Le Pain Quotidien Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The inviting ambiance combined with delicious pastries and outstanding service by Matt made this visit a definite five-star experience."
• "What started off as a bit of a nightmare was completely saved by lovely Sophia!"
• "Our waiter Sophia was absolutely lovely & looked after us really well - huge thank you to Sophia for that!"
• "Sophia helped me and is just an angel; warm and helpful and she made sure I received my food so quickly I even had time for desert."
• "LUCA a young, bright, gentleman, offered us a superior, service, with class and professionality."
• "The service is always friendly and excellent."
• "Service is great. Fast and friendly."

Cons:

• "If you buy a takeaway coffee, you cannot sit inside. Instead, you get kicked out."
• "The service is quite slow and the food doesn’t taste as well."
• "Also they automatically charge 10% service."
• "Food kinda pricey. Staff seem uncoordinated - asked us to move to another table but no one came to take over the table that we vacated."
• "Then try and catch the eye of someone to give you the bill."
• "I also don’t recommend working here as the manager started having an argument with the staff behind us about having worked 9 days in a row when a staff member asked for a shift off and then walked off in the middle of their conversation."
• "The take away cashier today was completely disorganised, slow, and made us wait 15 min so we nearly missed our train."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Always worth a visit, watch the world go by and enjoy the taste!"
• "Food was outstanding as well, definitely going back there again!"
• "Do check out the smoked salmon california tartine."
• "Enjoyed the Bakers Breakfast when I visited which included a pastry, orange juice, large coffee, 7 slices of freshly baked bread, butter and jam which cost around a tenner."
• "Food was hearty and filling (even on a summer's day)."
• "I’ve tried dishes I’ve never had before - a barley soup chefs special last time and this time I had the lamb tangine - it was magic and scrumptious."
• "The food was very tasty and good value for money - the lunch (soup of the day, half baguette with tartine) was delicious and just right for a midday meal."

Cons:

• "He should give me 11.07£ back but he say so rude 'hear you have 10 £ backs I don't have the rest'."
• "Chicken ceasar salad almost perfect but not sure how they clean the salad cause found to be a bit itchy in my tongue afterwards."
• "Food was horrible (tasteless and cold) and very expensive."
• "The only things that let it down was they ran out of caeser salad dressing, but didn't actually tell us, serving us dry caeser salad instead."
• "Also did I mention it was terrible value for money?"
• "The taste of the coffee was like a washingup liquid."
• "Cold croissant served with butter when mentioned spreads & butter in the menu."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Le Pain Q. is always a relaxing place !!!"
• "The atmosphere is particularly lovely, it feels like a bakery in the middle of Paris."
• "Great place in St Pancras."
• "Conveniently located, with fairly good quality of baked goods for a large chain."
• "The place is a train station restaurant so it feels rushed and overcrowded."
• "Busy&buzzy place but very pleasant to seat in, eurostar train departures visible from the window."
• "Opposite to the Eurostar's gate in St Pancras sits Le Pain Quotidien, a charming restaurant with a cozy ambiance."

Cons:

• "It was chilly in there, probably because it's in the station."
• "Due to the crowded conditions, the lack of privacy at the closely packed tables made it challenging to engage in conversations."
• "Please note that the 10% service extra charge is optional... however they don't even give you the choice as they bring the bills with the extra 10% already added."
• "Not sure of the 3 different bread served on a plate. Not necessary."
• "Interior is ok/normal but can be improved to make it more greenery and relaxing."
• "Very busy and had to be seated in cold outdoor space (our choice)."
• "Tables too close together so could hear other table not happy about their cold croissant as well."