Sweet Laurette Cafe & Bistro

Well, this place needs to be cloned. Everything is wonderful. Get a big (huge) bowl of hot dragonfly chai, then sit back and what for the amazing food to arrive. Brioches, farmer’s market omelettes, french toast (again, huge) made from freshly-​baked bread, fresh delicious sausages, and always great music playing. Thankfully, no silly Wallingford-​style pretentiousness. Just real.

Sweets were good. Coffee was… ok. Service was TERRIBLE.
There is zero reason to be snooty, and every reason to greet people (especially nice folks like us) with a smile. The woman that helped us never cracked a smile and acted like we were putting her out. Actually, we were visiting my mother-​in-​law in the ER, so any extra kindness (or basic kindness) would have been great. I won’t go back.

Our soup was barely warm and our vegetables burned. A long wait for our food and they have too many rules like «no second cup of coffee unless you are on the patio.» ???

The best dinner I’ve had in Port Townsend. The best pastries as well. The sullen server/​barista with the short hair that moves at her own (slothlike) pace and is constantly in a state of eyerolling and utter apathy is the only downside to the times I’ve visited Sweet Laurette. Find a new server/​barista and this place will be perfect. The other servers are very nice.

I’ve only had their plain croissant?, but there is nothing «plain» about it.
a delicate crust with just a hint of sweetness, which carries through brilliantly into the soft, yummy dough inside. mmmm mmmm perfect! and who cares that the ones in France are ¹⁄₃ the size?.. the way I figure it you get more croissant for your buck!

This place has an extraordinary Sunday brunch. Looking for places to eat in the area, we discovered another go-​to breakfast spot wasn’t open so we came in here. To our delight we found this experience to be delightful and nice.
Right when you step into this establishment you will see numerous amounts of pastries and I would suggest trying their dragonfly spiced chai, it’s a great addition to any breakfast.
This gem of a restaurant has a cool deal if you bust out some carhart attire. You will see what I’m talking about when you decide to visit Port Townsend. I definitely want to come back and try some of their other food.

I had dinner there on Sunday, and my friend and I had a good time. Chelsey was our server. At the end of our night we asked for our bill. She came by and dropped it off on our table. I looked inside and it was a bill for 200 plus for a two entrée meal… Didn’t sound right, so I confronted her. She gave us someone else’s bill… She apologized and said it didn’t go through anyway… Today, I looked at my account balance and it charged. Not only did she disregard our table, she lied to my face saying the transaction did not go through… Overall, the food was good, but the customer service and the integrity of our server lacks. I’m very upset with my experience.
–Cairene Gonzales

Our favorite stop in Port Townsend. The food is always wonderful, the staff a delightful mix of knowledge and charisma, and the whole atmosphere of the place is plucked straight from the streets of Paris. Laurette has created a gem of a restaurant in Uptown that holds its own against the best that Seattle could offer.

Outstanding… walked in on a quiet October Friday evening and although quite busy, my wife and I were promptly seated at a lovely window seat. From start to finish, the wonderful food and fantastic service made for a great night. For vegetarians like my wife, well here’s their description «LE MARCHE AUX LEGUMES, A COMPLETE VEGAN OR VEGETARIAN MEAL WITH HANDMADE POLENTA & THE BOUNTY OF OUR LOCAL ORGANIC FARMS. LET US SURPRISE YOU!»…and they did, in a most delicious way! We actually have recreated the recipe at home, nicely done:-) My braised Halibut left me speechless… perfectly cooked Halibut was so crazy good… overall, a big wow, thanks for the great meals!

Enjoyed a tasty Croque Monsieur with salad and a side of griddled potatoes. Delicious!

I usually don’t care much about attitudes, bcz I believe in self-​expression, regardless of the form it comes with.
That said, when attitudes are just a passive-​aggressive way to show off snobbism, lack of customer care, and rudeness, then we move the ballpark in a different spot.
Sure, the coffee was ok, and the pastries were good, but I didn’t enjoy any of the it after giving my money to such a careless place.
Two stars bcz their stuff is actually good, but heck if it stinks!

