Café d’Auteur - Specialty Coffee shop & roaster — Restaurant in Paris

I honestly don’t understand people who gave this place a good review.

First of all, when we entered the place, there was no “bonjour”. If you know a bit of the French culture, this is just rude. Anyway. The only available table sill had the dishes from he previous guest. The waiter quickly took them away, which was good. But then, he just placed menus without cleaning the table full of crumbs. We had to ask him to clean it then his reply was “you didn’t give me any time”. Ok.

We ordered a macchiato, a croissant, a cappuccino and a small cake. I’ve NEVER had a macchiato taste THIS BAD. It wasn’t just bitter but also had a taste of the coffee right after you clean your moka. The cappuccino was also bad. I don’t know how you charge 7 euro for a small commercial cake. Weirdly, the croissant wasn’t bad at all, but it certainly doesn’t worth 3 euro. You pay for the location, but not the quality. There were so many choices of coffee but if you can’t even make a simple macchiato...

We went twice during our six day stay in Paris, we loved it so much. The first time, on a Monday, the cafe was quiet and we enjoyed the viennese coffee, hot chocolate, quiche, and a croissant. Each were delightful and we throughly enjoyed our service from the waitress! The second time (Friday), it was busier, but still received great service. My husband took advantage of the tasting flight option and enjoyed trying the three different espressos. Each were pulled well - the quiche the second time was also delicious. We really appreciated the specialized and intentional attention of the cafe - it's not a rush through spot, though those grabbing take away coffee seemed to be served quickly. Overall, our small breakfast never took longer than an hour and we never felt ignored. We would recommend for a nice quiet breakfast of quality food and coffee in Paris to anyone looking for something different than the quick cafes in the...

This is a high end coffee shop that (I believe) also provides barista training.

I've drunk high end coffee around Europe, and the only place that I've noticed UHT milk being regarded as acceptable is in France. Based on the taste of my latte, I'm pretty certain Café d'Auteur was no exception. In other respects this was a great coffee, but very expensive (€7 I believe).

It's clear that the third wave coffee movement has made great progress in the last five years or so in Paris. I just don't understand the use of UHT milk, it ruins an otherwise great experience. Lait de Montagne is available in all supermarkets, so it isn't a question of availability.

We ended up taking out and only buying one drink, as one member of our group felt that the music was much too loud and was not prepared to pay €7 for a coffee. Music aside, the atmosphere was...