La Bouche

This place is a very cute café! It’s extremely tiny but quaint inside, great that they have outdoor seating! I ordered The spicy mushroom omelette, it was made perfectly! I think they may be understaffed however, as I noticed the order in which customers asked for something was incorrect. I get that it’s busy on a Saturday morning though. It’s slightly a ways from where I live but would come back if I’m in the area!

This review is late in coming because I haven’t been on Unilocal in a while. Need to get back to La Bouche soon!
Hubby and I were here back in Feb/​March on the coldest day of the year. Their simple, fresh menu was VERY appealing, and we loved the funky vibe of the place. The servers are very sweet and helpful when it comes to making menu choices. We ended up with huge mugs of coffee and amazing oven-​baked omelettes.
The slow-​cooked omelettes are a revelation! Super-​fluffy, great fillings (cheese, spinach, etc), and incredibly comforting. The coffee was perfect too.
This place is a tad small, and you’ll feel like you’re sitting on top of your neighbors, but it’s cozy, comforting, and a great find for breakfast/​brunch. Yum!

My friend and I decided to eat here memorial weekend. She ordered latte and the brioche French toast and I ordered croissant with egg and cheese add in bacon and Arnold Palmer. She feels the toast is dry but the coffee is delicious, and I feel the dish is really rich but a little bit too greasy. Love my AP since they used fresh homemade lemonade.

The menu looked really appetizing, but everything was below par. My boyfriend and I came here for brunch and left super disappointed, especially since it is located so close to his apartment.
PS: The side of bacon we ordered was like the cheap, microwaveable Great Value type — super thin (the fat strips were see-​through like cellophane), and broke into crumble upon picking them up. Cost $ 4 if I remember correctly, too. Womp.

An ok spot, service was meh so that’s why the 3 stars. I’ve been a couple times. It’s a small café but with a surprisingly robust menu for the space.
We popped in for brunch the other day and it was a bit packed but we got a seat outside. Took awhile for the server to come over, she took our order and that was really the last we saw of her until the check. I got the prosciutto omelette and it was delicious, and huge! The potatoes were a little cold but still not bad. There was a ton of goat cheese in it which I love. My wife got the avocado toast which was also good. We never got an offer for another or even water so drinks were empty the majority of the meal.
It’s on the other end of town from us, so maybe I’d swing by again but maybe just to grab a coffee and go.

Didn’t have an amazing experience here at all. Food meh, service UGH — the only nice thing about this place was the cute outdoor ambiance… They have a seating area out in front, very small and very cute for a spring or summer afternoon to enjoy the sun. The feel is dainty and elegant — a place you’d go to for afternoon tea and crumpets — but in an imperfect, more relaxed sort of way.
Now on to the important stuff…
Service review comes first because it was that bad. We came to this place on a weekend afternoon for a light brunch, and when we arrived here, they asked us if it would be okay if the three of us were seated at a table for two. That’s fine, we said. So we were brought to the outside seating area to a small table with two seats. My friend stood… and stood… and stood as we waited for a third seat to be brought for us. It wasn’t. We asked one of the wait staff for another seat, and she seemed confused. And then we asked another staff member for another seat — also seemed confused. The whole situation got so awkward after after a while with my friend standing there as other tables were served and eating, wait staff walking past without noticing… Almost funny (almost).
When we were finally all seated (after a ridiculously long time), we waited and waited for someone to come and take our order. And waited and waited to get our food. You get the gist.
As for the food, I ordered the Eggs Benedict Mushroom with Ham. It wasn’t anything special — maybe because it was cold when I got it. Not impressed.
TLDR; vowed never to come back here because the service sucked that bad,; hoped that the food would be redeeming but it wasn’t.

My new favorite study spot — soft music, warm lighting, delicious food and a fine cup of coffee! The atmosphere is super cute with a vintage, girly vibe. The staff has that great mix of being friendly but not chatty, there the moment you need something but hands off while you’re having a quiet morning.

I wanted to love this place, and the Croque Madame I ordered was pretty good. But the service was terrible. My girlfriends and I went on a late Sunday afternoon and there were about 2 – 3 other groups eating at that time. It took us a very long time to order and a longer time to get our food. They brought out our entrees at vastly different times (at least a 20 minute difference). When my food finally arrived there was a huge hair in plain sight, which turned us all off. I won’t be back.

This place has a cozy atmosphere and the staff is really nice, but the food wasn’t that great. I had a panini and asked for no mushrooms. I guess to them that means «add all of the mushrooms in the kitchen in this girl’s sandwich». There was one couple that order their food before me and my meal took 20 minutes. Don’t think I’ll be going back there.

I’ve been here twice recently for brunch and the first time everything went smoothly and nothing was particularly bad. However, the second time, we had the same waitress and she seemed somewhat off her game compared to the first time; we ordered two coffees (one for each of us) and received one straight away and had to ask for the other one after our food had already arrived. It’s a small thing to notice, but really shouldn’t be happening in a place this small when it’s not even a full house.
I liked that this place is very true to its culture. French influence can be seen in everything from the food to the interior design to the name of the restaurant. I would recommend giving this place a try!

Microwave bacon. I’ve never seen something so offensive before. Microwave f*ing bacon. How do you serve microwave bacon in a restaurant? Does the kitchen even have a stove?
Two stars because the place is trying to be quaint and other than the bacon it was okay (not okay as in I would go back, but okay like better than one star because it wasn’t an entire disaster and it was pretty cheap). Limited options in Hoboken for good restaurants unless you like chicken wings and bros, so it’s unfortunate that this place doesn’t make the cut.

