Paris Baguette — Restaurant in Santa Clara

Another visit to pick up the cake that we ordered and we couldn't resist trying a few more things. So we got a chocolate croissant, egg bacon mozzarella and cheese tart.

Let me start with the New York cheesecake that we got for my husband's birthday. It was his selection and he absolutely loved it. The cheesecake was yummy and the sweetness was perfect.

The chocolate croissant was too good. It was soft and not overly chocolatey, but had bits of chocolate pieces in it.

Egg bacon mozzarella was good and soft with the egg perfectly cooked. The dish was cold, but we felt it would have been better if it was warm.

The cheese tart was so good and mouth watery and the price of all these dishes were cheaper compared to some other pastry shops.

Visited the place for ordering my husband's birthday cake. A nice spacious shop for pastries, cakes, pudding, freshly baked bread, coffee, tea and so on. The bakery gives you a shopping experience by allowing you to serve yourself all the items (except cake and drinks) in a wooden tray and then go to the counter to get billed. The large variety of pastry and cakes looked so yummy that we were confused on what to buy. Finally we pre-ordered a New York cheesecake for his birthday and bought milk pudding, strawberry lemon croissant, soft cheese cake and mango coconut cake for that evening.

The milk pudding was served in a small glass container and reminded us of the caramel and pure vanilla custard. It was too good but not excellent.

The strawberry lemon croissant was one of the small croissants available at the bakery. It had strawberry inside the pastry puff. The croissant was really yummy and I will definitely buy a larger croissant on my next visit.

The soft cheese cake as the name suggests was very very soft that it melts in your mouth. It was a simple vanilla cake and instead of the flavor what scored here was its texture. There is also strawberry flavor which I am waiting to try sometime.

The mango coconut cake was one that did justice to its name. It had small mango chunks along with whipped cream in between the layers. The whipping cream at the top had coconut in it and thus each bite gives you bought mango and coconut taste.

Overall what I loved was that it was not overly sweet and all the things we tried had a really good texture and flavor.

PS: will soon...

Dress warm. Cold air conditioning Bring big straw

Sometimes warm so bring short- sleeved shirt in car

BLA Almond Pastry/Croissant- extremely dry with no almond paste inside.

Cold Brew Pumpkin Latte- doesn't taste like pumpkin Tiramisu Cheesecake

Ok Ham&Brie

Cool Haus- ice cream cookie chocolate

Pastries Chocolate Cream Puff Bag

Cream Puff bag

Crepe Cake Slice- looks good

Matcha Mochi Donut

Snowman King Creme Donut- no flavor and boring

Tiramisu Tart- small round cup

Cakes Blueberry Chiffon Cake

Mango Coconut Cake Slice- Kathy thought it was light and not good. Too dry. No flavor. Mango not ripe for eating

GOOD Drinks Caramel Macchiato-ask for less sweet

Mocha

Vanilla Latte

Frozen Caramel Coconut Latte- for hot day

Cookies & Creme Mochi Donut

Bakery Items Butter, Pecan Supreme croissant

Chocolate Supreme Croissant

Raspberry almond croissant-M.V. jelly is regular and not as good as S.C. made it

Valentine's Mochi Donut

Strawberry Mochi Donut

Cakes Chocolate Hazelnut Cake Slice with Nutella

EXCELLENT Bakery Items Blueberry Yogurt Came Slice

Brownie

Cherry Cheese Danish

Coffee Croissant Donut (cronut)

Lemon Supreme Croissant

Milk and cereal mochi donut- they use fruity pebbles.

Peppermint Mochi Donut

Pizzetta with Strawberry & Nutella

Pizzetta with Raspberry & Nutella

Pumpkin danish

Pumpkin King Cream Donut- light creamy like air with a hint of pumpkin

Raspberry almond croissant- S.C. is like Stan's jelly Donut

Triple Chocolate Chip Cookie

Refrigerated Mango Coconut Cake Slice-light for hot day

Cup Tiramisu

Drinks Seasonal Maple Oat latte

Cappuccino

Hot chocolate

Iced Caramel Coconut Latte

Iced Cookie Butter Latte

Hazelnut Latte- Scalding hot. Ask them to put some cold milk in or make less hot and it's perfect

Iced Chocolate Hazelnut Latte with Nutella-ASK for less sweet

Matcha Latte-ask for less sweet

Nutella Latte (Chocolate Hazelnut Latte with Nutella)

Peppermint Mocha

Strawberry Smoothie

New For Summer Mango Lemonade Refresher

Watermelon Strawberry...

I’ve been a fan of Paris Baguette for a while, and I’ve visited multiple branches around the Bay Area. However, my experience at the Santa Clara location left much to be desired. While their pastries and baked goods are typically known for being fresh and delicious, this particular branch seems to fall short in that regard.

On my recent visit, the selection on the shelves seemed to have been sitting there for far too long. Some of the items looked like they had been out for days, maybe even a week, without being refreshed. Compared to other Paris Baguette locations, where the baked goods are often warm, flaky, and clearly made fresh that day, this store felt like a stark contrast.

It’s disappointing because the quality control and freshness are usually what make Paris Baguette stand out from other chains. If you’re in the mood for fresh pastries, I’d recommend heading to one of their other branches in the Bay Area instead, where the standards seem to be much higher.

Here’s hoping this location steps it up, as it has the potential to offer the same quality as its...