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Cafe Luluc
“It has the ambiance of a french bistro, which is typically not my scene, but the dishes have a unique twist.”
“The warm chocolate cake for desert with fresh strawberries was also very good and definitely worth a try.”
“Don't order a Bloody Mary from the bar though - they're watered down, over-peppered and devoid of any taste.”
“The appetizers- a bland crabcake, almost not very fresh-tasting mussels (but in a surprsingly good tomato sauce) and good but lacking some salt and flavor escargot- were inadequate.”
“The prices are always right (and under $10) - the Gravlox Salmon Benedict is the real winner on the brunch menu - always fresh, with a great tasting hollandaise sauce.”
“The host wasn't happy when I protested the bill and we were asked to never come back.”
“The checks are handwritten and the staff likes to "estimate" the sales tax and round up.”
“The prices are always right (and under $10) - the Gravlox Salmon Benedict is the real winner on the brunch menu - always fresh, with a great tasting hollandaise sauce.”View Less
Excellent brunch!. Affordable.... tasty, refreshingly French. What else? Oh, yes, air-conditioned. Great for a relaxed brunch on a Sunday afternoon in the Brooklyn heat. Friendly staff, great coffee. Nothing else to add. Just check it out, aujourd'hui....…
Rude service, so-so food.. Really, really rude service - from a manager! The food is mediocre and high priced.
CAFE LULUc, 214 Smith Street, Brooklyn, AVOID!.
I visited this restaurant for a late night dinner after flying across the country. Three bites into my meal, I found a cigarette butt in my entree which the waiter verified as such. I refused a
replacement entree. When I informed the restauranteur that I would be leaving, she tried to charge me and my date for our meals and would not let us leave without paying for at least our drinks.
Unless you're interested in an ashy dish and zero concern for the quality of the food or the well-being of the diner, AVOID!…
BEST PANCAKES!. This probably comes and no surprise--LuLuc's has the BEST PANCAKES (excuse my enthusiasm) I've and the people who surround me, have ever had. Hands down. The prices are good (and will hopefully stay that way)...but honestly, if you do go, the eggs benedict with bacon are dandy but the pancakes are amazing Good eats!…
Felt like I was in Paris.
My fiancee & I are hard-core gourmands & typically prefer our own cooking to what we're served in run of the mill spots. [We only eat at chains when dragged there against our will (we are, after all,
New Yorkers).] So we enter every new restaurant with a "prove yourself" attitude.
Drifted in for dinner last night. As we entered, the manager apologized that his A/C was broken & offered a seat in the back patio. We decided to take a table in the front of the restaurant instead since the breeze was delightful coming in from the fully open front doors.
We each ordered an app, entree & dessert & were equally ecstatic about the meal. The curry soy sauce with the calamari was incredible & the yellow tomato gazpacho a treat, but the entrees were even better. I got the seared striped bass with avocado, mango deliciousness from the regular menu & was blown away by the subtlety of the flavors. Truly sublime. My fiancee got the red snapper special with portobellos & couscous, which was equally stellar. Wherever we go, usually one of us hits a high note & the other an "eh" note, but we both agreed we could trade dishes & enjoy them just as much as our own.
For dessert, mint gelato for him & molten chocolate cake a la mode for me. He loved his gelato, though it was like gum for dessert to me -- why bother? The first few bites of the chocolate cake were all I should've had, but it was so damn good, it disappeared. Cest la vie -- today's workout made it totally worth it.
The service was wonderfully attentive all the way until it was time to get the check. We'd drunk 2 of the 3 carafes of water they'd brought us & lingered for a good amount of time after our dessert plates were cleared. We both thought we'd signaled for the check at least 3 times before it finally arrived several minutes later ($70 for 2 non-drinkers). I can't complain though -- that made it feel even more like being in Paris.
They're not rude. They're French.…
