Brioche Doree

Looking at the sandwiches in the glass window it reminded me of European street food, you grab a simple sandwich from the street vendor and it was always a treat. I guess because they use GOOD bread and simple quality ingredients. Ahhh, the simple pleasures of life.
This place smacked me in the face with reality. Yes, I get it that you don’t care if your bread SUCKS and is old and DRY. But I was fooled because it looked pretty. Inside the dry old bread was some roast beef and tomato slices. I guess they just use the crappiest, cheapest ingredient and can actually get away with charging you 10 bucks a sandwich. I would have no issue with the price (I’m at the airport so it’s expected) if they at least tried.
Shame on you Brioche Doree.

If I could give this ZERO stars I would! Not only was the coffee that I order supposed to be NON-​FAT, and was not, since I am allergic to the fat content in whole milk, and got VERY ill by drinking it, to the point that I had to be hospitalized on my vacation that I pay HUNDREDS of dollars to be on! When I ordered my drink from the cashier initially, I had asked for a caramel machiatto, in which the girl who was making the coffees said very disgruntled, that they were out of caramel. So when I went to look at the board to see what other coffees they had, the girl making the coffees looked behind me and asked «Who else wants a coffee!?» in which point, I had said, «I still do!» So I has then asked for a Vanilla Latte and to make sure it was NON-​FAT! The girl who was making the coffees had made 2 other cups with the same milk she used for mine. I then asked her again, if she made sure that is was NON-​FAT in which she quickly said YES! and pushed the coffee at me. SO RUDE! I had a feeling at that time that I should have asked her to make it again, with myself seeing her use the NON-​FAT milk, but did not since it was already a bad experience and I was ready to just leave that place! Going against my better judgement, I drank the coffee and also ate a Fruit & Yogart parfait, which I didnt even see cost $ 7 until I saw the receipt, and was sick by early that evening. I WOULD TELL EVERYONE TO WAIT THE EXTRA TIME FOR A STARBUCKS COFFEE SO THAT YOU KNOW YOU ARE GETTING WHAT YOU WANT AND HOW YOU WANT IT! I AM NEVER GOING BACK TO THIS PLACE!

Terrible service. Prices are high but that is typical of airport eateries.
I got a chicken sandwich that was pretty good. Although I had asked for it to be served hot, the sandwich I received was still cold. The worker had heated it but not long enough. The bread thus was stale and the cheese/​chicken was cold. Argh!

Food and coffee is only so-​so. But then again I am inside the secured area so there is not much one can do about getting raped on price and quality of food.

The turkey sandwich I had wasn’t awful but it sure didn’t have much meat on it, especially since a sandwich and Fiji water came to $ 15. Yes, it’s the airport, so expect to bend over when they know you don’t have many alternative choices.
If you have an Amex Platinum card, go to the AA Admirals Club by Gate 40 where they have free snacks and drinks instead.

Yes, I checked the Unilocal reviews and knew it wasn’t going to be good, but how many options did I really have late at night at this American terminal at LAX — let’s see… There was the very low rated Burger King and Starbucks way out at the end of the terminal or the very low rated Brioche Doree out near the street. I’d already walked the length of the terminal hoping to find a better option — hope springs eternal — and had no time to retrace my steps, so this was it. Who knows, maybe all those Unilocal reviews were written by people cranky from late flights or missed connections and the food was actually good here. Yeah, fat chance.
Since I could tell from the reviews that the sandwiches were bad, I decided to just grab a croissant and a bottle of water. Imagine my shock and surprise when I discovered that precious little combo was going to cost OVER $ 7.00. I found myself wishing I had enough time to walk all the way back out to the end of the terminal to have a $ 7.00 burger instead, but having less than 10 minutes to make it out to the curb to catch the last airport bus of the night back to Bakersfield I knew I’d never make it in time. If I missed it, I was going to have to rent a car because I couldn’t afford to miss work the next day.
And then, to add insult to injury, my croissant was incredibly dry, if I wanted to be unkind –though accurate– I’d be referring to it as «stale»
Next time, I think I’ll just starve for the 2 hours it takes the bus to get back to Bako and do the 24 hour drive though at Jack in the Box or Taco Bell (erp) instead!
I DON’T CARE HOW HUNGRY YOU THINK YOU ARE — DON’T DO IT!

