Cafe Colette Reviews Summary

Category: American restaurant New York

Address: 79 Berry St, Brooklyn, NY 11249, USA

Phone: +13475991381

Rating: 4.4
based on 189 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The pancakes are worth it!!!! Do it!!!"
  • "The banh mi was also stunning. Really juicy chicken, great sauce and good balance with the veggies."
  • "Food tastes and looks amazing."
  • "The Salmon bowl was amazing — juicy and perfectly cooked Salmon with delicious and rich tahini dressing."
  • "The Baked Eggs was the best shakshuka I've ever had in my life."
  • "The bone marrow dish was delightful, with tender and flavorful marrow paired perfectly with sweet onion marmalade."
  • "Absolutely delicious food! I had the roast chicken, which had crispy skin and juicy tender meat."

Cons:

  • "Tacos: COVERED in cabbage. No sauce to liven the dish, tortillas fell apart and the fish was over cooked."
  • "Food has gone down hill. cute French Cafe now serves basic American food, nothing unique or well made (lots of fried options) but not horrible, just typical."
  • "Unfortunately, both the steak and the cacio e pepe pasta are bit over cooked and bland."
  • "The bacon was dry, the scrambled eggs were cold and starting to dry up, and looked like they were cooked 20 min prior."
  • "Literally the worse taco I have ever had in life."
  • "The food we ordered was also a bit disappointing because everything in both plates was very bland and lacking any seasoning."
  • "Food was dreadful Burrata with peaches was lacking any taste and the Pappardelle was supposed pork Ragu was uneatable."

Service

Pros:

  • "Super friendly and inviting staff."
  • "The bartender took good care of us."
  • "Kaz took very good care of us."
  • "The staff was lovely and extremely helpful with suggestions, food modifications for a few dietary restrictions."
  • "Servers have been reliably friendly, and knowledgeable about the menu and wine list."
  • "Everyone that works there is so kind."
  • "Our server Lucia was the perfect blend of professional and casual."

Cons:

  • "Service was a bit slow, with only two people serving the whole restaurant."
  • "The waiter repeated our order. We confirmed. Only one meal comes out... Instead of apologizing... the waiter said I did not order anything… No apologies, no trying to make it better, no care in the world."
  • "Basically all the staff seemed like they wanted to be somewhere else."
  • "Service was nice but there was only one waitress for the whole restaurant and it took a long time to get service."
  • "Service was slow..VERY slow. even though the place was not crowded or packed."
  • "It took over 45 mins to get a coffee."
  • "We could also hear other guests complaining of long wait times on things as simple as coffee and lattes or water refills."

Ambiance

Pros:

  • "TLDR: flavorless, cold food :( great atmosphere!"
  • "Loved the ambiance."
  • "What a cozy café! I loved the decor."
  • "The space is larger than I thought as we sat in a back room that was reminiscent of a greenhouse."
  • "Fantastic environment. If you can, sit in the back garden room."
  • "Loved the ambiance and the quality of the food."
  • "Super cute atmosphere!"

Cons:

  • "The backyard /garden room isn’t open in the winter so less seats to go around."
  • "The side salad that came with the smoked salmon was a crime against humanity."
  • "Tables are small, tight and uncomfortable."
  • "Because of the small space it can be quite loud."
  • "Very very tight quarters the tables are on top of each other."
  • "we were sat in the sun room for brunch, which is a tiny space with no open windows, and they were blaring bass heavy pop music on a speaker right above where we sat the entire time."
  • "My ass hurts after sitting in the most uncomfortable seat ever."

Value

Pros:

  • "Reasonably priced and in a walkable area with many other bars and restaurants."
  • "Food was good for the price."
  • "For what you get, the pricing is very reasonable."
  • "The food was good and the fries were just exceptional…"
  • "Food is delicious."
  • "The food is amazing, the drinks are perfect and the staff is always welcoming and friendly."
  • "Great Atmosphere, good background music, not too loud."

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