Best Pâtisserie Venues in Paris

Classical French pâtisserie under the Pyramides arcades — tea room facing the Tuileries

The trompe-l'oeil fruit pastries you've seen on Instagram — boutique and salon

Myriam Sabet's Levantine pâtisserie — kadaïf 1001-feuilles that Istanbul visitors instinctively recognise.

Former Hugo & Victor relaunched under the chef's name — 2003 French Dessert Champion's first eponymous boutique

Japanese-French pâtisserie since 2001 — matcha, yuzu and black sesame on classical French structures

Japanese-precision French classical pâtisserie on avenue de Breteuil — Saint-Honoré as the benchmark

Cyril Lignac and Benoît Couvrand's original 11e patisserie — the Equinoxe was born here

Yann Couvreur's first patisserie since May 2016 — the original room with the fox-mark logo

Gaston Lenôtre's flagship since 1957 — the Plaine Monceau room that taught a generation of French pastry chefs

Paris's oldest pâtisserie since 1730 — Louis XV's pastry chef's listed shop on rue Montorgueil

Mickaël Benichou's 2013 patisserie-boulangerie — painted-ceiling 19th-century shop, marble counter heaped with bread

1927 Trocadéro tea-room — marble tables, white aprons, view across to the Tower.