La Madeleine

I love coming here for their desserts!!! Well the pastries really. They are delicious! The fruit tart, cookies, pies, croissants omg everything in here is good!!!
This trip involved pasties only but I have been here before for their lunch and their food is delicious as well. I would have never thought I would like this place from the looks of it, but turns out I can eat just about anything on their menu!

I love coming here for a quick lunch; I work nearby and it’s a quick walk to get a nice hot lunch. I absolutely love their soups and Caesar sandwiches. You may encounter a long line but it moves fast and it’s worth it. Only issue I’ve ever had is my salads not having enough dressing so I always ask for extra, no big deal.

Oh how I have missed my La Madeline! Moved from Texas 2 years ago and unfortunately there is no La Madeline in Las Vegas. (Sad face) I have tried almost every one in San Antonio and though service is different in some places food doesn’t change!
My favorites are the chicken salad, Turkey bistro, tomato basil soup, potato soup with bacon and cheese. I could go on and on. You just really need to try everything at least once. I love that everything is made fresh that day and you really can tell. They have so many options for desserts and everything is really delicious! Service was good and the staff was friendly. I will say that at 12 it gets very busy and the people that have not ordered yet try it gets seats before the people that are getting their food before them. That becomes an issue when you do not have a seat. Prices are great as well.

This is where I go for comfort food…
My Favs:
Country Potato Soup
Quiche either Lorraine or Florentine
Chicken Friand
Caesar Salad
Strawberries Romanoff
Strawberry Napoleon
History lesson on the bathroom speaker
Real Fireplace
This LM is located in the Park North shopping center on Loop 410 between Blanco and San Pedro. It is a very busy location so sometimes it might be difficult to find a table during peak times. There are also a few tables available outdoors as well as a private dining room for larger parties.

First time here and I must say that I was blown away by your tomato & basil soup! Exactly what my mouth needed! Chicken pesto pasta was excellent! Highly recommend this place.

Food was good but they seem to have a little gnat problem Lotta gnats flying around!
They need to fix that!

This is the worst La Madeline experience I have ever had. The staff was aloof at best, I was told to do one thing for getting in line and then scolded me like a bad school child for doing it wrong. Then when we got to the point where we got our drinks, we had to wait for the manager who practically shoved us out of the way. When the food came, I asked about my son’s fruit cup and was made to feel uncomfortable about even asking about it. I don’t know why I had to debate with the staff member whether he should get one or not, when it clearly states that it comes with one on the menu. One of the pieces of bread on my Croque Monsieur was soggy and made me gag, but that wasn’t the worst part… The worst part was the lemon tarte, which is usually a La Madeline point of pride. This was gross. The crust was overdone and the filling tastes slightly off. Boo to the operations of this location. Never again. I wish I could have my $ 20.00 back.

Avoid Ordering Take-​Out from La Madeleine — Poor Quality and Incredibly slow service. I’m in San Antonio visiting my corporate office when I decided to go to La Madeleine with a relatively easy order for take-​out — two salads, two soups and a sandwich. Pretty easy stuff. After an hour and twenty minutes I asked what was taking so long, and was informed that… Oops…we gave your food to someone else! SO… they had to remake it, which took another twenty minutes. To «compensate me for my long wait, they sent one apple tart as their way of apologizing. A refund would have been more appropriate!
After being gone almost two hours, I arrived at the office and I was shocked to find that the salads were unbelievably small compared to what you get when you are at the restaurant, and they barely had anything in them. The Cranberry & Pecan Wild Field salad had ½ teaspoon full of nuts and ½ teaspoon full of cranberries. And then there was a lob of chicken in tin-​foil on top of the package and two «dabs» of dressing in two small to-​go cups wedged inside the container that was filled with lettuce. Unbelievable! The other salad was just as bad. The soup was good and hot, but honestly, I can buy La Madeleine soup at the grocery store, heat it in the microwave and get the same taste for less money. AND… to top it off… they sent NO Bread, NO Silverware, and NO Napkins!
If you are wanting to order food to bring back to your office for lunch, AVOID La Madeleine’s. You will be very disappointed.

Cafeteria style café. The food always looks and smells better than it tastes so I generally stick to the Caesar salad and tomato basil soup. The main reason to come here is for their delicious array of desserts. Everything from the bakery is so yummy that I usually just come for coffee and sweets. The atmosphere is nice in the evening, lunch typically is more crowded.

I ordered Chicken La Madeline. Chicken appeared to be processed, sliced strips of white meat covered with an unappealing gray lumpy gravy. Accompanying rice was tasteless mush and my broccoli was hard and cold. For s signature dish it was a complete fail.

