Mark Spitalnik
Had a wonderful lunch there a few days ago. I have always enjoyed French food so I thought I would try this place in Winter Park, and I am glad I did. I ordered the roasted canard duck. Delicious! It is cooked with a very tasty orange, honey with seasoning glaze and a vegetable pie type of side. My only criticism is that the portions are a bit small but I was led to believe that the dinner portions are larger. I hope so because it can be a bit pricey. Anyway, I finished the meal with a serving of creme brulee. Yummy! And the staff was excellent. Very helpful, courteous, caring, and professional. I recommend Cafe de France, and I must return soon for a dinner. Give them a try…you won’t be disappointed!
… moreamber lavalle
Phenomenal little gem on Park Avenue — can’t believe we just discovered it (20+ yrs later!) The escargot is amazing, my husband LOVED the chicken liver salad, and the diver scallops were mind blowing. Well curated wine list — not huge, but everything listed is exceptional (and at a great value too!) Can’t wait to come back for dinner!
… moreDessie Hristov
Cute little restaurant at the end of Park Ave. I was the only guest for the evening it looked like, but did not mind the special attention. The lamb was amazing, the profiteroles were bland. Instead of the vanilla filling they had restaurant made ice cream, which I did not care for, but was so in the mood for profiteroles, that finished it. To the restaurant defense, they did ask me if I wanted something else. Dish presentation was really good!
… moreAshley Nelson
Ok decor, adequate food. Found some plastic in my dessert and was offered a new one, when I refused it was removed from the bill and that was that.
… moreTeresa Arnett
Halibut special was spectactular! The terrine maison was the best. The creme brulee was the best as well. We will definitely return.
… moreVan Witzenberg
I dont know what its called outside of a lamb sandwich (I dont eat pork) but it was delicious. It tasted like cheese was on the inside and outside, with Anorexics (super skinny) fries that were great as well. Thank you CDF
… moreRobbie Bridgewater
After coming for our reservation on time, we ordered appetizers and two of the venison special for the evening.
After a 50 minute wait, our special arrived. When we asked about the appetizer, our server apologized since they were understaffed and said they would be brought out soon.
We bit into our venison and found it cold. My wife chose to eat hers that way since the flavor was still good, while I sent mine back.
Appetizers came, and were decent. Eventually my venison comes back, the same cuts and now visibly over cooked compared to before. I complained as much and the waitress took them away, only to bring them back saying that it only looked overcooked due to the kind of meat… despite looking plainly different before.
It also tasted somewhat funny, my suspicion being that the sauce on it didn’t taste as good being recooked.
Overall a poor experience, compared to the cost and what looked to be a very pleasant meal. I imagine this place could be very good when not understaffed, but they were this evening and did not take the right steps to make things right.
… moreMary Wilhelm
I was really looking forward to eating at Cafe de France – according to the rave reviews. Let me just say that the overall atmosphere is genuine and charming. Lovely ambiance – authentic. Great wine list as you would expect from a French restaurant. The service was great and overall the food was good. One of the somewhat disappointing aspects was what they did with the sea scallops. It was somewhat surprising and I could be wrong that the cook took two large scallops and halved them so it looked like 4. These scallops were served over risotto – very good/fresh taste but clearly appeared to be an appetizer. Another disappointment was the coffee. Not good at all and it should be important for a French restaurant to have good tasting fresh coffee. But overall it was a nice, pleasant experience.
… moreSuzanne Gagne
Outstanding service. Escargot was great. Rack of lamb served as recommended medium rare. Special that evening was sea scallops served with 3 large scallops on a mushroom risotto. Fish was black bass. Dessert was creme brulee. Only disappointment was they have just beer and wine.
… moreKari S.
It is definitely an expensive restaurant but food was very good. I got mallard duck but my fiancé got the roasted rack of lamb, I liked both but the lamb was my favorite, absolutely worth it. As an appetizer we ordered the French onion soup, it was good but too salty for me, besides that everything was delicious.
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