La Boulangerie de la Cité — Restaurant in Carcassonne

NEVER EVER ORDER A DRINK HERE

We felt absolutely robbed after paying 4,40€ for the smallest coffe we've ever seen and 5'9€ for a glass of warm water and a tea bag. Honestly, don't be fooled by the charming ambiance. Even the staff seemed like they didn't want to be there. The woman who made our order had to remake our coffe (which is saying a lot as she just had to press a botton on an automatic machine), because we asked for ice with it and she put a single cube of ice on a small paper cup before selecting the "latte" option on the machine, causing Archimedes Law to go into effect and the coffe overflew the cup. Her genius solution was to give us an even smaller coffe.

The tea was fine? I guess? But for the price of 5,9€ i want something more than hot water on a small paper cup and a tea bag. At leat give me a teapot so i can make some use of it.

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Nathalie, the manager of the bakery is charming, friendly, patient and welcoming. We went to the bakery 3 times today. 1st for petite dejeuner, then to pick up some items to have in our Airbnb- baguette cheese wine jam, then again to enjoy a late afternoon pastry with coffee. Each time we were welcomed with her warm smile and joyful energy. She’s been there since 8:00am and it was now after 5:00pm and she was still happy and friendly. These were our favorite baguettes in the 2 weeks we’ve spent so far in France. And the red fruit preserve we purchased was delicious. The perfect balance of sweet and tart. The croissant was buttery and flaky and the coffee was delicious. That’s why we kept...

The pastries were great but it is very unfortunate that everything is served on flimsy paper boards and even the utensils were nearly unusable paper. I am all about sustainability but for in house dining I think actual plates and utensils and coffee/tea cups would be better. The garden seating area is lovely but the inside area was poorly managed. You get your items at the counter then choose a table - fine but as soon as I started preparing my tea in a paper cup we were told we had to move tables. Just rude. But the...