Mamiche and Boulangerie Eveil have the croissants. Du Pain et des Idées has its pistachio and dark chocolate escargot. Abra and Blé Sucré are where other pâtissiers go. Boulangerie Utopie wins on the baguette, and a handful of bakers in the east make cannelés, Argentine medialunas and pandan pastries.
The short list
11 places, in the order they appear below.
- 01MamicheCroissant, chausson aux pommes9th
- 02Boulangerie EveilOrganic-flour croissantBatignolles, 17th
- 03Boulangerie Moderne ParisCroissant, baguette traditionLatin Quarter, 5th
- 04Abra - ParisPetit beurramisu, savoury croissantsMarais, 4th
- 05Blé SucréWarm madeleines, tarte au citronAligre, 12th
- 06Du Pain et des IdéesPistachio and chocolate escargotCanal Saint-Martin, 10th
- 07Boulangerie UtopieBaguette de traditionOberkampf, 11th
- 08Union BoulangerieWhole sourdough loaf9th
- 09Coco CanneléSweet and savoury cannelésBelleville, 11th
- 10Pilo'sMedialunasPère-Lachaise, 20th
- 11Joy x BeckPandan pastries, Laotian espressoGambetta, 20th
Where can you find the best croissant in Paris?
For a croissant eaten on its own, we send people to three places. Mamiche in the 9th gets the lamination right. Boulangerie Eveil in Batignolles uses organic flour and AOP butter, and competition judges keep rewarding it. Boulangerie Moderne Paris in the Latin Quarter has been the neighbourhood’s reference for years, and residents still treat it that way.
At Mamiche the lamination is the reason to come: an evenly coloured crust and the open, honeycombed crumb that separates an excellent croissant from a competent one. Regulars rank the chausson aux pommes a quiet second.
Mamiche
Hours: Mon closed · Tue–Fri 08:00–20:00 · Sat 08:00–19:00 · Sun closed
Address: 45 Rue Condorcet, 75009 Paris, Francia
Boulangerie Eveil makes its croissant with organic T65 flour and AOP Charentes-Poitou butter, and the judges keep noticing. If you are staying nearby, take a pain de campagne home too.
Boulangerie Eveil
Hours: Mon–Fri 08:00–20:00 · Sat 08:00–19:30 · Sun closed
Address: 100 Rue Legendre, 75017 Paris, Francia
Thierry Rabineau’s regulars in the Latin Quarter return for the pain au chocolat and the croissant aux amandes. Buy the croissant in the first hour of service, and a baguette tradition for later in the day.
Boulangerie Moderne Paris
Hours: Mon–Fri 07:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun closed
Address: 16 Rue des Fossés Saint-Jacques, 75005 Paris, Francia
Which Paris pâtisseries do pastry chefs visit?
Two addresses count other professionals among their customers: Abra in the Marais and Blé Sucré near the Aligre market in the 12th. A third, Du Pain et des Idées on the Canal Saint-Martin, makes the pastry the rest of Paris keeps trying to copy.
Tal Spiegel opened Abra as a standalone pâtisserie in 2025, and within weeks the petit beurramisu (a brown-butter madeleine crossed with tiramisu) was its signature. Around it sit zaatar croissants, charcoal-tinted viennoiserie and babka that looks engineered. Wednesday and Thursday mornings are calm. The savoury croissants sell out first. Take the lemon pie if it is on.
Abra - Paris
Hours: Mon–Tue closed · Wed–Sat 08:30–19:00 · Sun 09:00–18:30
Address: 1 Rue des Mauvais Garçons, 75004 Paris, Francia
Fabrice Le Bourdat’s madeleines come out warm in batches all morning at Blé Sucré, so ask at the counter when the next tray is due. The tarte au citron is a benchmark. The kouign-amann gets a Breton specialist’s rigour, and in season the strawberry tart is the most reliably excellent thing on the menu.
