Cafe Lalo
(212) 496-6031
201 W 83RD St
New York,
NY
10024
40.7859
-73.9766
Neighborhoods: Midtown, Upper West Side
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In Short
This Upper West Sider serves all kinds of confections to appeal to your sweet tooth. Of course, it gets more and more crowded as the day goes on and traditional dessert-time approaches. Many use this as an after-the-movies stop. So why not go during the day? A slice of something decadent, a double latte, and a nice view of the passersby make a terrific coffee break.
User Reviews
dsfr
February 15, 2009
I used to love the place tho' the food is not really good, but its atmosphere always make me happy. The plenty of dessert in the shelf always look fantastic but not as good as they look, don't expect too much. I decided to go to Cafe Lalo on Valentine's night because of the late night hour, and got DISAPPOINTED. I was there around 12.30 am. and it was still crowded. I had chocolate lava which was not bad at first but after I dug it to the bottom, the chocolate was very sticky and hard to eat. Seems like it was burnt and got too hard so I couldn't finish it all. Waste of money but since I didn't expect so much, it's ok. Then the WORST thing came to ... SERVICE. I was having the Super premium and organic decaf ICE coffee, the coffee taste itself wasn't too bad, but having it with the super sweet dessert made the coffee taste like nothing. So, I asked the waitress for SYRUP. The first one came to me and asked me back like, 'What kind of syrup do you want?' I was like, wow! there are so many kinds of syrup here, interesting! But how can I know which one would be good for my ice coffee..I asked her back and she made 'some kind of face' then went away to find the waitress who was serving me at the first time. There she came, I had to tell her again about what I want, this time, I told her that I just need something that can make my coffee sweeter. Can't believe what she told me, with 'some kind of face', she said 'then you can use that sugar' (with her eyes looking at the sugar on the table)..I was like, 'Umm , do you think that this kind of sugar could be melt in the ICE coffee?' She, again, made 'that kind of face', arrogant, ignorant and kind of thought that I was a fool. due to the fact that many waitresses there were not very busy, they were standing, giggling, talking, singing and dancing! Well, the food and dessert here are just normal, not worth for the price, plus the WORST SERVICE ever. I'd definitely not go back ever again!
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Anonymous
July 05, 2008
1) There are a ton of flies every time I go there 2) Every time I go there, I see up to 3 roaches crawling around. When I alert they staff they have told me (and I quote) That isnt my problem. Write the manager a letter. 3) The seating is cramped 4) the service is very slow 5) Once I found a platinum blonde hair in my $8 irish coffee. I told the waitress who accused me of putting one of my own hairs in the coffee. I pointed out that I have brown hair. She said my bangs were light colored and she wanted to compare. She reached out and attemped to PULL OUT ONE OF MY HAIRS. 6) The music is very loud, to where you can't hear the conversation of the people you are with. Yeah. I wont go back. Of course I say that every time I go, after someone has convinced me things will be better. It never is. I wish it were. The decor is very cute and the desserts are pretty tasty.
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anonymousisawoman
June 19, 2008
Came here for dessert after Lunch at Uncle Nicks in Hells Kitchen, which was delicious and cheap. What a difference between Nicks and Lalo! We ordered the apple crumble with ice cream, which was gooey and not in a good way-- no flavor, not a good texture, boring, and a Midnight Chocolate Cake, which we had to order a scoop of ice cream for after getting a bite into it and realizing it was dry and not very tasty. So, after dousing the desserts in ice cream, we were able to stomach them, but of all the places in NY that I've had dessert (and I consider myself quite a connoisseur), I recommend avoiding Cafe Lalo. It was SUCH a disappointment. The waitresses were aloof and hovering around seemingly bored. They informed us AFTER we had eaten that it was Cash Only and I didn't see a sign when we came in, so my friend had to rush to an ATM so we could pay. And to top it all off, for two desserts a la mode (to cover how bad the deserts themselves were) and two of the small glass bottles of diet coke (the old novelty bottles), it was 25.00 before tip! lunch at uncle nicks was less than that and was delicious and filling! I will never go back to Lalo again. There are too many places to get fabulous, tasty, not gooey, not dry, not overpriced desserts in NYC.
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