Carlsbad French Pastry Cafe

This bakery has an old vibe with outdated furniture and decor. The pastries give the vibes that they have been in the window for a long time. I’d recommend trying another place. Also - why ask for tips when the only thing your employees are doing is ringing you up? Employees gave us a nasty attitude when we didn’t tip for a take out slice of cake … they also charge $1 EXTRA for a box ..

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 2

We’ve been buying croissants here regularly since they opened. Recently they have changed both the shape (from crescent to straight) and the taste of these pastries. Very disappointing.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

Don’t waste your time or money here ! I ordered a Chocolate Mousse Cake here It was disgusting! I served it at a Party no one ate it they put rotten strawberries in the chocolate mousse (no idea why ) everyone politely pushed it around on their plates! When I called to complain they told me I had to bring it back.I had already served it so didn’t have it to return! She told me it was policy to return it! Then abruptly asked if there is anything else !!Rude ! I was never told nor did I see anywhere this policy! Unless you like rotten strawberries in your cake don’t shop here they don’t care what they serve you !!! Deserve zero stars for customer service ! Basically called me a liar because they used old rotten strawberries! I can’t describe how disgusting it tasted!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Birthday Cake

Very delicious

Food: 5

Service: 5

Over the weekend (Saturday ) My sister bought a cake for my daughter 18th birthday party. Every one that tried it notice that it had a tangy, bitter taste. It seemed like strawberry that were inside tasted as if they had gone bad. It was pretty much wasted thrown away. The next day my sister called to tell them about the cake and the manager pretty much said all are cakes are made fresh and no one has ever complained, if you would like a refund you need to bring back the cake. This really got me upset like Seriously how stupid is it to ask someone to return a cake that was cut and served to over 40 guests. It was thrown in the trash, who is going into trash to get it out ??‍♀️Does the manger not know that There’s always a first time for everything, things due happen. The least the manager could have done was apologized, give a partial refund or remake a new or give us a credit, mind you the cakes are a bit pricey my sister paid like around $75 dollars. What kind of business
Doesn’t make it right for their customers. This will be the last time we will be ordering cakes.

Food: 1

Service: 1

We got a cake here tonight and it was DELICIOUS! We came in last minute and picked up a cake from the case. We got the white cake with strawberries and whipped cream and all 13 people in our party enjoyed it so much. Highly recommend, it was fabulous!

Food: 5

This used to be our favorite spot for getting French style cakes for every birthday or celebration. This is the last time we will buy from here. I’ve never experienced finding hair in my food but we cut into a part of the cake and we saw a big hair come out of the frosting. We paid $45 plus tip for a half sheet of cake and couldn’t serve it after finding that. I am extremely disappointed with the quality that we used to rely on.

A new favorite. We went on Saturday, and got extremely affordable pancakes and french toast. For later we grabbed a florentine, and it was delicious.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Excellent croissant. The meitschibei (horseshoes as they call them) with chocolate are good. The baguette lacked the internal structure of a traditional baguette. It may be overworked or under proofed. Either way, it is disappointing. The flavor was good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

I hate to review so low but the quality of food here was not great. I stopped by for a baguette and a ham and cheese croissant both which were no good.
The baguette was hard and stale as if it was sitting there awhile and so was the croissant.
The croissant was almost completely hollow except for a small bit of ham and cheese both which were rubbery, dry and cold. The croissant bread was nothing notable either.
I had come around 3pm and this croissant tasted bland as if it had been sitting since the morning or the day before.
Expensive for subpar food.
I will say that the restaurant itself is nicely decorated and the employees were very nice to one of the regulars. But the food isn't great.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 4

I got lime mouse, croissants and baget. Croissants were slightly sweet for my taste and mouse wasn't sour. I'm from Los Angeles and have been checking out bakeries related to Europe for some time now, since I like it. My stars more like evaluation in comparison with other things that I tried in other bakeries that's why it not full

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Beautiful ladies at the counter, thus great atmosphere.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Quality food good service great location

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kiddos were hungry and didnt eat breakfast before summer camp. The bakery was close by and on the way to their drop off. The bakery had a good selection of items and each of the kiddos found something they wanted for breakfast. We ended up with 1 butter croissant, 1 chocolate croissant, 1 cherry danish, and 1 lemon turnover. Each of the kiddos loved their pastry and polished them down within 5 minutes. Service was quick and friendly. I had a cinnamon honey latte with oat milk. It had nice flavor and not overly sweet. Will stop by again if the kiddos get up late like today and need a quick breakfast before lagoon camp. Couldn't take pictures of the food since the kids ate it all before I sat down with them. Literary we arrived, ordered at the counter, the kiddos ate, and we were on our way back on the road within 10 minutes. Quickest breakfast stop.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fresh Fruit Tart, French Pasteis, Puff Pastry Apple Turnover

By far the best pastries around!
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Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5