Yes Yes Yes! Came for dinner. Wild boar pappardelle was everything I had hoped for in a pappardelle. Perfect portion size, pasta cooked perfectly, and excellent meat. Then I ate the apple crumble with creme fraiche ice cream and had a Meg Ryan moment. Also, try the Collette ale. No relation to the cafe, but it was phenomenal. It's a wheat beer for people who don't like wheat beer... if that makes sense. read more

Great for breakfast or brunch. Decent prices, absolutely delicious food. Friendly staff. Definitely my favorite spot for breakfast or brunch in Williamsburg. read more

Beautiful atmosphere, horrible food. First off, let me first say that the atmosphere here is incredible. It had a very cool vibe, and I loved the place from the minute I sat down. In fact, I eagerly texted my Mom, telling her that we should check this place out when her and my family are in town next week. That being said, the food was irredeemably bad. Not just, "oh, I expected better", but straight-up bad. I don't know what's going on in the kitchen, but it is nothing short of gross incompetence. I ordered the squash ravioli as my entree, and the first thing I noticed was that it did not look appetizing at all. It wasn't sitting in a sauce of any kind, but what looked more like a liquidy soup. As I cut into the first piece, it quite literally disintegrated into the watery mess. Still stupidly thinking there must be some culinary method to this madness, I used the side of the plate to "drain" the second piece before biting into it. As soon as the piece of ravioli opened up inside my mouth, I was overwhelmed with the strangest sensation: the liquid that the ravioli had been soaking in was hot, but the center was ice cold. Again, not in an "oh, just it's been sitting for a while" cold, but in a "this ravioli was frozen and the kitchen didn't cook it through all the way" type way. This actually confused me, and I almost thought it may just be some new avant-garde way of serving ravioli. There are a number of reasons why I didn't initially believe it was a kitchen error: 1. What restaurant of this size and supposed caliber freezes ravioli?? If I'm paying 25 dollars for four pieces of ravioli I expect it to be made fresh. This in itself is unacceptable. 2. Even if it was frozen, why on earth would they not let it thaw beforehand? This was the evening of Valentines Day; it's not as if they were unexpectedly slammed with customers on short notice. 3. Even if it was fresh out of the freezer, not cooking ravioli all the way through is a completely amateur mistake to make. For the first time in my life, I returned a dish at a restaurant. The waiter was nice and extremely apologetic, and assured me that it was not, in fact, supposed to be cold in the middle. About ten minutes later, a new plate of ravioli came out... STILL COLD. Although it was still cold in the middle, it was at least somewhat bearable for me to eat. I say "somewhat", because even if this ravioli was cooked to perfection, it still would have tasted horrible. The soupy "sauce" was present in this batch as well. I'm pretty passive, so I didn't raise my concerns about this second dish, but in hindsight I should have. I still find the fact that the kitchen managed to undercook my frozen pasta a second time mind-boggling. On top of that, my girlfriend's chicken was dry and overcooked, so her experience wasn't much better. I could hear the table next to us making comments about how their octopus tasted frozen as well, so it's definitely not an isolated problem. I will definitely never spend money on food here again, which breaks my heart because the atmosphere was so amazing. That simply isn't redeeming enough of a quality for me to spend money on expensive frozen food. read more

Colette, you're the super model of the neighborhood. I like your look and hanging out inside you makes me feel like I've succeeded at something. But, like most super models your quality, generosity and palate fall to the waste side. Don't worry I'll always walk by and glance at your beautiful exterior, but sorry I won't be spending a dime on you. Peace. read more

While food was flavorful and cooked hot / fresh, the service was not only slow, but borderline annoyed with us. Try ordering pick up if you prefer your food with friendly service. Bill was 92.00 - better options for better service- read more

2.5 Stars. Totally middle-of-the-road mediocre. It kind of upsets me that just because people think they are "the new cool kids in town" they think they can also charge disproportionately to what they are providing. The food didn't DISPLEASE me, but it certainly wasn't memorable. Whenever I eat at places like this I think, "Dammit, for the same price I could have ate at Diner or Marlow and Sons and reveled in each and every bite." It makes me regretful. My friend had the Kale Ceasar salad which has 3 ingredients and is "good" but costs $13. She also had the $16 Ahi & noodles which she didn't comment on so it must not have impressed her. I had the $19 slow roasted pork which was fine, but calling the vegetables "pickled" is a stretch. The corn cake was whatever. We were still hungry after so we split a $5 order of onion rings which are light and crisp but no wow factor. Not sated. Sad. Wouldn't recommend but wouldn't object PROFUSELY if someone else wanted to take me there, provided they were going to pick up the check. read more

Thanks for the hair in my salad, then not even offering to let me select something else from the menu. Thanks for taking the salad away and then offering a weak appology 15 minutes later while I had no idea what was going on. Oh and thanks for charging us full price for everything! read more

They take forever for everything! Even when the restaurant is empty. Food is not good also... fries were so soggy, everything overpriced too!! Drinks are ok too ... not worth the long long long wait! read more

A fan! I love their space as it reckons back to a 1950's Miami and their food is great both for lunch and dinner.

