la Madeleine Country French Cafe

I frequent this excellent place often since I love the ambiance that is outline this restaurant. The crew is very cordial and well trained. The service is deeply rapid. Also, the food they serve is magnificent. I visited often and I was always satisfied. The pay is modest. I recommend this restaurant to to all.

I highly recommend this place if you want a nice meal that is not airport cheap food or fast food. First of all, I love this French chain with amazing gourmet food and have eaten at the Houston location many times. This is excellent cuisine, not food. You cannot reasonably complain about their prices if you want cheap food. This is not cheap food. If you want fast food pay for it by eating at the McDonalds next to La Madeleine,would be my recommendation, as this is French food and well worth the price. I had the smoked ham and swiss with garlic cream sauce sandwich (Croque Monsieur) to which I added blackberry jam to (making it similar to a Monte Crisco sandwhich) and enjoyed it immensely. The staff were quick and pleasant with my order and the food was delicious. I had their little Sacher Torte 3 layer cocolate cake, soaked in vanilla and with raspberry jam inside and topped with chocolate mousse and ganache and the famous candy emblem, which you can see in my photos and ooh la la! Look at my photo for the serious thickness and weight to that cake! Amazing! The old adage, you get what you pay for, rings true here. I chose to sit down and have a beautiful experience and not inhale a burger for a change. Yes, it's an airport restaurant, but not this food. I felt very happy to have indulged in French food before the final leg of my long, tedious, holiday journey and was glad to have a tummy full of yum when I boarded, so I didn't have to pay for a 15 dollar sandwhich and bag of chips on board. Indulge is the word for French cuisine. This was glorious.

This is a rare review for airport food.
In fact, it was “good.”
Nothing wrong, but it’s rather hard to mess up bacon and eggs.
This review, instead, is about friendly service received from “Mark” at the counter.
It’s 6am. He’s probably been here since 3am or so- but you’d never know it.
Mark greeted everyone he saw with a “Good morning, sir!”’(or ma’am) and a smile.
He asked me where I was going, how my day was, and if I was coming back to Phoenix.
He actually took the extra moment to bring my food to me rather than set it on the counter and while doing so gave a couple of unruly kids a piece of candy to quiet them down.
It is sad how rare service and an attitude like this are, but it was pleasant for this weekly traveler to see.
Kudos, Mark.
You’re a rare bird.

Customer service was amazing! They recommended a good sandwich, made it wrong, remade it right, and hooked me up with a free pastry as an apology. That was awesome. High five. Customer service isn't dead after all.

Pretty decent airport breakfast. The breakfast croissant was pretty good, and the latte was tasty. $12 for both wasn't too bad of a price either.

The already prepared food didn't look as appetizing, one lady already bought a salad, then after she paid for it must have read the ingredients or something and didn't want it anymore. She offered it up to other customers and after no one wanted it she handed it to the manager and walked away. It didn't look that bad, but also didn't look very healthy.