Maison Kayser

stopped in and picked up a jambon buerre sandwich. or what ever they call it. I think it has cheese. it’s so good.

bad customer service, sales rep have no clue about the ingredients. they never say thank you or bye.
will never go back

I love Maison Kaiser and this is like my second time going and I discovered a new love pastry from there: the croquettes
These croquettes are basically sugary cream puffs –but without the creamy filling. I’ve never seen these in other bakeries, even in French bakeries, so when I saw these I was really curious to try it.
THE SERVICE:
This is one of the best bakeries I’ve been to with top notch service, well at least for me the guy serving me was super duper nice and I was soooo SUprised when he saw me looking at all the pastries and offered me a sample, he gave me one full croquette! And it was super superrrr good. The puff was slightly crispy but still a bit chewy and I can taste the butter soooo much and you need that in a good cream puff
FOOD:
the creampuff wasn’t too sweet actually it was just a tiny hint of sweetness. The outside is covered with big pieces of sugar granules giving the creampuff the perfect compliment of sweetness and buttery. I just wished the inside was filled with cream but then again that wouldn’t be a croquette anymore.
I’ve yet to try their other pastries but it looked like they were very famous with their almond croissant. They also have other cute pastries as well and it’s also a restaurant with dinner items and lunch items.
Would I come back?
Yes to try their almond croissants and more of these croquettes :))))

French Heaven in NYC
I have been to two location so far. One in the city and the one downstown Brooklyn and I am just in Love.
Everything about that place is fabulous and remind me of Paris. From the bread basket with the butter, jam and Nutella to the coquette .
Try anything and you will fell in love.

Food did not taste fresh here at all. Their pastry section is beautiful but did not taste good.

Came to New York and didn’t like the hotel breakfast, so I went to get a snack for breakfast and was beyond impressed! The staff is so friendly and the food is amazing. Don’t miss the croissants, pastries and special breads! Beyond fabulous. Yes, I went everyday for 5 days!

I haven’t been to this location but to two others, and I’ve tasted the bread from this location (someone picked me up some there).
n all cases, M. Kayser produces, as others have noted, truly the best baguettes in the city. They are really really good.
I’ve had some delicious pastries and quite good coffee too. Never ate in at any of the locations.

Good coffee and a good breakfast, eggs all ways with extras, and they also have their specialty pots. It’s a good place to start the day. Not the cheapest but the quality is there. Good choices of great quality sandwiches as well as a plethora of top notch baked pastries, cakes and breads. Cheerful staff, but they were busy.

i had a really nice brunch here this afternoon. i was wandering around the UWS, starting to feel hangry, staring at various restaurant menus thinking like, this shit is pricey af. i saw a lot of people coming in and out of this patisserie so i figured id give it a shot.
it smelled like brown sugar when i walked in. lovely. i was seated pretty much immediately, which is always a huge plus in the nyc brunch scene. mind you, this place isnt scenester-​y at all, its just a very casual place to come get a coffee, some pastries and brunch. they dont even serve booze. and i have to give them props for that. it makes for a calmer, dignified environment, going against the grain that brunch is just an excuse to get wasted before 5 o clock (although, who thought of that time anyways? what the fuck. why cant i get drunk whenever right…) like cute babies in overalls, moms dining with sons, granddaughters and grandmothers, oldies… not really anyone that looks like me quite frankly, a brown kid wearing a hanes white v neck under his uniqlo cardigan from like 6 years ago. lol no, more like tory burch clothes, kate spade bags and all that bougie shit.
i ordered a croque madam, because i remember learning that word in french class in middle closs, «sil vous plait, donne moi un croque madam. merci.» hahaha. its also the only thing i recognized on the menu so i was like, lets get it.
it looked pretty on arrival. a really nice balance of ingredients, all of which were quality, perfectly cooked. i love breaking into a yolk and it oozes all over my plate. ohhh yeah, thats my sweet sauce. haha.
it didnt have a lot of salt, which course, is very french. so i resisted asking for salt and pepper, which they dont give off the cuff. but i succumbed to my americanisms and snatched some tabasco sauce. once i put that on the french food, turnnnn up. it was bang bang.
one thing though, they charge extra for tomato, avocado or mixed greens. im like, at 15 bucks, would it kill ya to throw some greens on the side? probably… considering the neighborhood is expensive AF. Like across the street there’s a soul cycle next to an equinox next to a serafina. that’s the definition of AF.
and i started chatting with the folks sitting next to me about the neighborhood, which really changed my perception of the UWS. i always thought of it as a new money, yuppie, premium brand part of manhattan. and technically that’s true, but it doesnt change the fact that the people are friendly, easy to talk to, cool, very down to earth.
unlike some neighborhood were people stick their noses up, get catty or just look like they’re full of themselves coughcoughmeatpackingcough haha. so all in all a sucess.

