Tulip Cafe and Creperie

My family and I headed up to Brattleboro to spend the afternoon with my sister and I used Unilocal to find a place to lunch. I liked the idea of a place that served crepes and sandwiches which I knew would appeal to my kids. The food turned out to be very good (I ordered the lunch crêpe with chicken, mushrooms, cheddar and bechamel sauce, my husband and kids an Italian sandwich.) mine was served with a lovely side of tabouli salad and the other with chips and a pickle. We were all pleased with the food and the service was friendly and timely. We would certainly go again if in the area.

Love this place! Absolutely adore it! Especially since they moved to main street — makes such a difference. What a wonderful place to take my children.

Good food just dont go close to closing! We called in our order at 3 as a curtosy to the staff because we realized they close at 4. We arrived at 320 to have a quick bite. We tried to order our drinks at the counter before we sat down but the blond girl (I didnt get her name) said she would be right over to see what we needed. Meanwhile another girl brought our food right out to us.
I asked her to bring out a side of avocado and tomato for my one year old son so we could all eat together. Twenty five minutes later no one had come back at all– no one asked how the food was, no one came with my sons meal and no one came to take our drink order! The staff was more concerned with their closing tasks than us. It was truely horrible service despite the fact that they were nice. Although the food was good, its safe to say we will never be going back here. Oh, they still charged us for everything too!
Also, I posted my experience on their Facebook page and received an extremely rude response. Not sure if this was one of the servers or the manager. Its such a shame, this is a cute little café with tasty food! To clarify, the girls were not rude in the café! It was their absence and failure to follow through that was disappointing.

got a deliciously sweet banana and chocolate (nutella) crêpe.
sweet crepes are priced fairly for a dessert but is otherwise priced typically for a venue that caters to their intended crowd.
they do not make their own coffee and outsource from usd organics coffee.

As always, the food was incredible. My staple is the three cheese panini, but this time I had the veggie panini and liked that, too. But my absolute favorite item on the menu is the cream cheese and sour cherry (buckwheat) crêpe. Wow! Perfect every time!

Delicious panini and very fabulous homemade soup. I read the reviews and went here anyway… Boy am I glad I did!!! The wait staff was 110% professional, cheerful and timely. Thank you Tulip Café for a very delicious lunch!!! Moral to the story… don’t let anyone else’s review stop you from trying something!!!

Best crepes in town, efficient staff.

The food is wholesome and good.
I would give five stars if the servers were little friendly and decent to customers.
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Ok, you are cool but please…
We are there to eat and you are there to serve.
No one needs your attitude!

Great service, good crepes, paninis and gelato (try the sea salt caramel).

It was the last day of my job in Brattleboro, and my coworkers took me to eat here. Tulip Café had recently opened at the time. I ordered a feta and spinach crêpe. I was due to start my job the next day. I went through that first day of the new job with food poisoning that worsened into the night, and caused me to miss the second day of it. It was without a doubt because of the crêpe I ate here.

I went through the reviews, and I was thrilled to see our local mega blogger had been here a while back… even though she gave it a three star, it came highly recommended. Yep, the place is another new agey-​hippy divey feel — mismatched, not an elegant local. The killer for the deal is the FOOD! And so friendly service. I couldn’t be happier with my light buckwheat crêpe filled with spinach-​feta and a crispy crunchy side salad. My husband had a fluffy turkish bread mushroom-​brie and omelette sandwich BOTH SOOO flavorful! Coffee is great. Good food, nice people. Hit the spot. Why is it 5 star in my book? For good food done right. They don’t do many items. But what they do, they do REALLY well!

Do NOT come here! Awful customer service. Food is ok (had breakfast and nutella crêpe– nutella was good and other one was meh). Skip the hot chocolate.

Ceprese sand which is amazing! The peppermint hot chocolate is also great. Cost $ 11 for the whole thing which isn’t terrible. The place is really cute and there is plenty of parking (have to pay) near by. The kitchen closes at 4 so keep that in mind. I highly recommend it.

Looked at the menu and decided to call in for take out.
Turkey pesto panini: I had it on multi grain bread and it also came with a pickle and potato chips. Good smoky taste from the turkey and the bread was a nice crisp, the pesto was just right. perfect for a light lunch that you couldnt feel guilty about.
The only thing I regret is not getting some soup to dunk my panini in…
Service: quick and the food was already to go, waiting for me to come pick up! Calling in an order is well worth it!
Downsides: dont sit down outside unless your a customer… or the owner will come and tell you that you cant sit there… by chance make sure your wearing church clothes… (I’m not kidding like who in they’re right mind does that! Friggin small towners dont run a business if your going to judge customer’s coming in who are paying your effin bills!)
All in all, good food. But this place needs a personality upgrade.

