Upper East Side
Get directions | 1294 3rd Ave., New York, NY 10021
Hours | Sunday 7am-11pm, Monday 7am-11pm, Tuesday 7am-11pm, Wednesday 7am-11pm, Thursday 7am-11pm, Friday 7am-11pm, Saturday 7am-11pm
If we were reviewing restaurants on the strength of bread and baked goods only, Maison Kayser would score a 10. This chain of award-winning boulangeries was founded in Paris in the late nineties, and now has nearly 100 locations around the world. New York already has four, and they only started two years ago. Le Pain Quotidien, you are officially on notice. Maison Kayser is better, and people can actually pronounce it. Sort of.
In most cases, Maison Kayser is best for when you need to pick up a baguette and an absurd French dessert to bring over to a friend’s house for dinner. It’s also a good spot to grab a cup of coffee and a chocolate-almond croissant before work. But this location also has a big dining room and serves brunch, which is why you see this review here today.
On any given weekend, this Upper East Side Maison Kayser looks like a Best Buy at 5am on Black Friday. The only difference is that instead of cheap LED TVs, these people are willing to kill each other over eggs and capers. The food is excellent – nearly everything on the menu is simple, delicious, and lighter than you might expect from French cuisine. But the room is often so full that it’s uncomfortable, and that tends to bring out the worst in the Upper East Side fur coat crowd. The amazing thing is that the staff seems to know how to handle the clientele (maybe because they’re French?), and everything runs pretty smoothly despite the chaos. And if you get there on the early side (before 1pm), the waits don’t tend to be too crazy either. Put it this way, we’ve never let the crowds come between us and one of these on a Saturday afternoon. You shouldn’t either.
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MALESHERBES BAGUETTE
Pain aux céréales
MULTIGRAIN LOAF
Torsade aux olives
OLIVE TWIST
Grand pain aux noix
LARGE WALNUT LOAF
Grand pain au curcuma, noix et noisettes
LARGE TURMERIC, WALNUT AND…
Grand Pain aux figues
LARGE FIG LOAF
Tourte de Meule entière
TOURTE DE MEULE (900G)
Tourte de Meule entière
TOURTE DE MEULE (450G)
Pain complet
WHOLEMEAL LOAF
