Reviews for la Madeleine in Alexandria, VA
Great location and item selection/ quality, but service could be improved since it was way too slow.
Needless to say that we fell in love with this French bakery! It was our first stop for brunch on our anniversary weekend... getaway. Staff was friendly, no wait at all (lucky us!) food arrived quickly and omg!! So delicious!! My husband wanted to stopby there for brunch everyday! But unfortunately we couldn?t, we had an agenda to follow!! But will definitely be back as soon aswe can! Read more
While visiting Old Town Alexandria we stopped in here for a quick breakfast. Most everything else was closed on 4th of July.... This was a pleasant surprise. The breakfast was simple but very tasty - eggs, croissant, sausage, and potato pancake. I wouldrecommend this place for a simple Country French style meal. Read more
We came here because it was the only sit down full breakfast restaurant open around 9am. We were hungry. The other guests we... met who sat down next to our table were also from out of town and they were very friendly! This is what made our experience anice one here. As one reviewer stated, this is like a French Panera Bread, which is a perfect description. It's not fancy, butthe atmosphere is cute, quaint and cozy. The staff was overwhelmed, but did their best. The phones were ringing, and thecashier who took our order gave us paper cups for our coffees, even though we ate inside the restaurant. I saw other folksgetting ceramic coffee cups. I also saw the manager and chef working hard and they seemed overwhelmed too. We ordered CroqueMadame and two coffees. My husband who said these were NOT the typical Croque Madame at all, but we ate them. It was very richand filling and I could only finish half. The salad that comes with it was nice. Next time I would order something muchlighter. Coffee is self serve at the drink counter. Easy! There was one homeless (?) woman who came in pestering folks gettingcoffee and yelling at them with her empty cup. She never poured herself a coffee, and as we left the restaurant, she was sittingin a chair near the entrance, talking to herself. The bathrooms were clean! The loudspeaker inside the bathroom gave Frenchlessons given by a woman with a Vietnamese accent! Haha! If I am back in Old Town Alexandria, I might stop in again. I amgrateful it was open early for us to have breakfast. Most restaurants along King Street were not open until lunch time. Read more
It?s a good average cafe place to sit and catch up or sit and read a book. A chain. Workers seem hardworking and kind too. Only... giving it a 3 because I?m still not sure if my coffee is decaf (I asked for it if possible twice and she didn?t ever clarify ifit was or wasn?t) and they don?t have any gluten free friendly pastries to enjoy. Everyone around me seemed happy with theirfood. Read more
La Madeleine is one of the best French bakeries! Unfortunately I gave this branch 4 stars cause the service was a little poor. I... visited it on a Friday morning and it wasn?t that busy, but I had to wait a long time for my pastries to be heated up. Iordered the plain butter croissant, and the cherry yogurt danish croissant. I highly recommend both. They were super fresh andflakey. ???? I liked how they have a coffee station for refillable coffee. So you could just get the the small size and have asmuch coffee as you want. I paid a total of $10.17 (Receipt is attached). Read more
We love this cafe!!! Ordered some soup and coconut cake. It was one of the best coconut cakes I have had!! Now I want to go back... for some more. I wish I lived closer, so that I could stop by every day. Read more
Great place to have lunch, relaxed atmosphere, friendly staff, and great food. Not very crowded and I noticed a lot of people... just reading a newspaper or a book. No rush here. Read more