Came here late on Saturday morning with, I admit it, a teeny tiny hangover. First of all, you might not ever find it unless you have local friends who are Tulip addicts (it’s off on a side street next to a parking lot). But Tulip is well worth seeking out.
I have not had a real galette since that dreamy semester of my junior year in Paris. I will not bring Guillaume into this review, even though he made the best galettes in France, because it was quite a few years ago and I have mostly forgotten the boy, although it all came back to me sinking my teeth into a very close approximation to a French galette (for those of you who don’t know, it is a crêpe made with buckwheat flour, a bit coarser and more substantial and delicious.) Rolled and stuffed with a variety of savory fillings. In this case, the very traditional Bretagne ham and egg with cheese (I’ll pardon the cheddar, it’s usually gruyère). Absolutely delicious.
Almost as big a surprise was the coffee, also very strong and French. It all did wonders for my hangover.
And there was an impossibly beautiful young woman seen who supposedly ran the place. Brattleboro is an interesting town.

Looked forward to coming here since our last visit 1 year ago. We drove from New York, and took the long route to our vacation spot, but when we got here, they wouldn’t swap sundried tomatoes for fresh tomatoes on a panini. Sounds pretty silly considering they are made to order. We took our money back, then another worker came over and insisted that we wouldn’t like our sandwich the way we ordered it. The service really disappointed me

This afternoon I had lunch at the Tulip Café with a coworker and found this restaurant to be pretty good. This shop has an amazing selection of crepes as well as an extensive list of sandwiches.
I had the pleasure of trying their «3 Cheese» sandwiches which was delicious. The bread was toasted to perfection and there was the perfect amount of items in the sandwich. The other great thing is that the meal came with a pickle and chips, which were both great as well.
The service at this restaurant was a bit slow, but overall the experience was great. The staff was polite, the seating area was comfortable, and it was a nice place to meet with my coworker and talk shop!

This place is pretty good. There were four of us. We each has different sandwiches and soothies. I tried them all.
Worth a stop if you’re near by.

Best breakfast I’ve had in a loooong time, maybe ever. Started with an iced coffee, which was good, but tried my friend’s hazelnut latte, which was the best latte I’ve ever had. It was slightly sweet, creamy, and the beautiful leaf pattern in the foam was gorgeous. It made me stand right up from the table and go order a hazelnut latte for myself. (I was certainly high on caffeine when I left after the iced AND the latte, however!)
I had the ‘Istanbul Sammy’ which was an egg sandwich with tomato and kalamata olive spread on a Turkish roll called Pide (Pee-​day). Oh my word, this bread is DELICIOUS! The texture is chewy but it sort of resembles a large english muffin and was soo good. I went to the counter to ask if they make the bread in house. They actually have it delivered a few times a week from New Jersey. So. Good. I also gave the Turkish hot pepper sauce a try that they had at the condiment shelf and once again I found myself getting up from the table to help myself to more. It tasted like fresh roasted peppers and wasn’t too spicy or salty. Added just the right taste to the sandwich.
My friend and I split the Raspberry Custard Crêpe for dessert to our breakfast and it was perfect. The crêpe had just the right texture, not too eggy or cakey. The filling was fresh raspberries with a light custard and I’m drooling now just thinking of it.
There were lots of gluten free options and they served other lunch items that I can’t wait to go back and try.
If only I were closer to Brattleboro right now.
The only downfall that I noticed was that they don’t open until 9 on Saturdays. This is a place worth visiting at the crack of dawn.
Yum.

The tulip café gets three stars because the first time I went, I met the owner. She is unbelievably lovely and the Nutella banana crêpe was all I hoped it would be! Great addition to downtown.
I had been trying to get back before 6pm (when they close) to have another and made it today only to be met by a short-​haired woman who sharply informed me that food was not available after 4pm. When I said I hadn’t known, she was very hostile and said «there’s no signage for it»…not to apologize but as if I should have known!
I’ve lived in brattleboro for two years now so I’m used to poor customer service, but this one was clearly either having a bad day or just bad at her job.