Ordered: Caesar salad with chicken. Expected: about half a breast of chunk roasted or grilled chicken.
Got: about 3 tbsp. of what looked to be grill scraping from cleaning the grill /​bottom of a roaster. Was it supposed to be that way? Who knows. Tea tasted old.
Ambience: Rustic French.
Expected: Casual dining environment.
Got: Running, screaming children simultaneously ongoing with business meetings. Lots of traffic because we had to sit at a narrow table on the aisle because other tables had not been bussed. One four top occupied by another solitary four year old playing with toys who was apparently accompanied by three adults that chose to sit at a different table. Trays at pick up were dirty and had to be sorted through to find one not containing puddle of coffee or other food. Made other utensils/​plates suspect.
Wondering: Why we spend $ 30 here.

This little French style bakery and café is a great meeting spot, especially for breakfast! There are multiple locations across town, but we always end up at the one by North Star or across from Central Market. We never have received bad service, and they even sometimes hold a spot for us in the private rooms to have meetings.
Even while calorie counting, I really enjoy the oatmeal with brown sugar and strawberries. The topping choices are awesome and it’s a great meal, with the added benefit of fresh fruit! The breakfast choices otherwise are high calorie but delicious. For lunch I love the tomato soup and Caesar salad combo. They sell the soup at HEB, but it’s just not the same at home without the French country atmosphere and the fireplace!
I’m giving them 5 stars, because I honestly would drive across town to cheat on my diet and order a 6 pack of their dessert minis! Yum.
Rating system:
5 stars = I’ll drive across town specifically for this, and rave to all my friends about it!
4 stars = Would recommend visiting.
3 stars = Average, acceptable, positive.
2 stars = You might be able to drag me in.
1 star = I will not be returning.

Good soups and great environment to eat in when its cold you can sit by the fire place

Food is great. One star is for service. Took twenty minutes to pour soup into a bowl for a take out order. They somehow lost my order. Girl was nice, but I left very aggravated.

I love Le Madeline! Food and desserts are always on point! I crave this place! I need to try their coffee tho! I also love that every time I’ve gone, I don’t have to wait. the prices are good, also.

Normally I enjoy La Madeline, but today I had to wait 30 minutes for a chicken salad sandwich and soup… Did I mention I’m a teacher and only have 45 mins for lunch. Great, now I get to eat my lunch in a rush before class starts. Thanks la Madeline!

Love the Soups and love the grilled sandwiches… and of course the Sacher Torte… not as good as the original but then again who would be… some would call it over priced for what it is… but not too bad and sometimes it does surpass itself…

Closer to 3.5 stars
This is my preferred location of this faux French fast food bakery. It is usually clean, the staff is prompt and friendly and, in my experience, the food has always been fresh and hot. I think it’s important to remember that this is an order at the counter, take a number type place. A bit like Pei-​Wei. It is definitely not fine dining.
I’ve had many breakfast work meetings because they allow you to reserve a private room at no extra cost as long as you buy food and drinks.
It’s a nice change of pace from the typical breakfast tacos or kolaches that normally plague office conference rooms.
My latest visit to La Madeleine was actually quite pleasant. I was recovering from a little touch of illness and was in desperate need for nourishing viands. My dear friend was nearby and agreed to meet me for an extremely late lunch/​early bird dinner. I arrived at about 6pm. There was only one customer ahead of me. I ordered the duet magnifique with a croque monsieur (ham and cheese with a garlicky cream sauce broiled on top), tomato basil soup and chips. I also ordered a hot tea, though their assortment left a little to be desired.
Normally I’d also get some lemon madeleines for my tea but I wasn’t thinking straight. All of the desserts are scrumptious.
My entire meal was less than $ 12.

A very pleasant staff, a cozy dining area, excellent food. I had their quiche which was amazing. A chocolate tort afterwards that was out of this world. The french onion soup was quite good as well. That being said, I’m happy with any place that has that lightly carbonated orange juice called Orangina (sic).

I love La Madeleine, but not this particular location. I always order the Duet Magnifique (your choice of a hot/​cold sandwich, chips, pasta, or salad… with soup). My regular would be the chicken salad croissant, but today decided to try something new and ordered the french dip. Let’s just say I like the Arby’s french dip better. The pasta was old and mushy. I normally finish it, but only took a few bites of it today. The potato soup (with shredded cheese & bacon) is normally pretty good. Before leaving, I got a mini fruit tart for dessert. It was old and shriveled — if you can picture that. The egg part of tasted dried up — don’t know how long it’s been sitting out. Strange, it was lunch time… shouldn’t things be fresher???