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| - I came here with 6 of my cousins for brunch and I think it's a little over-rated. Definitely not one of my best brunches in Vegas. The dining room is pretty small and the service is sub-par. We had to get up and help ourselves to plates and napkins for several of us in the party. I thought we were going to have to go make the food ourselves.
We started out with the assorted pastry basket. The almond croissant was one of the best ones I've ever had. It was flaky, not skimpy on the almond in the middle, and absolutely delicious. The blueberry muffin was okay - it was slightly denser than I prefer, but the taste was good. We also had a cheese danish -- the pastry was great and flaky, but the cream cheese in the center was a little odd.
Then our entrees came - I got the croque madame which is ham, bechamel and swiss cheese in between two slices of bread with a sunny side egg on top. The sandwich was good for the first few bites, then I felt like I was going to keel over from a heart attack. They had put cheese on the outsides of the bread, which was slightly overkill. I like cheese, but cheese inside the sandwich, outside the sandwich, topped with bechamel is a little much. It's a good sandwich, but you could probably share it with someone and avoid clogging all your arteries. The salad that came with the sandwich was a little soggy.
If you go to Payard, get an almond croissant or other pastries to go, and that should satisfy your craving for French food. I don't think I would go back other than for that.
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