Perfect place, very good people's working in store,top quality foods…read more Very friendly please.

Stopped by today just after 10:30. A couple tables inside. Not a huge space, but a good amount of…read moretables inside with a few outside on the front of the shop too. Very friendly woman running the cafe today. She was over right away to get us menus and water with mint and lemon (nice touch). It was later in the morning, so she let us know they were running low on crepes, so we altered our orders a bit. I guess they are pre-made, but all good. I had the quiche with kale and white cheddar. Perfect portion with some fun sides. A few pieces of pineapple, side salad with a tasty homemade dressing. The Belgian waffles were a disappointment and not worth ordering. Thanks to a Yelp check-in, I scored a free espresso shot. It was fantastic. Great visit. Awesome service with great conversation and some local suggestions appreciated. Thanks for having us.

Best desserts in town! Dobos torta yummmmmm!…read more Hungarian food options are great can't wait until they expand the shop!

I loved the food at European Restaurant & Deli. It is a great place to find authentic Hungarian…read morefood. The staff member working there was friendly and did a good job. This place has such potential, and I look forward to trying more things here. The deli is great! However, I feel like the restaurant side of the business could be improved. The food was amazing, but I think more care needs to go into service. You can't really waitress and have to do the deli at the same time. Maybe someone in the kitchen could help with the deli while the server takes orders. If that doesn't happen, it is difficult to have a restaurant and a deli.

Delicious pastries and friendly service. Came in and got 2 boxes of pastries for customers. Baked…read moregoods looked amazing and tasted great. We tried the sour cherry danish and cinnamon roll and both were fantastic. There is a lot of seating and atmosphere was inviting. Pricey, but worth it.

Stopped by The Bakero finally bc I had a $12 coupon through Toast app for my bday. This was in the…read moreafternoon. Many pastries were gone with is understandable. I saw a sweet polish challah bread that called my name. So that is what I chose. Took this bread home and oh my it was as perfect as it was described. Perfectly fluffy with the right touch of sweet. Just right. It was a terrific tasty bread. I'm definitely going to be back here for more. They have a free parking garage in the back. In the front it's park mobile parking that has a few. Across the street is the new ofkors European bakery and next door are some cute boutiques. This is a cute cafe for sure and a must stop. Dog friendly outside tables - not shaded.

Amazing service and even better food and drink. Best hidden…read moregem in siesta key. Traditional French food, drink, and music.

One of the worst customer service experiences I have had, and I would absolutely NOT recommend this…read moreplace. I stopped in needing to use the restroom and was completely willing to make a purchase. The gentleman behind the counter told me that I needed to spend more than $8 in order to be served and use the restroom. No problem--I agreed and attempted to purchase more than $8 worth of cookies directly from THEIR bakery counter. Then, unbelievably, he STILL refused to serve me and suddenly told me that I had to order food. So which is it? Spend more than $8, or order a meal? You cannot tell a customer exactly what they need to do, have them agree to do it, and then change the rules and refuse to serve them anyway. The entire situation was absurd. I wasn't asking for anything for free. I was standing at the counter, money in hand, ready to spend more than the amount I was specifically told was required. I simply wanted to purchase cookies that THEY had displayed for sale. Apparently, even being a willing, paying customer wasn't enough. The way this was handled was dismissive, unwelcoming, unnecessarily difficult, and completely lacking in basic customer service. A simple transaction that should have taken two minutes turned into such an unpleasant experience that I walked out without spending a dime. If this is how customers are treated, I have absolutely no interest in ever returning. There are far too many bakeries and cafés that actually appreciate their customers to waste your time, money, or patience here. I would strongly recommend SKIPPING THIS PLACE and going somewhere else. A business can have great products, but if customers are made to feel unwelcome when they're literally trying to give you their money, none of that matters. They didn't just lose an $8 purchase--they guaranteed that I will never spend a dollar here in the future. I will never return, and based on the way I was treated, I would NEVER recommend this establishment to anyone.

Plain croissant and baguette were as good or better than the ones I just ate in Europe. So…read moredelighted that we have this gem in Venice.

July 2026 - Dropped in to pick up a few things for a sick friend…read more Food and goods looked awesome and I might have lightened the gift bag my wife had me pick up and thought the croissant was LOVELY!!! We will need to stop back and get something for ourselves!!!

