Café Henri — Restaurant in New York

Came here for brunch with a group of 5. They have tables for 4 so if you have a group of 5, the 5th person will have to sit at the end of one of the tables. It does obstruct the pathway of service.

The things I tried were escargot, salmon sandwich, french toast, fruit crepe, and strawberry smoothie.

They do give quite a bit of pieces of escargot but it felt kind of dry and underseasoned. It might have been overcooked and the garlic did not get into the escargot. The dish just needed more refinement.

The salmon sandwich was excellent. Extremely flavorful, moist, bread was not stale, salad that came with it was amazing. Absolutely loved their dressing and the vegetables used were fresh!!

The french toast was flavorful. The added almonds really helped the dish. Made it a little more aromatic and even though the almonds weren't toasted, the toasted bread helped. The breads weren't over soaked with egg and were not burnt at all. I would have preferred if the dish came with 3 slices of bread instead of 2.I was glad that the fruits were in a different dish so that when I added the syrup, it did not mix with the fruits. I had ham with it and that was flavorful. The potatoes were a little overcooked, but seasoned well.

The fruit crepe was flavorful. Had lots of fruits and strawberry syrup but not all the fruits matched each other. Some were tart, some were sweet, some were a little sour. The dish was beautiful but the flavors and level of sweetness/tartness/sourness were off balance.

The strawberry smoothie was okay. Wasn't sweet at all. Not enough strawberry flavor. Smoothie felt diluted. Not the best smoothie I've ever had. Needs work.

Overall, this place is a solid 3.5 stars but giving it 4 because I felt some dishes were quite excellent and I would come back here again despite some misses.

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I was ordering from this place at least 4x a week until their service turned awful literally overnight. They implemented online ordering through their website which was great bc the people that usually answer the phone aren't clearly understood at all. I always order strawberry nutella crepes but on their site they only have nutella so I write in to add starwberries, then they call me once saying its 25 cents more which is fine, I still want it, but their online menu still doesn't allow you to add it so the girl over the phone instructed me to simply write it in. Then all of a sudden I receive my order just nutella, so I call in and was told that the owner of the place won't allow the order to got through bc the price online still doesn't reflect the 25 cent extra charge. On top of that they send me half of my order. They forgot the hot chocolate and didn't include the salad dressing on the side as was requested. When I called in again a manager of sorts took the call and was extremely rude and unprofessional, his tone was condescending and he responded "oh I'm so sorry, it sounds like you aren't happy ever". Who says that? I've been ordering for 4 plus years and order multiple times a week bc the food is good but now the service is painfully terrible and they make ordering over the phone and online...

I thought this is THE place to be in Long Island City for brunch. I thought it was just alright although their Eggs Benedict is very very good. We came here on Sunday afternoon around 1pm. We got seated right away so it was great. Then, I walked inside and realized the cafe was very hot. They had ceiling fan going but seriously how much did it really help? I actually asked my waitress to turn on the AC please because I was dying in there and I saw sweat on her forehead too! I don't know what they were thinking not turning on AC when it was over 80 degrees out.

Anyway, so I got the 3 eggs omelette with Swiss Cheese, Spinach and Mushroom. The dish was $9 and it is pretty reasonable. My dish came and it was a little smaller than I had expected but it was fine since I probably should not eat too much. The omelette is good but nothing stands out. I could probably make it myself. The home fries are kind of plain and so was the side mesculin salad. It definitely needs more dressing.

My husband's Egg Benedict was great. He really enjoyed it. I also got their fruit smoothie and it was very tiny. It was an average one and I don't think I will ever order again given its size. The service is slow because our waitress turns out to be the ONLY waitress.

Overall, the experience is alright. I...