Petit Gâteau

Great! Love it! The best little cakes i ever had! Die besten kleinen Kuchen die man sich vorstellen kann. Beim nächsten Amsterdam-​Besuch eine Anlaufstelle!

Have taken classes to learn to cook and bake around the world! this by far was my favorite. I cannot wait to take another class.

This place has picked my interest some times ago due to their name as well as their outside decoration. And so I have decided to come in and see what’s inside.
Gosh, I was melt by the heavenly smell of chocolate and coffee that are all over the places. There was whole range of different bite-​size tarts and I didn’t know which one to choose since all looks yum to me. So I decided to go with one with chocolate mousse on top and one with banana chocolate crumble. Damn, WORTH IT TO TRY!

They have real chocolate eclairs! They were so good the first bite compelled me to recreate the Meg Ryan restaurant orgasm scene from When Harry Met Sally. Thank God I was in the privacy of my own home at my kitchen table when that happened.
They’re a bit pricey, 2 eclairs and 6 petit gateaus cost 21 euros, but I didn’t care, as it was cheaper than a trip to Paris, but just as tasty. All of the petit gateaus were delicious, but I want to give an honorable mention to the caramelized apple (unbelievably strong and clear flavor!) and this one I can’t remember the name of that is a Japanese lemon mixed with mandarin flavors. Maru-​something? It was way more interesting than your average lemon petit gâteau. There appeared to be a class going on at the time I stopped in, which made me glad they were trying to spread their excellence. Definitely check them out!

So I went in for the cooking class — The group was just 6 people — so lots of attention to detail, great friendly teacher and best of all — you get to eat the tarts you make! Yum… reward for all the hard work :)

This place is absolutely delightful! It has a hipster feel and reminded me of my hometown (SF Bay Area). I ordered an iced coffee which came very lightly sweetened with the ice blended on top in a froth. € 2.5.
I also ordered the white chocolate pineapple tart, which came with a light vanilla bean icing. € 2.5. I was initially hesitant on paying so much for a treat smaller than the size of my palm, but it was truly worth it. The pineapple tasted so… fresh. :D Wish I had enough time & money to try out all the other fancy flavors! Other benefits: friendly baristas and free wifi.

Absolutely delicious. We’ve stopped here four days in a row! Tart tartin, peach, apricot…

Mmmmm, yummy.
I walked by here a few times, waiting for the perfect occasion to stop in. That perfect occasion was called «Alethia wants something sweet and so she’ll pretend she’s doing something nice for her colleagues by getting lots of stuff here.»
It worked. They have such an array of really yummy treats. So delicious. Nice service, too!

This charming little bakery has been in my bookmarks for a while and I was very excited when the opportunity arose to check it out. My boyfriend and I went here for brunch. Please note that the menu on the website has been changed and limited to only a few items which led to a bit of disappointment for me. Also, their chef had gone out to do groceries (at 11 am on a Saturday morning) so we waited for an hour for our order. We had pastries to fill the time. Their petit gâteau are to die for. The madeleines are very nice as well. The food once it arrived (scrambled eggs and American pancakes) were also very good. We bought some more boxes of the petit gâteau to take home. They are pricy, but so good that it’s worth splurging on.
In short, yes try their petit gâteau. Don’t come here for brunch alone.

Things just sound more appealing when written in French. Like petit gâteau, little cake. But in this case they also sell an exciting product: little cakes indeed, round and with a diameter of around 7 centimeters — sweet! And there’s something for everyone: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, caramel, crumble, pistachio, almond, apple pie, berries etc.
The cute little ones look so innocent. But don’t come here with a craving for sweets and you «only want to get something small». Meh, you’ll walk out with 3 at least.
You don’t wanna keep all the calories for yourself, isn’t it? Sharing is caring.
Visit the Petit Gâteau stall at the Neighbour Food Market in Westerpark and get the perfect dessert for you and your crew, and then chill out in the sun.

Thank you to my fellow Unilocaler, Thamar N, for recommending this phenomenal little bakery to me. This is a great place for a simple «tarte du jour» and coffee. The chef is French and you can taste it in the food. Very nice presentation, great quality and great taste. They even have workshops (for adults and kids) which I am a total fan of. This gets more people to understand the work and love that goes into creating a great tasting dessert. It shows in the end product and this pastry shop definitely shows it in their products. I tried a few tarts the chocolate crème which was just perfect, the pâté sucre tart shell is. Next was the kers clafoutis which was a nicely balanced with the sweet and tartness of the cherries) banane chocolat crumble was super yummy, again nice balance of both components. Last but not least we’re the madeleines, pistachio and citron, were good even though in my opinion the pistachio was a bit too sweet and almondy for me but still a great place with traditional French pastries!

Whooo, I finally tried the delicious goodies at this place. Well, I haven’t tried that much yet, but the things I did try, were delicious! :)
I sat down upstairs with my boyfriend to have a coffee break. There are 3 little tables and 1 big communal table. The staff was quick and friendly and told us that if we wanted some pastries we could choose them downstairs. I choose a lemon tart and a raspberry macaroon to go with my cappuccino.
The cappuccino was good and came with a raspberry filled madeleine :) It tasted very good. The raspberry macaroon was delicious! Great quality macaroon, still soft inside with fresh cream in the middle. The lemon tart was also delicious. I am looking forward to try more of this place! It was so good.
My boyfriend told me the praline and salted caramel tarts were also amazing. If you order tea, like he did, you will get a little pot which is good for filling your cup 4 times! That’s why I also tried some tea, and it was one of the best teas I tried in a while.
I love this place!

very nice little French cakes crafted by a French family.
On taste, appearance and choice I have nothing to say.
I confess that after 2.5 € for their relatively small I find it expensive. it takes two to make a cake that In normal buys bakery, which amounts to 5 € and 10 € for 2 people. I am a little disappointed …

Ini mini miny moe…
If I’m left with the choice to get a cupcake at the new cup cake shop or a petit darling, it would be a no-​brainer.
Whereas cupcakes often fail to impress me, I immediately knew was on to something good as soon as I laid my eyes on to those little colorful beauties staring at me from the vitrine of Petit Gâteau at the culinary extravaganza Taste of Amsterdam that took place last rogue «summer».
Don’t know but when I think of cupcake stores, I think of avid home bakers having a quarter life crisis tired of their office job and in dire need of change and starting over, starting something fun… So, why not open a cupcake shop… What you end up with is amateurish dry, bland bottom cake with the all the taste only in the usually too sweet top frosting.
Contrary, I was instantly impressed with Petit Gâteau. Little did I know the shop is run by professionally Parisian trained pastry chefs. Their miniminis haven’t disappointed me yet. So far I’ve tried 3 kinds, but flavors are infinite. Almost requiring a notebook to write down all those wonderful creations in order to make a solid choice.
I am indeed happy to see, they sell more than just miniminis and offer French classics such as éclairs! (which are otherwise hard to come by in A’dam)
They also do breakfast, which I bet they do really well as well…

These petite tarts just made me consider creating a last-​meal-​on-​earth wish list. They are rich and but small enough to not give you that post-​dessert-​regret feeling. It’s great to have a couple flavors and share with friends with a tea or coffee in their upstairs area. If you like chocolate, you can’t go wrong with the chocolade crème!
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Had their croissants recently. Buttery and delicious. Seems you really can’t go wrong here.

Walked in at closing time and managed to sample two expensive but delicious bites. Going back to this one only for special occasions!