Le Banneton Café & French Bakery — Restaurant in Luang Prabang

This place was on our list after reading all the good reviews. When we walked in we were greeted by the polite staff and saw their amazing looking menu.

Atmosphere: Good atmosphere. Nice decorations.

Service: Generally good service. They were polite and sat us down and gave us complimentary water. There were a few things that they could improve but it's mostly just minor things. For example they could top up the water once it is finished. Also the cutlery they originally gave us was dirty, but they did reconcile it once we brought it up to be fair.

Food: My oh my was the food terrible. And we were really hungry also 😫 I originally asked for a french pancake with goat cheese and the waitress informed me that they did not have it. So I asked for her recommendation and she pointed to the paninis. I ordered a Panini with smoked ham, and the waitress came a few moments later to inform me that they did not have smoked ham, only cooked ham and if that was ok, to which I declined. So I ordered a quiche with goat cheese and spinach, and when it arrived I was immediately disappointed with the portion, but then it didn't even matter because I didn't finish it as it was completely tasteless. The person with me ordered a chicken burger which was also pretty tasteless, although not as bad as mine.

TL;DR Café looks amazing but the food they serve is terrible, but with good...

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I saw many French people are giving bad reviews to this place, then came to see by myself. I have to say that please don't believe on these people's opinions. I have been many cities in France where nobody where able to speak any single word - even they weren't not able to say hello in English - and these people are coming here and complaining about why locals don't speak in English. Believe me Laos people speaks better in English then most of the French people in France. I saw many French youngsters who can't behave properly in Laos, when you are visiting new country try to learn their culture and respect, behave accordingly, if you don't respect ofcourse you will be kicked-out in every single place. Sorry but i must say these after reading all these reviews - which made me to think double before coming here. I'm happy that I came to see by myself.

Laos people are learning, improving themselves all the times and it will get better and better. Try to respect for it, most of them are youngsters who wants to build their life.

About the bakery - I loved a lot , they have many varieties, prices are very good that locals also can effort to eat. Coffee quality is amazing 😍 cakes are well done as in France. Thank you guys for this great...

I came to this place couple years ago and was craving for a baguette / pastry because when you live in Asia, its hard to find a good baguette outside of France and especially in South East Asia

We came twice where we first eat-in, had a baguette and a pastry which were served warm. The baguette was a bit too salty for my liking but pastry was good

The next day we also bought 2 croissants and a pear and chocolate chausson as takeaway for 62k which not expensive.

The croissant taste ok but was very soft.

Obviously I dont expect the same quality as in France but If you want to try, would suggest to dine-in then

However the let down was really the service and especially the female cashier. The I dont give a f..k attitude was so obvious that it remind me the customer service in London.

I dont expect you to smile and all to me but just be professional. This is food and beverage industry and your bread and butter are the customers

If you are going to say thank you to a customer at least look at them or just dont do it.

To their credit the lady that served us the pastry was welcoming and nice.

Not going to rate the atmosphere since there are none. It is a generic place that you can...