The French Gourmet

Great Escargot!
Salads were great. I wish I had ordered the flat iron steak, my friend's was great. If you are going to go make sure to order something you wouldn't make at home. The chicken was so so . I should have gone with duck. We weren't told the specials😔, heard them told to the table next to us and I would have gone with one of those as well but we had already put our order in.
But got to cut restaurant slack now you know they're running on lower staff and great chef turnover.
But it was nice to be in somewhere that seemed pretty busy at least.

My Uncle & Aunt took us to the French Restaurant which is really good for Brunch!! So I Tried the Eggs Benedict #2 and my Mom has the French Dip which is really good!! So I recommend going to this place if you are Vacationing in San Diego to have a Brunch. They also do bakery for Cakes & Breads. Ju

Shout out to Max who took my phone call to order the Meringue Snowman. Even though the bakery was closed, he was awesome to answer all my questions even though he was off. Thank you for your kindness! Happy Ephiphany Eve!

Had brunch here. Ambience is solid, cute and French but not overly so. Croissant breakfast sandwich was tasty. Cheese plate was good but not great. Mint berry smash cocktail was pretty bad, way too strong. Overall just a shade underwhelming.

Ordered a pork belly eggs benedict, a french omelette and a salmon dijonnaise for brunch. Omelette was advertised as 'barely set' but came out very set; the hollandaise was excessively buttery and congealed within a few minutes. Salmon was not bad but not memorable. Service was decent.

Great neighborhood restaurant and bakery. We stop in here whenever we visit the San Diego area. Consistently good service and French food. Always nice to take something from the bakery for the next morning. Parking can be a challenge.

This is for the bakery. Got the napolitan, chocolate cake, twice baked almond croissant and Mexican chocolate mocha. WAY too much sugar in the almond croissant (and Mexican chocolate mocha) to the point which i felt over sugared after eating just quarter of them. Oh and one of the workers had her mask only covering her mouth. Common, we've been in a pandemic for over a year and it's not hard to wear a mask! Not recommended for these items but the napolitan was great!

Absolutely love this place! The cakes are so beautiful & delicious!

Special shout out to Max! He went above, over & beyond to help us out. Thank you Max!

OMG! I tried the twice baked chocolate croissant and it was probably the best croissant I've ever had!! They take the day old ones, slice them in half, spread almond butter on them, re-bake them, and dust them w/ powder sugar. So good!
The cheese danish was also delicious.
Thanks for the yummy food, you are great at your craft/trade!!!

I've been here for regular and SDRW. Amazing as always. It's small and comfortable. I like the servers and the atmosphere. Their menu is great. Honestly, when someone asks me where to go for French food, I always recommend this place. I am not quite sure about authenticity but I'd like to think it's similar to what I'd get in France.
Highly recommended 👌

Outdoor seating area is lovely for the usually sublime SD weather. The baked eggs provençal and Benedict were good, as were the bottomless mimosas. Wait staff was very friendly and attentive. Will certainly return to sample the pastries.

Delicious bakery options and friendly staff! Visited this bakery during a vacation to San Diego. It was within walking distance from our Airbnb which made it perfect for breakfast stops. I can vouch for the breakfast croissant, spinach quiche (pictured), broccoli quiche and chocolate croissant. All were very delicious. Croissants were flaky and buttery. Quiches were perfectly cooked and cheesy! Highly recommend stopping by!

My husband and I ordered our wedding cake here and were in love!! The flavors are absolutely amazing. We ordered a tier of strawberry bagatelle and one of succes praline. They were delicious!! We definitely will be coming back here for our anniversary to have another piece of cake. Honestly, we'll probably be coming back sooner than that to try some croissants that's looked divine!

I was charged 17$ for a classic Cobb salad *to go* with nothing French about it. The cashier, nicely and politely confirmed the price, quite shocking.

Tu n'as pas honte Michel? 17 balles pour une salade merdique prête à emporter? Soit une salade qui a de la gueule pour 17 (et encore...) ou alors 10 balles grand max! Et ne parlons pas de la baguette "Française"...

Very intimate setting. The ambiance was very nice and well done. The food wasn't overly priced and felt as though you got what you paid for. Nothing more, nothing less. Good food at a good price for a night out. Nothing exceptional but was very much worth it.
The staff was VERY friendly. I was impressed with the attention received from walking in the door to the genuine goodbyes.
We got stuffed on bread and dinner so I'm a loser who didn't get a dessert at a place known for its pastries but I will certainly be back. They are worth repeated business.

Nice atmosphere. Nice looking desserts.

The crime brûlée I ordered was a little watery and the brûlée sugar too much that it got burnt and bitter.

Cozy restaurant and quick service.

I wish I could give this place more stars!
The french toast, the brown sugar glazed bacon, the escargot, the payson salad!!!!!
Let's start with the French Gourmet Toast. 4 thick boy slices of french toast, perfectly cooked with blackberries, raspberries and strawberries! Omg, so good.
The brown sugar glazed bacon......once they bring it to the table let it sit. The glaze will harden a little and give the bacon a slight snap to it. De-licious! The perfect contrast of sweet and salty!
The escargot was a little slice of french cuisine executed perfectly in San Diego. Very hard to find good escargot

Came here with a reservation at 11:15 for restaurant week brunch!

Food/Drink:
I got a latte and my friend just got a black coffee. For coffee they can substitute non-dairy milk which I always appreciate!
We ordered the escargot to start, ratatouille and the mussels for entrees, and picked a strawberry cake for dessert!
The escargot (6) came in a small dish and each escargot had its little pool of oil/garlic. It was veryyy good and I recommend you to get this if you love garlic like me! It is on the oilier side so if you don't want to eat heavy food, probably skip this starter. Texture

This place is the BEST! Beyond delicious pastries and bread, the French Gormet has small packaged meals and soups. And a huge selection of wines. Plus a french restaurant. This is gem, tucked away in this residential area. Must Vist!

This review is only for the takeout portion of the bakery.

Called them up first because I wasn't able to find cake slices for pickup on their menu anywhere, and Jamie, was very informative and polite. Basically, the glass display has a wide array of croissants, frosted sugar cookies, quiches, brioches, cake slices, fruit tarts, palmiers, mousses, madeleines, creme brulee, etc. They also have meal prep sized entrees, salads, and quarts of soup ready in the refrigerated section.

The inventory was amazing, so it took me awhile to decide! Either way, they had 3 staff members readily available

This is a limited review from a past visit to this well-known bakery and restaurant in town. I had arrived hoping to indulge in a late meal, but unfortunately the staff had a private function that evening so the dining room had already been closed. Even getting some dinner food to-go was not feasible because the kitchen had shut down by 8:15 pm. I was able to purchase a couple of quiches (spinach, ham and cheese), a loaf of pumpkin bread, and a loaf of blueberry bread to take home as future breakfast items.

The quiches came in small pot pie tins and were priced at $6 each. They tasted fine, but

I tried this place on a Friday at about 10AM. There were 3 other groups in the restaurant, casually dressed. The interior is casual nice with crystal clean glasses and upscale plateware. I ordered their egg and bacon breakfast, soft scramble, crispy bacon and garlic parsley potatoes. It came out in about 5-minutes, steaming hot and everything was seasoned and cooked to perfection. Very rarely have I had house potatoes cooked perfectly, slightly crispy outside and soft inside. Most of the servers were Hispanic, which is simply an observation, as I naively expect French servers at a French restaurant