Whoops — I thought I posted this review a few weeks ago and it was still in my drafts!
Anyways — I met a friend for breakfast at La Bouche and it was wonderful. The café was tiny and the atmosphere was cute, cozy and very friendly. My friend and I chatted for quite sometime before opening the menu and they did not rush us at all. I ordered a coffee, which was delicious… I’m not sure what brand they use but I would like to find out. For breakfast, I ordered the eggs florentine and it was amazing. The eggs were perfectly poached, the hollandaise sauce had a great consistency and the bread it was served on was AWESOME. It came with a side of potatoes and a mixed green salad, which were equally as delicious. If you’re looking for a quite, cozy breakfast, I highly recommend giving this place a try! I will definitely be back.

I love this cozy little spot for weekend brunch. The staff is really nice and we never have to wait long to get a seat or get our food. The menu is nice with so many tasty options. It’s been my favorite indulgence during my pregnancy. My only complaint is that it’s always a bit too warm inside for my liking (but I’m cooking a baby inside of me, so I’m always overheated). The perfect place to enjoy a quiet brunch with good company!

Yum! Came here for breakfast on a quiet Monday morning. I got the walnut waffle, which was indeed nutty and filling; it came with maple syrup, of course, but the real treats were the little sides of strawberry sauce and mascarpone cheese. There was a very generous dusting of powdered sugar on top, which I personally could have done without, but it made for a rather pretty presentation.
Service was friendly but a little slow despite the fact that we were the only ones there. A couple people stopped in but didn’t stay long — presumably regulars just grabbing their morning coffee. But if you’re not in a hurry and would like to have brunch in a cozy, adorable little café, La Bouche is for you!

Once a week me and my friend come here and drink cappuccino and order eggs Norwegian, so good!!!
Nice, cozy place, good food and warm atmosphere!

La Bouche is a tiny but warm place for brunch. The only thing why I gave it four points is that the «berry smoothie» is not smoothie at all. It’s kind of beverage which you can easily get from walmart. They don’t have freshly squeezed juices either.

La Bouche Café is one of the gems of Hoboken. They have some of the best coffee (Miscela d’Oro) and tea (Harney & Sons) that you’ll find in town, they serve amazing bread (Balthazar’s), and their own cooking is similarly amazing. Brunch is always delicious, the service is wonderful and personable, and I’ve never had to wait. The eggs are not to be missed, and the crepes are heavenly. The owner is very sweet.
I’m excited to try their new dinner service sometime soon, but for now, I unequivocally endorse their brunch.

So nice to wake up late on a weekend and walk towards Hoboken. And even nicer to have a quiet place to enjoy a big salmon crêpe, with a perfect mixture of cream cheese. The crust was soft yet chewy, love it a lot!
Décor reminded me of an ancient French yard. So relaxed!

Got the eggs Norwegian and a deviled egg. Deviled egg is served with capers, and while good, was quite runny and the amount of capers almost made them too salty. Eggs Norwegian was a little overloaded with hollandaise sauce, but eggs were poached perfectly — the temperature of the food was slightly lukewarm though, not as warm as I was hoping it to be. Iced latte was on point. Overall aside from a few things, great food, good coffee and nice people in a cool little setting

Why do places offer Groupons, then act as if they’re doing you a favor and seem upset that you’re using it? If you offer a Groupon, it’s for MARKETING purposes. Don’t then drive away customers who use it and make them not want to come back. I actually enjoyed my first visit to La Bouche for lunch a few months ago, the food was pretty good and our French waitress with a pixie cut was really nice and sweet. So I was happy to see a $ 22 Groupon for 2 drinks ($ 10 value), 2 sandwiches or salad ($ 26 value), 1 dessert ($ 8 value).
We go there today, show them the Groupon, the new waiter has no idea what it is, so needs to go behind the counter to ask the owner, fine. So we order an espresso drink and a caramel latte, he has to go ask the owner, comes back and tells us we can only get plain coffee or tea. I tell him the Groupon says up to $ 10 for 2 drinks which we were well within with our original order, he goes asks the owner, gets the okay. My affogato espresso drink comes first which is pretty good. Then my bf’s caramel latte comes 10 MINUTES later and it’s just a regular caramel coffee. He just goes whatever and takes it anyway.
Then I order a salmon eggs benedict and he orders a panini, now a more experienced waitress has taken over, goes to ask the owner, comes back and tells him he can only get a sandwich with the Groupon. The paninis are the same price as the sandwiches! Most of the paninis are actually even cheaper. Whatever, he gets the chicken sandwich instead of the chicken panini. Both are pretty good.
Then my boyfriend tries to get a regular coffee refill, they say he can’t with the groupon, even though they originally gave him caramel coffee instead of the caramel latte he ordered. Whatever. THEN, we get the brownie with vanilla ice cream for dessert which was $ 6 on the menu. She brings out a brownie WITHOUT ice cream and says the Groupon doesn’t allow for ice cream, even though the Groupon says dessert is up to an $ 8 value. FREAKING RIDICULOUS!
One of the worst dining experiences I’ve ever had. Also this is a tiny 8 table place, there were 3 wait staff, and all of them were scrambling and seemed confused. Terribly managed, most likely the owner’s fault. Won’t be coming back to say the least. I gave 2 stars because the food itself wasn’t bad. However the service and how they handled this Groupon situation was so appalling they really only deserve 1 star. Damn shame because before we came today I was wondering why they only had 3 stars on Unilocal and was telling my bf how I was going to give them 5 stars to help out their average. They made it impossible to do.