Angelina

Jeudi 6 fevrier 2020 15h l'endroit est presque vide. 3 tables 6 personnes. La théière (argent ? ) est tellement bouillante qu'il est impossible de se servir. Attente de 50 minutes pour 2 plats simples : salade avocat et poulet (avec la peau????) riz. Erreur sur le plat de salade. Retour et attente 20 minutes. Avocat insipide noyé de citron et beaucoup beaucoup de poivre. "Tarte tatin" la plus mauvaise de toute ma vie. Glacée, tarte industrielle juste decongelee tres dure, tranche de pomme pratiquement crue ? Decoration blanche un peu dure texture indefinie. Beurk. 86 euros. Une vraie arnaque.

If you want to «check a box» then go here. The Angelina’s in Gallery Lafayette has the WORST service. They never come to your table and when they do, they’re Completely Rude. Ordered the infamous hot chocolate, it wasn’t my thing. So think it was like drinking castor oil. It’s too sweet and it’s too much. SHARE with someone and be sure to get a pitcher of water. You will need it to wash down the chocolate. Friends got macaroons and it is not the place for these either… they’re edible but the whole place is completely overpriced! Go in, have a look, but Pass if you’re on the edge of visiting for a meal.

It was empty at about 1pm on a Friday afternoon.
Server was very friendly and helpful.
Ordered Mont Blanc (had this in the Japan branch before but the Japanese version seems to be slightly tastier), the hot chocolate drink (it’s very very strong, almost like drinking melted chocolate). It was good with the first cup but after that it’s a bit too much.
The price was also quite high… But I guess that’s for the atmosphere and the brand ;)

Delicious L’Africano hot chocolate and the croissant au pain is just perfect with it. There’s no line if you come early at 8am

La saveur des spécialités de chez Angelina aux Galeries
Le chocolat un délice il a sa texture si particulière
Et son mont blanc mais je né veux surtout pas connaître les calories c’est indécent !!!
Et l’avantage on attend pas pour pouvoir rentrer contrairement à la rue Rivoli

Cute place, full of tourists (of course) but still delicious. Do yourself a favor and get a hot chocolate (comes with whipped cream) but SPLIT IT with a friend! My mother and I made the mistake of getting two — they came in a beautiful pitcher that we could barely finish half of.

DEFINITELY overplayed. I think this is a spot you go to so you can say you went there. A lot better places to go to in terms of price and taste but what ever. The hot chocolate is also over played. nothing spectacular. You’re paying for the ambiance and brand not really what you’re eating.

Very disappointed. Split a club salad sandwich with a friend – it was ok. Service was horrible. Service everywhere in Paris is slow, but this was awful. Felt like I needed to tackle the guy. We wanted dessert but finally gave up in frustration. (Later had a hazelnut macaron and their own pressed apple juice at a small outpost at Versailles – good stuff!)

I had the truffle raviolis, and the African chocolate dessert. They were both amazing & the service was lightning fast and impeccable. If you’re the area and want a bite to eat, then definitely stop by, you won’t regret it!

This review is for the meals and service only, which may not be representative since that is for what this place is known for. But I am grumpy because I never got the chance to eat the mont blanc I wanted…
We were at Galeries Lafayette and wanted to grab a bite. We were starving and wanted a real meal and Angelina looked most promising among the eating places in GL. We ordered the plat de jour (which was a beef carpaccio) and a beef tenderloin (asked for medium rare), thinking we would get our food pretty quickly… Wrong! Took 45 minutes to get our food. We also had to ask the waiter for steak knifes. In all fairness, the carpaccio tasted good and the steak looked fine. But we ran out of time for dessert before we had to leave for our appointment…
The menu at this store was quite limited and I couldn’t imaging why it took so long to prepare the beef carpaccio, which required no cooking, and a medium rare steak… Most other people were having desserts/​coffee so I couldn’t imagine the kitchen being busy.
The dessert counter looked beautiful though. I should have gone with the desserts and coffee!

The hot chocolate was basically melted chocolate. It was good but too rich, i couldn’t finish the serving. The mont blanc was way too sweet. I had one bite of the outer layer and I never touched it again. I somehow managed to scrape out the inside of it which goes well with well, water. Everything was overpriced. I would go back only for the hot chocolate, but I’d make sure to share it with a friend.

Gorgeous hot chocolate amongst the best. Try the signature version and don’t be gentle when it comes to adding cream. And I don’t mean milk — I mean fresh white fluffy Chantilly cream that they supply for the purpose.
The pastries are just as delightful. Whilst you can find more artisanal chocolate and pastries elsewhere, for the price, service, and convenience, you won’t go wrong here.
Il est délicieux!

Café Angelina has a very kind and attentive staff. If you order the hot chocolate only order one cup. I ordered two to share with my family and we got a whole pitcher. Very expensive. However the hot chocolate was rich and creamy and wonderful. The little whipped cream cups were so nice! The eggs Benedict was perfect. Runny. Fluffy. Warm. Delicious. Mont Blanc had good chestnut purée paste but the cream inside was truly exceptional.