CAN NOT SEE the Wine and Beer list. All I get is a blank page with «.I’m a PDF document You can easily add your own pdf.documents. Just follow our steps below…» ETC. What is THAT about?
Would like to go to this restaurant, and am a «sustainable» foodie, but this just turned me off, as I would be coming from over an hour away on Whidbey Island.

oh, sweet laurette’s. honestly, for years, i have fondly remembered the charm of the place, magnificent frenchman’s toast, and the friendly and efficient staff. upon my recent return to lovely port townsend, i couldn’t wait to go back with friends. happily, each of our dishes was fabulous (frenchman’s toast, eggs benedict, omelet), but sadly the service was terrible and our server seemed inconvenienced by our presence. we waited 45 minutes for our food, and 20 minutes for the card to get picked up and processed. it was not busy, which made it all the more frustrating. i’ll go back because any restaurant can have a bad day, and hope that our experience was not due to overall poor management these days.

Wasn’t expecting to find such a gem in Port Townsend. I had the Tex Mex Miga (Saturday brunch special), and my boyfriend had the Dutch Baby. Both were amazing. I also had a generous serving of mimosa for $ 7.
Service was great. The dining room is small, but for the most part, one woman ran that dining room the entire time. As it got a little busier, I believe I saw a couple more servers come onto the floor.
I don’t live in town. My brother is getting married in town this weekend. If I ever do make my way back, though, I will definitely hit this place up.

Sitting outside is pleasant, but sitting and sitting and sitting waiting for our meals to arrive isn’t too cool (on a very hot day).
When finally arrived, our meals were very good. My fish tacos were some of the best in memory. Full of fresh fish that wasn’t heavily breaded or fried and surrounded by a lovely slaw and fresh tortillas. Mr. S enjoyed his smoked salmon and egg scramble but he was eyeing my tacos with envy!
I think I’d try sitting inside next time to see if service improved. Be warned: if you sit inside, the lure of the baked good may be too much to overcome!

We met «sweet» Laurette, and that woman can make a meal! We had duck breast with a crazy-​good mushroom risotto, grass-​fed beef burger, French onion soup, puff pastries filled with vanilla ice cream, and crème brûlée. It was all locally sourced food — it’s great when restaurants do that, to support the local community and to provide healthier food. Everything tasted really, really good, and the service was superb (everyone was very friendly).

Not sure why as there was no explanation but we spent way too much time waiting for our food. From the time we walked in to the time we were finally served: 1.5 hours. It can’t be the complexity or volume of our meals. There are two of us and we ordered grilled cheese and soup. It can’t be due to a backlog as this place is half empty. Wtf?! I almost offered to go in back and help.
Ok, that said, the grilled cheese was awesome. Good food here.

Five star dinner, three star breakfast. We came for dinner on a Saturday night during a weekend visit to PT. One gal was running the whole dining room and she was awesome. The food was excellent and cooked perfectly, and super flavorful and plentiful. I had the new yours steak, he the salmon. The chocolate torte and lemon curd tart were amazing!!!
We returned the next morning before leaving to have some breakfast. To get our food it took over an hour. With such a delay you’d think they’d pop by the table to say something, nope. Our waitress was short tempered and rude to start, she got mildly friendly when she delivered our food. My Tuscan omelette was tasty, and his Tex Mex Migas were really good, also try the savory croissant, yummy!
I wouldn’t come back for breakfast, who wants to wait so long and endure a grump. Dinner is an definite must do again.

Another great meal!
This is the first time I have written a review, but I live in Port Townsend and have eaten here several times. The food has always been great.
Tonight we shared the French onion soup, which was amazing. This is one of my favorite soups and Laurette does a fantastic job. Highly recommended!
After that, we had the lamb and pasta dish, which was really tasty. In addition to the pasta with shredded lamb shank, the dish featured purple cabbage, butternut squash, toasted pine nuts and Manchego cheese.
What I love about this restaurant is that it is real home cooking (the good ‘ol fashioned kind) with high quality ingredients, generous portions, and excellent flavor.
We didn’t have room for dessert, so we might have to come back tomorrow night for some profiteroles.
Also, the two waitresses were both very friendly and attentive.
Finally, I love France, so the French theme suits my tastes perfectly.
Thanks for a great evening.

Cute victorian café near the farmer’s market! We had a nice breakfast here and they had duck eggs so of course we had to try it!
The provencal omette was delicious and your normal café style breakfast… it’s not super culinary but the atmosphere and service was really great!
I loved all the floral table clothes and cozy space. i also noticed they serve their lattes in latte bowls :)