La présentation est magnifique /superbe. Que/Comme c'est…read morebeau. Que/Comme la présentation est belle. C'est vraiment appétissant. J'en ai l'eau à la bouche. ‍‍---------------------- The lovely, gorgeous, succulent, divine pastries are showcased behind glass as if displayed in a museum or fine jewelry retailer. Flour, water, and fruit jewels painstakingly prepared and crafted like sculpture. It should almost be a crime to stick your fork in them! The shop is always very clean and has the whole French vibe going on with the decorations, etc. Café Parisian is run by a pair of twins from Paris: HOCINE and AHCE. "Les rois de la boulangerie" I believe they share duties at their other shoppe in Paris and rotate locations from time to time. Even if you're not hungry, it's worth a trip to stop in to say bonjour and of course grab a box of pastries to go! It is indeed a joy to speak with them and today Hocine was attending the front counter. He genuinely is a very friendly man with a quick wit and a humorous personality. The service is second to none and a rarity in many places these days. Like a Traiteur HOCINE is catering to your every need and explaining anything that you need to know. If you ask what ingredients are in something he will lay it all out in a succinct manner. I was just taking a peek to see what was new because I haven't been in there for a minute and I just had a lousy empanada (from a tree that bears fruit) down the street that was close to being inedible! I was thinking about having a burrito up the road a bit until we started chatting and I just couldn't leave without having lunch. I opted for this "round sandwich" or savory pastry stuffed with many vegetables including mushrooms, brussel sprouts, and more. A large portion and truly magnificent. It was cut into to four pieces, served with some nice hot sauce packets and could've been shared. My lunch partner had a similar sandwich, but his was with chicken. His assessment? "SUBLIME". Well, Mr. HOCINE lives up to the origin of his name, which can translate to pride and identity. Also, somewhere not really lost in translation is also "good" and "handsome", but I wouldn't say that because it might go to his head! ------------------------------ Merci pour ce délicieux repas, votre excellent service, vos connaissances, la présentation soignée et votre personnalité remarquable.

Café Parisien has a casual and welcoming atmosphere with both indoor and outdoor seating. Staff was…read morefriendly and welcoming. I tried a savory pastry (dailty special) filled with mushrooms, veggies and melted cheese inside a flaky golden crust with egg-washed top. Perfect for lunch

This spot is so easy to miss since it is on Vine and not on the Main Street but you'll be missing…read moreout if you don't go looking for it! I dropped in on the weekend for a quick recharge and had to try one of their specialty matcha drinks. I ordered the matcha coconut cloud with mango and it was perfect. Sometimes cloud drinks seem a bit watered down but they perfected the ratios here. The matcha cloud was smooth and every sip had the sweetness from the mango. Also, their backyard patio space is amazing! I have to come back one day to try their brunch menu.

This place is good for the aesthetics. The cafe is beautiful, with a nice, spacious interior, and a…read morelarge, beautiful exterior with ample seating. There are two large restrooms and some seating out front on the curb as well. The food and drinks look nice, are plated well, and the baristas are very talented at latte art. However, the coffee was not great. I wanted to like it, but the espresso was very watery and almost imperceptible. I get that a cappuccino would be milky, but it just wasn't good. They get bagels from a local restaurant (Boichik Bagels), and it was fine. I honestly don't think it's worth the price though. I really wanted to like this place. It's very well designed and they have good branding, aside from the AI matcha sign, which looked pretty unappetizing. The workers are very efficient and nice, so I was hoping the food and drinks would match the quality. I think this is a good place to go and take pictures or for events, but if you're going for the food or coffee, there's much better cafes around.

This place is my family's go to spot for not scones..., but pancakes…read more I remember coming here in defeat after finding out La Note's wait was far too long. But ever since then, this spot has become my favorite for breakfast. It's something about their pancakes, because they seem to nail it on the head. Super fluffy inside, but a bit crispy outside, and it tastes the perfect amount of buttery. The blueberry is my favorite if you're leaning toward something less sweet, but my family's favorite is not on the menu, it's the banana pancakes. We usually just ask the waiter and they'll make it, but sometimes they may be out of bananas though! Yes, the scones are delicious, but the pancakes are the star!

