Jean-Paul Hévin Marais — Local services in Paris

What a bummer, my fave chocolate shop has really gone downhill. Unfriendly, basic service (probably the same dude mentioned here by other unhappy folks). I was traveling back to Nice and wanted my chocolates in a box, apparently you can only get a box if you buy the prepackaged chocolates. If you want to select your own you get a cellophane bag. Literally every chocolate shop in Nice will package your purchase in a pretty box with a nice ribbon and a smile, not here. Now I’m trying to figure out how to get €50 worth of chocolates that have been crammed into a tiny bag back on the train with all my luggage and have them not be destroyed. Very shabby for a supposed luxury shop. I’m sure the snobby clerk will be happy to know they won’t...

Customer service was lovely. The lady helped me pick out a box of five macarons (€13). Look at that selection of chocolate macarons! She put the most popular one in the box for me. Her favourite macaron was the Vanille one, but we could not finish it and threw it away. I generally don’t get chocolate flavoured macarons, but enjoyed this one. The other flavours were not that good. Violette was too sweet and too much a candy flavour. I enjoyed the visit and would try more of their chocolate macarons should I...

We recently bought a series of macarons along this street from multiple locations in the name of science.

While macarons might not be what Jean-Paul Hevin is most famous for, we found these to be of far superior quality, consistency and taste than the more well known competitors along the road. The customer service was also most delightful, despite my rusty French.

Bravo! We will be back soon for more (and for your...