In the United Kingdom they have tea time, but in France, in the afternoon we have snack. Whether it’s a coffee, a fruit or a sweet, kids and adults always dream of a gourmet break. So let’s discover the addresses of my favorite snack shops in Paris.
La Galerie
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Address: 25 avenue Montaigne Hôtel Plaza Athénée, 75008 Paris
Atmosphere: sophisticated – fine – luxurious
Google rating: 4.5 / 5
Price: €€€
At a ten-minute walk from the Arc de Triomphe in the 8th arrondissement of Paris is where you will find the restaurant La Galerie, within the Plaza Athénée hotel.
In this luxurious restaurant, snack selection is composed of a selection of pastries to choose from: fruit tarts, chocolate tarts, cream tarts… The pastries are accompanied by a drink of your choice, hot or cold or a club sandwich.
In addition, children can enjoy an ice rink in the hotel during the winter.
Momen’Tea opera
Address: 5 Av. de l’Opéra, 75001 Paris
Atmosphere: modern – cozy
Google rating: 4.2 / 5
Price: €
Next to the Pyramides metro station, is where you’ll find the Momen’Tea Opéra tea room.
Coming directly from Japan culture, the desserts and snacks at Momen’Tea are affordable. They offer mochi with cream and iced mochi (a small ball made of a glutinous rice paste), coconut pearls, castella (an airy Japanese cake), matcha cakes and dorayaki (a pancake stuffed with red bean paste).
The drinks on the menu include bubble tea (a tea with soft tapioca balls) with fruit or milk which can be hot or cold. There are also matcha teas.
Related: Top 10 bubble teas in Paris
Le Fouquet’s
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Address: 99 Av. des Champs-Élysées, 75008 Paris
Atmosphere: chic – refined – classic
Google rating: 4.1 / 5
Price: €€€
A few steps from the George V metro station, behind the Champs-Elysées, is the restaurant-bar Le Fouquet’s.
The snacks in Fouquet’s are made by Nicolas Paciello. They are composed of an assortment of small dishes: mini mille-feuilles, hazelnut cake, citrus domes, cookies, scones…
It is accompanied by a hot drink or a glass of champagne according to the chosen formula. The formulas are to be shared for two people.
Aki Boulangerie
Address: 16 rue Sainte Anne, 75001 Paris
Atmosphere: sober – modern – chic
Google rating: 4.5 / 5
Price: €
Aki Boulangerie is located in the rue Sainte-Anne, in the 2nd district of Paris. This street is known to be full of Japanese restaurants, they are all different and at low prices.
The Japanese pastries and desserts available are Japanese strawberry cake, melon bread, kabuki (matcha cake), Japanese sandwich bread, yuzu and matcha éclair, dorayaki (pancakes filled with red bean paste), azuki mochi, matcha cookie, matcha muffin…
Related: Japanese district in Paris: What to see? What to do? Where to eat?
La Bossue
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Address: 9 Rue Joseph de Maistre, 75018 Paris
Atmosphere: warm – antique – cozy
Google rating: 4.7 / 5
Price: €
The pastry shop La Bossue is located in Montmartre, near the cemetery.
La Bossue offers many desserts, cakes and snacks such as a whole carrot cake, the gluten-free brown and blackcurrant cake or the apple pie. But also “snack boxes” with chocolate cookies or soft chocolate, madeleines and almond financiers without gluten.
The tea room also sells returnable jars of homemade granola, dried fruits and fruit jellies.
TeaYammi
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Address: 10 Rue des Moulins, 75001 Paris
Atmosphere: cute – quaint
Google rating: 4.6 / 6
Price: €
Very close to the Pyramides metro station in the 2nd arrondissement is where you will find the Japanese tea room TeaYammi.
Enjoy a bubble tea in a bright and modern décor full of matcha roll cakes, Japanese red fruit cakes, matcha custard-filled puffs and many other Japanese-inspired pastries.
In addition, many fruit and milk bubble teas are available, as well as various Japanese teas.
Angelina Paris
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Address: 226 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris
Atmosphere: chic – sophisticated – precious
Google rating: 4,4 / 5
Price: €€€
In the 1st district of Paris, the restaurant Angelina is located rue de Rivoli. It is known for its chic tea room, with a classic decoration.
The snacks at Angelina are composed of an assortment of savory pieces, a selection of mini pastries (mille-feuilles, Paris-Brest, lemon pie, chocolate éclairs…), mini macaroons and madeleines. With a hot drink (tea, coffee or hot chocolate), and a glass of champagne is available as an extra.
Odette
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Address: 77 Rue Galande, 75005 Paris
Atmosphere: retro – charming – vintage
Google rating: 4.3 / 5
Price: €€
The Odette pastry shop is located in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, with a view of the Notre-Dame cathedral.
