Pâtisserie de Gascogne

J’adore faire des marches avec mon chéri sur l’avenue Laurier, que ce soit pendant l’ambiance féerique de l’hiver ou durant l’été, et à chaque fois que j’en fais, je m’arrête à la pâtisserie de Gascogne. J’aime l’ambiance européenne et sa situation idéale sur l’avenue. Les pâtisseries sont un peu chères mais valent tellement la peine, avec un bon chocolat chaud ou un cappucino. Approuvé!

Oops, I ate my Éclair before taking a photo: P Luckily I still have another cake!
This place has a great selection of fresh baked cakes, baguette and breads, pastery, salads and fantastic coffee. If you are in the area it is a must.

A mon avis très surfait. Les pâtisseries sont tout juste correctes, et les petites feuilles d’or collées partout (grotesque) né les rendent pas plus fines. La plus grosse déception vient des croissants qui ont le goût et la texture des croissants de boulangerie industrielle. On trouve les mêmes chez Metro. Pour des vrais croissants au beurre, faites un détour par Froment et Sève à Rosemont.

Best cappuccino around. Tarte provencale was delicious. You have to get here early enough to get it.
They also sell wedding cakes, and beautiful deserts.
At Christmas, they have a giant chocolate Santa for viewing.
Kind of pricey however.

Best Almond Croissant I have ever had! This patisserie is hidden gem. They also delicious key-​lime pie. The have a beautiful outdoor seating area. The staff is very friendly and the dessert selection is great. Lots of variety from cakes to croissants to pies and so on. Highly recommend to check out this patisserie. Bön appetit!

good pastries but mighty expensive!
what i do like is their seasonal treats mainly during pumpkin season. i love the pumpkin pie. well, i should actually say pumpkin tart, a french twist on the pie. tart shell instead of pie and the pumpkin filing that you know and love but without being as spicy nor as sweet, just perfect. one slice is never enough so i always get the whole tart minus the slice i’m eating right away.
they have other stuff but, imo, its not as good as their tarts so i usually don’t bother and with it being pricey, its more of a once in a blue moon treat than a daily/​weekly occurance for me

It is true — this place is expensive.
This is the kind of place where you buy gifts and treats for the out-​of-​towners visiting or to bring to your friends from somewhere else. They package everything so very nicely and have their pretty sticker on everything and have a nice bag, etc. i.e. the presentation of their treats is very excellent.
But to come here a lot to just binge and indulge for yourself — it gets very very expensive… I’ve done it, though, and I do encourage you to visit this place to try some of their treats! They are quite good.
Chocolates — I think they make them here. They all look very much like works of art. Each little ball looks like it is special. They do taste good. The white one has brown stuff in it, and is not as good as the other ones in my opinion, but that is just a taste-​thing. When I eat their truffles, I feel like I am eating my money away quite quickly. (But really, money doesn’t taste as good as these things anyway)
Pastries — Pretty and not cheap. Both mille feuilles are great, but I’m not a connoisseur of million-​feuilles, so that is my humble opinion. Tarts delicious
Cookies/​breads — Very good and fresh
Food — overpriced! Don’t go here to eat! Seriously. I have not yet eaten something here that I would ever eat again, although I have eaten ‘real’ food here too.
I have found the staff here very nice and helpful.
There are these little pretty squares in the refrigeration section that are like mini cakes. I was going to get them, but they were $ 20. Ouch.
Summary — when you go crazy on a food binge, your wallet will feel it. It is a great place to get gifts for others’ because there food looks so pretty, is packaged so elegantly, and tastes very good. Not for the struggling student to go to regularly. You’ll be fat AND broke.

A must visit place in Montréal!
Great selection of French pastries. Their cold salads are always great if you are stopping in for breakfast, along with their delicious croissants. If you are hungry, definitely won’t be disappointed, the quiche is great, also surprising since this is a French pâtisserie, the pizza is quiet amazing.
The coffee is okay, definitely not their forte, but it is good enough to complement the pastry they sell.
They do mille-​feuille very well here. It is one of my favorite French pastries, and I’m definitely quiet picky about it. Not the best I’ve ever had, but still great, the only suggestion I have is to ask when they were made, since a proper mille-​feuille is supposed to be crunchy, and it get stale, it loses the crunchiness and spoils the whole thing (see I told you I am picky about them.)
If you visit in the warmer time of the year, the patio is great. They lack a bit of seating on the inside, make sure to find a spot before you get your goodies, or you might be left to stand up.

Bien ancrée dans le bastion même de la bourgeoisie montréalaise, il est alors agréé que la clientèle se déploit au plus grand de leur estime, même pour un fruste baguette de pain!
Le croissant amandine est feuilleté sans être trop maladroit en bouche; la quantité de beurre est juste. Quant au café, ben c’est du café! La pâtisserie offre un éventail de produits sucrés (viennoiseries et confisserie) et salés (charcuterie et plats cuisinés).

