VIBE
If you want a slice of Paris, this is the place to go. I'm not even joking when I say a few of the patrons here were speaking French. It's a great little patisserie and the perfect place to bring your mom or a girlfriend for lunch. I was here two days before Christmas so it was a little nutty, but still quite relaxed.
A note on the service: I pretty much had to flag down my waitress or get one of her colleagues to assist me for well, anything. Also, service is not slamming down my plate on the table.
Lovely surprise: the hooks on the high tops for your purse. Perfect!
I ATE
The french onion soup. Lovely. Needed a tad more salt but otherwise, great. A complimentary basket of baguette comes with the meal and it is DELISH.
I was starving so I ordered the prosciutto panini with fig and chevre (I think). Unfortunately, the sandwich was burnt and tasted burnt. It just didn't feel pressed but I couldn't flag down my waitress. When I told her colleague, she said "you should have told us earlier." So yeah, a bit of an issue there. Unfortunately, I won't have a sandwich here again.
But I will come back and try some of their other dishes including the delectable desserts that were sitting in their display case waiting to be eaten.
This also seems like a great place for a cafe au lait or steaming mug of hot cocoa and a macaron.
OBLIGATORY CATCHY REMARK
It's nice when you get service with a smile but maybe they're learning from their French ancestors? I don't know. The most hilarious part is that none of the kitchen staff are actually from France and are from Asia! (The owner is French though).
It's nice to have un petit part of Paris in Rosedale, however.