They're back... finally. A European style café in Mt. Pleasant. I wanted to have one of each from the pastry case. It all looks delicious and from previous experiences it tastes as good as it looks. Coconut dipped in chocolate cookies are out of this world.
Maria at the front counter provides excellent, knowledgeable service with a smile.
My family and I had such a delicious breakfast with fresh pastries, wonderful atmosphere and so friendly staff! An amazing employee Maria did our day! She was super helpful, knowledgeable and attentive to customers! She should be appreciated by her supervisor! She is an example of great customer service! I'm impressed with her approach to each and every customer coming in the cafe! Thank you Maria for feeling your guests special ones! For sure, I'll come back to this place once again!
Overall: Great bread, great desserts, and great service! Couldn't ask for much more from a French cafe.
The good: My wife and I needed a place to work remotely during COVID and the nearby Starbucks didn't have seating open yet. Saveurs seemed to be the best bet and we're glad we tried it out. The iced coffees were great, as were the baguette sandwiches and desserts we tried. The sandwich bread is crunchy on the outside but soft on the inside - just what you look for in a quality baguette. The opera cake was layered diligently and was a perfect blend of cafe and chocolate flavors. The staff was wonderful as well; they didn't mind that we had our laptops out and hung around all day (and some of a second day also!). Plenty of seating both inside and out.
The not-so-good: The food prices are on the higher side, and the coconut cake we tried was good. However, it was one-note in comparison to the flavor variations of the opera cake.
Food/drink: 9/10
Atmosphere: 9/10
Service: 10/10
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Lovely little French cafe with wonderful treats. They have both indoor and outdoor seating. The cappuccino was excellent, the almond croissant tasty and flaky. The pain au chocolat was good but could have benefitted from being warmed up. Macarons are also delicious.The apricot almond danish was literally perfection - still thinking about it. Mmmmmmm.
UPDATE: Unfortunately this cafe seems to have taken a hit - perhaps Covid related? We've gone a few times since our review and tried several things. We were holding off to see if it was a fluke, but have identified several things that have lapsed in quality.
What has stayed wonderful is the coffee, the macarons and the butter croissants. However, the danishes and pastries all seem to be made now with the exact same dough, though these different pastries should have different doughs. They all just taste like a croissant in different shapes with different toppings. The desserts are going gluten-free which is a nice idea, but the sponge is a little chewy and not great. It's very hard to match what regular flour does in these desserts, and so far it doesn't work. The worst choice we've come upon is to use the flour for savory crepes to make gluten-free sweet crepes. It really doesn't taste good. And when asked to top it with a banana, the banana was so over-ripe it was sickeningly sweet - that banana was good only for banana bread in a very diluted form. You can buy gluten-free all purpose flour and make absolutely delicious dessert crepes (we've done this successfully at home). It just seems like a lot of cutting corners, and lack of understanding regarding gluten-free desserts. Let's hope they get better soon. We'll be sticking to the macarons and coffee for now.
Update - Now FTC Cafe- run of the mill fare - downgrade
Great spot for breakfast. We had the east coast crepe (savory and delicious) and berry and banana French toast with homemade whip cream (sweet and yummy). We were outside on a cooler day and really enjoyed it.
I feel like i just had a perfect breakfast in this place. Everything about this place is magnifique. A rare find in the US - breakfast with healthy and fresh ingredients, nothing greasy or over fried. We had a vegetable quiche a crepe with eggs , oh and mushroom spinach soup tastes exactly like authentic french recipe. You’ll enjoy their coffee and pastry too. Its been a while i had a perfect almond croissant like in France.
We just had the most delicious meal here! Everything was so good, but the Florentine Crepe, the waffle with chocolate sauce, strawberries and coconut, the Mint Chocolate Mocha, and the macaroons were definitely top favorites. The Florentine Crepe was such a group favorite that we had to order a second one or sharing it might have come to bloodshed ;)
Thankfully we tried this on our first day of vacation, so we can come back for more!
The food and coffee was incredible - we ordered the croque croissant, the acropolis quiche, French toast, and pain au chocolate, and it was quite fabulous. The waitress brought an espresso cup of hot chocolate for my son so we all had mugs to drink out of and he loved it. They were very nice and I would come back every day if I lived here!
Tried several things and absolutely loved all of them. Blueberry cream cheese pastry, raspberry cream cheese pastry, sweet crepe, champagne macaroon, & crab croissant. Every single thing was delicious.
Adorable café with a dog-friendly patio. On the pricier side for breakfast and lunch but the food is worth it and the portions are reasonable. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable about the food. I asked the cashier/server if the macarons were 100% wheat free because my mother has a sensitivity and she went to check for me because she wasn't sure. A lot of the food is prepped early in the morning so you can't make modifications to some of the sandwiches but there is a wide variety of options for picky eaters or people with allergies.
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