Monique Patisserie LLP — Restaurant in Delhi

There are places you walk into with hope. And then there are places like Monique Patisserie — where you walk in with expectation. High, unapologetic, and born out of a track record that rarely stumbles.

Having already fallen for their stunning entremets — the Éclairs, the impossibly elegant Le Café Noir, the textural marvel that is Le Rocher Noisette — we returned, not curious but confident. And once again, Monique did what it does best: quietly, confidently impress.

This time, it was the Raspberry Dark Chocolate entremet that stole the spotlight — glossy, perfectly balanced, with that sharp hit of berry dancing against the richness of chocolate. A textbook example of restraint and indulgence coexisting in one bite.

And just when we thought we were done, we were offered samples of their tea cakes — Pistachio and Raspberry. Let’s just say, if restraint is a virtue, we lost all virtue that afternoon. Moist, flavourful, and beautifully balanced — they had no business being just “samples.” They were good enough to headline.

The thing about Monique is that it doesn’t scream for attention. It doesn’t dress up its desserts in unnecessary theatrics. What it offers instead is quiet excellence. Precision. And an understanding of flavour that’s both French at heart and refreshingly Indian in its joy.

We’ll be back. Of course we will. Probably sooner than we should.

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I came across this French patisserie in Delhi that talks about bringing French flavours to the city. Unfortunately, the place has completely failed to recreate the Parisian magic. I ordered a chocolate macaron, Paris brest, mango entremet and the chocolate mango and passion fruit dessert. The macaron was decent but nothing quite close to the original cookies from Laduree in Paris. The mango entremet lacked both texture and flavour. It seems like a dull and boring piece of sugar and cream with jellied mango. The chocolate mango passionfruit dessert was okiesh but it seemed more like 3 unrelated flavours packed into 1. And finally, the Paris Brest. The dessert I was really excited to taste. To my dismay, the choux pastry tasted so eggy and soggy. The hazelnut and almond praline was bland and had a weird texture. Overall, I spent close to 2400 for these underwhelming, overpriced and extremely tiny pieces of dessert that can, at best, be called...

Dearest gentle readers,

If I can sum up my experience about Monique in a sentence, that sentence is ‘This is the BEST place in town.’

Hands down the most amazing desserts and croissants 🥐 I can’t pick a favourite from all things I ate, they are all my favourite, but let me say this, the pavlova I had here was better than the best pavlova I’ve had anywhere in Australia so far.

I’ll be back here ever time I visit Delhi.

Thank you Cafe Monique for making my stay...