Lafayette Grand Café & Bakery
Greenwich Village, New York City
Restaurant in New York City, United States
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French Grand Café
Dress
Smart Casual
Why go
Lafayette Grand Café & Bakery offers a daily bakery plus French bistro meals at 380 Lafayette Street. Choose the bakery, weekday lunch, weekend brunch or dinner before checking hours and reservations.
About Lafayette Grand Café & Bakery
Lafayette Grand Café & Bakery is at 380 Lafayette Street in NoHo. It has a daily bakery and separate restaurant services, so choose the visit you want before booking a table. The bakery is listed 8 a.m.–9 p.m. daily.
What to order
The current menu includes a bakery basket, croissants and other pastries, steak tartare with gribiche and quail egg, and skirt steak au poivre with cognac jus. Check the menu for your chosen service because breakfast, lunch, brunch and dinner have different selections.
When to go
The operator lists weekday lunch and weekend brunch, with dinner every day. Restaurant reservations are available online; the bakery is also a separate stop. Andrew Carmellini leads the restaurant with executive chef John Ramirez and pâtissier Scott Cioe.
Planning details
- Location
- 380 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10003
- Reservations
- Book on SevenRooms
- Website
- lafayetteny.com
- Phone
- +1 212 533 3000
The take
The Take
The Vibe
Lafayette Grand Café & Bakery presents the grand French café format transplanted into NoHo’s architecturally rich streetscape. The room is described as large enough to hold the ‘full rhythm of the day,’ and the kitchen’s disciplined execution gives the place a refined, sophisticated air. Architectural references to cast‑iron facades and a boulevard‑like scale lend a quietly historic, old‑world charm that balances Parisian formality with New York energy. The result is a polished, urbane café where pastry counter, coffee service and evening dining share a coherent, elevated personality.
Best For
The venue operates as a true all‑day café: morning pastries and coffee give way to leisurely afternoons and a proper dinner service. That breadth makes Lafayette well suited to weekend brunches, midday coffee breaks and later evening meals; its room is built to absorb casual daytime traffic as easily as a more formal evening. Guests can expect an environment that supports both relaxed daytime visits and more composed dinner occasions, with a menu and service rhythm designed to span the whole day without sacrificing quality.
Ordering Tips
For a bakery stop, the current breakfast and brunch menus list a classic croissant, an amaretto croissant and pain au chocolat, with a Danish that changes by day. If you are sitting down and want to sample several pastries, the boulangerie basket brings an assortment of bakery items with butter and preserves. Check the current menu for the day’s pastry selection rather than counting on a particular special.
Venue details
Ambiance
Light-flushed dining room with soaring arched windows overlooking NoHo streetscapes, creating a grand café atmosphere.
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At the Table
- Dress Code
- Smart Casual
- Noise Level
- Conversational
- Service Style
- Upscale Casual
- Meal Pacing
- Standard
- Capacity
- Large
Signature Dishes
- pistachio croissant
- Supreme chocolate croissant
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Know Before You Go
- Getting there
- 380 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10003
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Lafayette Grand Café & Bakery?
It is at 380 Lafayette Street at Great Jones Street in NoHo, Manhattan.
Is Lafayette’s bakery open daily?
The operator lists bakery hours of 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day.
Who leads the kitchen?
Chef Andrew Carmellini works with executive chef John Ramirez and pâtissier Scott Cioe.
