The best butter croissants and baguette we had in Paris.

We walked by one day, a sign said they have award winning croissants so we had to give them a try. The croissant was warm, and when we got to the middle, it was pretty doughy and very buttery. I enjoyed it, but it certainly wasn’t what I’d consider an award winning croissant. I figured it must be a fluke, there’s no way that croissant won any awards. Since we passed that area often, we gave it another try. Boy am I glad we did. The croissant is indescribable. Buttery and rich, but beautifully fluffy and flaky. Hands down the best croissant I’ve ever had, and I’ve tried many. Glad we bought a few. I’ll be craving it until our next visit.

On our last day we bought several baguettes from boulangeries in the area, some of them award winning. We were surprised that the baguette from Maison D’Isabelle was our favorite.

My one criticism is that the staff are unfriendly and impatient. I’m not a local, I had no idea what pastries they had or what most things were called, and yet each time we went they pressured us to give our orders as soon as we stepped in the door, before we had time to look at what they had. When we didn’t know what we wanted immediately, we got some serious attitude.

Still, the croissants were insanely good and we’ll be back.