Paul

This is by far one of the best Paul’s I have been to in Paris. Yes, I know that it is a chain but a few of the other places you may run into may give you nespresso by way of coffee or pastries that were delivered early and never kept for freshness. For my first vacation, we stayed in an apartment around the corner and were able to grab croissants, baguettes and coffee every morning with ease. Now we are staying in Les Halles and actually chose to make the trek across the Saine to grab coffee here instead of other closer locations. It is a large storefront with great outdoor seating and standing room inside. They are always friendly and welcoming with my poor french.
Order your coffee to go with a baguette or a quiche and head out to enjoy your day exploring Paris. I always enjoy the pastries. Apple or apricot on any sort of phyllo dough is exceptional or grab a beignet or two and enjoy the way doughnuts should taste (fluffy and not at all oily or heavy). Just remember coffee with milk means latte and black is Americano. I kept forgetting and running back in to ask for small amounts of milk, which they always gladly gave. We rarely stay inside to eat because it is more expensive but they do have a wonderful service area in the back.

First bite of food in Paris was a chocolate croissant from Paul. Lets just say it started the vacation off with a bang; it was the best croissant I’ve ever tasted. I ended up having one everyday for the remainder of my stay, across the street.
I will say the coffee wasn’t so great, hence the 4 star (versus 5 star) review.
I honestly didn’t realize this place was a chain until passing multiple locales over the duration of our trip, which goes to show the quality of this place.

I know it is supposed to be the chain patisserie in Paris, but honestly it is the best I have had all week. The chocolate croissant was really good and this small donut ball was amazing.

You don’t have to go here… so many more options to choose from in this neighborhood! Horrible service, food was awful and just a waste of time!

This location has expanded over the years. It now has a dining area as well as seating outside.
First, everything from behind the counter is amazing. I love the baguettes and croissants. SO good. They have a lot of sandwiches and salads, too.
I did sit in the dining room twice on this trip and service was a little off compared to other places like this. I say just buy your stuff and walk.

Sat down for breakfast this morning… was given menus and the staff never returned. Staff was not friendly towards Americans. We ended up getting up and leaving.

While eating a beignets I thought I heard angles singing and harps playing… they were mind blowing good.

Paul won’t compete with Pierre Herme or your favorite bistro, but they offer tasty prepared sandwiches, salads and more, and the outdoor seating is great. If you want table service, walk through to the back of the retail area and there’s an area you can be seated and have your order taken. The prepared sandwiches are great. The pastries, breads, salads, etc. are pretty darned good. The macarons are meh but the slab of puff pastry with glazed apricots is out of this world. A line of locals stopping by for bread forms in the early evening — if you’re in line, don’t worry — they’re not cutting in front of you.

I love this place. The service is very nice and helpful. I know it is a chain, but I had the berry tart at every chance I got — and it stood out in my mind as being one of the most delicious things I’ve ever tasted.

For a bakery, this place should be ashamed. The croissants are dry and tasteless. The food is bland, if ample on the plate. The service is blah. There are many better places to eat in the area. My advice: Avoid this one. It is a tourist trap and thoroughly mediocre.

Paul is located right across from our hotel, which is awesome and dangerous at the same time!
I thought I’d had the best beignets in New Orleans, but Paul opened my eyes! These delicate puffs of heaven melt in your mouth and come plain or filled with the most delicious raspberry filling. There’s also chocolate, but the raspberry stole my heart!
Do yourself a favor and order with a latte, you won’t be sorry!
Returned for lunch, had a delicious Croque Monsieur, and hot, fresh bread basket served with butter and jams. Magnifique!

Was wondering around St Germain and came across this bakery. They don’t speak a lot of English but if you know a little French– you can order. Picked up some macarons, chocolate croissant, and a plain bread loaf… Yep all delicious !!!

