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La Madeleine

La Madeleine

500 King Street, Alexandria, 22314, United States Of America

French • Coffee • American • North American


"We came here because it was the only sit down full breakfast restaurant open around 9am. We were hungry. The other guests we met who sat down next to our table were also from out of town and they were very friendly! This is what made our experience a nice one here. As one reviewer stated, this is like a French Panera Bread, which is a perfect description. It's not fancy, but the atmosphere is cute, quaint and cozy. The staff was overwhelmed, but did their best. The phones were ringing, and the cashier who took our order gave us paper cups for our coffees, even though we ate inside the restaurant. I saw other folks getting ceramic coffee cups. I also saw the manager and chef working hard and they seemed overwhelmed too. We ordered Croque Madame and two coffees. My husband who said these were NOT the typical Croque Madame at all, but we ate them. It was very rich and filling and I could only finish half. The salad that comes with it was nice. Next time I would order something much lighter. Coffee is self serve at the drink counter. Easy! There was one homeless ? woman who came in pestering folks getting coffee and yelling at them with her empty cup. She never poured herself a coffee, and as we left the restaurant, she was sitting in a chair near the entrance, talking to herself. The bathrooms were clean! The loudspeaker inside the bathroom gave French lessons given by a woman with a Vietnamese accent! Haha! If I am back in Old Town Alexandria, I might stop in again. I am grateful it was open early for us to have breakfast. Most restaurants along King Street were not open until lunch time."

La Madeleine

La Madeleine

242 Crown Park Ave, 20878, Gaithersburg, US, 20899, United States

Vegan • Casual • French • Coffee


"I decided to come back to la madeleine after I didn't eat one here. the food quality has cloged, as well as the service. Eat: I ordered the chicken la madeleine, which was a favorite of me earlier. The huh isn't even a whole piece of ****. the chicken is cut into small slices that makes 10% of the teller and it tastes like a school-sized (shaft, dry, and does not even taste like meat. the mushrooms were not full mushrooms, it was similar to the cream of the mushroom soup. my side made 90% of the shell and the rice tasted like onkel bens rice. my friend and I left more than half of our teller (he got an salat, but it was invaded in balsamico vinaigrette. it was too mad. service: we decided to eat outside. I wanted to sit under that dach, but I could only get one out of the five tables they had outside, because they all used to be furious. I took the pictures below as we went, and they were not clean yet. also the waiter wore airpods and couldn't hear me, so I had to ask him if I could have more. his answer was that they were in the back. Why can he bring us our food, but not the utensils? it's a little uncomfortable to go through the restaurant, to the back while I sit outside. Overall, I will not return to la madeleine unless I visit one of her bäcks. the empty plate on my table was the only promising part of my dinner chocolate cake. I would also like to point out that the woman who worked the register was nice, so I gave 2 stars instead of one."