Maison Kayser
“Chocolate au pain best French pastries and breads in the city…my friend from Paris introduced me and I have been hooked ever since”
“My wife got the goat cheese and walnut tartine, which she loved, but said was almost a dessert in itself.”
“I was looking for a unique bakery to pick up dessert for a friend and their tarts & financiers looked absolutely amazing!”
Maison Kayser
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range Moderate
8 reviews
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This location of Maison Kayser is very close to my office. So although I've eaten at the restaurant many times, I actually purchase from the to-go section far more frequently.
I prefer take away because:
1. Table service is mostly terrible when you eat in. There just aren't enough servers!
2. This place is unbelievably crowded and loud.
The negative of take away is that the ready made selection isn't nearly as tasty as the food you get in the restaurant (obviously). And it's quite expensive considering the portion size.
But there is something nice about eating a container of average Le Quinoa at my desk and in front of my computer, where I am not subject to the whims of the overworked staff.
So in short, I will continue frequenting this location because it's convenient, the cashier's are super friendly, and really the amazing bread just keeps calling me back.
Kaiser Maison is an amazing bakery that also makes sandwiches you can take to go. Their prices could be cheaper, but for the best cheese loaf I've ever had…I'm not going to complain about $5.
Additionally, I have to rant about on of their sandwiches: the Tunesien Tuna on baguette, which is amazing use of tuna with olives and capers only to be missing some hot sauce from your kitchen to make this one of the ultimate take out sandwiches in NYC!
I visited Eric Kayser many times in Paris and found it to be one of my favorite places because of their incredible pastries. I was so happy to learn that they had a location in NYC!
It's pretty much the same selection, and they are GREAT, but somewhat overpriced. I still think they are some of the closest pastries you can find to those in Paris, highly recommended!
I cannot believe it took me a year to come here… I've had it bookmarked for like evvverrr… My 1st taste of Maison Kayser was actually 2 years ago in Seoul, Korea… Where a very convenient Maison Kayser was right at the hotel lobby. Guess what we had for breakfast everyday? *wink* (also a must hit stop in Paris!!)
I'm a total sucker for French pastry… And when it comes to sweets, I have no will power… None at all.
I grabbed 2 vanilla eclairs ($4.75 each), 2 chocolate eclairs ($4.75 each), and 2 raspberry creme tarts ($5 each). Total damage – $29 + tax. (I know… It's insane.. Ha Ha). Totally worth it! The eclairs are delightful… Airy, delicious creme center and yummy crunch balls on top gives it an extra "Mmm"…! The tarts were ok, good if you like berries & creme type sweets but not worth $5 a pop. Highly recommend the eclairs, would love it if they expand on the flavors like in Paris!
Happy sweet hunting!
I think the 3.5 star review is about right. It's upscale and is the American version of Eric Kaysers Paris bakeries. We went here just before our trip ended and I was on my way back to California. I wanted the bread to be as fresh as possible to give to the lady who was picking me up in Orange County. It was a first class delivery for sure. I got some the olive and fig bread which would be able to handle a plane ride. My wife's aunt absolutely loved it so it was worth the stop. It is definitely a place to droll over all the sweet desserts. Looking at the pictures of this place there definitely some egg open faced breakfast sandwiches that I wish I would have tried. Some of the desserts seem so expensive for something so small but for a Parisian bakery in NYC it's to be expected.
This place has a nice selection of delicious breads and pastries. From my experiences, they are fresh and pretty reasonably priced.
Walk past this place all the time… It's like le pain quotidien but more French.
Came with a friend for breakfast on a Thursday morning around 8:30 for breakfast and walked right in.
I ordered a le cocette (which is French for comes in one of those little cast iron pots like a cassoulet or shakshuka type thing) with mushroom and eggs and it was great!! Even came with some freshly baked bread… Interesting having mushroom soup for breakfast but I loved it… Not a bit salty and very filling.
The coffee was bottomless and very smooth. My friend got the oatmeal, generous portion, and comes with a bowl of fruit on the side.
Perfect for a quick morning breakfast… They have a bakery counter but that's mostly packages sandwiches, etc.
Could they… Put a biiiiiit more English on the menu… Or explain a little… My French knowledge doesn't include "le cocette"…
Euhhh, it was very, how you say, French…but it was just ok. The portions were petite, but also very…euhhh…pricey. The service was excellente, and you have to try hard to get even halfway through your water.
The croque Madame was quite good. The bowl of mush was also pretty good, but I'm not sure what it was or why it was so expensive for so little food. The coffee was good, apparently, and the place smelled of bread. The bread part of the cafe looks interesting.
Not good if you're just looking around for a place to find a sandwich by yourself for lunch, hypothetically…you were probably hypothetically thinking of Wichcraft around the corner, hypothetically.
3 stars.