French Meadow Bakery & Cafe

Reviews about French Meadow Bakery & Cafe

• 5 / 5

  By Jans Visker
  French Meadow is a great location if you have food allergies or food sensitivities and want gluten free and/or vegan options. Open atmosphere with tall ceilings create a spacious eating environment. They offer a vast lunch menu along with great dinner options. Make sure to check out the huge selection of delicious bakery items for dessert.
  May 23, 2017
• 5 / 5

  By Maribeth Abrams
  Five stars for the vegan options - high quality, large portion size! We found it while passing through the Minneapolis airport at dinner time and our orders included vegan chili (garnished with greens) and rice, GIANT amazing salads, and a veggie burger. On our return flight we passed through at breakfast time and ordered blueberry pancakes (gluten free as well as vegan) with pure maple syrup, and what they call the "classic vegan breakfast" of scrambled tofu, vegan sausage, whole grain toast, and absolutely excellent home fries that were not greasy and overly fried. Very clean food, large portions (you should see the pancake!!!!), fast service as it needs to be in an airport. Every airport should have vegan options like these.
  April 09, 2017
• 1 / 5

  By Sarah Hulke
  We love this restaurant, but had a poor experience last night on Valentine's Day, and I am so sorry to have to write a negative review. Our night was really soured by the experience.
  
  To add insult to injury, my attempts to get a response from the restaurant have failed. I see that despite my tagging the restaurant in my review, French Meadow decided updating the cover photo was more important than addressing customer concerns. We've gone to the restaurant each Valentine's Day in the Twin Cities and even hosted my 30th birthday party there. I'm really disgusted by the customer service on the day of the visit and the following days.
  
  Our order wasn't taken for 15 minutes after we were seated, and then it took another 20 minutes for the appetizer (mussels) to arrive. The server wound up bringing my husband a cup of soup to eat in the interim because we were waiting so long. Literally two minutes after the mussels arrived they brought our main dishes which they then offered to put under heat lamps. I spoke up and then dishes were freshly made for later.
  
  Our waters were not refilled in the entire 1.5 hours, and my husband had to ask twice each for a spoon and an extra mussels fork.
  
  The server was kind, but the restaurant was obviously understaffed, and there was something going on in the kitchen which resulted in horrible timing.
  
  The server was working hard (and it wasn't him who kept forgetting the cutlery, but another runner) and did give us two desserts because of the debacle. He was cheery and did thank us for our patience many times (despite not addressing our beverage needs). The food was good, as usual (the healing plate, a burger, mussels, and the vegan chili).
  
  This is usually our favorite restaurant where we often bring friends and family, but we will have to rethink our options after this experience.
  March 23, 2017