Bouley Bakery

Pros: The service is unparalleled, and the cuisine is divine.
Cons: Somewhat crowded reception area makes waiting difficult if there are even slight seating delays.

Bouley Bakery is star-chef David Bouley's flagship restaurant, located on 120 W. Broadway / Duane St. in New York City's Tribeca district (212-964-2525). Armed with reservations made a month in advance and an appetite for haute cuisine aggravated by a...

Pros: Magnificent setting with arched, Venetian-painted walls & ceiling, gracious service; eager to please
Cons: Food didn't work for us, neither main courses nor desserts

We'd eaten at Bouley, another of David Bouley's Tribeca restaurants, where a country French setting greeted you, and there we'd had the tasting menu and liked very few of the items. So when Bouley Bakery was recommended, we assumed by ordering the...

Pros: bread, bread, and more bread
Cons: if only they were on every street corner in place of Starbucks.

Lunch hour became alot sweeter after my first experience at Bouley's. And what an experience it was. I found myself in an authentic gourmet French boulangerie (bakery), just like the ones you would find in Paris, only maybe even better. The bread, here,...

Pros: A chance to try the rolls and pastries made by one of the city's top bakeries
Cons: No round loaves of cinnamon raisin bread

We came to Bouley Bakery on a pilgrimage. Just this fall, I have developed an addiction to the small, round loaves of cinnamon raisin bread sold at Dean and DeLuca, the beyond-fabulous Soho gourmet grocery at the corner of Broadway and Prince Street.
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Pros: excellent food, attentive service
Cons: small space, hard to get a reservation!

Reservations are much easier to get since the restaurant recently doubled its space, from 12 tables to 24. That being said, you should still call a month in advance (or as early as possible), be prepared to wait on hold (if you don't get a busy signal),...

Pros: excellent food, flawless service
Cons: still hard to get a reservation

(Somehow my previous review was deleted; here is an attempt at a substitute!)

Although the restaurant recently doubled in size (from 12 tables to 24), reservations are still difficult to get, especially for weekend nights. There are also...

Pros: nice cups and saucers
Cons: slow, confused staff

i can only speak about the bakery part of the bouley bakery, where i've had lovely, perfect goat cheese omelettes with fine herbs and a small mesclun salad on the side. their caffe lattes are very good, served in proper white cups and saucers. i also...