Ladurée at Harrods

Serious fan of Laduree. It is the place to go if you love macarons.

Totally recommended delicious desserts and great coffee have several branches and worth the calories

If you are going for shopping around harrods, this is the place to get relaxed after hours of walking
Staff are nice and the place is quiet
Coffee are amazing
Except macarons I don’t recommend any pastries though

I was seated right away outside but waited a long time to have my order taken. Other people got their order taken before mine which got me mad because I was only 1 person and I was there before them. I went for the Afternoon tea… it was pleasant. I then waited 30 minutes for my check plus waited another 15 minutes to have my desserts be packaged since I wasn’t able to finish them all. All together I’d rather go to the one in C. Garden much faster service. I love Laduree… but this service disappointed me.

Laduree is in itself a whimsical, macaroon wonderland! The décor is chic, the macaroons excellent and the clientele fresh out of their Lamborghinis. It’s a fantastic place for a cup of champagne post shopping and I always find myself stopping by several times whenever I am in London! Now if they would just open one in San Francisco…

Interior is amazing, food is amazing, pastries are amazing, service is amazing. This place is simply amazing! If you’re a tourist: go there! Even though it’s a bit pricey it’s an experience you don’t want to miss. If you’re not a tourist: GO THERE!!!
Do me a favour and get one of the macaroons. Thank me later.

Always love coming here while shopping at Harrods.
Amidst all the English high tea in the city, having French afternoon tea is a nice change. Price is reasonable and the sweets never disappoint.
And just nice sitting in the afternoon enjoying hot chocolate (yes, instead of tea — another plus) in a very nice room away from the mad mass inside Harrods.
Reasonable prices too (see my review on the Savoy and you will know what I mean)
Definitely my top choice of afternoon tea In London.

You can’t go wrong with Laduree. Treat yourself and enjoy! (The photos still make me drool).

Friend took me for the macaroons. that’s the only thing I would recommend here (maybe coffee). Ambiance is nice though. Choc milkshake was watery and not good at all. We tried some other pastries (coffee éclair, napoleon) that were mediocre.

LADUREE is a French classic and the London location at Harrods makes the original proud. We had afternoon tea and each bite transported us directly to Paris. The Galette des Rois was absolutely perfect. Service was attentive and the atmosphere lovely. (Smile — we were seated next to a young French couple who spent the entire meal being typically French, in every stereotypically hilarious way.).

Don’t understand me wrong… i have the reason to give only 2 stars for them even thought How much i love their macarons (i can die for it !!) but their service is suck!
Their sweet and drink is superb! But service and waitress is suck ! So slow, always disappear, so difficult to find them when you want something …

You step into what looks like a magical cake shop. I had no idea what to expect but the display cases behind the till (that’s register for us Americans) was really quite impressive, stacked highly with cakes and whatnot.
There is some limited seating that does seem to have full waiter service. My colleague and I ordered some food at the till and then sat down to eat.
The fruit tart had fresh raspberries on top. The custard was made with passion fruit. I liked it, although I would have preferred that the custard not have the passion fruit. It made the overall dish very tangy. Also don’t try eating it with the plastic spoon. Mine broke.
The macaroons seem to be a hit or miss. I tried the chocolate one and it wasn’t bad, but maybe just not my cup of tea. As in, if you give it to me, I will eat it but the flavors were not super wow-​ing. The raspberry one was decent as well. My colleague tried the sesame and the chocolate banana ones and was not pleased at all.
Also there is no WIFI signal here.

We had to wait for a very long time to get a table, then we had to wait some more for our orders to be taken, yet I really enjoyed eating here. It was the first time I actually found the macarons really tasty, even the flavors I’d have never tasted somewhere else. The ice-​cream with macarons was delicious, so was the chocolate drink my sister ordered and that I took a few sips from.

Great for afternoon tea and taking a break while shopping.
Always busy however very enjoyable and cosy setting.
Service not that great.