Fantastic pastries, bread, and cakes.
Came many times during my stay in Paris to try a great variety of pastries, cakes and bread. My favorite was an almond croissant — with a generous amount of almond paste — the best I’ve ever had.

this was the 2^nd time we visited the Paul in St. Germain des Pres. I’am quite surprised that so many people rate any star for this establishment. Apart from the «attitude» of the Paul-​staff, the establishment is in a dreadful state. If the Paul staff apply the same or similar hygene principles of the toilet to the bakery and kitchen, I wonder if the guests are aware what they eat. The quality of food is far below par. Serviettes are not brought to the table. The efficiency of staff, unfortunately, is very low indeed, guess they are badly trained. Well, we tried it again but were bitterly disappointed again, hence its the last time. I have requested to remove the Paul from tourist portals in Germany and in Switzerland. The Paul gives Paris and Paris Tourism a very bad name.
Unfortunately, Paul Mgmt would not do anything about it, as still too many tourists flock to the place, but i believe this will change…

We arrived at our Air BnB apartment in the 6^th arrondissement at 4 pm on a Sunday, and it was almost 6 before we got our act together enough to think about dinner. Burned out on restaurants, we wanted to run to the corner store for some supplies to have a simple dinner at home.
Ha! Sunday night in August in Paris? Most stores were closed. We were mis-​directed to several stores that were shut (you know, big tip: information on the internet is *not always reliable*). When we ran across Boulangeries Paul, I almost wept in relief.
The pastries? Incredible! Light, moist croissants (late in the day, no less), delicious simple sandwiches.
We took ours home, getting soaked in a sudden shower along the way. Warm, clean, happy («we’re in Paris! Eating croissants!») and full is the best way to spend a rainy evening.
Returning to Paul other times, the food was consistently excellent. The staff was patient with my terrible accent and tres sympatique. Just a wonderful place.

This store is much, much better than the one we went to in Epernay of the same name. The selection of pastries, bread, and some sweets is quite large. They also have some sandwiches for very reasonable prices. The line moves quickly. The wife loved her croissant. The staff speaks enough English to make ordering easy.

I never met a pastry or sandwich I didn’t like at Paul. The Pavot Poulet is always a good choice and I find myself craving if often!

It’s wrong to rate a chain 5 stars, I know. But. These were the best and most consistent croissants I had while in France and we tried quite a few places. Paul’s turned up warm and perfect each time — at least at this location. I don’t have any photos of Paul or the croissants. I was too immersed in the addictive process of inhaling croissants to give a second thought to my camera.
This location of Paul is perfectly positioned for people-​watching. The prices, as at most places, are different for sit-​down versus take-​away. In an effort to streamline things even more, there’s a special line for people who are ordering «bread only» versus another line that includes people ordering drinks. So things move pretty quickly here.
The beignets and croissants are the only things I tried because I couldn’t bring myself to order much else. The lightest and most lightly-​sweetened doughnuts you can imagine, these beignets were floating in the clouds. The croissants put me in a trance. They had a hint of omelette-​eggy flavor, but prominently composed of butter and flakes, just a tad warm, and full of endorphins to boot. When you order one in the morning, they’re removed from the baking tray behind the cashier, not from a display window. Heaven.
To sum up my love of the croissants here, you only need to know of the conversation I had with my husband on our last day before catching a cab to the airport.
My husband: «I’ll order the drinks. What do you want?»
Me: «Oh ok, coffee’s fine. I’ll order two croissants.»
Him: «Sounds good.»
Me: «Uh…what did YOU want to eat?»

I visited here often during my 2 week Paris vacation. I didn’t realize this was a chain until after my first visit. Regardless of that, the baked goods were beyond my expectations!
I would go in and order a couple croissants, with the intention of eating one that day and one the next, however after getting them fresh out of the oven I couldn’t resist. They were so buttery and flaky and so delicious that I ate both right then and there while waiting for my coffee (before I even made it out the door– my boyfriend did the same).
Fresh baguettes… delicious! Perfect crunchy crust and soft pillowy middle. The palmiers, again delicious!
Twice while there we ordered coffee (café a lait and cappuccino). When you order coffee, you pay for it at the same counter where you get the bread and pastries, then you take your receipt to the coffee counter. The wait is quite long, however the first time, both of our coffees were so well made and tasted so good that we decided to order the second time. The second time the wait was even longer, then to make matters worse the guy stopped in the middle of making our coffee take over some other task, leaving a few customers to wait even longer. However finally, we got our coffee and to our disappointment, the second time just wasn’t as good as the first.

