PAUL — Restaurant in Le Raincy

I want to not like it because it's a massive chain which tries through its brand to replicate the style of a local independent bakery/patisserie. Having said that, the palmier and the canele I just ate were really good - especially the canele with its chewy caramelised exterior and soft boucy vanilla interior. Coffee was fine, above average for a chain place. I know there is a quick turnover of customers, but they need to be better at wiping crumbs from the tables - if I pay their overpriced airport prices then I don't want to sit down at a dirty table just because Paul either doesn't employ enough staff to do this or doesn't train them well enough to know they have to do this. But the canele was...

The pastries and coffee at Paul were good. However, service was slow as it appears that only one person was running the cafe.

We tried the Canele and it was good. It was soft with interesting chewy texture and a rum and vanilla flavour.

Chouquettes were good. They were soft and fluffy.

The Croissant was okay. Would have been better if it was warmed up.

The Americano coffee was not too bad. It was smooth...

I liked Paul 10 years ago but it is not improving since then. Things are a bit going low. The quality of the vinoiseries are not really wow 🤩 as it used to be before. The store in not clean and you can see it through the picture. The coffe is not good. I felt more water 💦 than coffee ☕️ I hope they will get back as Paul of before. Especially at the airport where people are judging a lot about the taste 👅 and...