Forgot to seat us, was rude when i pointed out her mistake, coffee was burnt, food was honestly disgusting. Rarely am I this upset with a restaurant experience but this was just terrible and I thought I should write the review considering yelp is the reason I went there! read more

Meh. Carmelized Onion Soup, looks and sounds like French Onion Soup but its not. It lacked alot of flavor and the soup was watery. Also, why did they put soggy bread in the soup? Cute ambience though. Also the lunch menu prices were not lunch prices at all, 12 dollars for a bowl of small soup? That's outrageous! read more

My friend and I needed to get dinner before heading to Brooklyn Bowl so Cafe Colette looked cute and was pretty close so we decided to eat here. Sidenote: Someone seriously needs to invest in developing real estate for restaurants near Brooklyn Bowl and the Brewery. The host told us it should be about a 15-20 min wait and we waited 45. My friend had went across the street at some point to see if one of the other restaurants would take us but by the time she came back, they seated us. They gave us a free appetizer which was nice so props for recognizing bad judgement. The dinner menu was pretty limited but our choices were tasty but nothing out of this world - we split brussel sprouts with pancetta, grilled octopus, fries, meatballs, and we got the fritto misto veggie mix gratis. My cocktail called Table 6 though was pretty delish. It seems like this place is better for brunch and definitely attracts a neighborhood crowd. Yelp says it best - Meh. I've experienced better. read more

This place is very green, and deserves a chance, so I want to to give honest, no BS, third-party feedback because as a local I genuinely want this place to survive. The fitout is well done, and looks inviting from the outside. It looks and feels like a simple french bistro. I ordered the chicken paillard, which was basic, comfort bistro food and fair value at $14. I won't judge the food from only on one visit for dinner (not fair), but still, some thoughts: 1. Menu - seems very schizo/multi-personality in style. A hodge podge of french bistro classics (steak frites, paillard) cobbled with asian/viet (sesame noodle salad), latin/med (ceviche, clams and chorizo) and comfort food (fish and chips, pork ribs, BBQ'd oysters?). Pick a style and stick with it, no one can be everything to everyone. I read on the blogs about the opening which said silent H and delmano co-owners. Personally, I'd love them to scrap the other styles completely and pursue quality affordable basic and classic bistro food. 2. Add better descriptions to the menus. Tell me the chicken paillard comes with an arugula, tomato and parmesan salad. Tell me the lobster roll comes with fries. How big is the steak frites? Is it a strip or a hanger? 3. Give a wine tasting to your staff. You have some good selections. The bottle prices are cheap relative to glasses. Help them recommend me a wine. Teach your folks working behind the bar how to be a great waiter, so that those eating at the bar are the same kind of thoughtful attention and are not "overserved". I'm excited this place has opened. Looking forward to seeing them fine tune it into a killer spot. read more

I use yelp all the time am a huge foodie but just signed up for Yelp to commet this review. I went there with a friend and the food was horrible. I live in the neighborhood and you're better off going to Teddys. The dinner was cheap quality food (the sneak was so fatty in the worst way). I love marbling, but this was just a cheap cut of meat. SOOOOO EXPENSIVE! Your money is better spent elsewhere. They look like they do well for bring but avoid dinner at all costs. read more

The hostess, who clearly was from New Jersey, called me both "babe" and "sweetie" right in front of my mother in law ON MOTHERS DAY the most controversial of all mother's holidays!!! She smelled like rose petals and walked around like a studio producer for the Aqua Bats in their hay day which at first was off putting but once we spotified AB bangers it really changed the mood. We asked her about the Aqua Bats but instead offered us specials, very Hollywood move. It was at this point she randomly asked if she could shuck our oysters with a butterfly knife which made my mother in law upset because she forgot her butterfly knife back at the women's YMCA and didn't know she was going to have to bring it. Not a problem for ChaCha. ChaCha immediately reached into her belt line and pulled out her lady's knife and did the David Blane on these Blue Points. End of day she stole our dog, charged a bunch of calls to Eastern Europe on our flip phone cricket account and I'll never go back to Coffee Colletti again. Ten out of five... try the LaLa. read more

I use to love this place when it first opened. They had all these awesome things on the menu - steak sandwich, lobster roll, fritto misto, burger etc. And all were very reasonably priced. Went away for a little while and came back to a much different restaurant. The dinner menu literally consists of 5 overpriced entrees. The apps are also overpriced - $11 for three meatballs an another $11 for fritto misto, which they removed the rock shrimp from. So now you get some kettle chips that price and that's all. The bartender working that night was also very unfriendly. So many awesome places in the hood - why would anyone cone back here? read more

