La Madeleine

Such a cute little café, it’s the perfect little brunch spot that is conveniently right on Pleasant Hill. i had heard of La Madeleine before, and I’m sad it took me this long to finally check it out. The interior is super cozy, with lots of brick and wood throughout giving it a quaint French café feel. When you first walk in, you line up at the register where you place your initial drink & entrée order and then proceed down the line where you can add their additional a la carte items. At the end of this line, you pay for everything you’ve ordered and then fill up your fountain drinks and help yourself to the bread and butter/​jam. Once you’ve gotten everything to your table, its not long before your food shows up.
Perhaps one of the most essential traits to an excellent brunch spot is the quality of their coffee. I ordered a caramel macchiato and it was superb. As for food, I ordered the Crêpe Romanoff, which is a crêpe topped with fresh strawberries in their brandy sour cream sauce and cinnamon, as well as one of their potato galette. The crêpe was amazing. Will definitely be back for this one! The potato galette was pretty yummy as well, and offered a nice savory contrast to my sweet entrée. My boyfriend ordered the French dip, which he said was just okay. He much preferred the Crêpe Romanoff to his own entrée. Both of us agreed the inside of the café had a very nice feel and definitely plan to revisit again for brunch.

The staff is not interested in their jobs. The food is great but the service is terrible. My order is always messed up. I am not willing to pay the price.

Favorite hot sandwich: Chicken Parisian! Love, love, love this classic warm sandwich. I have a weakness when it comes to warm sandwiches, but it doesn’t mean I’m not picky
This is a great place to dine at when craving something unique to your palate. They offer such a variety of foods from pastas, sandwiches (hot-​cold), classic French dishes like Spinach Pochette, crepes and quite the selection of breakfast items that is served all day! and of course, you can’t forget the numerous desserts!
If you’ve never been, certainly visit and you’ll probably want to come back for more!

The soups are exceptional. Have had really good Sunday breakfast/​brunch. Very French like atmosphere. Such lovely kind staff. If you’re looking for a great french pastrie shop this is it! A big variety of desserts and types of coffee. Also has a pleasant outside sitting.

I know plenty of people that LOVE La Madeleine, but I am just not one of them. There’s two reasons:
1. Only if you come in when it’s not busy do you get your food in a reasonable amount of time. They seem to be super understaffed. There’s been plenty of times where they’ve messed up my food or forgotten my food or both.
You can avoid this problem by ordering stuff that’s already made (but then your choices are limited).
2. The food is only mediocre. I’ve never had anything here that made me think «this is so good». The Eggs Benedict is okay, the Chicken La Madeleine is okay, the Quiches are okay… but nothing is great.
Conclusion: Come only when you are craving it and hopefully it’s not super busy, otherwise be ready to wait forever for your food.

This place is slipping! Chicken was good, rice and broccoli horrid. Good ambiance, but I would be ashamed to serve some of this food.

This café undoubtedly has the best tomato basil soup I’ve ever had! I wish I wasn’t flying from out of town so that I could buy a whole jar of their soup and bring back to Miami with me. It’s dense, the perfect touch of creamy, and packed with that tummy tomato and basil flavor. Top it off with some Swiss cheese and you’ve got heaven in your mouth!
Fresh bread in white, wheat, and honey wheat are complimentary at the bread bar with blackberry and strawberry preserves. Blackberry is my favorite. My mom and I split the chicken friand which is drizzled with a creamy mushroom gravy. You MUST a try it with the mushroom sauce, don’t even think about skipping that part cause it’s exactly what you need to complete this filling quiche. We paid a very decent amount for everything and left with our stomachs stuffed and happy.

The food is so yummy & the staff is excellent! We got the tomato basil soup, Beef Bourguignon, Spinach Pochette, Quiche Florentine, Quiche Lorraine, croissants. For dessert, lemon tart and a chocolate tart.
We will be back!