Came for the macarons. Stayed for the dessert tower.
If you want to feel like a princess/​prince in a Victorian fantasy toy house as you sip on your tea from fine china and nibble on delectable morsels of sugar before passing out from a sugar coma, Ladurée is the place to do it.
Tbh, these are the best macarons I’ve ever had. I didn’t get the chance to visit Ladurée in Paris, so when we found out that there was a branch in Harrods, I figured, «Why not?» And when I saw the dessert tower, I figured, «Why not?»
There are a lot of savory items on the menu, including chicken, sandwiches, chicken, omelettes, veal, fish, etc. But what caught my eye was the
Afternoon Tea (£27.50 per person):
— your choice of coffee, tea, or hot chocolate
— 2 sandwiches of your choice (choices: salmon, ham, cheese, vegetables)
— 2 mini French bread pastries of your choice (choices: traditional Ladurée croissant, chocolate pistachio croissant, normal chocolate croissant, sugar brioche)
— 2 dessert pastries of your choice (choices: Ispahan, Tarte Passion Framboise, Elysées, Plaisir Sucré — Are you an uncultured swine like me who has no idea what these refer to, but YEW WAUNT IT? Read on to educate yourself on sugary goodness.)
— 2 macarons of your choice
Everything was wonderful. And sugary. And it was all I could do to continue to wander around Harrods afterwards to ward off the sugar coma.
The sandwiches are nothing overwhelming, just delicate little finger sandwiches that wouldn’t be out of place at a tea party (or my idea of a tea party). So are the bread pastries – the croissants are tiny with just the right amount of crispiness, butteryness, and flakiness. It’s clear that the recipe for every last item has been tested and tweaked to perfection.
The pastries:
Ispahan — Turns out, it’s kind of like a macaron with raspberries in the middle. Yummy, if you like macaron shells and raspberries. Actually one of the lightest-​tasting desserts on the cart.
Tarte Passion Framboise — Raspberries atop a rich passion fruit cream encased in a hard, yet delicate pastry shell. If you’re a fruit tart lover like me, this will be difficult to resist.
Elysées — The most decadent chocolate cake you’ll ever have. Chocolate layers atop chocolate layers, topped with (of course) a gold flake atop a nut (hazelnut, I believe) cradled in a stiff smear of chocolate ganache. The chocolate layers are of varying richness, texture, and consistency. Is «Elysées» French for «chocolate mouth-​gasm»?
Plaisir Sucré — Another one for chocolate lovers. This piece is a work of delicate, handcrafted art, with layers of chocolate sheets, chocolate whipped cream, ganache, and cake. This pastry is more nutty and more milk chocolatey, for an overall lighter feel.
And yes, everything arrives on one large tower. Is this heaven? Or hell?
Tldr; Laduree’s reputation for the best macarons is well-​deserved. Enjoy them in a fantastical atmosphere.

All my experiences at other Laduree have been wonderful and this place is no different. The macarons as always are delicious and on point. I didnt have time to eat lunch here unfortunately because I had a full day of shopping and sightseeing ahead. Also as usual the customer service is great. Only thing is this laduree as all are small and dainty but this one probably should have been built a bit bigger for the hectic loud crowded area that it would be since its in harrods.

While our food was decent, service was scattered. Each staff member was very pleasant but you never saw the same one twice. There was a huge lag time between ordering and getting food. It wasn’t that busy so it shouldn’t have been this way. I think the time spent was unnecessary. I think there are better places to eat or have tea in Harrod’s.

The space is beautiful and the food was really good but the service was just terrible. We had at 1.5 hour lunch that could have been easily chopped down to one hour. We didn’t see our own waiter for half of the time and it took forever to get our food. It wasn’t even full! But, it is Laduree, and it was still very very good.

Items Selected:
Iced Coffee
Chocolate Coconut Cream, Strawberries and Cream, Pure Chocolate, Pistachio, Peach, Salty Caramel, Lime and Basil, Coffee Macaron
Duck Foie Gras with redfruit macaron and toasted kugelhof
French Toast, Pure Maple Syrup
Savarin — Baba in dark rum, Chantilly Cream, Apricot Jelly
St. Honore Fraise Coco — Choux cream puff, coconut cream, strawberry compote, coconut Chantilly, fresh strawberries
With rainy weather dampening my day on grass at The All England Club after only a few matches plus a bowl of cream-​clad berries it was back to London that I turned and without dinner reservations until late that evening a three o’clock lunch took place in the upstairs tea room of Laduree at Harrod’s. Fancifully decorated behind its 1862 «Maison Laduree» marquee and located just past a room of watches that left me an envious shade of green it was at a «Please wait to be Seated» sign that my afternoon began and with the lone host apparently encumbered by patrons who chose not to read it was with patience tested that I did wait, a total of twenty minutes and eight flawless cookies separating me from my eventual seat. Truly a divine room with thirty foot ceilings nearly met by shelves of scented candles, confections, teas, and sweets it was with an abrupt greeting that my arrival to the table was met and although wait times would later prove substantial an expedited order was placed, a total of four items progressing in three courses as my water glass languished and iced coffee tasted ‘instant’ at best. Obviously not known for their service given my previous experiences with the brand in Paris but generally making amends with the quality of the product it was without indecision that my meal began with a thick cut of foie gras and reportedly sourced from an independent farm in Southern France the results would wow, each creamy bite spread on toasty citrus kuglhof savored until the very last. Returning at this point to sweeter things it was with good fortune that this particular Laduree offered breakfast throughout the day and with wispy brioche surprisingly light despite its ample imbuement of butter I took great advantage of a bottle of pure maple syrup, the golden sponge eventually near-​saturated and all the better for it. Rounding out the meal with desserts, admittedly the most difficult decision of the day, it was eventually in a duo that I partook and although the tender baba was quite good beneath a light veil of rum it was the seasonal St. Honore with textbook choux amidst bright berries and light cream that stole the show — a big step up from the tiny bowl at Wimbledon to say the least.

