Le Petit Cafe, Arroyo Grande, CA

I recently visited Le Petit Cafe for the first time. A friend had informed me of this place and suggested that her visit was less than acceptable. I just had to visit.

Le Petit Cafe Pros

Here are some of the things I liked about the restaurant in no particular order.

• Appealing storefront from the street
• Clean
• Inviting interior

Le Petit Cafe Cons

Here is where they blew it for me.

• Shoddy Menu prepared with stock photos
• Cheap, thin flatware
• Too much salt in each dish
• Wet, dense baguette which should be light and crispy on the outside.
• Rotten chunks of lettuce in my salad
• Un-attentive Server
• Plastic plates

Bottom Line

Bottom line, I will return again. The restaurant is small, new and un-proven, but there is potential for making this a wonderful little cafe; in my opinion it will come by setting a fire under the servers, perhaps a smile or two, cutting way back on the salt, and stepping it up in the bread preparation. While it is cute inside, the serving ware ie. plates and flatware are crap and need to be replaced with real dishes soon. This is a restaurant with REAL prices so you need to have real dishes.

Le Petit Cafe
1351 East Grand Avenue
Arroyo Grande, CA 93420

(805) 474-1294