Le French Tart — Restaurant in New York

I wanted to love the food from this place, but reading the reviews it sounds like it matters what you get. I ordered via Amazon prime restaurants, so this review only covers the food. I ordered: croissant egg cheese and sausage. The sandwich was well made, the eggs light and fluffy, cheese on top and bottom, and breakfast sausage. They don't add salt and pepper so ask if you like. The croissant was not soggy and that was after delivery, which was a nice surprise. It was flaky and you could taste the butter, I usually love that however the butter flavor did not taste amazing; it did not taste like french butter. Apricot linzer tart. This arrived cold and tasted like the refrigerator it was stored in. The filling was fabulous! The tart shell had the same butter flavor issue. It was baked perfectly with a good texture. Chocolate suicide. This was stale. The chocolate sauce was good. I did not enjoy the flavor of the chocolate cake part. Brownie. Fudgey and chewy. But the chocolate flavor tasted off. I called to ask if they used espresso or coffee to enhance the flavor and they said no. But the chocolate has a coffee bitterness to it that lands on the back of...

The name "Le French Tart" is misleading, because this place should be called "The American Flake."

I made a Grubhub order from this here for two croissant egg sandwiches and two turnovers.

First off, it took 90 minutes for the order to come when the estimated time was 25 to 35 minutes — so our wait was almost three times what we were originally told.

Secondly, as anyone would expect, the croissants were ice cold and inedible. Which makes no sense, because I watched the tracking on this. The driver waited at the restaurant for almost 30 minutes before he left, and it only took him seven minutes to drive here from the restaurant. Nevertheless the food was as cold as if it had been made last yesterday and left outside overnight in the winter evening.

Thirdly, the croissant sandwiches might as well have been made at Dunkin' — American cheese, what might as well have been microwaved eggs, and a meager hint of bacon added in. What kind of French place uses AMERICAN CHEESE?

Fourth problem: The "turnovers" were brick-hard and crumbled into pieces with every attempt of a bite.

I'm deeply disappointed that I decided to give this place a...

9/01/24: Based on this bakery alone I can safely say that the French do everything right: the food may look simple, but there’s elegance in that simplicity. It’s called restraint, knowing how many ingredients to use and not one more.

Tonight I took home two sandwiches on baguette: fig and brie and Saucisson Sec, cornichons with butter. they were not huge, they were not packed with ingredients, they had exactly what I mentioned in their description- and that was just right.

That is what makes this place worth many a visit. The bakers know exactly how to apply that elegant touch to everything that they do. Be sure to try this vastly underrated spot, or you will surely regret it.

FIRST REVIEW:

drop in for the croissants and find yourself unexpectedly in some Parisian grocery. the croissants are buttery, flaky, deliciousness; do try the ham, fig and brie! my kid loves the pain au chocolat. also a great place to get rose water and goat soap at reasonable prices. totally unexpected, it’s a gem 💎 of a spot. UPDATE: inspired by a CBS segment on baguettes, I had to try theirs: it’s perfect. Reasonably...