Ceci-cela

I've never been to Paris but this is how I imagine Paris' patisseries to smell like. Every morning, there is a buttery fragrance wafting from their kitchen luring slumberous customers in. Their heavenly pastries, delectable coffee and flaky croissants (one of the best I've had) is a krytonic combo. With limited seating in the rear, enjoying coffee and pastries is definitely a delight here.

The plain croissant was delicious. So were the accompanying coffee and tea. However, the chocolate and almond croissant were kind of sub-par at 6.00 PM. Not sure what "Serious Eats" was raving about. You can find good plain croissants at just about every decent bakery every two blocks in NYC. Pleasant enough... but would not return.

Small lil narrow french bakery in soho. With a small cafe seating tables in the back it's a nice casual spot for some coffee and french pastries. It's bare bones and you get your basic service. A nice place just to relax and have a nice flakey buttery croissant. The baked items are the ones to get here like the plain or chocolate croissants. They have nice savory croissant sandwiches as well. Loved the brie and ham croissant. The pastries like the napoleon and chocolate cake i thought was a bit sweet. Coffees to me i thought was a bit watered down with no flavor. During the holidays though they have great individual size or large buche de noel logs. The coffee and chocolate one was delish.

Cute place. If you want to sit in, you would have to go towards the back. The place is pretty tiny, but it has a charm to it. You can either pay first at the front or just order from the table. They're flexible, but you have to pay at the front after you eat. I had the apple tart. Yummy. It was obvious there was a lot of butter in that crust. So good.. But the apple was a bit too sour. Overall, cute lil place. I have to come back and try the full cafe experience with a drink next time. I didn't want to buy the cakes since it was somewhat pricey. Next time...when I am loaded or have something to celebrate I will try it!

I was very disappointed with the shop today. I asked for a delicious looking croissant and was disappointed to receive a burnt pastry. Buyer beware to check your purchase before leaving the store. The lady working the counter on 7-6-16 at 11:20 am , did that to me. Instead of giving me what was being displayed in the show case, she slip me a burnt one. So much for great customer service. First and last time..