Pistachio financier! enough said…
Everything was just delicious. I had coffee and it arrived with a tiny pistachio financier. Éclair was very good. It is such a cozy location. The bread is excellent. Love this place!
The service was good but could be improved. They seemed a bit careless. It feels like they throw your plate in front of you and run away to chat. They don’t really check on you either. I would hope for a bit more sophisticated experience but oh well… I would go there again because everything else was exceptional.

Great flourless chocolate cookie (French name escapes me) and very friendly service. Beware the dangerous double-​doored vestibule.

Great food. Bad staff and service.
The hostess wasn’t very capable, she was panicking after having three couples waiting for a table. The waiters are straight from a McDonalds, when you are paying a premium on food you expect good service.

Must try this place! Don’t miss the Epinards et Chèvre Cocott and Asparagus Tartine. Kids will love the Tartine Nutella. Great atmosphere, service, and filled of baked French wonders!

C. and I had breakfast at Maison Kayser. We were promptly seated in the elegant and bright dining area.
The service was efficient. The complimentary iced water was served immediately as we were seating.
The scrambled eggs with asparagus was delightful. It was served on a large slice of bread. The scrambled eggs had an amazing texture. The asparagus were perfectly cooked. We just wished the size portion would have been bigger for the price.
The $ 5 basket bread was truly good. It contained five delicious type of bread. It was served with jams and Nutella spread.
C. disliked her pastry.
The tea was fine.
The bathrooms were clean and had a changing table for babies.

This review is solely on the pastries and desserts. The eclairs are the best, always fresh and they have a great variety of flavor’s such as coffee, raspberry, vanilla, chocolate, pistachio; all of them are delicious. The freshly baked bread is definitely worth trying. I always stop by whenever I’m in the mood for something sweet.

Love this place. So cozy, great food. The pastries are unbelievable. You wouldn’t expect this sort of place to be a great dinner location but it really is. Some of the best service I’ve had in the UWS at any restaurant.
I’m going to come back until I’ve tried everything on this menu! Bön appetite!

There isn’t much open «late» in the neighborhood (ie, after 8 pm), a lovely place with a prix-​fixe option, though it’s really more of a daytime venue methinks — they were running out of desserts/​options at that hour.

I love this place! The pastries and bread are so good and authentic — they taste just like the ones I had in Paris! The restaurant section feels very French, which I guess is both good and bad because it adds to the authenticity of the experience but French cafes and restaurants have notoriously packed seating with little elbow room and I felt the same way at Maison Kayser. Also, the seating area isn’t (or doesn’t feel like it is) air conditioned, so with that added to the close proximity of the tables I was getting a bit hot, which didn’t make for the most comfortable experience.
But the food? Wonderful. I went for lunch with some friends and we all thoroughly enjoyed everything we ordered. The most fun part had to be sampling everyone else’s dishes! I don’t think there’s a way to go wrong on the menu.

I remember back when I was in Paris, I got kind of lost one time and my iPhone was dead and I just really had to pee. I was pretty disgruntled when I stepped into an Eric Kayser and found outlet, bathroom and free wifi. I got a coffee or whatever as a gesture which was pretty good but this chain will always have a special place in memory. So I was really happy to see this place open literally right downstairs from where I live in New York. I had dinner here yesterday and got the poulet+quinoa salad as recommended by Gael Greene. It was a departure from the boring chicken+quinoa served in health joints these days and most definitely a good dish. But it took an hour to come and was tiny and also $ 16. The waiter didn’t bring me an elderflower lemonade that I ordered until I was done with my food. He gave it to me on the house but UGHHH the experience just kind of ruins the memory.

Best lattes. Always worth stopping by here on a trip to the city.
Almond croissants are too sweet, Mille Feuille a few doors down serves much better ones.
Haven’t tried much else, but their sweets are so fun to look at :)