La Vie
“I stick with my standard grilled chicken sandwich with brie and grilled onions and a nice cocktail or beer before my flight.”
“Plastic knives just break the mood some — but neither complaint is the restraints fault.”
“What a quaint little place in the Jet Blue terminal, makes me wish I flew JB all the time out to NYC, but it doesn't always work out that way.”
La Vie
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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When you are dining at JFK in the jet blue terminal there are many dining options all equally mediocre with their food. I decided to go to the best reviewed of the options and ended up at La Vie.
The bartender was very busy so I understand that but you could tell he hates his job. He was rude and abrupt with customers and yelled at the food runner in front of customers. It was just kind of awkward.
I ordered the beet salad with goat cheese and the pomme frites (which were basically just frozen soggy fries). But surprisingly the beet salad was delicious! And made with both red and golden beets. I was pleasantly surprised.
The biggest problem was my food came out 35/40 minutes after I sat down. And I did not have much time before my flight so that was a little nerve wracking. I made my flight thank god but I basically had to shovel the food down my throat so I didn't get time to enjoy it.
Anyway this place isn't a bad option if you are stuck at the airport early.
This space used to be a nice place at JFK T5 for an authentic-seeming French lunch. Must have changed hands; the food is now awful.
Salade Niçoise @ $20 had inedible tuna and tomatoes, decent greens. Omelette @$16 was edible but arrived cold (after 30 min wait), overlooked and tough. Service was friendly and competent. Avoid this restaurant for food.
I guess you could say the silver lining to arriving embarrassingly early for an outbound flight is the ability to relax at a sit down joint or sky club. Among the other options at T5, La Vie is a decent spot, with solid food options that deviate from the typical Chili's grub or Au Bon Pain take-out style findings elsewhere. Service is admittedly relaxed for an airport, but my golden rule of thumb: If you call out the service and they don't correct it, that's what the tip line is for 🙂
If you have a flight to catch anytime soon, don't come here. It takes a bit of time and it may stress you out. They seem to be making the food in another restaurant across the way. But if you have about an hour, then no problem.
I had a very nice glass of Chardonnay, the French Onion Soup and the Croque Madame. The difference between the Croque Monsieur and the Croque Madame is a fried egg on top of the sandwich. Definitely a nice addition and makes the sandwich more moist. Since the sandwich was a little dry, the egg helped a lot. The side salad is forgettable but the sandwich was good.
Service was scattered but nice. The poor guy at the counter seemed to be a one man operation. Food deliverers would appear with food and hand it out to various customers, invariably the wrong customer. But it's all good if you have plenty of time! Eventually you'll get your meal, and it will be delicious.
Airport food is notoriously bad, so while I had 3 hours to kill at JFK Terminal 5, I wanted some breakfast, preferably a place without long lines and good food. Since Starbucks and other places had lines out the door, I tried this place.
Is it French? Meh, not really, IMO but I didn't care about that. What I did care about was my awesome bagel with salmon, cream cheese, and capers. I was surprised at how much salmon I was given since it was HUGE and fresh, which made me happy.
I don't know if there anything french about this place other than name and posters on the wall.
It's more like tiny old school diner.
But – coffee is strong, food is solid, they are quick and efficient, and prices are OK.
If you looking for filling breakfast before the flight – this is the spot. Farmers omelette (egg whites, bacon, veggies, with potatoes on a side) and coffee. I am out in 20 minutes flat. Knowing I will not get food till evening is not that bad now.
Trying this place out as other places seemed to be…unacceptably bad? Not sure…but this small bar-like French place really caught me the second I walked by, so decided to give a try given my loose schedule.
Ordered the grilled chicken sandwich and OJ. First of all, it was not quick, so if you are in a hurry catching the flight please pass. The sandwich is ok, but I skipped the cheese part as it was a bit too greasy. Overall a 3.5 star place.
Their decor is what attracted me first. The bartender/waiter was very friendly. I tried different rosés and settled on the Juliette from Provence. Ordered the 'La vie burger' with caramelized onions, gruyère cheese gratin and pommes frites. The burger was adequate but could have been better seasoned. The fries had no flavor and stopped being appealing once they were cold. The service took a little while even for a sit down place.