Angry Moon Cafe — Restaurant in Palm Beach Gardens

For the first time, PBS’s Check Please, South Florida failed me. Failed me miserably. And with out of town special guests, too, which added insult to injury. Beyond the service and the cold food, the most irritating fact was the CASH MENU. No mention of this at all on the website or web reviews. I don’t like paying fees. Would have brought cash if I had known. Is that the new standard? And on a $70 check for a breakfast for four, I’m especially angry at the fees.

As for the rave Angry Moon Café reviews, I’m not sure what European bistros these rave reviewers have visited but I can say that from my experience, Angry Moon needs major lessons in quality and food descriptions. The positive reviews say, “Best Breakfast I’ve Ever Had”? For real?

The first failure was calling their bread "French Baguettes". See the image I’ve posted and know that this is what a French Baguette should look like except sometimes wider to accommodate sandwiches. Baguette dough breathes. Authentic baguettes possess a crunchy crust and soft fluffy crumb with a mild yeast flavor. Angry Moon's “French baguette”, served at a $3 price tag, was more like a grocery sub roll with no air, denseness, flavorless and cold when served. The icy butter patties wrapped in foil, and the cold raspberry jam (not fresh) could not save the bread option. And no proper bistro serves butter patties like that and only fresh jams and jellies.

I could oversee the slow service for an early Saturday morning, as long as coffee or tea was available so we could chat. However even when we were finally brought coffee . . . which was rich and delicious . . . it was cold because no cream, no milk and no sugars available. A very young and very kind service team was stretched way too thin, and angry patrons from outside interrupted their flow to other tables. The Kitchen certainly didn’t help matters by taking so unnecessarily long with preparation. The restaurant was only 1/3 full capacity so patrons' understanding of why so slow reached boiling angry for some.

As for the food quality, preparation and presentation, take heed Angry Moon Café Management: • PAIN PERDU was cold and mushy almost like it was reheated in the microwave. The bacon was cold too. • TOASTED FRENCH BAGUETTE. See comments above. Biggest disappointment of the meal. • SIDE OF BACON was cold when delivered and $5.95 for 2 strips is vulgar. • SPINACH & FETA OMELETTE was actually good but no fresh egg taste. Fresh spinach and the tomatoes worked very well as opposed to some preparations where it can be stringy and too wet. Kitchen listened to my request for “easy on the feta” so that was appreciated. • TASTE TWISTER CREPE was delivered about 10 minutes after everyone else’s plate. Hence our food being cold when my guest dug into her crepe. It was delicious according to her but not outstanding. This young lady has been to Europe and dines out at good and bad restaurants so I trust her taste buds. I chose Angry Moon with her in mind. I expected something great with the reputation and reviews.

I waited 3 days to write this review to see if I was just overreacting. Nope. Right now IHOP trumps Angry Moon Café and I REALLY do NOT like...

This is NOT a French bistro. It’s a Mexican dive. The location is decent with a marina view. The inside looks antiquish with a loud fan blasting. There was one Mexican guy dressed in jeans and white sneakers waiting tables. I work as a server and I am not a picky eater, but this was just ridiculous. I should have left, but I stayed out of being polite. I had to ask for a coffee refill, then I had to ask for a piece of toast ( none available, got charged for a baguette), then I had to get up and ask for a to go container because nobody was coming to the table. I was given a tiny little box. I had to ask for another for the fruit cup which was by the way what you would get from Publix yourself. If you stand up by the counter you can look into the kitchen which is a dirty, dingy mess. The owner’s family I suppose was at a table with a bunch of kids playing loud computer games. Just not a pleasant experience. My total bill for an omelette and coffee with a baguette was $26. You have to pay cash or they charge you a fee. Don’t go there,...

My mom and her boyfriend took me here for lunch. The food and service were great, there wasn't really much in the way of the atmosphere of the place though. It looked like they were making some new additions to the building, especially the patio outside in the back. Not sure though.

I had a Ham and Cheese Croissant, the Croissant was subbed for a baguette and I had scrambled eggs in mine as well. The eggs are extra money, $2.95 to be exact.

The menu item itself is $17.95 and for my side I chose the fruit salad, which was comprised of kiwi, strawberry, blueberry, pineapple and honeydew. The sandwich itself was very delicious and very full of flavor.

My drink was an Iced coffee with caramel, I don't know the cost of the coffee but it was very delicious too, wasn't very bitter, it doesn't come out with sugar or sweetened, you add the sugar or sweetener in yourself, but even without adding sugars and sweetener it's not...