Lafayette Grand Café & Bakery

The food as usual is delicious.
Buuuut the attitude that we got from all personnel is just another level ridiculous. I have been coming to this restaurant for past 3-4 years every couple of weeks, but never have I ever received such horrible service.
The waitress was standing with her hands crossed, did not give us specials for the day, for every our “Thank you” she replied with “Sure”. I don’t understand since when people in service forgot how to provide that same service they signed up for?
The hostess not even for one second looked at us, just stared at the computer, handed us over to a girl next to her with words “Take these people to table 41”. Nothing like “Enjoy your dinner” or simple “Enjoy it”.
The guy who brought the oysters to the table, literally started slamming the candle from one side of the table to another like 3-4 times.
I’m absolutely appalled with treatment like this in a French restaurant.
The only person who was nice is the runner named Luis. Amazing guy, always smiling, obviously was in a better mood comparing all other personnel, and it definitely projected to the customers. He was nice and cheery.
I really didn’t want to leave any tip, but my boyfriend invited on at least 15%.
We were there for 2 hours, she came to our table only twice to ask if we’re okay or need anything, but she didn’t actually stop at our table, just kinda passed by and said “you okay?”

So, I’m not coming back to this place after years of enjoying thee food.

Absolutely worth the wait!!! I came here on a Saturday morning around 10:20am and was able to wait on line inside. A few minutes after, the host told new people to start forming the line outside. By 10:45am, I made it to the register and left. When I got outside the line was already to the end of the block and started wrapping around so definitely get here EARLY.

The croissants at this bakery are absolute perfection. The French butter croissant is outstanding with its crispy, flaky exterior and the warm, soft, buttery inside. I could eat these everyday and not get sick of them. I also love how big they are!!

And then of course there’s the Suprême, the most epic croissant of all. There’s chocolate and pistachio, and I had to get both. They are UNREAL. One of the most creative, aesthetically pleasing, delicious desserts ever made. Yes they’re $9.50, and I promise each bite makes you forget about the sticker shock and you just enjoy it even more.

Bringing all of my friends here!!

Was this worth waiting in line for 45 minutes? Not really but you get to try a special croissant!

The spiral croissants filled with cream is their specialty and it comes in 3 flavours: chocolate, espresso martini and pistachio.
We only tried pistachio and it was yummy. The croissant was buttery and flaky.

They only serve croissants at 4PM so try to get there around 3:30PM

Decided to come here for a quick brunch due to a recommendation from one of my friends. There was no wait on a Sunday afternoon for a table of 2. The food was mediocre. Don’t get me wrong, the bakery items were delicious but the brunch food was not to my liking. It was nothing special. Lack taste/flavor. Service could’ve been better as well.

The food is great and they have the BEST almond croissants and onion scones in NYC (sell out very fast). The bad thing is that for some reason you can’t order pastries from the bakery while you are seated at the table and ordering from the menu. It is very confusing.
The bakery area is standing room only and late became popular on TokTok, so lots of tourists.
The service could have been faster a bit. The ambiance is very eye pleasing and elegant. Great for a nice brunch date.