Extremely disappointed. I had high hopes when I came in the store and saw all the beautiful cakes but I found both my croissant and my ficelle to be thoroughly disappointing. The croissant was barely even flaky, mediocre, and could have come from Loblaws. The bread absolutely did not taste fresh (and I picked it up at about 11 am) and felt like it was almost stale. Both were also rather pricey. I won’t go back.

3.5 stars
We got pastries to go here, and overall what we ordered was delicious. It’s a bit hard to tell if the laminated doughs would have been a bit better if we ate it there because our three items — croissant, chocolate croissant, and apricot croissant — were all piled in a paper bag and squashed a bit. We did eat them shortly afterwards at our hotel and the flavors were great, but the fluffiness I expected was not there due to the way they were packaged up.
We also ordered two eclairs with chocolate pastry cream inside, and they were beautifully made and tasted wonderful. The pastry cream inside was just sweet enough and had a good chocolate flavor.
Overall I’m a fan.

This place is great, just love the fresh patisseries.
After reading this post made me go.

I was born in Montréal and live in Napa, CA, food and wine capital of the USA. I travel the world on a regular basis and I seek out good pastry and chocolate wherever I go. This place cannot be beat, not in Paris, Vienna, Budapest, Hong Kong, New York City or anywhere else I have looked. Suck up the price and go there. Get as many French pastries as you have people and cut them all in half, so everone can have two. Maybe get an extra mille feuille or two. There’s an addict in every group.
Any of their addresses will give you the same wonderful quality.

Une belle boulangerie traiteur, qui demande plusieurs visites avant d’être appréciée. Mais cela vaut la peine de s’entêter, revenez et vous allez vous y retrouver.
Quelques belles trouvailles: le pain olives et thym, le sandwich au thon, les madeleines. Né pas négliger l’offre de pots au chocolat, les fromages, le desserts (attention au prix), l’épicerie de luxe qui elle n’est pas excessive à qualité égale.
Un plus: la gentillesse de l’équipe, au rayon pain boulangerie, et en caisse, c’est rare un endroit où on vous refait un sandwich frais à 5h30 du soir, bravo !
Je n’ai pas encore trouvé comment faire pour se sentir à l’aise en consommation sur place, dans l’espace prévu, mais cela viendra.
Je né regrette pas de m’être entêtée à revenir, cela se mérite !

I visit this place everytime I am in Montréal. Pastries are always fresh with a nice selection. I also stock up on candies imported from France.

Did someone say ‘uppity ambiance, over-​priced coffee and uh-​may-​zing pastries’?? De Gascone is Montréal’s answer to those tourists who complain (rightfully so) that the city doesn’t feel as Parisian as people say it is. Everyone speaks French here, but don’t be intimidated: they usually make an effort to stumble in English for Anglophone customers. The clientele is mostly local Francophones who don’t mind paying double what they should for a pastry. It’s also, well, endearingly geriatric. More gray hairs here than hipster haircuts.
This predominantly-​pastry shop sells expensive charcuteries; mediocre cheeses and meats the price of your unborn child’s inheritance. They sell decorative cakes so statuesque they ought to be injected with formaldehyde and placed in a museum display. Aaaand they sell ça va coffee in a neighborhood brimming with the best beans. SO… don’t visit De Gascone for these edibles. Instead, visit for yummy pastries; croissant aux amandes («amandine»), chausson aux pommes («apple strudel»), and croissant de beurre. You feel a bit like you’re buying something from a factory here, especially when nearby tiny bakery «Cerise sur le Gâteau» offers much more painstakingly/​lovingly made pastries, but some of the fare at de Gascogne is A-​OK.
The pricey take-​away hot lunch items are surprisingly delicious. I like the artisan pizzas, paninis, and pesto boccincini salad. The crab cakes are perfectly-​spiced and flavorful. There isn’t much seating in the café area, so I recommend taking your food «pour emporter» or to-​go.

A large selection of sweet and savory items, as well as a nice outdoor seating area.
Their croissant was quite tasty — light and flaky but still giving a bit of that buttery goodness with each bite.
I had heard that Montréal’s bagels were different (and some claim better) than those found state-​side, so of course I had to taste one for myself. I found it to be denser, crunchier, and slightly sweet. My verdict: Montréal bagels *are* better! The bagel’s firm texture was a perfect complement to the layers of cream cheese, lox, and capers inside my bagel.

This is a pastry shop with a small place to sit down and eat.
Best place in the city for a croissant. Awesome pastries. Good counter service. Somewhat expensive if one isn’t used to paying for good food.

It was open on New Year’s Day which is a miracle; we walked for ages looking for a place to grab lunch and came in here because it was open. That isn’t really a stirring recommendation for a place but there you have it.
I had a chicken salad sandwich that was good; the bread was excellent. My friend had a caesar salad that was sprinkled liberally with bacon bits which didn’t sit well with his vegetarianism. Apparently this is how caesar salads are made in Montréal because we saw this elsewhere. He also got an onion and tomato tart that was quite good. Their coffee was passable; they give you a small handful of chocolate disks with your coffee and the chocolate was better than the coffee.
I liked the ambiance of the place in general, but I don’t know if I’d go back unless I found myself again stranded on a holiday with nothing else open.