La Patisserie Francaise

A little conflicted because my parents love this place and we’ve been going here for most of my life, but I never really understood why to be honest.
I’ve gone here a few times on my own and tried their tarts, croissants and coffee and never really enjoyed any of them that much. I mean, it’s fine, but I don’t get the allure of it.
I see a few of these comments are about the cleanliness of the shop and I kinda get it. It looks a little dirty from the inside. I guess going so often has pretty much made me forget about what it looks like.
I’m not really knocking this establishment; clearly my parents love something about it, but it’s just not for me. The ladies that work there have been nothing but nice and welcoming so no complaints about the customer service either

I ordered cheesecake from them, I asked if it was frozen and was assured nothing is frozen, it was clearly frozen! It wouldn’t have been a big deal had they not lied about it. The location was dirty and the employees were casually talking about their weekends. The cheesecake however was good.

I disagree with the comments about the establishment being unsanitary, however I picked up a birthday cake yesterday to serve last night at my Moms birthday party and it was a complete waste as I ended up throwing away a $ 40 cake after every single person stated they couldn’t eat it. You couldn’t taste the chocolate in the cake, or the grand marnier buttercream at all. The cake was dry and the buttercream sections were hard and completely void of flavor. My mistake for trying a new bakery I suppose. Very disappointed.

Blueberry strudel you’ll drown your family in a tub for!
All I gotta say is DAMN! Amazing products store wide and the service is incredible. Sweetest people in the entire world, right next to their sweets in the refrigerated case. I LOVE THIS PLACE AND HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

I finally caved and bought some food here a while back and started going more often.
I can’t speak for their authenticity, but I really like the set up. I don’t know why someone thought this place is dirty, is actually VERY clean.
I’ve also never had issues with stale food, ever.
I do think a few of the items are a little steep in price, but I’m willing to pay it because I personally love the taste (the only real expecting being that there’s tipi much cocoa powder on the tiramisu, so every time I get it, I inhale the powder when I take a bite).
The crepes are pretty good too.
I love the service. I think almost everyone has been super friendly, the one person that wasn’t, was just really quiet.
The only thing I think I have to say is that they need to train their people completely before sending them out «alone». I came in and ordered a crêpe. The lady was super friendly, but had no idea how to make the crepes and had to get someone. The amount of time it took to get the person, the stuff, and to start making it, was longer than it should have been. And in that time, several customers came in. The other lady could have helped them, but didn’t. I felt bad that they all had to wait on me.

Long time customer turned down for a cake order (just small one for my wife’s birthday 5 days in advance because they’re «too busy».
Done with you folks, go to Das Meyer also in Arvada, customer oriented and they took my order happily.

I have such mixed feelings about this bakery. But no means this is an authentic french bakery. As many others have mentioned, the stuff you get, unfortunately, is most likely stale. But if you are lucky and get something that’s not stale, it’s going to be delicious. So here is the trick — go and figure out what is fresh and what is not. And as you can imagine, this is quite a difficult task.
Here are a few pointers on what is good and what should be avoided.
Avoid pretty much everything, but the mousse pastries — be it salted caramel, lemon mousse, Grand Marnier pastries. Those things are fantastic and, most often than not, fresh.
Do not buy macaroons. First and foremost, they are always outrageously stale. The price is tag is even more outrageous — 2.20 for the tiniest macarons I have ever seen? Hey, even Whole Foods is cheaper and you get a bigger and fresher macaron.
Non-​mousse pastries are a hit or miss always. If they are not stale, then they may taste weird. Great cheese danishes, providing you get them fresh.

The location is great. The hours could be longer for us dessert lovers! The staff is fun, friendly, and patient. I had the ‘Wookie’ cookie, tiramisu, cinnamon rolls, and the chocolate ecstasy cake. All of them were ¹⁰⁄₁₀. We bring anyone here that we can, from out of town or looking for a delicious brunch. I love supporting a local business and they really are worth the visit. The prices are awesome too. And they serve coffee and have a cute outdoor table and chairs set! I’m proud of their work and creativity, everyone should go taste their creations!

First off, this place is dingy and looks pretty unsanitary; not only does the place look this way, the food does too. The macarons looked crusty and gritty, there were sugar cookies iced with a thick layer of pastel frosting with creepy black melted sugar faces, cupcakes that look like they were decorated by a toddler, and a basket of some unidentifiable «pastries».
Since I came in to get a baguette I thought «well maybe dessert just isn’t the bakers strong suit» so I purchased the bread and left. I broke into it when I got home and not only was it stale and clearly not made that day, it also tasted like school lunch rolls (you know the frozen white bread ones?) and didn’t come close to resembling the texture of a real baguette.
Definitely avoid wasting money here.

Stopped in with my wife and kids for a quick treat and we loved it! The kids got a pecan and a cinnamon roll, while my wife and I got crepes. The only thing keeping this from a 5 star is that the lemon and sugar crêpe my wife got was overly sweet for her taste.
Would definitely recommend!

Was excited to go to a French pastry shop and drove all the way from Boulder to try this place after a serious macaron craving set in. Absolutely terrible. Nothing in this shop is even vaguely French, the macarons I got didn’t even have «feet,» indicating they weren’t actual macarons… Basically lousy meringues that were stale and crunchy. As someone who visits France a few times a year, this place is to be avoided at all costs. They use «cream» instead of custard in their pastries as well, meaning they get or make an artificial filling with mystery ingredients, rather than using custard, which has wholesome ingredients and is more time consuming to make. This place might do for a sugar craving but is terrible if you expected actual French pastries. Take your business elsewhere!