Angelina in Galeries Lafayette was the worst part of my family’s entire Paris trip. Just looking at the menu, I had a feeling that the meal would not be good and asked everyone if they still wanted to eat there. The prices were ridiculously overpriced and from what I saw on the tables around us, it didn’t look like the value was there.
I ended up ordering the hot chocolate and the salad with foie gras. The hot chocolate came first and it tasted good at first but overly sweet, rich, and thick. I had to take small sips of it. Then the salad came. The lettuce wasn’t the freshest and the foie gras was inedible to me. I had amazing foie gras at Les Cocottes the night before but the foie gras here had a weird flavor. After I finished the salad, I went back to finish the hot chocolate but it was impossible to drink. It had cooled off and was way too thick. I really needed a cup of hot water to water it down but the waiter was nowhere to be found. I would recommend avoiding this restaurant because it is a very expensive tourist trap.

I wasn’t even looking for this and thankfully they had a location at Galerie Lafayette!
Similar to their original location they offer amazing café items, but it’s the Chocolat Chaud that everyone goes for. For those visiting during the summer, they actually have a version that is served iced which was also great.
They have a section where you can buy items to go.

Delectable creamy thick hot chocolate in a lovely tearoom. Don’t miss this once in a lifetime experience. It’s as if someone melted truffles in a cup of cream, dark, savory-​spice. Incredible.

This place is special to me… I have fond memories of visiting with my dad and an one of his friends… long, long time ago…
We brought our little girl there last week. It was great, remodeled and all. She loved the sorbets… I had the Mont Blanc (I’m not a dessert person, it was a little sweet for me). The tea was not as great as we wished, but oh well.
My husband ordered the Tarte Citron on our second visit, but they were out… so Franck recommended the Tarte Agrumes Passion. We LOVED it!
We went back again a few days later and our server, Franck, remembered us! Great service… thank you, Franck!

C’est ma période «j’aime prendre mon goûter dans un nouveau salon de thé». Je n’ai jamais testé celui de la rue de Rivoli, et quelques chèques cadeaux galafiens m’ont incitée à passer un moment là bas. Car oui, il faut bien un petit remontant au milieu d’une après midi aux Galeries!
La salle est bien à l’écart des stands de fringues. Une vitrine présentant les différents produits Angelina (mmmh) la sépare en une partie «restauration» et une davantage «salon de thé». On peut aussi simplement prendre une pâtisserie à emporter… mais j’avais envie de tester leur fameux chocolat chaud et leur Mont blanc.
Installée dans la partie «salon de thé» (chaises et tables bistrot… pas spécialement cosy), je fais un constat qui m’interpelle: je suis entourée de vieux ou de touristes, voire de vieux touristes. Je n’ai rien contre mais c’est assez drôle! :))
Il est 16h et je commande, dans cet ordre, non sans avoir prévenu la serveuse de mon choix incongru, un croque monsieur et un thé, un Mont blanc et leur fameux chocolat. Ça l’a fait rire et elle m’a dit que ça n’était pas bizarre du tout. Soit.
Le croque est top, et le thé une vraie merveille, je serai capable de revenir exprès pour. Le chocolat était très bon également, le Mont blanc à la crème de marrons m a déçue en revanche, je l’ai trouvé «trop». Trop sucré, trop crémeux, un peu écoeurant en somme alors que j’adore les pâtisseries. Bön c’est pas grave y en a plein d autres qui donnent envie.
Le service fut charmant, ça m’a presque fait passer l amertume de la note, qui fut très salée (genre 40 € pour les mets sus nommés). J essaierai bien celui de Rivoli maintenant ;)

I tried the signature dessert, Mont Blanc, it’s waaaay too sweet for my taste. I haven’t returned since. There are a lot of good pattiserrie around before I go back to Angelina.

Highly recognised as audrey hepburn’s favourite café to grab a hot chocolate, and also a favourite of coco chanel’s too. They don’t serve flavoured hot chocs, which seems to be all the rage these days, but you don’t need it. It would just ruin their signature chocolate africaan. It’s rich, velvety and quite filling, so don’t go on a full stomach.
Pair it with their signature mont blanc, chestnut cake, which is also very good, but again, very heavy.
So it’s pricy, but who the hell CAN budget in Paris? Spend the money & enjoy Paris like coco chanel.

Ici il n’y a pas la queue comme aux Tuileries mais avant d’arriver à cet endroit des Galeries, il faut braver la orde de touristes qui mate les vitrines de Noël… Une épreuve!
Le salon de thé se situe au 1er étage des Galeries Lafayette, non loin d’un stand Pierre Hermé.
La salle est relativement spacieuse et le service assez charmant. Il est regrettable de né pas trouver de toilettes rattachées au salon de thé.
A part ça, mon Chocolat chaud était toujours aussi fabuleux. J’ai testé cette fois-​ci la pâtisserie Paris-​NY, mais je n’ai pas trop aimé…

Get the Mont Blanc to go.