Review French Bakery - Greytown

Allways a good choice for a quick coffee and some french pastry. Good relaxed vibe.

I have been stopping at the French Baker for all my coffees recently and I always leave in such a good mood. Their happiness is contagious! Today, I placed a huge take away coffee order, at a very busy time (So sorry team!!) but I just wanted to say I was really pleased to be greeted with nothing but smiles & kindness; even amongst the crazy busy time. The FOH staff took the time to find an easier way for me to carry the 12 coffees to my car. The coffee was also made SO quick (As always). These guys are amazing!!

Best coffee in town. Pastries light and fresh fruits. Bread reminds me of Paris. Salmon on bagel was enough for two. Fast service.

Great cafe. Yummy pastries and coffee. highly recommend

A great bakery, very nice pastries and coffee

Got in just before the que! Lucky us. Very good croissants and coffee!!! Which I forgot to take photos off. But pretty sure others had posted photos of their lovely croissants!! 😅

Beautiful fresh baking, friendly service and great coffee. This cafe has a great vibe, choose a small table for intimate conversations while you read the paper or share a larger table and make new friends. A favourite.

Went with a lamb and harissa sausage roll. Great coffee too!

Great food, efficient service. Love a place that serves double shot coffee by default

Devine Raspberry Brioche Beautiful pies (Mince n herbs) Great Allpress coffee Quick service Walnut Blue cheese n salad roll top notch Thanks Highly recommend

Definitely the best Brownie in the Rapa. Service always prompt and never a bad baked product .

Great selection and pastries and breads which really well made. I am glad I don't live too close as I don't think I could resist if they were just down the road! Their coffee is always made well which is a must. Friendly staff.

10/10 great spot, awesome customer service and the of course the food is delicious! Supporting local! ❤️

Coffee was great but the pastries didn’t look too fresh! air con inside during the summer !

The best tomato soup I have ever had. Not too creamy, not too tomatoey, just right. Decent flavourful coffee and amazing chicken, brie and cranberry croissant.

Great food. Your barrister is amazing. Always have an awesome coffee

Love this place. Excellent food. A must stop in Greytown.

Nice buzz in this place, very busy for a reason-awesome freshly baked French pastries and really good coffee. Highly recommend it! Little courtyard is good if you come with kids or dogs:)

Not s bad place for a coffee and a sweet snack. Quite busy and noisy and a smile from the staff wouldn't hurt! I really like my food served with friendliest and this place is a let down in that aspect.

A good "French" style baker - recommended.<br/><br/>Although the French baker has long since departed for havelock north, Rusty maintains a pretty good semblance of what this little cafe bakery used to be. Some French specialties don't appear anymore but the breads are still good and the pastries better than anything available locally.<br/><br/>The space is pleasant, restful, clean, comfortable and perfect for reading the paper. Sitting outside on the street is also good and very dog friendly.<br/><br/>The menu is more constrained and less robust than that at the more grungy cahoots down the road. Pretty basic blackboard menu but the main draw is the baking. Coffee can be variable but is usually ok depending upon who made it.<br/><br/>My only gripe is their not taking credit cards but that seems to happen at a few places. <br/><br/>The French Baker (present or otherwise) has been an important part of greytown's food scene for some years and hopefully will continue to do so. <br/><br/>Recommended

Had a really pleasant lunch here this afternoon. Grey towns cafe's are limited, so obviously not a huge range and options for a city slicker like me. <br/><br/>These guys are great, they don't buy into the stigma that everything needs to be overpriced to make money. They do the basics really well, my tuna and red onion bun was really enjoyable and they do a really good coffee as well. <br/><br/>This place could be rated higher, just the ambience and general feel of the place is catering to the set demographic out here. (Old lol). <br/><br/>Would recommend for a coffee pit stop :). <br/><br/>

Have been to the French Baker several times per Zomato days and always enjoyed the visits.  This time was no exception.<br/><br/>We didn't dine in but took away croissant and pain au chocolat to consume in front of the fire at home.  We also grabbed a couple of coffees.<br/><br/>Nothing beats a "real" croissant - buttery, flaky and delicious and the specimens here were just that.  Coffee was hot and strong too.

These guys are not only known for their great pastries, something we didn't try, but the coffee was why we were here. It's a relaxed little set-up with equally-relaxed service and, more importantly, a macchiato that bitch-slapped me with its strength and perfection.

Braved terrible weather on Sunday to visit The French Baker for Bastille Day...so disappointed that absolutely nothing to commemorate the day was visible. Also sad TFB no longer open early in the mornings when travelling to Wellington

Disappointed given they had a sign inside that said they had won the Cafe Magazine cafe of the year award. <br/><br/>My colleagues and I all ordered the bacon butty, which was described on the menu as "brioche and bacon". Very accurate description - apart from a small condiment dish containing tomato relish that was literally all it was. Very unimpressed given the $9.50 price tag. Long black was also nothing to write home about. <br/><br/>And finally, the staff were really unfriendly. We certainly won't be back.

Not as good as it used to be. Pastries and bread are not that fresh anymore :-( croissant really dry and not crunchy. Really disappointing

I always look forward to stopping at The French Baker on trips to the Wairarapa - there's so many delicious pastries and savouries. It has great take away coffee too. <br/>It's pretty hard to find a bakery as good as this.

The selection of fresh baked food is fantastic. However, this is probably the only occasion EVER when I have left my long black unfinished, even after several attempts; it tasted revolting. If I'm ever back, I won't be ordering coffee.