Want a change from classic éclairs and tarts? In Paris, original pastry shops offer trompe-l'oeil cakes, offbeat creations, rare foreign specialties, and boldly reimagined desserts. Something to surprise both your taste buds and your eyes!
On both the Right Bank and Left Bank, more and more pastry shops are betting on originality, playing with shapes, ingredients, cultures, and techniques. The result: surprising, sometimes stunning pastries that attract both food lovers and curious people in search of new experiences.
Among the emerging concepts are trompe-l'oeil cakesthat look just like fruit, objects, or savory dishes. Behind the visual effect often lies a perfectly executed dessert, where textures and flavors complement each other with precision. Other places have fun revisiting classics, with inverted millefeuilles or Paris-Brest pastries with unexpected flavors.
And then there are certain Parisian pastry shops that focus on little-known foreign specialties, such as Lebanese desserts, Southeast Asian sweets, and Eastern European cakes, often revisited with a contemporary twist. In short, you go there for the surprise, but you come back for the balance of flavors and technical mastery!
Café de la Rose Lancôme by Etienne Leroy, World Pastry Champion, on the Champs-Elysées.
Following Nina Metayer, Etienne Leroy takes the helm at Café de la Rose on the Champs-Élysées. World Pastry Champion and Lenôtre chef, he creates delicacies as delicate as a petal and subtly scented. [Read more]
ABRA: Tal Spiegel's Unique Bakery in the Heart of Paris's 4th Arrondissement
ABRA, Tal Spiegel's first patisserie, opens its doors this Wednesday, June 24, 2025, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. Imagine a singular place that blends graphic design and French patisserie. You'll discover pastries that are as beautiful as they are tasty and well-balanced, changing viennoiseries and ephemeral, gourmet plated desserts. [Read more]
Le Ritz Paris Le Comptoir by François Perret, now with 2 locations in Paris, including one on the Left Bank
Ritz Paris Le Comptoir is François Perret's signature patisserie-tea room, now on rue Cambon and rue de Sèvres. Two Parisian addresses for a sweet, chic and generous interlude, between elongated croissants, madeleines, original éclairs and pastry drinks. [Read more]
Baiman's Cake: pastry shop, tea room and gourmet workshops in Montreuil
Baiman's Cake is Montreuil's new gourmet spot, combining an artisanal patisserie, a spacious and convivial tea room and even a large workshop where you can learn to make your own cakes and pastries in carefully designed workshops. A gourmet and enriching address to discover. [Read more]
Sweet Intuition: the gourmet patisserie and tearoom where you can create your own cake from A to Z
For those of you with a sweet tooth, Sweet Intuition is the place to indulge in delicious homemade desserts, made to order, in the Montorgueil district. [Read more]
Fu Castella opens a patisserie-tea room in the Marais for divine snacks and tea times
Fu Castella is the ultra-moist pastry shop that's already all the rage in Paris's 13th arrondissement. Fu Castella has now set up shop in the Marais, Paris 4th arrondissement, offering a beautiful tea room with exotic sweets, original tea times, ice creams and hot and cold drinks for you to try. [Read more]
Pâtisserie Nèulo, the temple of flan by Pierre-Jean Quinonero
Nèulo is the name of the Provencal patisserie-concept store imagined by Gauthier Rosario and Pierre-Jean Quinonero, French Dessert Champion. Originally dedicated to waffles, the 5th arrondissement Paris venue has changed its tune to become a paradise for all types of flan. From marble flan to lemon flan and the famous vanilla flan, this is the spot for fans of the iconic Parisian pastry. [Read more]
La Pâtisserie Mélilot, the 20th arrondissement's artisanal gourmet haunt
La Pâtisserie Mélilot is the charming gourmet haunt nestled on rue de la Réunion in Paris's 20ᵉ arrondissement. Imagined by chef Sabrina Allard, this little neighborhood nugget offers us a short range of artisanal cakes and pastries. Among them are creations based on melilot, an aromatic plant with vanilla and tonka bean aromas that deserves to be better known. [Read more]
Christophe Michalak's bakery, patisserie and chocolate shop Étienne Marcel, Paris 1er
Gourmet alert, Christophe Michalak has just opened his new boutique in the 1ᵉʳ arrondissement of Paris. Head to rue Etienne Marcel to discover this new gourmet spot, which for the first time brings together pastry, bakery and chocolate all in one place. [Read more]
Fu, the coffee shop and brunch pastry shop in the 13th arrondissement, takes you on a journey to Asia
Are you tempted by a new pastry and coffee shop with Asian flavors? Matcha, sesame and pandan, as well as durian and kimchi, enliven the cakes and dishes in this new spot opening in Paris's 13th arrondissement. From breakfast to lunch and afternoon tea, of course, it's all about unusual treats and brunch every day. We take you on a discovery tour. [Read more]
Ginko, the 19th arrondissement's nugget pastry shop with Franco-Japanese-Moroccan flavors
Ginko is the name of this little neighborhood patisserie that delights the 19th arrondissement. It's a place where you'll discover creative patisseries with a hint of travel, which we're sure you'll love to try - a real editor's favorite. [Read more]
Durian puff pastry brioche from Bopain
Love it or hate it, Durian is a fruit that gets people talking! In any case, at Bopain, you'll find this unique viennoiserie on Saturdays, accompanied by a Pandan puff pastry brioche to complete the discovery. [Read more]
Long & Tee, an unusual tea room with trompe-l'œil pastries
Long & Tee is an astonishing Chinese tea room in the 9th arrondissement. Here you can sample Asian delicacies and try out the astonishing trompe l'oeil pastries. [Read more]
T'Xuan: tea room, tea time and Chinese pastry shop in Paris
T'Xuan is a Chinese tearoom in Paris, offering you the chance to sample little-known specialties and gourmet pastries. For culinary adventurers and lovers of Asian flavors, here's your next favorite. [Read more]
Mochi Mochi Aki, the new gourmet store of Aki Paris
Mochi Mochi Aki is the name of the new boutique just opened by Aki Paris. Following in the footsteps of Aki Boulangerie and Aki Café, Mochi Mochi Aki has also set up shop on rue Saint-Anne to delight fans of mochi, melon burgers and other sweet treats. Find out what's in store. [Read more]
Wonderland, the unusual patisserie - tea room
Direction Alesia and Rodolphe Groizard's Wonderland pastry shop. This former chef of a starred restaurant has a passion for trompe-l'oeil and dedicates his pastry shop-tea room to original creations that are as surprising visually as they are in taste. Cactus, armchair, merry-go-round or Moaï statue are part of his desserts that will ravage your table! [Read more]
Tartelettes, the unusual pastry shop for sweet and savory pies in Paris
Tartelettes is an original Parisian patisserie that invites you to discover delicious tarts in both sweet and savory versions. Here's an address that's sure to please everyone! [Read more]
The pastry shop of Cédric Grolet, pastry chef of Le Meurice
If you're a pastry lover, you'll be familiar with Cédric Grolet, the pastry chef at Le Meurice, famous for his fascinating cakes, and especially for his fruit sculptures! While his cakes used to be served only in Le Meurice restaurants, you can now delight your loved ones with his pastries, available to take away. You're sure to fall in love! [Read more]
Find the location of all these addresses by clicking on the map at the bottom of the article.
