Maison Blanc

Meh. Staff is kind of rude. I’ve been there three or four times and I always feel like I’m annoying them. The product itself is okay but the baked goods are very expensive. Given the area though it could be acceptable if the place was cleaner or had a better atmosphere. The walls need a scrub, the bathroom is kind of run down and the over all ambiance if the place is cold and unwelcoming.

Decided to have brunch here with a friend. Since it was a Monday and raining, it wasn’t crowded like the other cafes in the area. While they offered sweets and patisseries as their speciality, I ordered the Chicken Club Sandwich and a cappuccino for a heavier meal. It was lovely, and surprised with mustard dressing inside. Cappuccino was good too. Space isn’t as small as expected as mentioned by others.

Just ok — went there for lunch, I had a baguette with salami, Brie and waaaay too much dijionaise, a tiny salad and some veggie crisps. £40 for 4 of us was far too much for what we got. There are very few options on the St John’s Wood high street so we will probably be back but only because there are few other options.

Lovely place set on St John’s Wood High Street, with a small outside space outside to enjoy your coffee while seeing the world slowly go by. This adds to the charm of this place, the lovely atmosphere on this street.
Then you get in and a world of beauty and sweetness hits you, now you are trapped and you cannot get out. You HAVE TO choose something. Anything. All the sweet stuff is worth it. You can go for one of their amazing brownies, or for another chocolatey more elaborated dessert. Or you can try something without chocolate (I rarely do this, so I tend to forget about them ;), which are equally great. Or you can go simple, for one of their delightful cookies, yummy.
OR you can even have a selection of smaller desserts and enjoy them with friends, as in a kind of afternoon tea.
Then of course, you can order some food, or some beverage. But let’s get this straight, what matters in this place is the sweet stuff.
And then you can relax and sit on the light and airy but small area at the back trying not to salivate too much while waiting for your dessert to arrive.
The only thing I would say is that, being quite a small and narrow space, it can get crowded easily and it may feel uncomfortable. But that is if you are very picky (like me :)

On my mission to check out my new neighbourhood, I also stopped at Maison Blanc. It’s a nice place with a lot of natural light. So it’s not a bad place to read some pages in your favourite magazine. the only problem then comes when you order a coffee. I asked for a cappuccino, and maybe the likes of Kaffeine (
) and F&G (
) spoilt my taste, but what I got was some brownish water, by far nothing I would call a proper cappuccino. Sorry Maison Blanc, perhaps it was just bad luck, but the only part of my cappuccino that was actually delicious was the chocolate on top.
Anyway, luckily I did not just go there for a cappuccino, but also for a chicken club sandwich and something sweet. The sandwich was really very good. And this is one of the reasons, why I give it four stars although it missed out with the coffee. The food was very good. Besides the sandwich I tried a strawberry thing. It was somewhat difficult to figure out how to eat it. I am still not sure if you should remove the plastic around the thing before eating it or not. After I could not get rid of the plastic thing I did not care and dug the delicious strawberry stuff out. Even though this was a little bit of a challenge, it tasted very very good.
So, I can recommend Maison Blanc for the food, but don’t complain about the coffee, I warned youand yes, the food is on the pricier side. But it’s worth it. Somehow.

The selection was limited on my first (and only) visit to this branch as compared to the Hampstead branch. The pastries were edible, but just don’t compare to the quality I had come to know and expect from the Hampstead Maison Blanc, my all time favorite. I bought some chocolate madelines and, sadly, I wish I had spent my money elsewhere.

One morning I was in search for a perfect loaf of french bread and come across Maison Blanc. This no hassles Boulangerie and Pâtisserie was a perfect find. It’s the type of place you can have your cake and eat it too!
The staff is friendly and attentive, they helped me choose a loaf of french bread that would work well with the turkey slices I had purchased from the supermarket and offered me other great choices for bread as well. The Boulangerie is small and personable.

The local’s favorite place to have a brunch stylishly. Very cute, very warm little place, with many French waitresses speaking to you in English with a French accent. Lovely cakes and biscuits, and a good spot to observe the St John’s Wood chic.