Saveurs du Monde Cafe

This was the best dining experience we had in Charleston! I can’t rate it highly enough. We went to the location off of Lockwood, and it was simply amazing. The chef came out and talked to us about his method for making the pastries, and let us sample one of the beautiful French macarons. It was clear how much he cares about the quality of the food! They import a lot of ingredients from France, and grow their own herbs to garnish dishes. The owner actually got us settled for dinner - we had an amazing beef bourginon and a Mediterranean galette. I should say, a GLUTEN-FREE galette - they have extensive gluten-free options! Come get a crepe and enjoy the amazing customer service.

Lovely little French cafe with wonderful treats. They have both indoor and outdoor seating. The cappuccino was excellent, the almond croissant tasty and flaky. The pain au chocolat was good but could have benefitted from being warmed up. Macarons are also delicious.The apricot almond danish was literally perfection - still thinking about it. Mmmmmmm. UPDATE: Unfortunately this cafe seems to have taken a hit - perhaps Covid related? We've gone a few times since our review and tried several things. We were holding off to see if it was a fluke, but have identified several things that have lapsed in quality. What has stayed wonderful is the coffee, the macarons and the butter croissants. However, the danishes and pastries all seem to be made now with the exact same dough, though these different pastries should have different doughs. They all just taste like a croissant in different shapes with different toppings. The desserts are going gluten-free which is a nice idea, but the sponge is a little chewy and not great. It's very hard to match what regular flour does in these desserts, and so far it doesn't work. The worst choice we've come upon is to use the flour for savory crepes to make gluten-free sweet crepes. It really doesn't taste good. And when asked to top it with a banana, the banana was so over-ripe it was sickeningly sweet - that banana was good only for banana bread in a very diluted form. You can buy gluten-free all purpose flour and make absolutely delicious dessert crepes (we've done this successfully at home). It just seems like a lot of cutting corners, and lack of understanding regarding gluten-free desserts. Let's hope they get better soon. We'll be sticking to the macarons and coffee for now. Update - Now FTC Cafe- run of the mill fare - downgrade Update - Back to Saveurs du Monde and great quality! Yay!