Tiff H.
Yelp
Cafe Lapin is located in the center of the Peachtree Battle Shopping Center amid other restaurants and shops, so I had always overlooked it in the past. My friend claims they have one of the best burgers in town, so of course I had to come in and give it a try
Most of the servers are French and have a delightful accent (I guess we should never tell them that, the French hate Americans enough as it is). My friend was telling me that it's a small family owned restaurant so most of the servers, chefs and
It was super busy on a Sunday early afternoon. We waited for the slightly frazzled host to come seat is. Oddly, he was also the bus boy so he was covering for someone (or the host position had an updated job description). We were seated shortly after the host noted that we were waiting for a table for 2.
We ordered two dishes to split and share. I ordered the Cafe Lapin Burger (which comes with a side of fries) and my friend ordered the Tarragon Chicken Salad with a side of Mixed Greens ($1.50 more). On a whim, I decided to order a cup of coffee and a chocolate croissant.
The chocolate croissant was flaky and perfect. Slightly warm and crunched beautifully under my fork and knife. Not as much chocolate as I would have hoped but just enough to be, well, perfect. The coffee was meh, and expensive, too (it's refillable but I never got a refill, which made that cup of coffee very expensive).
The burger was ok. Meat was mostly juicy, although some parts of the thick patty were a little dry. Not the medium rare I ordered. My friend said usually the meat is better seasoned; the seasoning seemed to be lacking in the meat. Otherwise the burger had a lot of potential. The chicken salad was HEAVENLY. I loved the flavors and consistency, which went well with the mixed greens. However, the provided vinaigrette wasn't so good, so we set that aside.-1-
Overall, the meal was slightly above average, but nothing to rave about. My friend claimed that the food could get better, but since it was so busy it didn't look like the food was taken the time to prepare. I will have to come again next time, preferably on a weekday.