As mentioned in my review for the location in London Paul went above my expectations as a chain. Of course we went to the smaller independent boulangeries and patisseries in Paris but I did not mind when we stumbled across Paul in this location.
The seats outside is perfect for people watching in Saint Germain right on the corner of Rue de Seine and Rue de Buci. We ordered a few pastries and a coffee and sat outside to see the locals and tourists pass by.
Perhaps everyone who rated this location fairly low had a much higher expectation of this chain boulangerie and was disappointed when it did not meet it. Regardless my experience was that we had a friendly person behind the counter and register, our pastries were quite good (did not say it was the BEST in Paris and Unilocal is not about ranking of who you think is the best either, just your experiences with the business). In addition the areas were kept tidy and everyone before us was respectful enough to throw their own trash in the bins after they were finished.
Four stars in my book. :)

Ich habe mich sehr auf Paul gefreut. Nachdem ich Paul in Dubai durch Zufall kennenlernte, dachte ich mir, im Heimatland der Kette, muss dieser zum
Traum werden. Leider weit verfehlt. Dieser Paul ist ein Alptraum. Überfordertes, unmotiviertes und unfreundliches Personal. Die Schlange lang, die Tische leer aber mit Geschirr zugemüllt. Das Personal arbeitet vollkommen unkoordiniert. Auf die Frage, ob wir nicht den freien Platz am Fenster bekommen könnten, wurden wir harsch zu Recht gewiesen, das dieser nicht abgeräumt sei. Ich fragte, ob man diesen nicht abräumen könnte? Denn sie habe ja auch vollkommen willkürlich diesen Tisch leer geräumt, wurden wir hingewiesen, das wir noch eine halbe Stunde warten müssen. Frechheit ohne Grenzen. Selbst die anwesenden Pariser Mitbürger beschwerten sich und baten um höfliche Kommunikation. Ich war Tags zuvor dort zum Frühstück, zweifelsohne, es ist lecker, aber in der Kombination müssen die Angestellten dieses Paul Geschäfts mal auf den Boden der Tatsachen ankommen. Eine absolute Schande für Parieser Boulangerien, trotz wunderbarer Location!

Paultoujours un très bon pain ! Mais je regrette d’avoir pris un hamburger (correcte) servi avec des frites de chez McDo !!! J’ai vraiment pas compris

Quel accueil désagréable de la part de la vendeuse! Incapable de dire correctement ce qu’il y a dans ses quiches: on nous annonce une quiche au saumon, et on se retrouve avec une quiche aux epinards, chevre et saumon. Certes il était un peu tard 18h45 environ, mais il était impossible de la faire réchauffer! Surtout dans un lieu qui né fait normalement que réchauffer du pain Bref très déçu

Une bonne boulangerie. Les prix sont un peu élevés, pour un endroit qui fait seulement office de «terminal de cuisson». En effet, les jolies pâtisseries que vous voyez en vitrine viennent décongelées.
Les pains de chez Paul sont cependant très bons. Goûtez donc les pistolets aux olives, au lardons ou au fromage (50 centimes/​pièce). Il y a aussi un large choix de sandwiches (poulet, jambons de pays, tomates mozzarella) à partir de 4EUR. Oubliez donc les douceurs, qui né valent pas le détour. Les prix sur place et à emporter né sont pas les mêmes, attention!
Le chocolat chaud viennois (Van Houten) est délicieux et très sucré. Dans cette boutique on peut s’asseoir. Ce sont plutôt les touristes qui viennent, car ils aiment le côté «traditionnel» du décor: chaises et tables en bois, employés déguisés en boulangers…
Conclusion: bons pains, bons sandwiches et bon chocolat chaud.