Des Gâteaux et du Pain

A beautiful store with the beautiful patisseries that you feel like buying them all, the choices were hard to make but the ones that we got had this soft and smooth taste that would just melt in your mouth. The delicacy of these patisserie were just perfect. We also bought their unique focaccia which was another hit. Will be going back here again. ❤️

Wow, I think I found my favourite patisserie and boulangerie in Paris in one spot! Tried a mixture of the cakes and the breads - and everything was fantastic! My favourites are the apple turnover, the mont blanc, the Celeste and the Baba Rhum. I definitely want to go back to try more of everything. Also, love the beautiful and sturdy packaging - I carried it back to London and all the pastries stayed intact.

Great customer experience. Yummy desserts. Everything taste good and beautifully made. I loved visiting this place. I highly recommend this sweet spot 😍😋🤤

They have one of the best croissants in Paris! The croissant is crunchy yet very buttery. I didn’t have a chance to try the famous Chausson aux Pomme, but their Chausson aux Citron is amazing.

This place was awesome . The pasteries are true art. sophie gave great customer service and helped us pick out the best pastries based on our tastes.

Going Downhill Fast! Used to be our favorite place for baked goods-one of the best in Paris! Unfortunately the quality has gone so bad you’d be better off getting one from a supermarket. Just look at the picture - what disrespect to Pain au chocolat! Stale and bready. 😔👎

Splendid, decadent, romantic. Extremely fine baked goods with impeccable service and improbable textures. Arch interior, food displayed like museum objects, but quite luscious and inviting in its high couture presentation. Wondrous, deep flavors and rich, creamy deserts. Wish I could buy the entire store and eat it.

Came across this place while walking the streets of Paris with my wife. When you first enter it feels like you have entered a jewellery store for desserts and breads. The way they have displayed the products are phenomenal. I tried the croissants and they are to die for. Super fluffy and crunchy with perfect honeycomb layers. You have to try this place out.

I'm always interested in the way women see, and leave their mark on, the world. Lately, one of my biggest thrills has been to see more female film directors and patissiers shape my biggest passions: cinema and pastry, and so I was really looking forward to Claire Damon's Des Gateaux et Du Pain. Sure there are lots of talented pastry chefs that are women, but sadly too few still run large, successful patisseries. Claire has impeccable credentials working with Pierre Herme, at Fauchon, Laduree, and then joining Bristol, Plaza Athenee, before charting her own path in the world of gateaux (with David Granger, who handles the "Du Pain" side of the equation). I never took up art in college, so it's hard for me to spell out how everyone can use the same basics (base, pastry cream), ganaches, mousses, flourishes, garnishes and decorations - and yet, have very different products. It's not that you've not seen generous use of flowers or nuts or berries in presentation at other patisseries, but one look at the Pamplemousse Rosa, Lipstick apricot, Baton De Rhubarbe, J'adore La Fraise - even if your eye is untrained like mine - you can pick up a very different vision, and design, at work here. I went with four different pastries here to see the range of her work: Le Gateau au Chocolat: soft cocoa biscuit, bitter chocolate ganache, chocolate mousse. Vert Absinthe: Shortbread pastry, lime cream and mint leaves, green tomato jelly and candied angelica. Le Calisson: almond biscuit, almond and apricot paste jelly, apricot compote, candied melon cubes. Baton De Rhubarbe: almond biscuit, vanilla cream, cream with rhubarb. They were all thoughtfully designed with the ingredients complementing each other well. I did not expect the Vert Absinthe to be my favorite, but the intense lime cream and the aroma of the mint leaves was intoxicating. Substantively different. Memorable. For some reason, the other sharply etched memory while observing the pastry was the translucence of the gelee... Des Gateaux et Du Pain: Imaginative. Original. Delicious. (4.5 stars. Rounding down because I really didn't like either the caramel fleur de sel sables or the speculous cookies)

I decided to come to Des Gâteaux et du Pain for its Kashmir -- a soft biscuit, crème brûlée, hints of dates and citrus and a mind-blowing vanilla mousse. Although I was already planning on getting this particular pastry, I was overwhelmed with how aesthetic and tasty everything looked. This place offers a wide variety of desserts and tiny cakes that'll satisfy any taste palette. The prices are steep (10€ minimum to use a credit card), with each little dessert cake around 7€. This might not become a regular stop for me because of the prices, but it'll be a tasty treat to have every so often. Additionally, the Pains aux Raisins was amazing - it was flaky in just the right ways and the raisins were spread evenly and added a hint of sweetness. This shop obviously knows how to execute traditional Parisian treats. I would recommend this place to anyone, not to mention the location is great as well.

