LEGO Icons 10362 French Café officially revealed

The LEGO Group has officially revealed the first set in its new Restaurants of the World collection, the 1,101-piece 10362 French Café.

Available from March 1, 2025 for £69.99 / $79.99 / €79.99, the LEGO Icons set offers a slightly cheaper way to get into city building than the Modular Buildings Collection, with the compromise being that you’re only getting a façade here. The focus is very much on the architecture as a result, incorporating all sorts of interesting parts usage to bring the café’s exterior to life.

There look to be some clever techniques deployed to create the arch above the doorway, for example, while there’s also smart use of the growing library of LEGO tiles to add detail to the entrance. The entire model is situated on a black base, not unlike the LEGO Star Wars dioramas or (for instance) 21350 Jaws, which is presumably in part to allow for the intriguing sideways building for the patterned pavement.

10362 French Café notably doesn’t come with any minifigures, but at first glance it does look at least a little bit compatible with them – the 2×2 seats in the chairs and standard doors should both accommodate minifigures, for example, although the set is obviously not designed with that intention. (The doors don’t open on to anything, for one thing – the 360-degree view of the model on LEGO.com shows the back is pretty much all structural.)

The LEGO Group is billing this as part of a ‘Restaurants of the World’ subtheme, perhaps hoping to target the same audience as the similarly minifigure-free Gardens of the World sets, which include this year’s 10359 Fountain Garden and (retroactively) 10315 Tranquil Garden. Where this restaurant series could go from here is anyone’s guess, but this surely won’t be the only set we see with this branding.

You’ll be able to get your hands on 10362 French Café from March 1 for £69.99 in the UK, $79.99 in the US and €79.99 in Europe. Keep an eye out for our review in early February.

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