La Madeleine has a cute and cozy french deli/​café feel with its brick columns, wooden tables and seating as its interior. It is located on Pleasant hill next to the Rooms To Go with ample parking. It has been soooo long since I’ve been here. I’ve only had their cheesecake in the past so I was excited to try some of their other items today.
I ordered a whole Chicken Salad Croissant ($ 7.49) which comes with a choice of one side (Caesar Salad, Tomato Basil Pesto Pasta Salad, or Salt & Pepper Chips). You can also substitute a cup of soup or fruit salad for 99 cents. I wasn’t looking at the menu when I ordered so I didn’t know they charged extra for soup since the cashier simply asked me would you like soup, salad, or chips. I went with their tomato basil soup since I’ve been craving this for a while. The Chicken Salad Croissant was quite delicious and surprisingly packed with flavor. Their croissant is crispy on the outside but rather thin for a croissant. I usually like my croissants fluffy on the inside. Their croissant was also on the smaller side and I was a little concerned I would be left hungry; however, I had my two desserts that would most likely put me over the edge. I would definitely recommend this to those of you of haven’t tried it. Their Tomato Basil Soup was also good aside from being a bit too tangy for my preference. It was borderline lip-​puckering sour. Perhaps something more cheesy would have gone better with my soup than my chicken salad sandwich.
For dessert, I ordered their Napoleon and Fruit Tart (~$ 5/​each). Napoleon is a french pastry that has many layers of puff pastry with custard filling alternating between each layer. Napoleon is by far one of my favorite french pastries. I found their puff pastry layers a bit too thick and their custard filling to be rather too sweet. It is not the worst I’ve had but I will resort to ordering this at the Georgia French Bakery. Their Fruit Tart was satisfyingly delicious aside from a minor complaint of it being a tad bit too sweet. I didn’t order their cheesecake this time, but I remember it being creamy, not overly sweet, and quite yummy.
I ordered a Café Americano for my drink to give me an extra boost for the day. You can order it in two different sizes (Single, $ 2.09 or Double, $ 2.69). I originally ordered the single and it really looked too small. So I politely asked if I could upgrade it to the Double. It was definitely more worth your money to order the double.

They are about the sweetest! Manager is very nice, my day has been horrible :/​and the manager, she made my night! She was a sweet heart! Made me fresh croscant & sprinkle a lot of powder sugar! Did i mention FRESH, it was already 9:11 pm, they are awersome top it Of she gave me a 20% off for the wait! She didnt had too because i ask for it fresh, that right there made my night even a coffee on the house! The employees all were sooooo sweet! I will definitly be back!

Using coffee as espresso. This location doesn’t do anything correctly. Staff doesn’t help and very rude.
Quiche had a jello texture, eww.
The perimeter location doesn’t have issues

I have never in my 30 years seen a quiche with a custard, gelatin like filling.
Croquet monsiuer showed up barely toasted with the sliced ham still cold.
Mocha tasted like chocolate milk.
Not impressed.

I have been coming to la Madeleine for years! I love their cozy interior and sweets. I have tried the following dishes and sweets:
–Chicken Salad Croissant
–Chicken La Madeleine
–Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta
–Fresh Fruit Tarts
–Cheesecake
–Mini Café au lait Crème Brulée
–French Vanilla Tart with Berries
I really like the Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta and the Chicken Salad croissant. It’s flavorful and rich. Their portions are huge and I always end up toGo-​ing half of my entrees. For the desserts, I highly recommend the fruit tarts and the Crème Brulee. I also love the mini little cup treats. It’s small enough for a treat but not too indulging. Overall it’s a great place to catch up with friends over lunch or dinner. :)

I’ve been here multiple times, but this time was probably the most disappointing (though still good!) Foremost, I absolutely adore their desserts, and I recommend them no matter what (their summer parfaits and the mini fresh tarts – around $ 2 per tart – are to die for).
This trip around I came with two friends after a movie. I ordered the spinach pochette, except the woman behind the counter didn’t seem to understand what I wanted. It took a while, but I managed to get my food (oddly enough, the actually pochette looks different than the picture on their online menu). Still, it was delicious, so I have no regrets.
Our group also ordered their new blueberry crème tart and two different parfaits. All three were absolutely heavenly and only have strengthened my approval of their desserts. The blueberry tart, I think, is seasonal/​limited time, so if you stop by this summer, grab it. :) I also recommend all their mini fresh fruit tarts; they’re always there, and absolutely delectable.
I’ll be back some other time, because I can’t stay away from this place~

The staff was super friendly. The food was good, but I wouldn’t say it was anything super wowing. To me, this place is like a French deli restaurant with more entrée varieties to choose from.
How this works is you go through the line and order what you want. You can pick up additional side items on the way. You pay at the end and can pick up complimentary bread if you wish.
I shared the salmon and dill sauce with the date. The roasted salmon was pretty tasty since it was tender and flavorful. The rice was flavorful and delish, but the asparagus lacked flavor. There were plenty of seating spaces to choose from. The restrooms were interesting as there were French lessons that recycles itself thru the speakers. Interesting. I know. Lol.
Aim for Rooms To Go, and you will see La Madeleine nearby. There are plenty of parking spaces as this area is dead.