We bought two items from Des Gateaux. One item was the chassoun au pomme. It outshines any American Danish, but there are better things in Paris to eat. Eating it wasn't a waste, but when you only have one stomach, and there are so many good pastries, there are better items available. The other item purchased was the lipstick cerise pistache. OMG! This was one of the top 3 things I ate in Paris, and I don't take this lightly. I went around finding the award-winning pastries, croissants, baguettes, etc. The airiness - the acidity - the sweetness - the flavors - the crunchy nuts. It all worked so perfectly together. It was 7 Euros, so it wasn't cheap, but it's SO WORTH IT!

Best pastry place we went to in town (although the best Croissant is right across the street at Cafe Varenne! shh!) You can't really go wrong with anything here, but the big standouts for me were the Pain Au Chocolate and the Rhubarb tart. Make sure to get the Rhubarb tart! Everything is freshly made regularly and as best-in-class presentation and flavor. Worth the trip! Try and get there right when they open at 10 to get the pastries at their freshest.

We got our morning pastry fix at Des Gâteaux et du Pain on Friday before heading to Lyon to watch the Women's World Cup (USA! USA! USA!). This location was pretty close to our hotel and the Luxembourg Gardens, where we had taken our daughter to play that morning. What makes this patisserie (boulangerie?) different from others that we've been to so far is its "modern" feel. The room is small and quite sleek-looking, so it feels like you're in some contemporary gallery bake shop. Not bad, per se, just...it's own thing. We skipped desserts, though they looked amazing, and settled on a chocolate croissant, a mini cheese quiche, and a rhubarb turnover kinda thing. Croissant was good, but not as chocolate-forward as we would have liked. We also enjoyed the quiche, but room temperature quiche isn't as good as warm quiche (nobody to blame, just the situation). Our absolute favorite was the rhubarb treat--it was our first time eating that fruit (vegetable??) in a pastry and we absolutely loved it. All in all, not our favorite breakfast experience, but we did like it and would definitely recommend it if you want to try something a bit more "a la mode" in Paris.

Des Gâteaux et du Pain is like a jewelry store of pristine pastries. This shop is GORGEOUS! You must make sure you order one of these sugary jewels AND a croissant.

Another little pastry shop where the pastries are displayed like jewellery and where the staff is attentive and unbothered. I came for their famous little lemon tart and I was quite disappointed by it but the highlight came from that amazing apple tatin that has a little je ne sais quoi that would make me come back again! Their Croissants are really good as their lemon curd chausson. In another word, it has more goodness than what I thought and I would be back to try more.

Rue du Bac is just about the best pastry street in Paris. If what you see here doesn't tempt you, then try a Paris-Brest at the Patisserie des Rêves or less expensive fare at Secco or chocolates at Marcolini or chocolate mousse in a cone at Chapon or a Millefeuille at Angelina. They are a bit obsessed with rhubarb at the moment and also strawberries. Consensus at my house was that the strawberry fare was the best. Offerings change so don't go expecting one certain thing or you might be disappointed. Prices are on the high end, but better to overspend on pastries than on t-shirts.

I read about this bakery in the Paris pastries app, the pictures looked amazing so I thought I should give it a try. Unfortunately, the pastry I got was not to my liking. But I rated this place a 4 star because of the quality of their pastries. Their pastries are more of a liquor pastries (they soak their baked goods in a sweet liquor). Which I'm sure this technique has a large fan base, which is why it is labeled as one of the best bakeries- just not for me. The liquor over powered the flavors of the bread. Other than that their service and presentations were on point.

What a beautiful store. Cakes on one side. Pasties on the other. We went to the Rue de Bac location. Had a dark chocolate mousse cake that was perfect. Not too sweet. Their croissants were fantastic too. Highly recommend visiting.

I wished we had this back in California. Simply amazing presentation and taste. The croissants are to die for! No wonder they won the contest. I can't wait to go back to Paris to just visit this shop!

This place was not worth the hype. I read on several publisher sites that this has the best chocolate croissant in Paris. It was mediocre at best. The worst was the woman working who couldn't be more rude. When asked what other baked goods/pastries were popular at their bakery she said they're not really known for anything. We went with the chocolate croissants (underwhelming) and the sourdough bread (literally burnt). I would've been more satisfied stumbling into one of the many other bakeries in Paris.

I read online that this is the best croissant in Paris, so I tried one. It was indeed very good, and the outside was crunchy and the inside was soft and full of substance. I thought it could have been lighter and crunchier outside, but it was delicious nonetheless. At €1.50 a croissant, it's somewhat expensive, but it's worth a try!