We sat outside which was lovely. Coffee was good. Orange juice was not fresh squeezed. That's ok. The cauliflower hash was delicious. The paprika potatoes were well done. The kale and butterbean stew was unfortunately bland and lacked flavour. Our server (I know her name but would rather not name and shame in public cos what's the point - maybe she was having a bad day) really put a dampener on our experience. She was mono-syllabic and shrugged - almost rolled her eyes - when we asked questions about the menu. I'd just rather not be served by someone acting like a grumpy teenager - it really ruined the experience for us. She cleared plates when we weren't done with the food and didn't ask. I don't think she should lose her job over it but she should maybe consider exercising a little more maturity next time. So that's 2 out of 3 for the food and zero out of 2 for the service. And an extra star just cos it's really not a 2 outta 5 on the whole. read more

Food was ok, standard brunch items. I would rate this place higher if my experience was not overshadowed by the abundance of flies. There were 10 flies hovering over my table the entire meal. I kept swatting them away from my face, from my coffee, from my french toast. I would love to talk about the tasty skillet french toast with the delicious blackberries, but all I can think about are the flies. read more

12/12/10 a couple months since the review below and this morning things were great! Maybe I was to quick to judge. But good service is important to any dining experience. Food was great grilled cheese and tomato sandwich perfect!!! 9/14/10 I go here all the time I love the space and the food. But the last couple time I have gone here my waitress Hannah has no manners, always seems put out by her job and takes forever. This is a five star neighborhood joint with a 1 star waitress. As long as she is there I will be going to Enid's. The rest of the staff is great, but I have little interaction with them. read more

Great for brunch! Great coffee, delicious bloody mary, good scones (though I would have preferred them without icing), great paprika potatoes, and very tasty and filling chilaquiles with chicken. There was a special spicy sausage and egg dish served in a cast iron pan that I got to sample -- also scrumptious. They were also kind enough to accommodate our off-menu order of scrambled eggs for my 2 yr old niece. Recommended. read more

The location and the food is fine the service sucks! really i now is NYC and I lived their so I get it but frankly worst customer service I had during my last visit, of ALL the places/restaurants I visited in Manhattan,Astoria or Williamsburg this was by far the WORST! it was just one visit and maybe I had bad luck but seriously I did not get a "good feeling" once I paid my tab and left the cafe. read more

This place just opened up around the corner so I decided to give it a shot. It looks like a lovely little cafe. They only offer drinks and breakfast sandwiches for take-away, which I found odd. I ordered a cappuccino and a breakfast sandwich with no bacon. Simple enough, I figured. The cappuccino was TINY! I didn't like the taste of the beans they use either. I added milk but it didn't do much. And I got all the way home and found out that they put bacon on my sandwich! So I fed a $6.25 breakfast sandwich to my dog. If you're going to charge those prices, get my order right. Not going back when El Beit and Bakeri are just around the corner and WAY better quality and service. read more

This is probably my favorite place in Williamsburg. So delicious & the staff was nice and helpful

Stopped in for a cappuccino was amazing had a toasty flavor! There was a weird fishy smell in restaurant otherwise I would come back for the espresso beans. read more

I've been here now for brunch and dinner. I would most definitely hands down would come back for brunch but dinner was ehhhhhh okay. I came here on a Sunday morning with the boyfriend and sat outside. The benches aren't too comfortable to sit on for a long time but being outdoors is nice. I ordered an ice coffee with veggie fritatta and a side of sausage. The ice coffee came with simple syrup on the side which I love! since sweetening an iced anything is usually a problem with sugar. For some reason, I didn't think the veggie fritatta would be that big so I had to order the sausage but all together it was actually a lot of food. The frittata was large and came with a side salad. The bf ordered the fried chicken salad which I almost ordered as well but really wanted eggs. Definitely a great choice too! However when we came back a few weeks later for dinner, it just wasn't the same. The server was on point and just great but the food was just all right. We ordered the brown butter polenta with fontina to start but it looked soupy. We started to eat it but the server came out and said she ordered another one for us since it just "didn't look right" - the 2nd was better in texture, less soupy. I ordered the cheeseburger medium but it came out well done which probably explains why it took so long to do it. The bf ordered the kale salad which I also liked. read more

A perfect brunch spot. Few options, but all are delicious. Cozy, unassuming. Just a great neighborhood nosh. I've never had to wait for a table for more than a few minutes, but I usually come fairly early with small groups. read more

Had dinner with two friends. The place was relatively hassle free given that it was 8:30 on a Thursday night and there was more activity than the usual in the 'hood. We were lucky in our timing -- seated almost immediately. Seeking a lighter dinner, we ordered and shared b-sprouts, broccolini, kale salad and the burrata special. Enjoyed and wanted more of everything...save the kale salad--which I found was only pretty good and not orgasmically so. Nice, relaxed atmosphere. read more

