Le Pain Quotidien

Judy Clavin

Many families with small children are eating indoor on a Sunday morning at this Manhattan Beach location. On a sunny and slightly cool breezy morning we chose to eat breakfast outdoors under umbrella coverings. Food choices eye appealing; I devoured a chicken tartine (open face sandwich) while my company enjoyed sunny side up eggs choice. Coffee is very good here! I would definitely return for other menu choices.

Victor B

This is a great pace for lunch in the upscale Manhattan Beach restaurant, bar, and shopping area. Great breakfast and brunch options and I loved my “open faced” sandwich for lunch (turkey, bacon and avocado). Also loved the lemon that comes to you in a mini-pitcher! Solid service. Eat inside or outside. VictorB

Wendi Vaughn

This is my go to coffee shop in Manhattan Beach. The crew is absolutely lovely. The managers are superstars! Love this location!

凱薩琳

After walking on the pier of Manhattan beach, having lunch here is a good choice. Good service and good food, always a great idea.

Mel Upton

What a lovely place for brunch! Servers are attentive, and the food is delicious 😋. Had a great quiche, and my ice tea lemonade was refreshing. Ordered some pastries to go.

Elizabeth Rose

We have been coming here for years and years. The service odd unfailingly friendly and accommodating. The food is very tasty and the location can’t be beat. It’s a wonderful place to relax and watch the world go by.

Metschan Aschlo

Lovely place for a light breakfast or lunch. Service is great and they have a few items that I get regular cravings for and keep me coming back. First, their bread basket is a must, I am a huge fan of the hazelnut flute with their chocolate spreads or jams and their bread is always perfect, though it does not keep well and should be eaten that day. Secondly, their tuna, hands down the best tuna ever, I get it on a salad or on their starting with a side of soup, perfection. Prices are high, but I feel the quality is worth it. Worth a stop while in the area.

Doerte Sennecke-Chow

It is part of the Metlox Plaza. Seating is decent; outdoors. It is next to the Shade Hotel. The bakery has pastry and bread. The whole wheat sourdough can be pricey. A quarter loaf of bread rings you up at about five dollars; as of May 2021

Isabella

The environment is clean and the atmosphere is relaxed. I'm happy to go there again.

Aakansha Maheshwari

Got a vegan bahn mi sandwich to go and they were super accommodating - substituting nutty lentils with avocado mash. It was delicious! The side salad that comes with is great too! Hope you guys can add more nut free, vegan options in the bakery section :)

A lovely French boulangerie/café with freshly baked goodies and a relaxing vibe. From the ocean breeze to the open, airy space and the smell of fresh pastries, everything feels warm and inviting. It’s just a few steps away from the Manhattan Beach Pier, making it a perfect spot to grab a croissant and coffee before or after a beach walk. Parking can be a bit tricky, but there are metered spots available on the nearby streets. Totally worth a visit for a calm and tasty beachside café experience.

Charming café with organic, fresh food. The avocado toast and latte combo is my favorite. The staff is professional and kind. The atmosphere is bright and relaxing. Perfect spot to start your morning near the beach.

Came for an easy brunch, ordered the chicken avocado tartine (good but a bit dry) and side of avocado and smoked salmon (both very fresh) snd a basket of fresh backed baguette with their delicious jams and spreads they give for free to the customers table. The highlight of this cafeteria is their patio, well spread out, shaded and in the middle of the MB vibe 🤩 Our server Marshall was polite and attentive, great positive radiant energy all the way, sorry to say he unfortunately had to deal with that nasty lady with the two kids next to us. She was over the edge rude, kept on her cellphone sending to us neighbor tables glare of his device hit by the sun rays without caring less. I wish the manager would’ve addressed the situation when she and her boy kid got into that uncomfortable argument 😳 . Beside her, i would recommend this place 🥳 easy parking underground too.

Naby

A lovely French boulangerie/café with freshly baked goodies and a relaxing vibe. From the ocean breeze to the open, airy space and the smell of fresh pastries, everything feels warm and inviting. It’s just a few steps away from the Manhattan Beach Pier, making it a perfect spot to grab a croissant and coffee before or after a beach walk. Parking can be a bit tricky, but there are metered spots available on the nearby streets. Totally worth a visit for a calm and tasty beachside café experience.

Fin Johnson

Charming café with organic, fresh food. The avocado toast and latte combo is my favorite. The staff is professional and kind. The atmosphere is bright and relaxing. Perfect spot to start your morning near the beach.

Le Pain Quotidien has a great vibe to it, with indoor bench seating, to outdoor seating covered in umbrellas. It can get very busy and lively here, and it makes for great people watching if you sit outside. The food and customer service is a bit hit or miss. Some days service is quick, other days you need to get up to grab someone. The food falls in the same category - I've had amazing food there and then decent food. On the flip side, the beverages are fantastic. This place has organic and handmade bread, and the bread is delicious. Pro tip - if you like hot chocolate, do yourself a favour and order the one here. It's amazing!!!

