Cafe Bonaparte - Hermosa Beach

The atmosphere and location are top notch, but the chocolate croissant is big but mostly air, dry, not buttery and the chocolate is too sweet for a more authentic subtle 'french ' taste. The house coffee is bland, worse than my instant Folger at home. We have been here since the beginning and is surprisingly underwhelmed this time. Even the outdoor table is uneven and rickety, spilling coffee. Where is the manager? The Bonaparte restaurant right across it is excellent though. Maybe the owner is distracted by the rapid expansion around town and inflation , dropping the QA ball on the older store. If anything the flagship store should maintain the exemplary standard.

I usually don't write any reviews but in this case I've was really disappointed with the food and service that I thought I should bring it to the readers attention. I ordered Portobello Mashroom Panini sandwich with salad. The salad was only some aged lotus but the sald dressing was good and the panini bread was half burned and the mashroom was very hard to cut not to mention that the silver wear was very old. The fork teeth was crooked and the knife was an aged butter knife that wouldn't cut the sandwich nor even the lettus.

Thank you for existing. I had the best omelette today.

I love the cafe here, the services is great, friendly staff

Went to meet a friend for coffee. I'd never been there before and was hoping the girl could tell me more... She was not helpful just handed me a menu that was that.. The pastries looked amazing but because of the poor customer service I just got something off the drink menu left it at that. The outdoor seating was nice though.