The Place To Be — Restaurant in Santa Monica

Met an old friend for coffee and breakfast here. The spot is lovely, the baguette sandwich spot on. My Americano was overly watered down, which was disappointing. It is supposed to taste like strong coffee, not big cup of watered down espresso. We were sitting on the patio and I had my 14 year old dog with me. I had a small foldable water bowl next to my chair. I guess it had moved a bit when he was drinking. The owner came out and rather rudely asked me to move it because "other people are going to have to sit behind you." I complied immediately (as I would have gladly done if someone if someone were sitting down behind me), but was a bit taken back by her tone and the need to come out and ask me to move the water bowl under our table. ? Oh well, we had a nice morning. But that last piece lingered, enough for me to write a review, which I almost never do. Maybe French people sound rude without...

Never going back here again.

This was not what I was expecting in this day and age. I originally planned to get coffee and pastry but after I saw flies hovering over the pastries (which was my clue to get out)... I changed my mind and ordered the breakfast dish BAD CHOICE

I guess she is the perfect example of French people and how they treat all people including children. Signs posted stating in order to sit, one must pay for meal. Each table sits 4, I was on an outing with 4 young adults. I paid for a meal and 5 drinks, and allowed the guys to sit while I stood and ate the dry grilled cheese, with cold unheated cheese. She came within minutes and asked the young men to get up and leave, cause this wasn't picnic tables, I told her we paid for a meal and drinks....she stormed away and states "educate yourselves" get out of this neighborhood, you have to be the nastiest business owners I've ever experienced, especially to young adults during the...