Yummy pastries, but the other day they gave me 3 really stale macarons. Bitting into them was very hard and crunchy.

I’m sad to write this review, but I feel others should know what to expect from this establishment. La Patisserie Francaise in Arvada used to be my bakery of choice and I am very disappointed in both my last purchase from them and their customer service.
I purchased their lemon filled cake with Coconut icing for my Husband’s birthday and when I served the cake, neither of us could eat it. It was so sour that it tasted bitter.
I decided that I would go back to the bakery and see what they could do to make it right… boy did I get a shock. They told me that they were sorry I didn’t like the taste of the cake but that it was supposed to taste that way. I explained that neither me nor my husband could eat it. They still just shrugged and said sorry.
I asked for a refund or a replacement. I was told that I could have a 25% refund but they would not replace it. They insisted that nothing was wrong with it. I took the meager pittance that they gave me as a refund and left.
Sadly I will never return. I say sadly because I used to get good service and good products, but I won’t waste my time and hard earned money there again.

Stopped by to pick up some desserts for a dinner party. The girl who served me was very helpful, showing me her favorites as well as the most popular dessert offerings. They were a hit at the dinner party. I would recommend this local bakery in an instant.

I am torn about this establishment. For now they received 3 Generous Stars in my books coz I only managed to purchase 2 pastry items from this bakery. This recent visit was on Monday December 8^th 2014. When we entered this bakery, on the front right section, there is a Crêpe Station Maker. I did not know about that. Maybe shall return just for those. In terms on what they offer that Monday morning, it tends to be rather slim offerings, to which those pastries «calling» my name, «purchase me». «purchase me»…
Hence I settled for the Chocolate Croissant and the Mixed Fruit Tart. The total cost for those are less than $ 10. I should have ask for my purchase receipt but I forgot about it. The Chocolate Croissant is NOT as flaky as I like, and it was just OK. With regards to the Mixed Fruit Tart, it was just OK too. Would I return and travel just across town for bakery goods from this establishment? Maybe so but NOT IN A HURRY. Personally, its 2.5 stars in my books.
All in all Decent aka SEMI-​OK pastry that I purchased from this part of neighborhood/​town. If they are REALLY FRENCH, and they want to showcase their pastry expertise, there is room for improvement.
La Patisserie Francaise,
7885 N Wadsworth Blvd,
Arvada, CO 80 003
Tel: (303)-424−5056
Email :
@235/2014

I definitely love the convenience of this bakery! They have a wide variety of pastries and other desserts so I have not gotten close to trying everything. Most of what we have had including cookies and cakes have been REALLY good with decent prices.
I will knock the macaroons a little bit… I really love that they have a great variety of flavors but I found some to be stale. I think we got a variety of maybe…10 different kinds? I think that most were really fresh and delicious but 3 or 4 of the kinds were stale and unpleasant to eat.
I will definitely be back — but I will definitely ask which macaroon flavors were made that day :)

Ordered some cookies for a baby shower, when we went to pick them up, they said that they lost our order. They then made them real fast, too fast. The cookies look like a child decorated them. We will look elsewhere.

Beautiful croissants. I wanted a breakfast treat on my birthday, and both were delicious. Crispy, flakey, chewy… I was covered in flakes of buttery goodness and I didn’t care! Chocolate croissant is very heavy on chocolate, which I’m sure not too many eaters will oppose. Our banana Nutella crêpe was good but took a while to come out. Luckily it was a nice morning and we enjoyed just hanging out at the bistro tables outside. Sweet little place. Will definitely be back.
Also, would give this five stars if it was cuter. Very plainly decorated, but still lovely. Great for casual mornings, but not for a first date unless you’re a gourmand.

If you love pastries, this is the place!
I was introduced to this French pastry establishment, La Patisserie Francaise, by my daughter in law for breakfast on my last day in CO yesterday. To my delight, it was a perfect recommendation. And it was conveniently nearby.
We found ourselves along w my son indulging and sharing multiple pastries from freshly made crepes off the daily specials board (Nutella & Banana; Turkey, Swiss Cheese & Spinach), warm croissants behind the glass counter (Spinach & Cottage; Ham & Cheese), a boxed chocolate dessert calling out to us (I forget the name but it had liquor in it and was quite smooth on the palate and not too sweet), and five Almond Tuiles cookies (2 to share, 3 for me to take home to my hubby back in AL). We also couldn’t help ourselves w the individually wrapped choices in the ‘day old’ basket priced at 50% off. We grabbed a couple cinnamon rolls from there and had them warm up one for us. It was all delicious! 8P
Unfortunately, the crepes took longer to make than expected as one staff member was being trained when we came in. Other than that, our palates were tantalized w the Almond Tuiles cookies in the meantime while we practiced patience waiting for the hot crepes. Was it worth the wait? You can sure bet on it! Let’s just say that our plates were almost as clean as a mirror. 8]
Give ‘em a try! Maybe even like my daughter in law, make it a mission to try each pastry over some time, but not all in one visit. ;)

Very cute little French bakery. We popped in on our way to the grocery just to try it out and left with an almond croissant and a few tea cakes.
The croissant was buttery and sweet, while the tea cookies were crunchy and only lightly sweetened.
We were served promptly and with care, though there was a mix up on which tea cookies I selected.
Not the best French bakery I’ve been to, but still a solid choice to check out.