Random find since I was in the area and just wanted pancakes. There's also scones? Say less. I…read moreordered a June's omelette with a short stack on the side. Plenty of food for a normal person, still a good amount for an endurance athlete. Pancakes were plump and fluffy, soft and moist too. That was the first thing gone before I touch my omelette. I ended up picking regular sourdough with my breakfast, but there is an option to switch to a scone with your breakfast. Nothing to go to town about on the omelette, it was satisfying in portion and in flavors. It's a very standard item. Overall, this spot was pretty laid back, with friendly servers. Seats feel a bit too cozy for my liking, but the place is screaming mom and pop diner.

Lovely little coffee shop with lots of seating. Didn't have trouble finding street parking on a Sat…read moremorning. Loved my latte and latte art.

I came to Black Diamond Cafe around 10 a.m. hoping to enjoy a coffee and get some work done. I've…read morebeen here for about an hour, and unfortunately the experience has been surprisingly frustrating because of something that seems completely avoidable. Every time someone enters **or leaves**, the door chime sounds **twice**. With a constant flow of customers, that means the chime is going off over and over again throughout the entire time you're sitting here. It's loud and extremely distracting if you're trying to work, read, study, or even just enjoy your coffee. I politely asked one of the employees if the chime could be disabled. He explained that they need it so they know when customers enter. I could understand that in a large store where employees might be working out of sight, but this is a relatively small café. There were two employees working up front, with the counter roughly 12 feet from the entrance, and a steady stream of customers coming through. The café itself has a nice atmosphere and could be a great place to sit and work, which is why this is particularly frustrating. A motion indicator, quieter single chime, or some other less intrusive system would accomplish the same purpose without subjecting customers to a double chime every few minutes. It's a small operational issue, but after sitting here for an hour, it has had a disproportionately large effect on the experience. I hope management considers changing it.

Great spot near the Fourth Street shopping area that's just off the main corridor with outdoor…read moreseating. A substantial breakfast and lunch menu for a cafe ranging from breakfast entrees to sandwiches to bowls all decently priced. There were some really interesting combinations but we weren't adventurous and ordered the Homestyle Breakfast and Açaí bowl with a side of Golden Potato and Bacon. Eggs were prepared correctly as over medium, the potatoes were golden and crispy and the açaí bowl fresh. We tried the Merguez (North African sausage) which was very flavorful and smoky. Definitely would stop by here again! Also minimal wait time as most customers aren't lingering.

Management, is it normal for the cashiers to be so unwelcoming in this location? Perhaps you think…read morethe colder they are, the cooler they are, or somehow it makes your place more hip? No common courtesy like hello, or you're welcome to a thanks. Never a smile. The food and coffee are always good so I come back occasionally, but I am disappointed.

OK, OK, so I initially rated at 3 stars because of the prepared sandwiches I received, and the way…read morethey packaged my order, but after having the bagels I upped my rating to 5 stars because, well, they are fantastic. They are a little smaller than some of the other bagels in the area, but that isn't a problem for me. Why? Because they are so delicious. The exterior has some chew and is on the edge of crispy and the interior is dense with a good bite but not dry or hard. The combo of the exterior and the interior is better than any other bagel I've had in my 31 years of living in California. When my husband came home from work and had one of these bagels, he couldn't believe how good it was. This was yesterday, and we already put in an order for a dozen bagels, which we are hoping turns out to be a baker's dozen, to be picked up today. The exterior of these bagels, which are boiled, as any authentic bagel should be, is a little craggy, and the toppings are not afterthoughts, they are GOOD. I never liked everything bagels, but the everything bagels here made me a believer. The salt bagels are special, too. They are not loaded with salt on the exterior, but they seem to have little salty bits inside the bagel, or just inside the exterior. I'm not sure exactly how they do this, but there's a little salt in each bite, If I ever order from them again, in terms of delivery, I personally would not get the sandwiches that involve heat, because when they're wrapped, the texture of the bagel is altered. They more or less steam in their wrapping. And I'd probably not get delivery of cold sandwiches because the wrapping and the time it takes to deliver them result in changed bagel texture, too. They offer home delivery, and I'll take advantage of that, or just order and pick up, because that's just better for the business, financially, and it's easier on my wallet, too. They have some interesting spreads there, different from many of the other places, so I'll try a few of those, but I always have cream cheese at home, ditto lox, and all kinds of toppings, so most of the time I am going to just lay in a bunch of their bagels! Below is my first review. -------- I consider three stars average, and they are specifically for the sandwiches, the bacon, egg and cheese, and the lox and cream cheese. So I ordered both extra toasted, and neither had any crispiness when they arrived. Although the lox bagel was open face and had no heat to it, that sandwich, too, was on a bagel that seemed like it hadn't been toasted, that's how soft it was. I had to check to see that it was toasted at all, and I could see that it was. For the price, there was little lox on there, and it looks like more because they put the tomato slice under the lox and the sandwich was kind of wet, so the lox got washed out. The bacon, egg and cheese was good. The egg was well done, more like a patty instead of fluffy, but that was OK. I prefer the eggs being fluffy, but the whole sandwich was nice, the bacon was generous. I think it only had one egg, the cheese was good, and I got it with chili crisp cream cheese, which was interesting. I also got six bagels, which was $19, very steep, and the bagels are not huge. The thing that annoyed me was that the bag that came had the two sandwiches on the bottom, and the six bagels right on top of the two sandwiches, not in a separate bag, so when I tore open the top of the stapled bag, the bagels and all the toppings on the bagels went all over the place and made a mess. They should put these bagels in a separate bag for you. The bagels were for this evening, and I don't have another paper bag to put them in, and you don't want to put them in anything else. I think I'm going stick to just bagels from this place, and get the spreads on the side, if I get the spreads from them. They have whitefish salad and some interesting cream cheeses.