Food was good! Nice outside sitting space. The food portion and price was reasonable. Great staff!

JR Curley

Le Pain Quotidien has a great vibe to it, with indoor bench seating, to outdoor seating covered in umbrellas. It can get very busy and lively here, and it makes for great people watching if you sit outside. The food and customer service is a bit hit or miss. Some days service is quick, other days you need to get up to grab someone. The food falls in the same category - I've had amazing food there and then decent food. On the flip side, the beverages are fantastic. This place has organic and handmade bread, and the bread is delicious. Pro tip - if you like hot chocolate, do yourself a favour and order the one here. It's amazing!!!

Farjana Rumpa

Food was good! Nice outside sitting space. The food portion and price was reasonable. Great staff!

Sébastien Moser

Nice place to have a healthy meal. Parking is available right beneath the restaurant. The food is good but the wait is quite long.

I came here for breakfast with a friend. The egg skillet I got was okay, I feel like it was too simple for the price. The iced coffee I got was okay too, a bit watery. It wasn’t bad, but i don’t believe I’ll come here again. Good location though! And the atmosphere was cute.

Decent but not anything special for the price. They have a great outdoor seating area, but the chairs are pretty uncomfortable and it wouldn’t hurt to add some covers. I ordered the bacon and scallion skillet which was small and the eggs were overcooked. I also had the homemade lemonade and iced tea which was pretty good but nothing to come back for. I also had multiple servers but none at the same time. They never came to check on my food and after sitting for awhile after finishing I had to wave someone over for my check.

Great location, fantastic outdoor seating. I’ve been a customer for over a decade to their stores. I love this spot. 3 star right now due to some foul tasting corn chowder. Foul as in possibly expired.

Nadia

I came here for breakfast with a friend. The egg skillet I got was okay, I feel like it was too simple for the price. The iced coffee I got was okay too, a bit watery. It wasn’t bad, but i don’t believe I’ll come here again. Good location though! And the atmosphere was cute.

Jianna L

Decent but not anything special for the price. They have a great outdoor seating area, but the chairs are pretty uncomfortable and it wouldn’t hurt to add some covers. I ordered the bacon and scallion skillet which was small and the eggs were overcooked. I also had the homemade lemonade and iced tea which was pretty good but nothing to come back for. I also had multiple servers but none at the same time. They never came to check on my food and after sitting for awhile after finishing I had to wave someone over for my check.

mr. davis

Great location, fantastic outdoor seating. I’ve been a customer for over a decade to their stores. I love this spot. 3 star right now due to some foul tasting corn chowder. Foul as in possibly expired.

I ordered the breakfast bowl which sounded amazing from the menu description. They must have been out of Tuscan kale because the bowl arrived and it was made with arugula, which is a very different. I wish they had just told me they were out of kale so I could’ve ordered something else. Arugula is much more of a summery green, not hearty autumn. The flavor was also very bland… I couldn’t pick out flavors in the very mild dressing. Seasoning of the sweet potato and farro was also missing. For $17, the profit margin must be huge once you add up the cost of a single egg, part of a sweet potato, a few pistachios and a couple handfuls of arugula. Unfortunately very underwhelming. The cappuccino was fine, needed to be hotter. The chocolate almond croissant was good, not great. Have had better. Overall, fine. Nice server, lovely patio for eating outside, but the food was just fair and overpriced. I’ll say the dark sourdough bread was very good. I’d recommend trying one of the independent breakfast spots before hitting this chain, but I was with a group that wanted to try it.

Stefanie Michelle

I ordered the breakfast bowl which sounded amazing from the menu description. They must have been out of Tuscan kale because the bowl arrived and it was made with arugula, which is a very different. I wish they had just told me they were out of kale so I could’ve ordered something else. Arugula is much more of a summery green, not hearty autumn. The flavor was also very bland… I couldn’t pick out flavors in the very mild dressing. Seasoning of the sweet potato and farro was also missing. For $17, the profit margin must be huge once you add up the cost of a single egg, part of a sweet potato, a few pistachios and a couple handfuls of arugula. Unfortunately very underwhelming. The cappuccino was fine, needed to be hotter. The chocolate almond croissant was good, not great. Have had better. Overall, fine. Nice server, lovely patio for eating outside, but the food was just fair and overpriced. I’ll say the dark sourdough bread was very good. I’d recommend trying one of the independent breakfast spots before hitting this chain, but I was with a group that wanted to try it.

The cookie was excessively hard and borderline inedible. I’d also appreciate knowing what type of chocolate is used in the pastries so I can avoid it in the future—the pain au chocolat was especially disappointing. Overall, this was a $40 letdown. Coffee was meh. Employees are super nice though xoxoxo

Paloma

The cookie was excessively hard and borderline inedible. I’d also appreciate knowing what type of chocolate is used in the pastries so I can avoid it in the future—the pain au chocolat was especially disappointing. Overall, this was a $40 letdown. Coffee was meh. Employees are super nice though xoxoxo