The French Confection

This place is adorable and amazing. If you’re from the south coast searching for a real french patisserie this is the place.

I came from out of town to try this bakery and was disappointed. I bought over $ 40 worth of assorted baked goods and each one of them, from the meringues to the cookies and Tortes had very little appealing flavor and were dried out. The meringues were like eating straight gritty sugar and the mocha and raspberry rolls had dried out cake inside and out. When we asked if we could order a pie for thanksgiving, which would be two days later, we were told that they already had too many orders. Who says that to customers?! Too many good bakeries out there to bother with this one again.

This review is long overdue.
The French Confection baked our wedding cake for us, and we couldn’t have been happier. The bakery is owned and ran by a husband and wife; both were wonderful to work with. When I had come to them, they had just moved their business from Maryland to Rhode Island – ours was actually the first Rhode Island wedding cake tasting they had! Karen (the wife), was really present and laid back (a quality that I came to appreciate in those associated with weddings), and made our cake tasting enjoyable. Xavier (the husband and chef) came out to meet us at the end, and it was clear that he loved his work (he was straight out of France – how could he not rock as a pastry chef?). The bakery itself was really cute and a nice place to be in; I actually think it has since become a local favorite for coffee and pastries. Anyway, the whole cake tasting was a great experience. And what was even better? They were really well priced, under what many of the other local bakeries charged.
The icing on the cake (hehe)? Come our wedding day, the cake was awesome. It was beautiful and delicious. I had sent Karen a picture of my dress, and they worked to replicate the lace with the frosting. They did a great job! Many people approached us, saying that ours was the first piece of wedding cake that they actually finished and enjoyed. Yay!
In a nutshell: The French Confection is a family-​owned business. The people are pleasant to work with. They make a great product. Their pricing was awesome. I definitely recommend!

Great, hot, fresh coffee-​even later in the day. Croissants that will change your life. Top notch cookies. I can’t wait to try more of the baked goods, I’m sure they’re All great!

This place is fabulous. I frequent this bakery every time I visit family in Rhode Island. The owners are very pleasant and the pastries are some of the best I have had.
I usually get the spinach and feta croissant for breakfast along with coffee

Delicious!
My mother and I had eaten lunch nearby for her birthday and we were looking for a sweet treat to celebrate. It’s very cute inside and the staff was very friendly and helpful. We both got a box of goodies to go and I can highly recommend the fruit tart and the Josephines.
I would definitely stop by again if I were in the area and craving something sweet.

The French Confection is fabulous. They are always on top of mind whenever I need cakes for special occasions. Every time I purchase a cake here, I always get rave reviews on the taste and the light taste of the frosting. An above and beyond experience I had last summer when I needed a cake was ordering a strawberry shortcake on relatively short notice (the morning of when I needed it), but the head baker happened to be free and turned one around for me in two hours. I certainly didn’t expect this, but I really appreciated that they did that for me! I’ve also have had some of their other smaller baked goods, and really like the tarts. I haven’t had lunch in here before but seems like they have a good sized selection to choose from. There is plenty of café seating with books if you wanted to hang out with a friend over a meal.

Could not say enough about how amazing this place is. The pastries are too die for! I love their almond croissants. The only thing that I find odd is that they don’t offer café au lait. The coffee is wonderful, though. Great for breakfast, brunch or dessert!

Nice little place with good sandwiches and quiche. Excellent croissants. What I find disappointing is that their baguettes come from somewhere… Lousy. You know, when they have the dots on the bottom? Leaves me still looking for an authentic baguette.

This place is a hidden gem in the greater newport/​Middletown area. Everything looks great and what I tried was fantastic and authentic!
It’s bigger inside then it looks outside and is a good place to grab lunch while reading or studying.
Their baked goods range from sweet to savory and can meet any taste.
There was a new employee training while I was there, but inexperience was surpassed by excellent customer service.
A must try!

The FC gets better every visit. Current favorites: sticky buns and croissants. Also… thanks to the staff today who let me in early. Awesome!

