L'Épicerie – Artisan Sourdough Bakery — Restaurant in Bay of Plenty

What a wonderful little French Café. This place truly makes you feel like you're right there in France itself. The styling is very authentic, with French cuisine such as Croissants and Pain Au Chocolat, a library section full of real French books, and French staff who greet you by saying Bonjour. The inside seating is nice and cozy while there's also an outdoor seating area at the back of the cafe, which is quite large for a small café, and perfect to hide away from the rush of life for a bit. Even outdoors was styled nicely with massive pumpkins and growing plants. Throughout the café were speakers playing cute French music.

I definitely...

Very disappointing experience. We've aimed to have lunch there as the reviews were great and the info & images showed a back-yard.

Bread was good, but not real french at all. No backyard seating options, only take-away offer & only a few items left for lunch. Food was o.k., but nothing to rave about. Sweet pastries looked average and no French specialities on that day. Well overpriced Croissant with ham & scrambled egg for $12. You wouldn't even pay that much in Auckland :(

Sad to see, as when we last came a few years ago this place was a gem. A few Bonne Maman glasses and french flag don‘t make a french place...

We stopped in here for breakfast this morning, the while place has a rustic and unpretentious feel to it. There are relaxed dining spaces outside on a nice day. The cabinet selection was excellent lots of different filled croissant baguette, pastries and fresh squeezed orange juice, and all the food we bought tasted amazing. The only issue was the coffee, the reason we stopped in the first place, was quite average. It might have been an ID day for the barrister? I don't know but we'll go back again to check, just because we like the atmosphere and the...