Lakou Cafe

What a great place to grab a meal! Lots of vegetarian options. The salmon burger was incredible! I stole a bite of my son’s chicken sandwich, he wasn’t happy about that but I had to try that amazing sandwich! There was a ton of chicken and like the salmon, perfectly spiced. Service was excellent and the bathroom situation was solid. Highly recommend!!

Emmacuela is amazing!! We visited from out of start with our family. She was so pleasant made sure we got everything. The entire team is next level! We dined for almost 2 hours with babies and kids but they made us feel right at home. Every time we visit NYC, we will stop by Lakou!! Merci

I went out of the way to find this spot cause I’m always looking for a Haitian spot to patronize and I saw them on IG. The food was ok but honestly I did not taste my flavorings when it comes to Haitian food even my kids were like this is not our food. I ordered the fried chicken platter, a chicken sandwich, chicken patties and a ginger lime aid. The chicken in the platter was good. Our rice is always well seasoned and so is our plantains. The white rice tasted like it was put in a instapot with water to cook and that was all she wrote. The sweet plantains was just put in the oil to fry and not even shaken in the fryer cause some were not cooked as they stuck together and they had no salt at all. The chicken sandwich was a good sandwich. The plantain chips served on the bottom of the bowl were soggy by the time I ate it. It would’ve been nice if their crispiness were preserved. The patty was interesting as it’s made with puff pastry. The ginger limeade was very sweet and had a strong lime taste but not the taste of fresh lime. It’s ok to use the concentrated stuff but it’s a bit too much lime. The ginger taste was extremely subtle. Again I did not taste how we normally make our limeade. Nevertheless, it’s a nice spot, the lady who assisted me was nice and friendly.

Serving stale vegan chocolate chip cookies : customer services sucks , Haitian ppl are kind. Go to Grand Champ if you want good service & food that isn’t stale. This place is over priced & has no consideration for the fact this is Crown Heights

Meatball veggie sandwich was solid for lunch. Will be back for sure.

I checked out the menu. Definitely does not look vegan friendly because there are other ingredients mixed in with healthy ingredients so I'm not going to get any food from this place.

Outstanding food you can’t find anywhere else. Kind folks working hard to feed their people. Huge portions, reasonable prices, untouchable ambiance. The owner is almost always there working. They’ll make you whatever you ask if you’re kind. Love being so close to this place.