Loustic - Paris 3e Arrondissement

I visited this Café with an American friend. After taking my friends order, he made me wait only to complain afterwards, why I hadn’t ordered at the same time as my friend. Someone needs to teach this guy some netiquette, so here it goes: when you see a customer, usually it’s your job to ask them what they’d like to order, not vice versa. Donc, he immediately switched to English with me (despite me being a French speaker) and continued to complain. Absolute childish behavior. Lattes at this place are prepared with powder. For a lack of better words, a disgusting experience, since said powder wouldn’t even dissolve and instead remained floating on the bottom of the beverage. I highly advice against visiting this place.

I am using this account for the first time just to write about this cafe because the staff here lied to me so that they could make more money. While I was ordering, I asked (in French, I am bilingual whether there was WiFi and whether I could use it. He said that there was, and gave me the name of the network. But only after I paid and sat down did he come up to me 20 minutes later to say that since it was a public holiday, he had turned off the WiFi, and nothing worked on my laptop. Not providing WiFi is fine, but the problem is that I had asked in advance to make sure, and he had lied so that I would buy something, and only after I paid did he tell me the WiFi had been turned off. Moreover, after he told me that he turned off the WiFi, he also told me that he expected a lot of people to come to his cafe soon since it was a holiday and he’s really popular, so I should leave soon. The cafe is cute but the arrogance of the male host owner alone is a bit shocking. The man who spoke to me that day has a strong British accent in his English, and this how he endears himself to the English-speaking travellers who come across the cafe, which comprise the majority of his clientele, who are then encouraged to write reviews for him. (I watched this literally happen right in front of me when I was sitting down with my latte, trying to get my laptop to work. So, I’m not trying to tell anyone what to do but I would suggest thinking twice about whether you want to support a business like this.

I asked for something vegan to eat and was told that they had nothing. Had an expensive cappuccino (5,50€). Plant milk costs extra 50ct, which I hate. The café site itself is very cozy and I sat there some time. The staff is friendly.

La déco est sympa et colorée, on a un bon choix de boissons et de gâteaux. Le service est correct mais sans plus. J'ai bu de bien meilleurs chai latte dans ma vie, celui-là manquait de goût. Quant au "Merci de nous donner un pourboire pour avoir le code du wifi", c'est tout simplement scandaleux.

Coffee Shopi très sympa décontracté Très bon cafés et thés Bon accueil Banquette cocooning Beaucoup plus agréable que le café parisien traditionnel