Gayana D.
Yelp
My gf & I are always on the lookout for a good breakfast place because, let's face it, most of them, like good 90%, of all breakfast / brunch spots in Vegas, are extremely heavy/greasy/unhealthy/insert_your_own. So there are just a few places in the whole city that we treasure and are our breakfast /brunch go tos.
When I found out that a new cafe opened, French on top of that, I was very excited. We simply had to go!
Now here's a detailed breakdown of our experience:
First of all, ATMOSPHERE. Very good! 5/5
Super cosy, lots of tables, very spacious, nice ambiance, good vibes. Perfect for any morning!
Drinks: 2/5
We were shockingly disappointed at how bad the drinks were.
I ordered iced matcha latte and my gf ordered vanilla iced coffee. Nothing crazy.
Both of the drinks were extremely watered down. My gf said she couldn't even taste coffee and judging by the color of her drink, it was mostly milk, (melted) ice and water. If there was any coffee, it was so weak, it was practically undetectable.
Pretty similar scenario with my iced matcha latte. Really watered down. I know matcha, I make it myself at home and I often order it at coffees shops, and I love matcha for its strong flavor. Well, not here. I don't know if Le Cafe is just stingy with coffee/tea or they're that bad at drinks. Unfortunately, drinks were a complete fail.
Finally, food. 3/5
I ordered smoked salmon toast and added thinly sliced cucs and toms (extra $), because the toast surprisingly didn't feature any veggies, which was odd.
This toast was absolutely Amazing! The best thing of the entire experience. Every was done perfectly - the poached egg, the fresh pesto, the generous & perfect portion of salmo, perfect thickness of bread (not too thin or too thick! And by the way, adding toms & cucs was the right call - they elevated the toast even more bringing more brightness and a nice crunch.
Nikki ordered bacon eggs benedict. There's no bacon on the photo because she doesn't like it and always gets it on the side for me. So it was gone before I took the photo ;) hehe
Unfortunately, her dish was 2/5.
Avocado was very nice and fresh. That's the only good thing about the dish. There was barely any sauce, and what's most important, is that it WASN'T hollandaise sauce. It is NOT eggs benedict if there's no hollandaise sauce. That's just ridiculous! On top of it, the dish was underwhelming and pretty plain. Lack of bacon is irrelevant because if the eggs had real hollandaise sauce, flavor wouldn't be the issue. In my opinion they're making a huge mistake calling this dish Eggs Benedict and thus creating a very specific expectation and then failing spectacularly. Call it something else. Easy fix!
So overall, it's 3 stars based on our experience, mostly because I loved the damn toast so much lol I would definitely give Le Cafe Central one more chance (mostly because of the toast, it gave me hope lol) and try something different. But if they fail to deliver again, especially something so basic like coffee drinks, which is sacrilegious for a French Cafe, then it would be our last time. No amount of ambience can save a Cafe where they don't know how to cook and make a good coffee.
So we'll see. I'm hoping this was just a fluke.