This pastry shop is specialized in cream puffs. There is a tea room and it also makes all kinds of pastries. Ideal for a snack, the choux are declined in many flavors: vanilla, chocolate, pistachio, coffee, passion fruit, salted butter caramel, lemon, forest fruits or praline.
Maison Plume
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Address: 61 Rue Charlot, 75003 Paris
Atmosphere: trendy – flowery – cozy
Google rating: 4.6 / 5
Price: €€
Located in the Marais district, in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, Maison Plume is an organic, sugar-free and gluten-free pastry shop.
These pastries are ideal for snacking as they are presented in individual “plume” pastries. They offer a dark chocolate feather, a choco-tonka feather, a lemon meringue feather, a strawberry feather, a raspberry-pistachio feather or an apple-cinnamon feather.
Mado
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Address: 252 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris
Atmosphere: classic – modern – bright
Google rating: 4.4 / 5
Price: €€
Mado pastry shop is specialized in madeleines. It is located in the Rue de Rivoli in the 1st arrondissement of Paris.
The madeleines are perfect for a snack. Besides the traditional plain madeleine, there are many other variations: soaked lemon mado, milk chocolate shell mado, dark chocolate shell mado, pistachio raspberry mado, lemon heart raspberry mado, chocolate heart fondant mado, chestnut cream heart mado, salted butter caramel mado, violet rose mado, and the chocolate hazelnut rock mado.
Yummy and Guiltfree
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Address: 3 Rue du Temple, 75004 Paris
Atmosphere: modern – trendy – welcoming
Google rating: 4.3 / 5
Price: €
Yummy and Guiltfree is a fast food restaurant which offers gluten-free waffles. It is located in the 4th arrondissement, a stone’s throw from the Hôtel de Ville metro station.
The waffles are sold in different flavors and extras such as 70% chocolate cream, lemon cream, salted butter caramel, cheesecake style and chocolate hazelnut spread.
They also offer traditional French pastries in travel size and gluten-free portions: financiers, madeleines and cookies.
Le Méchoui du Prince
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Address: 36 Rue Monsieur le Prince, 75006 Paris
Atmosphere: Moroccan – colorful – typical – modern
Google rating: 4.0 / 5
Price: €€
In the 6th district of Paris is where the Moroccan restaurant Le Méchoui du Prince is, a few steps from the Sorbonne University, in the Latin Quarter.
It now offers a Middle-Eastern snack formula. It is composed of fresh fruits, coffee with cinnamon, pancakes and a lot of Moroccan pastries like gazelle horns, briouates or baklava.
Fu Castella
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Address: 113 Bd de l’Hôpital, 75013 Paris
Atmosphere: picturesque – colorful – local
Google rating: 4.4 / 5
Price: €
Five minutes away from the Place d’Italie, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, you can find the Fu Castella tea room.
This tea room specializes in Japanese sponge cakes: an airy cake that has its origin in the Portuguese cake pao de Castella. It is sold in vanilla, chocolate, coffee-nut, matcha green tea and red beans, durian and banana flavors in a gluten-free version or with takesumi (bamboo charcoal).
Umami Matcha Café
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Address: 22 Rue Béranger, 75003 Paris
Atmosphere: woody – calm – typical
Google rating: 4.3 / 5
Price: € (€)
Umami Matcha Café is located at a five-minute walk from the Temple metro station, in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris.
It offers different matcha desserts, to enjoy on the spot or to take away, such as red bean and walnut mochis, matcha ice cream with raspberry coulis and chantilly, matcha or sesame ice cream pot, matcha cookie, matcha cheesecake, matcha and strawberry tiramisu or a lemon yuzu and meringue tart.
VG Pâtisserie
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Address: 123 Bd Voltaire, 75011 Paris
Atmosphere: warm – woody – vegetal
Google rating: 4.6 / 5
Price: €€
A five-minute walk from the Père Lachaise cemetery, in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, is the pastry shop and tea room VG pâtisserie.
The pastries are entirely vegan. They offer many traditional French pastries such as pains au chocolat, pains au raisin, brioches, apple turnovers, croissants, flans…
As well as pastries and cakes: madeleines, cookies, chocolate fondant, hazelnut cake, tropéziennes, baba au rhum, lemon-ginger tartlet, macaroons, strawberry…
Cloud cakes
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Address: 6 Rue Mandar, 75002 Paris
Atmosphere: trendy – welcoming – modern
Google rating: 4.5 / 5
Price: €€
In the second district of Paris, you can find the restaurant-tea room Cloud cakes, not far from the Halles de Paris and the Museum of Illusion.
This 100% vegan restaurant offers lunches, breakfasts as well as a large number of pastries and coffees. You can enjoy croissants, muffins, toasts, homemade granola, pancakes, chia bowls and açai bowls, avocado toasts and grilled cheese toasts.
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