La Petite Provence

As a foodie, I thought this place was just okay. I think the pricing was a little more than what they had to offer. I ordered the Provence Burger and it was piled quite high and hard to cut. It was paired with the French Onion Soup, which I thought was overly salty and had an unappetizing hard layer that you had to PEEL OFF to get to the soup. If you’re going to get something here, get the croissants with the jam – which is the pretty much the only delectable menu item. Onto customer service, the lady who took our order was friendly (your classic enthusiastic aunt), but let me say: IT TOOK A CENTURY FOR OUR FOOD TO COME OUT. Our bones were rotting away, and no one who worked there notified us of our food status. I think the waiting time after being seated was about 35 minutes. Anywho, I will drop in again if I’m in the area for some croissants, but probably not to sit in and dine off their menu.

DO NOT ORDER DELIVERY FROM HERE.
This place is ridiculous when delivering and it wasn’t just the first time. Two times I’ve ordered delivery and it was and hour and a half at least the first time and over TWO hours the second time. We called an hour after waiting and they hadn’t even started our food yet.
The only reason I give it two stars and not one is that the food is not terrible. It’s not amazing, but it can hit the spot. However I will never order delivery from this place again.

«Holy sh! t is it hot in here or am I just that hungover? My very hungover friend and I came here on a Wednesday afternoon to grab lunch and it was hot as hell in there. I don’t know why the heat was blasting but I thought I was menopausing prematurely.
Little did we know that EVERYTHING was HOT in here. And not in a good way. They eventually turned down the heat but apparently turned up the heat on our soups. Boiling hot carrot soup. Like there were bubbles and I burned my insides. It was reminiscent of that McDonald’s hot coffee lawsuit hot. If they had given us any ice cubes, I would have poured them in the soup. It was also bland and boiling hot. My friend skipped on eating his and I eventually ate mine after pouring salt and pepper in it.
Then the other half of our meal came… his Quiche and my Croque Monsieur. Both were tasty but again super burning hot. I guess I shouldn’t complain. Getting cold food sucks, but for real, maybe give it a minute since I hate when the roof of my mouth or tongue gets burned.
So both of us were kinda disappointed, but what made this place just A-​OK was their fantastic desserts and discovering that it’s BYOB. We topped off the meal with two espressos (both well –made) and a Caroline de fruits and were in heaven. The little red ball cake was amazing!
So maybe we started off on the wrong foot. Maybe all the hotness for two dehydrated, hungover people was a setting for disaster… But the place kinda grew on us especially by dessert. And we both resolved to give Provence a second chance and next time BYOB style!

So I apologize in advance because my review is a bit partial. Parts of our meal last night were perfectly lovely including:
1. their outdoor seating (the indoors looked great too, it was just nice out and we had a large dog which brings us to #2)
2. their allowing dogs to dine with patrons
3. the speed at which requests were tended to by the staff
4. good fries (always a + in my book)
5. my friend LOVES their beet salad and I admit, it looked pretty and mighty tasty.
but there were 2 things that just didn’t sit well with me.
1. our waitress was just not as attentive as the busboys. she was really great at first (almost hovering) but when we were asked to be given another few minutes, she didn’t come back for quite some time. It wasn’t crowded and even when we settled our bill it took an unusual amount of time for her to return with our change
2. my french onion soup was just not up to par for a french resto (the one i’m used to at Café D’Alsace or Balthazar is just soooo much better)
3. this isn’t a con — just an FYI that they only take cash & AmEx.
That being said our side dishes were delightful and had I gone a different route with my entrée choice, I might have given it more stars so take my review with a grain of salt.

We were looking for another BYOB restaurant in Brooklyn and found this place. It was a Friday night and there were no customers there. We were skeptical since it was empty on weekend night. I didn’t want to go but since we brought a wine, we just decided to try. The menu was very limited. Nothing that I wanted to order. We ordered 2 appetizer and 2 entre. We were shocked the appetizer we ordered were huge and so delicious (added some pictures of them). We’ve got chicken and salmon for entre. They were OK.
Like the another review says this place is so cheap and gives you lots of food. I also wish that more people go to here.

I like this restaurant and I would like more people to patronize it. We need more reasonably priced, good restaurants in Carroll Gardens. Yes, the portions are inconsistent, with the $ 10 gnocci (more like potato mashed with mushroom) dwarfing the quiche or the yummy onion tart, which are the same price or cheaper. However, the food is really delicious and fresh. You can BYO for the moment, which us also a plus. I would keep the décor, rearrange the menu so the apps and entrees are clearly defined, change the music, but never change the prices! So cheap!