No. 96 Front Street Patisserie & Cafe

Nice little place with good vegan options. The day we went, all the Danish were vegan and there were five varieties; I had pineapple and my husband had raspberry, and they were both delicious. I do wish they labelled which items were plant-based. I get why they don't, but it would be a lot friendlier to vegan shoppers if they did, even if it were done subtly. Now I can't wait to go back to try the sandwiches. So many choices!

The girl who work there is very rude and disrespectful to the customer. I asked her questions about tea and she said all tea are in front of you just read yourself:( no recommendations of specialty or anything . She’s shouldn’t work there if she’s not happy . And another girl served my pastry cold even though I asked her to warm it up for us .
No no no to this cafe !

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

I'll start with the strengths... the place is very cute, the owner and employees are very nice, and the variety and sophistication of offerings are great. Weaknesses-- the pastries are consistently old and stale, and the service is painfully slow and haphazard. They can't seem to gracefully manage more than 1 or 2 customers at a time. This place has real potential but the bad logistics is a deal killer

I love this space and meeting here. The loose leaf tea is my favorite, it is so hard to find cafes that actually provide good tea options.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Avocado Toast

I understand that it gets busy, and it's stressful. I went here for salmon days, and the owner of this place was rude as hell and disrespectful, and when I tried to make a complaint, he didn't care. Now they are sitting there laughing at me, the customer. Wouldn't serve my fiance ( who's black) while he was sitting there for 5 mins and then when I walked in they were like oh I have ever seen you in here before and while this guy ( who said he was the owner) was rude. The actual owner of the place came up to us and full on apologized to us and told us that the guy is not the owner.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

I would not recommend this place as I've been waiting to test ice cream from this establishment for 5 minutes and people kept passing me and the staff kept ignoring me helping other people my fiance went in there and wanted to test ice cream but the waitress said under her breath "sounds like you wanted to waist my time". When I went in there to test ice cream I waited 5 minutes till I had to flag someone down and not knowing he was just helping he was disrespectful and rude, came back with an attitude and said what would you like?" Rudely. The owner came out and apologized for how rude everyone was and gave us a complimentary freebie of whatever we wanted but when I walked in there and stood for 5 minutes I felt like I was in the 1940s or 60s. But overall I don't mind giving them a second chance.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Service: 1

Their coffee is great but the flies in the pastry display are gross and the delivery driver review says they ordered croissants from the grocery store? Thought everything was made in house.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 3

Don't tip them as they don't tip for delivery service.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

This café is so cute and cozy with its pink style! The coffee was great, and the desserts looked amazing and tasted good too. It’s a nice place to relax or take some pretty pictures. I recommend it!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Disappointed to be waiting outside after 9am for this place to open, only to be ignored by the person working in the store, while the door remained locked. The business hours are confusing, since Google maps said it would open at 9am, and the sandwich board outside the store listed an 8am opening time.

Service: 1

Great place for meetings and coffee!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I love this place! The networking group I’m a member of meets here once a month & Kirsten has been so welcoming to our group! Everything I’ve tasted has been delicious. She also was so kind to let me use some of her 3 tiered cake platters for my 2 year business anniversary tea party & host a Completion Celebration at her cafe for some women who completed my Friendship Class. They absolutely loved their food… unique & delicious sandwiches. Such a gem of a spot and gem of an owner! Check it out!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Lavender Croissant, Frozen Yogurt, Grilled Cheese

I love this place and the owner is the sweetest

The staff seemed very unfriendly, greeted everyone but us. We wanted to sit inside the cafe but we chose to sit outside. Sometimes it’s just the vibe. Didn’t like the place, no complains about their food.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1

I can’t even. My daughter and I have been wanting to come here for a while, and finally stopped in on a Saturday around noon. There were a couple of tables and two ladies behind the counter who were working hard (it was clear they were busy). There was a woman in front of me, plus another woman standing to the side waiting near the gelato area. After 5 minutes of us standing there in line the woman in front of us asked about how long until she could place her order? (she was very nice about it). The lady behind the counter told her “oh if you want to order you place your order over here” and pointed to the cash register area. We were both so surprised by this since we had both been there for so long (and her longer than I! She said she had been there for 10 mins) and no one acknowledged either of us or said “I’ll be right with you” or even “oh are you looking to place an order? I’d be happy to help you over here!” (Because come on - why else would we be standing in a line near the counter?! Also, I must add, definitely no sign that says “order here”). When the woman in front of me said gosh it would have been nice to know that I was standing in the wrong place for the past 10 mins (and I agreed with her) the lady behind the counter asked us both to leave (!!) She said “I’m sorry but I’m not going to do this, you can both leave”.

Let me be very clear that neither myself or the woman in front of me were being rude or raised our voice in any way during this exchange, just simply pointed out that we had not been acknowledged and clearly had no idea we were in the wrong place. A little decency to help out a couple of women who want to order lunch perhaps. I mean again - there wasn’t even a snarky tone in which we were saying all of this, it was super just like “wow gosh it would have been nice to know we were in the wrong spot”. And that’s the response from (who I presume to be) the owner? Wow. I mean I’m genuinely shocked.

Now, in all fairness, I chose to announce my shock at being asked to leave to the rest of the restaurant on my way out LOL. The lady behind the counter asked me to share with the rest of the restaurant why I was asked to leave, and I said because I didn’t know where to stand to place an order. Her assistant person was like “we aren’t doing this. You can just leave”.

Embarrassing for all of us really. For them and for me.

My daughter, who is 7, was thankfully not in the restaurant when this happened.

I think genuinely the craziest thing about this is that we weren’t being Karen’s (trust me, I’ve been a Karen!) but not today.

I feel bad for her. She’s clearly stressed. Clearly doesn’t know how to run a cafe… I genuinely feel for her and will not be surprised when this place is gone. Which is really too bad since we were so excited to have a good cafe in town.

So, anyways, that’s a long way to say I miss the yogurt shop LOL!!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1