La Belle Baguette — Restaurant in Winnipeg

Over the last five years I’ve been eating and trying new things at this bakery, I can say it’s hit or miss with a lot of their pastries and baked goods. Their signature baguettes are excellent quality, however their variety croissants, tartes, eclairs, and other baked goods can be hit or miss. I’ve tried dozens of their pastries over the years and they can be a problem with your choice of baked goods (excl. baguettes and plain bread items) nearly half of the time. The pastries can be overly sweet, underbaked, lacking in their specified flavour (eg. mocha, dark chocolate). There’s a few instances where I’ve received croissants that were so doughy in the middle, and other times they’ve been dry. Consistency is lacking.

It’s definitely not a bakery I’d recommend going to, which is a shame that we have such little establishments in St. Boniface.

On the other hand, their customer service was nothing ever special or warm. Usually teens/young women working the front counter and have a lack of friendliness. Again, this has been going on for years so I’m not surprised anymore.

As for the atmosphere of the bakery, it’s not a place that you can sit at for an hour or two, cheap metal tables and chairs and a...

No doubt in my mind that La Belle Baguette is THE best place for pastries in the province. They’re made fresh, have full flavors and perfect textures, and come presented as you would fine jewelry in beautiful blue and gold boxes. If you really want to impress someone or show thanks beyond just the typical box of Timbits… this is at least a couple levels beyond that. Not only are you going to an independent bake shop, you are going to THE gold standard. Everything is amazing, and I’d recommend starting with a sweet pastry. Probably one of the croissants with a flavor that fits your fancy. Though they’re a bit expensive (~$5 per item), it’s well worth it. Seating options are present, but there’s not much more to say. Service is fast and friendly. Overall, this is my new go-to bake shop for gifts or when I want a no-compromises, no-gambles...

Well, the food quality here is stellar, absolutely top notch and honestly for what you're getting, the prices are reasonable. Now, my reason for not ranking this higher are two fold. Let me set the sence, I was there at 930 on a Saturday morning and the place was sold out of baguettes. Think about that for a second, "the beautiful baguette" was out of baguettes pretty early I to the day. Now, I can appreciate based on the other things I tried these must be amazing baguettes, but they're in the effing name of the place. That's like KFC running out of C! The other point I think this place could improve is in the flow of customers, and this speaks more to the popularity of this place. But if they had one staffer picked orders and a second working the till, it could potentially...