Mademoiselle Colette - Redwood City

Best croissant. Edit: Magical croissants. I've never had them better except for in Paris. The croissants are sorcery I tell you!

Spent a lazy afternoon nibbling on almond croissant, Chocolate Entremet, and sipping ice tea as we people watched and chit chatted at Mademoiselle Colette’s in Menlo Park. Good for adults of all ages. Google map shows the shop being in Redwood City- but my posting is about the one in downtown Menlo Park.

The food was good but it was pricey for the experience. Pleasant breakfast if you’re in the area but I’d encourage you to explore your options if you’re planning on making a special trip there

Great pastries and bread. Not the best almond croissant I've ever had but definitely up there. Price is quite high for sandwiches but if that doesn't bother you, i think its definitely worth a shot.Negatives:Cooks dont wear hair nets, which is why there was a hair cooked right into my egg.... ? But also i saw the cook dude playing with his hair and just tossing it around. (he was the only guy in the kitchen i saw so im assuming hes the cook. If not then my bad. Either way, he spent his whole time back of house in the kitchen. He looked pretty young and definitely had a young guy blasé attitude.In any case, a replacement was offered which was good. Just sucks that i had to wait a long time till i got it again. Makes sense that it takes time to get the cheese melted just so, but when ur hungry even like a 1 minute wait sucks, lol.Aside from that, you can see some staff bringing plates to the kitchen, touching the sinks and other unclean surfaces and then coming back out and handling food with their gloved hands. (pretty unsanitary practice! People think that just cause they have gloves that no matter what they touch, they're always clean... Might be true for the gloved hand, but if u touched a dirty surface, then touch a mug a customer is gonna drink from, then ya that germ can be found on said mug.Bread crust was so flakey and amazing. definitely try the sandwich!!Food is good. Just problems with the employees way of handling themselves around food...

Cute shop with nice looking pastries and cakes in the case. May have been an off day but I was disappointed with the croque madame I ordered. Instead of golden and toasty, it was pale and soggy and the accompanying “salad” was just a smattering of leaves gone in a few bites. Spent $30+ for it with a hot tea and left feeling unsatisfied. Might try again, the apple turnovers and croissants in the case looked more promising but would probably skip ordering off the menu.