Compared to everything else in this terminal, it’s not that bad — the only really bad part is the AWFUL PRICES!
Note on that: they also don’t post the prices for some of their stuff, so you don’t really know what you’re paying for until you get it :(
I got: 2 bagels (w/​cream cheese), 2 bottled drinks for $ 16 – 17!!! Way overpriced!, bagels were about $ 2.50 each or so, drinks around $ 4 – 5 :(
The only redeeming factor was that the bagels were nice and big and pretty good, and they toast them for you. All the other pastries looked really small and were also pretty heavily priced.
Would have given them a 3, but although it was obvious they had other flavor bagels in the back, they only claimed that they had plain ones… sigh…plus the service was pretty bad but that’s typical of airport restaurants

Ahh, Brioche Doree. My most hated option in any airport you happen to appear in, and purveyors of the garbage $ 10 sandwich.
Let’s see:
Pros:
— It’s about the only option at the airport.
Cons:
— The baguettes are horrible. Poor quality, sat in the case for hours, and absorb all the nasty from the ingredients. Awful.
— One, or maybe two, slices of meat on a sandwich. Give me a break.
— The service is always impeccably slow. It takes forever to get a premade sandwich here.
— Overall, it’s overpriced garbage that they can foist on us because there simply aren’t other options in the AA terminal at LAX. Every time I fly through here I hate it. I don’t see how LAX can allow such terrible choices and not bring in something good, local, or heck, decent.

It is expected that all airport eateries are going to charge 30−40% higher because they know if you’re hungry you really have no choice but to buy it… You would think that if they are going to rape my wallet they could at least make it worth my while right???
NO!!! The Brioche Doree was really the only choice outside of Starbucks for something to eat… I saw these pictures of large sandwiches making the price well not worth it but try able… I ordered the Roast beef & Cheddar Sub, they pulled out this bread about 11 inches and I thought cool this is going to be a Big Ass Sandwich! I couldn’t see them make the sandwich but it took them a minute… They handed be my sandwich wrapped & bagged!!!
Back at the gate I open the bag pull out the sandwich and begin to bite in… All I get is bread so I bite again and again only tasting bread… So I open the sandwich and to my amazement there is only a slice of cheese cut in 3 pieces strategically placed on my bread along with 2 thinly sliced pieces of Roast Beef… When I say thin I mean I could see the bread on the other side… I thought subway skimps but damn at least they give you the visual opportunity to ask for double meat!!!
The Bread was good but for $ 12.00 where is the meat???

I can see by some of the previous postings that a lot of people really hated this place. I travel a lot and I really try to find something positive about some of these airport places. With Brioche Doree in LAX, I had to look pretty hard although not all the negative experiences where Brioche Doree’s fault.
Broiche markets itself as a french bakery that happens to make sandwiches as well. Sandwiches and baked goods are all layed out in a display case and ready to go. They got a cooler full of drinks and a rock with chips. You go in line and pick out what you want.
First negative was not really the places fault, some travelers kid barfed all over the floor where the line is supposed to form. I said to myself, «I’ll come back later…» Came back fifteen minutes later and the stuff still wasn’t cleaned up. So I worked around it and got myself a bag of potato chips, bottle of water and a sandwich made of ham and brie cheese. The sandwich wasn’t bad, bread was nice and fresh, but it had some type of vinagrette that was too sweet for my taste and overwhelmed the flavor of ham and cheese.
Annoying part is that for a sandwich, a bag of chips and a bottle of water, I was charged about twenty bucks. Even in airports where they gouge the living crap out of you, this was too much. I mean $ 3.49 for a 1 ³⁄₈ ounce bag of chips? Gimme a break.

Bad. Bad. Super bad! If your into stale then ok. If your into burnt coffee and getting ripped off then this place is for you!!! And if you change your mind, do ask for your Money back! Which is what I did though I did get dirty looks. Really!!! Let’s get them out of the airport!

