Mon Petit Choux

Nanaimo bar is a must-try dessert. We went to two nearby restaurants and compared them.
They are all quite sweet, but red bakery is more delicious!

Nice little coffee shop, great for taking a quick coffee or a comfy breakfast. A must visit coffee shop every time we pass through Nanaimo

Blackstone Benny was delicious (croissant was a nice change from the English muffin). Only criticism would be to have a wee bit more of the Hollandaise sauce but otherwise very tasty. MPC also offers very nice coffee options. Both the latte and the mocha were awesome. Very nice coffee! Nice atmosphere to just hang out.

Enjoyed the breakfast here, small bistro atmosphere with bakery included in business.good value and good food.

Best sandwich I've had in my life. I'll come back here every time I'm in town!

I ordered scrambled eggs and bacon breakfast. Almost an hour later, I got undercooked, rather slimy scrambled eggs, nice crispy bacon, nice little bit of pan fried potatoes, a little, rather chewy baguette and a nice piece of fruit. The jam was tasty, but the homemade ketchup was pretty much tasteless. The kitchen was not busy when we ordered, only a few other tables of people.the bathroom was filthy, not what I was expecting for sure. The plant on the counter by the cash register and next to the uncovered coffee grinder was literally thick with what looked like many months of dust. The kitchen floor looked pretty dirty.
I was really nauseous a few hours later but not sure if it was from eating the under cooked eggs or not.this was my second time eating at this restaurant in the last five or six years and my second time being disappointed. Just a note, no one asked how our food tasted.

Food was good and that’s the reason for the 2 stars.

Bad attitude from barista with slow coffee/drinks. What other reviewers mention about slow drink service is true. We got our breakfast and finished it without even a glass of water or my coffee being served. Lined up 20 mins to pay, was offered to make the coffee to go, but since we had already finished our meal, we decided to deny that offer. This was met with the barista responding “your loss”, which ironically is her loss, as that comment cost her the tip on my bill. Table beside us also had to chase for their coffees with one of them eventually going up to the counter to check, after getting no response from their server.

This place needs a lesson on how to run a restaurant. I agree with other reviewers about the inefficient processing. No one had set duties. I saw the server become hostess/busser/barista/cashier. The staff who eventually rung my bill at the till went from prepping food, to taking a take-out order, to putting dirty dishes away, to letting me know that she’ll be right with me at the till, to aimlessly staring at the wall wondering what to do, to sliding/pushing a dirty tub of plates on the floor under a counter to finally ringing my bill up on the till. Just no direction or clear sense of duties at all, with a very slow-pace lackadaisical attitude as noted by another recent reviewer.

Won’t be returning.

Came here for the good reviews but was very disappointed. Took 40 min to get a drip coffee and was cold. Service is just not there at all, weird experience. Won’t recommend.

Just a wonderful, friendly place for delicious food. Great coffee. A very comfortable atmosphere. (Appreciate the AC). We will definitely return here on our next trip to Nanaimo.

Service was atrocious. Started out well enough, we ordered 4 items. Lemonade, got iced tea. Blueberry pastry, got a strawberry completely different pastry. A coffee that they forgot to make, when we went back they made it and brought it and set it at the only empty spot at our table. A nanimo bar that was the worst nanimo bar I have ever trued. Threw it out, after trying to dissect why it was so bad. Literally every layer was wrong. Would not recommend. Oh and they loved an hour earlier then posted so we had to get ours to go. And the seats we sat on to wait were so filthy.

The food is gourmet and the pastries are too.table service or to go, they offer 90% of well known espresso concoctions.theres a really good soup de jeur menu thats always changing.all of the baked good including the bread used for sandwiches and french toast is made in house and every morning.go here!

Food is good eggs are farm fresh service is unbelievably slow and they get upset I know they are short staffed but when all the tables around you are all complaining such a shame takes away from the food

Won’t return. I’ve always visited here when I’m in Nanaimo as we enjoy the food. The lackadaisical attitude and inefficiency is disappointing. The wait for our coffees alone was ridiculous. The food was decent - but not worth waiting for 40 minutes to receive. Blaming staff shortage for the situation was a cop out. I work in the serving industry and simply saw inefficient process for everything. The fact that you have to then wait in line to pay for your very very delayed meal was too much. We won’t be back.

Ok not gonna lie parking in the centre of naniomo bit of a nightmare, especailly when your rushing to try to get to this place before the next ferry But once you get past that and start roaming to this place a lovely buttery scent fills the air?

My partner said "lets to the place that the that awesome smell is coming from instead. " It happened to be the place i wanted to go to. Which was here When we there and it was 1: 30-2 kitchen was closed

But the croissants and chocolatines were awesome! Very even browning extremely buttery, the honey comb cross section was pretty perfect The one suggestion I would have is try not to seal the beautiful layers shut with your egg yolk wash

And the coffee was alright too service was good very friendly staff!

Hope my partner and I come here again someday as were from quebec and it was a long road trip it probably won't be for a while But if we do. Definitely coming in the morning to try some real food it smelled amazing!

Most excellent pastries. Went back for seconds.

Favourites: Nanaimo bar, pecan tart, and passion fruit mousse ball.

Average dessert was $5. Pricy but really delicious!