I usually eat at la madeleine for lunch, but we decided to try out breakfast there this morning. Being a holiday, it was packed. Glad we got there early because the line was going out the door when we were walking out.
Breakfast was not good. We ordered the american breakfast, eggs benedict, and quiche lorraine. The quiche was slightly on the salty side. My eggs benedict was horrible. The hollandaise sauce was chunky. The american breakfast came out with two huge potato patties for some reason, I think it was a mistake. Plating made the food look messy and unappetizing. Oh, and they were out of crepes! Everything seemed pretty rushed and the staff were a bit frantic. Not my best experience at a la madeleine.

OK ok. remember in one of my reviews I said I’ll try the desserts?!
I think I said that. well anyways, I did and I enjoyed it! Yay! I’m a fan! I really am!
I tried their eclairs and it was fabulous! The cream inside was so nice, smooth and not too sweet! Just the way I like ‘em! The fruit parfait was also delightful! It comes in a small little vase looking cup. real fancy lookin’ but not enough to satisfy my sweet tooth! Overall, I’m definitely a big fan of their desserts.
Will come back for their desserts!

Meh. My most recent experience at this La Madeleine was just okay. I have been to this location a couple of times. Their soups and salads are pretty tasty and it’s awesome that they offer unlimited bread. It’s also pretty elegant and they teach you French if you go to the bathroom (overplaying looping soundtrack of French phrases). However, I guess I wasn’t impressed with their service as far as the service went. It was a little busy, but I didn’t think it was so busy that they couldn’t communicate the proper order that we thought we were getting. The water tasted a little weird too. Some of their items seem a little overpriced as far as corporate-​French-​Faux-​cuisine goes.
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For about $ 9, I thought the trio was a good deal. It comes with halves of two different specials (I got the friands) and soup/​salad (I got the cup of mushroom soup).
I shared this plate and was adequately full, surprisingly, for someone who had not eaten dinner the previous day nor breakfast that day.
There is also complimentary bread and their house made jelly. I enjoyed the jelly because it tasted fresh and not too sweet.
The mushroom soup was creamy. I could definitely distinguish the smell of the mushroom. The temperature was hot but not scalding. I was pleased that they got the temperature right because when I walked in, I felt like it was a chain restaurant a la French version of Panera bread. I did not get the impression that the soup just came out of a big pot.
I like that there is a patio to sit outside during good weather. There is adequate shade for the tables as well.
A cashier took the order at the beginning of the line. However, I felt it odd that I had to repeat my order as I went down the line and pointed out which dishes I wanted.
At the end of the line, there are counters to grab utensils, napkins, drinks, etc.

The location of this place is sort of weird. It’s at the far right side of a huge parking lot area where Staples is. Nevertheless, this place is cute and cozy. They have a nice little fireplace with real fire burning, and friendly workers.
When you enter the café, there is a menu stand in the middle. Choose your entrée, and when you’re ready, order at the front of the line. As you go down the line with your tray, you can choose to add soups or desserts. At the end of the line, the cashier waits patiently for you to pay for your food. If you ordered something that may take a while to prepare, then you are given a big spoon, which helps the workers locate you.
There’s a little section after the register with utensils. A few steps ahead, there’s [complimentary] bread with delicious homemade jam (the raspberry jam is delish), and butter. Then there’s the coffee section, because the coffee is self-​service with a wide selection of creams and sugar, as well as honey. The bread is delicious with butter and a drizzle of honey. But that’s just my opinion. The complimentary bread is awesome because it’s like an appetizer you eat while waiting on your main entrée! Very smart.
I have tried the Pesto pasta with chicken and another time with shrimp. The Pesto with Shrimp pasta was really good. The only thing that I was disappointed in was the overcooked pasta. Tasted mushy. Other than that, everything else was good.
This place is a cute date spot, or just a nice place to eat and catch up with friends.
I gave this place three stars because the food was a-​ok, and I wouldn’t go out of my way to go to this place. If I’m in the area, and craving pesto pasta, then I’ll go.