This place sucks. And I had to pay way to much for my horrible sandwich and chocolate croissant… The sandwich looks fairly appealing to the eye, but turns out there is apple filling (like from an apple pie) and two slices of actual green apple… I can’t explain my utter disgust following a big bite into one of these subs from hell… Be advised. Use your money on something you know you will like, like the store directly across from this restaurant selling bags of chex mix and cheese itz… You can’t go wrong there and you will save yourself about $ 10…

I would say relative to your other options in LAX Terminal 4 Brioche has pretty good sandwiches– vs. Starbucks and Chili’s takeout, which are pretty much your only other options unless you have admiral’s club access. I like their Turkey San with Brie and Apple slices, it’s tasty and seems like it would be reasonably healthy. I probably wouldn’t eat here often if it wasn’t at LAX, but they make decent sandwiches and I usually get one every Monday morning when I’m flying out… And of course, be prepared for airport prices.

Yes it’s just a place to eat at the terminal.
Really not that good…
But I’m giving it 2 stars because if I didn’t eat here I’d have starved on the plane.
I had the brie, apple, turkey sandwich that was like $ 9 and a banana.
I think the best thing to do usually when you fly is to take out food from your favorite Unilocal location before getting to the airport.

So very, very horrid.
The only reason I ate here is because it was near my departing gate and I was desperately hungry. I usually make a habit out of eating crap before a flight. My favorite thing to eat at John Wayne is a McGriddle. Sure, it’s bad as hell for you but it tastes awesome. This time, seeing no McDonald’s around, I figured this would be a healthier option.
They had three different sandwiches available behind the glass, all pre-​made. I hate pre-​made sandwiches. They’re almost always soggy and they usually taste like crap. I almost wish I got one full of literal crap after taking a bite of the $ 9.75 chicken sandwich I wasted money on. To be fair, the woman working told me they put a chipotle sauce of some kind on it, and that I couldn’t have a fresh one made without it, so it’s partially my own fault. I should have left then and there, but my hunger forced me to order something.
I held on to it until I boarded the plane. This was Mistake #1. Had I taken a bite before getting on, I could have gone back and argued my way into something more edible. I opened it up first to see what was inside. This was Mistake #2. It was about as bad as opening the legs of a homeless woman with a yeast infection — I wanted to hurl. «But you wasted $ 10!», my stupid brain kept telling me. I took a bite… and spit it back into the bag. The chipotle sauce tasted rancid; it was thick and disgusting in ways I didn’t know were possible. The chicken was something you’d buy in a plastic bag at a corner market. My cheese slice looked like it went bad 3 weeks ago. I crumpled up the bag and tossed it when the flight attendant walked by.
My dad offered me a bite of his, which from the looks of how much was left, he didn’t like much either. It contained ham, green apple and a mango chutney. Who the eff’ comes up with this crap? It’s an airport eatery, not some French 4-​star. I want to meet the person who tastes these concoctions for approval just so I can smack him/​her in the face. This food isn’t just an insult to good taste; it’s an insult to taste. Period.

Airport food is rarely good. And airport eateries that do not have sit-​down service are invariably worse. We all know this. I try to plan ahead and pack snacks, but staring down the barrel of a 6 hour flight back to the east coast, I thought it prudent to grab a carb-​y meal to hold me over until I got home.
Enter Brioche Doree. In the American Airlines terminal, there are few to-​go choices, and very few balanced-​meal options. While my partner in crime went for the Burger King, I patted myself on the back for resisting, and smugly sauntered over to Brioche Doree. They had a small variety of giant salads, but upon closer inspection, each salad was $ 10 and few had included a protein. Furthermore, the choices of salad dressing were Italian and… yep, Italian.
I understand airport food is expensive, but I simply cannot pay $ 10 for a takeout salad consisting of roughage and some cheese. I then noticed the case of pre-​made sandwiches and, for the same $ 10, thought this may be a better deal.
I went for the turkey and brie (with apples) on a baguette. I should have checked Unilocal before I made the purchase, however, because my sandwich was one slice of turkey deli meat, one slice of brie (which, obviously, only covered a small section of the sandwich), and two apple slices.
This store must make a killing. $ 10 a pop for a sandwich, low cost outlay for the sparsely-​distributed ingredients, and one person at the counter working slowly to take care of the ever-​growing queue of hungry travelers. Who said food service had to be low-​margin.
They give you the choice of purchasing your pre-​made sandwich heated up, but the person behind the counter only warmed the sandwich for 30 seconds, so it was cold and rubbery by the time I got to the gate.
Not impressed, Brioche Doree. I don’t think you have any business making sandwiches if you’re just going to sell me a stale piece of $ 10 bread.
Hungry travelers: in this situation, you have my blessing to gorge on Whoppers and fries. Even at airport prices, the calories-​per-​dollar cannot be beat.