This place is such a gem, very unassuming, but the food is superb. All homemade French food better…read morethan other restaurants in town, but has the family feel to it. Service was excellent, friendly and attentive. It's not very big, but there is indoor and outdoor eating, I would highly recommend this restaurant.

I always like to try out local French bakery when I am in the area because I love real crossiants!…read moreIt brought me to Merci cafe today when I am visiting Sarasota. The classic (plain) crossiant I had was not bad, it was crispy, but the texture was lacking layers. It didn't give me the wow factor, I had better ones at other French bakery. I also ordered a almon croissant, the stuffing inside the crossiant was just too sweet, not to my like. Hubby liked his omelet croissant, the portion of salad is bigger than what he had at other French bakery. He also had the specialty cafe, mushallow latte, cold, he liked it. We were given a warm greeting when we walked in. We had our dog with us in a stroller, we were going to sit in the outdoor seating area, but they welcomed us to sit inside. That's nice of them. I would come back next time to try out other dish than crossiant. Benedict crossiant looks yummy

I will always Stan C'est La Vie in Sarasota/Lakewood Ranch. This location is always busy so get…read morethere early if you have your eyes on a specific pastry. Actually, just get there early anyway because the pastry items are fresher/better. There's indoor and outdoor seating. I typically skip trying to park next to it and just go to the garage and walk over. The service is more attentive than a typical French cafe overseas but not as on top of you as a typical place in the US. You can definitely order at the counter in French if you want to and I've had a waiter there flip between English, French, Spanish, and another language (maybe Romanian?) in one order. The sandwiches I've had were all lovely, and had a little side salad that could benefit from a better dressing (they serve an okay vinaigrette though). I've yet to encounter a single bad pastry - the elcairs, mousse cakes, and flaky pastries like chausson pommes are on par with the typical boulangerie/pattisserie in France and don't make me think US adaptation at all. Prices are reasonable.

We had a nice lunch here! Came with my parents, husband, and baby on a busy weekend brunch hour. We…read morewere luckily able to be sat inside right away in a tucked-in corner. I got the poularde crepe, wanting something savory. This was solid and tasty. Everyone else got nice little meals as well. I do feel like the portion and the quality is a little lacking for the price. That being said, I don't know that there are better French options in the area. I also got a palmier pastry and I should have gotten a croissant, the palmier tasted a little stale. The locale was adorable, with beautifully tiles tables really setting the scene. Overall, not terrible! Worthwhile if you're really feeling French.

We have a quick lunch at Dutch Valley while in South Sarasota. This place has been here for longer…read morethan 50 years+. This diner serves breakfast, lunch and dinner at a very reasonable price. There is plenty of parking space and the staff is friendly. We ordered a pastrami sandwich and a corned beef Rueben with Cole slaw. The Cole slaw is crunchy and freshly made! The pastrami on rye is fine and the Rueben with its sliced corned beef, tangy sauerkraut and melted Swiss cheese with Thousand Island Dressing just hit the spot. The ambiance is simple and comfy. We'll be back again if we are in the neighborhood!

I give this place -10 stars if I could. The broccoli soup is like glue flavor the roasted lamb look…read morelike a bomb on my plate with canned vegetables and have absolutely no taste. I haven't take it from me. When I go to a new place for me. I tend to order two free dishes to forget a sampling of what their food is like and I order be back up and I also ordered delivering on Instagram and when I was writing off the waitress, how long does it take to get the later tasteless, she said oh I didn't know you want Great but I said I'll take some and I'll take the liver I need to go and I don't have a leftover. How clear can I be? And then she told the manager oh no she didn't talk about and she I don't think she knew he was lying I think that he just doesn't pay attention and doesn't talk. She said she'd only been there for a little while and I don't know if she seems confused, I don't think he laugh there. I thought these things for the cook coming in and sometimes that is a warning that nothing is going to be season and don't eat food just kinda bland or paper. This is perhaps the worst food I've ever been served in a restaurant in my life. And I've been eating out for over 60 years. And I used to eat out all the time I never pooped and failed recently. Paper stuff, the effort on the for food and on the way out the manager you have to pay for the Team and Computer OK. But you'll never see me again and I will put in Through exposure of your horrible food.