Ainay's Bakery — Restaurant in Lyon

A quick pit-stop before my next journey.

Service was patient and efficient. Not words you normally hear together. And I was assisted very nicely despite speaking only English.

Ordered the Flan Tart, Praline Brioche, Praline Tart, Croissant, Pain au chocolat.

Highly rate their Flan Tart and Praline Tart. Their texture was really good, and I think the flavours were well balanced.

Croissant and Pain au chocolat was good - but perhaps I’m not too much of a connoisseur so can’t say much else.

Praline Brioche was also good - but I personally found the texture a bit uneven. There were the sweet bits I enjoyed, but felt like it was too randomly distributed for my personal taste. Not a bad thing necessarily - but I much preferred their flan/praline tarts above!

Tl;dr a great stop for a pastry run, especially if you’re a...

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