I enjoyed the ambience and food at first. Even bough a baguette and a dozen of small cakes to take back to London. However, after spending sometime reading my book and my son finished his coffee and sandwich, my table was cleared. I ordered more coffee and a cake for myself. I was waiting for my drink to arrive while my son went out to buy the doughnuts he like to take home, a man who seems to be the owner of the place asked me if I would order something else. Their table was right next to mine and the woman of the table gave me several looks already before he asked me. When my son came back with his doughnut - the man then told him that it is not allowed to eat in the cafe. It is quite understandable to me that they dont allow food from outside - a notice on the wall would be helpful. However the whole experience make me feel unwelcome and I would never come back to this cafe. There are nice and welcome cafes just around the corner. I will spend my money where...
Read moreWe’ve visited this cafe multiple times while in Poland, but this probably was our last. I wanted to order the toast with egg and bacon plate, but since I can’t eat eggs I asked if they could do any sort of adjustment and switch eggs with anything else (cottage cheese, just regular cheese, cream cheese, jam, anything). First they were very inflexible and said there’s hardly something they can do, but said okay, they’ll think of something. This was the portion that was brought to me. I think it’s absolutely ridiculous and it tasted just bad. I asked the server if it would be possible to bring me anything besides one slice of bacon and they just didn’t. Salad was over peppered, and tasted poorly. Very disappointing experience! I think in any job you should learn how to uadjust, even if by telling “sorry, no food adjustments”, I would of ordered something else. No creativity, no ability to think for themselves and resolve...
Read moreOutstanding pastry and breakfast fare. As a well traveled pastryphile (/filophile?) I know my croissants from my quasi-ssants.
This place has an original fresh baked take on french pastries- not the same, different, but just as good. Flaky, not uniform, each has it's own character. Point at the one you want, because there might be one visibly more done than the rest (small ovens?).
The coffee is excellent, the tarts and dairy treats are treats and suitably tart respectively while the staff we had were happy to overlook our lack of Polish speaking skills. Order at the till, they bring the food to you.
Downsides? The price: SUPER expensive for Warsaw. But genuinely worth it if you want to treat yourself. Go on, you know you want to,...
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