I needed deserts for Christmas Day and decided to try this bakery. I bought a variety of cookies and loved every one. I also bought a chocolate cream pie that was heavenly. I also got a variety of the little goodies. Creampuffs, chocolate cream tarts, eclairs and more. Everything was delicious and they have a new customer for life.

The French Confection has managed to transplant the taste and feel of French baked and dejeuner (lunch) cuisine to a small and unsuspecting Middletown café. I highly recommend grabbing a baked good like a chocolate croissant or brioche early, before work as the goods are still warm from being freshly baked. The couple who own The French confection make personalized cakes and other desserts with astonishing quality. They have gone so far as to prepare «non-​leavened» cakes made with no flour, just matzoh, for local Passover Seders. If you can dream it, they can bake it.

DELICIOUS!!! I wanted to try all their pastries!!! I ordered the Spinach and Feta Quiche to eat there. Oh my! It was great! First time I’ve ever had fresh quiche and I loved it! I then ordered my pastries to go. I got a Fruit Tart, a piece of Pumpkin Bread, a Cinnamon Twist and a Cheese Danish! The fruit tart is to die for! The crust has the perfect crispiness to it and the right amount of sugar too. The custard is sooo good! I enjoyed it so much, I didn’t want it to end. The pumpkin bread is so moist! It’s not dry at all and it’s got just the right amount of pumpkin to not make it soggy. The cinnamon twist is so crispy and not overly sweet. The danish is like a croissant! So buttery and sweet with the right amount of vanilla custard in between. Definitely recommend this pastry shop to everyone! It’s GREAT! If I lived in the area I’d stop by here everyday!

We waited for about 5 minutes or so until we noticed an employee to help serve us. the girl who helped us was nice but did not apologize how we were waiting for a long time. The pastries looked very authentic and delicious! I only went in for a large iced cappuccino which was pretty much coffee milk. I’d definitely go back there to try pastries and re-​evaluate! it is right next to Becky’s BBQ!

Very cute little place. good coffee, good pastries. knowledgeable staff. the only bad thing was the macarons. sadly the worst I have ever had. they are so stiff and tasteless, they shatter into a million pieces when you cut into it. just dry pieces. terrible. my friend and I both took a bite and left them in the box. the mini cakes and tarts were good. very good ham and cheese croissant. I will return but not for the macarons. Go to modern pastry, replicate.

Purchased $ 40 worth of individual desserts for a work potluck, got 10 desserts for $ 37. Everyone LOVED everything and asked where I got them. Glad I tried this place! I arrived at 5:45 and they had a great assortment available.

The French Confection made my wedding cakes and I couldn’t have been happier. Our main wedding cake was yellow poundcake with mocha frosting and chocolate ganache. We had a smaller cake for my aunt and uncle’s 45^th wedding anniversary. That cake had lemon cream and raspberry preserves with the vanilla buttercream. Both cakes went over extremely well with our guests. The F. C is also excellent for lunch. Their soup, salad, and soup are very tasty.

The French Confection is a wonderful bakery that offers up both sweet and savory treats. An easy location with a parking lot, and a warm inviting ambiance inside. You will want to get there by mid afternoon to make sure you are able to view the full selection of their many treats.
What drives me here time and time again are the fresh, buttery, delicious croissants. I love that all the stuffed varieties are actually baked with the fillings inside, not cut open and stuffed afterwards. The ham & swiss is devilishly delicious.
You will feel like a kid in a candy shoppe looking through the case at all the wonderful pastries. The mini pastries and tarts are beautiful and soo tasty. Perfect for a small sweet bite, or you can grab an assorted dozen for a discounted price to bring to work or a party (warning: it will take you forever to decide which ones because they all look so good). There is also fresh baked breads, quiche, cookies, sandwiches, coffee, iced tea, and daily specials.

Nice ambiance, good prices, delicious sandwhiches. We look forward to going back to try their coffee next weekend as well as some of their delicious looking pastries.
Note: skip the macarons. Tasty if you’ve never eaten them before and are expecting a crunchy meringue cookie. Macarons are supposed to be light and chewy, though, so not what I was hoping for. But its probably good news; I don’t need to have perfect macarons within a 50 mile radius of my stomach.