Le Pain Quotidien

(212) 673-7900

38 E 19TH St
New York, NY 10003 40.7382 -73.9896

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Neighborhoods: Flatiron District, Midtown

www.lepainquotidien.com/

Last updated 10.17.11

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Restaurants, Bakeries, Cafes, Certified Green Restaurant(R)

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In Short – As light and airy as a country farmhouse, the simple decor and pine furnishings radiate rustic ambience. Local sophisticates gather at a long communal table, while couples sneak away to private seats in back. The menu features salads, soups and house-specialty tartines (open-face sandwiches) with fillings like imported French ham, duck pate, Gruyere cheese and Scottish smoked salmon. For a snack, a colorful fruit tart pairs well with a two-fisted mug of aromatic coffee. –

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The Extras:
A full-service gourmet bakery offers artisanal breads, cakes, pastries, jams, Belgian chocolates and imported Mediterranean delicacies (olive oil, sun-dried tomatoes, olives) for takeout.
dessert
100.0% positive
  1. “Their lemon tart and chocolate chip cookie is pretty good though.”
food quality
50.0% positive
  1. “This is the best bread I have eaten since I left Germany.”
  2. “This place has great soup, delicious pastries, and great biodegradable potato starch cutlery but everything else is pure garbage.”
  3. “call to find out what their daily soup is and they can't get someone who is polite or communicates properly to answer the phone.”
  4. “The food is decent but the wait staff on Saturdays are unbelievably rude.”
  5. “The service was bad and everytime we asked where our food was etc. we were told that the restuarant was busy - no apologies or smiles.”
service
50.0% positive
  1. “Bad service.”
  2. “There are too many good restuarants in New York to put up with service like this.”
  3. “The service was bad and everytime we asked where our food was etc. we were told that the restuarant was busy - no apologies or smiles.”
  4. “The food is decent but the wait staff on Saturdays are unbelievably rude.”
  5. “They obviously have not come to terms with the fact that they are wait staff and their job is to ensure good service.”
wait time
0.0% positive
  1. “Everyone that works in this place is slow, terrible at what they do, and very unpleasant.”
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

11/29/08

Best Bread I've Eaten Since Leaving Germany!!

by brotlover

This is the best bread I have eaten since I left Germany. A little pricey but there is no better out there.

Please open a restaurant in Tampa, FL soon! Gabriele Jones, Riverview, FL

3 Star Rating: Average

03/07/07

The Pain Quotidian

by audrabobbi

The everyday pain. I call to find out what their daily soup is and they can't get someone who is polite or communicates properly to answer the phone. When I go in, there are always about five people hanging around waiting for their food while about eight employees try to fill the same order. This place has great soup, delicious pastries, and great biodegradable potato starch cutlery but everything else is pure garbage.

  • Pros: cutlery, pastries, soup
  • Cons: service, sandwiches, the wait
1 Star Rating: Poor

03/07/07

Staffed by Incompetent People

by maxk

Everyone that works in this place is slow, terrible at what they do, and very unpleasant.

Everytime I go into this place the employess cannot understand what it is I want. If I ask for white bread they give me wheat, if I ask for butter they give me one tiny packet, and they will not give you any salt.

This is like the Kinkos of Belgian bakeries

  • Pros: Tasty Food
  • Cons: Terrible Services and prices
3 Star Rating: Average

10/29/06

Bad service.

by envymeny

Ordered a few pastries to go and service was extremely unprofessional. The lady behind the counter had no clue what she was doing. On top of that, she soaked my cake with coffee by accident and I had only realized it when I was miles away from the restaurant. I had to throw the whole thing out. What a waste. Their lemon tart and chocolate chip cookie is pretty good though. Will not go back.

  • Pros: Chocolate chip cookie, lemon tart.
  • Cons: Service.
1 Star Rating: Poor

02/19/05

Rude Staff

by pcdfan

The food is decent but the wait staff on Saturdays are unbelievably rude. The service was bad and everytime we asked where our food was etc. we were told that the restuarant was busy - no apologies or smiles. They obviously have not come to terms with the fact that they are wait staff and their job is to ensure good service. There are too many good restuarants in New York to put up with service like this.

  • Pros: food, hot chocolate
  • Cons: rude, bad service, aggressive

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The Details on Le Pain Quotidien

Place Categories:

  • bad service
  • not communicates someone
  • delicious great soup
  • best bread
  • great biodegradable potato starch cutlery
  • pretty good chocolate chip cookie
  • pretty good lemon tart
  • unbelievably rude wait staff
  • slow everyone
  • decent food
  • good restuarants
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