I really did feel like I got robbed after my experience here.
Was in LAX and decided to be healthy by eating here instead of Burger King. A turkey sandwich and OJ cost me $ 15… okay I know airport food is meant to be more expensive, but for $ 15, I’m expecting something fairly decent.
The sandwich was GROSS! The bread was really stale, and they put just ONE slice of turkey in it… that’s right… ONE SLICE!!! This is definitely the worst sandwich I have ever eaten (no exaggeration). I wish I Unilocaled this place before I went.
DO NOT EAT HERE!!!

Everything at this place is decent and standard for your normal run o the mill airport eatery, except for the sandwich I ordered for lunch from here today.
Sadly, the warmed smoked turkey sandwich with slivers of brie, granny smith apple and a smear of apple chutney on a baguette looked vastly better than it tasted.
–1 Warmed, should technically be revised to lukewarm since my cheese wasn’t even melted.
–1 Smoked Turkey, was ok but didn’t taste super fresh.
+1 Brie was decently good quality.
+1 Granny Smith Apple was more tart than sweet which is typical for this variety, so no complaints here.
–1 Apple Chutney tasted like an after thought, the flavors didn’t really blend well.
–1 Bread was on the stale side.
Overall, not so great bang for buck here.
I’m not saying it isn’t edible, it’s just not very good.

EDIBLE FOOD AT LAX OR AM I DELIRIOUS?
Disclaimer:
My flight was delayed for hours, I got rerouted through LA on a packed plane in a middle seat, the guy on my right was at least 6’3″ and the guy on my left made the entire plane nauseous as he proceeded to not just eat, but construct a TUNA wrap. (You should have seen the stares of death that emerged as he tore open that pouch of tuna).
Anywho…this was the state I was in, so it’s entirely possible that I was delirious. That said, I actually had a very edible meal here. I’m usually not a fan of pre-​prepared anything, but the lady behind the counter assured me that the sandwiches had all been made that morning. With a 5 hour flight ahead of me and few options in the terminal I opted to believe her and went for the ‘La Parisian’ sandwich which consists of ham, brie, apples, and marmalade on toasted bread.
Any wouldn’t you know it… it was actually pretty good. I’d actually get it again, especially if my only other option is airplane food or (shoot me now) Chilis To Go.

I came to a screeching halt, running five minutes late into boarding time for my American Airlines flight.
As I stared at the signs and bakery counter… could it be? Is this the same honky-​tonk cheesy French chain bakery that I hit up in Paris when I need a snack before the good places open in the morning?
The occasion of missing my flight v. picking up a damn good quiche immediately dispensed a medal to my inner animal instinct. I quickly scrambled to the end of the line. While the lady in front of me wasn’t sure if she was getting in line or not, I jumped in front of her and had a determined look that made it understood that I was not going to be nice about this one.
I peered around the counter… croissant, check. Brioche, check. Cheese danishes, check. Sadly, there were no quiches. I resolved to order the turkey and brie French baguette sandwich.
After knocking knees with the other seated passengers to get to my window seat, I greedily opened up my sandwich sack and didn’t offer any of it to my nosy neighbor. It was still warm from being toasted.
One bite… and I knew. Shucks. Man, it’s not as good as the original.
Maybe American wheat is not as yummy or French chickens lay tastier eggs. Whatever the reason, I was kindly disappointed with my catch. I ended up eating half of the dry bread sandwich and kept the rest to feed the pigeons.