The platonic ideal of a New York bagel. When your East Coast family comes to town and wants a…read morebagel, bring them here. These bagels check all the boxes and make it look easy. The crust is crisp and crackles as you break into a fresh one. The flavor is deep and malty. The crumb is very chewy and provides enough structure to support a sandwich. One tasting note: the crust in today's batch was had caramel notes that started to recall pizza crust. Less time in the oven would dial that back -- but it gives the bagel character so maybe you want to keep it! But that's the level we're on here. I'm giving subtle tasting notes in a Yelp review. Hella has unlocked the New York bagel for us on the West Coast.

I don't even know why I'm sharing this "secret bakery" with y'all... ugh…read more Oh mmm geee. I will forever wait in line for Fournée because the baked goods are THAT good. The cheese roll is a must, but beware, it can sell out by around 10am. And that damn chocolate almond croissant is an absolute yes every damn time. Take it home, warm it up, and thank me later. The melty chocolate inside with all that almond goodness baked on top?! oouff Heavenly. I'll occasionally get the veggie quiche slice too, especially when they have the corn & potato one. Somehow I always stick to my same three favorites even though everything in those cases looks amazing. I really need to venture out already because those cakes?! Whew. The two gentlemen who usually help me are always so nice, keep the line moving and are welcoming too, great service every time. Yes, it's a little pricey, but I mean...you're in the Berkeley Hills and isn't EVERYTHING overly expensive nowadays? At least here, I leave feeling like it was worth it. Worth the line. Worth spinning the block for parking. Next time I'm getting an assorted box to "share." Anyway, I've already said too much. Please don't make the line longer.

Always great! Love the breads, love that they change pastries regularly and even the biggest lines…read morenever take too long. I also LOVE the quiches Very nice staff and it's a huge plus paving a Peet's Coffee next door

I stumbled upon Nuha's while taking some side streets to get to University Ave. I was trying to get…read moreto a gig on time but I was hungry and needed something to satisfy me. The reason it caught my eye was the line of students overflowed out into the streets likely waiting on coffee orders. There's quite a few coffee spots in this area but this one seemed really popular. I decided to peek in to see what the hype was about. This place is a hole in the wall -NOT AESTHETICALLY- like it is so small in there you can't stand around inside.... you have to wait outside to get your order. I'm not a coffee fan so I didn't check that menu. But I noticed there were some grab and go items and a cooler with lots of refrigerated drinks. I saw some pre-made sandwiches to go and ended up grabbing the avocado, pesto with feta sandwich. Yum! It ran about $6- it comes on a really soft round baguette. The avocado was fresh and creamy- the feta was the right amount of funky against the pesto flavor. I tore that sandwich down! Ten out of ten- I would take BART back to Berkeley just for this sammie. Next time, I'll see what the tea selection is looking like. On my way back from the gig heading to BART- it was now lunchtime and the line outside was doubled so their drinks must be hella good!

I was talking on the phone about wanting a sandwich and the employee, who happened to be the son of…read morethe owner, said they have the best sandwiches so I naturally had to try! he quickly wrapped up this turkey pesto sando on a croissant bc they were out of all their bread after the lunch rush. it was a great sandwich! I was only a little sad that I got charged the price of a regular sandwich despite them not having the bread