So, I was hoping for something that would be like a civilized oasis. The three stars represent the distance between expectations and reality.
Atmosphere: noisy, hectic. Chairs a little awkward for their tables inside. Space was tight which left a lot of waiters bumping into my companion’s chair. Seated right next to a bickering family. Sigh.
Wait staff: meh, which seems status quo in uk and Paris – though not normal for higher end in the latter. Hostess picking her nose, chitchatting with other staff while leaving people waiting to be seated. Fortunately she didn’t handle food. Waiter was nice but not particularly attentive – we had our plates taken away before our food arrived, which we then had to ask for. Asked for water refill twice before it came.
Food:…pastries very good. The raspberry tart with passion fruit custard was quite good, if overly sweet. Mint macaroon tasted like fresh mint leaves. Skip the chocolate coconut marshmallow, get the Venezuelan chocolate instead. Salt caramel was pretty good too. They were out of the small croissant and so they gave us a normal size one. That was nice!
Sandwiches were tasty but unimaginative (typical English style, which I invite anyone to improve upon) 1950s postwar cuisine is a step back for anyone who lives in a first world city nowadays.
Tea: mid market. The lapsang was good, but given its history as a cheap tea, I was expecting something more than what I could buy at a grocery. Earl grey was flat and about as aromatic as the decaf earl I bought a number of years ago.
Lesson: get your macaroons and tarts to go, so you can choose your own atmosphere. If you’re not a macaroon person, skip it altogether.

one of the best places in the world !
I like lobster. ;-)

Love it or leave it

ich liebe laduree und ich liebe harrods. einfach ein magischer platz auf dieser welt :)

En sortant du magasin Harrods je me suis trompé de sortie avec mon sens de l’orientation légendaire^^ Et là surprise: D Une boutique Ladurée… Étant gourmande et n’ayant pas trouvé les macarons chocolat de Madagascar à Luxembourg je me suis dis «Hop», et deux secondes plu-​tard je me retrouvé dans la boutique. Boutique très grande car ils font salon de thé avec un vigile!
Situé dans une quartier super riche, la boutique va avec…
Le personnel sympathique et souriant c’est bien occupé de nous…
Et niveau prix c’est équivalent aux Ladurée de France ou Luxembourg (du moins si vous emportez). Ce qui est super c’est qu’ils font les macarons de saison que l’on peut retrouvé sur le site Ladurée mais pas dans toutes les boutiques (ex: Luxembourg).

Magnifique!
Ladurée, caché dans Harrods, nous livre le plaisir des sens. La vue de ce décor très baroque nous met dès l’entrée dans l’ambiance feutrée qui caractérise ce salon de thé. Contemplez un instant la vitrine des patisseries, viennoiseries, et autres magnifiques macarons de toutes les couleurs… vous avez d’ores et déjà envie de les avoir dans votre assiette.
Un serveur vous installe, à une table, dans l’un des petits fauteuils si confortable, et vous laisse la très belle carte entre les mains… que choisir? Pour le gouter, je conseille absolument le «chocolat chaud Ladurée» (en français sur la carte :-)), on vous le sert, l’odeur qui en émane est renversante. Goutez… c’est exquis, du chocolat fondu, épais, délicieux.
Le service est vraiment parfait, il y a là tout ce qu’il faut pour passer un excellent moment, pour finalement des tarifs très abordables (pour les boissons et patisseries en tout cas.)

J’adore leurs macarons!
Je suis allée déjeuner à Ladurée avec deux amis, et l’addition est venue à près de £35 pour chacun de nous. Et cela pour une omelette, un café, un dessert et 2 macarons pour chacun. Pas mal, surtout vu qu’on est à Londres!
J’ai hâte d’y retourner, mais j’irai droit aux desserts. L’omelette, bien que bonne, né vaut pas tellement la peine.
Côté service, la perfection absolue. À temps et précis. Le garçon n’a rien noté et a réussi non seulement à nous apporter exactement ce qu’on avait commandé (avec une variété de 7 macarons, 3 desserts et 3 boissons!!) mais à déposer chaque chose devant son destinataire approprié sans demander de confirmation. Ra-​vi-​ssant!
À né pas manquer, sinon pour les macarons, sûrement pour le décor!