BOULANGERIE PIERRE ALIX - MUSWELL HILL — Restaurant in London

I usually buy bread at Gails round the corner but as I'd missed all their bread I thought I'd try this place. Now, £2.50 for a baguette is a lot so I expected it to be something good. I was so wrong. It was thin and hard and sadly it was Sourdough NOT French bread. I like bread and I hate this 'Undead Frankenstein' bread. I'm not a troll but I'm disappointed. I'm convinced the Sourdough thing is just popular as you don't actually have to make any new dough - you just 'feed' the existing goop in the fridge and it magically grows more of itself. However, I did try some of their cake and it was delicious. I can't in all honesty recommend this bakery for the reasons above. Please see my other reviews of Gail's and Holtwhites of Enfield for authentic...

The bread and the sandwich was amazing. However it was very gross and disgusting to see the lady grab my sandwich with her hands, no gloves or anything like that. She also grabbed the other breads for next customers and she was paying us out at the same time. My sisters were traumatized by this, the lady didn’t look particularly clean. Very unsanitary to be paying people out and grabbing the sandwiches with the same hands. I’ve never seen anything like it. I had to try to forget about it while eating the sandwich but I’m not sure if I will ever be back it’s...

Theoretically excellent and high quality bread (organic, which is amazing), I also find the prices appropriate for the quality. But as some others pointed out, unfortunately, the not ideal hygiene standards mean I rarely buy my bread here. Understand that they don't want to use disposable gloves but I am sure there would be other solutions. I have seen an increased use of tongues for touching small breads but not the large loaves. I know staff should wash hands every 20 minutes but the cloths and towels they use to dry their hands look so filthy...