Craig Prater

Found this place after searching for breakfast near Grand Central Terminal. The walk was short, and we were seated right away. The food was excellent, but some of the dishes were light in portion. I had the Belgian waffle, and my wife had the turkey bacon avocado Martine. I also had an iced chai latte which was really good. Our server gave great service. Maybe I'd come back for more if in the mood.

Rkrdo Azvdo

La Pain Quotidien, a French bakery located at SE corner 3rd Avenue and E 44 street. A good place for a quick coffee and some French little experience. Prices are, well, again New York, nothing is cheap here if you are under air conditioned indoors… overall worthy.

+14

X “hungrytommy” X

I was walking by and had a sweet tooth and their French Cream Donuts in the window have an irresistible look to them. I have to admit they are very good. I’d get them again. The space was nice, but the tables clearly hadn’t been wiped down recently. I never saw one wiped in the 20 minutes I was in there. Pastries are served on paper plates rather than dishware. The service was disorganized. The guy behind the counter was confused and had to ask for help a couple of times. It also moved slow. I’d go back for a donut though.

Atul

Decent food, a little overpriced. Not great when your server mentions that tip is "his hourly salary" and looking over the shoulder for the same! Do not appreciate the hostility for tipping.

Alexey Kushnarev

I would be happy not to see traces of food from the previous order in my coffee cup next time.

Jen

Came here for breakfast and got the smoked salmon omelette ($18.75). On the menu, it said it comes with Greek yogurt, but it didn’t. It came with a salad and bread. The dish was quite large, and it was a satisfying breakfast. The service was so slow though. A table that was seated before us got their food served before the waiter even took our order.

Saoirse Teaghan

We came at a time tjay wouldn’t usually be super busy, and it was overwhelmingly busy. The staff didnt give us any attention at all, and was overly rude when we asked for help. The food was just eh, very overpriced for what we got. However, they did give my mom a small tea pot for her tea which was nice.

victoria Kennedy

My husband and I came here for a late lunch; I’ve always really like these restaurants having eaten at them across the city over the past 10 years, but I think this place has really gone downhill! We both ordered lentil soups which arrived barely warm. Hello? Soup is always supposed to be hot! How can they not know this? We sent it back and when it came back it was still not hot, we ate it anyway as I did not want to bother asking again. Big disappointment. I ordered a salad which did not taste or look very fresh; it had chicken on top and I honestly thought it looked bad. Like it was old. I ate just 1/3 the salad. Just not appetizing. It was supposed to be a ceaser but had a bleu cheese dressing. I had to ask for olive oil for the table and it tasted rancid. My husband got sick afterwards, we don’t know if it was his soup or the rancid olive oil; I did not get sick (yet) so not sure if the food was tainted or bad. But it was still a sub par experience. Then I purchased a chocolate chip cookie was tasted like it had been sitting there for 15 days. We took a few bites and threw it out. I’ll try other locations but 44th and 3rd needs to get their act together; I hope management comes to ask the kitchen why they serve lukewarm soup??!! And super stale cookies. My guess is it’s a dead location and they just don’t do volume so food quality and freshness has greatly deteriorated. I do not recommend this location.

Ann Parker

Mini pancakes arrived barely lukewarm. By time I was 2 bites in they were cold. Too bad, because had they been warm I think they would have been pretty good. The waitress forget my coffee and utensils, but brought them quickly when asked. My coffee cup had a huge Crack. I drank around it. I'm currently 15 minutes into waiting for a check. I won't be returning to dine in. I may try their pastry for take away, but with all the great food in NYC, why bother?

Ellen

Update: I got their regular coffee which was not good. It tastes like coffee you can get for $1 and the mini carrot cake was so pricey for such a small, bite sized pastry. The seating in the back was not clean with croissant flakes on the tables, floors and seats. Workers need to be trained how to use the machines. Their pain aux raisins was good. Flaky on the outer rings and denser in the middle. The cafe is spacious with seating in the back. I went there early in the morning and it was empty other than the workers there who could have been a bit more welcoming. The fresh cream donut was ok. The cream was light and good but the donut itself had a slightly bitter aftertaste.

+17

Anastasia Romanova

I’m genuinely disappointed with my experience at this restaurant. The quality of the food was shockingly poor. I ordered a quinoa salad with grilled chicken, which used to be warm and fresh, but this time everything arrived cold, extremely salty, and honestly inedible. I then tried switching to the flatbread, hoping it would be better. Unfortunately, it tasted like it came straight out of the freezer. It was cold (or barely reheated) and impossible to eat. At that point, I had to cancel my order entirely. I left hungry, frustrated, and very disappointed. Horrible kitchen service. This place has gone dramatically downhill.