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Rheon Café

189 Spring St., New York, NY 10012
nr. Thompson St.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-966-7040 Send to Phone

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    6.5 out of 10

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    11 Reviews | Write a Review

  • Cuisine: Cafes, Soup & Sandwich
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Hours

Mon-Fri, 7:30am-7pm; Sat, 9am-6pm; Sun, 10am-5pm

Nearby Subway Stops

C, E at Spring St.

Prices

$9-$11

Payment Methods

American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Outdoor Dining
  • Take-Out

Alcohol

  • No Alcohol

Reservations

Not Accepted

Profile

On the surface, Rheon Café, with its marble counters and back garden, looks like a promising Soho lunch option, its menu crafted by consulting chef Hisanobu Osaka, formerly of Morimoto and the Japanese consulate in New Orleans. But the café also happens to be a savvy showpiece for its parent company, Rheon, a multinational Japanese corporation that manufactures high-tech and slightly sinister-sounding kitchen equipment like the Encrusting Machine, which the company’s Website calls “a robot with the delicate touch of a human palm,” used to make everything from chocolate-chip cookies to Scotch eggs. At the café, the kitchen dedicates itself to sandwiches like roast duck with cucumber and miso, or grilled portobello with tomato confit and chipotle sauce, all made on bread baked in-house—on prominently displayed Rheon equipment, naturally. — Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld

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Average Reader Rating
on a Scale of 10		 Write Your Own Review
63% Would you go back?
20% Would you take a date?
22% Would you take kids?
30% Would you go on business?
0% Would you go on a special occasion?
Food: 7.4
Service: 5.6
Décor: 6.8
Value: 6.0

Best croissant in town

ACM from 94114 | Posted on 6/22/09

Overall Rating: 9 (Highly Recommended)
Food: 9
Service: 7
Décor: 8
Value: 9

We dropped in here on a rainy NY morning. The service was good and the coffee was good (but not the best we had in NY) but the croissant and the pastry more than made up for it - they were the best we have tasted in long while. Light years away from the tasteless, unappetizing croissant that are sold everywhere else in the City - they were light and tasty - we almost felt that we had been transported to France! If you are in the vicinity I would recommend giving Rheon a try

Good croissants, sandwiches

jpleddd from 17837 | Posted on 5/8/09

Overall Rating: 7 (Recommended)
Food: 8
Service: 8
Décor: 6
Value: 5

Mediocre coffee is more than made up for by very good croissants, which are not of the typical American/Starbucks variety (doughy, sweet), but more like a proper French (flaky, buttery, well-baked). The lunch sandwich I ate there was good, though a bit expensive.

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