In my mind, Des Gateaux et Du Pain is the finest pâtisserie in Paris. Claire Damon's work is phenomenal, a showcase of balance in terms of both flavors and texture. The j'adore la fraise is my favorite pastry in Paris, and the croissant au beurre is tied with Blé Sucré's for my favorite in Paris. While Blé Sucré's version is super flaky everywhere, slightly sweet, and swimming with butter in every bite, Des Gateaux's croissant is - you guessed it - restrained. The outside is golden, crispy, and just a tiny bit flaky but has a terrific bite and flavor. The inside holds up perfectly, very fluffy, slightly sweet and a tiny bit salty, incredible flavor. And with that, onto the pastries: J'adore la fraise (6.80€): gateau based soaked in strawberry juice, strawberry mousse, strawberry compote center, strawberry crème, strawberry confit cubes and whole strawberries, all wrapped in a mild almond gateau. The ultimate strawberry pastry, the gateau base is incredible, somehow avoids being mushy despite being soaked with strawberry juice. The mousse and compote are delicious; working perfectly with the gateau base to create a ton of different textures and flavors, love the gateau wrapper as well. Like I said, it's probably the best piece of pastry I had in Paris, a perfect strawberry creation and a definite must-have, 10/10. St. Honoré Pistache Griotte (8.00€): pâte sablée base, pistachio cream puffs, Sicilian pistachio crème, black cherry compote in the center. Another beautiful pastry, very strong pistachio crème, thicker than a normal Chantilly (I'd eat that stuff out of a bowl) balanced by the super tart cherry center. Choux puffs were firm and perfectly baked, delicious pistachio crème inside, tasty and substantial shortcrust, not feuille base, added great texture. Superb in terms of flavor, sweetness, balance, texture, and presentation. The succulent ripe cherry on top was, well, the cherry on top. 10/10. Lipstick Cerise-Pistache (6.80€): look at them lips! Croustillant base, vanilla crème, stewed cherry compote, Sicilian pistachio crème, cherry glaze. Looks simple on the surface, but like all of Claire Damon's works, it has a ton of different layers. The croustillant base was buttery and crispy with nice bits of roasted almond, vanilla cream was light and with vanilla bean flecks. The stewed cherries were amazingly tart and juicy, pistachio cream was full of flavor, lighter than the crème in the Saint Honoré, and had the perfect tongue pleasing consistency. Again, a terrific flavor combination, amazing textures, outstanding balance, 9/10. Paradisi (6.50€): rhubarb and pomelo grapefruit tart, with vanilla crème. The strong vanilla added some nice sweetness to the tart, fresh rhubarb and whole pieces of sour grapefruit. The substantial, crunchy pâte sablée shortcrust was excellent. Loved that it wasn't too sweet, like I find most tarts to be. Nice combination of flavors, a very refreshing and tart tart, 8.5/10. Pamplemousse rosa (6.80€): Gateau base, whole pomelo grapefruit slices, grapefruit confit, and rose mousse. The light, airy rose mousse was very strong in rose flavor, unlike most rose-perfumed desserts, necessary to balance the sourness of the grapefruit. Liked it more and more as I took more bites of it, an unusual flavor that works surprisingly well. I still find rose and grapefruit to be a bit at odds with each other terms of flavor, doubt anyone else could have pulled this off, 8/10. Cheesecake pamplemousse (6.20€): pomelo grapefruit cheesecake with almond biscuit base and grapefruit compote center. The acidity and tartness of grapefruit works really well with the light and fluffy cheesecake, definitely not the American style of cheesecake. The biscuit base was excellent and provided some much-needed texture. If anything, the cheesecake could have been a little sweeter (how often do I say that?), I think rhubarb compote would have been terrific here, 8/10. Kashmir (6.80€): almond gateau base, candied orange slices, orange-date compote, saffron and vanilla crèmes. Another unique flavor combination, loved the buttery, dense and moist almond gateau. The layers of vanilla and saffron crème were tasty with the perfect consistency, only subtly spiced with saffron. As a result, the candied orange overpowered the saffron, and I didn't get much of the date flavor. Compared to the rest of the pastries at Des Gateaux et Du Pain, this falls a bit short in terms of balance, even though the individual components are excellent, 7.5/10 Pricey, yes, but all of Des Gateaux et Du Pain's products are of impeccable quality.

We were gifted the St Honore and the Kashmir and the Rose Grapefruit Sablès (butter cookies). Highly recommend all of them... in fact they were sooo good we went back and got a lime/pineapple cake and glazed chestnuts....also good....I would most definitely recommend the glazed chestnuts and the Kashmir and St Honore cakes. Also the service was very friendly.

Very disappointing. Uneven quality in their products, and when shown, they get rude about it. " It's made with love " is supposed to correct all faults. Do yourself a favor and go to Pierre Herme, Victor et Hugo or many others for superior products and less attitude from the staff.

I am very picky with good pastry and croissants - so I cannot be more excited to highlight this gem for all others like me ;) Beautiful shop, friendly service, but most importantly, delicious, flakey wonderfully made treats. From the simple to the extravagant. Enjoy.

Of all the places we visited in Paris this was the only one that embodied the stereotype of rude anti American service. The cakes looked gorgeous, but nothing is worth being treated as if you don't belong.