My 8 Favorite Places to Buy the Best Croissants in Paris

The French croissant with its crispy and soft texture at the same time, classic with butter or declined in many flavors, makes more than one go crazy. Come and discover our best addresses where to taste the best croissants in all of Paris. 🥐😍🥐

Before we start, here is a map of addresses:

 

Du Pain et des Idées

34 Rue Yves Toudic, 75010 Paris

Du painet des idées
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4.5/5: France Hotel Guide Expert rating
If you’re in search of the right address to enjoy a croissant as good-looking as it tastes, Du Pain et des Idées is made for you.

With tempting shop windows, a wonderful decor with gilding and even a terrace for the warmer weather, everything is made for you to have a good time while savouring your pastry.

An excellent flavor and a perfect texture are combined in their hand-made croissants, which makes this bakery a location of choice for lovers of pastries with an authentic taste.

🥐Price of croissant: €1.90

😍 We like: The savoury buns (goat tomato or goat spinach) which are perfect for a lunch

🌐 Website: http://dupainetdesidees.com/

 

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Laurent Duchêne

2 Rue Wurtz, 75013 Paris

4.3/5: France Hotel Guide Expert rating

Come admire the work of the French worker of the year, Laurent Duchêne, in his shop in the thirteenth district of Paris – you won’t be disappointed.

Pastries are his speciality so you can be sure that his croissants are of exceptional quality.

Experience the taste here and treat yourself to an amazing butter croissant that everyone will like – well-crusted on the outside and so soft on the inside.

A special mention is to be made off the chocolate croissant that is also worth tasting as its flavor is so well mastered.

Other address: 238 Rue de la Convention, 75015 Paris

🥐 Price of butter croissant: €1.40

🥐 Price of chocolate croissant: €2.10

😍 We like: The croissants and chausson aux pommes

🌐 Website : https://www.laurentduchene.com/en/

 

 

Gontran Cherrier

8 Rue Juliette Lamber, 75017 Paris

Croissant at Gontran Cherrier

4/5: France Hotel Guide Expert rating

If you want to have a taste of a puff pastry that is really well made, crusty on the outside and as soft as a cloud on the inside, here is a new address for you to try.

Immersed in the bakery universe since his childhood, Gontran Cherrier wonderfully executes the art of this famous pastry. Take one taste of his croissants and you will ask for more.

Being as successful as he is, he has even opened shops in Asia, the Middle East and Australia.

Other addresses :

  • 64 Boulevard Haussmann, 75009 Paris (8th floor of the Printemps store)
  • Montparnasse Station, TGV Platform 1 & 2, 75741 Paris
  • Paris Orly Airport, Terminal 3

🥐 Price of croissant: €1.15

🥐 Price of pain au chocolat: €1.30

😍 We like: The matcha and white chocolate scone

🌐 Website: https://www.gontran-cherrier.com/en/

 

 

Des Gâteaux et du Pain (Claire Damon)

63 Boulevard Pasteur, 75015 Paris

Des gâteaux et du pain
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4/5: France Hotel Guide Expert rating

With good products selected with care for her clients, Claire Damon plays the authenticity card in order to offer you the most wonderful croissants with quality butter and salt of Guérande.

Having worked with Pierre Hermé in the past, she puts into action all her experience in her very well-made croissants.

A classic full of flavors is waiting for you in this bakery – you just need to put it to the test.

Other address: 89 Rue du Bac, 75007 Paris

🥐 Price of croissant: €1.60

😍 We like: The finely sweetened and light fraisier

🌐 Website: http://www.desgateauxetdupain.com/ (only available in French)

 

La Maison d’Isabelle

47 ter Boulevard Saint-Germain, 75005 Paris

4.7/5: France Hotel Guide Expert rating

In the heart of the Latin quarter, located near the famous Cathedral of Notre Dame of Paris, this bakery is worth making a stop at.

Whether it be during your walk in the neighborhood or simply because you’re curious, la Maison d’Isabelle is a rite of passage if you want to taste excellent pastries.

And we are not just saying that! The hand-made croissants of this bakery was awarded the best croissant of Paris in 2018.

Baked with a great butter with an AOC label from the French region of Poitou-Charentes, this pastry is perfectly golden and its crust is well mastered. A delicious moment guaranteed.

🥐 Price of croissant: €1

😍 We like: Nicely balanced croissants that don’t drip fat

🌐 Website https://www.instagram.com/maison_isabelle/ 

 

Maison Landemaine

26 Rue des Martyrs, 75009 Paris

 

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3.9/5: France Hotel Guide Expert rating

An artisanal savoir-faire confirmed, products of quality and a dynamic French-Japanese duo, this is the recipe of success of Maison Landemaine that is passed on to the products in their shops. And their croissants are no exception to that.

Crusted to perfection and properly soft, a simple bite of their croissants will give you the real taste of a French pastry.

Other addresses :

  • 12 shops in Paris
  • 2 shops in the Hauts-de-Seine department

🥐 Price of croissant: €1.10

😍 We like: The very good quality-price ratio

🌐 Website: http://www.maisonlandemaine.com/maison-landemaine.html

 

 

Boris Lumé

48 Rue Caulaincourt, 75018 Paris

5/5: France Hotel Guide Expert rating

Located in the heart of Montmartre, Boris Lumé will take you to a Paris from the past with an amazing decor.

The facade is even listed as a historical monument. So come discover a true French bakery with an artisanal savoir-faire passed on to all their products.

The traditional atmosphere makes the tasting of their fabulous croissants more authentic, as it does for the other varieties of pastries.

A traditional puff pastry is well made and crusty, with a generous crumb and a perfect smell of butter – surely the keys to success of one of the best croissants in Paris.

🥐 Price of croissant: €1.10

😍 We like: The vanilla, chocolate and matcha cream puffs, gourmet, creamy

🌐 Website: https://www.facebook.com/borislapatisserie/