St. Honoré Bakery SE Division — Restaurant in Portland

Great food--but OWNER PLEASE TAKE NOTE: the staff make sure you don't want to stay to eat there. Last Saturday, a friend and I planned to go to a different restaurant on Division, but there was a long wait. I recalled this place from a couple of earlier visits and suggested we try there. When we walked in, they were blasting music through speakers that couldn't handle that volume, so all you really heard was distortion. The music was also just totally wrong for the atmosphere--a danceable, pounding rock. I asked the woman who waited on us at the counter to turn it down. She said she would, but if she did, the change was almost imperceptible. I asked again, and she got it down to where it was, at least, less distorted, but we still couldn't have a dinner discussion. They appeared to have no forks available and the person at the counter offered plastic. I said, thanks, but I would like a real fork, and a second wait-person found us some actual silverware. When that second wait-person brought my friend's beer, we asked a third time about lowering the volume. She seemed annoyed that we would ask, and made a comment about how she'd have to dance that much harder. I joked back that she could dance as hard as she wanted, as long as we could hear each other. She never turned it down. In a restaurant that has so much potential for charm, it was a real turn-off, especially since one of the times I'd been there in the past, they had live gypsy jazz, which fit the atmosphere perfectly. This negatively affected what could have been a lovely evening. I...

Mediocre deli fast food quality for such an amazing location! My friend and I were sadly disappointed because we were looking forward to make this out new frequent spot after checking out their menu.

Service was super confusing! You either offer self serve or you serve us. They were so inconsistent on how and where we could pick up our food. They gave us our cold pastries first, but those needed to be warm were left sitting at the other end of the order counter when they were done without no one calling our names or number. So by the time we asked for them, they were to cold. Casual cafe feel with cramped sitting tables so you would hear everyone's conversations.

We got two of their daily soup and saw the back staff pulled them out of a typical to go container to heated them up. At this point, we were even more confused how long ago they were made in-house or they got their soup from elsewhere. Both tomatoes bisque and minestrone were salty and watery. We each had one spoon and they went straight to the trash area right around the corner of our table. They gave us the wrong soup at first.

The side kitchen area was full of carts and trays so we know they bake something there. Yet, after our abundance order we just didn't what they made in-house and what were not.

We will not be back nor recommend...

I preordered a Galette des Rois for pickup. I lived in France for a few years, so I was really excited to get to celebrate this tradition with my family here in the US. The galette was delicious. The crust was well done, with plenty of flakiness and buttery goodness. There was a nice layer of marzipan in the middle. We did not choose to cut the bottom to put in the feve, but instead we just snuck it into my kid's piece while he was distracted. He is two, so this was an easy thing to do. He absolutely loved finding the feve, which was a little porcelain pitcher marked 'lait'. He insists on calling it his 'petit coffee'. The crown has also been a fun touch and again my kid put his spin on it by insisting that he was 'la reine'. It was so wonderful to make memories with the family and to eat a delicious pastry. While waiting in line to pickup, I looked around a bit and was impressed by their selection of patisseries and viennoiseries. I purchased one salted carmel macaron to try - it was delightful! Such a flavorful little morsel with excellent texture. Fun fact - macarons were first made in Nancy, France by 'Les Soeurs Macarons'. I will definitely be back...