Maison Parisienne - French Café Clark St

I visited this café yesterday. The interior is beautiful, and the food was tasty — but unfortunately, it’s quite overpriced.

What really disappointed me was the service. I came on Saturday around 3:30 PM and was the only customer in the whole café (a couple of people came later). I ordered a quiche and a croissant with coffee. The girl took my order and went to the kitchen, and then I waited about 15 minutes completely alone.

After several long minutes, I even had to walk up to the kitchen door and call out “hello” about five times just to get someone’s attention — which was really uncomfortable. No one had told me the food would take that long, otherwise I would’ve ordered something quicker, since I was on my way to work.

When she finally brought the quiche, she didn’t say a single word — no apology, no “enjoy your meal,” just an annoyed expression.

Beautiful café and tasty food, but the service and attitude completely ruined the experience. I won’t be coming back.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 1

The atmosphere is quaint. Sandwiches: The Dagobert and iced tea was perfect. The Parisien is my fav thought. Coffee, qwasaunts outstanding. Quiche is fantastic.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

It’s beautiful and a taste of Paris inside with croissants and jams and honey. There’s art and pretty decorative French inspired French adornments. Lots of nice tables to enjoy snacks and drinks. The only thing was it was freezing in there on a Saturday afternoon 9/13/2025 it’s 74 degrees outside and it felt like 65 degrees in there. They could save energy bills and keep it at 72 degrees bc it’s more than comfortable that way.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ordered delivery. I enjoyed my breakfast. At first I felt it was overpriced but my sandwich was massive and was stuffed lol so I actually think the price is fair. It was my breakfast and lunch so. Id order again for sure. Also most importantly, it was very yummy!

The service here is horrible! Don’t ever be in a rush. I mean who runs a breakfast centric joint with one person running the counter and the kitchen. We waited so long for a to-go order that our break was totally taken up and we had no time to eat. What a waste of time. Order ahead for pick up or you will be here FOREVER. Clearly whoever is in charge of scheduling has no idea how to run a business, let alone a restaurant. At least the food is decent, but not worth the wait, unless you have nothing else to do with your life.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 1

ONE baguette: $5.50 ! Ingredients: flour, water, yeast, and salt ..... and it gave my jaw a workout -- so overly chewy, NOT the texture of a baguette. I lived in France 15 years and ate them every day.
Sorry. Buy a baguette in Paris (most expensive place) from the boulangerie that won 1st prize for best baguette in 2025, giving them the honor of producing baguettes for the country's equivalent to the White House, and you won't pay even 2€ or $2.32. Most expensive I found is 1.40€ = $1.60. Pffffffffff

Food: 1

Stopped here to try a croissant and they were very friendly and let me try some of their coffee - both were delicious! Definitely will come back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Very friendly staff. Noche environment and super delicious croissant. I recommend trying the pistachio croissant and the croissant sandwich. Definitely coming back 👍🏻

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

A jewel. So glad we walked in. Delightful sandwiches.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Fairly good sandwiches

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

Super lame. Dry hard pistachio croissant. No cash credit only. This place is just a real buzz kill.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

They have a good pistachio latte. Good music 👍

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I love the taste of the products, particularly the Baguette.
But, please, review your pricing. $6.3 (plus asking for tip on the screen) for a baguette just feels like greedy overpricing. It costs around $0.5 to make a baguette and $6.3 is 7 times the cost in France (and nothing French in the US costs 7x).

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The cutest cafe! Great place to work (no outlets though but do have fast WiFi) or catch up with friends for brunch!

Their coffee is really good (and I’m usually a tough coffee critic). They also sell a lot of jams, marmalades, specialty condiments, etc that you can buy in small / big jars to take home.

They sell baked goods but also have a fulsome breakfast and lunch menu.

You feel like you’re in Paris!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This place is amazing. We love it

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5