Blé Sucré
Hours: Mon closed · Tue–Sat 07:00–20:00 · Sun 07:00–18:30
Address: 7 Rue Antoine Vollon, 75012 Paris, Francia
Christophe Vasseur left fashion for this former bakery, which dates from 1889. His escargot is a swirled, brioche-like pastry with pistachio and dark chocolate. Bakers across Paris have copied it. None has matched it. The best pieces are gone well before lunch, and for sharing later, regulars buy the pain des amis, a large rustic loaf, every week.
Du Pain et des Idées
Hours: Mon–Fri 07:00–19:30 · Sat–Sun closed
Address: 34 Rue Yves Toudic, 75010 Paris, Francia
Which bakeries in Paris make the best bread?
For bread to carry home under your arm, we point people to Boulangerie Utopie in the Oberkampf area and Union Boulangerie in the 9th. Utopie’s baguette de tradition earned serious recognition in 2024 and has held its standard since. Union’s sourdough is very good, and the locals who found it early never left.
Xavier Netry bakes for the 11th, not the press. The queue thins before 9am and again after 4pm. Try the pain de campagne as well. On Saturdays there are fruit tarts that are barely advertised, so if the tray looks empty, ask the staff before you give up.
Boulangerie Utopie
Hours: Mon closed · Tue–Sun 07:00–20:00
Address: 20 Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 75011 Paris, Francia
Union opened in 2021. Its founders, a business-school dropout turned baker and a neuroscientist turned pastry chef, produce sourdough and properly laminated croissants. Buy the whole loaf, not the half. At lunch there is a weekly sandwich that changes on Mondays with the season.
Union Boulangerie
Hours: Mon–Fri 08:00–20:00 · Sat 08:00–15:00 · Sun closed
Address: 2 Rue Bleue, 75009 Paris, Francia
What are the best bakeries in east Paris?
The east has three bakeries worth the trip, each built around one idea. Coco Cannelé, between Belleville and the canal, makes only cannelés. Pilo’s, near Père-Lachaise, brings an Argentine pastry chef’s repertoire. Joy x Beck at Gambetta opened in 2026 with a counter built around pandan and coffee from Laos. Coco Cannelé only opens at noon, while the Pilo’s medialunas and the Joy x Beck pandan cloud go in the morning.
Coco Cannelé’s founder left engineering because no cannelé in Paris satisfied him. He bakes in copper moulds, the Bordeaux way, from a largely organic batter heavy on vanilla with a quiet lift of rum. The crust is most caramelised in the first hour out of the oven. Look for the savoury versions on the counter too; they are easy to overlook.
Coco Cannelé
Hours: Mon closed · Tue–Fri 12:00–19:30 · Sat 12:00–19:00 · Sun 12:00–18:00
Address: 50 Rue du Faubourg du Temple, 75011 Paris, France
Pilar d’Amuri sets medialunas, alfajores and ricotta tart beside carrot cake and Parisian viennoiserie, with coffee from Mick, a small roaster. The medialunas rarely last until midday.
Pilo's
Hours: Mon 08:30–18:00 · Tue closed · Wed–Fri 08:30–18:00 · Sat–Sun 09:30–18:30
Address: 1 Av. du Père Lachaise, 75020 Paris, Francia
Linda Lam works pandan into nearly everything at this mint-green corner café, from a coconut pandan cloud to a laminated brioche filled with pandan cream. She bakes only two batches a day, so come before eleven for the cloud. Order an espresso with it: the Bolaven Plateau beans are what the whole place is built around.
Joy x Beck
Hours: Mon closed · Tue–Fri 08:30–18:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–18:00
Address: 10 Rue de la Bidassoa, 75020 Paris, France
Which Paris bakery should you choose for what?
With only one morning, pick the thing you most want to eat and let it decide the neighbourhood. The table below matches each bakery here to its area and its strongest order. Croissant hunters can stay in the 9th and 17th. Pastry lovers should head for the Marais and the canal.
Most of these bakeries are best early, while the trays are full, so plan the day around one or two of them instead of the whole list. Several close on Mondays or at weekends, and Coco Cannelé opens only at midday. Check each card before you set out. Pairing by area helps: Du Pain et des Idées and Coco Cannelé are both near the Canal Saint-Martin, and Pilo’s and Joy x Beck share the 20th.
