I really liked this place! The pastries were excellent-- I got the croque monsieur, the rice ball donut, strawberry cloud donut, soft milk roll, garlic and cheese croissant, the curry croquette, and a honey lavender iced matcha latte.
The croque monsieur is essentially a grilled cheese with I believe a slice of ham inside, and it was SO good warmed up!! Probably my favorite item of the bunch, I'll definitely be getting this again.
The rice ball donut had an excellent texture and I believe was filled with a subtle red bean filling--I'm not a big red bean person but even I liked this.
The strawberry cloud donut was so good I didn't get a picture, lol--the cream to donut ratio was really great, I hate donuts with too much cream. The cream itself was a light strawberry whipped cream and wasn't heavy or sickeningly sweet--it was great! The strawberry on top wasn't very ripe but not a big deal.
The curry croquette was soooo good... the breading itself was lightly seasoned and was so good by itself I wouldn't mind eating just that, but the curry filling is great!! Super flavorful and seasoned spectacularly, I'm not familiar on traditional south Asian curry but I feel like this hits the mark pretty well, it's clearly a different set of flavorings and seasonings than their other items and it's so good. I was really, really pleased with this one!
The soft milk bread roll was alright--not particularly my thing, but I'm sure others would like it. It just wasn't as strong of a pastry as the others were. It's a soft, tiny milk bread baguette roll filled with a lot of cream. Too much cream for me and not much other flavoring going on.
The honey lavender matcha latte was easily the most disappointing of the items I got--it tastes mostly of milk and nothing else. Lavender especially is a very strong flavor, but I don't get much of that at all. I'm not sure if the lack of matcha flavor is due to a lesser quality matcha or if their matcha solution is too diluted (their matcha was premixed in a bottle) but it just wasn't great, unfortunately.
The prices here were actually surprising! Going somewhere like Paris baguette and getting the items I got would have been $50+, which I was honestly expecting, but my total came out to $36 including 18% tip.
Their service was, honestly, 3 star worthy, but I don't want to bring the overall rating down for that. There were two younger and I'm assuming very new people working and an older woman working--the two younger people were having a rough time getting the hang of things, and the older woman was rushing around trying to take care of everything. I felt bad because she looked fairly stressed :(
I think they just need some more training. The younger barista crumpled up my receipt by accident so I ended up having to ask for my drink again, and the younger cashier was having a bit of a rough time at the register but they were both trying their best! I definitely recommend this place because the pastries are great, the prices are great, and I went in at 3:45 pm and they still had a pretty good selection to choose from with everything still tasting and feeling fresh! Just maybe go in with a little patience.
I'll be coming back to try more!! read more