Paul

This is where you can get *ok* french bread and good croissants and pains au chocolat. It’s a french chain so it’s not the best but considering options in London, it worth 4 starts.

On a cold autumn or winters morning after a walk to work there is nothing better than popping into Paul’s for a hot chocolate.
I want to say it’s the best hot chocolate I have had, but I haven’t had a Milano for ages. So I can only say with absolute honesty and certainty, the Hot Chocolate from Paul’s is the best you can buy on Marylebone High street. Trust me, I have tried. It’s better than the drinks you get from the chocolate shops up the road.
The Citron tart is also a solid favourite of mine. Beating the Patisserie Valerie tart in flavour and pastry quality, as well as in over-​all tartiness. (I want to make a joke there but I just can’t it’s too easy!) However I do get frustrated that the Pain au Raisin is called a raisin escargot. I can see why. But come on. You are a French shop. I have only ever seen it be called a pain au raisin in France. Stick to the story Paul.
But otherwise good shop. Sorry coffee fans. I can’t comment, but I have heard there are better coffee places in St Christopher’s place just down the road. This is a hot chocolate stop only.

The staff at Paul have been incredibly kind at all the locations I have visited, including the Soho location, which recently closed. They are always helpful, courteous beyond belief, and maintain the space in a very clean and orderly fashion. Service is also quite quick if you eat-​in, and the pastries are of unparalleled quality. Worth the price, especially for the large French macarons (I recommend pistachio or chocolate), the chocolate croissant (you haven’t lived until you’ve had one of these crispy, light, and slightly sweetened pastries), and extra especially, their moelleux chocolat, which tastes like an airy flourless chocolate cake crossed with an incredibly light cocoa brownie. Their yunnan vert is also spectacular. Lightly hinted with a sweet, almost passion fruit-​like essence, and steeped to perfection, it pairs well with the array of sweets they have available. Although a chain with many locations, I have only the highest regard for maintaining their quality of food and service.

I first visited Paul years back in Paris and remember their chocolate croissants so naturally I was excited to come across this Paul years later. I enjoyed the chocolate croissant and the most decadent hot chocolate ever. It’s more like hot chocolate lava, a deeply rich, creamy chocolate drink. Almost like drinking melted chocolate. So good that I had to purchase a container to pop into my suitcase. Great pastries and other baguette sandwiches. Tiny and could be challenging to get a table.

I had a big chocolate macaron and it was probably one of the best macarons I’ve had. Definitely would go back and buy more macarons and other desserts!

They always have nice and fresh sweets :)

Very small café. A few tables and high seats that are quite wobbly! (be careful)
I ordered a capuccino and raspberry macaron. Both were good… Nothing spectacular, but better than the average.

pas de quoi en faire une histoire.

Paul, «Maison de Qualité», a débarqué à Londres, pour un pti goût français de l’autre côté de la Manche. Petite sélection de baguettes et de viennoiserie, avec de bons sandwichs à l’anglaise en sus. En revanche, le chocolat chaud est assez peu réussi :-(
A cette adresse, quelques places à l’intérieur et d’autres en terrasse — prises d’assaut au moindre rayon de soleil…

There is something about Paul, you can tell it’s always a good place to go because you always find something good to eat.
The good smell of bread and cakes… it seems Paul brings an old and soft touch to Regent Street.

Paul has definitely the best French pastry you can find in London! The fruit tart, macaron, and cakes are absolutely delicious. The price is a little bit expensive but it worths it! You can be disappointed.
The same for their sandwiches which are made with fresh and tasty food. I love it.

Nice if you like a bit of je né se quoi with your lunch.
£3.50 for a baguette to eat out — it wasn’t that great, and you’d get a much larger subway for the same price!
I’m sure the cakes are very nice, but a place to avoid if you are watching the waistline!

NOMnomnomNOM!
This has the best pastries and things anywhere. I got a box of extremely expensive tiny qute little cakes that were to die for! The baguettes are wonderful and frankyl I’d happily kill myself eating the food from here.
I’d say don’t expect to eat in — it’s all about the take-​away NOMS!

Posh nosh — bit tippy on price

Für PAUL kann es einfach nur die volle Punktzahl geben!
Man bekommt hier super schmeckende und ganz frische Sandwiches. Das Brot ist einfach eine Klasse für sich und wer gern etwas süßes naschen möchte, der bekommt auch Crossiants mit Schokolade etc. pp mit einer Geschmacksnote, wie man es selten irgendwo bekommen kann.
Ich kann nur sagen, dass ich dieser Kette verfallen bin. So muss sich also ein Kaffeesüchtiger bei Starbucks fühlen.
Die Einrichtung der Läden und die Arbeitskleidung der Mitarbeiter soll die Backkunst verdeutlichen, die es wohl nur im alten Frankfreich gab.

Oooh, it’s the world’s smallest Paul outlet. The Regent Street store is tiny with no toilet and hardly any tables. If you do see an empty table in this place, you will probably have to fight a family of French tourists to get a seat. That said, it’s still a Paul Boulangerie. My favourite is the flan nature, which I’ve eaten in many different French delis and cafes in France and in the UK. No one does a flan nature quite like Paul. The texture is firm and a beautiful dark yellow colour. You can actually taste the egg, unlike in many examples of egg custard. Shame they put the price up to £2.20 recently. They also need to work on their double espresso to be worthy of the mighty flan nature.

A bit expensive but so fresh and delicious. Their cakes are amazing! =D

J adore! thank you Paul, Now i can buy my baguette in London or my croissant au chocolat, It s little bit expensive than France, I m french and now i can stay in london !

One of the famous patisserie chain. This one is small so you might have to take away. Love their hazelnut steamer, and hazelnut cappuccino. Their macaroons are great, but not expensive. Perfect place to meet a friend or take a rest while shopping on Oxford Street.

A really great bakery/​patisserie with delicious treats, and excellent sandwiches for lunchtime. Classir than you Starbucks or Costa to sit and have a hot drink as well, so that makes a change.

Pour les nostalgiques de notre bonne baguette française! La recette est la même donc pas de déception, le prix par contre reste quelque peu en travers de la gorge!

Great bakery with excellent sweet and savory snacks to take away — the baguette sandwiches are delicious and freshly made and the wide selection of cakes is hard to resist! The quality is the great both in France and the UK — an authenic french bakery and patisserie that is almost always busy. The Kensington branch has a seating area which is a great haven away from the bustling high street.

This small chain of French bakers is growing rapidly but that doesn’t stop it from producing quality bread and cakes time and time again. I can’t fault the quality of the food. Everything, from the fresh sandwiches to heavenly cakes are incredible. Each mouthful is absolutely perfect. The shop offers both takeaway and eat in so it is a great place to get your morning croissants or meet a friend for coffee and, of course, cake. The only slight negative is that very occasionally the staff are very slow to serve but that’s a small price to pay for such brilliant quality.