James R.
Yelp
DO NOT GO! This was not what I expected or what was advertised/highly rated reviews! I was thoroughly disappointed and would not recommend it if you are hoping for a great dining experience. As a place to stop and grab something, it's fine. I read the reviews of the restaurant, saw photos of their food that are shown on their website and wanted to go for brunch with my family. We made a reservation on OpenTable and showed up at the reservation time. We arrived for brunch and noticed that there was minimal seating and a long line at the counter. Thinking that there must be a dining room somewhere else I asked the employee and he said that reservations did not matter, just get in line to order and find a seat if you can. There was no need for a reservation, we barely found room at the counter to sit and the food was utterly disappointing. We saw containers of croissants being dropped off (one whole container even fell on the floor, hopefully not used!) and the croissants looked and tasted like ones you'd purchase from a grocery store - not freshly baked as you would think for Le Parisien Bakery! Our order was also not correct and we had to wait a while to get it.
I wish I had looked at Yelp for reviews prior to going here as they clearly are filtering out the suspicious ones. In conclusion, I wish we had just walked away to find a place that was worth going to. We had been to a variety of fantastic bakeries in the city and this is not one of them.