Great neighborhood restaurant that is low key yet curates innovative dishes that are impressive. Always excited to see what the seasonal dishes are to try! read more

my new favorite place! even if it wasn't on my block i'd want to come everyday. it has an island like vibe, relaxed and energetic with sophistication. the waitstaff and all involved are sweet and professional, you know you'll be taken care of, get what you ordered, and smiles along the way. Beautiful details, follows the neighborhood vibe of a reclaimed interior but with a fresh, clean calypso elegance. welcome to the block madame colette! read more

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I visited Cafe Colette for brunch. The brunch menu had some good sounding items. The food is very good, decent service (although most places in Williamsburg get packed around brunch on the weekends), and a nice atmosphere. The cafe is bustling with people and has that old diner-type look. The back "room" is more airy and quaint. A nice place to eat. read more

DELIGHTFUL Brunch cafe in Brooklyn ~ my friend and I spontaneously wandered in and were seated in an adorable patio out back with hanging vines, wooden benches, twinkle lights, and other plants- giving a very groovy vibe. Our waiters were young and friendly, bringing us tea and coffee in very cool glasses. We ordered the avocado toast and pulled pork texas toast- huge slices of bread topped with spices and fried eggs on top! We also shared a homemade chocolate scone- I'm not usually a fan of scones- but this one was so rich and moist that I thoroughly enjoyed it! It was probably the most aesthetically and appetite-pleasing brunch I've had in a while. Also, the bathrooms had really nice, local scented candles - very calming and refreshing. I HIGHLY recommend to anyone visiting Brooklyn, especially young people! read more

Came here after hearing or reading about a new chef taking over the kitchen. I didn't go prior but I'm happy I gave it a try. I thought the space was very cute and it was packed with happy people. I noticed a lot of a variety of items on the menu. The menu reads very nicely and has things for everyone to pick from. Everything from the octopus to the pasta special tasted great. I want to come back to try those pancakes! They look divine. read more

Love this place for lunch outside. The salmon bowl with beet, kale, avocado and tahini is delicious. The dining room has a mix of Parisian and New York flair. You can also grab a great tasting iced latte with almond milk on the go at the window. I'm always baffled when reading their negative reviews. My experience: two thumbs up! read more

It was a Monday evening when I met a friend for dinner here. I had a Colette beer at the bar served by a friendly bartender. Sat down for dinner and ate a warmed charred beet salad - absolutely delicious and fresh, my main dish of whole roasted Daurad - a white fish, again perfectly cooked and delicious, my friend had hand cut linquine - good but nothing exceptional, and a tad bland. The music is very eclectic and not too loud. Easy to have a conversation. I loved the pale green stain on the wood walls behind the bar. Just a beautiful place. read more

Great and quaint. Nice when I was there with a friend. Great to sit outside sit back, eat and drink. Wasn't crowded then.

Really impressed with this little place. The server and manager were both knowledgeable, friendly, and passionate. The food was really great. The place is crowded and lively. Take a chance on this place. You'll be glad you did. read more

this is a cute restaurant so so cute and petite... the most memorable of my dishes was this salad w persimmon fruit & aruluga... ok if you r not into sweet salads... the burger was nice too... BUUUUUt if you love cheese in any way shape or form get the french onion soup (careful it's hot!) mmmm le gruyere all crispy and goey and hard to detach from the clay pot.. YUUUUM.. its a battle of the cheese but its worth it read more

Everything at this place is thought out an well executed. The early 60's diner theme is well done. The bartenders made us some very well made drinks. The food was somewhat low brow but executed with high concepts. Good first date spot - cheap enough that its not awkward but classy enough to show that your not a slob. read more

It's just another Williamsburg hipster place that has good intentions but not enough skill (whether it comes from experience, talent or a combination of the two) to make it any better than a 2 star ny times place. The burg is littered with high hopes but less than execution, this place is no different. It makes you appreciate how good Marlow & Sons really is. Chicory was interesting, the Trout was well done, good protein, crispy skin but not a wow. Good, but not Very Good or great. Dessert was a lowlight. Be bold not so muted. If you have dark chocolate bread pudding with cinnamon then let me taste it, hit me with it rather than awkwardly hover. At the end of the day none of the food pops, it just teases...at times. Teasing is great early in high school, but not good when you're way above the age of consent. Whipped salt cod with bread was a highlight. The bread was almost great. Almost Need a little more time to incubate read more

We stopped in for a quick lunch on a Tuesday and were able to get a table easily. The service was prompt and the food was good. I really like the fried oyster po' boy -- delicious. I'd go back just to eat another one of those! It's a great spot, especially for lunch. read more