very similar. Think fancy hotels: the ritz, the intercontinental, the Drake...and even though Mom and I love them, the pastries every year are pretty much the same. Cold stale little sandwiches, cold refrigerated desserts, one teapot at the table, snobby waiters, etc etc. It is nice and familiar, we sort of have lowered our expectations over the years. We just pick a hotel and go. So when we reserved a new place - not a hotel!!, we were not sure what to expect. We were completely blown away. Throughout the whole experience, very nice and kind servers brought around refills of 3 types of teas. We were never running low on tea. All of the pastries were made either right then or that morning. I went to the bathroom and walked by a large pan of cranberry scones that came out of the oven and felt the warmth. The pumpkin bisque and delicious, warm quiche was to die for! The desserts at the end with the sorbet were incredible. We had never had a tea with warm food before. The hostess as well as all waiters and waitresses were friendly. There was a gentle piano playing Christmas music in the background. I also loved our cushioned seats. The temperature of the room was so comfortable. And the best part - they came around with extras of their pastries and snacks! We had never been to a tea where they passed out extras. The silverware and plates were also gorgeous - we didn't feel rushed and I loved that there wasn't some heavy metal tiered serving tray that other teas use. It also is casual - Mom was in jeans, some people were dressed up and others weren't. It felt like a special experience. We couldn't believe how amazing it was from start to finish. We already booked for 2026. For the cost ($50), you are getting an exceptional Christmas tea. Usually we pay double that per person as well for a less than mediocre tea experience. Consider us forever patrons!!!!!