La Madeleine

The manager Joel went out of his way to make my Christmas dinner special. I had surgery on my leg on the 22 and was unable to stand to cook dinner so I planned ahead of time and ordered the holiday feast with ham. It’s supposed to be enough to feed 4-6 people. However, this would not be enough to feed my family of five. Joel took care of me and made it right without charging me a whole lot more. He was very understanding and sympathetic to my situation. We love Le Madeline and love Joel! Thank you for making our Christmas dinner special!

I only get desserts at the bakery in the Togo section. They have the best sourdough bread in San Antonio, if not Texas. I’ve moved from San Francisco to San Antonio 20 years ago and have been searching for the best sourdough in town and unable to find any. Now I have this restaurant with sourdough. That does a very good job. I am impressed. They have fantastic baguettes, great chocolate chip cookies. And great service.

My son asked to go there for his birthday breakfast. We went early, which gave us a choice of seating. I absolutely love the manager(?), who I joked with throughout our visit. I'm not sure if he was from France or French Canadian or... but he adds to the charm of la Madeleine, and the food is wonderful.

A great French Style cafe, where the pastries are so good, and Mediterranean style lunch and dinner will have you coming back for more. There is plenty seating inside and outside, but during the cold months the central fireplace is on, which always attracts a crowd. The ideal time to come to LA Madeline if you don't want to wait is during the after work crowds are headed home, like we did July 3.